Weather forecast for July to August predicts hot spells and storms
Washington reports a series of disturbances in late July through early August bringing the hottest waves, severe storms, and mixed rainfall across North America. Temperatures are expected above normal west of the meridian 85 with normal rainfall near Quebec. crop prospects are fair overall with no major failures predicted.
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W. T. Foster
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Pacific Slope
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
British Columbia
Manitoba
Northern Central Valleys
Pacific
Rockies
Houston
Texas
Quebec
Canada
Chicago
Postal Clerks Face Kicks and Confusion in City Deliveries
A Postal Clerk periodical describes the maneuvers of city postal distributors facing unruly and justified kicks from patrons. It explains the burden of managing thousands of names and addresses, the dir ectory searches, and the sweat box after failed deliveries. The piece notes misaddressed mail from same names and the need for prompt service to travelers and residents alike.
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Smiths, Jones, Clarks
General Delivery Department
Moving Picture Tricks How The Work Of Months Passes In Minutes
A Philadelphia Record summary notes camera tricks allow rapid screen reproduction of long processes. By exposing film over months, skyscraper construction can be shown in under ten minutes, a demolished New York theater rebuilt in minutes, and plant growth from bud to bloom observed in moments using biograph techniques.
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Independent
Star
New York
Philadelphia
A Ministers Confession and August Success Content
In the August issue of Success Magazine a prominent clergyman describes balancing ministry with citizenship. The issue also features Emerson Hough on waterway improvements, William Mailly on Socialism, Orison Swett Marden on New Thought, David Graham Evans on Industrial Hoods, and stories by Gilman Wood Finn Vorse Poole. Poems and home departments highlighted. cover by William de L. Dodge.
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Success Magazine
Emerson Hough
America
William Mailly
Orison Swett Marden
New Thought
David Graham Evans
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Eugene Wood
Mid-Watch
Anna E. Finn
Mrs. Mayberry
Mary Heaton Vorse
B. Cory Kilvert
Ernest Poole
W. C. Morrow
Lentala
Emery Pottle
Edmund Vance Cooke
Jeanette Marks
Thomas Speed Mosby
William de L. Dodge
Interesting Lena society and travel notes in July issue
Lena circle items report Mrs L Werneke and Mrs BE Kailey visiting Rockford and Frank Dunning’s home. Lois Kennedy and Beth Kennedy travel from Sterling to Freeport. Mildred Halladay and Dr A J Ross wed in Chicago and plan to practice in Mt Carmel. Local visits, travel, and departures noted with many names.
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Lena
Mis. L. Werneke
BE. Kailey
Rockford
Frank Dunning
Lois
Beth Kennedy
Sterling
Chas. O. Piper
Freeport
Mildred Halladay
A.J. Ross
Chicago
M. F. Halladay
Rosas
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Ernest Stadel
Hazel Green
Wis
John G. Sachs
Reuben Weeks
Quincy
F. J. Harris
Mary Harris
Dubuque
Boyd Young
Mary Stahl
Sandwich
John Hudson
Nelson Reed
Thomas Coomber
Jewell City
Kan
A. E. Seise
H. H. Hotchkiss
John van Epps
Ella Goldsworthy
Scales Mound
Anna Schrade
J. Boyer
Chas. Shoesmith
W. L. Heise
Anthony Woodley
Frank Farringer
Bethel Brown
A. J. King
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mary Page
Preacher and Boxer Bishop McIntyre Recalls Fist Fight
Los Angeles July 23 Bishop McIntyre a noted Methodist leader and former bricklayer recalls his boxing days. Governor Isaac Clements recounts a Charleston incident where the young minister floored a deputy with a sharp punch. The bishop says he possessed athletic skill in youth and will stand by the governor's tale.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Robert McIntyre
Methodist Church
Isaac Clements
Soldiers’ Home
Danville
Clements
McIntyre
Charleston
Parson
MclIntyre
St. Paul
Minn
Hindipo Nerve Tonic Promises Kidney Cure Guarantee
Guenther & Co provides Hindipo nerve tonic with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure kidney troubles and nervous disorders. Blue Label Extra Strength 60 cent box or $1.00 mailed with positive guarantee and risk on seller.
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C. P. Guenther & Co
Galena Avenue
Galena Street
How Clothespin Is Made From Bryant's Pond Man
A Maine man Lewis Mann of Bryant's Pond began with $400 to buy an old mill and became the world's largest individual maker of clothespins. His process converts birch logs into long strips then into blocks and eventually clothespins, with his son Edwin helping refine machinery.
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Bryant
Lewis Mann
United States
Mann
Edwin
Birca
Residents and visitors spend day in Freeport
W Alexander of Quincy and Nettie Wilson of Winslow spent the day in Freeport. Lilly Lawler of McConnell and J G Johnson of Sheffield were visitors. Swartz of Dixon and Coons of Dubuque made business calls. Several others including Falton, Colmann, McGuire, Wilkins family, Bell, and the Hoskins sisters were seen in Freeport or returning home from visits with local friends.
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W. Alexander
Quincy
Freeport
Nettie Wilson
Winslow
Lilly Lawler
McConnell
B. Swartz
Dixon
R. M. Roberts
Clarno
J. G. Johnson
Sheffield
J. H. Coons
Dubuque
J.N. Falton
Janesville
W. Kelly
Minoak
Friends
D. Colmann
Warren
H. F. McGuire
Shullsburg
J. C. Wilkins
Clara
Monroe
Bell
W. F. Goddard
Forreston
Hazel
Mabel Hoskins
Rockford
How long to live and the spirit of aging
The piece argues lifespan depends on inner will and spirit. It notes that as men age beyond ninety they grow tired and lonely, lose touch with friends, and their enthusiasm wanes. It concludes that a long life is best if lived usefully and happily rather than merely extending years.
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Simmy
Spain
Ancient puzzles and their clever word tricks
The article traces acrostics and riddles from ancient times through the Hebrew psalms and Greek traditions. It notes how acrostics form words or sentences, the use of abeedarian hymns, and the spread of riddles in biblical, Arabic, and Persian literature. It adds that anagrams, from Greek roots meaning backward writing, were practiced in ancient Greece and cited examples from history and royal wordplay.
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Addison
Solomon
Sheba
Greece
B. C
James I
England
Arthur
Charles James Stuart
Pilate
Anu
Gramma
End of World Fears Across Centuries
The text recalls historic doomsday scares with astrologers in 1186 predicting planetary destruction and Simon Goulart in 1332 claiming a mountain opened in Assyria and a scroll foretold the world’s end, causing widespread fear.
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Simon Goulart
Assyria
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