Community Plan to Aid Boys Through Saloons and Pool Rooms
A proposal from Geneseo church groups outlines using seven young societies to fund a city enterprise. Proceeds from the sale of reserve land would support a gymnasium and activities for boys aged ten to eighteen, keeping rooms open for a year. A committee will oversee rentals and games, with a goal of steering youth away from saloons and pool halls.
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Coleet
Geneseo
Timra
Goh
Aga
North Bay
Wease
Ma Ugg
Avo
Cc S
Floating fragments on market strategy and farmer concerns
The text discusses big firms and commissions, advantages for small firms and farmers, and a three day market development. It mentions allowing farmers to sell fiery feed lot stock through select hands and questions about market control and distribution.
Hooppole and Prophetstown News In Brief
Local items report births and teaching assignments at Alba and Hooppole. Diphtheria cases rise in Prophetstown while Rev Berge considers retirement. Maple Syrup supper planned in Leon and mail route improvements near Brown’s schoolhouse draw attention. Sennings praised for Aberdeen South Dakota teaching post and Aberdeen’s growth prospects highlighted.
Lax-ets Candy Tablet Promoted by Dr Shoop
Dr Shoop offers Lax-ets tablets sold in lithographed metal boxes with ingredients printed on the box. Each box priced as scents. He claims Lax-ets provides a superior laxative and cures constipation sour stomach bad breath and more, sold by J E Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
Shoop
J. E. Wright
Proverbs from the Danish with Cautions and Warnings
A collection of Danish proverbs notes human folly and prudence. It includes lines on striving, fortune, envy, neighbor quarrels, judging women by work not dance, devilish company, misapplied charity, returning what’s lost, distracting advice, self praise, youth and debt, providence, and building on others advice leading to a crooked house.
Curious and Oddities From Historic Notes
A collection of surprising facts on rain drops being hollow, a six foot Cape Colony earthworm, miner risks, Queen Elizabeth’s wardrobe totals, Dickens book sales, high value logs, Cashmere shawl production, a giant chestnut tree aged two millennia, and clergymen bound to brief sermons before the German emperor.
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Cape Colony
Mount
Aema
Wordplay on keys yields puns from prison to wealth
A list of pun phrases links keys to various concepts such as prison turnover turnkeys and wealth lackeys while playing on homophones and unexpected associations with animals cake whisky and horses. The set highlights playful linguistic connections and flavor of quip style word games.
Army surgeon recalls Cuban campaign battle wound tale
An experienced army surgeon recounts a Cuban campaign episode where a severely wounded officer endures extreme pain without anesthetic. After painful probing, the officer asks what is happening and reveals he already has the bullet in his pocket.
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Moe
Paris Latin Quarter Becomes Haven for Exiled Italians
Refugees fleeing home become students or laborers in Paris. Six to a room, one meal a day, many from noble families risk exposure by sharing food. A Russian restaurant sells tickets with unclear payment origin as fear and hunger spread among Italian exiles. A Fraternity sister’s home burned, baby sister killed, parents slain.
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Paris
Boulevard St. Michel
Kieft University
Weather forecaster cracks a sunny joke on a bus
A light exchange between two passengers highlights humor about fault and weather predicting. One says the other was lenient with a conductor and jokes about having been a conductor once. The reply reveals the speaker is a weather forecaster and notes the saying a sunny disposition can hide a tough skin.
Curious Facts and Oddities From History and Europe
A collection of notes on ancient tea in China, California grape output, pine lumber costs since 1865, whixt origins, Russian peasant housing, German university totals, a Pilcomayo expedition, a 120 year old umbrella in Greenock, and a Bavarian charity beard tradition in Munsiedel.
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China
California
Varied Global Highlights And Statistics From Historical Record
A compilation notes diverse figures: Russia’s annual deaths by self harm exceed 2,500. the U S grants about 3 6500 patents to women. Berlin hosts Bible readings by professional readers. Thames cabals total 324 miles. Glasgow arrests for obscene language reach twelve thousand. New Zealand Christian Endeavorers number 10,000 and publish a quarterly. Reading highlights include civil marriage laws in Ecuador, reptiles’ hearing traits, and a quotation about procrastination from the Philadelphia Record. It also cites urbanization, signaling counts, Magyars in astro-Hungary, a trout cane invention, city population growth rates, child growth benchmarks, Western Union profits, Johannesburg’s new nine-story building, leather waste cog wheels, global sovereigns, and other notices on platinum mining, French Guiana convicts, glass bricks, Paris dressmakers’ exports, a Cleveland cathedral project, and London tram revenue.
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Glasgow
New Zealand
Christian Endeavorers
Ecuador
Philadelphia
America
Crewe
London
Elawailan Islands
Western Union Telegraph Company
Belfast
Gortlagdatski
Russia
French Guiana
Paris
Cleveland
Leeds Corporation
Notable Figures in Leisure and Travel News
Andrew Carnegie plays golf in moderation and loves trout and salmon fishing. Lord Strathcona, Canada’s high commissioner, is 85 yet active as a 60 year old. The Russo-Chinese bank in Yokohama reopens to fund Russian prisoners’ travel home. Mrs and Mr Williamsons finish their novel My Friend the Chauffeur outdoors in the south of France. A Gautier murder of his stepfather occurs in Nante, France. Secretary Taft travels 100000 tolles since May 24, 1904 to shorten conscription. The Khedive of Egypt profits from British protection with annual grants and wealth. An Italian student loses money at gambling and writes Rien ne va plus. The London Book Monthly notes women’s manuscripts are less tidy than men’s. Editors prefer manuscripts by men in candid moments.
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Andrew Carnegie
Lord Strathcona
Canada
Yokohama
Mr. Williamson
Chauffer
France
Gautier
Nantea
Taft
Philippines
Egypt
Britain
Nice
Drummer Among Legislators In Montpelier Hotel Incident
A drummer named John Dutton in Montpelier during a legislative session found the Pavilion hotel crowding the dining room as lawmakers traded passing phrases for supper. He flatly asked a waiter from Ethiopia to pass the bread, highlighting a tense social moment in the crowded room.
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John Dutton
Montpelier
Bradford
Essex
Portland
Ethiopia
Cement Chimneys Rise With Reinforced Concrete
Reinforced concrete proves highly resistant to water and fumes, making it ideal for dams, breakwaters, and hot gas exposed structures. Remarkable concrete chimneys are being built nationwide, reinforced with steel rods for added durability.
World corners and relics in a mixed historical digest
The oldest lighthouse stands at Corunna Spain built in Trajan's era and rebuilt in 1634. London vegetarians shun leather shoes preferring rubber and canvas. German merchant Leo Cohn faced a $45 fine after a buyer proved overcharging. Ancient rope making is proved by Egyptian sculptures. San Francisco hosts Japan's painting exhibit with 150 works, no prints, some dating 1,200 years.
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Corunna
Spain
Trajan
London
Leo Cohn
Spandau
Germany
San Francisco
Japan
Pearls Found by Oyster Fishery Couple in Connemara
In Clifton Connemara the wife of the Adragh Oyster Fishery owner joined her husband on the beds and opened a mussel. Inside she found two small pearls and workers later processed about a stone weight of mussels yielding around sixty pearls in sizes from grape to smaller.
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Adragh
Clifton
Connemara
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