Local Social Events List and Calendar Notes
A fragmented notice of upcoming dances concerts and lectures listing venues such as Lexington hall Masonic temple Grand Opera House and Y M C A with dates in November and December plus a charity ball and a few theatrical titles including Black Beauty and Poor Pike. The piece cites groups like DAR and Patriarchs Militant and mentions Prof. Dawson Dr Beaton and a Molders union event.
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Tiatochonk
B. of
Aengerbund
Harvest
Lexington Hall
Dar . Roy
Prof. Dawson
David Beaton
Y. Mo. A
Molders’ Union
Masonic Temple
Voice culture offered free test by Frank E Chaffee
Frank E Chaffee announces free voice tests and candid opinions on voice culture. Mentions method taught by Mr Chaffee praised by eminent tenor Jean DeR zke who writes about the Sbrigla method and magnificent voice. Addressed care of Senate Hotel, careerport.
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Frank E. Chaffee
Chaffee
Jean DeR+zke
Senate Hotel
Cleaning and Pressing Guarantee at BB Die Works
To be cleaned, clothes must go to the BB Die Works. They will be returned if not made exactly right. Our pressing is guaranteed as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Aguena
Somersetshire
Tn Steves
London Chronicle
Their Last Meeting A Ghost of a Wind Engineer
The tale tracks a railroad manager haunted by a mysterious inventor who insists on a wind powered air system to stop wrecks. After repeated pitches the manager dismisses him but faces a fatal crash where a dying man accuses him of pressing the mountain air scheme and causing death.
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Missouri
Colorado
Kansas
Tau
United States
Crank
Ambition and success told by John G Johnson
In a smoking room Johnson recalls youth when ambition was vague. A wealthy man asks why rise, and Johnson answers to do as he pleases. The reply that true success comes from doing what one dislikes is cited with a New York Times echo.
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John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Mr. Johnson
Antlionaire
New York Times
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Freeport Resident
Mrs. Sarah Cady of Freeport testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her backache and kidney symptoms after seven to eight years of suffering. The ad promotes the pills as kidney specific, recommends Emmert's drug store, and notes Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo as sole US agents selling at five cents.
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Dean
Freeport
Sarah Cady
Exchange Street
Ilc
Emmert’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan's
Lamps and fabrics care and odd spider cures
The article outlines lamp maintenance including cleansing burners, wicks, and chimneys with boiling, drying, and storage steps. It also describes feather stitching and decorative methods for garments. It cites unusual remedies from China and Somersetshire using spider webs and whole spiders for medical effects.
How to Make a Sewing Sag and Trim Baby Garments
The article explains sewing bag construction using elk hide bandannas with top casings and flat sticks, bone rings for ribbons, and easy washing by removing the stick. It also covers feather stitching as a favored method to trim babies caps sacks dresses and undergarments with various stylish applications.
Piety's Quiet Wish Tests Heavenly Promise
In R F Johnson's From Pekin to Mandalay a poor Chinese scholar famed for piety hears a divine messenger. He asks for the simplest life with freedom to wander and chant. The gods reveal that true happiness lies in heaven and urge him to seek earthly riches.
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R. F. Johnson
Pekin
Mandalay
Lask
The Ungrateful Cuckoo and its Feigned Morality
A fragmentary excerpt discusses the cuckoo as a murderer from birth, contrasting it with other birds like jackdaws sparrows and thieves. It mocks human virtue while labeling the cuckoo as vicious, accusing it of fraternal blood before fledging, with scattered references to a London Review fragment and a Boston Traveler joke about a club name.
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Tie
Tlondon
Mr. Phusser
Cynthia
Mrs. Phusser
Boston Traveler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grand Opera House
Lynmtan Howe
K Plot
Pike
H. J. Moogk
CP. Guenther
Herschhorns
Rutherford Co
Hank
Larine McNeal
Out
Seata
C. P. Guenther
Phonographs
the Cable Co. Pianos
GEO. A. Stemm
Sours
CY Waraman
Thanazey
Max Sently
Taylor & Frick
Illinois
Ayer
George
Cleveland
California
Chicago
Claro
North Western
Union Pacific
Salt Lake
Wells Street
Alifor
Nort Western Line
Ce Baio
Joseph M. Gaites
Victor Morley
C. P. Guenther's
R. I. Greenings Baldwins
King of Tompkins Co
Burrell Brothers
Stephenson St
Freeport Railway, Light & Power CO
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