Annual Methodist Conference Opens with Diverse Sessions
The 19th century Methodist Conference convenes with a packed agenda at multiple venues including High street and Saint Paul, featuring Bishop Hughes, Rev. Head, and Dr. Wilbur Sher. Sessions cover anniversary events, missionary reports, temperance talks, and ordinations across September with appointments announced for future weeks.
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Frank W. Warne
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Clarence True Wilson
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Temperace Society
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Indianola
Board of Edovation
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Francis Stricklamb
Annual meeting of the Fifteenth WCTU at Boone
The annual meeting of the fifteenth district of the WCTU at Marion Street M E Church Boone drew thirty eight visiting delegates with strong papers on Sauiors Demains for Boys Lawless ten of the league Traffic and Teaching Sex Hygiene in the Public School. Memorial services honored deceased members and officers for the Ogden and Fort Dodge districts. An elegant luncheon followed in the church parlor and district officers were elected including President Mrs Marrow Boone and Treasurer Mrs Mary V Owen Webster City.
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Spinning Eggs Debates Earth’s Solid Structure
A Harper's Weekly summary describes spinning raw and boiled eggs to test friction and solidity. Raw eggs continue spinning when stopped by a hand due to internal motion, while boiled eggs halt, supporting the notion the earth consists of a solid outer crust.
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Harpers Weekly
Almost Shipwrecked Sailor Recalls Mastery Trials
A杂 rough, garbled reminiscence recounts a sailor's near shipwreck during a voyage seeking a master's certificate. The expert exam involved dangerous maneuvers and strenuous endurance under stormy conditions, with the crew facing peril and the narrator detailing tense moments and improvised responses.
German farmer finds wagon and horses missing from hardware store
A German farmer in Gary returned to a hardware store to find his wagon and horses missing after a half hour. He phoned his wife asking if the horses or wagon had gone home, receiving a negative reply. The incident appears to involve no immediate sign of a robbery.
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Chicago Post
Photographer destroys negative over famous figure claim
A photographer who took Dr Ian Maclarey’s picture destroyed the negative. Facing demand for the image the photographer muttered in Scots about fear of exposing a famous person and keeping the photo. The remark hints at a possible deception regarding the subject’s fame.
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Christian Register
The End of a Career
A reflective remark on ending a professional path questions pursuing four careers, framed as a fragmented dialogue from a Chicago Record Herald page fragment about romance and aspiration. The quote hints at admiration and idealized thoughts in a social setting.
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Ethel Jack Maggard Story Tells Audience about Kitty
Ethel Maggard shared a loved story last night as Kitty asked if he is an interesting storyteller. The transcript notes Crain’s audience listened from start to finish.
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Jack Maggard
Induced Husband to Give Up Cigars Stuns in Conversation
A humorous exchange shows a wife claiming she persuaded her husband to quit cigars after seven years together. The husband feigns astonishment and acknowledges her influence in a light, illustrated bit.
Bracketed Bride Colors in Japanese Weddings
An excerpt discusses Japanese wedding attire with white initial garments once used as mourning wear. It notes brides change to red after a key ritual exchange and explains red as purifying while white symbolized death to divorce. It questions modern departures from these traditions.
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Japan
Howse
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Oriental Review
Flagrant Deception Sparked Senate Condemnation
A senator denounces a scene of political deception likening it to a noted railway case. The vignette recalls two men at a station arguing over a half fare and a beard, highlighting a tense exchange amid political scrutiny.
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Bildad's Car Cooperative in the Country
Jimpsenberry and Bildad discuss a cooperative arrangement among neighbors as Bildad moves out to the country. They debate what counts as a shared vehicle and how it might work in practice. The exchange hints at rural practicality and neighborly cooperation.
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A Mere Man's Opinion by Trarpers
Mrs Whackhurst accuses a woman of aiming in life and brick tossing as a safeguard. The reply from Whackhurst affirms the risk of ambition, humorously noting a woman might hit something with bricks.
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Trarpers
A Change of Tone in a Domestic Exchange
Von Blumer, rebuked by Jatyre for placing a paper on the wall, defends the decor as pretty in a brief exchange about taste and authority within a domestic scene.
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Jatyre
Life as a tragedy where spectators watch then act
A reflective line compares life to a tragedy where people observe from the wings of fate and later step into their roles, judging time and human agency with a Swiftian wit.
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