Thomas Brooks Fletcher A Ferocious Yet Magnetic Orator
Thomas Brooks Fletcher appears as a dynamic young lecturer at the Waverly Chautauqua. The piece extols his physical energy and mastery of language, noting his Delsartean poise and forceful oratory aimed at awakening moral convictions. It frames him as a vivid champion of justice and civic rights. Library Entertainment, Baptist church Tec, 5.
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Thomas Brooks Fletcher
Waverly Chautauqua
Mr. Fletcher
Judas
Iscariot
Judes
Earth
Thomnas Brooks Fletcher
Bath
Baptist Church
Tec
Trainman Injures Leg While Thwarting Slow Engine
Elmer Hogan, a trainman, was injured at Mendota when he attempted to throw a switch for a slowly advancing engine. Ash allegedly stepped aside and Hogan's leg wedged between rail and engine pilot, causing bruises but no broken bones. Dr. A. W. Allen attended Hogan at his home.
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Elmer Hogan
Mendota
A. W. Allen
Hogan
Ash
Seous
Resolutions of Sympathy from Austin Lodge No 31
The Austin Lodge No 31 D of H offers heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved husband and children in their hour of sorrow. The resolution notes memories of a departed sister and requests copies for the family daily paper and records. Signed by C. H. and Pp, Mrs. Goslee, Mrs. Underberger, Mrs. C. Wright, Committee.
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Austin Lodge No. 31
C. H
Christmas Window Attracts Attention At Owatonna Fruit Co
The Owatonna Fruit company's fine Christmas window draws notice from the public and patrons praise the interior decorations. Married at the Methodist Episcopal church on Nov 24 Rev J F Stout weds Henry Jahrens and Mina Wilson of Fillmore county. Central W C T U to meet Thursday at 3 PM in the YWCA rooms. all members urged to attend for a national convention report.
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Owatonna Fruit Company
Henry Jahrens
Mina Wilson
Fillmore County
W.C.T. U
W.C. A
Odd election signs in Washington reflect homeward voting
A Washington man laments how many locals vote by establishing outside residences. He notes loans advertised for election travel and outfits, railways offering voter fares, and hometown placards urging voters to return home to cast ballots, a phenomenon he says unique to the city.
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Washington
New York Sun
Clocks Fail to Strike Together in Town Halls
A new clockmaker struggles to synchronize the church and town hall clocks. Councilors question his methods while a letter from a former craftsman jokes about wind faults, implying the townsfolk are the real cause of the misstrike.
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London
Curious Laws In India and Nepal Described
The article notes historic legal oddities in India and Nepal including capital punishment for cow killing and a ritual betel fruit marriage for girls at birth. It mentions a divorce method by placing a betel nut under a husband's pillow and a Nepalese day starting at dawn's first light.
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India
Nepal
Diet and sacrifice in ancient Nordic cultures
The excerpt describes early pagan practices in Denmark and Sweden involving dog flesh diets and ritual sacrifices. It notes that every ninth year ninety nine dogs were sacrificed in Denmark, and in Sweden every ninth day ninety nine dogs were destroyed. Later, the practice shifted to human sacrifice, with ninety nine people killed every ninth year to prolong the tyrant’s life.
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Sweden
A Far Sighted Man
A witty exchange on women voting features a man opposing his wife voting to prevent competition for his hats, cited from the Boston Transcript. The brief vignette highlights early 20th century satire on suffrage and domestic authority.
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Boston Transcript
Particular Man Prefers Advanced Arrangements
A brief item from the New York Press notes a very particular man who would even call ahead for a good room if told by a doctor that he is to die. The quotation highlights the subject's meticulous nature.
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New York Press
Immigrants Die In Peculiar Train Accident In Chicago
Two Austrian immigrants Janos D Stralla and Calvatore Liuzzo were killed when a rail tore loose from an elevated track of a northbound Chicago and Northwestern train. Five others were injured including Mrs Eva Schaeffer and Isaac J Harriman the engineer.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Janos D. Stralla
Calvatore Liuzzo
Wisconsin
St. Francis Hospital
Vanston
Eva Schaeffer
Milwaukee
Peter Meyer
Schaeffer
George Delataste
Racine
Wis
T. B. Warter
H. O Schultz
Black Creek
J. Washington
Wilmette
Evanston Hospital
Isaac J. Harriman
F. F. Blue
Nine Frozen Bodies Found In A Yawl
Erle Pennsylvania December 13. The Commodore Perry recovered nine frozen crew members from a tiny yawl marked Bessemer and Marquette No 4 Fifteen miles off Conneaut Ohio the wreck of the car ferry Bessemer and Marquette No 2 is believed to have foundered in Lake Erie. The dead include H Thomas W Ray J W Sollars G R Smith F Steel J Shenk J Hart and C Allen all of Conneaut Ohio. Albert J Weis of Conneaut was aboard the ill fated boat his body not found.
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Erle
State Fisheries
Perry
Gerry Driscoll
Conneaut
Lake Erie
Commodore Perry
Bessemer
H. Thomas
Port Stanley
William Ray
J. W. Sollars
G. R. Smith
F. Steel
J. Shenk
J. Hart
O’haga
Charles Allen
Albert J. Weis
Keystone Fish Company
Bay State Iron Works
Mayor-elect Gaynor to fight white slave traffic on taking office
New York measures lie ahead as Mayor-elect Gaynor vows a campaign against the white slave traffic. He cites the immigration committee report and asks Rep. Bennett for all committee findings to aid his coming administration. He also worries about Tammany Hall spending and a looming $55,000,000 in expenditures since Nov. 1.
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New York
Gaynor
Congress
Immigration Committee
William S. Bennett
Tammany Board of Estimates
University of North Dakota Student Dies in Coal Gas Asphyxiation
Grand Forks North Dakota December 13. John Mikkelson a University of North Dakota sophomore died from coal gas asphyxiation after being found barely alive by his landlady who became suspicious of his condition.
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Grand Forks
N. D
John Mikkelson
University of North Dakota
Mikkelson
French Convicts in Guyana Face Harsh Penal Climate
French convicts sent to Guiana endure an inverse punishment where murderers are shipped to Salvation Island living easy lives while lesser offenders toil in a deadly coastal climate. In St Jean de Maroni mortality runs 40 to 50 percent, and the average convict life is about two years.
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French Guiana
Island of Salvation
St. Jean de Maroni
Are we slaves or are we free men orator asks
A dramatic excerpt shows an orator asking a crowd if they are slaves or free men and inviting a reply. An audience member from the last row answers that some of them are married, reflecting a tense public moment reported by the New York Sun.
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New York Sun
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