Liberal gifts fuel YMCA drives across cities
A survey of up to date YMCA campaigns shows broad public giving to support new buildings. Malladelphia raised 1,030,000 in twelve days, aiding both YMCA and YWCA efforts, plus a 2,006,000 foreign building fund. Cities like Brooklyn Atlanta Reading Philadelphia Charlton Raleigh Walla Walla and Ishpeming reported substantial totals. Leaders credit Christian unity a brief public appeal and visible progress on existing structures.
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Wicely
Malladelphia
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Reading
Filyria
Onto
Charltonton
Raleigh
N.gc
Walla Walla
Wash
Inhpeming
Mich
Astocathlon
A Wily Judge and the Deaf Juror Incident
A London Times report notes an inside court case where a juror claimed exemption from service due to deafness. The judge conversed with the clerk then asked the man if he was very deaf. The reply, Very, prompted the judge to tell him to enter the box and for the witness to speak softly.
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London Times
Orrulgna
Vory
Postum Credited With Mental Clarity After Coffee Free
A creamery manager reports quitting coffee and switching to Postum improved digestion, reduced palpitations, and sharpened mental faculties. He notes relief from fullness and heart sensations, with better office work and fewer errors. The letter promotes Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Farming Tips and Livestock Care from an Old Guide
Practical notes on feeding, breeding, planting, and farm management. Advice covers cattle calves and poultry care, fruit trees spacing, hog fencing, dairy practices, root crops, silage versus roots, seeds soaking, and general husbandry to improve yields and profits. Includes specific tips on feeding, disease prevention, and orchard maintenance.
The Windyheath romance of Celeste Wheeler and Hugh Ardale
Celeste Wheeler, a celebrated miniature artist, answers an ad for hospitality in the countryside. She travels to Glen Head and forms a bond with the Stauntons as she discovers the child Martha Ardale is linked to Hugh Ardale, her former lover. The reunion rekindles love, and Celeste and Hugh decide to stay, intertwining art, family, and second chances. Australia Organizing Army launches a nationwide youth defense program, drafting teens into a citizen army by age twenty-six, aiming for a 100000-strong trained force within eight years.
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Celesta Wheeler
Long Island
Celeste
Celusta
Hugh Ardate
Celeste Wheeler
Graucho
Dle
Celeste Grady
Celesta
Glen‘toad
Sound
Eeen
Glen Head
Hugh Ardale
Darling
Marga Ardale
Ardale
Ehité
Windyheath
Great Reaper
Martha Staunton
Hugh
Martha
Buick
Mrs. Staunton
Thella
Importaua
Cehio
Hugh Arkale
Celia
Atalan
Granny
Colle
Caleste Wheeler
Australia
St. Ds
Commonwealth
Painter of Kings portrait commission astonishes London
Fragments reveal a chaotic report about a royal portrait by Sir Luke Fildes being commissioned for King Edward, with stray remarks on Grabrox joining the church and a startled reaction to the news. The text shows garbled phrases and uncertain attributions amid a royal context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Luke: Fildes
California Billy the lone highwayman and his long trial
A detailed historical account traces the career of the outlaw known as California Billy or Old Bill Miner across the western states from the 1860s to the early 1900s. It covers stagecoach holdups in California, Colorado, Oregon and British Columbia, trials, imprisonments, escapes, and eventual notoriety as a long-acting criminal figure. The narrative follows captures, trials, and sentences, noting repeated returns to crime and lengthy terms in San Quentin and New Westminster. Addresses the 1906 Durver robbery and Miner’s later life, ending with his age and the likelihood that his era of crime concluded.
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Gainesville
California
Creigh
Billy
Willy
Sga Tistle
Saanimenta
Bin
San Quentin
Miner
Colorado
Sonora
Tro- Jumne
Milton
Bil" Miper
Oregon
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Corbett
Canadian Pacific
Mission Junc ‘Tion
British
Southern Railroad
Pinkertons
Bill Miner
Hi! Paia
Clean Sanitary Floors Varnish Boosts Hygiene and Style
Varnish is presented as a sanitary aid extending beyond decoration. Varnished surfaces wipe clean and dust mites stay out of the air, making floors both attractive and wholesome. A booklet from the National Association of Varnish Manufacturers promotes modern floor care and cost benefits versus carpet.
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National Association of Varnish Manufacturers
Philadelphia
Penn
Curious Baseball Anecdote and Other Brief Items
A stray baseball anecdote recalls a young man hugging a stranger at a game, prompting an arrest but later upheld by expert testimony. The piece notes a 5,000-strong crowd the next day. Also covered are hunt regulation changes, a boy named Willyam’s sobbing confession via a note from a girl, and fishing and hunting seasonal details plus local travel mishaps due to soggy roads.
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Libby
Old Hawking
Lollerby
Dubbleigh
Harpoe
Macker
Puck
Ft Thompson
Johson
OW Coffe
Elena Ruu
Tha Bona
Jay
Tifa
Oattern
Pds
Ilbia
Ble
Ike Teather
Hoc Cate
Ito
Virginia
Marcet
Austria
Germany
Dorothy Douglas
Associated Literary Press
Edward Om
Grabrox
Old Bill Miner
Georgia
Trenton
Accura Ath
Vanlin
Old Gill
Mabel
Clarfield
Bimrtin Sandix
Awheile
Dante
the Centaur Company
New York
Resa Dosis
Sony
Anteed
Bears
USA
Castoria
Ernest
Wiliam
Willyam
Isabel
Success Magazine
Mexico
Ita Wenerey
Geo. N. Wood
Chester Creek
Woon
Williama
Plainfield
Bat
Aiade
NVA
California Fig Syrup
John
Arberiy
New Hare
Ctyholdn Oor
Fur
Onla
Wee LD Yan SD ‘Ele
N. Yreg
Mary Exoolant
Npr
Hall
Milwaukee
Wie
Clonan
Allen
Montes
tinlLar
Paciacu
Tial Packare
Allan
Olmbted
Bhoy
Western Newspaper
UNION
Adame
cHiIcaco
Beree
Dentists of Fraud Rapides
D. A. Telfer
E. J. Clark
Business College
Grand Rapids Business College
Nash
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