Community church notes and approaching events in Tiskilwa
Mrs J E Mercer hosts an aged relative update. The W F M S to present a church program on Sabbath evening August 5. Fourth quarterly meetings set for August 9 and 10 with Rev F W Merrell preaching. M E lawn social at Addison Pacey’s residence on Saturday August 2. Ice cream and cake served. Last Sabbath services well attended with sermons on Faithful Endurance and The Sacrifice of Faith. Junior and Intermediate Leagues hosted a successful lawn social to benefit the Missionary Society. Oak Hill camp meeting scheduled August 14-24 expected to draw large crowds with about 100 churches and many pastors and workers attending.
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F. W. Merrell
M. E
Addison Pacey
R. Pacey
M. E. Parsonage
Missionary Society
Oak Hill
The Rural Telephone Story of Neighborly Trouble
Neighbors adopted telephones last year and shared gossip freely, with each sounding a distinct ring. Tales of overheard secrets, jealousies, and fights spread, prompting quarrels and broken friendships until lines went silent and many harmed by the overheard misdeeds.
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Samson
Boggs
Old Scruggs
Prager
Farmer Jones
Scraggs
Farmer Scraggs
Toot
Smith
Photographs Offered by JC Cone & Son Firm
Fragmentary letter from Efp Feasten seeking patronage for photographs. The garbled text references purchasing a photograph ear and a runic binth cremtior, with a request for a share of patronage and a closing sign-off. The content is unclear and appears to be damaged OCR.
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JC Cone & Son
Great Age Matt Tobin Passes in Salina County
Matt Tobin dies at age 105 in Salina County Kanaar 2. His first wife died of cholera in New York in 1439. His second wife survives him at age 95.
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Matt Tobin
Salina County
Kanaar
New York
Antipyrin's Scientific Name Mentioned by Doctor
A pharmacist notes that phenyldimethylpyrazolone is the correct scientific name for antipyrin. The remark suggests that a prescription using the technical term does not imply a hopeless case.
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Inman
Popularity of Statesmen and Rodent Cyclone Report
Uncle Joe Cannon earns more mail than any member during a congressional session. Senator Hoar received about 200 letters daily for several days after his Philippine bill speech. In Bougie Algeria a cyclone caused a shower of rats and mice to fall over the district for about a quarter hour.
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Joe” Cannon
Congress
Senator Hoar
Constantine
Algeria
Stavely
Bougie
Michigan and President Jackson era in state history
The text notes Michigan’s admission to the Union under President Jackson and explains that Jackson County and several counties such as Van Buren Cass Livingstone Ingham Eaton Branch Barry and Berrien were named after members of his cabinet.
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Michigan
Jackson
Jackson County
van Buren
Cass
Livingstone
Ingham
Eaton
Branch
Barry
Berrien
The Last Gecking Stool In England Found In Leominster
In the priory church at Leominster England a rare specimen of the old gecking or cucking stool is preserved. The device, used to punish scolds and gossips, dates from Saxon times and Leominster’s stool was the last known used in England with a recorded date of 1908.
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Priory
Leominster
England
Bible Society Seeks 250000 Guineas for Centenary Expansion
The British and Foreign Bible Society aims to raise 250000 guineas to extend its field and mark its centenary in 19N4. The appeal urges donations to support missionary work and broader outreach across regions.
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Want Missionary Fund
British and Foreign Bible Society
Modesty Misadventure At Women's Club Event
Col Norris G Osborn hosted a New Haven Register convention at Calvary Baptist church. His repeated chair hitches, aimed at self effacement, nudged him toward the rear. An usher warned that another hitch could land him in the tank.
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Hile Deeita
Col
Norris G. Osborn
New Haven
Not Yet A Polygamist Says Manila Quarters Visit
A Philippine desk officer recounts Bishop Potter filling a U S Army questionnaire. Facing about thirty questions from Uncle Sam on Chinese and Filipino entrants the bishop lists his basics then quips Not yet when asked Are you a polygamist. The anecdote highlights his humor during a formal immigration check.
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Potter
Philippines
Manila
Islands
Uncle Sam
Brain and Mental Activity in the Brain's Structure
The text argues most brain mass is white matter with nerve fibers that merely carry messages. Only a tiny fraction, likely the frontal region, contains active brain cells responsible for high mental operations. It concludes cerebrum cells are a small portion of the brain's three pound mass.
A Child Chooses Baptism Across Churches
The Philadelphia Times recounts a girl allowed to attend a Sunday school of a different denomination from her parents and her humorous resolve to be baptized so all could witness. She proposes a compromise to be baptised in both churches if the first didn’t take, hoping to please mom and dad.
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Philadelphia Times
Mamma
Faith and goats in a New York suburb
A mother tells two children that praying for a sibling will bring a baby. Soon a real baby arrives, but the next day the father discovers the children kneeling to pray for goats, not a child, revealing a humorous misfire in their faith exercise.
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Lizzie
Sham Champagne and the French cider deception
A London Family Doctor remark exposes a fad where American apples cured and fermented become champagne. With carbonic acid gas yeast and powder, the product is sent to England, misrepresented as the best brand and consumed under false prestige.
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France
England
London
Legal Wording For An Orange Transaction Offer
In a humorous look at legal drafting a judge notes that an informal transfer would be simple yet a lawyer would craft a formal document. The example extends to all interests including rind juice pulp pits and all rights therein with broad powers to bite suck or eat or even transfer the orange.
Difference Between a Pharmacist and a Farm Assistant
State Senator Henry Marshall of Brooklyn recounts a conundrum about a druggist and a farm laborer. A gentleman asks the pharmacist for a prescription, pays ninety five cents, and learns the difference lies in five cents and ninety cents. The exchange ends with the druggist explaining the extra ninety cents as the distinction between the pharmacist and the farm assistant.
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Henry Marshall
Brooklyn
New York Times
Famous Pierce Estate May Be Sold to Highest Bidder
The Boston Globe laments the disposal of the famous Pierce estate at Hillaboro New Hampshire. It warns that New England should not part with historic landmarks even amid utilitarian progress. The piece stresses the estate as a historically valuable, well appointed Granite State site.
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New England
Fran Pierce
Hillaboro
N. H
Granite State
Boston Globe
Belasco Complimented on The Charity Ball Feud
The article recalls David Belasco's remark about H. C. De Mille's play The Charity Ball and a disputed line from a Psalm. Herbert Kelcey objects to the line as bombastic and old fashioned, and De Mille clarifies it was David's line not his.
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David
de Mille
Kelcey
Dave Belasco
American Sponge Industry Dominates World Market
Four sponge centers exist with Key West the leading port for supply and distribution. Waters near Key West yield the sheep’s wool sponge prized for form and texture, while many sailors trained from boyhood man the sponging fleet. The American sponge industry, about sixty years old, already leads globally in volume, vessel equipment, and business intelligence.
Paris to Hear Prodigy Play From One Year Old
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a remarkable claim that a one year old girl is writing a play for submission to the Comedie Francaise. The item playfully remarks that thousands of child prodigies exist who will never be heard from after submission.
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Paris
Comedie Francaise
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mon pithy misdirection in a plaid map tale
A Scotch gardener on a New York estate is shown a colourful map by one of his master's sons. Tobias studies the map and declares in broad humour that it cannot be trusted as it is “laid out in the plaid” of fictional Macfeehlans.
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New York
Tobias
United States
Interplanetary Communication Prize in Paris
In France a prize is offered for the first scientist to establish inter planetary communication. An old lady in Paris left a large sum in trust to be awarded to the winner. The topic, The Earth and Mare, captivates popular imagination as possibilities of contact with Mars are explored.
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Earth
Mare
Mars
France
Paris
Cost progression of British battleships across eras
A historical note traces naval ship costs from 1883 to the early 1900s, showing a rise from about 2.4 million dollars for a British battleship to roughly 6.4 million dollars for the then under construction King Edward VII class. It also lists specific classes and their prices, highlighting escalating displacement around 16 250 tons.
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Majestic
Formidable
Dominion
CommonWealth
Australia’s Fiery Mountain in New South Wales Burn Site
A coal seam at Wingen in New South Wales has reportedly burned since the early settlement era. The mountain, 1,820 feet high, reveals smoking fissures and ground heat with sulfur deposits, while locals recall a perpetual blaze dating back generations.
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Wingen
Australia
Pneumatic Arm Aids Illusion and Crime Feats
A British paper touts the Gladstone pneumatic arm as a landmark in conjuring. Made of thin India rubber, it fits on the shoulder to conceal the real arm and manipulate rabbits while a performer pockets valuables. The inventor allegedly earned about £10,000 from using the device, with bold demonstrations on travelers and buses.
Revenge of a Chauffeur after Bexhill Races
An auto club member chased a police constable to a cowshed and found him hiding in a manger after a return from Bexhill races. He telegrammed the chief constable reporting the scene and noting a silver watch in the constable’s hand. Motor World suggests mobleft travel in groups and share fines if stopped by police.
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Bexhill
New Use for Colonial Products for Public Speaking
An inexpensive pleasant aid for speakers suggests pineapple juice as the best throat lubricant. The note claims people in pineapple growing regions rarely suffer bronchial ailments, implying a health benefit from the fruit used as a salad item.
Tobacco Smoke Kills Germs Yet Lets Diseases Grow
Tobacco smoke may prevent some diseases, reports Dr. Damon who studied its action on mouth cavity organisms. It reportedly does not affect typhoid fever germs or tetanus but greatly slows influenza, diphtheria, and tuberculosis bacilli. London Science Siftings.
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Damon
London
The Language of Diplomacy and Language Use
The piece notes France’s belief in French as the language of diplomacy. It recalls Bis marck sending a German dispatch to Russia after 1870 1, and Prince Gortschakoff replying in Russian to avert a crisis. It also cites a Gaulois remark at a state banquet and Duke of Connaught replying in English to emphasize linguistic propriety.
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France
Bismarck
Russia
Gortschakoff
Alfonso
Duke of Connaught
Strange marriage customs keep husbands apart
May not see their brides. Among certain African tribes husbands are not permitted to look upon their wives. They live in huts apart, and only during the night may they visit their brides. In Timbuctoo the custom prevails, and at Futa wives never permit husbands to see them unveiled until three years after marriage.
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Timbuctoo
Futa
World’s Biggest Sailing Ship Preussen Launched in Germany
Germany launched the world’s largest sailing vessel, the Preussen, of about 8,000 tons, at Geestemunde. Owned by the firm behind the former record holder, she measures 437 feet by 53 feet, draws 34 feet, and carries 48 000 square feet of sail for trade to the Pacific coast of America.
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Germany
Geestemunde
Pacific
America
French aeronaut tops lowest temperature record
The Lowest. Tresserene de Hort, a French aero naut, achieved a new record low of 72 degrees centigrade, 97.6 Fahrenheit, measured on a thermometer during a trial balloon ascent to 33 000 feet.
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Tresserene de Hort
A Question of Robes at Cornell Ceremony
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell wore the scarlet robe and black velvet cap earned with his Doctor of Laws from the University of Edinburgh when receiving Lord Kelvin at Ithaca. He is expected to wear the robe at future academic functions.
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Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell
Lord Kelvin
Ithaca
University of Edinburgh
Schurman
King Edward’s US citizen name hinted by Jenny Lind lineage
Inquiries arise about King Edward adopting U.S. citizenship and the potential name Albert B. Wettin if granted. The piece notes Jenny Lind’s granddaughter Gwen dolin Maude as inheriting the musical gift, comparing her to the Swedish Nightingale and mentioning the singer’s daughter as a songwriter.
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King
King Edward
United States
Guelph
Wettin
Pers
Albert B. Wettin
Jenny Lind
Gwendolin Maude
Europe
Civil War Battle Flags of the Brothers Quarrel
Mr P D Harrison of Anchester NH studies flags from the Civil War era with focus on those carried in what he terms The Brothers Quarrel 1861 5. He notes southern state custody narrows the count compared with Northern Commonwealths and aims to assemble a complete set.
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P. D. Harrison
Anchester
N. H
Novel Wedding Custom in France for Poor Relief
A note on a French church wedding custom where guests donate gifts or money to the poor. The practice, part of ante nuptial showers and wedding presents, can be used as a refund or aid to donors who give to the needy.
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France
Col. Cody Claims Descent From Milesius of Spain
Col Cody asserts kinship to Milesius the king of Spain, tracing lineage through Heber and Heremon to Ireland’s first dynasty. The Cody family maintains descent through Heremon.
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Col. Cody
Col
Cody
Milesius
Spain
Heber
Heremon
Ireland
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J. E. Mercer
Tiskilwa
Pierce
Winzelman
Webster’s
J & C. Merriam Co., . PuBuerans
Springfield
MASE
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