COUNTY. CULLINGS MCConnell. From Our Own Correspondent
McConnell March 9 Samuel Jordan ill with rheumatism. Several attended Irene Stoll funeral at Red Oak Tuesday, A 8. Bechtold at Orangeville. Some rode train to Freeport. Mrs Harry Shippy took boat trip to Winslow Wednesday. Grandma Wagner ill. William Korth on sick list. Constable Rabb invited McConnell boys to county seat by train this morning. William Kintz improving. L 8 Bechtold lame leg from lumber incident. Republicans of Waddams caucus in Smoulls hall Saturday March 20 2 to 4 p.m. to nominate town officers.
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William Kientz
Bechtold
Waddams
Smoull's Hall
Local Social News From Shannon
Mr and Mrs Grover Redding returned from their wedding trip. A granite shower for the newlyweds was hosted by friends at Miss Neenah Prutzmans home. The K L C E met at J C Moyer s home for a business gathering and a social afterwards. The W CGC T U held a meeting at Mrs Beulah Babb s home. Samuel Kreider and wife will move into the Janssen house recently vacated. Mrs E S Barnes and Mrs Cole hour of Mt Carroll visited H Kuter. Mae Mullen visiting relatives in Freeport. Joseph Hoffman left for Home Kansas. Roscoe Hepner departed for Omaha City.
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Shannon
Grover Redding
Milt Beck
Neenah Prutzman
J. C. Moyer
W. Cgc. T. U
Beulah Babb
Samuel Kreider
O. Janssen
E. S. Barnes
Colehour
Mt. Carroll
Mae Mullen
Freeport
Joseph Hoffman
Home
Kansas
Roscoe Hepner
Omaha City
Damascus Sees Creamery Stockholders Vote and Growth
From Our Own Correspondent Damascus March 8 Miss Ethel Ingles of New Hartford Iowa visited friends here Newton Small of McConnell worked wood in the area A large local turnout attended Mrs Shearer s service at Lena Sun ny The creamery annual stockholders meeting elected directors Wm Lobdely John Holmes and William Phillips officers were re elected Reports show last year s business the largest in the company s history over 23000 paid to farmers for milk and cream Rev Nicholls preached Sunday night and Mr and Mrs Nicholls were called to Nebraska for the mother s funeral Frank Phillips plans to move to Starbuck Canada with stock and goods this week the community sends best wishes with him
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Damascus
Ethel Ingles
New Hartford
Iowa
Newton Small
McConnell
Shearer
Lena Sunny
Wm. Lobdely
John Holmes
William Phillips
Rev. Nicholls
Starbuck
Canada
A Queer Play In Baseball From 1868
The Chicago Pastimes third baseman Andy Moynihan trapped a line drive with his hand, the ball stuck in his palm paralyzing nerves. A runner on first advanced around the bases and scored as Moynihan wrestled to free the ball, a remarkable incident described by the Chicago Tribune about a Peoria Occidentals game in 1868.
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Flore
Andy Moynihan
Chicago
Occidentals
Peoria
Moynihan
Chicago Tribune
De Quincey Laughter With Nephew in Lasswade Garden
In Lasswade De Quincey formed a gentle friendship with a four year old nephew of a housemaid. They walked in a dull garden where the child teased the philosopher about plant names. De Quincey pondered aloud and offered a botanical guess. The boy retorted with a sharp joke, remarking on a rhododendron.
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de Quincey
Lasswade
Bashful Young Man Seeks Confidence From Miss Vern
In a playful exchange, a bashful young man admits his reluctance to approach girls while Miss Vern encourages him. He quips that he cannot help his bashfulness, and she urges him to help himself to improve his chances.
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Thmmid
Miss Vern
Speculation Wins and Losses Taught by Experience
Experience shows rapid money from speculation rarely endures and those who lose it end in far worse condition than before. This warning reflects on the perils of quick gains and financial misjudgments.
Fle's Dream vs Action Fails to Shine
A brief note argues Fle never achieves, focusing on dreams of future deeds rather than current results. The piece critiques constant planning over visible work, highlighting a gap between aspiration and demonstrable effort.
Portraitesque Laughs From Art Buffs And A Cook
Edward Rosewater valued genuine art and dismissed hurried sketches. A painter offered a portrait of a friend that lacked likeness but aimed for tonal effect. A New York man paid four thousand dollars for a portrait the cook finally identified as her mistress, not the owner.
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Edward Rosewater
The
Omaha Bee
Rosewater
Smith
Grays
New Yorks
Buffalo Enquirer
Ambassador Peeks Into Sultan’s Carriage Incident
An ambassador in Constantinople peeped into a sultan’s carriage and was struck by an attendant. The sultan, after reflection, concluded the act was a figment of the ambassador’s imagination and dismissed the matter, noting the ambassador’s gentlemanly status.
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Constantinople
Soldier Seeks Marriage. Celibate Army Holds Line
General Sir Alfred Horsford jokes on endurance when a soldier asks to marry after a year. He grants permission, then learns the man seeks a change of partner. The sergeant records the name as the man exits, remarking the vow proved not to a single woman.
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Alfred Horsford
Sir Alfred
Uji
Nero and Big Noses Tale Reveals Ancient Mockery
The fragment describes Nero mocking Plautus relatives about Plautus corpse and a large nose. It recalls Nero’s remark that if the nose had been noticed earlier, he might have spared Plautus, joking that such a nose would be ample penance for any crime.
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Nero
Plautus
Ita
Oldest banks fade from history in medieval line
The Bank of Naples, founded in 1539 as a state joint stock bank with no shareholders, is described as the oldest bank in existence alongside the Monte Vecc cio of Venice and Banco San Giorgio of Genoa from the twelfth century, both now ceased to exist, as has the Bank of Barcelona from the fourteenth century.
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Bank of Naples
Monte Vecccio
Venice
Banco San Giorgio
Genoa
Bank of
Barcelona
Naples
Curious Hunting Incident at Weston-sper-Mare Hares
Odd incident at North Petherton involved hounds chasing a hare in a field of roots. A second hare, disturbed by the first, darted opposite and collided with it. Both hares died on the spot with fatal neck injury and apparent fright.
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E. A. Hardwick
North Petherton
Oudon
Ben Butler Case in Massachusetts Supreme Court
The fragmentary copy notes Ben Butler facing damages for fatal injury in a Massachusetts Supreme Court case with Senator Hoar opposing. Quoted lines mention a plea of the daily motion for a new trial and mock remarks about a pin and an umbrella. The text includes stray phrases and names like Job, Froar, Hoar, Goode, Cayenne, and Goode.
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Ben Butler
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Senator Froar
Job
Mr. Hoar
Vast Fact Capsule Reveals Global Trends and Oddities
A sweeping roundup notes 2900 counties of import in the Val Forest fires affecting forests, a Victorian mine air rule, 1003 mapping by topographers across 32 states, reduced Chinese port entries, inexhaustible cementstone supply, and the Washington Union station’s vast concourse. It covers ship entries, naval searchlights, Dutch and Austrian inventions, Australian aborigines, a Montanan chimney, London religious certificates, Horace Greeley links, new railway signal news, and royal court intrigue centered on Charlotte Knollys.
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Val
Victoria
Geological Survey
Union Station
Washington
Blanche Coffin
Coskata
Nantucket
Arklow
Ireland
Atlantic
New York City
Wisconsin
Ontario Glass
Australia
Great Falls
Mont
University of London
Amherst
N. H
Horace Greeley
John A. Hanson
F. M. Clendenin
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Eckarstan
Berlin
Sky Willian
Tigris
Euphrates
Babylon
Nineveh
Turkey
Chicago Common Council
Lutzi Marabiri
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
Hamilton
Vatican
Hospital of
Santa Maria
Messina
St. Peter's
Papal Hospital
Charlotte Knollys
Queen Alexandra
Lord Knollys
Emmy Eames and Impresario Contention Rumor
In a famed opera anecdote Emmy Eames allegedly refused to sing Micaela in Carmen, while Maurice Grau the impresario confronts her in her dressing room between acts. The exchange, cited by contemporary journals, hints at disputes over pay and role assignment.
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Emmy Eames
Emma Eames
Micaela
Star Custy
Maurice Grau
Aline
Rame
Migneapolla Journal
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Freeport Laundry
Schiatt & Shaver Laundry
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S&s
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CBS
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van Buren St
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