Attica Chautauqua Opens With Big 10 Day Program
The seventh annual Attica Chautauqua runs Friday to Sunday August 15 to 24 with a packed line up. Highlights include the Innes Orchestral Band from New York, Chicago Ladies Orchestra, lectures by P Marion Simms and Nina B Lamkin, and concerts by Schildkret Orchestra and Hruby Family Orchestra. Visitors from the south can take the C and E I train to Attica on August 18 for the fall afternoon program.
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Attica
Great Innes Orchestral Band
New York
Chicago Ladies’ Orchestra
Innes Orchestral Band of
Innes Orchestral Band
Mothers advertisement for Kickapoo Worm Killer medicine
Mothers are urged to use Kickapoo Worm Killer to remove worms in children. The ad claims the product kills worms, improves appetite, and stabilizes digestion and growth, promoting happiness and health. Available at druggists or by mail for 25 cents from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
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Kickapco Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Nobel's Fortune Funds Peace and Science Prizes
Alfred B Nobel who invented dynamite died in 1896 and left about 9 million dollars to a foundation. The yearly interest will be split into five shares for discoveries in physics chemistry medicine or physiology a work of idealistic tendency and efforts for international fraternity and peace.
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Alfred B. Nobel
Rock a Bye Baby and the Vocalist Diggs
A fragment notes Diggs praising his wife as a wonderful vocalist who can hold an audience for hours and then sing her to sleep with a cradle rocking finale. The piece appears in the Atlantic Advocate with a casual, anecdotal tone.
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Diggs
Atlantic Advocate
Sky View Browns in New Monoplane Sighting
In a brief sky sighting, a couple identifies the Browns aboard a new monoplane. The wife insists on the familiarity of the aircraft and asserts her certainty by the hat.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promises Quick Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as instantly removing pain from cuts bruises sprains burns and other skin injuries. EK Chamberlain of Civilon Me endorses it as superior to other remedies and notes its low price of 25 cents at Irvin's drug store.
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Chamberlain
Civi‘on
Terrara
Irvin
Pil at Any Kind This Office Offers
An all purpose office advertises services for obtaining any kind of pil. The line suggests a general assistance angle with emphasis on accessibility through this office.
K of P Camp Opens With Brass and Brigades Parade
The K of P camp opens Monday at Camp Omo-Gaithers with Brig. Gen Gray and staff supervising Indiana and Illinois Brigades from 9 am to 3 pm. Ceremonies include flag raising, speeches by Gov Dunne, James Watson and John Brown, parades, concerts, and evening drills.
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Illinois Brigade
Arthur J. Stobbart
Illinois
Indiana
Arthur J. Stobbard
Wm. B. Gray
John P. Zertoni
Minvis
Camp Omo-Gaithers
John P.bertoni
Camp
Omo-Gaithers
Danville
Edw. F. Dunne
James E. Watson
John J. Brown
Indiana Brigade
Public Square
Ilinois Brigade
Public
Indiana Brigade Band
Illinois Brigade Band
Dress Parade and Mess by Illinois Regiment Schedule
A dress parade by an Illinois regiment at 5 p.m. followed by a 15 p.m. mess is listed.
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Assembly
Court Allows $25 000 Counsel Fee in Winans Estate Settlement
Baltimore reports the Orphans Court approved a $25 000 counsel fee to Maurice Leon and the law firm Marbury Gosnell Williams, to be paid from the $500 000 allotted to Prince De Bearn’s grandchildren. The distributive shares for other legatees, including Dorothy Bateman of Newport, may be reduced pro rata. It remains unclear if Thomas R. Winans will challenge the will for a larger share.
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Baltimore
Ross Winans
Prince de Bearn
Orphans Court
Maurice Leon
Marbury, Gosnell & Williams
Mr. Winans
Dorothy Bateman
Newport
Thomas R. Winans
Baby in tree sparks manhunt at Park and Thirty-seventh
New York foreman John Crohan rushed to East Thirty-fifth street station claiming a baby was in a lower tree at Thirty-seventh Street and Park Avenue. Patrolmen and an Bellevue hospital ambulance searched the area but found no infant. a paper fluttered to the ground, and Crohan insisted he had seen a kidnapped baby in the tree.
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New York
John Crohan
East Thirty-fifth Street
Thirty-seventh Street
Park Avenue
Crohan
Bellevue Hospital
Wicker Novelties for Baby Furnishings
The article promotes white wicker double wardrobes for babies with six drawers two stationary trays and a dressing table top. Also described are palm nursery hampers shaped like tiny trunks with interior trays and a detachable canvas cover. Brass handles and a lock and key add security.
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Baby
Pretty Window Curtains for Welcoming Homes
The article advises white cotton crepe curtains for homes with frequent guests. It suggests hemming or trimming with pall fringe and fleece lined pique covers for dressers. Edges should be buttonholed in scallops. Keep two sets of curtains and covers ready for use and a spare.
Well Known Expressions Quiz Snippets
A collage of quoted exclamations and attributions includes phrases such as I’m wise and Shucks plus names Solen Rodigal Polyphemus Delilah Circe Noah and William Penn. The Boston Transcript paper fragment labels varied speakers and exclamations across a playful language page.
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Drigit
Rodigal
Polyphemus
Delilah
Pig
Circe
Noah
Muni
Wiliam Penn
Krupp
Log
S<epler
Advertise Your Wants in the Republican for Results
Classified notice urges readers to place desired want ads in the Republican paper to reach a broad audience and secure prompt responses from local buyers and sellers.
Japanese Food Boxes Offer Bento At Stations
A New York Mail report cites an Army officer noting Japanese dishes fail to satisfy American cravings and details bento boxes sold at major railroad stations. Each box costs 7 ½ cents and tea pots with cups go for 2 cents. Contents vary and include prawn fish chicken rice preserved ginger and more.
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United States
New York Mail
Yorkminster East Window an English landmark
The Yorkminster east window is the largest in England aside from Gloucester and stands seventy five feet high and thirty five feet wide. It contains 200 compartments showing sacred history with three foot square panes and two foot four inch figures. John Thornton of Coventry began it in 1405 and worked three years earning four shillings weekly plus ten pounds on completion.
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Yorkminster
England
Gloucester
John Thornton
Coventry
London Graphic
When Photography Began and the Wet Plate Dilemma
An anecdote from the early days of photography describes a sitter who required eight to nine minutes for a wet plate exposure. The photographer left the room during the shot, returning to a blurred plate. The sitter explained he had stepped to the window to watch a drunken man and, upon returning, sat still the rest of the time.
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Minneapolis Journal
Men Lose Hair More, Says Dr Guelpa of Paris
Dr Guelpa attributes male baldness to heavy hats short hair and overeating. He compares the scalp to soil and hair to vegetation, noting poor scalp care wastes roots like dying grass. He warns tight hats restrict scalp blood flow and short hair leaves roots vulnerable to cold heat and dust.
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Guelpa
Paris
New York World
Cautious Courtship Advice From a Scottish Farmer
A Scottish farmer's son falls for two women at once. The father counsels choosing the smaller wife to save food as farming uses much machinery and a big wife would be less useful.
Paragon of Parrots in London Bystander Quip
A London Bystander quips about a parrot dealer praising a bird that allegedly speaks hymns and converts others. The piece plays on the bird’s saintly reputation and the dealer’s pride in its gentle manners.
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Paragon of
London
Conscientious Man Pays Small Offering to Minister
A Dundee Advertiser note records a Scots scene where a man, claiming conscientious motives, places a tiny donation in the collection plate after saying he owed threepence. He explains the sixpence’s minimal amount and questions whether the minister expected more.
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McAllister
Dundee Advertiser
Defining an Epigram by a Child and Mr Growcher
A small boy asks what an epigram is and Mr Growcher explains it as a brief but commonplace remark made by someone who has been well advertised. The Washington Star quotation captures a wry view of literary boasts and publicity.
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Pather
Smmall
Judging a Man by His Clothes
A judge comments on judging people by attire, noting a self made millionaire who dresses like his clerks, highlighting appearances versus inside value. The exchange contrasts perception with actual status and success outcomes.
McDonalds Rooming House Mystery Ends in Revelation
A prospective boarder questions Mrs. Burt about children in the house and moves in. He later discovers two quiet, hidden children and learns the mother deceived him to secure rent. He comforts them with ice cream and vows to help raise the children and the widow, asking for trust.
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McDormald
Fes
McDonald
Burt
McDonala
Mrs. Burt
Daily Story Pub. Co
Jenks' New Wife Proves A Plain Cook
Citizens discuss Jenks' spouse and her cooking, with tart remarks about her plainness and abilities. The exchange hints at local gossip surrounding a rumored marriage and household skills.
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Jenks
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America
A. P. Green
Attica Merchant’s Association
Thomas Brooks Fletcher
Jesse Pugh Company
P. Marion Simms
Frank C. Lockwood
Cyril Hopkins
Nina B. Lamkin
QO. J
Prof
Lockwood
Schildkret Orchestra
Pickett
Gettysburg
LaSalle Corbett Pickett
Prof. Lockwood
Byron
Old Lim Jacklin
Opie Read
The
International Operatic Company
Tennyson
Moendoza
Riss Maud Willis
Nina
Jamkin
Frederick Vining Fisher
Emerson
Das Garten Spiel
Albert Gale
Hruby Orchestra
Hruby Family Orchestra
United Sates
James K. Vardaman
K. OF P
U.R.E. of P
Ill
Sixth Regiment
Military Department
Dlinois
Visors Brigade
Vigo Con
Indivial Brigade
Winans Wii
Wicker
M’donald
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