Various Meetings and Trials Reported Across Cities
Chicago hosts the American Mathematical Society meeting over three days with good attendance. Raleigh holds a decisive special election on prohibition or dispensary amid a heated campaign. Alfred Mahan faces murder trial in North Bennington with insanity plea anticipated. Pittsburgh hosts National Commercial Teachers Association five day convention led by L. A. Arnold. Indianapolis opens the Indiana State Teachers Association with near 2,000 in attendance. Newark unveils a memorial to Monsignor Geo. H. Deane in Rector Park with notable speakers. Philadelphia reports charges brought against Rev. Dr. William H. Shaffer before an ecclesiastical court, details not public.
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Chicago
American Mathematical ‘Society
Raleigh
N. J
Bennington
Alfred Mahan
Ethel Mahan
North Bennington
Pittsburg
National Commercial Teachers’. Association
L. A. Arnold
Denver
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
B.F. Moore
Marion
Elmer B. Bryan
Franklin College
Claypool
Newark
Geo. H. Deane
Rector Park
United States
James Smith
John J. O'Connor
Haussling
Smith
Doane Memorial Committee
Philadelphia
William H. Shaffer
West
M. E
Committee of Investigation
Pound Party for Bristol Minister at M. E. Church
Bristol church members held a pound party for Rev. C. J. Graves and his wife at the parsonage, giving Christmas greetings and a liberal donation. The Christmas exercises drew a large crowd, followed by gift distribution to all attendees and a presentation of a cut glass water set to Mrs. C. E. Duetro, the organist.
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M. E. Church
Bristol
C. J. Graves
Thomas Hilbish
C. E. Duetro
Christmas social and visits brighten Osceola church events
In Osceola, a Zion church cantata Thursday evening was well rendered. Mr and Mrs J P Bickel and daughter Jessie visited Mr and Mrs William Wohlheiter in Sailor Mich. Rose Curtis, recently ill, is now able to be about. Christmas exercises at McFarren school house drew a large crowd. Mrs M Hu Dills of Toledo spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs Chas Dills. Edwin Hilbish of LaGrange visited friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs O F Brusman spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs George McDowell.
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Zion Church
J. P. Bickel
Jessie
William Wohlheiter
Mich
Rose Curtis
McFarren
M. Hu “Dills
Toledo
Ohio
Chas. Dills
Edwin Hilbish
LaGrange
F. Brusman
George McDowell
Boxers in six round bout in Philadelphia tonight
Joe Walcott and Terry Martin of Philadelphia are set for a six round bout in the Quaker City tonight. The Old Dominion League, a new baseball group, forms in Virginia with Petersburg Saf ten Newport News and Phoebus as teams. Jared Tenney holds a rare major league record with thirteen years on a single club the Boston Nationals. Columbus Art Club manager Clymer sees a real chance to win the fourth night championship next season.
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Joe
Walcott
Terry
Martin
Philadelphia
Broadway
A.C
Quaker City
Old ‘Dominion League
Virginia
Petersburg
Saften
Newport. News
Phoebus
Jared Tenney
Boston Nationals
Clymer
Columbus, Art
The Blacksmith’s Loud Singers Mishap in Choir
A tale from a small town about a village blacksmith in a church choir who, unable to read music, delivers a misheard line during a new anthem. His booming but wrong note twists the lyric to “And dying brides are filled with fire,” eliciting stunned silence.
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Barytone
Huglish
Tramp plants nuts to grow trees along his wanderings
A Pennsylvania tramp travels widely carrying nuts to plant along rocky hillsides and creek edges. For three years he has planted thousands, aiming to spare future fruit trees from destruction and inspire farmers to adopt tree planting. He recalls Apple Tree Johnny, famed for sowing apple seeds in fence corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Virginia Pilot
Johnny
Dandyism and self-respect in fashion and history
An essay from Century Magazine contrasts fine cloth and dandy style with austere wartime attire. It praises immaculate fit and personal dignity as seen in officers at Ladysmith and historic figures, framing elegance as a civic virtue and humane ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Cambridge
Ladysmith
Telling of two ministers by a field hand
A farmer in central New York State questions his assistant George about which minister he prefers. George favors Mr. Gor man for not hearing him preach and criticizes Mr. Carney for bragging about his father's mansions.
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New York State
George
Gormann
Mr. Carney
Lippincott’s Magazine
Ham Sandwich Tale Tells of Trust Campaign Aid
Mrs. M. G. Quackenbos, adviser to the attorney general in the anti trust campaign, recounts a railway ham sandwich story. A man complains of a dry sandwich and jokes with a maid who finally concedes the ham is there after a moment. The anecdote illustrates persistence amid sarcasm.
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M. G. Quackenbos
Bonaparte
Trusts
New York
Bluffing groom and bluffer tale at Alfred Vanderbilt stables
At Newport Charles H. Wilson mocked a discharged groom who pretended horse knowledge. He likened the bluffer to a fake blacksmith who claimed eleven years experience but failed to shoe a mare, unable to fit its foot in the vice.
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Charles H. Wilson
Alfred G Vanderbilt
Newport
Teetotaler Toast Turns Onboard Water Incident
English party in New Zealand toasted their ship with the liquor she floats in. One man refused spirits, then drank water and exclaimed it tasted odd. A friend revealed the gag, noting the water was the ship's success toast.
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New Zealand
London
Polite English Shop Girls in New York Press Parley
A fragment describes shoppers and shop girls in New York as they exchange remarks about English usage. The scene shows light banter and courteous exchanges as a customer buys a white evening dress, with polite apologies and smiles shared between shopper and clerk.
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New- York
Opening of Forestry School in Tokai Cape Colony
The government established a two year forestry course to train men for service in South Africa. The first year is at the South African College and the second year at the Forestry School. The long established estate offers extensive forests and a variety of trees in two stages of development.
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South Africa
Cape ‘of Good ,Hope
Tokai
Cape Colony
Breslau Zoo Reports Clever Monkey Display
A Breslau zoological exhibit showcases a monkey noted for its surprising intelligence. The animal performs tasks demonstrating problem solving and learned behavior observed by visitors and staff.
New Musical "Whirlwind" to Play Bucklen Theatre
Manager J P Goring brings a star studded company to the Bucklen on Saturday January 4 for Whirlwind a song show featuring Edyth de Valmaseda Hugh Morrison Aileen Morrison Hal Lane and Jack Saunders plus a sprightly chorus. Also scheduled is Madam Sarah Bernhardt's A Woman of Mystery at the Bucklen with Courtenay Morgan as Ayesha.
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Bucklen
Edyth. de Valmaseda
Pilsen
Rice -Bros
Hugh
Morrison
Aileen
Puff
Hal Lane
Jin
Jack Saunders
Sarah Bernhardt
Walters
Way
Bucklen Theatre
Bucklen hosts Hal Reid company with Custer's Last Fight
One of the largest dramatic companies tours featuring cowboys Indians and horses. The Bucklen theater presents Hal Reid's Custer's Last Fight matinee and night with an extensive production and a forty member cast. The Little Big Horn battle scene includes Leawboy scouts and horses loaned by Colonel Gordon W. Lillie Pawsiee Bill.
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Hal Reid
Custer
Gordon W. Lillie
Pawsiee
Bill
Girl of the Golden West at Irwin theatre Goshen
David Belasco presents The Girl of the Golden West at the Irwin Theatre Goshen Friday evening December 217. The play follows a western girl in California 1849 during the gold fever showing life with simple truth and human interest as men seek fortunes and destiny amid laughter gambling cheating and love.
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David
Belasco
Golden West
Irwin Theatre
Goshen
Oalifornian
David Warfield
California
Humorous Plays Draw Crowd In Local Debut
A new comedy by the American company proves popular with audiences. The show first opened two weeks ago and features humorous scenes that lift the lighter melodramatic mood. Bucklen theater hosts the Monday evening performance inviting wide attendance.
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Apy
Iitert
Girl of the Golden West at Trwin Theatre Friday
David Belasco's The Girl of the Golden West comes to the Trwin Theatre Gocken on Friday evening Dec 27. The production is praised for its dramatic vision with a notable scene in Act IV showing the stage in darkness then dawn breaking over the Sierra foothills and prairie.
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David Belasco
Golden West
Trwin ‘Theatre
Gocken
Sierras
Teeth extraction claim and medicinal ad fragment
An ad style note claims painless tooth extraction in Elkhart by a practitioner using his own preparation. It also touts Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy, promoting genuine product use and warning against other versions without opiates or harmful drugs.
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Elkhart
Raley/s
Foley
Private Shorthand School Promises Thorough Instruction
The notice advertises Mumaw's Private School of Shorthand starting Monday December 30 offering nine years of experience and practical training. Terms are reasonable with graduates aided to positions at 409 S Main Street.
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Misa Clara
Mumaw
Kiskine
S. Main Street
Gee
Moving of Doty’s Gameley Store to Middlebury Street
Notice reports Doty has moved his game shop from 730 South Main Street to Room 100 on Middlebury Street, first door from Main Street.
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Gameley
Middlebury
Main Street
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Frigk
Neds”. Jewelry Store
Bugelen Theatre
Frank Minor
Alfred Anderson
Bucklen Theala
Hight
Aubrey Mittenthal
S Attractions (Inc
Mr. Roy
Dy “Way
Miss Courtenay Morgan
Bernhardt
Fine Femme Meisterieuse
Washington ‘St
Eikhart
Soros
Sandie
Yeezh
Peenerug AG
Relatia
Wapi Daioh Dairy
Ita Xemédy
Druguists
Keh
Crystal
John H. Ammons
W. Lawrie
Main St
Crystal Theatre
al Unite
Fred
Tom
Hayden
Lee
van Mas
Tees
Ruby
Rose
Allen and
Kenna
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