Dowie Era in Chicago and Zion City Exposed
A Chicago Tribune timeline profiles John Alexander Dowie from his 1890s Chicago arrival to his later Zion City enterprise. It details polygamy claims, coupon currency schemes, vast expenditures, land deals, and the rise of Wilbur Voliva as successor amid receivership and creditor pressure.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
New York
Zion City
Dr. Dowie
Dowie Cronology
Edinburgh
Scotland
Christian Tabernacle
Melbourne
Australia
San Francisco
England
Elijah III
Elijah the
Texas
Shiloh House
Ruth Hofer
John Alexander
Voliva
Central Financial Government of
Zion
W. V. Barnes
Dowie
Frederick Sutton
New Zealand
West Indies
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Christian Catholic Church
Zion Industries
Sity
California
Frozen Salton Sea Sparks Salt Ice Industry Revival
Extreme cold freezes the Salton Sea in southern California creating ice sheets. Southern Pacific trains run over the ice while salt deposits form windrows. Thousands of cattle are driven in for slaughter and meat packing using nearby salt and ice, a new industry revival amid uncertain duration. Imperial residents enjoy skating, a pastime not seen since the town’s founding.
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Washington
United States
Salton Sea
Colorado River
California
Southern Pacific Railroad
Rns
Great Ranges
Imperial
Prairie Dog Meat Declared Delicious and Nutritious
A Lawton News report recalls a farmer praising prairie dogs as a clean, vegetation eating source whose meat outshines that of rabbits and squirrels. He recounts meeting a family living on prairie dog meat for ten days and urges more people to try it to control pest numbers.
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Lawton News- Republican
Faxon
Nelms
Chattanooga
Indignant Exchange Over Grafter Charge At Paper
A heated exchange quoted from the Houston Post features a statement challenging a newspaper’s grafter accusation and a counter remark about proving the claim. The dialogue reflects high tensions between a public figure and the press.
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Houston Post
Noble Benefaction for Dr Barnardo Fund Grows
The fund to perpetuate Dr Bernardo's noble work for English waifa has reached $200,000 and aims to rise by $1,000,000 more. The appeal underscores continued support for the charity's goals and future projects.
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Dr. Barnardo
Hebrew Girls Benevolent Loan Association Organised in Montreal
A new society named the Hebrew Girls Benevolent Loan Association has been formed in Montreal to lend money to deserving persons at no interest, repayable in installments.
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Canada Girls’ Society
Montreal
Canada
Hebrew Girls’ Benevolent Loan Association
The Man on the Box
A catalog note announces The Man on the Box by Bobbs-Merrill, a 1904 general publication with copyright held by The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
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Man On the
The
Bobbs-Merrill Company
A Groom Wins a Trial by Fire on Pirate at the Embassy
Miss Annesley hires Warburton, a former trooper now groom, after a near-embarrassing pardon extends a week trial. He confronts Pirate the difficult horse and, with James’s help, rides the balky stallion through a tense display that ends with the rider and horse triumphant but the test still unsettled.
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William
James
Annesley
Warburton
Pirate
Beelzebub
Pirate and Warburton Duel Over Fence in Chase Scene
A dramatic horseback pursuit unfolds as Pirate charges a barbwire fence with Warburton clinging on. The rider fights to maintain control amid grit, fear, and a muddy border, inching toward a dangerous crossing. To Be Continued. Wonderful Device shows a Nottingham professor noting a micro scale measuring instrument.
Squire Lord’s Portland sojourn ends in Effingham return
Effingham’s Squire Lord left his country store wealth to seek social life in Portland fifty years ago. He aimed to “cut a dash” but found city grandeur empty of favors, returning home at Christmas with tale of misfit life in the town of the world. A village loafer asked why he came back. His blunt reply: he’d had enough of that place.
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Warburton
Mr. Robert
Jane
Atlantic
Nancy
Pirate
Squire Lord
Effingham
N. H
Portland
Quote about kings and hogs from Boston Herald
A provocative line from the Boston Herald contrasts being a king among hogs with being a hog among kings. The remark frames social status and leadership in sharp, humorous terms.
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Boston Herald
Duchess opens carpet making in Helmsdale to aid fishwives
To aid distressed Scottish fishwives due to failed herring fisheries the duchess of Sutherland starts carpet manufacture at Helmsdale on the Sutherland estate. Local material dye and labor will be used and experts will provide instruction to workers.
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Duchess of Sutherland
Helmsdale
Sutherland
One Woman's Work Hannah Riddell Receives Imperial Honor
English missionary Hannah Riddell, famed for aiding leprosy patients in Japan, has been awarded the Order of the Blue Ribbon. Her appeal for improved government care of lepers will be considered by the diet now in session.
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Hannah Riddell
Japan
Sister Likes Me Sayings Echoed by Easy Mark
A Cleveland Plaindealer snippet quotes a man asking about his sister’s regard for him. The response asserts the sister’s affection, claiming she called him the “easy mark” and that no one could resist liking him.
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Cleveland Plaindealer
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Mily Pe Dit
Zion Army
Broadway
Michigan
Zion Univer
Cincinnati
Samuel W. Packard
Packard
Christ
British South Africa Company
Nottingham
Mexico
Hans Buff
Nature’s Packing Plant
Oklahoma
Mr Osborne
Osborne
Potomac
Mr. Pirate
P. E. Shaw
University College
Duchess’ Benefaction
Sister
Willie
W. H. Fisher
AGERY
columBus
Louisville
J. A. Williamson
Toledo
Ohio
D. G. Edwards
F. & D. Railway
Wee Eater Egeees
Deshler
Leipsic Jc
Ottawa
Wapakoneta
Sidney
Pique
Davee
Hamilton
Eree Santa
Amamam Matl
Canspadecawe
Dayton
Seeee
Ees
Piqua
Eeeeeres
Sidne
Seen
Bill Heads
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