Recital and local notices amid a student concert crowd
A string of performances led by Miss Mary Taylor and Miss Loomis highlighted a school recital with solo acts by several pupils. The program included violin and piano numbers, a duet, and a final violin piece, while accompanying local society items note visitors and engagements across nearby towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Taylor
Paine ‘Ceulemer
Loomis
Mumnber
Trevor
Wagner
Frelsford
Muller
Jenelle Sian
Low James
Miss Loomis
Bole
Elizabeth Petech
Robin Sing
Childs
Spaulding
Miss Maurian Barnard
Gretchen Serenaile
Helos
Confidence game at railroad station ends in pursuit
In a Chicago News recount, Reuben, fresh from travel, encounters a swaggering stranger at a railway waiting room who claims to be a sharper. The con man offers a rolled fortune in exchange for Reuben’s money, boasting of easy profit, but collapses when challenged. Reuben pockets the cash and moves on, leaving the swindler dazed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Reuben
Jake Luscomt
Coffin Was a Back Number in Hallah Pa
Iwane Coffeen of Hallah, Pa. sold a coffin he made years ago not from need but at his wife’s insistence that it is out of date. Built of chestnut, the coffin was chosen for its homelike warmth, but he agreed to sell it to avoid family trouble while hoping his old coffin remains suitable for him if he does not die soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwane Coffeen
Hallah
Coffman
Groce
Abe
Dave
Immense labor to cast statue in plaster and bronze
A detailed account explains the lengthy process to create a statue. Plaster molds require 1,600 to 2,000 sand pieces, then mold reassembly, and a clay core trimmed a quarter inch each side. The core is recentered, bronze poured, and the mold removed to reveal the rough statue ready for finishing.
Why His Speech Was Strange How Ade teased tour guides in Arabic
A Baltimore observer recalls George Ade during winter festivities in Reypt. Fellow travelers with limited Arabic study mocked guides as if experts, while a St. Joseph woman laments communication with a bent, toothless guide. Ade respondingly quips that the fault lies with her choice of guides and age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ade
Reypt
Assoupn
St. Joseph
Ade
Disinfection of Blankets Near Impossible in Fever Cases
The article notes disinfection of woolen goods during infectious fevers is difficult. It cites blankets and clothing often damaged by sterilization, suggesting infective agents in specific fevers could also resist simple heat and electrolysis methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Hospital
Women Explorers Say Women Are Born Guides
Dr. Charles Shaw, a biologist, asserts seven of ten women are natural explorers. He has led women on challenging scientific treks through mountains and finds they seek companionship and aid while loving the wilderness, keeping them spiritually and physically vigorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shaw
Yigoroga
A Bum Affinity Exchange Sparks Conversation
A brief dialogue hints at a change in Gwendolin as friends note her affinity is no longer discussed. One friend asks what's wrong while another confirms her affinity provided a fake commercial rating. The exchange suggests a shift in perception or credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolin
Salesmen Abroad Must Speak Language and Local Taste
Engineering Magazine argues that effective salesmen abroad must know local language and idiom, and be conversant with customs. The South American buyer is deliberate and sensitive, valuing weather and local topics. A salesman who asks questions and builds rapport outsells boastful quick-talkers by far. Yankee drummers are criticized for neglecting cultural nuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineering
Amerieda Saldumn
America
Advances In Miseroscopy Revealing Microworlds Anew
The passage describes a high power lena lens six inches in diameter enabling a miseroscope to magnify a common house fly to enormous size. The device encloses the specimen in an open space within the field of observation, allowing movement and study in a large confines. It promises vast worlds of microworld life and potential discoveries beyond prior limits.
Byron's First Shoes In Putnam's The Lounger
The Lounger revisits Byron's first shoes, given to the author by the poet's nurse who wore them as a doll’s footwear. The narrator passed the heirloom to the Playera, trusting their care, and believes the shoes rest in a ginan case at 16 Gramercy Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Putnam‘s
Gramercy Park
Lighthouse Keeper Honored For Half Century Service
A Baltimore American excerpt praises a lighthouse keeper who has served fifty years and saved nearly twenty lives. The piece notes the public relief when recalling such devoted sacrifice amid a backdrop of human frailty and selfishness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da Letts
Halimore American
Clock of Straw Inventions Exhibit Mystery Clock
A clock of grandfather size nearly six feet tall made entirely of straw wheel components and gears is shown by Wagner of Etrasburg at Perlin’s Inventions Exhibition. He spent 15 years constructing this elephantine piece which keeps time but is expected to fail within two years under favorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Etrasburg
Perlin
Solitude Cures Crying Discussed by Women
A fragment shows women discussing crying and self cure in isolation. The speaker recalls crying in wartime and finding relief through a method described as handy eyelids. The passage emphasizes loneliness and the emotion of hearing one's own tears in solitude.
Mayview Elevator Tragedy and Local Notices
A worker fell from an elevator shaft sustaining fatal neck injuries. Funeral details await. sympathies extended to the family, Dessie and Walter White. Also advertised are a 20 acre fruit farm for sale near Lexington with 1000 trees, and a rural mail carrier Christmas thanks note. Jobs sought and road work ads conclude the item.
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Lexington Post Office
Farm For Sale On Columbus Road Near Lexington and Mayhew
Farm for sale on the Columbus road eight miles south of Lexington and three miles northwest of Mayhew. 1621 acres with outbuildings a young orchard good fences and everlasting water. Apply to C W Michell on premises or write to Chat M Stockton Carthare Mo 12 Mt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Edenview Church
Reinhard
Columbus Road
Lexingtooff
Mayhew
C, W. Michell
Chat
M. Stockton
Carthare
Uncalled Letters Advertised at Lexington Post Office
The following names remain uncalled for at Lexington post office on Saturday December 19 1907. W E Amos J L Alexander Mrs Mary Baker Mrs Anna Brown J R Barr Dr Eliott Converse Henry W Clark Eureka Trouser Co Roy Eley Mrs Anna Green C T Garner and Co Mrs Ida Gray Mr Logan Helen John Hess Miss Lillian Hane Alfred Hawkins William Irvin Mrs Mary Jusden Frederick Horog Dr Keley Miss Lacy Smith Arthur Stewart Miss Constance Ward Mrs Kate Walker Mrs Jame s Weill Co G T Weber A Wetaling Frank Wright When calling for these letters please say they were advertised Delia Crowder P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
W E
Amos
J.L. Alexander
Mary Baker
Anna Brown
J.R. Barr
Eliott Converse
Henry W. Clark
Eureka Trouser Co
Roy Eley
Anna Green
C.T. Garner & Co
Ida Gray
Logan Helen
John Hess
Lillian Hane
Alfred Hawkins
William Irvin
Mary Jusden
Fredrick Horog
Dr. Keley
Lacy Smith
Arthur Stewart
Constance Ward
Kate Walker
Jame
S Weill & Co
G.T. Weber
A. Wetaling
Frank Wright
Local residents make midweek visits to Kansas City and nearby towns
A string of local residents including Rev Meyer Henry Luchrman Albert James and Edwin, Prof and Mrs Patterson and Mary, LeRoy Farmer H F Kauffman W H Silver, Oscart Thomas, Gladys Virginia Winn Lee Meng, Clyde Halls, John Lockhart and the Lockhart sisters, Mary Young, Mrs RL Hughes and Mrs James Born, along with Br Stier visited or traveled to Kansas City Wellington Marshall Colony or nearby areas midweek for visits, funerals and social engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Meyer
Henry.Luchrman
Legaly
Taubman
Kansas City
Fred Miller
Bates City
This City
Albert James
Edwin
Mises Gladys
Virginia Winn
Lee Meng
Thunday
Clyde Halls
Kanes City
J. R. Hall
John Lockhart
Marty
Grace Lockhart
Wellington
Mary Young
Margaret Clayton
RL. Hughes
Bigeinsville
James
Stier
G. H. Stier
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Autuman
Edies
Din Mauka
Caprice
Frank Kyane
Lindsay Nv
Hee Gilsboe
Ena Meierer
Pattison
Misa Miarle
O “Piet
Ey ‘ Twee
Misees Tacyior
Gol Bolo
Alps
Sehualder
Tee
Eer Peank
Evans x
Lomas Ee
Esenenat
Bolos
Los
George Glisbee
Bolo
Aee
Ieee
Gottschalk
Helen Teubnert
Grieg
Henzelt
Jovepline
Teubner
Heence aKen
Chopin
McClure
Specia
Della Trail
F. L. Carter
Higginevile
Nathan Talbot
Mise Sallie Craig
Joplin
Teachers' Association
J. L. Golden
Kans
Joseph Scarlett
Reckinridge
Rb, Grimes
DP. Ruswell
Germene
May
Hansa
City
W. K. Fussell
Paulina
Kans City
Brlief
Mee
Linn
Robert ‘Utman
Willan = Haywood
Haywood
Frank
Coffin
Pennsylvania
Arother
South America
Mayview
Dessie
Ray
John W. White
Walter
Lafayette Kaur Geet
Nest& Allen
Ridge Bldg
Delia Crowder
P. M
E. G. Loomis
Main
Chas. Weber
Donile Weber's Store
J. Qo Plattenecrs
Leroy Farleg Wallace
Plattenburg Coal Company
CBO
T Vaughan
Tes
Court House
Farmer's Drug Store
City Seales
Farmer's Store
Stalling Bros. Bakery
Daniel Ruebel
Little Gem
Winkler Furniture Co
Vicinity
The
Gas Company
N. B, Payne, M.D
B. T, Payne, M.D
Physicians and Surgeons
P. D
Mhoald Conviare
Tre Clese—H Conte Eng
Crensbaw & Yous
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