Chinese class program and neighborhood gathering described
The report covers a November meeting of the Mission Study class led by Miss Panzer with Rev. Beall appointing helpers to plan an evening program. It recounts a Tuesday visit to W. S. Hannum’s home for questions, readings, music, and a Chinese themed menu with student participants and attendees listed. It notes decorations, supplies from a Chinese laundryman, and a bill of fare with translated items. It ends with a long list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panzer
China
Beall
W S. Hannum
Lillian Merdiam
Mary Ponzer
W. S. Hannum
Main Street
Hannum
T A_ Beall
J H Crickenberger
Wills
Mrs Newman
Wild
Clark
Miss Beal
Virgil Vale
Augusta Ponzer
Jennie Higgins
Winnie Taylor
Lulu Hillabrand
Anna Brown
Mae Wild
Mabel Newman
Edna Clark
Yolande Beall
Cornelia Beall
Helene Hannum
Pearl Merdian
Leam Hannum
Advertising value noted in Ringling Brothers plans
The piece records Ringling Brothers plan to drop the Forepaugh Sells show and tour with their own and Barnum & Bailey, signaling Forepaugh’s decline. It recalls Forepaugh’s jabs at Barnum over profits and advertising and notes Forepaugh's fading memory as a once prominent showman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & F
Adam Forepaugh
P. T. Barnum
Forepaugh
Barnum
Livingston County Conservatives Denounce Oglesby Primary Law
The county convention endorses Senator Ira M. Lish and Representative Harrison T Ireland for opposing the Oglesby primary law. They say it favors money and patronage, blocks ordinary men from state nominations, and wastes about $3000 in public funds for a primary that should be unnecessary. They back party conventions for candidate nominating.
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Livingston County
Josiah Kerrick
Ralph Bradford
HE. S Wilson
James Bergen
Mette
D W Blake
Roosevelt
Cannon
Sterling
Hopkins
Frank Smith
Dwight
Lish
Ireland
Oglesby
Frank A. van Alstine
el Paso
Stead
Josiah
Hoyle
el Paso Journal
Ira M. Lish
Harrison T Ireland
Republicarty
Lincoln in the Telegraph Office Warned by Seward
The account describes an exchange in the war department telegraph office where Lincoln jokes about swearing and explains that he would yield to help others to avoid clashes. Seward questions the phrasing while Lincoln recalls his mother’s teaching and a street mercy to a colored woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
War Department
Bates
Telegraph Office
Seward
Jings
Moral in a boarding house debt tale
Brown gives $10 toward a promised $20 while at table with his wife Mrs. Brown milliner Mrs. Andrews carpenter Mr. Jordan and Mr. Handley. Each uses the bill to settle or pay part of their own debt or work, revealing the moral about how money circulates among creditors and debtors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Andrews
Brown
Mr. Black
Mr. Handley
Mr.Brown
Acetylene Lighting Promises Long Lasting Home Illumination
A historical plea promotes Acetylene Light Plants as a cheaper, safer lighting solution. The ad claims instant, bright light equivalent to kerosene at one third the cost and highlights reduced lamp cleaning, lasting up to 40 years. Readers are urged to mail their home size and address for installation estimates.
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Adams
Chicago
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