Winona to host eight summer religious and educational schools
Eight summer training schools and institutes will operate at Winona Lake this season. Mission workers from Chicago and other independent groups will study home and foreign missions, with lectures by Helen Montgomery and Lydia Finger. The Winona Normal School opens June 1 and July 13 for six weeks, led by Jonathan Rigdon and a large faculty. The Bible School runs July 6 to August 6 under Frank N. Palmer, with Holy Land study. Additional Sabbath School and Sunday School institutes feature leaders from Indiana to New York, plus new business men meetings coordinated by EB. A. Hackett and John H. Converse among others, and an August National Reform Association institute concludes the lineup.
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Winona Lake
Winona
Chicago
Helen Montgomery
Rochester
N. Y
Katherine R. Crowell
Misa Lydia A. Finger
Home Mission Union
The
Congregational Church
Winona Normal School
Normal
Jonathan Rigdon
Central Normal College
Danville
Ind
Winona Bible School
Frank N. Palmer
Holy Land
Winona Auditorium
Sunday School Associations
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Kentucky
E. W. Halpenny
Indianapolis
Amos R. Wells
Christian Endeavor World
van Ogden Vogt
Presbyterian Young People’s Work
B. Carter Millikin
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Robert Speer
John Willis Baer
Presbyterian
National Reform Association
W. I. Wishart
Allegheny
William Parsons
Beaver Falls
EB. A. K. Hackett
Fort Wayne
Serpent Worship Ties Ancient Temples to Aesculapius Symbol
The article links serpent worship to the Aesculapian staff emblem and notes its ubiquity in antiquity. It cites Dr Bou din on serpent cultures in temples, mentions voodoo in Haiti as a continuing serpent cult, and recalls the biblical Genesis and the brazen serpent healing motif cited by Lancet.
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Boudin
Apollo
Aesculapius
West Indies
Haiti
Africa
Soulongue
Lancet
Peculiar yellow spider of Ceylon makes deadly nets
In the Ceylon mountains a yellow silk web spider builds a five foot wide central net with ten to twelve foot guy lines. The creature blinds and chokes victims, jaws strong as a bird’s beak, though not venomous. Birds and lizards fall prey. skeletons of small birds are found in jungle lairs.
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Ceylon
Violet ink costs and pen life tales
A quip about violet ink being costly yet noncorrosive and prolonging pen life cites Russell Sage's use of violet ink. In a separate social scene, guests mock an absent maiden’s appearance and intellect, noting she is singular yet eager to be plural.
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Russell Sage
Where Pat Made a Mistake
A brief rhymed anecdote recalls Mrs. Casey crying that Pat forgot to remove his pants before the steam roller. Mrs. Garrity consoles as Pat learns the impractical lesson and the humorous misstep is recounted by a judge.
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Pat
One Advantage. The Lunatic and His Beard
A brief exchange contrasts genius and insanity with a rural quip about a son: the lunatic, it festers, is at least certain of his beard and clothes, reflecting a rustic wry remark on self-presentation and mental state.
Fined 12 Francs for a Paris Carpet Shake Incident
An American in Paris learns the intricacies of fines after a servant shakes a carpet from a window after 9 o'clock. A police constable issues a 1 franc fine, then a magistrate adds costs totaling 12 francs 73 centimes. The traveler notes the discrepancy with American law and calls it hypocritical.
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France
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Justice of the Peace
Juge de Paix
America
London Globe
Traveling Men Pay 50 Cents for Dinner on Train
A narrator recounts boarding the Montreal train in St John New Brunswick after a Boston night ride. They switched to the Montreal train to dine and were charged 50 cents each for meals and smokes aboard, despite intentions to stay with the original train. The incident ends with the group forced to pay. Washington Post.
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Canadian Pacific Railroad
St. John
N. B
Boston
Montreal
Frederickton Junction
Canadian Pacific
Washington Post
Bismarck's Appetite for Oysters Revealed
The Iron Chancellor Bismarck reportedly once ate 175 oysters in a single sitting. He began with 25, added 50 more after enjoying them, then ordered 100 more to cap the meal, amusing onlookers. He was 26 and had just returned from England.
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Bismarck
England
Notable quip on professions from Tit-Bits humor
A humorous one-third to all line about fools in the country claiming they can outdo a lawyer in ex pounding the law a half in beating the doctor at healing the sick two thirds in besting the minister in preaching the gospel and all thinking they can beat the editor in running the newspaper.
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Bealing
Social Observations and Quips on Attire and Mindset
A wry collection notes social snobbery with promenading in short jackets and chimneypot hats and mocks mind body links with urban wit. It cites London Tailor and Cutter and Ernest Seton Thompson to frame humor and philosophy.
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London
Tallor and Cutter
Ernest Seton Thompson
Kidney relief remedy ad promises quick backache aid
An advertisement claims kidney tinged pain and backache stem from kidney issues. It urges Pineutes for the kidneys as a direct remedy, offering a 30 day trial for $1 with money back guarantee through Hedges Drug Co.
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Hedges Drug Co
Puzzle of the Sun and its Hidden Core
Harper's Magazine explains the sun as a system of shells and a hot hidden nucleus, with the chromosphere and corona visible only during eclipses. It discusses the effects of solar gravitation, light pressure, and hypothetical habitability implications of extreme gravity.
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Arrhenius
Harper’s Magazine
MinZap Pile Remedy Advert By Hedges Drug Co
One application of MinZap Pile Remedy for all forms of Piles soothes reduced inflammation soreness and itching. Price 50c Guaranteed. Sold by Hedges Drug Co.
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Hedges Drug Co
Sheriff Sale Notice for Nebeker Dotson Case
Public sale will reveal at the highest bid the decree amount of 1815.99 dollars plus interest and costs as directed by Fountain Circuit Court. Mary E Nebeker is plaintiff with John M Dotson et al as defendants in the case.
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Fountain Circuit Court
Mary E. Nebeker
John M. Dotson
Public sale of rents and profits on Fountain County estate
On Saturday July to be held at the Covington courthouse the rents and profits for up to seven years of a 50 acre Fountain County parcel will be offered. If insufficient to cover costs the fee simple of the real estate may be exposed to public sale to discharge the decree. Attorney H C Yount represents the plaintiff.
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Court House
Covington
Fountain County
Indiana
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New Haven
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Atlantic
Pacific
Gurney & McDaid
Sele
Filth Avenue
Clinton
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Sheriff’s Sale
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Atl'y Toe Pial
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