Chicago Girls Select Model Husbands in Church Sermon
Chicago women describe the ideal husband as a loving, honest, non drinker who may not be wealthy or handsome. They favor men who are good hearted, capable of real love, and involved in home life rather than pursuing wealth or display. A few demand practical gifts like a $25 hat each season and neat appearance. The pastor’s sermon on the model husband outlined the desired traits and urged moral conduct.
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Chicago
Lalstead Street
D. D. Vaughan
Astor
Vaughan
Three Hope Halls Elevate Ex-Convicts Across Ohio
Maud Ballington Booth runs three Hope Halls near Ohio towns Ohi Newark and Columbus providing the first homes for released convicts. In these farmhouses the men perform housework wash clothes tend gardens and stay mostly isolated from the outside world as they rebuild life and self discipline before rejoining society.
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Maud Ballington Booth
Ohione
Newark
Columbus
Ohio
Travel Light Poem Excerpt From Magdalene and Other Verse
Poem urges bearing light burdens to aid others and travel buoyantly toward spiritual heights. The speaker seeks freedom from pride, wealth, and vanity, choosing help for the frail and quiet country rest. Written as a period piece noted as from Magdalene and Other Verse, by Augustus Wight Bomberger.
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Heaven
Magdalene
Augustus Wight Bomberger
Preventive Moth Remedies From Turpentine to Salt Water
To destroy moths turpentine serves as a preventive by saturating brown paper and placing it in boxes. A gemlingect powder used with an insect powder blow gun can last years and be blown under carpet edges and on closet shelves to deter moths. Strong hot salt water scrubbing plus salt sprinkled on carpet aids in removal before laying carpet.
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Burga
Small Boy’s First Aid in Leeds Drapery Shop Incident
A Leeds draper’s employs a boy who overhears a customer asking for a “yard of ask” and exclaims she wants “musa” triggering the boy to alert a nearby constable. The scrambled report notes a distressed exchange and accusations of taking advantage of a defenceless woman.
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Leeds
Musa
Bor
Truthful James Tales From a Whale and Jonah Legend
A colorful reminiscence features Jonas Horse aboard the Belle White recounting Jonah the Whale as true, with a whaling voyage, a gin flask, pink pajamas, and sandal clues cited as evidence. The piece shifts to San Francisco rebuilding after disaster, noting Chinese laborers, insurance payouts, high wages, and cooperation with white landowners and unions in post disaster recovery.
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8. Y
Jonah
O. K
Molly Brown
Jerry
Sonny
Missouri
Chinatown
Ginty
A. Hart
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad for Female Ailments
A long list of names and addresses testifies to positive results with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women nationwide report relief from painful periods nervous prostration and other female illnesses, urging others to seek treatment and contact listed addresses for testimonials.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fry
Lindley
Kans
Stella Giffon Beams
Scott
X.Y
J. Barber
Cornwallville
Wm. Boughoo
Cincinnati
W.K. Hous
Milwackes
Wis
Emma Imes
St. Garman
Oronogo
Mae Me Knight
Camden
N.J
Tillie Waters
Liberty Street
Joseph
Oregon
Alice Hoffman
Philadelphia
John Johnston
Siege Street
Wan Feun
Mary Wood
R.F. D
Pecos
Texas
Ada Young Eggleston
Graniteville
Chas. Barclay
R.F
Missionary Work Among Lepers in India Told
W P Byers describes founding a mission at Asansol near Calcutta and aiding leper care. He notes a district of seventeen villages with four churches and a leper asylum opened in 1891, praising converts and the Mission to Lepers in India. A native official letter welcomes Christian influence to uplift ethical life in India.
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India
W. P. Byers
Mr. Byers
Calcutta
Palaeos
America
Ludia
Asansol
Lahore
Siokammeday
Leper Asylum
Jesus
Rani
Robbery Leaves Mrs Cumrox in Jewelry Dilemma
The Washington Star reports Mrs. Cumrox has had a necklace of diamonds stolen. She questions reporting to police, remarking it would seem classy to be robbed yet she dislikes the idea of implying she loses such items.
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James
of Life
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Ind
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Lafa Ayette Street
Noah
Kentucky
Liesie Holland
Ak Market
Sarah Lousi
Paterson, N.J
Somerville
Hamburgh Avenue
Phil Pa
K. F. Garrett
Garnet Street
Kewaskum
Worcester
Mass
Dosylra Core
Sea Street
A. P. Anderson
E. Pratt Street
Big Run
W. FE. Pooler
Atwater Sation
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A. A
Giles
Johnstown
N.Y
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E. Main Street
Burtonview, Ill
Peter Laogendahn
Hampstead
Jus
H. Dandy Adrian
Lena V. Henry
Indianapolis
Bessie V. Piper
South Addison Street
Louisville
Sam Lee
Fourth St
South West Harbor
Maine
Lillian Robbins
Mt. Desert Light Station
Detroit
Mich
Frieda Bosszau
Meldrum Avenue
German
Goshen
Ala
W. T. Pee
Wm. Tully
Ogdes
Paw
Emme Flashing
Bart
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Caffecrilla
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Ester
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Foibel
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Wm. Ober
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Mas
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Fisid Street
Clarkedale
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Guysville
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Dayton
Ida Hale
National Military Home
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L. Rittle
Lehman Kirest Sykes
Tenn
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Louise J
Boell
Platteburg
Misserna Wilkes
B.F.D
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Conn
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Woodside
Idaho
Rachel Johnson
Rockland
Will Young
Columbia Avenue
Scottville
J.g.johnson
J. BR. Smith
Elm St
Erie
J. P. Endlich
Beaver Falls
W. P. Boyd
Seventh Avenue
Pairchance
J. A. Denham
Bar
Fort Hunter
Mary Jane Rhette
Fast Earl
Augustus Lyon
K.F.D
Vienna
Wheaton
Mozier
Mary Ball
Ligonier
Eliza Wood
Melbourne
Iowa
Clara Watermann
Bardstown
Joseph Hall
Lewiston
Ilenry Cloutier
Oxford Street
Minneapolis
Minn
John G. Moldan
Second Street
N.wer Mo
Josis Ham
Marlton
Geo. Jordy
Chester
Ark
Ella Wood
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T. A. Cribb
Pendleton
May Marshall
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