German Methodist church dedicates new edifice
The Ward 22 committee oversaw a German service marking the dedication at 8 o'clock. Rev W H Kurth of Amsterdam preached the sermon. Keys passed to Rev John G Lutz by Paul W Zimmerman. Attendance was large and total collections near $2500. The church cost about $24,000 with funding from sale of the old church and contributions by Epworth League Ladies’ Society and congregation. Corner stone laid Aug 16 1899. The German Methodist Episcopal Society formed in 182 with nine members.
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Ward 22
W. H. Kurth
Amsterdam
N. Y
John G. Lutz
Paul W. Zimmermann
Board of Trustees
Epworth League
Ladies’ Society
German Methodist Episcopal Society
Williams Street
Shawmut Avenue
Iepisconpal City Mission
Washington Street
Boylston
F. W. Dimger
English Noble Sails to South Africa to Fight Boers
Sir Hugo de Bathe, newly wed to Lillie Langtry, sails for South Africa to join the Natal Volunteers. He calls their marriage a youthful prank and believes combat will ease his divorce troubles while he pursues a commission despite limited military experience.
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London
South Africa
Hugo de Bathe
Lillian Langtry
Cape Town
Durban
Natal
Soldier’s resolve to prove manhood amid Boer War fears
A wartime reminiscence notes a British soldier eager to prove his manhood in battle. He speaks passionately about going to the field to show his wife he is a real man, reflecting pressure on volunteers during the Boer War.
American girl in Paris left broke by absinthe
Mollie Carter, an American typewriter in Paris, inherited $18 000 from an Duluth uncle. She spent on dresses and entertainment, fell in with disreputable associates, and is now critically ill in a hospital, penniless and addicted to absinthe. Doctors warn the liquor may kill her.
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Paris
Mollie Carter
Duluth
Minn
Rich Typewriter Girl Starts Working Life in Ansonia
Elise Farrel, daughter of a man worth between 20 090 000 and 250 000 dollars, earned her first paycheck on Thursday. A Ogontz graduate, she trained as a stenographer and typist after attending a New Haven business college, and she now serves as private secretary to Mr Farrel, declining social invitations to focus on work.
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Ansonia, Conn
Elise Farrel
Ogontz
Farrel
New Haven
Cat quarrel ends in Fourth Precinct Court
Mrs White and Mrs Gibney clashed over affection for a pet cat. White claimed kissing made the cat indifferent to her and hypnotized. Gibney denied kissing, admitted hugging the cat, and offered to keep it if White relinquished. Magistrate dismissed the case as resolved.
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Fourth Precinct
Rosalba Collins Returns To Stage In Paris Concert
Mrs Rosalba Collins former Edith Collins and stepmother of the Countess Czaykowski stars a concert by Thomas Thorne at his Place Vendome residence in Paris. She says she returns to performing after her husband, a New York club man, refused further allowances.
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Paris
Rosalba Collins
Czaykowski
Edith Collins
Thomas Thorne
Place Vendome
Paris celebrates 800th performance of Loie at gala
A Paris celebration marks the eight hundredth performance of Loie Tuller. Yvette Guilbert and Felicia Mallet will join, and Cleo de Merode and La Loie will be crowned, following the example set by Sarah Bernhardt last year.
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Paris
Lla Loie Tuller
Yvette Guilbert
Felicia Mallet
Cleo de Merode
la Loie
Sarah Bernhardt
Montville Incendiary Case: New Developments and Theft Evidence
In Montville the jury inspected the scene on Saturday and officials found stolen goods linking previously unsuspected parties. William McLellan, a noted criminal lawyer, was hired to help Arthur Ritchie defend. The case grows more mysterious with sensational predictions abroad.
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Belfast
Montville
Wiliam McLellan
Arthur Ritchie
Doughnut Rivalry Sparks Fat Cruller Feat
In Cherry Valley Julius Rivers challenges famed doughnut eater Thomas Bruso. Rivers, in a private test, devoured four dozen donuts and then set aside twelve more as he eyes Bruso’s reputation for consuming huge quantities.
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Thomas Bruso
Cherry Valley
Julius Rivers
Bruso
Mother
Rivers
Two German visitors die from gas in New York hotel
John Woessner and George Lehman, German farmers from Ackley Iowa, stayed at the True Blue on Second Avenue. Woessner’s body was found after he blew out the gas lamp, Lehman unconscious. Lehman’s condition is poor. In Woessner’s pockets are several hundred dollars. Earlier, Daniel Pearsall, a Brooklyn hat company manager, died after gas escaped from a stove in a Dey Street hotel room.
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New York
John Woessner
George Lehman
Ackley
Germany
True Blue
Second Avenue
Woessner
Lehman
Daniel Pearsall
Brooklyn
Dey Street
Pearsall
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