Serious Theft Charge In Lena Freeport Case
Jimmie Doyle accused of losing 200 dollars and a watch after a night in Freeport. Pennsylvanian hotel clerk Jack Flynn arrested on suspicion of robbing Doyle. around 162 dollars found on Flynn. Police probe continues with Flynn’s hearing postponed to next Tuesday. Doyle’s head injury claim sparks police conduct complaints.
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Jimmie” Doyle
Lena
Freeport
Pennsylvania House
Jack Flynn
Doyle
Branen
Flynn
Ned Fitch
Pennsylvania
Root
Judge the Pittsburg Fire Dog Performs Daredevil Jumps
The Pittsburg Fire Engine Company No 1 mascot named Judge jumps from roofs into a net, a daily spectacle that shocks spectators. He selects his distance, tightens his stance, and yelps before plunging, always landing safely within the net held by firemen amid cheers.
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Pittseburg
Pittsburg
Fire Engine Company No. 1
Firemen
Judge
New York
Epworth League Elects Officers After Pecatonica Meeting
Freeport delegates report a largely attended Epworth League and Ministerial convention at Pecatonica. They vote to hold the next gathering in 1901 at Embury church Freeport. New officers include President Rev C K Carpenter Pecatonica and Treasurer George Wagner Orangeville.
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Freeport
M. E
Epworth League
Pecatonica
Embury Church
C.K. Carpenter
Nellie Poole
Polo
Mattie V. Shilling
Savanna
Mary Yeager
Lanark
Bertha Hallet
Galena
Hetty Miller
George 5. Wagner
Orangeville
I. G. Linaweaver
Stockton
Minor Items From Local Groups
The Sons of Veterans plan a meeting tomorrow night. The Woman's Relief corps hosts a sociable next Saturday at their hall. Easter exercise participants for the U H church are to meet at the church tomorrow evening at 7. Deaconess Aid society holds its monthly meeting tomorrow evening at Embury M E church with good attendance urged. The W T A Bible reading is at the Y M C A parlors Friday afternoon at 2, all ladies invited.
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Woman’s Relief Corp
U. B
Deaconess Aid Society
Embury M. E
Cherry Blossom camp social features Florence Leaf Buckingham
The Cherry Blossom camp social last evening showcased Florence Leaf Buckingham of Perry Iowa. She and her mother have been visiting Wm. Maine and family. The young elocutionist impressed all with her rare gift and captivating performance.
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Cherry Blossom Camp
Florence Leaf Buckingham
Perry
Iowa
Maine
Florence
Curious Millepoca Coral Causes Electric Pain
On the West Indian coast a strange coral named millepoca sparks an electric shock when picked up. The bite or touch induces sharp jaw pain and a burning sensation in teeth and nerves for about half an hour, with effects lingering for hours. The underlying cause remains unknown.
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West Indian Islands
Out of sight slang punster and chalked galley quips
A gag strip of quips about family cheerfulness and slang puns. A Washington Star line mocks slang users while a Boston Transcript aside notes Mrs Greene’s agreeing to everything. The humor centers on misread signals and social nitpicks. Willie Smith deflects a mother’s warning by saying other boys are good to him.
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Washington Star
Mrs. Gray
Willie Smith
Jones
Willie
Wille
Witty exchanges spark old style quips in papers
A collection of punchy one liners from various papers humorously contrasts doctors, Klondike fever, landlady cooking, and fashion gossip. The lines pair jokey questions with sharp replies, reflecting early 20th century newspaper tone and social quips.
Comic Snippets and Quips From Era Newspapers
A collection of humorous exchanges and wry remarks quoted from several papers including the Boston Traveler New York Journal and Harlem Life. Items feature Bragg and Brightly on living costs a farmer lamenting a shot prize shanghai and a barber jibe about deafness plus a Mary Livermore recount about Horace Mann on small pleasures.
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Scott
Shanghai
New York Journal
Mary A. Livermore
Horace Mann
Market Quotations and Receipts Across Trades
Closing Board of Trade quotations for July wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and Chicago/New York market notes. Cattle hogs sheep receipts and prices in Chicago and Milwaukee/Cairo markets with broker C W Killen data and miscellaneous ads.
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Curoano
Board of Trade
Caicaco
Specia
Union
Reeves
C. W.killen
Fry’s Block
Chicago
Curionce
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
NEW York Stock Market
Freeport
C. W. Killen
Local health updates for four residents of the area
Hon. M. Stoskopf is much improved today and is able to be up and around the house. John E. Adamson, who has been quite ill, is improving. Peter Sweeney is reported some better today. Miss Loretta Burkhart's condition remains about the same.
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M. Stoskopf
John E. Adamson
Peter Sweeney
Loretta Burkhart
Engagement Breaks Over Tea Choice Sparked Mock Comment
A remark attributed to Joseph Emmert jokes about a daughter's broken engagement with the Duke after choosing Rocky Mountain Tea at the same price. The line frames a humorous, old fashioned social quip about propriety and beverage priorities.
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Rocky Mountain
Joseph Emmert
Springfield raids target gamblers and seize furnishings
Springfield authorities conducted a second raid in two weeks to crack down on gambling. A quantity of gamblers' furnishings was captured. The remainder of the text advertises Rocky Mountain Tea with poetic lines about unknown beauty and wishes granted.
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Springfield
Joseph Emmert
A Foot Is Everything at Winslow & Co Shoes
Footwear ad copy promotes Winslow and Co offering latest spring style shoes and fittings. Includes an illegible line about hair work by Mrs A C Thomas at 255 Galena Street and a brief aidt fragment.
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Winslow & Co
A C. Thomas
Galena Street
Try Schlott's Laundry Ad Copy with Prices
An early laundry advertisement lists services and rates at Schlott's Laundry located at 42 South Galena Avenue. Shirt waists plain 10 cents, fancy 15 cents, lace curtains 30 cents per pair, rough dry work 80 cents per pound, with phone 269 to call for pickup.
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Schlott
South
Galena Avenue
Ancient Egyptian Copybook Shows Early Arithmetic Mastery
The Philadelphia Record reports a 1700 B C papyrus unearthed in Egypt, likely the oldest home arithmetic copybook. It reveals addition and multiplication dominant, with equations and area calculations, including a circle to square transformation and pyramid volume estimates. It shows sophisticated math centuries before Moses.
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Philadelphia
Egypt
Weeds and the moral garden in Uncle Tom's talk
My dear nephews and nieces speak of weeds as plants out of place and as bad habits. The letter compares garden weeds with human vices, urging vigilant effort to uproot faults and to keep within one's proper sphere. Uncle Tom signs off with affection.
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England
Scandinavian
Hill
Dale
The Bad Loy Darling Child in Washington Star
A vivid verse describes a boy with red tangled hair freckles and a missing tooth. His loud strident voice and muddy boot prints disrupt the home yet his mother calls him Darling when tucking him into bed. The piece appears in the Washington Star.
What a Boy Poem Exalts a Boy’s Lively Gifts
The verse celebrates a boy’s wide awake energy and vocal powers. It catalogues sounds he can imitate from animals and machines and imagines him as a one‑boy brass band, a street parade, and a source of joy that brightens the world.
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Earth
The sponge animal and its sea life explained
The sponge is an animal with a skeletal jelly filled body. In water its skeleton holds a jelly flesh, and pores draw in water to feed and breathe. Sponges mainly come from the Mediterranean and Red Seas, divers harvest them, Turks employ thousands, and value reaches about $100 000 yearly. Efforts seek to artificially boost growth to meet demand.
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Mediterranean
Red Seas
Remarkable Cat Fur Shawl Once Owned by Charles X
The Duchess of Northumberland owns a famed shawl made entirely from Persian cat fur. It spans eight yards square and is incredibly soft and compressible to the size of a coffee cup. Originating from thousands of pelts, it was once in Charles X of France’s collection and reportedly took years to weave.
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Duchess of
Northumberland
Charles X
France
Silly fish wishes to dress like children in rhyme
A playful verse follows a young fish who longs to wear hats and dresses like human children. He imagines new clothes and uses his fins as pegs to move slowly. When a shout declares a walking fish, he fears exposure and tears his dress in alarm.
Housekeeping routine for daily and monthly tasks
The passage outlines daily washing, airing, and ironing of towels and glassware, weekly drying in open air, monthly overhaul of cupboards, meticulous accounting for all expenditures, regular washing of dusters, checks on kitchen draughts to save coal, daily bed stripping and airing, orderly clothes storage, a planned daily work routine, and a clean servants' room with no old rags used in housework.
Watering Ferns and Plants Properly
The best method is to place pots in a nearly warm pail of water and wait until bubbling stops. Wash leaves weekly with a tepid sponge. Palms should be washed on both sides with milk warm water and a touch of soft soap, then rinsed with clear water.
Homeseeker fare sale across the United States by railway
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers a homeseeker fare at one fare plus $2 round trip, valid 21 days from sale, available at all ticket offices on the second Tuesday of February March and April, with details from local agents. Partners are urged to inquire for precise routes and conditions.
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United States
Chicago Great Western Railway
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Union Pacific
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Kong
Uncle Tom
Washington
Star
Diood Mousewives
Bright
Morrow
Join Morrow & Cons Chemists
Ohio
M.S. Ketchum
Douglas Ave
All Drug Stores
H. J. Moogh
B. F. Jones
Childre
Paris
Stephenson Street
Homeseeker’s Excursion
Congo
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