First Presbyterian Church Social and Spiritual Notices
The church’s July meeting of the Foreign Missionary society was led by Mrs Polhemus with talks on Japan and a review of Chapter IV of Dux Christus. The regular quarterly communion will be held next Sunday, with members to be received. Rev G D Edwards of Missouri, newly called to Honolulu, will preach in the Christian church and speak at the Y M C A men’s meeting.
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The
Foreign Missionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Jackson
Michigan
Japan
G. D. Edwards
Missouri
First Christian Church
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Edwards
Christian Church
Y.M. CG. A
London Times
Local Folk Return Visits Across Missouri and Kansas
Mrs. Richard Johnson of Rolla visits daughter Mrs. W G Martin and son Ned Johnson. Mrs. C E Burkhartt returns from seven weeks in Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. Mr and Mrs Wm Hughart come home from Kansas City with Mary Hughart Pleasant Hill Missouri and Mrs Chilton. A group including Johnny Armour and others depart for Grand Junction to participate in a government land drawing involving about 2 000 000 acres in Uintah reservation.
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Chas. R. McLain
Grand Junction
D. H. Hollingsworth
Kansas City
Missouri
J.J. Hollingsworth
L. B. Kerr
Cornelius Finley
Harry
Canon City
Los Angeles
Antonito
San Luis Valley
California
Walprite
Richard Johnson
Rolla
W. G. Martin
Ned’” Johnson
C. E. Burkhartt
Nebraska
Kansas
Wm. Hughart
Mary Hughart
Pleasant Hill
Feminine Snapshots on Smoking and Its Effects
A writer warns that rising tobacco use among fashionable women could create unlovely smoker's mouths. He notes distorted lips and facial changes from cigars and pipes, urging women to avoid the habit for appearance and health. A harsh domestic anecdote follows about marital strife and abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Society and marriage reform in a caustic essay
A fragmentary essay argues marriage burdens women with childbearing and domestic servitude while men evade responsibility. It critiques gender roles, notes rising calls for female independence, and cites opinion from Justice Brewer and references to education and science as tools for change.
Wealth and vice in an abundant age Wheeler warns at Dartmouth
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California, told Dartmouth alumni that excess wealth warps life and drives nobles into isolation and interdivorce. He condemned the rich who abandon home voting and live as servants to material wealth while chasing status and luxury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California University
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Lenox
Newport
Palm Beach
Hamburg
National Laws for a Fuller American Life
The speaker argues a man lives abundantly by embracing global opportunities and urges national laws for divorce insurance railways and other national concerns. He stresses balancing local safeguards with a broader national life to inspire Americans.
Handkerchief Mary Meets Gallant Tarbell on Streetcar
Handkerchief Mary recalls meeting Gage E. Tarbell of Equitable Life on a Sixth Avenue car in New York. Tarbell gave up his seat, helped her alight at Seventy-first Street, bowed, and reboarded, leaving her delighted to be treated like a real lady.
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Mary
Gage E. Tarbell
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York World
Sixth Avenue
Amsterdam
New York
Seventy-first Street
Mr. Tarbell
Sabe
A Letter to Dr. Pierce Promises Health for Weak Women
A long-winded promotion proclaims Dr. R V Pierce of the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo N Y as the trusted source of female health cures. It quotes testimonials from several women praising Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and antiseptic suppositories and urges readers to seek free advice only from Dr Pierce.
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Pierce
Valence
Hott Bo Ind Sur- Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Mary E. Wilcox
Emo
Rainy River
Algoma Co
Ont
Caroline Hammac
Hammac, Escambia Co
Ala
Golden Medical Discovery
Cenegeet Seayrene Co
Pete
Toney
Oh children argue with grandma over quietness
A playful exchange shows a grandmother scolding the children for noise, while the kids defend themselves and remind her that her role as grandma depends on them. The light dialogue captures family dynamics in a domestic scene.
Close Bargain Reputation Under Mr Cobb of Canby
A Canby man named Cobb sustains a regional reputation for sharp bargaining during the summer. One neighbor notes Cobb insists on a longer ladder after comparing pruning needs and prices, illustrating his bold negotiating style.
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Mr. Cobb
Cobb
Canby
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Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Queen Victoria
White House
Victoria
England
University of Vienna
Momby
Gage Tarbell
H. B. Power
Fairbanks and Morse
Pracsony
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Florence
Colo
Jno
Sharles
Harrison Ave
Park Avenue
Sipit
Allison Avenue
Vine Ave
J.R. Kennedy
Lincoln Park
G. Hodgin
St. Cloud Block
Guy A. Hardy
J. M. Ragedale & Bons
Mack
Greenwood Ave
J. M. Ragedale & Sons
Macon Avenue
Guy
Bath
D. Tux
A. D. Neil
Pike Avenue
Pike Ave
Macon
G. W. Hodgin
Chicago
G. V. Hod
Pueblo
M. G
F. D
Sherman Avenue
L. P. Bott
G. v. Y. Hodgin
E. A. Bradbury
South Fifth Street
Fremont Building & Loan Association
Easy Mente
J . Guy Ultaray
Povine
Frank Merson
White
Fremont
D. E. Parks
Helm Ave
St. Cloud
Michele Venditti
Venditti
Williamsburg
Colorado Springs
Denver
Major Greer
J. W. Coffey
Colorado Springs, Colo
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