Elkhart County Sunday School Convention Set for November
The Elkhart County Sunday School Convention will meet in Elkhart at Trinity Church on November 23 and 24. State workers E. W. Halpenny and Mrs. J. Baldwin join Prof. S. B. Harvey of Hillsdale College, with county officers promoting broad participation and a grand roll talk among township presidents. Pastors and superintendents urged to mobilize delegates and issue strong announcements. The event invites all county Sunday School workers to attend and benefit from the sessions.
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Elkhart County
Elkhart
Trinity Church
E. W. Halpenny
J. Baldwin
S. B. Harvey
Hillsdale College
Russia calls 475246 young men for annual recruits
Annual recruiting in Russia begins with 475246 young men aged twenty one called this year. All eligible males must appear at recruiting offices to draw lots, and those drawing lower numbers undergo medical exams. Distances from villages to towns are vast, often requiring long journeys on foot, causing time and labor loss to families. The number of recruits this year is unprecedented.
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Russia
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Colds, Warns Against Substitutes
The advertisement states there is no case of pneumonia resulting from a cough or cold when Foley's Honey and Tar is used. It warns against unknown preparations that may contain opiates and cause constipation. Readers are urged to ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse substitutes. Houseworth Bros.
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Foley
Houseworth Bros
Baron de Forest Weighs Sahara Empire Plans
Baron de Forest is said to consider forming an empire in the Sahara Desert while critics claim the British government would gain political advantage from the move.
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Baron de Forest
Saharah
Carping
Empress Eugenie Safeguards Memoir Manuscript for Delay
The Empress Eugenie dedicates much of her time to drafting memoirs and locks the manuscript away page by page during writing. Publication is planned only twenty five years after her death.
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Eugenie
Reread Stamp Upsets Mail Etiquette Suggests More Help
A discussion notes that the Not Reread stamp on letters shifts error blame to the operator and signals poor business tone. It argues the stamp misleads readers about office magnitude and calls for more staff to reread letters after typing.
Record Slowness Ships William Mitchell San Francisco Trip
The British ship William Mitchell took thirty five days from San Francisco to Tacoma the slowest voyage on record. In five days she covered five miles. The captain says seagulls swam ahead or beside the vessel throughout the journey.
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William Mitchell
San Francisco
Tacoma
Thirteen Windows Highlight a Building Oddity on Broadway
A lower Broadway building skips a thirteenth floor but houses thirteen front windows. The superstitious constructor overlooked this numerical quirk amid the floor numbering.
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Lower Broadway
New York
Minister Jan Maclaren Reflects on Retirement
Retiring Congregational minister Jan Maclaren says if starting anew he would shorten sermons improve English and offer more comforting counsel. He urges focus on concise preaching clearer speech and pastoral reassurance.
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Jan Maclaren
Dynamite cures and cough relief advertised in old adars
A Georgia man recalls his wife being bedridden with a severe cough. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with curing her after two doctors failed. The advert touts relief for bronchitis and La Grippe with a 50 cent to 1 00 price and a trial bottle free at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
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Sorong
Z. T. Gray
Calhoun
Houseworth Bros
Will Go to Gripple Creek
A party of ten Wikhart persons connected with the Iron Clad Mining Co. plan a trip to Gripple Creek to examine mining prospects and discuss potential investments.
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Gripple Creek
The
Iron Clad Mining Co
Terrific Race With Death
Ralph F. Fernandez of Tampa Florida writes of a fearful race with death due to liver trouble and heart disease. After trying various doctors and medicines he used Electric Bitters and claims dramatic improvement in three days and cure of his troubles. Guaranteed at Houseworth Bros. drug store for 50 cents.
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Ralph F. Fernandez
Tampa
Fla
Houseworth Bros
Lady Wyndham-Quin Among Peerage Violet Farm Gardeners
Lady Wyndham-Quin daughter of Lord Dunraven is a practical horticulturist of the peerage era and owns a renowned violet farm showcasing skilled garden work and horticultural enterprise.
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Wyndham-Quin
Lord Dunraven
Big Shipment of Sheep Arrives From Nebraska
John Clark of Wikhart prairie arrived Monday with 550 sheep to feed this winter, signaling a heavy livestock movement from Nebraska to the prairie farm.
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John Clark
Wikhart Prairie
Nebraska
Carnegie trustees organize fund for professors
Twenty two prominent men invited by Andrew Carnegie to serve as trustees of a 10 million dollar pension fund for college professors met at Carnegie's home to organize and discuss the donor's distribution plans. Harry S. Prichett of MIT was named chairman. Carnegie spoke on his ideas for the fund's distribution.
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Carnegie
United Press News
Asuna
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Pension Fund
Harry S. Prichett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marvel Bread to Give 1000 Loyalty Cards
A local promotion will issue 1000 Marvel Bread cards offering a free loaf. Cardholders present the card at participating grocers and a Marvel driver will settle payment with the grocer.
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Hossicks
Dickens Shop Seeks Fame at Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Old Curiosity Shop sits at No 13 on the street near Lincoln’s Inn Fields now owned by a waste paper merchant who runs a Dickens souvenir trade alongside his main business.
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Dickens
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Seismograph Records Chatham Explosion Shock at Distance
A Simla seismograph report for the meteorological department shows the blast of the steamship Chatham in the Suez Canal sent a shock 2,500 miles away, captured by Japanese earthquake expert Professor Ormori.
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Simla
India
Meteorological Department
Ormori
Chatham
Suez Canal
Judge Dodge Changes Residence to Laberty Laurel Corner
Judge James S. Dodge relocates from 307 Marion Street to the corner of Laberty and Laurel streets in a routine residence update.
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James S. Dodge
Marion Street
Laberty and
Laurel Streets
Berlin Masons Earn Top Wages in Piece Work
The highest daily wages for Berlin workmen go to masons earning from 1.90 to 2.14 dollars a day for piece work.
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Berlin
Boiler Burst At Miles Laboratory In Franklin Street
Shortly after 6 o clock this morning the east boiler in the basement of the Dr Miles Laboratory on Franklin Street burst. John Kuszman the night engineer was near the furnace and a lantern burn on his hand and minor burns to his face and neck occurred. Steam filled the basement but ventilators were opened and no major damage occurred. The crown sheet above the fire box rent and ashes and coals blew from the fire box. Work will continue and the boiler will be repaired in about a week. The west boiler was undamaged.
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Boiier
Washington Supreme Court Extends Disrupting School Law
The court holds the disturbance law applies to all, sending fourteen year old John Packenham from Chehilis to the reform school after he disrupted his class.
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Supreme Court of the
State of Washington
John Packenham
Chehilis
Reform School
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