Akron to Celebrate Fourth of July Proposal Backed by Commercial Club
Akron Commercial Club backs a Fourth of July celebration with a strong fund-raising survey showing about 3300 in subscriptions. The club will appoint committees for planning and a pamphlet promoting Akron as a shipping point and residence. A library project and a ten-session Chautauqua plan were discussed, with decisions deferred or rejected pending clearer terms.
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Akron Commercial Club
Akkron
Akron
Ll. Knudgen
A. L. Yeaton
Club Improvement Club
Ws. Mellen
Austrian Red Tape Delays Heroic Rescue in Prague
Prague correspondence Pall Mall Gazette reports Brzek, a minsy at Hopiet near Bruex, risked his life saving a drowning boy in January. He suffered a severe cold and long illness, then faced weeks of delay before learning he was fined one crown for omitting the proper stamp on his aid petition. The note laments Austrian red tape hindering such acts.
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Hopiet
Bruex
Brzek
Drowbing
Snower
Prague
Pall Mall Gazette
A Moving Land On Mont Gringuez
A broad slope on Mont Gringuez in France detached from its foundations and moved about a quarter of a mile. The upheaval carried soil, meadows and woods, burying roads and bridges in its path. A chestnut grove traveled 600 feet with no damage. numerous small lakes formed by dammed waters.
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Mont Gringuez
France
Busy Bohemian Spas Revenue Image in Marienbad
The Marienbad railroad office serves a resident population of 6,297 and handles fement-bound passengers for transportation tickets, with business totaling about 400,000 dollars per year, excluding baggage receipts.
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Great Bohemia Spas
Marienbad
Inquisitive Tommy and the Glass Eye Moment
A fragment recounts Tommy interrogating an infirm guest about a glass eye and distinguishing tones. It cites Percy French joking about living at a country house offering bed and board for five dollars weekly.
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Percy French
French
Thoughtful Child Letter Pleads for Grandma Harp
A boy grieving his grandmother sends a charming note to angels asking for a harp so she can play, noting she is short-winded. A Vanity Fair quote then reflects on virtues like vigilance opportunity tact and daring driving success, urging force and persistence to seize opportunity.
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Vanity Fair
Noted student learns to play to ill time, teacher says you are doing it
In a Baltimore American blurb a teacher warns a pupil about poor rhythm, joking that the pupil means to learn music but fears the end result. The exchange captures a sharp, humorous critique of performance pace.
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Baltimore
German taste for fish grows through propaganda
The Tagliche Rundschau notes a rising German inclination to eat all kinds of fish in all forms, supported by aggressive propaganda from fishery interests, increasing rapidly and steadily.
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Germany
It Wasn't a Plot Say Theater Manager
A theater manager disputes a patron's claim of a plot while a paying attendee labels the show as a conspiracy in a Washington Star report. The exchange highlights audience reaction to perceived dramatic intent.
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Washington: Star
Real Reason of It Hanging Gardens of Beby Slon
A fragment claims the hanging gardens were 300 feet high with a king’s motive unclear. It jokes that neighbor kings kept chickens, suggesting humorous or speculative context about ancient wonders.
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Bebyslon
Woman muses on wishes to reach heaven or evade wrinkles
A reflective remark muses on a woman's wishful thinking about heaven and avoiding aging. The fragment hints at choosing an alternate path to heaven or freedom from wrinkles, but lacks concrete events or names.
First Weighed The Marketer Aren't You Wasting A Good Deal
A Toledo Blade item notes a dialogue about trimming steak, with the butcher arguing against waste and a marketer posing the weighed question, reflecting daily trade talk and consumption habits in the city.
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Toledo
Man's Actual Necessities and Modern Ethics Quotes
A collection of brief quotations on frugal living and ethics from periodical variety. Ten cents a day for food, the rest spent on flavoring, plus a wry remark on kindness and flattery. Includes a Galveston News quip and a Smart Set jab about sincerity.
Spire Consolation He who has Ittle wealth
A fragmentary note presents a Latin phrase about wealth and virtue. The terse line suggests moral reflection on fortune and the limits of riches, possibly from a devotional or periodical page. No clear event, names, or dates are readable to anchor a broader news item.
For Sale Black Angus Bull and Richardson Store Building
For sale two items listed by R Pollock Akron IA. A black Angus bull year old and a Richardson store building west of Akron Opera House. Inquire Nell Robertson for details.
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R. Pollock
Akron
Iowa
Richardson
Opera House
Nell Robertson
Decoration Day Notice Urges Members to Settle Dues
Decoration day is coming and the association plans many activities this year. Members who owe dues or taxes on cemetery lots should settle with secretary Mrs G H Wooten at once to provide funds needed for the year’s projects.
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G. H. Wooten
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A. Weidenfeller
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