Letter From Africa Describes Missionaries Arrival at Kijabe
A letter from Hulda Stumpf, daughter of Mrs J B Stumpf of South Baventh Street, details arrival at Kijabe British East Africa after a long journey from Mombasa. She notes climate change, scenic views, and wildlife en route, plus daily life at the settlement where she will handle director Horbert's correspondence and the girls home under Mrs Myers.
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Mee
J. B.stumipt
Party of
Mission Workers
Stumpf
Africa
Nichon
Wios
Mothasana
America
Jolles
Mombasa
Kijabe
Me. Horbart
Welcome Visitor Sends Warm Subscription Salute
Rev J Milton Snyder of Clearville Pa renews his Progress subscription praising the paper for carrying all the news of Indiana county. Former pastor of Strongstown and Brushvalley Lutheran churches his duties have grown, now serving five congregations since leaving the county nearly three years ago.
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J. Milton Snyder
Clearville
the Progress
Indiana County
Snyder
Fashion and health notices from the era
The February issue of a women's magazine features fashion and home care advice including mourning etiquette stylish street and house wear midseason hats and graceful drawings A health notice warns of measles dangers with statistics for 1906 and emphasizes precautions and parental vigilance while detailing local health officer actions and placard notices against visiting infected homes.
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Yidea Woman's Magazine
Dixon
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Health Department
State Department of Health
Veteran subscriber helps another by gifting Progress year
T. C. Manners of Clarksburg has been a longtime Progress reader since January 1877. He renews his own subscription and gifts a year to another reader, keeping up the advance payment tradition.
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T. C. Manners
Clarksburg
The
Progress
Brave Boy Beaten by Burglar He Helped Catch
Clarence Schmertz, a Philadelphia student at Lehigh University, lies in critical condition after a burglar Schmertz helped trap last year attacked him in Bethlehem. The assailant, released from prison a month ago, reportedly promised to “get even” and beat Schmertz with fists and knuckles after luring him to his lodgings.
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Pan
Bethlehem
Clarence Schartz
Philadelphia
Leugh University
Schmertz
Mastern
Banker's Disappearance Solved by Skeleton Find
Skeleton found on the plains northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, confirms the disappearance of John M. Burgess who left last summer to establish a bank at Edmonton. Three months ago he said he would ride out and was never heard from again. Wolves had stripped the bones, with an empty rifle and five wolf carcasses nearby indicating a fatal struggle.
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Deadwood
Edmonton
Alberts Province
John M. Burgess
Burgess
Michigan Move Toward Prohibition Reported
Lansing January 25 an unanimous favorable report on a drastic prohibition proposal by the constitutional convention committee on corner affairs. A tale of taxed sugar and cake ornaments tied to wartime needs and a Venetian incident illustrates the era’s drive toward stricter controls.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Committee On Corer Affaire
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World
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