Riverside camp meetings reach grand climax at park
Amusements theme dominates Riverside Park encampment with sermons by Dr Spreng and Rev Kiekhoefer. The Sunday program features children's work, German and gospel services, and a large evening crowd. lectures discuss recreation, amusements, and moral attitudes amid a thriving evangelical gathering.
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Riverside Park
Riverside
Kiekhoefer
W. J. Miller
Chicago
Spreng
Fathers of the Evangetical Association
Europe
New York
London
Paris
Berlin
Alice Peters
South Chicago
Freeport seeks to keep Shoemaker auto plant with stock drive
Local businessmen debate keeping the Shoemaker factory in Freeport by raising 30 000 in stock. Supporters argue strong profits and local employment, while critics call for broader capital. A five member committee will investigate and report soon as the group presses to retain the industry and its skilled workers.
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Stotch
Kuetner
Bengston
Automobile Company
Freeport
C. C. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Toefer
Weiss
Woodmanse
Kuehner
Hilderth
Wellss
Tfreeport
Hildreth
Favorite Prescription Promises Cure for Female Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening and regulating the female system, especially pelvic organs, claiming no alcohol or habit forming ingredients. It warns against miracles but suggests it may prevent surgery and tumors when used early, inviting letters to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, and offering a medical adviser for free upon payment.
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Catgarh
Aymipho
Pierce
Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
France weighs six year solitary confinement replace death penalty
Reports from Paris discuss substituting six years of solitary confinement for the death penalty in France. Trial is under way on a new paving system in Paris with cement-filled interstices to imitate wood pavement. A Paris bird dealer feeds canaries cayenne to color eggs orange red. He expects eventual bright red birds. Unlimited Paris telephone service costs about 80 dollars yearly plus the subscriber buying his own instrument from various makes.
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Paris
The Plain Woman and Her Hair and Hat Advice
A collage of quotes on personal grooming and style from St Louis Republic and Success Magazine. It counsels plain dress and coiffure choices to counter perceived defects, warns against indecisive men on the fence, and extols boldness over mere eccentricity.
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St. Louis Republic
Lola
Ex-Governor Durbin Mentioned in Goebel Bribe Plot
Indianapolis reports reveal attempts to bribe Kentucky ex-governor William S. Taylor and discussed offers amounting to 93,000 to secure his surrender for Goebel murder proceedings. Durbin recounted invitations to Cincinnati and a plan to pay 93,000 for Taylor’s delivery, with Senator Binkley present but declining.
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Indianapolis
W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Franklin
Taylor
Powers
Robert B. Franklin
Durbin
W. T. Durbin
William A. Taylor
Goebel
Cincinnati
Binkley
Ann
Ohio River
Zovernoy
Implosion Demonstrated By Deep Sea Test On Alba Tr0ss
A deep sea implosion demonstration was conducted on the Alba tross, showing how extreme underwater pressure at 2 000 fathoms crushes a sealed glass air tube and powders it to dust. The test illustrated the reverse effect of an explosion, with water flooding the protective copper cylinder and forcing inward pressure to crumble the glass.
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Chicago
Terald
Mastery of the Nile Telegraph Water Control
A daily telegraph exchange from Assouna on the Nile to Cairo measures water needs. The answer dictates adjustments to river flow ten days later under the tron bridge, influencing the Abcordance valley between Assouna and Cairo. The system links a small room in a great white house to the river management.
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Great White House
Cairo
New York Times
White House
Nile
Assouna
Tron Bridge
Assouny
Dover case awards dower to Warner's stepmother
Clinton Ul Aug 31 United States pensions commissioner Vespasian Warner loses suit for control of Warner estate. Judge Cochran rules Mrs Tsubella Warner, his stepmother, entitled to life dower in about 650000 of a 2 million estate. Ante nuptial agreement deemed not effective. Warner plans appeal.
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Clinton
Vespasian Warner
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Warner Willions
Cochran
John Warner
Lena Lena Happenings and School Year Prep
August 31 items include Mrs J H Ro Kane returning to Iowa after visiting Charles Barrett, a W H and FM society coffee sale of about twenty dollars, Mrs J H Rife auctioning household goods and plans to Springfield Illinois, visitors from Earlville Iowa and Rockford, teachers announced for public schools led by Superintendent L M Carpenter, and multiple residents visiting relatives or attending funerals in Freeport and Nunda.
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J. H. Ro Kane
Iowa
Charles Barrett
W. H. and
F. M. Society of Amity Church
J. H. Rife
Springfield
Ill
J. K. Young
Earlville
Chas. Lutz
L. M. Carpenter
Sue IL. Wilson
Grammer
Flora Harper
Luella Buss
Mary Harris
Winona King
Mesdames Green and Goodman
Rockford
Aldrich
Chicago
G. M. Holley
Stella Hammel
Eva Latham
Ravenswood
F. A. Latham
George Mansfield
T. R. Allinson
Nunda
Mesdames J. W. Foll
J. J. Schlider
Freeport
Mia
Regina Koenig
Will Bailey
Mary
CG C Cadwell
NCO Returns Salute He Wasn’t Entitled To
A Dublin barracks incident recalls a noncommissioned officer who saluted a fresh sentry thinking his colonel was behind. He later faced a colonel who questioned the lapse and, when asked why he returned the salute, replied I always return everything I am not entitled to. The colonel laughed and dismissed the matter.
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Dublin
London Express
A Bit of Kindness Inspires Universal Good Deeds
A reflective piece cites Henry Drummond on kindness as the greatest act a man can perform for Heavenly Father. It urges daily kindness to others, noting how simply it is done, how quickly it helps, and how it returns to the giver with honor and reciprocity.
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Henry Drummond
Plurality of wives debated by clerical tourist and Mormon
A clerical visitor from the east declares a plurality of wives unspeakable while a cheerful Mormon retorts that he has never heard of an un speakable wife. The Philadelphia Press notes the exchange reflecting contemporary attitudes not yet settled.
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Philadelphia Press
A Frank Admission from the Pittsburg Post
A dramatic quote claims a man saved a life after a long struggle. The survivor recounts repeated attempts to draw attention, noting he had nearly gone down for the tenth time while seeking help. The source frames the event as a frank admission of rescue and danger.
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Ufe
Pittsburg
Quote on ballast for wind from Lowell
A concise line quotes Lowell noting that business serves as the steadier ballast to keep wind on its heel. The remark frames commerce as stabilizing amid shifting gusts and tempests.
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Lowell
Burdett Piano Caller Orders at Brown & Dollmeyer’s
F. J. Burdett, identified as a piano caller, places orders at Brown & Dollmeyer’s store or via phone. The brief item notes his purchasing activity and contact method.
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F. J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer's
Best Citizens Affrair Greenwood Mississippi Shooting
In Greenwood Mississippi on August 81 James Money Jr was shot and killed instantly. His father James Money Sr was mortally wounded at their Money Mississippi business by Dr Grover Kirby. All parties are from prominent state families.
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Miss
James Money, Jr
James Money, Sr
Money
Grover Kirby
Central American peace telegrams accepted by republics
Washington August 31 The state department reports replies from all Central American republics to the presidents peace telegram. Each nation expresses hearty acceptance of the proposed peace programme.
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Washington
State Department
Forty Telegraphers Return to Work in East St. Louis
About forty telegraphers who had been handling teased wires in the packing houses in East St. Louis have returned to work after being out for two weeks.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Whimsical Exchange Over Daily Face Washing
A mistress teases her servant Mary about daily face washing in hot soapy water to become pretty. Mary retorts with a sharp question about the mistress trying it herself, revealing a playful, caustic tone in a domestic scene.
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Mary
Kodol Digestive Remedy Sold at Stephenson Street
Kodol for Indigestion and Dyspepsia is a vegetable acid preparation containing the same juices as a healthy stomach. It digests what you eat and is sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 5 Stephenson Street.
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Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
Three Air Currents in the Atmosphere
The atmosphere contains three distinct air currents at roughly 900 to 1500 meters, 2500 to 4000 meters, and 6000 to 8000 meters. Each layer moves with its own velocity, forming stratus clouds at their bases and cumulus clouds at their tops, suggesting stratus arise from velocity and temperature differences while cumulus form from rising currents within a layer.
Bad Yet Good Native Sworn In Two Ways
An African crown colony judge on leave shares a tale of local court custom. A Christian witness, allowed to take Christian oath, is asked to swear in the native fashion. He protests, saying he is a bad native but a good Christian, highlighting legal ritual clash.
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Massa
Manchester Guardian
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