Beware Klondike swindles warn Tacoma readers
A Tacoma letter warns miners about Klondike scams and fake stock offers. It cites London promoters and a surge of U S schemes, urges cautious due diligence, and notes reports from Seattle on gold shipments and transport capacity to Alaska. Local tips urge investigating through agencies and postmasters.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pat Conan
Middlewest
Pacific Coast
London
England
Klondike
Alaska
When the Dawn Is on the Thistle and the Harvest Moon
A paired verse excerpt from Edward Wilbur Mason and a romantic scene from the Toledo Evening News contrasts nature’s seasonal changes with a courting tale. It weaves rustic imagery and a lovers confession into a seasonal reflection.
Odd Fellows Plan Attending Christaan Tabernacle Service
The Odd Fellows decided to attend Sunday evening services at Christaan Tabernacle in a body with Rev Scofield choosing the Parable of the Good Samaritan as the sermon topic. The weeklong meetings at Friends Mission Hall run daily at 2 and 7 p.m. including Sabbath. Dr W C Roland and family attended the Greensburg wedding at the Presbyterian church tonight. Women’s Missionary Society of the Christian Church meets at Mrs Fred Doeller’s home. George E Ellis advertises books albums toilet sets and novelties. Ferguson the photographer at 517 Washington Street reports no shoddy work.
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Odd Fellows
Christaan Tabernacle
Scofield
W.C. Roland
Davidson
Greensburg
Roland- Hamilton
Presbyterian Church
Women's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Fred Doeller
November Rainfall Observed by Local Observer Perry
November weather report compiled by John A. Perry notes maximum 70 degrees on the 20th, minimum 11 degrees on the 30th, mean 43 degrees, mean max 54, mean min 32, total precipitation 7.23 inches. Worst 24 hour rainfall 1.88 inches. 11 clear days, 6 partly cloudy, 13 cloudy with measurable rain on 10 days. Winds from the southwest.
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John A. Perry
Herato
Personal Notes Mention Travels Visits and A Birthday
George Schinnerer returned last evening from E town. Harry Argo of Nashville Tenn is visiting friends in the city. Ralph Winans has been visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs James Johnson and returned to Edinburg. Father Oster went to Edinburg last evening. G L Reeves went to Indianapolis last evening. Cold and froaty. Thanksgiving past and the turkeys are now thankful. Our place represented in Columbus on last Saturday. John K Bavis family ate turkey at home on Thanksgiving. A pleasant time at Lou Snyders Saturday evening. Cake cider and music Tip Roberts while with Bevis boys at Mr Wm Pedrick's met with a serious accident. While oiling the machine a hand shoved the scuttle hole cover off.
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Ralph Winans
James Johnson
Edinburg
Father Oster
G. L. Reeves
Indianapolis
Columbus
John K. Bavis
Lou Snyders
Tip Roberts
Bevis
Wm. Pedrick
Poplar Grove Avows Club and Church News
Poplar Grove notes a band formed by Loafers and gassers, a protracted meeting led by Rev. Church of Indianapolis, and reports of weddings and visitors. A serious wagon accident injures Ww. Lemley, while Rev. Freeland speaks at the U B church. Local social events include a Traders ball and church attendance, with various residents visiting relatives and attending singing school.
Thanksgiving Dress Trends For Visiting Relatives
A guide to a suitably stylish Thanksgiving day dress in heavy silk and wool, suggesting blue and gray patterns. Recommends a ruffled skirt, vertical ribbon bands, a blouse with broad lapels, ribbon trim on edges, a pale gray silk vest, pale gray chiffon bow, and a blue velvet hat with plumes and white applique.
Shaggy Woolen Winter Dress Described by Helen Grey Page
The piece discusses heavy shaggy ribbed woolen fabrics in two colors ideal for winter dresses. It notes their rough surfaces resemble camel hair, thickness prompting silk-like linings, and describes a sample gown from early November featuring a brown and blue shaggy material, blue velvet trims, a white satin vest, and a blue brown changeable velvet hat with a bird of paradise trim.
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Helen Grey-Page
Always Morning Somewhere And Other Poems
A collection of verse fragments including pieces by C. C. Hassler Ella Higginson and others. themes of morning light hope resilience and the passage of time appear through poems about sunrise, weaving, hunger, sorrow, and winter. The clippings reflect a busy 19th or early 20th century literary page with multiple authors and magazine attributions.
Holiday Dinner Gown in Black and White Stripes
Fashion notes describe a versatile black and white striped silk holiday gown. A plain skirt with a full godet, a pouch front blouse waist, Irish point lace front trim, and optional chiffon sleeves. Accessories include black velvet collar and shoulder bows, with blue velvet optional. Written by Helen Grey-Page.
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Helen Grey-Page
The Manufacture of Chalk in Britain
Chalk is a key imported product with uses in rubber goods, paint, and putty. The process begins at the mill with grinding in water, flotation and precipitation to remove impurities, then drying, grinding to varying fineness, and barrel packing for shipment. Potatoes hydrate dirty clothes in an odd leftover note.
Brocaded Silk Coat Styles With Sable Trims
Winter coats feature heavy brocade silk, quilted feel, and sable trims. Sleeves showcase sable cuffs, adjustable sable collar, and sable plastrum. Fronts and vests use sable bands, paired with a deep black satin girdle to complement loose blouse fashion.
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Helen Grey-Page
Mouse Causes Uproar in Sandusky Courtroom
A mouse ran up the stenographer’s leg during a San dusky common pleas session causing a panic among about 150 attendees. Judge Wildman sought order after the creature spooked officials and spectators, and the mouse was killed nearly an hour later before calm returned.
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Sandusky
Common Pleas
Wildman
Watts
Tell you what it is in Europe cautions tourists
A returned tourist warns that one must be careful in Europe. He recalls an incident in St. Petersburg where his wife joked about blowing him up and was arrested as a nihilist, a remark noted in the Philadelphia North American.
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Teachers Institute At
Columbus
Farmers Institute
Europe
St. Petersburg
Philadelphia
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Grees
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E’town
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