County and Township Tours Extend Christian Outreach Across Ohio
Dr Joseph Clark leads a twenty two week tour touching all eighty eight Ohio counties sparking revival fires. The piece describes county tours with itineraries and local talent plus a Township Tour model to wake sleepy townships. The Ohio U S convention runs August 23 to 25 with Rev A M Virden and Rowan music plans noted.
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Joseph Clark
Ohio
Auglaize
Anigwa
I. Hisnce County
F. W. Wallie
Franklin County Association
U. S
A. M. Virden
Ayersville
Neyis
Life at a St. Louis Inn
A Kansas editor visiting the Inside Inn at St Louis laments more bellboys than guests and playful “change” tricks. He describes meals and room numbers 2507 and 76949, noting a friend in 76 649 is two days behind on meals and walks to Moberly each morning for food.
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Kansas
Lonia
Moberly
Charles Arrur Named Postmaster at Glandorf
Charles Arrur appointed postmaster at Glandorf in Putnam County after William Os sage resigns from the position.
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Charles Arrur
Glandorf
Putnam County
William Ossage
Rev J Knox MonteGomery to lead Muskingum College
Rev J Knox MonteGomery of Charlotte North Carolina has accepted the presidency of Muskingum College at New Concord and will assume duties September 20.
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J. Knox MonteGomery
Charlotte, N. C
Muskingum College
New Concord
Kansas Wheat Harvest in Rubber Boots
Farmers in central Kansas harvested wheat while wading through floodwaters in rubber boots. Thousands of growers in the belt endured days of wet conditions as merchants scrambled for rubber and hip boots to meet orders.
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Kansas
Wheat Belt
Fifth marriage license sought by Bellefontaine man
Wm. J. Broaphurst, a well known and wealthy resident, applied to the probate clerk for a fifth marriage license. He, aged 76, named Laura Anna Sprague as his prospective spouse, said they were not related and neither had been divorced. He quipped about his age and claimed to be no old fog.
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Wm. J. Broaphurst
Bellefontaine
Laura Anna Sprague
Dentist of Madrid Heads to Fez for Sultan's Teeth
Dr. Frank Bostwick of Coshoc ton living in Madrid travels to Fez Morocco to fill the Sultan's molars and attend to the teeth of the harem women with two eunuchs watching over him with battleaxes.
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Frank Bostwick
Coshocton
Madrid
Alfonso
Fez
Morocco
Roosevelt Club Formed In Norwalk Supports Roosevelt Fairbanks
A Democratic Roosevelt Club is formed at Norwalk. Workers at Wheeling & Lake Erie shops organize to back Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Members claim nominally Democratic ties but prefer Roosevelt and gold over Parker and gold, and will work with a will to support Theodore Roosevelt for president.
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Roosevelt
Norwalk
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Fairbanks
Parker and Gold
Gold
Theodore Roosevelt
Foraker Plans Extensive Pacific Trip This Summer
Senator Foraker completes plans for a two month voyage partly for pleasure and partly to gather information on Hawaiian issues. As chairman of the Committee of Pacific Islands and Porto Rico he will depart August 1 from his home, travel in stages to San Francisco, then sail to Honolulu for several weeks.
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Senator Foraker
Committee of
New York Liberal Democrat Backs Roosevelt
Oscar S. Strauss of New York City announces support for President Roosevelt. He notes his past service as minister to Turkey under Cleveland and his current roles as Hague arbitration court member, president of the New York board of trade and transportation, and active member of several civic and professional associations.
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Oscar S. Strauss
New York City
Roosevelt
Strauss
Turkey
Cleveland
Hague Arbitration Court
New York Board of Trade and Transportion
National Civil Service Association
American Social Science Association
International Law Association
Japan's Shimose Explosive Wins Naval Attention
Japanese use of high explosive Shimose proves highly destructive on Russian vessels. Navy experts study its composition, noting Shimose by Prof. Shimose may surpass French melinite and English lyddite and American counterparts.
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Shimose
Japan
Navy Department
Mystery of Shimose Shells and New Acid Claimed
The text suggests a lead armor plate claim and a possible discovery about the acid used in treating powder. Experts reportedly rely on picric acid for high explosives, and solving the Shimose shell mystery could reveal a new acid used by Japanese war experts.
Labor Leader Rejects Parker Davis Ticket In Iowa
A. W. Maxwell of the Seymour Leader resigns from the Iowa Democrat state central committee and declares union labor cannot support the Democratic ticket. He accuses Parker and Davis of aligning with Wall Street trusts and calls for Republicans to repudiate the St. Louis convention nominees.
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A. W. Maxwell
Iowa Democrat State Central Committee
Parker
Seymour Leader
Davis
Baer
Seymour
St. Louis
Sunshine
Democrats
Thor
Jefferson
Wall Street
Trusts
Belmonts
Stand Oil Company
God
Mammon
Turtle capture tale from Mud Creek hunting party
A Diehl Brewing Co party led by John Michenfelder and including Owen Small Hank Boehner and Bill Hatfield visited Mud Creek on Sunday with visions of turtle soup. Thirteen residents were captured in a bag, later eleven returned, leaving two guarded wanderers and a quiet return home.
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John Michenfelder
Owen Small
Hank Boehner
Bill Hatfield
Diehl Brewing Co
Mud Creek
Adventure on the Narrows ends with a mystery woman scene
An unnamed narrator recounts saving a young woman from drowning near New York Bay. After a dinner invitation and suit-swapped theft, he pursues romance with the pretty stranger who then reappears aboard a steamer clothed with the woman’s companion, revealing a connected twist as she salutes him from the railing.
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New York Bay
Far West
Manhattan
Sousa
Brooklyn
Ocean’s Edge
New York
Liz
Long Breath Diver
Museum
Thomas Dinsmore Hill
Does It Pay to Grow Beyond a Narrow Life
A reflective meditation urges choosing growth over comfort. Questions compare personal expansion with limitations, asking whether striving for mastery, broader horizons, and self improvement yield greater meaning, power, and beauty than staying confined.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets and Schache
A damaged, fragmentary ad reads Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets and Shoreline style claims. Mentions Golden Nuggets for sallow people, vigor products, indigestion aid, and generic tonics.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Arsenic-Eating in Styrian Factories and Lifespan Claims
A Chicago Tribune report describes Styrian arsenic production as a major industry where workers eat the drug to withstand fumes. A foreman recalls starting in youth, experiencing initial pain followed by appetite and vigor, with some claiming lives shortened to around forty-five. The drug is used as a preservative, with graves opening yielding bodies appearing freshly buried years later.
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Austria
Styria
Chicago Tribune
Half False Jewels and the Art of Faking Diamonds
A lapidary describes splitting a diamond to produce two halves each enlarged with paste and artificial complements to appear genuine. He notes the craft of fake jewels, citing fish scale pearls and the laborious process of sourcing scales from the ablette or bleak for iridescent effects.
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France
England
New York Telegram
Legends of Tuscaloosa Legislature and gaming rooms
A Washington Post quote recalls historic Alabama politics when Tuscaloosa was the state capital and gambling flourished among lawmakers. A resort owner separated lawmakers from ordinary patrons with a sign directing “Members of the legislature” to one table and “gamblers” to another.
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Faro
Washington Post
Germany's first windmill at Windsheim
The Augustine monks at Windsheim sought a windmill like those in Italy but were blocked by the local lord who claimed control of the winds. The bishop of Utrecht then established the principle that no one may claim dominion over wind within his diocese, granting permission to build. The mill was erected in the late 1300s.
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Germany
Windsheim
Italy
Utrecht
Time and Money Pass Time in Prison Joke
A prison counterfeiter served ten years and quips about passing time and money in a brief exchange with a visitor, who moves on.
After Midnight Domestic Distress Cited in Transcript
A Boston Transcript excerpt portrays a tense domestic scene with a wife apologizing as the husband returns, and he forewarns her of regret for staying up. The exchange hints at conflict and remorse within a troubled marriage.
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Charles
Carrie
Boston Transcript
Hope the Flatterer and Parasite Across Social Strata
The quote notes hope as a flattering yet parasitic force, visiting both the poor man’s flat and the palace of his superior, illustrating its universal reach and potential for manipulation.
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Hope
Shenstone
England’s Oldest Railway Station at Bourne
Bourne Lincolnshire hosts England’s oldest railway station in anElizabethan mansion once owned by the Digby family linked to the gunpowder plot. Locals urged preservation and conversion when the Great Northern and Midland railways passed through the district. Part of the house serves as the station master’s residence.
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England
Bourne
Lincolnshire
Digby
Great Northern and Midland
A Bishop’s Light Hearted Printer Joke
Bishop W A Candler recalled urging liberal spending and once wrote an essay saying we pray too loud and work too little. The printed version altered it to brag too loud and work too little, a mistake he chose not to correct, admitting the printer might be right.
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W. A. Candler
A Poet and AA Burglar
A young poet, living a bachelor life, is surprised by a pistol wielding burglar who sits with him for dinner. The robber mocks the poet’s verses, deposits critique, and orders the poet to change paths. The thief exposes the poet to a lesson about poetry and life before locking him in a closet and leaving with the stolen silver.
Doctor’s Dry Feet Claim Confounds Patient Letter
A physician boasted that keeping feet dry would prevent the grip but a patient with two wooden legs wrote back saying he had the grip for five years. The doctor did not answer the inquiry. Albany Journal.
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Albany Journal
Sale of out of date goods to Mrs Hifi
A clerk explains to Mrs Richcoin how a dated item was sold to Mrs Hifi claiming a great bargain. He recalls thinking Mrs Richcoin had set it aside for one of her daughters, but she bought it anyway.
Wabash Rates for One-Day Round Trips From Exposition
Beginning April 25 and during the Exposition, three round trip tickets go on sale daily with varying return limits. The first offers a 15 day limit at $13.00, the second a 60 day limit at $14.70, and the third a December 15 1904 limit at $17.60. Sunday one fare round trips also begin with limited Sunday sale dates. A later coach excursion will offer specially low fares.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Tried and Found Wanting. A Man Faces Troubles by Shifting Focus
The Chicago Tribune quotes a gloomy man who complains of bad luck and sleepless nights. He is advised to think of others troubles. Three months later they meet him. he says the method failed as he still cannot sleep, only now he dwells on others woes.
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Chicago Tribune
Auctioneer touts Humboldt annotated book at auction
The auctioneer presents a rare book with marginal notes in Alexander von Humboldt's handwriting and invites bids of a hundred marks. A London Telegraph note quotes Humboldt’s autograph marginal remark criticizing the book as not worth the paper it is printed on.
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Alexander von Humboldt
London Telegraph
One Good Reason
Dialogue from the Catholic Standard humor column features Hogg and Kaustick debating grammar and education in a playful exchange. The banter underscores pride in not having children and mocks growing demand for grammar corrections.
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Hogg
Kaustick
The Tantalizing Salmon and Its Elusive Life
This excerpt surveys the mystery of the salmon life cycle, noting debates among seasoned fishers about salmon development from infancy to maturity. It highlights stage transitions, migratory patterns, and river differences in grilse abundance, citing Frederic Irland’s The Trout of the Nepisiguit from Scribner’s as the source.
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Miramichi
Tobique
Irederic Irland
Scribner’s
Garter Superstitions Still Circulate In Weddings
A clipping notes garter beliefs such as gold buckles bringing luck while silver garters may misfortune. Wearing garters below the knee is said to ruin beauty and yellow garters predict loss of a friend within a year.
Didn't Need Washing Ainu Refuse Bathing Claim
An old report claims the Ainu people on Yesse island disdain bathing and view dirt as a sign of cleanliness. A traveler notes their river swim habit while another mockingly proclaims daily bathing unnecessary.
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Yesse
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Uplift
A fragmentary ad claim suggests Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will boost spirits and revive confidence, promoted by Weisenburger and Emery.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Weisenburger & Emery
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