Our Correspondents Notes and Local Notices From Lara
Local items from Lara Arkansas report visitors and illnesses including Mrs Dora Lovett typhoid fever and Mrs Martha Harbison ill. Mentioned are Mr Davis of Columbia visiting W Holm, Mrs Hayes and May Lowell attending Verona meeting, Mrs Cora Humphrey and two children at her mother’s funeral, and infant son of D A Jackson who died after whooping cough. A piece on patience and digestion advises Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as temperance medicine.
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Lara
Noway
Sam Sewell
Ira
Aegond
Holtman
Bear Cree
Martha Harbison
Jos
Dora Lovett
Davis
Columbia
W. ¥. Holm
R. L. Hayes
Mlow May Lowell
Carrie Miaur
Verona
Cora Humphrey
West Tennessee
Humphrey Hardison
Lane
Kye Lancaster
Virgie Derryberry
D. A. Jackson
Reat
Goa
J A Derryberry
Lossook
Williamsport Social News Posts Local Visits and Surgeries
In Williamsport Aug 20 Rev McCarty of Talabassee Fla preached two sermons and Rev James W Moss plans protracted meetings. Neighbors send prayers for Mrs Daisy Harris and others. Guests include Miss Wille Ashton from Columbia and Miss Vera Taylor from Winchester. Jimmie G Pele's relatives visit Biville. Maude Williamson and James Ural hosts arrive. Misses Maude and Lowise Southall visit Crow’s Bridge. Miss Janie Porter opens school next Monday with music. MEMPHIS notices conclude with Robinson weekday visit.
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Williamsport
McCarty
Talabassee
Fla
James W. Moss
Hileaka
T A. Hardin
Spring Hill
W. L. Beasley
Mt. Nebo
Lung Weister
James Stallings
Southport
Ket, Moore
Primm Springs
Wille Ashton
Columbia
James Russell
Rachel Moore
J. F. Porter
Choate
Bonaqué Springs
Lou Porter
Racher Choate
Prins
Vera Taylor
Winches
KB. Collins Mro
W. V. Porter
Tj. Redman
Volney Linek
Bex
Webb Mcbride
Wallace Sargent
Eugene Sewell
Henry Hill
Janie Porter
Mra, Unter
Ester Jimmie G Pele
Biville
Wiley Embry
Mins
Maude Williamson
Maude Williamson of Your City Are the Guests of Mr. and Mra
James Ural
Maude
Lowise Southall
Crows Bridges
Memphis
Robinson Hae
Columabia Sterald Tops Topelo Capital in Tennessee Jouni
South Pittsburg Hustler reports Columabia Sterald leading Topelo Capital in Tennessee politics with notable local impact. Sheldon Edition highlights ongoing civic tension and community responses in South Pittsburg.
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Tennessee Journaliem
South
Pittsburg
Bombarding Inner City Amid Pekin Chaos Report
Aug 10 dispatches state telegraph to Pekin disrupted and Empress Dowager detained in the inner city amid prolonged siege. Admiral Brook reports street fighting and fires in Pekin while British forces press the Chinese last stand.
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Empress Dowager
Wastisoron
Adiirds Reamey
Pekin
Belie
Reiney
Brook
Chefou
Among the Colored Citizens rallied for church and school news
Dr J W Pickett led a Sunday collection of 831 for church repairs Miss Gertrude Lawrence left for Henderson NC to enter school Mt Lebanon Baptist Church named Rev Johnson from Chattanooga as pastor Dr Reed preparing to leave for Muhary Medical College Miss Edie Bramlett visiting Mrs A Armstrong East 10th Street In about two weeks the school bell will ring again at the public school building Nearly one thousand children will gather in the old school yard The colored community urged to value education and use the Herald for publication needs Faculty list for term beginning Sept 0 includes Principal J H Kelly teachers R G Johnson Mrs P J Armstrong and Mimses M White Lula Williams and A J Dew
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J. W. Pickett
Colored Methodist Church
Gertrude Lawrence
Henderson
N. C
Mt. Lebanon
A. 4. Armatrong
East 10Th Street
Darcy
Herald
Henarn
The
Colored School
J. H. Kelly
R. G. Johnson
P. J. Armstrong
Mimses M. White
Lula Williams
A. J. Dew
Geographical Center of United States Found in Kansas
Baltimore News notes the exact geographical center of the United States lies in Kansas about twenty miles north of where the Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory boundaries meet, determined by extreme longitudinal and latitudinal calculations.
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United States
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Baltimore News
Becklen's Arriva Salve advertised in LaGrange notice
A LaGrange Georgia resident Mr Danforth reports six months of severe leg running sores were cured by Becklen's Arriva Salve for ulcers wounds burns boils and piles. Sold by W P Woldridge druggist.
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P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Becklen
W. P. Woldridge
End of Heligoland Hidden Marriages in 1900
The Gretna Green practice on Heligoland ends January 1 1900 as marriages without banns or public meetings become illegal. A Hamburg correspondent notes a final rush of couples aboard the Heligoland steamer Silgana to wed before the law changed and return to the mainland.
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Heligoland
Hamburg
Silgana
Bsland
Thetainland
Ladies Oxfords and Slippers Sale Prices Reduced
Hot weather sale offers reduce ladies oxford and strap slippers to 2.00, 1.75, 1.50, and 1.25 dollars. Includes 3.00, 2.50, and 1.75 price points, inviting buyers to purchase at less than factory cost.
Negligee shirts and underwear price highlights
Advertises Monarch and Famous colored negligee shirts at 1.50 and 1.00 with 75 cent options, alongside 75 cent colored shirts. Also promotes men’s undershirts and elastic seam drawers with low pricing and seasonal sale emphasis.
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Monarch
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Names of Days Across History and Auction Oddities
A stag dinner discussion on day name origins notes Sunday and Monday from the sun and moon, but Tuesday to Saturday trace to Norse gods and Saturn. The piece contrasts common ignorance with better knowledge and then shifts to a Dutch auction in Cape Town where bids rise and fall in sovereigns as the house remains unsold.
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Sonree
Engels
Twi
Odin
Woden
Wotan
Jupiter
Mt. Olympus
Thor
Freia
Freya
Peace
Saetery
New York Tribune
Cape Town
Tenement Dwellers in Brooklyn Count Surges Over Half Million
Figures released show more than 500000 people live in tenement houses across Brooklyn. The census-like data indicates an increase in crowded housing, with 31657 tenement houses noted amid urban population pressures.
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Cute
Brooklyn
Youtsey Trial Postponed Amid Health Crisis
Georgetown Ky Aug 21 Henry Youtsey’s case stalls as his attorney files a physician certificate declaring inability to appear. Witnesses fail to respond including ex state treasurer Walter Day, bond forfeiture issued, defense seeks time while physicians urge postponement due to typhoid fever effects and extreme weakness.
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Georgetown
Yout Bey
Telal
Henry Yonteey
Powers
Csey
Cnae
Henry E. Youtsey
Walter Day
Commonwealth
W. 8. Teylor
Charles Finley
Indianapolis
J. Davidson
Washington State
Bnt
W. C. Nirndley
Mowers
Jlenny Youtsty
Public Story Tellers of Japan in Tokyo
Public storytellers in Japan still earn a living with about 600 workers in Tokyo. They use a smell table a fan and a paper wrap per to illustrate and emphasize points in their tales as noted by the Philadelphia Record.
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Japan
Tokyo
Philadelphia
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets
Cincinnati and Chicago reports list flour and grain quotes for various grades, with spring fancy and winter patent prices, along with rye, red and mixed wheat on track. Live stock prices cover hogs, cattle, sheep, lambs, and veal calves with ranges for select, fair, and common categories.
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Cincinnati
Do City
Hales
Qata
Hard Wincer
Bryn Mawr Students Endorse Female Fitness Programs
The Philadelphia Record reports Bryn Mawr College promotes outdoor sports and regulated gym work for girls. The 1802 class shows gains in lung capacity from 107.62 to 190.84 cubic cm and chest inflation from 448 to 5.49 cm, with total strength rising from 1198.2 to 349.80 kg.
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Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia
Public Auction of Described Property in Martins County
An execution from Matty County Court will expose to public sale at the Courthouse door in Colombia on September 20 at 12 o’clock the described property in Civil District. The sale is in favor of A. Wing and the County, with heirs including Poh Hardison and others, subject to right of redemption. Deputy Sheriff J. Tiehe will conduct the sale.
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Matyy County
Tenn
Sallie
GTA Pt
Colombia
Peared
Sorth Hewk
Poh Hardison
Dreeased
Gwald
Eale Vail
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