Winona Lake An Ideal City With Two Colleges
Winona Lake presents itself as a year round community with Bible conferences, two colleges Winona College and Winona College of Agriculture, and an academy. It features modern amenities, strong rail and trolley connections, and a famed six week summer assembly program led by notable lecturers and artists. The town emphasizes religious purpose over money and relies on donor support.
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Winona Lake
John Jones
Winona College
Winona College of Agriculture
Winona Academy
Winona
Federated Church
Tales That Are Told Tales That Are Told
John Barrett, head of the bureau of American republics, once spent a year in Washington seeking consular employment. With money tight he ate cheaply until a friend announced his appointment as consul to Siam. Barrett rose, fixed his attire, and chose the Willard over the casual eatery for the sake of propriety.
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John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Washington
Consular Service
Barrett
Liam
Siam
Willard
Bible Conference at Winona Lake Promises Global Attendance
The Winona Lake season opens July 2 and ends August 19 with a ten day Bible conference starting August 20. Prominent speakers include W. A. Sunday, D. D. G. A. Johnston Ross, and W. E. Biederwolf, with E. O. Excell leading the music as evangelists travel from England and abroad.
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Winona Lake
England
E. O. Excell
G. A. Johnston Ross
D. D
Bryn Mawr
London
W. E. Biederwolf
W. A
Billy
Chief Moore’s Sense of Humor
Willis L. Moore, famed meteorologist inventor of the flareback, once a journeyman printer on the Burlington Bankers, is humorously portrayed. A society woman asked for pleasant weather on a date, and Moore replied forecasting rain to wash away her reception plans. A Washington weather sharp remarked an epitaph: Unsettled and warmer.
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Willis L. Moore
Burlington Bankere
Dhings
Moore
Maure
Maadam
Washington
Willis L Moore
Delightfully Situated in Duluth Divorce Trial Speech
Sociologist Jeremy Sanderson criticizes international marriage while in Duluth. In court H Clay Calhoun testifies about a man named Washington White being “well off” but negotiates the meaning as wealth versus status. the cross examiner probes values as the witness insists White’s wealth remains minimal and his wife sustains the household.
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Jeremy Sanderson
Duluth
Mr. Sanderson
Preaty
Calhoun
H. Clay Calhoun
Washington White
Cal
Beggars of London and the Notting Hill Colony
An American reports widespread begging in London with up to 80 beggars seen on streets. The Nottingdale Nottingide? district in Kensington houses a colony of beggars and a system of child recruitment and staged sympathy. Professional beggars include old soldiers, musicians, writers, and bereavers who solicit under various pretexts. A state pitcher captures sick infants for about 12 cents daily, with whole families borrowed for 60 cents, and some beggars earning up to $4 a day.
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Europe
England
Britio
Washington Herald
Walton’s Fast Ends In Striking Weight Loss Tale
A vintage tale from the New York Tribune recalls Walton known as Plunger Walton Francia who endured a lengthy fast after rheumatism. A doctor advised tapering meals, but Walton instead drank water for twenty one days losing forty five pounds, ending at two hundred pounds with his wife concerned his weight loss was too rapid.
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Walton
Francia Theodore Walton
New York ‘Tribune
Coral Pipe Found From Sunken Warship Off Barbados
A U S warship near Barbados years ago yielded a coral encrusted churchwarden pipe. A sailor fishing for sharks pulled it from the depths. The stem bore delicate lacelike coral growths and vermicelli patterns on the bowl, while the interior retained fire stains.
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White
United States
Warshro
Barbados
New York Press
Hope Describes Hope as a Lamp for Life
The passage defines hope as anticipation and a divine provision sustaining life. It likens hope to sunshine, a rainbow in a storm, and a silver lining, brightening the path and lifting spirits according to circumstance. It states hope does not cure misery but consoles the despondent and binds with many links to endure.
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Nellie
Patience and Fortitude as the Quiet Guest
A reflective note on patience as the central courage of life. The author contrasts restless speech with the enduring music of perseverance, arguing patience guides fortitude through life’s mires and trials.
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Patience
Ruskia
Do It Right Fashion Debt Banter
A humorous exchange shows a gossiping passerby negotiating a gown purchase. One cites a $50 debt while another pushes for a larger bill of $90 to avoid seeming cheap. The banter pivots on dignity and social posture.
The White Woman's Burden Opinion Note
A Galveston News quotation mocks male anxieties and social roles with satirical lines about carrying burdens and comfort objects, invoking George Eliot to critique sympathy and public behavior.
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Galveston
George Eliot
Quaker Frock Designs with Varied Fabrics and Hats
The illustration shows a Quaker style frock in pale lettuce green linen with a detachable wash collar and cuffs, a black satin waist band, and a hat in white straw trimmed with field flowers. Variations include silk and wool linen, Liberty silk with poppy red trim, or egg shell blue shantung with olive accents, plus possible Irish crochet edging.
Sheer Fabrics For Millinery Styles And Trimmings
The article surveys hat fashions with sheer fabrics such as lace and malines used in layered trims. It notes smooth crown coverings in dotted motifs, puffed yet flat brims, lace bars on straw hats, and chiff on overlays on white braid foundations for cool, soft effects. It mentions plumes and parasols as motifs.
Fashion notes on beaded sashes and returning curls
Beaded sashes are praised while curls hanging at one side regain favor for youthful faces. The lingerie frock features Grinty sheer mull Swiss and batiste embroideries with wide banding insertions and edgings.
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