Bazaar at Congregational church marks strong fundraiser
The Congregational church bazaar held in the village parlors on two consecutive nights raised a net around 150 dollars. The event featured performances by local talent, a fine supper, and an auction that completed the sales of unsold items. The second night differed in format with guests sharing experiences and a luncheon before the auction led by W. L. Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Chamberlain
Clyde Johnson
Madeline Burt
Mary Knapp
Alma Dungan
Ethel Memler
Evelyn Memler
Gussip Bennett
Ollie Herriott
Margaret Root
Bowman
Yoakum
Henry Tully
A Pursell
W. L. Wiley
Wiley
Congregational Church
Baptist Notes and Schedule for Congregational Meetings
Rev Palmer of Glasford preaches next Sunday at 11 00 am Midweek prayer meeting halted during special Cong church meetings Sunday school superintendent Wm Marshall absent due to wife illness school in sympathy with them B Y P U to meet next Sunday at 6 00 pm Subject How to listen Matt 13 1 23 Leader Janie Marshall assisted by Stella Martin All welcome
Brimfield Presbyterian church property for sale
Trustees offer the Brimfield Presbyterian church building and jet in Brimfield for 500 dollars cash. Sale awaits approval by the Peoria Presbytery. Enquire via J Parcell or any board member for details.
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Brimfield
The Youth's Companion 1901 Volume Announcement
The Youths Companion marks seventy five years of publication in 1901 and offers free issues for the remainder of 1900 to new subscribers. The paper promises stories and articles by diplomats sailors trappers fighters and self made men with a new Puritan Girl Calendar in twelve colors and free sample copies.
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Boston
Why not move to Nebraska for a better life
The message touts Nebraska as a land of plenty where grain fruit cattle and hogs thrive with little labor. It promises cheap land on easy terms healthful climate and abundant churches and schools. It invites readers to request The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklets and notes cheap excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month for visits to Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Corn Belt
West
Patent Medicine Claim For Quick Cold Cure In One Day
An old advertisement promises Lexatave Bromo Quinine Tablets stop cough and work off the cold in one day with a pledge of cure if not achieved. The fragment emphasizes rapid relief and a no cure, no pay style offer typical of period patent medicine notices.
Paid Dear For His Leg A Tex man cures sore with cure
B D Blanton of Thackerville Tex paid over 300 dollars in two years to doctors for a running leg sore. They proposed amputation, but he cured it with one box of Bu cure for Pites at 25 cents a box. Sold by Wm Robinson & Co druggists. Also notes DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the liver pills that never gripe.
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B. D. Blanton
Thackerville
Tex
Wm Robinson & Co
DeWitt
Wm. B Robinson & Co
Bank Directors Guilty of Falsifying Books
The director manager and auditors of Dumbell's Bank at Douglas Isle of Man have been found guilty of falsifying the bank's books after a recent failure exposing losses over £100200. The case highlights intensive scrutiny of banking practices and financial record keeping.
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Dumbell’s Bank
Douglas
Isle of Man
Help Is Needed At Once Cough Cure Ad
An old advertisement urges immediate aid when a cough or cold endangers life. It touts One Minute Cough Cure as quickly curing coughs colds and severe throat and lung troubles including croup choking influenza and related illnesses.
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Win. Robinson & Co
Chinese Emperors Tea Garden Mystery
Chinese imperial tea practices described with pickers in a high walled garden required to wear gloves bathe thrice daily and avoid fish to keep aroma pure. The passage shifts to an advert claiming One Minute Cough Care swiftly relieves croup coughs colds and lung troubles promising quick, harmless relief from respiratory issues.
Dan Rice Arrested in Cincinnati for Drunkenness
Dan Rice, famed circus clown from Maine to California, was arrested drunk in Cincinnati. He offered no defense and was sent to the workhouse for three months, to provide for him through the coming winter as he nears seventy years old.
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Ian Rice
Dan Rice
Maine
California
Cincinnati
Rice
O.d
Cow Rescue Tragedy at Clove Valley Well
A cow owned by Wallace Titts in Clove Valley New Jersey fell into a fourteen foot well. Workers used a derrick to lift the animal three times, each time the cow slid back. On the fourth attempt the derrick collapsed, injuring and fracturing the skull of Martin D. Lewis.
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Wallace Tittswoth
Clove Valkey
Martin D. Lewis
Uprising Seen as Inevitable by Chinese Perspective
Professor Maertens, speaking at the University of St. Petersburg, argued that the anti foreign uprising in China followed from centuries of European interference and imperial pressure, and would be understandable if one stood with the Chinese under imperial rule.
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Maertens
Univerity of
St. Petersburg
China
Turk Reveres His Mother In Daily Rites
A Turko daily practice honors a mother with reverence and care. The custom features the son feeding her in her presence until invited to rest, reflecting deep family devotion.
To Cure A Cold In One Day, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
The ad promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It offers a refund if the remedy fails and credits E. W. Geoves as the promoter.
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E. W. Geoves
Farmland listings across Iowa and Nebraska in one notice
A wide land sale ad describes 160 acre parcels near Crearfield Iowa two miles from town with houses and outbuildings, plus 155 acres near Blockton Iowa, 40 acres near Oakdale Nebraska, 240 acres near Mindon Benson with fences, 160 acres near Ayer Nebraska with buildings, 400 acres six miles from Inavale Nebraska with extensive improvements, and 160 acres near Belve City Furnace County with cultivation. Also 160 acres near Trenton Hitchcock County Nebraska with cultivation, plus ranch property for sale in Peoria Knot and Fulton counties. Contact W. J. Wiverr Farmington for details and trade possibilities.
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Crearfield
Iown
New House
Inivale
Neb
Belve City
Furnace Co
Trenton
Bitchcock Co
Eale
Peoria Knot
Fulton County
Administrator's Notice of Estate in Peoria County
George N Arxolp administrator of the estate of B Arnold deceased Peoria County Ill will appear before the probate court at Peoria on December 17 to hear and adjust claims against the estate all creditors are requested to attend and pay debts due to the administrator Peoria Ill Oct 9 1900
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Uni
Ceaurorace
B. Arnold
Peori
State of Ana
Ereby
Peoria
George N Arxoip
Ill
Style and Himalayan Passes Mentioned in Fragment
The excerpt contrasts mature writing style with youthful self expression. It then mentions the Himala yas pass named Ghant pronounced ne-te-grewt, between Kamace and Thibet, at 16 314 feet. It notes the Village of Niti in Kumaoa thirteen eyes south of the pass and calls the pass the ensit for the Ku-
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Himalayas
Kamace
Thibet
San Tevel
Niti
Kumaoa
Wealthy Rees Whitney Changes Plans On Buildings
Ree William C. Whitney continually spends part of his vast fortune on construction or demolition. He will issue instructions for a stable after reviewing plans and likely remodel before completion. Hamilton McK. Twombly is another millionaire prone to similar indecision and changes of mind.
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Ree
William C. Whitney
Hamilton McK
Twombly
Treating Head Injuries in Quiet, Cold Conditions
The article advises keeping the environment quiet and dark, applying constant ice water to the head, elevating the head on firm pillows, and dressing the wound just enough to protect it from cold drafts without causing overheating. It emphasizes restraint and supportive care after head trauma.
Pitying Cresens Then He Jumps Into Passing Cab
The fragment describes pitying Cresens and a fellow who, after a brief gesture, thanks someone and leaps into a passing cab, then is driven away. The text is terse and lacks clear names beyond Cresens and a general reference to a fellow.
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Cresens
Woman at Long Beach Noted As Price Leader
Mrs Ira E Tott of Long Beach California is said to be the only woman who has a Price near a fashionable watering place.
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Ira E. Tott
Long Beach
Cal
Snakes Found in Ireland Possibly Imported From England
Reports note hundreds of years of snakes in Ireland notwithstanding, with two ring snakes found at Bray. The reptiles reportedly faced the death penalty and their skins were kept as curiosities, while Irish press articles claim they were imported from Manglend.
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Ireland
Bray
Revered Librarian Denounces Krugerism Fleeing to Durban
A reverendly librarian publicly condemned Krugerism from the pulpit before hostilities began and fled the scene toward Durban, signaling rising tensions and a hurried exit from the area.
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Reverens
Krugerism
Durban
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