Literary event delayed. basket social to open program
From Lucerne November 3 the literary evening has been postponed to Saturday night and will begin with a basket social. Erie reports visitors include Mr and Mrs Hunger of Greeley and Miss Isabel Paul, a Longmont teacher, while photographers captured Erie public school scholars. People including Tom Williams and John Mitchell are noted in local activities. Hamlin's Wizard Oil Co. will perform at the opera house in Lizerte this week.
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Lucerne
Erie
Hamlin
Wizard Oil Co
Opera House
Lizerte
The Hook Spoon Becomes Home Favorite
Jeannette S. reports sending ten 2-cent stamps to Miss A M Fritz of Station A St Louis Mo to receive a plated hook spoon. She praises its hold, claims rapid orders worth 1300 in two hours, and notes it is a household necessity with a sample available by mail for a small stamp.
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A. M. Fritz
Station A
St. Louis
Fritz
Jeannette S
Weldon Valley News Notes Elections Parade and Visits
Flags flew from several homes and the school house as a military company forms at school. Ed Doughtry raffles a wheel with ninety tickets sold. D W Irwin meets with candidate for representative Mr Rosencrans during a Weldon Valley visit. The sick list improves though slowly. Mrs P W Putnam visits daughter Mrs Emma Short in Greeley. Christian Endeavor Sociable set for Tuesday at G F Clifford’s home. Jesse Saunier returns from Fort Morgan. Fred Girardot visits Weldon Friday. School children enjoy a holiday Tuesday due to the school election.
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Weldon Valley
Ed. Doughtry
Rosencrans
Brush
D. W. Irwin
P. W. Putnam
Greeley
Emma Short
Christian Endeavor Society of
Miss Mabel Augustine Visits Friends in Orchard
Orchard notes Hallowe en passed quietly with few mischiefs and a gathering of boys at E. D. Cattell s residence. Old fashioned charms delighted youngsters. A recent snow lasted half a day before warm sun resumed farm work. E. D. Cattell ships potatoes to Denver.
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Orchard
Mabel Augustine
Anna
Kate Chaffin
Hallowe'en
E. D. Cattell
Denver
Sabbath School Attendance Boosted by Visitors
Attendance at Sabbath school yesterday was large with several visitors including Miss Whitler of Orchard. Miss Noll the Orchard teacher traveled to Denver Saturday morning while many locals suffer from severe colds from the recent snow storm. At the first monthly exam in the South Side school the top averages were Lewis Cattell Horace Cattell and Wilton Putnam. Rovunpapoort.
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Miss Whitler
Orchard
Noll
Denver
South Side
Lewis Cattell
Horace Cattell
Wilton Putnam
How a Woman Paid Her Debts in Lexington
A Lexington woman credits the dishwasher business with clearing debts. She reports earning 530 in six weeks and predicts $4,000 next year by selling dishwashers from The Mound City Dishwasher Co., St Louis. She says the device saves time and keeps hands dry, urging others to join as agents.
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Lexington
Mound City Dishwasher Co
St Louis
Gipson News Roundup Including Local Elections
Nov 4 notes from Gipson report residents returning from Leadville, snow and cold, clothing provided for troops, Henry Weber en route to join Co. D, and community visits. Election results show 254 votes cast of 319 registered with F C Teller and W R Swan as election clerks.
Local Notes from Berthoud and Nearby Areas
Berthoud news item highlights Mrs. Dave Hol lembeak and children visiting Loveland relatives. Doc Buzzard returns from Eldorado with severe hand burns from a blasting accident. Mr. Knott reports his ill son-in-law Jackman of Longmont with typhoid fever, brought home from Leadville while on duty. M. L. Shall of Denver visits brother J. C. Shall over Sunday. W. P. Bosworth of Stove Prairie, prospective county commissioner, was
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W. P. Bosworth
Stove Prairie
Berthoud Notes On Births Marriages and Local Events
In Berthoud on Wednesday residents discussed politics and church life. A daughter was welcomed by Mr and Mrs Hiram Mays while a son arrived at Mr Krueger’s home. Rev Wotring and Hiram Smith attended the Presbyterian synod in Denver. A free silver concert at the Christian church drew full value from attendees. Miss Montgomery and Ed Colesman received praise for their selections. Rev and Mrs Cleaver near settlement at the parsonage. Emma Flora and Albert Bealer wed the 26th ult and reside southeast of town. Christian Endeaver officers were elected with few changes. L B Cornell spoke at the last political rally. May Graves Will Turner and Rev Turner returned home for election from Jimtown. SUNFLOWER
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Hiram Mays
Krueger
Cornell
May Graves
Longmont
Will Turner
Rev. Turner
Jimtown
Sunflower
An Anxious Wife Seeks Advice On Selling Self-Heating Irons
A wife details selling self heating flat irons after reading Mrs. Russell's experience. She earned $226 in profit, selling 8 irons the first day and up to 17 a day, while her husband remains unaware. The response encourages her to continue, praising her energy and the iron's sales potential.
O Connell’s Eloquence and Exaggerated Crowd Counts
The Newcastle Chronicle reports how Daniel O Connell’s speeches used grandiose numbers to fire imagination. He inflated attendance from 50 000 to 150 000 then 200 000 and finally claimed 800 000, a pattern of stereotyped eloquence cited in defense of his aim for an Irish parliament.
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Ireland
Athlone
Kilkenny
Newcastle
England
Through Burlington Route Connects Denver and St Louis
Denver travelers can now reach St Louis with through sleepers and chair cars via St Joseph and Kansas City. The Denver departure is 9.50 pm with an arrival in St Louis at 7.10 am the next morning. For tickets contact the local agent or write G W Vallery General Agent Denver Colo 1039 17th St.
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Denver
St.Louis
Burlington
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Joseph
Kansas City
G. W. Vallery
Denver, Colo
17Th St
Floods in France and Sicily with rising rivers
Telegraph reports continued flooding in France with the Seine at flood stage and the Rhone rupturing banks isolating towns. Artillery wagons assist relief. troops move to repair banks. In Sicily, around Palermo, floods drown three people.
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Paris
Department
Seine
Comas
Vallabr Ues
Rhone
Lanson
Avingon
Rome
Sicily
Palermo
British Columbia Trip Boosts Drucker Faith in Region
Adolphus Drucker, Conservative MP for Northampton, just returned from British Columbia and predicts a bright future for the province. He notes American capital drives development, English prices for mining claims are too high, but English hosts are hospitable and no anti English sentiment was found.
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London
Adolphus Drucker
Northampton
British Columbia
Victoria
Drucker
Insurgents Put to Flight Near Havana
Havana reports Lieut. Colonel Vondeviela traced a camp near Cogimar by Guanabacoa opposite Havana. He pursued and overran the insurgents at the Barreajabo river and seized their positions at Bodega Sitio in Guanabo mountains, bayoneting the retreating forces. Insurgent losses were 52 killed. Spanish casualties included one captain and 14 privates.
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Havana
Vondeviela
Cogimar
Guanabacoa
Barreajabo
Bodega Sitio
Guanabo
Paris Bank Privilege on Commons Agenda Sparks Socialist Clash
London dispatch says Finance Minister Cochery proposes renewing Bank of France privilege despite socialist opposition. Debate expected to be violent as supporters defend the bank as the soul of French finance and socialists denounce it as autocratic spoilation. Sittings likely to be stormy.
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London
Paris
The
Times
M. Cochery
Bank of France
Rumors of Armenian Poison Plot Spark Constantinople Panic
A Daily Mail dispatch from Constantinople reports rumors that Armenians plan to poison the water supply and that authorities impose strict precautions. Panics are common as bread prices rise amid prewar tension with ministers at Yildiz Kiosk in fierce dispute. The sultan's main backers are Hassan Pasha and Rifat Pasha.
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London
Daily Mail
Constantinople
Yildigkios
Hassan Pasha
Rifat Pasha
Counsul Lee Sails For Home From Havana
United States Counsul General Lee and his secretary Mr. Jones sailed for New York yesterday aboard the Digilands. They were escorted from the harbor by the steam launch Zildo carrying Vice Counsul General Jos. B. Springer Dr. Burgess and Charles Todd along with other friends and newspaper representatives.
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Counsul Lee
Havana
United States Counsul
London requests sewing samples from New York schools
At the rest of the New York Association of Sewing schools Mr Bayard asked the London school board for specimens of industrial drawing designs and sewing samples with full explanations of methods used. The request was granted and a committee was appointed to prepare the samples.
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London
New York Association of Sewing Schools
Bayard
London School Board
Anarchist fires on Paris police in Rue des Petits Champs
A man named Le maire attacked police in Paris with a revolver injuring a policeman seriously and another in the shoulder. Overpowered, he claimed anarchist motives as authorities seized anarchist documents and writings from his lodging.
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Paris
Lemaire
Rue Des Petits Champs
Zelaya Grants Broad Amnesty to Revolution Figures
President Zelaya issues a decree granting unconditional amnesty to most leaders of last February's revolution and the September conspiracy in Manaavua.
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Zelaya
Manaavua
Isleworth Sails In. Captain Drowned Off Dunnelhead
The British steam ship Isleworth under Captain Matthews arrived in the Thames from Pensacola Oct. 8 and reports its captain was washed overboard and drowned off Dunnelhead.
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London
Isleworth
Matthews
Pensacola
New Castle
Thames
Dunnelhead
Creighton Appointed Bishop of London
London reports the Rt. Rev. Men dell Creighton bishop of Peterborough has been named bishop of London succeeding Rt. Rev. Frederick Temple who becomes Archbishop of Canterbury last week.
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Creighton
London
Mendell Creighton
Peterborough
Frederick Temple
Canterbury
Daring Post Office Robbery Attempt Disturbs Plymouth
In Plymouth Pennsylvania early today burglars blew open the large safe at the post office shaking nearby buildings. Smoke from powder set fire to mailbags but valuables remained untouched. robbers fled before arrest. A closed carriage was later seen heading toward Pittston.
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Pennsylvania
Wilkrspanite
Plymouth
Calary
Pittston
Campaign clash ends in bloodshed in Duryear
In Wirxrstarre Pennsylvania two political camps clashed after a closing campaign in the mining town of Duryear. Polish Republican Prank Broniski lay dead from a crushed skull in a ditch after a confrontation with countrymen. In a barroom fight Slav John Luby stabbed Slavic rival Andrew Drotsky, then fatally slashed his own throat as remorse seized him.
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Wirxrstarre
Duryear
Prank Broniski
John Luby
Andrew Drotski
Luby
Drotsky
Colorado State Politics Mixed in Denver Election Fight
Denver reports a fused race among Democrats, Populists, silver Republicans and Silver party on national electors and state tickets. Bryan Sewall backers claim 120000 vote lead. Tel ler re election favored by all except McKinley Republicans. Waite campaigns but unlikely to top 10000 votes.
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Colorado
Denver
Bryan
Sewall
Shafroth
Bell
Silver Party
McKinley Republicans
Teller
Waite
Death of Dr Newell Martin at Perley England
Information from Johns Hopkins University confirms the death of Dr Newell Martin in Perley England on the previous Thursday. The Irish born biologist was renowned as a scholar and educator whose work earned international notice. He joined Hopkins at its 1870 founding era and held the biology chair until resigning in 1893 due to ill health. Martin was 48, born in Newry, Ireland, a Christ College Cambridge fellow with BA in 1874 and MA in 1877.
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Martin
Balimore
Johns Hopkins University
Newell Martin
Perley
England
Hopkins University
Thomas B. Huxley
Newry
Ireland
Christ College, Cambridge
Luther League of America Holds Second Annual Convention
The Luther League of America plans its second annual convention in Chicago from November 17 to 20. Founded last year in Pittsburg the organization reports 50 000 members with leagues in eight states. Eligible societies are Lutheran church groups and invited speakers include Senators Wellington and Nelson Judge Grosscup Rev A C Swenson and other leaders.
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Luther League of America
Chiago
Pittsburg
Wellington
Maryland
Nelson
Minnesota
Grosscup
Illinois
Jacob Miller
New York
A. C. Swenson
Kansas
H. F. Sheel
Virginia
G. F. Lund
B. Barnitz
Iowa
H. Louis Bougher
Pennsylvania
Cycle Record Broken New York to Philadelphia
Albert Pellecher of the Yorkville wheelmen broke the New York to Philadelphia return cycle record. He left New York City Hall at 8 45 a m and finished at 12 10 a m, completing 18 hours 17 minutes. The old record of 19 hours 16 minutes held by Charles Staubach of the Manhattan Bicycle Club stood for over two years.
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New York
Philadelphia
Raturn
Albert Pellecher
Yorkville
City Hall
Philadelphia City Hall
Charles Staubach
Manhattan Bicycle Club
Manilla Fire Destroys Major Business Area in Rush County
A major blaze in Manilla Indiana destroyed most of the business district after starting in S. F. Green’s butcher shop in the Seike building. Firefighters from Rushville aided since the town has no fire department. Loss exceeds $40,000 with only about $2,200 insured.
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Rushville
Ind
Manilla
S. 5
Seike
Campaign in Oregon projects margins for McKinley and Bryan electors
In Portland Oregon the state campaign drew intense activity with the Republican state committee forecasting a minimum McKinley lead of 4500 votes after county canvassing. The Populist central committee pegs Bryan elector majority at about 2200 votes.
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Oregon
Portland, Or
Republican State Committee
McKinley
Central Committee
Bryan
Wealthy widow robbed by masked trio at home
Mrs. Eliza Ditto of Missouri was robbed last night after three masked men entered her residence. They choked her into unconsciousness and looted the home, taking about $2,000 in cash and other valuables.
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Josep
Eliza Ditto
Words Without a Rhyme in English Verse History
A New York Press piece surveys English words notorious for lacking rhymes, listing month silver orange gulf culm cusp calf scarf scalp babe and astrolabe among stubborn cases. It notes rare matches like peng e and Stonehenge and cites Timbuktu as famously rhyme resistant.
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London
Gilbert
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Penge
Stonehenge
Timbuktu
New York Press
Lightning Churn claim boosts butter output and profits
A Farmer endorses a rapid churn that he says yields more butter than common churns. He reports selling dozens locally and predicts wide demand, urging readers to contact J. F. Casey & Co. in St. Louis for circulars and details on making money at home.
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J. F. Casey & Co
St. Louis
The Trautmannsdorf Fiddle Through Time
In 1778 Dresden auction records show Count Trautmannsdorf grand equerry to Emperor Charles VI acquiring a Stainer violin. He paid 70 golden crowns cash and guaranteed daily meals, 100 florins quarterly, yearly coats with Brandenburg portraits, two casks of beer, lighting and fuel, and hare, fruit baskets for himself and his nurse.
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Dresden
Count Trautmannadorf
Charles VI
Jacob Stainer
Phipson
Explosion in Dayton Tennessee Magazine Damages Town
A massive dynamite explosion rocked a Dayton Tennessee magazine this morning. The blast rifled the magazine, wrecked multiple buildings, shattered all glass in town, and injured several people.
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Get
Dayton
Tenn
Chicago Live Stock Prices. Hogs and Cattle Report
Hogs sold mostly active and strong with lighter weights 8.00 to 8.45. heavy and rough trades near 2.95 to 3.465. Cattle included beeves 3.40 to 95.00, cows and heifers 1.40 to 3.00, Texas steers 2.60 to 3.15, westerns 8.10 to 8.40, stockers and feeders 2.70 to 3.85.
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Chicago
Texas
Beware of Mercury in Ointments for Catarrh
Consumer alert warns against mercury based catarrh treatments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The preparation contains no mercury and is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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