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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
5
A jumble of local notices highlights Stone's as a shop for leather goods scarfs toys and holly wreaths while Beck's drug store advertises medallions Christmas candy and Bibles. An array of community notes mentions travels guests and recent marriages in Albion Churubusco and nearby towns with sales at Rumbaugh's and other merchants.
Christmas Sunday was beautifully observed with an 11:00 A M sermon on the birth of Christ and a 7:00 P M sacred music program by the Choral Choir directed by Dr. W F Carver. Soloists Miss Bonham and Beck, Messrs Clear and Bonham, and pianist Mrs. Bert Rickard contributed to a praised program.
A collection of brief maxims on guidance and virtue. It cites how fate guides desires and warns against vanity and haste. It stresses listening to wise advice from spouse and physician, and notes the value of quiet devotion over empty prayer. It compares discord to a leaking cistern.
Bargains at Stone's and Rum Baugh's include toilet sets corsets bearskin hoods and rich cut glass. Simmons offers cheap candies and copyright books. Mr and Mrs George Hall went to Elkhart for a new job. The Benton mill will be torn down and rebuilt as a barn. Joe Prickett wed Emma White in Kansas City and will live in St Louis after Christmas. Henry Stamates of Churubusco was found dead at home after several weeks.
Burma now attracts visitors with cooler season travel from November to March. Rangoon’s commerce rivals inland towns while Shwe Dagon Pagoda gleams with gold. Mandalay hosts King Theban’s palace ruins and a famed teak watchtower linked to violent royal histories. Theban’s fall followed mass executions and British occupation.
The report surveys diverse topics from government lamp purchases in the United States to Bavaria's population and German university attendance. It notes Chinese officials studying salt trade in India, graduates joining Han yang iron works, electricity at Pekin's winter palace, and Mexico City’s expanding banking system plus new electric tramways and plants in Juchitan, Oaxaca, and Tehuantepec.
Wolf Lake residents plan a Christmas cantata titled Santa Claus' Headquarters to be held at Town Hall Thursday evening December 24 with tickets at Star Key's Store. The Oyster Supper by the Primary and Intermediate rooms drew about 22 dollars despite bad weather. Several new Ancient Order of Gleaners members joined. Descriptions include visits by Clarence Zeigler from Columbia City, hospitality for Mrs. Walter Yeiser of Albion, and school programs by the Wolf Lake Primary and Intermediate classes.
Series of land transfers recorded in Green two Sparta Kendallville and Allen townships. Beneficiaries include Charles F Harter, Wm Schlab c5, Samuel Dudley, Rachel Dragoo, Sarah Fryer, Herman J Alerding, Edward Holsinger, Kendallville Trust & Savings Co, George E Fisher, Asa McCreary, Henry E Strong, Elmer E Gandy, Adolph Adams with various owners and parcels in sec 33 11 12 31 4 and local additions. Several transfers involve pt or lot parcels in Kendallville and Rome City subdivisions.
St Mark’s marks Sunday School at 10 a.m. and evening discourse at 11 p.m. Rev Victor Macauley will lecture Monday on India. Mt Pleasant and Rehoboth worship times are 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. All invited. Also notes on world railways, postage, heart size, shoestring points, ice and rail travel, and population growth.
Beck's drug store offers dolls drums games and blocks for children with a selection highlighted as affordable and varied. Shoppers can browse a range of playthings suitable for different ages and interests available in the current display.
A humorous exam of a panic that strawberries cause irritability and headaches, citing scientists and exaggerated claims about three acids and women’s susceptibility. The piece mocks scare stories while noting the fruit’s enduring popularity and urging restraint until prices drop.
An elderly man in an eastern city buys a second firemen ball ticket to please both servants. He asks a policeman where to buy tickets and ends at an engine house. He touches the fire alarm by accident, triggering a dramatic but harmless parade of firemen and horses before clarifying his request and the scene settles.
A Chicago Journal note advises easing up when fatigued. Lie down in a dark place for a short rest and avoid overworking. Seek light, frivolous company, and accept leaving tasks unfinished rather than overdoing yourself.
Read about Mary Brush of Davenport inventing a boneless corset and Mrs. Kendall designing a popular lampshade. Mary Kies patented straw weaving in 1800, trips through the Washington patent office. Other notes mention a noiseless state cover, the longest submarine cable from Vancouver to New Zealand, and labor union figures in Germany. Reports also cover Burma sanitary plans, coal land development in Monterey County California, and musk deer in the Himalayas with capture notes.
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