Fraternal organizations listed with meeting details
Local orders including I O O F Circle Lodge No 377 Crown Encampment No 41 Starlight Rebekah Lodge No 231 Masons Temescal Lodge 314 Modern Woodmen Independent Foresters Queen Council No 100 Improved Order Red Men Narragansett Tribe No 169 Fraternal Brotherhood Eagles A R Carlton Post No 168 Royal Neighbors Board of Trade provide meeting nights locations and officers for weekly gatherings at Odd Fellows Hall Masonic Hall City Hall and other venues on specific dates and months
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Independent Order Foresters Forester Court
Circle City
Odd Fellows Hall
Robi Brown
C. R
Robt. Bowen
V.C. R
Thomas Bakir
Treas
Narragansett Tribe
F. T. Carey
Sachem
Malcolm Sapp
Sage
Ells Stronger
Sade
J. T Dawson
Eagles
Oda
Fellows Hall
W.P
J. Feldman
Thomias ‘Carey
L. H. .Dawson
R. Carlton Post
Department of California
Masonic Hall
W. J. Pentelow
Cedar View merchant hails Dr King New Life Pills as gold value
B G Stewart of Cedar View Miss declares that buying a box of Dr King s New Life Pills yields gold worth weight for relief from constipation malaria and biliousness. He notes the product is sold under guarantee at R of Billings dry goods store.
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B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
R. of. Billings’ Dry
Susanna’s Streamside Misadventure In Angling Tale
The poem depicts Susanna fishing by a stream where trout seek flies. She casts with skill and effort but slips on slick mud, shrieks, and weighs three hundred pounds as she crashes into the water, scattering the fish in the creek.
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Susanna
Robertus Love
It Reached the Spot Says Omega Store Owner
Mr. E. Humphrey, owner of a large general store at Omega Ohio, presides over Adams County Telephone and Home Telephone Co. of Pike County. He claims Dr. Wing's New Discovery saved his life by reaching the cough’s seat when others failed. The ad promotes Dr. King's New Discovery as healing coughs and throat and chest weakness and offers 50 cent
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E. Humphrey
Omega, C
Adams County Telephone Co
Home Telephone Co
Pike County
Dr. Wing
Dr. King
R. F. Billings’ Drug Store
Advertised Letters and Health Ad Claim in 1908
Uncalled letters at Corona California post office for week ending May 25 1908 will go to Dead Letter Office June 5. An accompanying health ad promotes Kodel as stomach based cure for heart pains with local seller RLF Billings.
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Corona
Cal
Lala Adams
Augustine Alvarado
A. ©. Copeland
Felyse Cortes
Rafael Garcia
G. F. Gansner
Katherine Guen
Gugerio Guzman
Carl Hamsen
F. W. Knight
Geo
RLF. Billings
Beaumont
Los Angeles
Riverside
Redlands
South Broadway
Four Minutes and a Fire in a Western Trial
A court case tested how long four minutes can allow sparks from a locomotive to set a building on fire. Lawyers argued whether the brief interval could start a blaze, while witnesses and jurors watched the clock as the outcome hinged on timing.
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Duiep Alet
Amele
Batek
Forgnaan
Four Minute Jury Deliberation Yields Damages Verdict
In a court scene the jury brushes through four minutes of testimony as foreman declares the end of a deliberation. The judge notes the prolonged wait while jurors study their watches. The verdict orders damages of about fifteen thousand dollars for the defendant whose engine caused a train blaze.
Luckiest Day of My Life Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Save
A Tracy California man Charles F Budahn credits Bucklen s Arnica Salve for curing years of itching piles after trying other treatments. He says two 125c boxes cured him and notes the product was sold with a guarantee at BR F Billings drug store.
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Bucklen
Charles F. Budahn
Tracy
California
BR. F. Billings
The Saddest Things in a Ridiculous Rhyme
A quirky poem catalogs daily woes from toil and narrow paths to odd pains like riding beside a fat man and wearing tight shoes. The speaker lists melancholy images such as being jabbed, crushing to pulp, and being erased by a fat man in a cart, ending on a light absurd note.
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Ao Ceollar
Willing Witness Sells Bunion Remedy Under Fire
In a court scene a lawyer questions a young man as a witness who hastily claims to be the agent for Dr. Korker's celebrated corn and bunion destroyer. The boastful description mentions a remedy trusted by crowned heads and promises rapid results, prompting court interference.
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Teit
Too Well Done
A newly married couple debate a steak nearly burned to a crisp. The husband laments the wife cannot cook a steak, while she defensively repeats her praise of the meal. The exchange ends with a comic note as the cyclone of conflict is averted.
Senator Sorgum on Politics: Modesty Signals Ineligibility
A Washington Star quotation has Senator Sorgum telling a young man that asking advice about entering politics proves he is unfit for the profession. The remark highlights how hesitation is seen as a disqualifier in public life.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Sleeper Misses Train After Confusing Alarm Rings
A Chicago Tribune quote recalls a sleeper who hears only one ring and misses his train because he believes their alarm should ring four. The anecdote ends with a Danish proverb about ready money and great cures.
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Chicago Tribune
Four Beaumont land grabs offer rich converts for buyers
A Beaumont land sale bulletin promotes four plots with 4.68 to 7.36 acres near Palm avenue, Mth street, and the depot. It touts frontage, irrigation water, mountain views, and low front-foot costs with two-year terms. The notice urges loans, excursions, and lectures to lure home seekers and investors.
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Villa Ranch
Palm Avenue
Mth Street
Palm Boulevard
California
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Riverside
Redlands
Beaumont
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I. O
Odd Fellows
Vvul. Bank
Lees H. Holmes
Financ
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Blair
C. Py
L. IL
Dawson
Serbé
Starlight Rebekah Lodge
A.J. Nichols
N. G
Hattie Dunham
VY. G
Lorena Holmes
Lizzie Schoneman
Masons Temescal Lodge
C. M. Scoville
Modern
Woodmen OF America
J. Smith
H. C
J. E. Lewis
D. K
Wilson
H. N. Sweet
Fraternal2aid Association
Queen Council
He. W
T. A. Wood
I. O. QO. Hall
F. M. Baird
Clarence McDaniel
V. P
Atta White
Lev’y
G. E. Bortz
Royal Neighbors OF America
Mary V. Nowels
Maud Reed
Board OF Trade
City Hall
Wo. Pentelow
WLC Perth
C. A. Kinney
A. Priger
Mutual Building and Loan Association Pays
Percen
LW. Blinn
Pres
WD. Babcock
Christopher
Niles Pease
Wilsatt
Thelin
Bontilie
J. M. Hunter
S. Broadway
A. W. Gump Auto CO
S. Main St
Busubaay
Calif
S. Luck
Riverside County
Edinburg
Delyeville
Adhambra
Pomona
Ontario
Colton
Redlands Junction
Beaumont Land & Water
Adler
Genthern Pacific
Daly
New Orleans
Chicago
St. Paul
Montreal
New York
Baltiingre
Los
St. Doouis
Kansas City
Toronto
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
Baltimore
Portland
Oregon
C. M. Knox
Main Street
Glenwood Hotel
Sunset Main
Photographic Studio
Rubidoux
Iisath
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