Big Four Excursions And Group Convention Trips
Travel offers for trips to Chautauqua Cincinnati Charleston Niagara Falls St Paul and Bay Shore with round trip rates on sale on set dates. Final return limits range from July 17 to Sept 1 depending on destination and event including the National Bar Association and Baptist Young Peoples Union meetings.
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Chautauqua
State Bar Association
Cincinnati
International Convention of Baptist Young Peoples’ Union
Charleston
National Education Association
Niagara Falls
St. Paul
Republican National League
Chinese Beliefs Concerning Christianity Report
A historical report details translations of a polemical work titled A Death Blow to Corrupt Doctrines circulated in China. It cites fanatical headquarters in provincial yamen and portrays Christianity as foreign evils. It quotes a Chinese scholar alleging savage rituals and attacks on foreigners to expel them from the Middle Kingdom.
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Henry Liddell
China
Jao-Chow
Tsien-chu
Lord of Heaven
Jesus
Middle Kingdom
O-kwo-er
Abominable Citations Against "Non-Human Species" In Public Opinion
The public record cites three thousand for the principal man and about a hundred native writers to substantiate charges against the dissolute non-human species. Indecent quotations surpass all imagination, with God being too abominable to hint at.
The Lifelong Bond Of A Sheep Named Percini
A London News inspired life-story of Percini the sheep raised by hand and bonded with a woman. The animal behaved like a member of an inner circle of dogs, loved rabbit shooting, and followed her mistress on country calls. Percini died at age two, deeply mourned by her human friend.
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Percini
Ben
Ben Nealm
London News
Coffee Sponge Dessert From New York Tribune
Beat sugar with yolks of three eggs, stir in two cups hot milk, cook until thick. Melt half a box gelatine soaked in strong coffee, fold in whipped cream, then chill. Serve very cold in a bowl.
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N. Y. Tribune
Dried Mushrooms Preparation Method
Instructions for rehydrating dried mushrooms by soaking overnight, then cooking in the same water for about forty five minutes until tender, followed by adding butter salt and pepper. This guidance comes from the Ladies' Home Journal.
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Ladies' Home Journal
One Minute Cough Cure Claim by J D Ewing
The ad asserts One Minute Cough Cure is the sole harmless remedy delivering immediate results. It promotes the product with endorsement from J D Ewing.
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J.D. Ewing
Formality of Calling in Social Visits
The article outlines etiquette for polite visits in which a hostess seats guests and chats with newcomers if the room is crowded. It notes proper departures, bowing, duration of calls, card etiquette, and the practice of leaving cards, with best calling hours from four to six.
Pen Pictures Of War From A War Correspondent
A war correspondent describes the modern battlefield’s realities. He recalls the invisibility of danger, the muffled sounds of weapons, and the brutal effects of bullets at varying ranges. He recounts sights of wounded soldiers, close calls at Modder River, and the remarkable recoveries seen in war.
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Modder River
Magersfontein
Baby’s Shoe Bank Delights Busy Chicago Newsboys
A newsboy on Madison and State Streets markets a baby’s boot stuffed with coins as a makeshift bank. Onlookers bid for the boot while the vendor, Jim, defends not selling the item as a lucky find. A friend notes the shoe’s owner wore it in a carriage with a nurse. Wright’s Celery Tea advertised separately.
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Madison
State Streets
Chicago Times-Herald
Joe
Jim
Funeral Preparations in German Pennsylvania Farms
The N Y Sun reports a custom among east Pennsylvania German farmers where nearly all wearers keep detailed death or funeral drawers. Women and young brides collect shrouds and burials items, with instructions on sermons hymns pallbearers and grave goods. Some even specify meals, gatekeepers, and who sings at the service.
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Pennsylvania
Tiues
Noted Personalities And Historic Arts News
John Burroughs once shared school days with Jay Gould. Flora Annie Steel becomes president of the Society of Women Journalists in London. Cowper’s house in Olney is now a public museum gift of W H Collingridge. A 1755 Lafontaine Fables copy sold in Paris for 8100 francs, once owned by a Queen Marie Antoinette court lady. An English bookseller misheard Cardinal Manning’s Catholic Piety as Mans Cat Pie in a telling anecdote.
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John Burroughs
Jay Gould
Flora Annie Steel
Society of Women Journalists
London
England
Cowper
Olney
W. H. Collingridge
Paris
Lafontaine
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W, H, Snyder
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Jackson
Carey Flouring Mill
Hocking Valley Railroad
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Big Four Railroad
Laughlin & Hour
Puerto
Nellie Gould
Medina
Ohio
T. W. McClure
North Vance Street
H. P. Hour
Christianiyt
Wright
East Pennsylvania
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