Fire Destroys Mrs Sparling Home After Long March of Flames
A corner Edward and Robert street dwelling belonging to Mrs Charlotte Sparling was consumed by a stubborn blaze that broke out around 7 15 pm Friday. Firemen saved walls and porches but content loss was total including beds clothing organ and furniture. The Royal Insurance Co of Liverpool covered 1000 total. Mrs Sparling remained homeless. Local fire department praised for rapid response and comprehensive city coverage.
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Charlotte Sparling
Edward
Robert Eyeedt
Paskell
Sparling
Samuel Chase
Samuel Clift
Trogans
Humphrey
Central
Wright
H. C. Wright
Senachwine Township
Owen Allen
Lewis Hallock
Peoria County
Hallock Township
Peter Wyckoff
Harriet Wright
George Smith
John Kapraun
John
James McCune
Andrew Hunter
Hartley
Henry Times
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Thanksgiving Day Poem Excerpt by Will Carleton
Poem verses praising Thanksgiving and Thankful Day with hopeful imagery of flowers, stars, and enduring faith. The lines describe cheerful hearts, blooming along the way, and God watching forever even in gloomy times.
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Lincoln
Will Carleton
Editors Meet State Republican Leaders in Springfield
75 Illinois publishers met in Springfield to discuss the looming campaign. They pledged unity and support for the Republican ticket, endorsed Taft for president, and urged candidates to back the nominee. They called for reforms to primaries and condemned socialistic measures, urging the press to expose misrepresentation by metropolitan outlets. A stray dialogue about angina follows unrelated.
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Republican Hditorial Association
Illinois
Chicago
Springfield
Republican Editorial Association of
Republican Party
William H. Taft
United States
General Assembly
Gratitude Letter Highlights Mystic Workers Death Claim
A Mystic Workers death claim of 2000 prompts a grateful letter from Mrs. Eliza M. Harris to Supreme Secretary John R. Walsh praising prompt payment. The note credits the insurer with easing hardship for her and her three children after her husband Henry Harris’s death. An 1912 Almanac promotion by Word and Works Publishing Co. follows, urging subscriptions for the magazine and almanac.
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Mystic Worker
Henry
Ill
Mystic Workers
Eliza M. Harris
Supreme Secretary
John R. Walsh
Srl H. Hicks
Hicks
Word and Works Publishing Co
Franklin Avenue
St. Louis
Thanksgiving Dinner Menu at Star Restaurant Celery
Thanksgiving dinner at the Star Restaurant offers a set menu with Pickles Saratoga Wafers Cream Tomato Soup Olives Dressing Roast Turkey Mashed Potatoes Brown Gravy Cranberry Sauce French Peas Scalloped Oysters Sirloin of Beef Potato Salad with Mayonnaise Radishes Green Onions English Plum Pudding with Brandy Sauce Metropolitan Ice Cream Fruit Cake Hot Mince Pie with Brandy Sauce Pumpkin Pie Fruits Nuts Tea Coffee Milk Cocoa. Dinner served from 12 m to 2 p m. Vifty cents per plate.
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Metropolitan
Making Butter and Cheese from Beans in Asia
A school and farm lesson notes a shift from cow dairy to soybean production. Soya beans are soaked then mashed to extract milk used to make butter cheese and other products. The text cites rising popularity in China India and Japan with cheaper bean costs. finally the state game department projects about $167000 from hunting licenses this year.
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China
India
Japan
State Game Department
Corn Harvest Feats And Local News From Geneseo
Geneseo leads in corn picking with Gus L. Miller setting a world record of 201 bushels and 10 pounds in 8 hours 45 minutes. A new registry mail stamp features an eagle perched on a rock. Rev Billy Sunday sets records in Springfield Ohio with thousands converted and a $14,000 honor. Judge Joseph Ong, long a Marshall County figure, dies in Colorado. A wedding in DeLand Florida unites Claire Harold Baguley and Ruth Woodward, with blessings for a happy life ahead.
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Geneseo
Henry
Gus L. Miller
United States Registry
Texas
Oklahoma
Montana
United States
Billy Sunday
Springfield
Sunday
Andrew Coulter
Ange
Lake Senachwine
Martin
Bureau
Princeton
Joseph &. Ong
Lacon
Marshall County
Grand Junction
Colorado
Judge Ong
Geneva
Filmore County
Superior
Congress
William A. McKeigan
DeLand, Fla
Claire Harold Baguley
Ruth
William M. Woodward
Richard Baguley
Florida
A. B. Smith
George Hulden
Pepvia
Claire
Closing Pastora te: Burger Ends Five Year Presbyterian Pastorate
Rev H W Burger closes a five year pastorate at First Presbyterian Henry with a farewell service and large union gathering. He thanks trustees Ladies Aid and local churches, then departs with his family for Idaho after Sunday events and a depot farewell. They travel via Chicago Omaha and Pocatello to St. Anthony Idaho, where he preaches December 9.
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Epworth League
Wither Seelye
Presbyterian Church
Burger
Methodist Episcopal Church
R. L. Vivian
H. W. Burger
Henry
Far West
Bro. Vivian
Methodist Church
Idaho
Petersburg
Ind
Chicago
Omaha
Pocatello
St. Anthony
Moses
Israel
Insurance Paid in Full for Sparling Home Fire Loss
Mrs. John Sparling's residence was destroyed by fire last Friday night. She held a $750 policy with the Royal Fire Insurance Co., agent A. G. Humphrey. The adjuster settled the loss on Tuesday and paid in full, praised as prompt and fair treatment of policyholders.
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John Sparling
Royal Fire Insurance Co
A. G. Humphrey
Corn harvest at Central St aois reaches record size and yield
Farmers report the largest corn acreage and best quality in Central St aois, despite drought that forced beef cattle to market last summer and cholera fears driving pigs to market this fall.
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Staois
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