Bride Genevieve Francis Weds Claude Stone in Peoria
Miss Genevieve C. Francis of Soquawka and Claude A. Stone principal of Brimfield Public Schools married in Peoria on June 18 1902. The ceremony at the National hotel was by Rev. Arthur Little with relatives present. Stone has led Brimfield schools and Mrs Stone teaches in Prairie City. They will establish a home and be ready to entertain after July 15.
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Genevieve C. Francis
Soquawka
Claude A. Stone
Brimfield
Acknowledgement of Accident Benefit Receipt for February Injury
Henny Moon reports receiving a $20 benefit from the M W A accident association for injuries sustained last February and commends the prompt and satisfactory settlement.
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M. W. A. Accident Association
Henny Moon
Kidney Cure Ad by Wm. Robinson & Co.
An old advertisement warns readers with kidney or bladder trouble that Foley's Kidney Cure will positively cure all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. The pitch stresses personal responsibility for choosing treatment.
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Wm. Robinson & Co
Baptist Notes Sunday Services and Outreach
Baptist notes announce services every Sunday with Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m B Y P U at 7 p m young people meeting on Sunday evenings special illustrated sermon next Sunday morning a new life and death chart and invitation to all meetings including Tuesday Brimfield White's Grove and Thursday prayer meeting
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Brimfield
White's Grove
Entertaining Newspaper Features in The Chicago Record Herald
A promotional overview extols The Chicago Record Herald for its brilliant array of features. It highlights foreign dispatches, markets and finance, sports, editorials, humor, book reviews, society coverage, and daily fashion and meals columns, positioning the paper as a comprehensive metropolitan source.
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United States
Cucago-Record-Herald
Cutcago Record-Herald
Wo. E. Curtis
Walter Wellman
Kiser
Jakey
Chicago
Northwest
Modero Times
Saved From An Awful Fate By New Discovery Claim
Mrs A M Shields of Chambersburg Pa says six months of Hay Fever and Asthma nearly killed her but she recovered after using King s New Discovery for Consumption. She calls it a safe world class cure for throat and lung diseases including coughs colds and bronchial infections with guaranteed 50 cent to 1.00 bottles and free trial at Wm Robinson Co.
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A. M Shields
Chambersburg
Magrk
King
Wm. Robinson & Co
Reliable Cholera Remedy Praised By Alabama Man
In a narrative from La Fayette Alabama W E Bosworth shares a June 1900 cholera morbus attack relief within fifteen minutes after one dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The advertisement urges keeping this medicine on hand and notes Wm Robinson & Co sells it.
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Chamberlain
W. E. Bosworth
LaFayette
Ala
Wm Robinson & Co
Local notices and farm news from the Ced ar Rapids era
Local items report Cedar Rapids pumps at Archer s milk deliveries from Oak Hill creamery hay racks by Geo Cobb and farm activity high water affects fishing crop prospects potatoes diggings and market chatter O G Maxwell ill in Peoria Marie Cahill returns from Peoria school John Buck awarded Burt district schoolhouse contract Billy Sunday gospel meetings in Farmington with strong turnout Knights of Pythias to meet and union Sunday school picnic planned in Oak Hill July 4
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Union
Oak Hill
O. G. Maxwell
Peoria
Heta
Strayed or Stolen Baymare Reward Offered
Baymare, 15 years old, blond fore head star, nervous, about 1100 pounds. Reward for recovery. Reformed Rev. W. A Stimnson, Wyoming. Contact for information.
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Baymare
W. A Stimnson
Wyoming
Right of Discovery and the Irish Soldier in Cuba
An Irish soldier in Cuba is found hiding in a hole by his sergeant during the late war. The sergeant orders him out, but the Irishman retorts that he was the one who first discovered the hole, asserting rank does not negate his claim. The anecdote reflects daring and humor from Youth's Companion.
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Cuba
Could Not Read Bangs Says He Cannot Read His Work
John Kendrick Bangs narrates a humorous incident in a New York bookshop. A clerk offers Bangs a copy of his own book, and Bangs replies he cannot read Bangs. The clerk retorts that he cannot read either, prompting Bangs to reveal his name and address.
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John Kendrick Bangs
New York
Mr. Bangs
Bangs
Some Hints for Employer From The Success
The greatest good of an employer lies in the welfare of his workers whose well being forms a major asset. When plans benefit employees, the employer makes the best investment. Mutual appreciation drives effort to reduce waste and improve business conduct.
Retort Arkansas: Arkansas Officials in Political Verbal Duel
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes a heated exchange between Jeff Davis the Arkansas governor and Circuit Judge A B Grace of Pipe Bluff. Davis accuses Grace of hypocrisy and weakness while Grace suggests mistrust, escalating a quarrel described as the state’s fiercest exchange.
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Arkansas
Jeff Davis
A. B. Grace
Pipe Bluff
Judge Grace
Gov. Davis
Senator Jones
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Editor Advises How To Place Articles In Paper
Morton Selten recounts his attempt to gain article placement by a newspaper editor. The editor explains methods for small items and cautions against larger ones, joking about wrapping items in the paper. Selten says he avoids editorial rooms and signs letters as Subwriter.
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Morton Selten
Kelcey-Shannon
A-Big-Day
Embossed Roosevelt Message For Blind Readership
The American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville completed embossing fifty copies of President Roosevelts message to Congress for the New York State Library. A anonymous donor funded the embossing after a blind man requested the embossed copy, following a Riis appeal to a benefactor who preferred to remain unnamed.
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Jacob A. Riis
Riis
Garlic scents on Brooklyn trolley trigger seat conflict
Two Italian workers occupied two empty seats in a Brooklyn trolley car. A well dressed girl refused their company, hid her nose, and stood. Another woman sat down, sparking a challenge. Both women later stood, avoiding the odor as others held their noses. The odor was garlic.
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Brooklyn
New York Mail and Express
Evictions to Ireland Over Roscommon Agrarian Move
In County Roscommon the Irish agrarian movement prompts immediate eviction risk for over 1400 families. Local authorities and tenants face a tense situation as pressures rise and relocations are considered amid ongoing land reform debates.
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Ireland
County Roscommon
Diplomatic Reception Room Scenes at the State Department
The Washington Times describes the diplomatic reception room as a long, modestly furnished apartment with oil portraits of former secretaries of state. Hay conducts notes verbally after meetings, and French is used with most diplomats. The piece also notes New York City's vast spending and the comptroller handling about 600 million dollars annually, with half from taxes and half from city expenses and salaries for 40,000 city employees.
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The
Washington Times
Hay
United States
New York City
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie
Greater
New York
Metropolis
Treasury
Maryland Senator Reflects On Senate Division In Baltimore Speech
Senator Gorman recalled a sharp Senate division in Washington during his service. He cited a moment when a colleague urged a resolution with eloquence before the president, and another speaker argued against it for half an hour calling it too serious for a snap judgment.
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Senator Gorman
Maryland
Baltimore
United States Senate
Tie
Bees Found Nesting During Mansion Renovation Near Market Drayton
Workmen uncover thousands of dormant bees in the roof of a mansion near Market Drayton England. Disturbance released a living swarm as a long established colony yielded a vast store of old and new honey accumulated over many years.
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Market Drayton
England
Hungarian premier’s stomach must be strong
An anecdote recalls Tisza dining with the emperor at Hofburg. After a hot dinner he placed a large pear on his plate at dessert, provoking the emperor to remark on digestion. Tisza replied that a Hungarian premier’s stomach must be strong.
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Tisza
Hofburg
Pastor seeks sermon topics from central Pennsylvania parishioners
A pastor in central Pennsylvania asks his parishioners to name any subject or text that would help them most in a sermon. He invites them to place suggestions in a prepared box hoping to be of more service to the congregation and earn their confidence and cooperation.
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Pennsylvania
Alderman Accepts Free Circus Tickets for Family
A New York alderman who received an invitation to attend a circus sent for fifteen tickets and attended with his wife seven children his sister in law and her five children.
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New York
Women Government Employees in Washington Pay Scale
About one third of government department workers in Washington are women. Several earn over 2500 annually, about fifty make 1600, one hundred earn 1400, four hundred fifty 1200, three hundred 1000, and the remainder receive 660 to 900 per year.
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Washington
Leprosy Cases Reported Across United States
The marine hospital service reports 378 leprosy cases nationwide with Louisiana leading at 155. Massachusetts has two cases and New York seven. Officials say inhaling dust from contaminated areas is the common infection method.
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The
Marine Hospital Service
United States
Louisiana
Massachusetts
New York
Commission
King Edward VII Modifies Coronation Courtesies
The king opposes kissing all peers at the coronation. Archbishops will receive the oscular greeting, while three peers from each order will represent the British Scotch and Irish peers, selected by seniority.
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Kteg
Peurs
Edward VII
Preeactions Against Kidnapping In A New York Home
A New York paper reports a multimillionaire family walks their small daughter with two maids on each side and two armed men behind, to deter kidnapping. The daily routine is described as a precautionary measure by worried parents.
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Kidnaying
New York
British urge to gamble cited at dinner tale
Sir Herbert Maxwell told a tale showing the British instinct to gamble. At a Transvaal public dinner three officers were feverish and each placed a half-crown in a basin before the doctor’s rounds. the highest fever thermometer won the pool.
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Herbert Maxwell
Transvaal
Boy rushes to Lan caster drug store for quick medicine
A bareheaded boy bursts into a Lancaster Pennsylvania drug store with a tin dipper and urgent claims his mother sent him for a single bottle of medicine for a sick child. The shopkeeper is stunned by the haste and the boy’s garbled plea.
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Lancaster
Shotecary
Cox
Philadelphia Times
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Archer'’s
John Rusk
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C. L. Bolt
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Jas. E. Maher
Fred Arber
Saenger
Geo. Cobb
Mr. Cobb
Marie Cahill
Academy
John Buck
Burt
Elmwood Road
J C. Slater
Farmington
Billy Sunday
Mr Sunday
Shakespeare
Arkansa
Louisville
Priece
Somaliland
Orden
Winzelman
EGF” Tike Internationnal Res
Webster's Collegiate “Furst
Merriam CO
Springfield
Mass
Crater
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