Fraternal and union meeting notices across Elkhart
A dense roster lists regular meeting times and halls for numerous fraternal orders and unions in Elkhart including Carpenters and Joiners Union No 546 International Association of Machinists Odd Fellows BPO Elks Knights of Pythias Masons Royal Arch Masons Elkhart Commandery and many others with weekly or monthly schedules at local halls such as Elmer Post Hall and the Shiloh Post Hall.
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Odd Fellows' Ball
Jas Delox
G. A. Lanver
Fin
Secy
International Asbo
Machinista
Bhilob
A. Johnson
N. A. Paulson
Eles
Mikhart Lodge
B.P O. Elka
Avary
Elke’ Hall
Main St
J. McHerry
A. Kinney
Knights OF Pythias
Elkhart Lodge
C. P
Rebekah
Naomi Lodge
Olli Sterna
N. G
Currie Williame
Elefart
Z.o.tm
D. Hall
E. Lb. Burns
Secord
LO. T. M
Progressive Hive
Sketch Post
Zoe Swarts
Minnie Olds
Indiana
Eve Mentzer
Sidora VanGorder
C. W. Elkhart
W.hall
H. Hogendobler
C. C
B. A. Sinner
Lovel Camp
Jake Thomas
Woodmen of America
Iaccabee Hall
Mons
W J Sigerfoos
V. C
EC Simpson
The Decline of Cigarette Holders and Carriers in Fashion
A veteran retailer recalls how cigarette holders and cigar cases fell out of favor as fashionable accessories. Sales now are sparse outside gift occasions. earlier eras saw amber, meerschaum, and gold bands, with prices from modest to $75 for silver and gold pieces.
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Panama
Rocky Mountain Tea Endorsed by Friends
It is said that every bride has many friends, but in a few years they dwindle down to one. That's Rocky Mountain Tea. Makes and keeps her well. 35 ctns. Houseworth Bros.
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Rocky Mountain Tea
Houseworth Bros
Have you ever thought what you would do in a tunnel cave in
A dialogue from the Chicago Record Herald mocks American norms as a literary foreigner notes a peculiar trait. The exchange centers on a cable train entering a tunnel and a hypothetical collapse. The Chicago man jokes he would demand his nickel back, illustrating American practicality.
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Chicago
Chicago Record- Herald
Backache warning and kidney health claim advertisement
An old advertisement cites Mr. D S Shhreiner of 948 River Avenue describing chronic back pain and kidney discomfort. The piece urges readers to seek relief through Sage Pills, claiming prior medicines failed to provide lasting help and presenting urinary issues as a warning of diabetes and Brights disease.
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D.S. Shhreiner
River Avenue
Woodchuck and Squirrels Like Gentle Cousins Among Mammals
The piece compares woodchucks and squirrels as cousins in the mammal family. It notes squirrels agile arboreal life with sharp claws, while woodchucks are short legged, diggers not built for climbing. Woodchucks store little food and rely on winter sleep. Hibernation slows bodily processes and breathing, with emergence around March 1 in New York.
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Galera
New York
Sea Power of the Nations in Naval Annual Review
A Naval Annual review shows 1892 to 1902 changes with Russia Germany and the United States owning as many battleships as France once did. Japan’s navy grows and unites with Britain for Asiatic purposes. Britain and Japan total 47 first class armorclads, surpassing Russia plus France. France shifts to armored cruisers, Britain leads with 29 battleships to 17 for France and Russia, and the United States not joining defeats any anti British alliance.
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Russia
Germany
United States
France
Great Britain
Japan
Naval Annual
Hammock Swinging Art Requires Practice and Poise
The article argues hammock swinging is an acquired art requiring practice and presence of mind. It advises graceful posture, edge seating, and skirt draping for a pretty picture. Alighting from the swing is the trickiest moment, needing quickness and dexterity.
Royal Autographs on Cloth from the Pretoria Surrender
Captain W Russell Watson reports to the London Times that King Edward VII signed his autograph on a handkerchief used as a flag of truce after demanding Pretoria's surrender on June 4 1900 Queen Alexandra also signed making the memento bear the autographs of the prince of Wales Earl Roberts Viscount Kitchener and other British generals present the next morning
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W. Russell Watson
New South Wales
Australian Coronation Corps
London Times
Cowes
Pretoria
Prince of Wales
Earl, Roberts
Viscount Kitchener
Strikes in Germany Rise in 1901 Amid Turbulent Labour
In 1901 Germany saw 1 071 strikes involving 141 220 people up from 1 462 strikes affecting 298 819 in 1900. The record notes 200 cases in 1901 where strikes were successful.
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Germany
Enterprising Prune Makers Mock Earthquake Fears
A senator jokes about marketers using seismic shocks to sell prunes. He imagines labels describing tender skin from jars and juices blended by shakes, noting the fruit may rumble in stews and even cause a quick electric thrill in the eater.
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Golden ‘Bate
Supposed Relic of Allouez Found at Green Bay Site
In January two hunters discovered a bronze sundial compass at an old Indian village site on Green Bay Wisconsin just above Point Sable. Scholar Reuben G Thwaites suggests the instrument may have belonged to Father Claude Jean Allouez or his assistants at the Green Bay mission, the second Jesuit mission in the area. The artifact bears seventeenth century style latitude and longitude marks for New France forts and settlements.
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Green Bay
Wis
Point Sable
Reuben G. Thwaites
Father Marquette
Claude Jean Allouez
Lapointe
Lake Superior
Marquette
Allouez
New France
Reporter labeled imposter after curfew encounter
A Boston Herald tale recalls a local paper's diminutive reporter visiting Everett after curfew. The woman reprimands him as an imposter and threats of a cold dungeon. He later pursues a mustache to restore dignity.
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Everett
Boston Herald
The American Steer in U S Meat Trade History
Frank Leslie's notes the humble steer’s role in American civ ilization and outlines the annual U S meat export value around 100 million dollars. The piece mentions the beef share and adds the domestic market distribution of packing houses.
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Britain
Frank Leslie
United States
Return home yields sharp rebuke and self discovery
Maria greets her husband with anxiety as he reveals his finding. He declares he is a fool and she a ditto, ending with a line from the New York Times that sharpens the irony of their exchange.
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Maria
N. Y
Ambitious Trans-Pacific Cable Aims For Hawaii and Philippines
The New York Post notes a two year plan to lay a modern cable linking the continent with Hawaii and the Philippines. English manufacture cable with India rubber covering from Philadelphia. Copper wire weighs 500 pounds per knot, way above old cables. Laying method uses machinery to bend and control payout, with careful tension to prevent kinking or coiling.
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Hawaii
Philippines
New York Post
Philadelphia
United States
Services of the Worm Fertilizes Ground Like Farmer's Mix
Darwin noted worms loosen and fine soil. Swiss naturalist Prof Dussere finds worm work leaves soil richer in phosphorus and lime than before. The worm fertilizes and enriches soil as nature's process and mirrors artificial farming methods.
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Darwin
Prof. Dussere
Earth
Labor Shift In Hawaii As Japanese Replace Skilled White Work
J K Brown, immigration inspector for Hawaii, says Japanese labor that swells after Chinese exclusion is less desirable for plantations than Chinese. Neither whites nor natives work much on plantations, yet Japanese often learn trades and displace white skilled laborers, a point less discussed in U.S. Chinese exclusion debates.
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Hawaii
J. K. Brown
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Brown
United States
Buffelo Express
His Mistake and the Commission Sale Joke
A tall man asks a commission merchant if they sell commissions and wants a lieutenant’s commission for his son who avoids West Point. The scene appears in a Baltimore Herald quotation illustrating satire on military practice and wealth.
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West Point
Baltimore Herald
The Privilege of Age in a Gentle Exchange
Miss Anne Teek refers to Miss Grace Sharpe as Grace in a polite, slightly intimate moment. Sharpe responds that elderly ladies may use first names, signaling friendly ease between the women in a Philadelphia Press note.
Editor and politician clash over truth in mudslinging
The exchange notes truth as mighty yet scarce in politics. The editor asserts its power while the politician laments its rarity in their business, signaling concern that honesty will take long to prevail.
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N. Y. Herald
No, sir I know too much to serve on a jury
A man in a mackintosh insists he cannot be part of a jury, claiming he knows too much to risk being selected. The exchange with another man at a table hints at a wary, evasive stance toward civic duty.
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Chicago Tribune
His First Butler and the Carriage Waits
A court scene notes the first butler and a carriage idle while a judge quips about lack of horses and the advent of the automobile. The dialogue mocks reliance on horses versus mechanized transit in a rural setting.
King Edward VII Battleship to Get Hydraulic Mountings
The New York Sun reports over £100,000 will fund hydraulic mountings for the barbette guns of the battleship King Edward VII, presently under construction at Devonport.
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Guna
Devonport
N. Y
Brightness of the Goose in New Orleans Sparks Debate
A New Orleans bird fancier challenges prevailing views on The Goose. He argues the popular opinion is wholly wrong and offers his own critique of the bird’s qualities and temperament.
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New Orleans
Blind actor recalls near miss in snowstorm scene
A Philadelphia Record note recalls a theater first night where an elderly actor portraying a blind father searching for his daughter in a snowstorm faced hazards. Stage hands dropped tools from heights as a monkey wrench grazed his temple, yet he kept the audience unaware of his blindness.
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Che-Ild
Philadelphia Record
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief for Colds
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a harmless remedy for coughs and lung ailments. A testimonial from Gertrude E Fenner of Muncie Indiana says after rain caused a severe cold and cough, the first bottle relieved symptoms and restored weight to 148 pounds.
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Gertrude E. Fenner
Muncie
Ind
House Worth Bros
Question on Libel Action Against Democrats Committee
Fassett A. Cotton, newly elected state superintendent, will decide with Republican State Committee Chairman Goodrich whether to pursue criminal libel proceedings against the Democrats state committee.
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Fassett A. Cotton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Democrats State Committee
Goodrich
Republican State Committee
Congress nears as capital reopens housing and hotels
The national capital signals an upcoming congressional session with boarding-house signs freshly painted and hotels and apartment houses reopening after the vacation pause.
Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Alert, Strenuous Effects
Makes people prick up their ears, makes people strenuous, puts one on tiptoe of expectation. Rocky Mountain Tea will do this. 35 cents. Houseworth Bros.
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Houseworth Bros
DeWitts Hazel Salve Cures Piles After Forty Years
Mr. C Haney of Geneva suffered piles for four decades. Doctors and money failed to help. DeWitts Hazel Salve cured him permanently. Valuable for cuts burns bruises sprains and skin diseases. Look for DeWitt on the package others are counterfeit. Houseworth Bros.
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C. Haney
Geneva
DeWitt’s
DeWitt
Houseworth Bros
Orphan Boy and the Lamp in Father’s Study
A famed professor raises a stern lesson with his bright boy Willie who at age four brings a forlorn chicken from a neighboring incubator. Willie insists there is no mother or father, only an old lamp. The tale echoes in a New York Times vignette.
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Willie
New York Times
A Thanksgiving Dinner and Stomach Ailments
A historical ad describes indigestion from heavy Thanksgiving meals. It explains repeated attacks inflame the stomach lining and nerves, causing heartburn headaches sour risings and catarrh. The product Kodol promises relief by cleansing and sweetening the stomach glands and curing indigestion and dyspepsia.
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Houseworth Bros
Man's Silent Influence Shapes the World Around Us
A reflection on personal influence by W. G. Toran notes that conscious acts on dress parade matter little, while unconscious personality radiates power. Every moment changes others and the world, as each man carries an atmosphere affecting those nearby.
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W. G. Tordan
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IMP. O. R. M. Modoc Tribe
K.O. T
B. H. Wade
Achem
Thos
Vantilburg
BR. Modoc
K. O. FT
Pocahomtas
Grace Wade
W. O. W. Hall
Clement Prestire
Mary Kibble
F Prospect Lodge
F. Ball
Main Street
GM. Winegardner
Rae Withrow
Hespmate Lodgs
Ll. F. Hall
Ada
Elxhart Division
RK. C
W. GO
Sharp
H. L. Sackett
A. Burchart Court
Guy Lemon
Joseph Hoetger
RED Cross
Old Masonic Hall
Marie
Rathbone
Eikhart Temple
K. of P. Tall Firet
Zimia Smith
Lottie Carpenter
MEK
Frank Baldwin
Woodmen
Lucy Coleman
Anna Hamilton
OCF
Shiloh Post Hall
C. Snyder
Councelor
J. E. ‘Martin
Knights and Ladies OF Columbia
Ivory
K.C
Tm, Hall
W.B. Loyd
A. OU
Elkhart Lodgs
Even Herin
Hali
Ae ‘Ebert Rowe
Irwin Landis
E. Bandera
Ecreta Ys
Elkhart
Oscar RE
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England
Allovez
Green Bay Shore
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