Towns and Townships News Highlights
May 7 updates from Champaign county and nearby areas note visits by Miss Pearl E M Senter and families Rose Della Senter Cushocton. James Senter and wife entertain friends. Rev Kiopat speaks at Christian age. Mr Frederick of Warsaw in region. W L Craig and J E Wright end spring term at Holdsworth. Edward Turner moves stave mill operation near Hanover. McCoy boys relocate saw mill. Craig and Maggie Hamilton wed last Wednesday.
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Wil.ow Brous
Pearl EM. Senter
Champaign County
Jennie McCoy
Melia Corder
Holdsworth
Edward Turner
Frank Wright
Hanover
McCoy
Lingy Dawson
W. £. Craig
Maggie Hamilton
Helmick
Farmers push spring work amid showers in Oxford
May 7 and notable visits, with farmers in Oxford delaying not. oats almost all in and corn plowing begun. Reports mention Elmer Thompson and others visiting in West Lafayette and Center Valley, while mills and Indemnity talk surface in broader notes.
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F. RB. Bigler
Mount Vernon
Coward & Wantland
Walter
Clark
Newcastle
John Wynegrer
The Elder Brother in the Prodigal Parable Exposed
A sermon reinterprets the elder son in the prodigal parable as self righteous and unforgiving. The speaker condemns harsh church judgment toward repentant prodigals and urges sympathy and welcome for those returning to faith. He cites ministers, Bunyan, Baxter, Whitefield, and modern clergy as examples of faith and failure.
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Talmaze
Youoser Sen
Ipecacaanda
Peter
Adam
Eve
Church of Christ
Church of God
Heaven
John Bunyan
Richard Baxter
George Whitefield
the Thunderer
Proditail
Perdition
House of God
Ibis
Precinice
Cel
Envy and Jealousy Across Ages in A Sermon
A preacher condemns envy and jealousy through biblical pairs and historical rivalries. He contrasts the pouting elder brother with the forgiving Father, urging mercy, reconciliation, and joy for others’ success. The tale includes a wandering Glasgow merchant and a seaside improvised parable to illustrate moral decay.
Fragments of sermon and short items across the paper
The page presents a mix of stray religious rhetoric urging surrender and celebration, descriptions of social scenes, and brief quotes. It includes humorous exchanges with a jail judge, a talk on bands for political meetings, a frog legs anecdote, and missionary notes from Edwin Wright praising Mormon growth and mission work.
Joe Jefferson's The Rivals Incident Highlights Etiquette
Theatrical circles note Joe Jefferson rarely jokes with his company, enforcing strict professional etiquette. A single performance of The Rivals saw him briefly break character during a Falkland scene when the Falkland actor overacted, prompting Jefferson to quip The poorest I ever saw, revealing his famed discipline and timely humor.
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Joe Jefferson
Jefferson
Guy
Bob Acres
Falkland
Captain Absolute
Japdare
Mr. Jefferson
Queen and Lady Roberts tale of Victoria Cross parcel
The Queen gives Lady Roberts a parcel to be opened at home. Inside is the Victoria Cross won by Lady Roberts' son in the first battle of Colense, a tribute tied by the Queen herself.
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Lady Roberts
Parliament
Ie Roberts
Windsor
Rotary
Colense
Pall Mall Gazette
Xo Government Positions In Japan
Consul General Gowey says foreigners will be discharged from the imperial government as fast as practical. He notes an annual increase in educated Japanese returning home seeking government posts, making it natural they fill their own government.
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Japan
Gowey
Middle of the Road party sows unity amid convention talk
The article notes the rise of a middle-of-the-road movement led by Jo A Parker with head quarters in place for weeks. They claim to represent a large majority of the People's party and anticipate a convention with a minority of delegates from Sioux Falls fusionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo A. Parker
National Committee of the Middle-Of-The-Roaders
People’s Party
Sioux Falls
Cincinnati
Market Report of Livestock and Grains from Cleveland and Chicago
Cattle and hog prices listed for prime to medium steers cattle calves hogs and sheep in Cleveland and Chicago markets. Prices include Texas fed steers bull and heifer ranges and calf figures with wheat corn oats and other grain quotes noted. various grades and weights mentioned with readers advised on price spreads and market movement.
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Chicago
Texas
Cleveland
New York
Livestock and grain prices across major markets
Pittsburg and New York wholesale cattle prices along with hogs sheep and lamb rates. Cincinnati Toledo and Baltimore market quotes list cereals and fats with bid ranges and daily variations for cattle calves hogs and dairy items.
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Age
Ges
Willow Geook
Oxfohd
Oxford
Elmer Thompson
West Lafayette
O. W. Sargeant
Center Valley
Andrew Shurtz
Newcomerstown
W. A. Calhoun
Ertf
Loog
J.H. Poland
Crayton Wiggins
George Renner
John G. Deeds
F. B. Angle
Plainfield
Minnie Poland
Ida Calhoun
New Guilford
Jel, Ws
Illinois Steel “Company
American Steel and Wire Company
Steel Company
Dome
Constantinople
United States Legation
Yildiz
Washington
Columbus
Columbus Auditorium
Macon
Ant
Lamberton
Ark
Bradsteld Regulator CO
Ateasta
Sree Gloxreted
Det
Talmage
Howe
Burt
Veal
Germany
Kraummacher
Counzer
South America
Glasgow
Scotland
Cain
Abel
Esau
Jacob
Saul
David
Haman
Mordecai
Othello
Lags
Orlando
Angelica
Caligula
Torquatus
Cassar
Pompey
Cambries
Dionysius
Philoxenius
Closterman
Geoffrey Kneller
Hudson and
Reynolds
Francia
Raphael
Xenophon
Plato
Theosenes
Theorenes
Antil
Gravine
Haphael
Luc
Mercy
Cone
Lewis Blupsch
John Speed
Justice Quinn
Timitede Park
Speed
Jus
Chicago Inter
Lexa
Philadelphia Record
Herman
Edwin Wright
Utah
Congressman Roberts
Old World
England
France
Bolland
Mormon Church
Porto Rico
Indianapolis
Market Reports
Fort May
Pittsburg
Burra
Toledo
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E. M. Mortles
Edwin S. Lee
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