Local events and sales across town celebrate Thanksgiving week
Local notes report WWione unloading flour Tuesday and a public sale set for December 22 at Southport with horses cattle and farming implements. Peoria visitors hosted Thanksgiving by Miss Hazel Hayward. Oklahoma home purchase by Mr and Mrs E B McClellan. Hocaps and high school boys organize gatherings with oysters, while social parties and church cookbooks boost community ties.
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Slocum
Southport
Col D McDonnell
Brimfield House
Turner House
M R_ Clark
Notable historical science and transport notes from early 20th century
A collage of tidbits covers New York streetcar deaths in 1908 with 444 fatalities and 35 060 injuries, waterproofing canvas with beeswax, and a sugar beet crop exceeding a million tons. It notes Serb women training with rifles, a Detroit speedboat with aerial propulsion, Ecuador exporting 20 000 tons of vegetable ivory, and stars catalogued prior to photography. It mentions a pulse counting watch for medical staff, and an English act branding wandering actors by the ear for long hair concealment.
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New York
Ecuador
Germany
United States
Jubilee Week At Jubilee College Ends In Birthday Notices
Jubilee students held a festive week with a birthday celebration for Maud at Jubilee College, aided by relatives at the King home. Eighty attendees enjoyed plentiful food while men recalled lively past tussles with Maud. A Rand and Osborn sale drew a large crowd with articles selling well. Rand plans to move to Peoria as Osborns return there after two years.
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Maud
Jubilee College
Eugene King
Mra King
Runaday
Rand and Osborn
Rand
Peoria
Joseph Stenger
Edelstein
Osborn
Uses of Electricity Shocks Early 20th Century City Life
The piece notes London with 64 208 telephones and New York offices housing 2 300 miles of wire and nearly 10 000 telegraphs. It mentions electric washing, drying, and shaping in laundries, a Montgomery Alabama electric sign boasting 2000 lights, and electrical work in California and Oregon supplying most of the nation.
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London
Moe Sve
New York City
Underground London and ancient school customs collide
The piece surveys London’s vast subway system with Bank of England and Mansion House stations as hubs, noting deep tunnels, pedestrian paths, and peak traffic. It contrasts with English schooling traditions, detailing Shrove Tuesday pancake throws, cushion-carrying, ball elections, and the Christ’s Hospital parade, plus a farmer joke about bones in meat.
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London
Hampstead Heath
Bank of England
Mansion House
Nott Bower
City of London
Mansion House Street
Uae
Westminster School
Marlborough
Shrewsbury School
Seach
Ball Crier
Rugby
Christ's Hospital
St. Matthew's Day
Great Music Offer for Piano or Organ Players
A historic notice invites readers to send a sequence of three or more performers for a piano or organ event and twenty-five cents in silver or postage. It promises a popular music roll of 20 pages with sheet music including marches waltzes and tunes arranged for organ to feature Kad Weaver's easy marches and other pieces.
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Kad Weaver
Manila
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Davenport
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Roland Bey
Mies Vet Pallerns
Meo Alin Singatzine
Agere Bosta Beige Premium
VME McCall CO
PT Tete
Lewis
Peoria Illinois
CBAQ
Boda
Rushville
Paw Ener Accoimmerndation
Sotte
Lie Tate
Yrdib M
Alma Tripp
Maud Loog
Lora Hermon
Hazel Hayward
E B McClellan
Oklahoma
Norman
Hocaps
Curran
Joe Moon
Joe
W A. Jones
French Grove
Congregational Church
Aldoof Conyehureh
Brionfield
Department of Agriculture
England
Mieco
Mr Ko Tae d Nickells
Etna
Quincy Ste
Atudenta
Eve
Ted Re
Charles CO. Nott
Louis
G&c Merriam CO
Bpringfield, Masb
International
Bytom
Wweearinis
Tae & C
Mersiam CQ
Springfield
Mass
Nereate Alament
Pteetek
Montgomers
Weveto
Vlatinulla
California
Oregon
Feraner
The
So Is
Leadon
Piesopae
Ats
Mlen
la Neon
Thiel
Berlin
Miles
Carteus
Jo of
Paton
Fuller & Boy
Memler Bros
Wey
B. Collins
Salem
Miles Medical CO
Bit Ind
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