Prosperous German Village Shumway Missouri Runs On Saloon Revenue
Shumway, a 300 population German town in Effingham county Missouri, sustains growth with no taxes since incorporation in 1895. Revenue comes from a single saloon license of $700 yearly. The village board, with salaried officers only a clerk and a marshal, avoids arrests, uses funds for sidewalks and streets, and most residents own homes with high property upkeep.
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Shumway
Effingham County
Missouri
Senator Call's Audience Still Distinguished in the Senate
A Washington wit recalls Senator Wilkinson Call of Florida addressing a nearly empty Senate chamber while luncheon crowds departed. The tale ends with an observer quipping that the audience was “distinguished,” for none present were of lesser rank than the vice president.
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Washington
Senate
Wilkinson Call
Florida
United States
Call
Saturday Evening Post
Monument to English Pope Adrian IV planned in Rome
A movement seeks a Rome monument for Nicholas Greakepeare Pope Adrian IV the only English pope. Funds are to be raised among English Catholics. Adrian IV born in 1100 at Langley England. Parents poor he joined English monasteries before going abroad and rising in rank. At 54 he was elected to the choir of St Peter.
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Rome
Nicholas Greakepeare
Adrian IV
Pope Adrain
Langley
St. Aibfang
England
Log Rolling Romance in Muskoka
In Muskoka Ontario a log rolling tale unfolds as Miranda Jenkins and Fred Portman, siblings in a large farming family, navigate love and class. Fred’s camp fever, Miranda’s city influence, and a dangerous river accident test their bond before he returns home and wealth and affection converge.
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Ethel M. Colson
Daily Story Pub, Co
Muskoka
Ontario
Canada
Great “Northwest
Great Northwest
Buccesa
Miranda Jenkins
Fred Portman
Miranda
Fred
Toronto
Beaming Night Confession Amid Moonlit Meadows
In a moonlit scene Miranda and Fred admit loving each other. He seeks a firm promise, while she explains she wants him to study to be worthy. The exchange ends with a tender embrace as the pair acknowledge their engagement and shared future.
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Miranda
Fred
Mirandy
Beaumont Fevered Boom Turns Texas Town Into Exposition
Beaumont Texas bursts with strangers and feverish commerce as oil discovery drives up population to about 25 000. Two nightly special trains to Port Arthur and Sabine Pass ferry visitors in and out, locals rent space for canvass booths, and many sleep outdoors while normal business grinds to a halt. The city may become a major Texas commercial center. In Maine a new Appendicitis Club forms with two ranks survivors of one or more operations, founded by W F Fernald of Old Orchard. The club plans state chapters and national conventions to honor lives saved by surgery.
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Texas
Beaumont
Tex
P. J. Curran
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Port Arthur
Sabine
Maine
W. F. Fernald
Old Orchard
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Fernald
Chicago Journal
Melba's Prother in War
Ernest Mitchell, youngest brother of Mme. Melba, has joined South Africa as a member of the Marquis of Tullibardine's Horse. Once intended for life on an Australian estate, he studied music and possessed a fine tenor. He left music to become a soldier, a path his friends expect he will distinguish himself in.
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Melba
South Africa
Marquis of Tullibardine
Ernest Mitchell
Mme
Mitchell
Will Probably Not Sue Over Telegram Delay
Detroit man earned $60,000 in stocks instead of $10,000 due to a telegram delay and will likely not sue the telegraph company. The report appears in the Indianapolis News with emphasis on the civil action doubt and implied damages.
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Detroit
Telegraph Company
Indianapolis News
Summer dress fabrics listed for wearing and style
The notice outlines fabrics such as strappings of mans veling cashmere French batiste organdy and linen lawn to be worn for summer gowns and attire.
Bubble tricks and animal fainting tales in boys and girls section
A whimsical piece on soap bubbles with simple tricks and devices, from pipes to worsted bats, plus a feature on animal fainting explaining how pets and even horses can faint like humans, with veterinary insights. The column blends playful activities and practical care advice for pets and domestic animals.
Go It Tom Lessons From a School Race
A settlement school environment shapes Tom into a sturdy athlete who leads early but loses as peers cheer for Johnny and Jim. Tom fades without encouragement, crying beside the teacher who notes the moral that many fail in life because no one says Go it Tom. Florence Milner in American Boy.
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Tom
Johnny
Jim
Ron
Lfe
Florence Milner
Monkeys Hold Quiet Gorge Ceremony in Forest Sanctuary
A writer on the sands of Sahara describes a Gorge of China pilgrimage where a curious congregation of monkeys appears to conduct a solemn service. Monkeys sit in rows on branches, with elder figures moving among families, saluting officials, then depart decorously before playful midair frolic begins.
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Sahara
China
Extinguishins New Mahdi Reported in Central Africa
A new Mahdi appeared in central Africa and gained brief holiness before criticism. At a chiefs conference doubts troubled him and he said he would not live much longer. He retired to a secluded spot and died. Chiefs conducted a postmortem without an ordinary cause found. A Chinese man’s death by own action at a neighbor’s house is seen as rebuke to the neighbor. It is unclear whether the Ugenda chiefs feel crushed or relieved.
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Central Africa
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New York Sun
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