Sunday School Day Observed Across Churches Aug 9 Rally at Brand Street
The Bluefield Sunday School Association urges all churches to observe Sunday, August 9 as Sunday School Day. Activities begin with the 11 o'clock service focusing on child religious training, followed by a grand rally at Brand Street M. E. Church South at 8 p m. No evening services elsewhere. Full program details to be announced. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup advertised.
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Bluefield Sunday School Association
Pastors’ Association
Brand Street M. E. Church South
Baseball Scores and Naval Service Ties Highlight Season
Baseball results show Philadelphia overwhelming Cincinnati 6 0 while Boston dominates Chicago 14 0 and New York earns 6 1 against St Louis. Other games include Chicago 8 Washington 5 Detroit 3 Boston 0 Cleveland 4 New York 3 St Louis 3 Philadelphia 4. The text notes a captaincy debut in 1902 and a career naval service from 1893 1887 London attaché to 1905 Missouri commander plus recent chief role in the bureau of equipment.
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Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
United States
London
Missouri
Bureau of Equipment
P.C
Chicago Ee
Boston Peer Enee
Ted
Theese
Portsmouth Beats Lynchburg in Doubleheader Runfest
In the first contest Portsmouth defeats Lynchburg 4 to 1 then wins 6 to 2. Richmond dominates Danville 6 to 1 while Richmond upsets Danville 2 to 1 as Roanoke beats Norfolk 1 to 0 and Roanoke records a 3 to 1 win over Norfolk.
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Portsmouth
Lynchburg
Richmond
Danville
Roanoke
Norfolk
Tee Bere
Weenie
Springfield Plans 1909 Lincoln Centenary Observance
Springfield prepares a large 100th anniversary celebration for Abraham Lincoln’s birth on February 12 1909 under the Lincoln Centennial Association led by Melville W Fuller and notable Illinois leaders Invitations go to the president cabinet and foreign dignitaries The Springfield program includes a grave visit a public meeting and a banquet Educational plans will have every school child recite Lincoln’s farewell speech at a set hour nationwide observances are anticipated.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Centennial Association
Melville W. Fuller
United States
Cullom
Hopkins
Illinois
Joseph G. Cannon
Adlai BE
Stevenson
Deneen
James A. Rose
Benjamin P. Caldwell
Richard Yates
Ilinois
Melville KE Stone
New York
John W. Bunn
Horace White
New Reek
William Jayne
Springeld
Bryce and
Jessuran
William J. Bryan
William VI. Taft
Lincoln
Washington
Knights of Pythias Converge for National Encampment
Boston welcomes 10,000 uniformed Knights of Pythias for the twenty-fifth biennial national encampment. 2,000 tents rise on Franklin Field to house visitors as two major parades unfold this week.
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Boston
Mass
Knights of Pythias
Washington, Tremont
Boylston
Franklin Field
Admiral Cowles Placed On Naval Retired List
Rear Admiral William Cowles, president's brother-in-law, has been placed on the naval retired list upon reaching the age limit for active service. He commanded the battleship New Hampshire at the Quebec festivities, closing a career noted for efficiency and faithful service. A Connecticut native, he entered the Naval Academy in 1867 and served across the Mediterranean Pacific North Atlantic and Asiatic stations.
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William §. Cowles
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Quebec
Cowles
Connecticut
United States Naval Academy
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Pacific
North Atlantic
Asiatic
Panama
Effort Made To Save Woman From Death Chair
Auburn N Y August 1 Mrs Mary Farmer condemned murderess of Mrs Sarah Brennan Brownsville awaits execution in the electric chair next week counsel actions toward a new trial may delay the sentence and likely led to a possible commutation to life imprisonment. The crime described as fiendish involved Mrs Brennan hacked to pieces and her body hidden in a trunk. Farmer’s husband stands indicted as an accessory to the crime.
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Auburn
N. Y
Mary Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Brownsville
Cardinal Gibbons Receives Private Audience With Pope
In Rome on August 1 Cardinal Gibbons was received in private audience by the pope who was cordial and engaged him in a long conversation during the visit.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Tricks of Writers and the Quotation Joke
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reader recalls Kipling placing invented quotations at story tops to lend erudition. He notes Scott Poe and others did similar fakery, arguing fiction writers create illusion by any means as long as it serves the tale.
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Kipling
Mr. Kipling
Scott
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Immigrant Ways of Carrying Money in New York
The New York Press describes diverse methods used by immigrants to carry money. Irish use canvas bags jammed with notes and coins, Germans wear embroidered money belts, French and Italians keep cash in screw-topped brass tubes, Swedes rely on heirloom cowhide pocketbooks, and Slavs stash funds in their high boots with cutlery.
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New York
Stone Forest in Albany Australia Described
The London Globe explains a petrified forest in Albany Australia. Gray stone trees mark a past full vegetation buried by sand after ancient upheavals. Water hardened the sand into rock while winds later exposed the preserved forest anew as stone.
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Albany
Australia
London Globe
Legal exchange over readiness to proceed in court
The Philadelphia Press reports a courtroom exchange as the defense and plaintiffs' attorney spar over trial readiness. The defense counsel cites an excuse while the plaintiffs' attorney mocks the lack of preparedness.
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Ecounse
Philadelphia Press
That's the Goddess of Liberty described by New Yorker
A Washington Herald note recalls a western visitor remarking on American character with lines about attitude and hanging to a strap, framing the Goddess of Liberty as a symbol in national mood.
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New Yorker
Washington Herald
Village Idiot and Farmers Clash Reported in London Opinion
A disputed scene described with rustic dialects as a village idiot character confronts a farmer near a homestead. The exchange hints at tensions and a promise of a beating, reflecting local humor and conflict. The note cites the London Opinion and Joseph News-Press as sources in a trivia style.
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