Holy Ghosters at Shiloh Durham Me Stir Controversy
A New York Tribune account details the Holy Ghost and Us Society in Durham Maine. It describes child falls at a Shiloh temple, the controversial healing sect led by Rev Frank Sandford, and reports deaths and harsh community reaction. The movement claims divine immunity and conducts ice baptisms on the Androscoggin River.
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New York Tribune
Shiloh
West University
Ithaca
N.Y
Frank A. Soden
David Thompson
City
Bambers
Gost
Church of the Saving
Goa
Lieberman Hell
South Aurora Street
Thomps
Sandford
Chedla
Maine
Angusta
Durham
Frank
Shiloh community unites residents into tiny town near Durham
Several hundred people join the Shiloh settlement, selling property and pooling proceeds into a common fund to become citizens of the 200 voter farming town of Tmicham. Critics warn of welfare burdens, while some members are praised as bright but misled by wandering preachers. Marie Lombard dies after baptism mishap. Rev Sandford retreats to Berpt amid end-time expectations. Real estate ads urge caution and cheap Rocky Mountain Tea promotes life’s pleasures.
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Shiloh
Tmicham
Durham
Temple
Up-to-Date Proposal in a Sudden Bargain Plot
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet shows Mr Slimmer courting Miss Bimler with a mock marriage of wealth and pins controlled by her father. The scene mixes witty dialogue about money making and a note from a pleased father, ending with a clinical plug for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a winter aid sold by druggists.
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Cleveland
Slimmer
Papa
Hanpes
Lille
Simm
Chamberlain
We are offering $100 a month for home tobacco cure ads
A promotional notice promises a monetary stipend of 100 dollars monthly and a gold watch to individuals who help advertise a tobacco cure from a Narcota Co address in St. Louis Missouri. The fragmentary text suggests a home ad campaign with solicited participation.
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The
Narcota Co
St. Loui, Mo
SuéTott
Vandalia Line Holiday Excursion Rates Announced
The Vandalia line offers reduced rate tickets for Christmas and New Year holidays on December 24 25 and 31 1902 and January 1 1903 valid through January 1903 for travel between specified points. For details contact the nearest ticket agent or B A Ford G P St Louis.
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Vandalia Line
B. A. Ford
G. P
St. Louis
Christmas Gift Question In Suburban Gossip Column
Mrs Welldun asks Joseph what to give their maid for Christmas. A log chain with a padlock is proposed as a gag gift, highlighting a satirical exchange between urbanite and suburbanite about servant presents and social norms.
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Joseph
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Andros
Slawistie
Irving
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Auburn
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Jerusalem
Armegeddon
Lewis FP Curdes
Pixley-Long
Edison Phonograph
Sporting Goods
A. J. Roussey
Harrison St
Victoria Cafe
Victoria
August Moritz, Prop
West Berry Street
Lydia E. Auger
East
Washington St
Home Telephone
California Wine
East Columbia Street
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