Convention Highlights From Chicago Endeavorers Meet
Readable fragments describe the Congregational Endeavorers convention in Chicago with delegates, badges, and services. Bishop Cheney and speakers led sessions at Central Music Hall and Oak Street churches, noting personal work and Bible study plus testimonies from Pacific Garden Mission volunteers.
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Pear Catours Stara Conventio
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Benety Py Bruce
Willamer
Chicago
Tratos
O.E. Pesdquarters
Randolph’ Etreet
Sist Street Presbyterian Church
Charles Edward Cheney
Fifield
Central Music Hall
Peoria
Venona
Lisbon
Adudls
M.mcmillen
Fay Bea Torrey
Jesus
Pacific Garden Mission
Masonic Temple
Lookout
Parquet
First Balcony
Inday
Second Ny
Missionary
Poond
Randthaler
Decatur C E
Venona' Society
Johnson Myers
Johnson Myers, D Dict
Handel Hall
Peter Kilborn
Eneras
Pagic
Samuel Allows
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Scoffela
Carthage
Chicago religious rally outlines city reform and mission
The report covers CBE discussions led by John Willis Baer on evangelizing the world, Bible study, prayer, and reduced denominational quarrels. It notes a Chicago audience, Miss Nettie Becher leadership, Junior rallies with 900 girls, and a large concert by Bilhorn to fund the convention.
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Philharmonic
Chicago
CBE
John Willis Baer
Uni_ted society
John
Baer
Drew D Hillis
Missa Nettie Becher
Central Church of Christ
Masonic Temple
L. Baron
Patterson
Airs
Jessie Williams
John Ainswell
Allen Landreth
Nashville
Florence Patrick
Tenth Legion
Thomas Kane
H H Spooner
HW Fairbank
Hyde Park
Dar
Christ
First Baptist
Drpnaoe Son
Jerusalem
Convention notes praise dramatic sessions at Chicago meeting
The report details the Endeavorers convention with Dr Clark and Mr Landreth, noting powerful singing, a consecration led by HH Spooner, and a large crowd of about 10 000 delegates across 34 denominations. It highlights reports of converts, sightseeing access, and concerns about Sabbath desecration and liquor traffic.
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Bilborn
John Willis- Baer
Landreth
Nashville
Dixié
Bilhorn
de Clark
Boston
Cbairman
Clark
HH Spooner
Fraio
Eadensvorers
Chicago Union
Chicago
Rauks
Kansas City Papers Proposed as Textbooks in Schools
The Kansas City schools chief plans to use newspapers as textbooks arguing current events enrich learning. Proponents say newspapers mirror history as it unfolds and offer timely, informative material for students. Critics fear accuracy concerns, but supporters defend the value of real world context.
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Kansas City
Superintendent of Schools
Pittsburg Jail Inmates Produce Counterfeit Money
Local penitentiary convicts are alleged to have manufactured bogus half dollars with some entering circulation. The piece notes the jailbirds’ greed and cleverness, and contrasts it with academic shifts and violent student incidents, including a sophomore nearly slitting a freshman partygoer’s throat amid Hawkeye state tensions.
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Pittsburg
Mount Pleasant
Hawkeye
Kissing the Book Debate Sparks Oath Form Debate
A London Telegraph piece notes a trend toward the Scottish form of oath taking. Witnesses prefer raising the right hand and repeating the words, avoiding lip contact with the book, a change seen as easing religious and health concerns.
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London
Glasgow
Bailie
Bailie Nicol Jarvie
Feli a Woman by Her Purse and What It Reveals
A Chicago Times Herald note explains how a woman's pocketbook reflects her life. It cites businesswomen with receipts and cash, mothers with many unreceipted bills and samples, and young women keeping poems and talisman items like a shell purse coin and a luck card. A brunette woman later claims the purse.
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Chicago Times- Herald
State Street
Ree R
Hair as Shame and Trade in Corea's Society
Long hair signifies social disgrace or penance in Corea, while a growing commercial trade uses shaved heads to produce mats, blankets, harness, and even carpets. Natives operate hair factories around Seoul, turning penitential growths into valuable exports and linking customs to historic Persian rug fashions.
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Corea
Coreone
Seoul
Persia
Queen's approachable grace softens shy courtiers
An officer recalls how the queen dispels shyness with her warm, maternal demeanor. He notes her incomparable dignity yet gentle, homely presence that makes conversations with royalty feel natural and unawkward.
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England
Indian Wheat Crop Reports Point to Reduced Area
Central provinces indicate Wheat area 1,898,022 acres vs 2,714,454 in 1896. Estimated out turn 924,475 tons, up from 368,338 in 1896 and below the test year average of 784,802. Spain shows 3,000 annual sunshine hours, more than Germany or England.
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Indiana
Spain
Europe
Germany
England
The Passing of the Summer Girl A September Idyl
A reflective verse about the closing of summer and the summer girl. A hotelkeeper mourns departure as the season fades and plans collide with longing. The speaker contemplates future meetings and a holiday vow as winter nears. Samuel Parker.
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Ard
Antiere
Samuel Parker
Croup Quickly Cured By Noted Remedy
Mountain Glee Arkansas residents praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for rapid relief from croup in children. A testimonial from F A Thorton notes instant improvement and mentions sale by Dr Powell.
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Mountain Glee
Ark
F.A. Thorton
Powell
CURRENT JOTTINGS ON MARRIAGE AND SOCIETY
Witty observations on married life, gender roles, and social mores. Snippets lampooning husbands, wives, divorce, money, and habits, with light humor and social commentary. References to cigarettes, clothing discomfort, and the humor of domestic life appear alongside sly jibes at couples and expectations.
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Jaint
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