Alumni Meet Celebrates Fifth High School Class
Alumni of the fifth High School hosted a reception for the graduating class at Mr. Chas Hayes residence. Decor featured class colors with a display of vintage portraits and a “sweet girl graduates” theme. Miss Baker, Miss Porsell, and others performed piano solos before a literary program and refreshments. Attendees included Mrs. D. Drysdale 98, Rosa Parsell 00, Carrie Whitten 97, Roxana Hagee 97, Janie Marshall 98, Augusta Bennett 00, Winnie Johnson 00, Mae Whitten 700, Edith Murphey 00, Mary Baker 00, Ira Porter 00, Lulu Foster 01, Cora Martin ms 001, Mary Tucker 01, Olive Herriott 01, Madge Bennett 01, Horace Moon 01, Maude Littlefield 01, Henry Chamberlain 01, Claude Miller 02, May Hayes 02, Dean Johnson 02.
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Chas. Hayes
Peter
Grean
I ‘Tif
Baker
Porsell
Edith Murphey
Mary Baker
Ira Porter
Lulu Foster
Cora Martin
Mary Tucker
Olive Herriott
Madge Bennett
Horace Moon
Maude Littlefield
Henry Chamberlain
Claude Miller
May Hayes
Ask Maher
Dean Johnson
Obituary of Mrs Mary McGinn Resident of Millbrook Township
Mrs Mary McGinn wife of John McGinn died at their home four miles north of town on Sunday afternoon June 8 1902 after a long illness She was born in County Cavan Ireland and would have been 76 on August 15 The couple lived in eastern states before moving to Illinois forty four years ago settling in Millbrook township where she died The funeral was held at St h s church Brimfield Tuesday morning June 10 conducted by Rev A Mainville and interment followed at Calvary cemetery
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Mary McGinn
John McGinn
Wyoming
Millbrook Township
Foley's Kidney Cure Ad
Warning that kidney and bladder trouble requires Foley's Kidney Cure to cure all forms of kidney and bladder diseases, endorsed by Wm. Robinson & Co.
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Foley
Wm. Robinson & Co
Southern memorial debates shift toward Davis
A growing movement favors honoring Jefferson Davis with a Confederate memorial day over Gen. Lee. Mississippi supports buying and maintaining the Beauvoir Davis homestead. June 3 marked Davis birthday in Confederate remembrance.
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Gen. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Mississippi
Beauvoir
Saved From An Awful Fate By Dr. King's Discovery
Mrs A M Shields of Chambersburg Pa credits Dr King’s New Discovery with her recovery from six months of severe sickness caused by Hay Fever and Asthma. She calls it the safest cure for throat and lung diseases and effective for coughs colds and bronchial affections. Guaranteed bottles 50c and 1 trial bottle free at Wm Robinson & Co.
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A. M Shields
Chambersburg
Wm. Robinson & Co
Safe home remedy for cholera morbus attack claims relief
The article urges keeping a reliable medicine for cholera morbus and diarrhoea. It cites W. E. Bosworth of La Payette Alabama who states one dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy relieved a serious June 1900 attack in fifteen minutes. Sold by Wm. Robinson Bo.
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Chamberlain
W. E. Bosworth
la Payette
Ala
Wm. Robinson
Methodist Notes Observances and Obituary Mentions
Children's Day program planned for next Sabbath evening. Funeral services held for infant daughter of Samuel Witherel at Oak Hill on Tuesday. W F M S supper at M E parsonage Friday June 13 from 6 pm. Ladies support an orphan in China. Rev J E Mercer attended funeral of Rev W S Baker at Whitefield, who died last Sabbath morning after a year of illness. Baker was a promising young pastor.
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Samuel Witherel
Oak Hill
W.F. M
M. E
China
J. E. Mercer
Princeville
W. 8. Baker
Whitefield
Brother Baker
Death of William Boyle Near Brimfield at 80
William Boyle died at his home southwest of Brimfield on Wednesday June 11. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at the house at 10 oclock with interment in Elmwood Cemetery. He was 80 years 7 months and 23 days old.
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William Boyle
Brimfield
Elmwood Cemmtery
Boyle
The Town Cow
A playful mock ode from the Rossville News editor praising a town cow that invades gardens and disrupts daily life. The poem humorously portrays the cow’s mischief with rustic imagery and light domestic calamities ending with the farmer’s futile hunt for the cow’s whereabouts.
Noted Correspondent Walter Wellman Washington Correspondent
Walter Wellman, a famed political writer and Arctic explorer, serves as Washington correspondent for the Record Herald. Born November 3, 1858 in Mentor Ohio, he started in newspapers at 14 and created a weekly in Sutton Nebraska. He shaped major roles including Cincinnati Evening Post, Chicago Herald, and Arctic expeditions that yielded data for the American Geographical Society.
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United States
Tae Curiaco Record-Herald
Washington
Tae Record-Herald
Walter Wellman
Mr. Wellman
Mentor
Ohio
Sutton
Neb
Cinccinnati Evening Post
Chicago Herald
Central America
West Indies
Columbus
Poule
Spitzbergen
Franz Joseph Land
American Geographical Society
Wellman
Recorp-Herald
Diplomatic Reception Room Scenes and Senor Depew Moment
A Washington Times account notes the diplomatic reception room where Hay and visitors discuss foreign affairs. Hay dictates notes verbal as safeguards against memory lapses. A New York farmer then teases Depew with a quip about marriage, provoking the Senator’s amused reply.
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Washington Times
Hay
Gates Faces Loss After Wall Street Twist
In a cafe scene a broker lamented a stock crash that wiped out a $10 investment. A waiter blames John W. Gates as the market swung, while a steel and wire man signals unease, highlighting boom and bust on Wall Street.
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Gates
Wall Street
N. G
John W. Gates
New York Times
Right of Discovery Story from Cuba War Hole Standoff
An Irish soldier in the Cuba campaign is found by his sergeant in a distant hole during active service. The sergeant orders him out, but the Irishman insists he discovered the hole first, asserting rank does not grant priority in that moment. Youth's Companion presents the anecdote.
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Rossville
Johan
P. D.Q
Cuba
English Court Case Echoes Jarndyce in Modern Chancery
A Regent Street wine merchant firm received £95 from the court for wine supplied to an aristocratic customer in 1816, the year after Waterloo. Though the suit participants are long dead, the firm remains in existence reflecting the enduring Jarndyce saga in the English court of chancery.
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Siow
Dickens
Jarndyce
Giant 450-ton German crane dominates Kiel harbor
A gigantic electric crane billed as the largest in the world stands in Kiel. Weighing 450 tons, it can lift up to 150 tons with an arm extending fifty yards from base and rising over fifty yards high. The impressive machine operates by electricity.
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Kiel
Thirteen-time Mayor Glover Repeats Bluff City Victory
Bluff City Kansas mayor Glover wins a thirteenth consecutive term. In a brief victory note, his honor says past terms were rough but now the city runs smoothly under his steady hand.
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Glover
Bluff City
Kan
Magazine Manager Urged Stockton To Reveal End
An enterprising magazine manager offered Stockton ten thousand dollars to disclose the true ending of the famous tale, but Stockton remained true to his story and declined the offer.
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Stockton
Furniture makers note summer camps as new season trend
The piece observes that summer camps have become an institution, drawing attention from New York furniture makers who are adapting their trade to align with the seasonal movement and consumer interest.
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New York
Elevator Man Provokes Painful Outburst in Corn Incident
An elevator operator underplays a painful misstep as a passenger grimaces and swears. The worker jokes about corn pain, offering fellow feeling after stepping on an inflamed toe. The scene blends humor with a religious tone as a modest rebuke follows.
Pastor seeks topics for sermons in central Pa parish
A central Pennsylvania pastor asks parishioners to submit topics or texts that would help in sermons. Eligible subjects will be placed in a prepared box to guide his future preaching. The pastor hopes this will boost service to the congregation and earn their confidence and pleasure.
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Pennsylvania
Hungarian Premier's Stout Stomach Jokes At Court
An amusing anecdote recounts Tisza at Hofburg dinner with the emperor. A large pear on his dessert plate prompts the monarch to note that cold fruit after a hot meal harms digestion. Tisza replies that a Hungarian premier must have a strong stomach to endure such fare.
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Tisza
Hofburg
Russell Sage Near Death Prospect and Long Lease Signed
The 84 year old Russell Sage expects to live twenty one more years and has leased a Fifth Avenue house for that term. He will pay $700 for the first year and $12,500 annually under the new lease, a property he has occupied for forty two years.
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Russell Sage
Fifth Avenue
New York
Carpenters Compare Door Hangs Between Nations
A Mexican carpenter thinks one door would take two big days to hang while an American carpenter can hang ten doors in a day, illustrating a stark productivity contrast between the workers.
City doctors seen as ward healers says DA
District Attorney Jerome remarked after a friend in medicine suggested doctors in New York City show little political interest. He countered that attending physicians at the city's hospitals are ward healers, implying a hopeful, practical role in public life.
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Jerome
New York City
Unclear Source Item On Hydraulic Gun Turret
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a hydraulic turret that can be turned in any direction by hydraulic power. No clear date place or full context is readable. The fragment mentions 13 tom guns and general mechanism but lacks operative details or identities.
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St. Louis
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Father Ryan
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Dres
England
Somaliland
Everend Lesier
Italy
N. 2
Standard Authority
G. & C. Merriam Company
Webster’s
International Dictionary
Switzerland
Inves
Earl of Dundonald
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