New Court House Dedication Planned for Williamsport
The new Williamsport Court House and Jail will be dedicated next Saturday with a full program. Fore noon features music and visitor reception. afternoon includes dedicatory address by Hon J M Rabb and remarks on the courthouse and jail construction. evening session with Judge James McCabe presiding and lawyers’ talks. The notice also notes local praise for the modern building, quick erection, and moderate cost. Milch cows for sale and stock exchange services are advertised by Farmer McMahon.
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Williamsport
James M. Hunter
J. T. Everett
J .M. Rabb
Ee Stanebury
John W. Kern
James McCabe
J. T. Saunderson
Cou
R. R
English's Opera House to Feature Pierre of the Plains Drama
Edgar Selwyn stars in Pierre of the Plains at English's Opera House starting Monday November 28. The production adapts Gilbert Parker's Pierre and His People with a mix of humor suspense and sentiment. Also on Nov 24 25 the Rogers Brothers in Panama will wow with costumes and scenery while Joe Kane fills Gus Rogers' role. Eleanor Robson headlines Vera the Medium on Nov 26 27.
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Pierre
Edgar Selwyn
O Fferce
Gilbert Parker
Rogers Brothers
Panama
English
Opera House
Marion Stanley
Josephine Barrows
Eileen Sheridan
Avita Sanches
Olive Quirmby
Sibyl Brennan
Max Rogers
Joeph Kane
Hs Brother
Gus Rogers
Kane
Eleanor Robson
Indianapolis
Richard Harding Davis
Methodist Church Activity and Schedules
The Bend church announces services and meetings for November 22 1908. Sunday School at 10 a m Epworth League 6 00 p m prayer meetings Thursdays at 7 30 p m Official Board the first Monday monthly Ladies Aid the first Wednesday W M S the first Thursday preaching at end 230 p m Pastor Frank K Dougherty. Also advertising Man Ian Pile Remedy for piles at 50 cents by Hedges Drug Co.
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Ladies Aid Society of the Bend
Frank K. Dougherty
Ian Pile
Hedges Drag Co
Chicago's Great Stock Show Two Weeks Away
Chicago International Live Stock Exposition runs Nov 28 to Dec 10 with improvements including new heating for the sweep section improved sheep rings on both sides of the main building modern lighting throughout and a completed Stock Yards elevated railroad to better access the amphitheatre. Transportation now connects rail depots hotels stores and amusements for visitors. DeWitt s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve advertised by Hedges Drug Co.
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International Amphitheatre
Stock Yards
Kirklin mine reopening on Coal creek west bank
Minnick and Hoagland begin work reopening the Kirklin mine on Coal creek below Stone Buff. It was an early county mine with long operation and high quality coal. A tramway carried coal to the railroad after the Dolly Varden connected Attica to Veedersburg. The first Chicago shipment sold for $5 per ton. The mine was abandoned about 25 years ago.
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Attica
Idols of the Rindods and Juggernaut’s Sacred Car
The article surveys Hindu idol worship in India, noting 233 million gods and idol production in Benares. It explains consecration rites, the Hindu triad Brahma Vishnu and Siva, and the Juggernaut festival at Puri. It describes the 41 foot Juggernaut car, rope-driven pulls, and pilgrim devotion, with a British rule context.
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India
Benares
Brahma
Vishnu
Siva
Juggernaut
Orissa
Bay of Bengal
Juggernau
William Banter
Puri
John J. Pool
B. D
Los Angeles Times
Strange Sounds at Sea Baffle Coast Watchers
The Chicago News reports eerie sea sounds near the English coast where signal shots were heard at sea but observers found no source on arrival. Distant listeners and fogbound coasts may amplify or mute signals, while wind direction alone does not explain these acoustic anomalies seen around fog banks and fog shots.
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Spithead
Peggy's Advice Ends In a Newspaper Revelation
In a tale set around the first Quincy baby the Quincy family trusts a morning paper advice column signed "Porgy." When Mrs. Quincy discovers the writer is a man, she protests that male authors cannot truly advise mothers, sparking a humorous clash with Mr. Quincy.
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Quincy
Mr. Quincy
LT Stall
Peggy
Tom
Mrs. Quincy
Tom Quincy
One Way of Getting Out
Gaston bursts in on his friend Alphonse and asks to be his witness to a marriage. Alphonse questions a possible apology as the scene unfolds with a light, comic tension.
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Gaston
Alphonse
Youth Answers: A Dollar as a White Chip
In a Washington Star quip a stern parent asks a young man about the value of a dollar. The gilded youth replies that the dollar is symbolic, a single white chip in the club setting.
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Gilded Youth
Washington Star
Too Small to Pray Ballad of Johnny and the World
A playful quip about a boy named Johnny who excels at cards bowling and cussing, with a parent asking if he can pray. The line hints at love and money driving life, ending with an odd legalistic-sounding label Ohear vs Ohie.
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Johnny
Ohear
Ohie
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