Lima News Death Toll and Summer Dispatch Office Closure
Last week Willie Purdie died of pneumonia on May 29 at 1 a.m. The remains were taken to Logan Utah for interment. The dispatcher's Lima office closes for the summer. Decoration day was observed with noon store closings and festive graves. A June 8 meeting plans a grand July 4 celebration.
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Willie Purdie
Willie
Logan
Utah
W. H. Boyle
M. E. Church
O. K. Paul
Mite Society
Lima
Scarborough
Pocatello
Davis
Mr. LaBeau
Morton
Louisana
Jassie
Refrigerators and Wisdom in South Dakota Schools
The piece notes the hot season makes refrigerators essential and pokes fun at educational affairs in South Dakota. It recounts a district school notice seeking a teacher and a comic yarn about two wealthy bachelors and two old maids teaching together after a wedding cake mix up.
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South Dakota
New York
Ribune
Missing Laughter Echoes as Child Highlights Absurdity
A fragment from Little Chron notes Little Mildred aged three asks why people stand up when there are no laps. The quirky remark reflects childlike humor and curiosity in everyday life.
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Mildred
War Heroes Honored Scenes True to Our History
The federal government purchased 7000 acres around Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge to restore the battlefield as it appeared in 1863. Projects include 80 miles of roads, 643 tablets, 368 local and distance markers, and 43 Union plus 40 Confederate batteries represented by guns. Monuments honor brigade and corps commanders, with Looming bronze statuary by Lorado Taft and ongoing dedications at Shiloh and Vicksburg.
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Congress
Chickamauga
General Rosecrans
Bragg
William B. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Chattanooga
Tenn
Missionary Ridge
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Battle Field
Bishop
Minnesota
Boynton
Lorado Taft
Chicago
United States
Landrum
Wreck Drops Four Coaches Into Ocean Near Rincon
Nearly forty injured when four Southern Pacific coaches derailed from a forty foot embankment into the Pacific near Rincon California. Severely hurt passengers include Mrs Nelson Johnson and Mrs J C Smith. Some cars floated briefly. rescue trains dispatched from Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.
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Southern Pacific
Santa Barbara
Cal
Overland Limited
Pacific Ocean
Rincon
Los Angeles
J. E. Carr
Creston
Alice Stebbens
Ithaca
N. Y
J. M. Casey
Fort Madison
Robert Casey
Casey
Nelson Johnson
O. N. Wells
Sleeper Wakes After Twenty Years in French Village
Marguerite Bouvenal of Thelles near San Quentin awoke from a cataleptic trance that began in May 1883 and lasted twenty years. She spoke briefly after awakening, then died the next day. observers noted extreme emaciation and lifelike stiffness throughout the long sleep.
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Paris
Marguerite Bouvenal
Thelles
San Quentin
Marguerite
Grand Jury Proposes Stricter Laws On Lobbying
St Louis May 30 The April grand jury reviews legislative boodling and urges tougher lobbying penalties at the state capitol and a seven year-extension of the statute of limitations It also calls for forfeiture of franchises gained by boodling after a thirty nine day session with 1373 witnesses and 149 true bills. The panel describes a state of alarming venality among lawmakers.
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Grand Jury
St. Louis
State Capitol
Srrand
Roosevelt Keeps Busy Sunday In Cheyenne Wyoming
President Roosevelt attends morning church in Cheyenne at First Methodist, attends luncheon at former Senator Carey’s home, then tours Senator Warren’s ranches fourteen miles south of the city. Eagle’s lodge presents a membership to the president before leaving for the ranches.
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Senator Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Roosevelt
First Methodist
Senator Carey
Wyoming
Warren Ranches
Eagle's Lodge of
Order
Striker Shot and Nonunionist Stabbed in Kansas City
In Kansas City Kansas a quarrel between union and nonunion workers at the Ar mourdale foundry ends with Dan Mc Williams a union striker shot twice and killed while J Kentsch a nonunion box maker is fatally stabbed during the incident May 30.
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Kansas City
Union
Nounion
Kan
Dan McWilliams
Armourdale Foundry
J. Kentsch
Alphabetical Significance in Letters B and D
A correspondent notes that words beginning with B list many beneficent items such as bread bacon beans and butter while D evokes damp dark dreary and depressing. The piece playfully questions whether natural groupings of good or evil align by initial letters.
The Exhibition Hackney in Sewell Ford’s "Horses Nine"
A vivid scene from a large horse show describes a strawberry roan hackney on display. Spectators in the boxes and along the rail admire its crest, rippling thigh muscles, and jaunty hackney motion while a short legged groom handles the reins with remarkable strides.
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Sewell Ford
Saving thoughts win prize in Chicago contest
More than 500 participants competed for a Chicago company's savings prize. The top winner urged regular deposits, weekly or monthly income set‑asides, and extra savings to build will power and habit, presenting thrift as a sound sermon and a defense in misfortune.
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Chicago
Organist Probed by Doctor Over Compliment
A Franklin Mass divine, Dr. Nathaniel Emmons, rebukes an organist who sought praise. The organist claimed pipes were mere for effect. The doctor quips that sometimes a clergyman may prefer the false to the real, highlighting wit over flattery.
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Nathaniel Emmons
Franklin
Mass
Do Not Follow Social Rules Blindly Say Record Herald
The Chicago Record Herald cautions against rigid conformity to social rules. It urges readers to preserve originality and balance politeness with practical common sense in daily life.
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Chicago Record-Herald
World Help Her Out Mrs Hiram You May Stay
A Philadelphia Press item depicts a cottage scene where Bridget reassures a hostess she will draft a letter of recommendation herself. The discussion turns to writing and signing the document, with a promise to proceed despite the host’s hesitation.
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Hiram
Bridget
Philadelphia Press
Hardly a Love Match Inferred From Mock Marriage
The dialogue mocks a marriage between Miss Smilax and Mr Gotnix. Miss Passe notes the supposed match while Miss Smilax and Mary debate motive, revealing she dislikes being an old maid and he dislikes poverty.
Hawthorne Quote About Playtime and Consequences
The fragment presents a moral admonition from Nathaniel Hawthorne urging boys to enjoy play but return to study. It warns that tomorrow brings discipline with the birch rod and future troubles, emphasizing the cycle of present pleasure and future accountability.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Their Privilege
Applicant and janitor discuss making changes in the flat as tensions rise over landlords and tenant rights. The dialogue hints at conflict and unease in Brooklyn life with uneasy exchanges about neglect and remedy.
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Brooklyn Life
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Lucknow
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the Tribune
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Dr von Furnrren
Chickamauga Battle
William E. Curtin
Ida M. Snyder
Brooklyn East End
McElree
Cardus
Thedford
Cardui
Conger & Bennington
Baker’s
H. C. Miller
Bannack Street
W. George & CO
East Mercury Street
Butte, Mont
Beaverhead
L. P. Phillips
Main Street
Postoffice Building
Poindexter & Orr
State Bank of Dillon
Andrew Carnegie
Surne
Dillon Opera House
Smart
Pipestone Hot Springs
WM. E. Casey
Hot Springs
Arkansas
R. Burbet
Prop
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