Life in Lena Highlights Local Happenings and Changes
Michael Shaffer of Center Hall visits relatives in Lena while Myrtle Shannon of Milwaukee stays with sister Cora. Dr. W E Tucker installed a new operating chair amid a flood from a broken pipe affecting his apartments and Lena bank. minor damage occurred. Immanuel German Lutheran church builds a new school house, Linz and Stine hold the contract. Amity church choir presents a song service next Sunday. Prof E F Smith is named principal at Thompson schools after resigning Lena position. Knights of the Globe garrison wins two prizes for new member quotas, a silk flag and an $80 banner full of pride. A J Clarity, E Beine, and Henry Fehringer head to Freeport.
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Lena
Michael Shaffer
Center Hall
Philip Musser
Myrtle Shannon
Milwaukee
Cora
W. E. Tucker
Lena Bank
Immanuel German Lutheran Church
Messrs. Linz and
Stine
Amity Lutheran Church
Amity Church
G. L. Baldwin
E F. Smith
Thompson
Knights of the Globe
Supreme Council
K. G
A. J. Clarity
E. Beine
Henry Fehringer
Freeport
Fortunes and marriages echo in 古 old verses
A fragmentary verse line propels a rustic exhortation to wed the beloved, urging courage over fear. The snippet names Jos and Emmert as potential figures, with a faded reference to Rocky Mountain Tea as a playful remedy. The text evokes traditional handwritten courtship rhyme.
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Igi
Rocky Mountain
Jos, Emmert
Rocky Mountain Tea
Jos
Emmett
Drink More Water, Physician Says It Is Good for Health
A well known physician urges regular liberal water intake year round, noting many people drink little water in fall and winter. He compares humans to animals in daily water consumption and says fatness does not come from drinking water. He warns against reliance on teas coffees and soups as the sole water source and discourages alcohols.
Woman's back pain eased by Dean's Kidney Pills
Freeport reader Mrs. Howard Brubaker says kidney woes caused her backache after cold. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from Joseph Emmert's drug store she improved quickly and regained strength. Pills priced 60 cents a box, mailed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Howard Brubaker
Taylor Ave
Tooseph Emmert’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
I. Y
United
Dean’s
Ventriloquism and the Illusion of Voice in Vaudeville
Charles H. Wentzler argues that ventriloquism is a natural art requiring practice not mere tricks. He disputes claims that throwing the voice is an illusion and notes the difficulty in locating sound near the ventriloquist. He recalls brothers who ventriloquize with birds and voices, while noting some rely on wooden puppets.
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Davis
Charles H. Wentzler
Indian bowling among the earliest ball games in America
The Chicago Chronicle recounts ancient Indian bowling with stone balls in long wooden alleys. It notes large crowds, gambling, two sided rooters, and women wagering household goods, with games lasting from morning to sundown and players numbering up to thousands.
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Joseph Smith
Chicago Chronicle
Leather From Fish Skins Receives Commission Interest
The United States Fish Commission highlights using fish skins and aquatic animals as leather. Salmon, cod, frog, whale, porpoise, seal, and sea elephant hides are explored as substitutes for traditional leather, with Alaska Eskimo use and market potential noted.
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United State Fish Commission
Esquimaux
Alaska
Fish Commission
North Atlantic
Pacific
Lower
California
Antarctic
Kerguelen Island
A Strange Custom on Telos Island Revealed
A traveler notes Telos, a remote Greek island near Rhodes, where the eldest daughter inherits all and brothers and sisters serve her. Marriage becomes a business for wealthy families, with multiple sisters living with the heir and sharing in her husband’s affections. Local clergy and the Turkish government urge change, yet the custom endures.
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Telos
Rhodes
Friedrich von Vincenz
The Discontented Doll Finds Rest in Play House
A Pittsburg Despatch tale about a pretty doll from Susy’s playhouse who grows tired of indoors life. She slips out and is chased by Fido the dog, swept by Bridget, and finally returns home dirty but happy with a new dress ready to stay content in the play house.
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Susy
Pittsburg
Fido
Bridget
Dolly
Boy Drives Market Wagon by Barrel Umbrella
In Our Little Folks Magazine a boy named Maya drives a market wagon with six spinach barrels on a farm. Rain begins as he disappears from view but reemerges safe, sheltered under a barrel umbrella until his mother notices he hid inside to stay dry.
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Maya
Mamma
Our Little Folks
Papa
Lize
Mayo
Rat’s Greed Triggers Minneapolis Elevator Tragedy
A rat’s greed leads to a fatal elevator accident in Minneapolis. Lubricating oil described as savory cheese allowed a worker to reach the pulley above the cage. Operator Alex Lundeen starts the car with four men aboard, dragging a rat between cable and wheel. The car climbs, crashes through a platform, and drops, killing the rat and injuring the crew.
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Minneapolis
Alex
Lundeen
E Nvator
Salt and spices traced through ancient use and fruiting
Salt has long served as a commodity from Job through Roman wages as salarium to modern usage in Abyssinia. Pepper comes from berries of a climbing shrub grown in the East and West Indies, green when unripe and bright red when ripe.
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Job
Abyssinia
East
West Indies
Weather Forecast for Cutcaco Illinois May 18
Illinois threatens tonight and Saturday with showers. Cooler in the extreme south. The forecast notes unsettled conditions and a cool trend across the state with precipitation possible.
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Cutcaco
Illinois
Markets Report Chicago May Closing Quotes and Receipts
Closing board of trade quotations show July wheat 6 53, July corn 3 81, July oats 2 23, July pork 11.80, lard 7.74, ribs 6.70. Union Stock Yard notes cattle 3,500, hogs 32,000 mostly 10 lower, sheep 5,000 weak to 10 lower. Chicago receipts list wheat 20 cars, hogs 382,000. Northwestern and New York stock market notices accompany.
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Board of Trade
Union Stock Yard
Reeves
C. W. Killen
Fry’s Block
Brery
Ste. Sly
Chicago
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
NEW York Stock Market
Freeport
For Sale 18 Acre Tract on Schuler Street Lena Ill
For sale 18 acres including six Schuler Street facing lots adjoining the Lena camp meeting grounds on the north and east. Partially timbered with young Burr Oaks. Features a large never failing spring on the Bame. Enquire of D. W. Frissy or S. J. Copps Lena Ill.
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Schuler St
Lena Camp Meeting
D. W. Frissy
S. J. Copps
Lena
Ill
Summer Excursion Rates via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry
Tourist tickets on sale from June 1 via the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry offer round trip trips to Chautauqua Lake Niagara Falls the St. Lawrence river White Mountains and Atlantic coast resorts at economy. The summer edition of the Book of Trains with sample tours is available free from M S Giles in Chicago or F M Byron in Chicago Station Building. The Boston train now runs in twenty six hours.
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Lake Shore
Michigan
Chautauqua Lake
Niagara Falls
St. Lawrence River
White Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Book of Trains
M.S. Giles
Chicago
F. M. Byron
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A. W. Ford & Son
Atchinson
Brooklyn & B
C.&n
Ches
Ohio
Federal Steel
Leathary
Ces Anaace Ih
Manhattan
Whyte Pac
Nor
Pacific Een Neeee
Nort
West
Acil AM
Aig People’s Gas
Pac
Bibs
Benwonveuer
Southern R’y
Union Pacific
Union
0. M
St. P. Ry
Delavan
Csc
Selshorn
Ately
Kansasville
Burlington
Waukesha
Tepeeete
Lake Kegonsa
Madison
Kilbourn City
J.B. Swear
Gumbiner Bros
Old
Stephenson St
Gumbiner Brothers
Old Hub Corn
Stephenson Street
Cash Store
Babinet
Point de Paris
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