Local Holiday News and Society Notes 1902
Ernest Herriott of Galesburg is home for Christmas. M L Derby visits Kewanee with daughters. Rural carriers see heavy Christmas mail. Misses Birdie Jane Etella Marshall travel to Peoria for holidays. Lola Shave attends a relative's wedding at Lawn Ridge. Rev J O Blyter to start Baptist meetings Sunday. Mrs H C Corcoran with daughter in Chicago. Dr E Marshall family from Magnor spend holidays home. Minnie Herrington teaching Averyville returns to grandfather Wm Cowley’s home. Frank Fuchs from Sutton Nebraska visits for holidays. Eila Hail ill. Rev S C Davis filling her Gruman class. Mrs J L Burt and Maude Burt back in Brimfield. crutches after broken leg. Illinois teachers association annual meeting in Springfield December 29-31, 1902. Western Passenger Association rate set for Springfield. Kisaya Takahashi hosted at Bloomington by Japanese law student auabashi. Hill's hotel banquet discussed.
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Ernest Herriott
Galesburg
M. L. Derby
Kewanee
Birdie
Jane
Etella Marshall
Peoria
Lola Shave
Lawn Ridge
J. O. Blyter
Baptist Church
H. C. Corcoran
W. ‘ McCullough
Ian Chicago
E. Marshall
Magnor
Minnie Herrington
Averyville
Wm. Cowley
Frank Fuchs
Sutton
Nebraska
Eila Hail
Grumman
Capitol Building
Springfield
Western Passenger Association
Thomas Pacey
Kisaya Takahashi
Japan
Bloomington
Auabashi
Wesleyan University
Purlington Route Excursions and Colorado Travel Deals
The Burlington Route announces July and August excursion dates with sleeper service from Chicago to Denver at 250 double berth, plus 25 excursion rates on selected dates. It promotes Homeseekers excursions, Alco Special rates to Colorado Utah Wyoming and other western points, half fare summer round trips to Colorado Utah and the Black Hills, and a free Colorado handbook detailing hotels hunting and fishing.
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Chicago
Denver
Alco
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
Washington
Oregon
Burlington
Black Hills
Bo &Q
Public Sales At Henry Smith Farm And Pacey Farm
Henry Smith holds a public sale of horses cattle hogs and farm machinery at his farm three miles east of town on Tuesday January 6 Col Doug McDougnell auctioneer Chas Thomas will conduct a sale of horses cattle hogs farming implements hay and straw at the R Pacey farm on Saturday December 27 Mr Thomas offers fine well bred cattle at the sale Col Doug McPonnell auctioneer.
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Henry Smith
Col
Doug. McDougnell
Chas. Thomas
R. Pacey
Thomas
Doug. McPonnell
For Sale Stock Pigs and Cattle In Poland China Breeds
Three good stock pigs for sale near Po land China. Enquire Henry Moon. Also a cow for sale inquire Mrs. Eddy Baker located one and a quarter miles northwest of town. Two tall blood Poland China male pigs for sale. A few full blood brood sows due to farrow late February or early March. Enquire Fred Chichester.
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Poland
China
Henry Moon
Eddy Baker
Farrow
Fred Chichester
Gratulations in Ipnds'in near Eoe vicinity
A fragmented note from the Ipnds'in area reports congratulations in a local context. Details are unclear due to OCR corruption but indicate celebration or recognition within a small community. Further text is illegible to identify names, dates, or exact event.
St. Leo Strachey hailed as keen observer of the United States
Harper's Weekly praises the Spectator editor as a bold, incisive British journalist who, despite a first American visit, shows deep familiarity with American life and remains a strong friend to the United States. The piece commends his breadth, judgment, and suggests he should stay longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
Harper’s Weekly
Surly Stranger Sparks Weather Talk on Subway
A New York Tribune oddity notes two men on the Sixth Avenue elevated train. A grim, grouchy man, reading a paper in a corner, is approached by a trim stranger who says the weather is nasty. The surly rider retorts that it is none of the other man's business.
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Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
New York Tribune
Birds Fly From Governor Pie At Banner Event
Kingston correspondent reports Sir James Swettenham, new governor of British Guiana, hosted a ball where a giant pie released twenty four brightly painted Attic birds. The birds, common in Malay states, were passed among guests to bring fortune, a custom linked to local dining theatrics rather than a nursery rhyme.
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British Guiana
James Swettenham
Kingston
Nashville
Sir James
Embalmed Breakfast Brand Promoted by Cheerful Writer
A satirical note questions a cheerful English writer who extols vegetable foods as harmful to teeth and organs while meat is linked to gout and disease. It mocks the idea of endorsing an embalmed breakfast product and asks for the specific brand as a sign of good faith.
Four Thousand Godfathers For Princess Irene
Princess Irene of Prussia reportedly has about 4000 godfathers. The tale recalls her birth near the close of the 1866 war. Prince Henry of Hesse ordered officers and soldiers of his regiment to stand as godparents, christening her Irene to honor peace.
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Frene
Prussia
Prince Henry of Hess
Irene
Peace
Where Dead Chinamen Go Ventnor Disaster Burial Trade
A report on the sinking off New Zealand of the British ship Ventnor carrying coffins with sixty dead Chinese. The incident highlights a Chinese burial practice and the limited traffic to Chinese ports. The article discusses the arousing attention to a trade linked to funerary customs and the desire for ancestral burial.
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New Zealand
Ventnor
Chigaman
Children and Mothers Target Doll as Church Service Flag
A brief note recounts a preacher’s appeal to mothers to bring dolls for a church service instructing each child to hold the doll still during the sermon. It laments English mothers not following the advice, citing children’s restlessness on a sunny Sunday morning and their urge to move rather than pray.
Chased Deer on bicycle along canal towpath
C D Storms of Honesdale Pennsylvania rode a bicycle along the Delaware and Hudson canal towpath when a big buck sprang from a thicket and paused to look at him before bounding away. The chase lasted over a mile as the deer remained ahead, leaping from canal to river and crossing the Erie railroad track before disappearing into the woods.
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Lackawaxen
Erie Railroad
Honesdale
Dick Wainwright and the Blowing Crew Tale
Three jackies arrive in town to blow money from Dick Wainwright aboard the Newark. An old sea lawyer asks for restraint, but the crew insists they mean to blow and depart quickly. The exchange reveals Dick as a strict yet respected captain, a bully fellow to some.
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Dick” Wainwright
Jackies
Newark
Dick Wainwright
Gloucester
New York Press
France's global investments reach six billion dollars
A French foreign affairs letter to consuls requested data on French capital abroad. Reports show French investments across consular districts total about six billion dollars, underscoring France as an enduring investor and dividend receiver with vast resources.
Rival Speakers Demand Time As Clock Runs Amok
Senator Webster, mid speech on internal improvements, is interrupted when the Senate clock malfunctions, striking endlessly for over forty strokes. He waits in silence until about twenty strikes pass, then notes to the chair that the clock is out of order and asserts he has the floor.
The Czars bodyguard of Circassians
Fifteen Circassians guard the Russian emperor, sometimes in disguise or as courtly gentlemen. They accompany the emperor everywhere and maintain a special kitchen watch. They inspect all food and the wine is tasted several times daily by three persons to prevent poisoning.
Court Of Appeals Rules Brewery Combine A Trust
A Kansas City court of appeals decision declares that the brewers in the city form a trust barred by Missouri statutes and that debtors need not pay their bills even in court, signaling widespread trouble for unlawful combinations.
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Kansas City
A Question for Scientists About Atomic Size
Lord Kelvin reasons from light wave observations capillary action and molecular motion that the diameter of two or so minutes is the corpuscle from which atoms are formed.
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Lord Kelvin
Unclear OCR Text About Sat Scene and Chorus
Fragmentary OCR data describes a Saturn scene with laughter and a chorus, referencing nature and a question about a scam. No clear names, dates, or places are readable, making a coherent news item impossible.
Secret, Shaw in cabinet clash with president remark
The president shouted at Shaw during a cabinet meeting, saying he would send him back to Des Moines after Shaw faced sharp criticism in many newspapers urging retirement. Washington dispatch notes the tense exchange and fallout.
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Shaw
Mitchell
Des Moines
Washington Dispatch
Philadelphia Bulletin
Aristocratic Caddy Serves Justice Harlan At Golf Links
A 14 year old caddy for Supreme Court Justice Harlan was replaced by another boy when the first missed a 2 o clock tee time due to his mother's luncheon. The substitute presented him with an apology for the late arrival. The incident highlighted the young caddy's polite demeanor and the family’s affluent connections.
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Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Victoria
Senator Depew
Go Back to the Farm and Return to Land
The piece argues there is no cure for low mood in labor or capital, both driven by markets. It calls for a population shift away from towns toward farming, urging relocation to public lands in the west and even migration to cheaper lands in Canada to dig for a living.
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Canda
The Energetic Bee Explains Daily Foraging
A bee gathers sugar by visiting about six thousand flowers daily. Each clover head contains sixty flower tubes with tiny sugar amounts. Bees visit around a hundred clover heads per day and make twenty trips to the hive, drawing sugar from roughly 120000 flowers in a day.
Death in Dublin Miss Ross McDowell Linked to Daniel O Connell
The eighty one year old Miss Ross McDowell dies in Dublin. The article notes she attracted Daniel O Connell and refused his suit, a decision said to have weighed on him and contributed to his illness.
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Danisl O'Connell
Dublin
Ross McDowell
Daniel O’connell
Odowell
el O’connell
O’connell
O'Connell
Berlin inventor proposes flying boat by water trial method
Herr Gustav Koch of Berlin proposes a boat that will fly, with tests conducted on water to avoid cross country trips. He recently demonstrated his invention to the German Society of Aerial Navigation, describing a low, fat and
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Herr Gustav Koch
Berlin
German Society of Aerial Navigation
Mill Winds Up A Heavy Weight Dynamo
A heavy weight is wound by a mill mechanism, its descent powering a dynamic dynamo. The setup generates controlled energy transfer as the weight descends, driving the generator and producing electric output within the mill’s operational cycle.
New Ruby Synthesis Shines at Academy Meeting
The London Leader reports that years ago artificial rubies were shown to be imperfect. Verneuil’s method now yields rubies of superb red color and high purity. The process is not costly and could lower prices for precious stones. The Academy's meeting featured a admired specimen.
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Acanis
Smenié Academie Des Sciences
Mi Verneuil
Academy
London
Street numbering in Tokyo proves wildly confusing
In Tokyo houses are not numbered by sequence. numbers jump across wards. A street may cross six wards and carry six number ones. The city has 1,330 streets and about 318,320 houses divided into fifteen wards. A jinriksha driver can locate any house by knowing the ward system.
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Japan
Tokio
Men of Real Value and the Drive for Discovery
The piece asserts that discovery and progress rival commercial success in value. It argues that explorers and researchers may bless humanity as much as factory builders. It notes art galleries parks universities and scientific bodies prove life beyond mere sustenance and hints future discoverers may outshine industrial founders.
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North Pole
Steel Trust
An Interesting Race of Somaliland People Described
A brief, early 20th century portrait praises Somaliland inhabitants. It extols Somalis as the most pleasing race in Africa, courteous, clean, honest, and friendly to whites. They are trusted escorts for hunting parties, hard workers, teetotalers, horsemen, and noted for courage.
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Somaliland
Africa
Missionaries In Africa Reach Untouched Frontier
Dr Aitkan writes from Lokoja Northern Nigeria that from his house he could walk the entire length of England and Scotland five times before seeing another missionary and that any who are met would be on a ship bound for Uganda highlighting vast labor gaps in Africa.
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America
Dr. Aitkan
Lokoja
Nigeria
Africa
England
Scotland
Uganda
How to Keep Young
A short piece urges maintaining youth through ongoing physical and mental activity. It cites Peter er and William E. Gladstone as examples, noting that resisting age limitations allowed them to sustain vigorous work into advanced years.
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Peterer
William E. Gladstone
Noted Tuberculosis Expert Deems Wealthy Homes High Risk
Dr A Knopf of New York, a leading tuberculosis authority, says conditions in the business offices and homes of the wealthy are as bad as those in tenements. His essay on tuberculosis as a disease of the masses won first prize at the Berlin international medical congress and has been translated widely.
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8. A. Knopf
New York
Dr. Knopfs
Berlin
Commercial Value of Almonds Across Markets
Fragmentary OCR text notes almond prices and stock terms. Mentions tonnage, averages, and per hundred kilogram values, with unclear references to markets and brokers. No clear dates, places, or named organizations identifiable.
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Tonis
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Purlington
Reet
A Newman
Wrm.Robinson & Co
The
London Spectator
Animal
Webster’s International
Rae
Willo
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Jerience
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