Pastor Walker in Wilmette Faces Vote to Retain
The Rev William J Walker pastor of the Wilmette Congregational Church may resign after a March vote to decide whether to keep him amid controversy over calling Board of Trade operators sulilers and robbers He has led the church for three years and previously preached in Kansas City He is a University of Michigan and Andover Seminary graduate and later studied at Straussburg The Wilmette congregation is described as unprogressive and tense over the potential loss of its pastor
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Andover Seminary
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Unclear historic stamp design debate emerges in 1884 notes
Fragmentary text describes a figure named Soren and Chal mers of Dindles discussing a practical system for mixing withesiv squares of paper to envelopes. It notes critics warned that constant gum sticking could harm national health, reflecting public concerns over postal practices in that era.
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Sames
Married Without Vows The Herron Berghall Nuptials Noted
Miss Margaret Herron sister of Prof George Herron reportedly wed Dr Henry Verghall in Metuchen without a clergyman mirroring her brother’s nontraditional ceremony. Reports say the epideme among murres of the Pritlof islands spread last season with thousands of birds dying and birds near St Paul shores found weak and easy prey for children.
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George
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Henry V. Berghall
Metuehen
Miss Herron
Berghall
Carrie Rand
Metuchen
Pritlof Islands
St. Paul
Swiss President Zemp Leads Efficient Republic
President Zemp earns 3700 dollars yearly as head of the Helvetian republic. He is described as an able, level headed statesman in a carefully governed Switzerland. Like America, it avoids entangling alliances and maintains independence.
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Zemp
Helvetian Republic
Europe
America
The Speed of Snails In Florentine Snail Studies
Florentine experts in snail ology devised experiments to measure snail speed. Six mollusks crawled between two points ten feet apart while exact times were recorded. They concluded a snail would take fourteen days to travel a mile, converting results into feet per pace.
Tope K Receives Masses of Letters for the Pope
The pope receives a daily flood of letters and papers, averaging 22 000 to 23 000 items. Thirty five secretaries are kept busy handling the holy father's correspondence each day.
Scotch Plighting Stone in Canadian Museum Found
A genuine old Scotch plighting stone from Sutherlandshire is now in a Canadian museum. The stone bears the inscription Plighting Stone O Larry, Sutherlandshire, Scotland and was donated by a Scotsman living in Ontario. The engraved scene shows hands clasping as a pledge in love and business, a custom once common and thought to be of Druidal origin. Fine Arts in Philadelphia notes a new class enrollment on Feb 3 with rapid progress since joining.
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Canada
Larry
Sutherlandshire
Scotland
Ontario
Fine Arts
Philadelphia
Two Ambitious Chinamen Earn Fashioned Education
Two brothers, Jung John and Jung Fine, Chinese, used their money to pay for a course of instruction at the Academy of the.
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Jung John
Jung Fine
Academy of the
The Village Seethes in a Dark Revolt and Riot
A mob from Strasburg arrives at a peaceful village, led by Margot and the mayor, to purge conspirators. They ransack the château, plunder the interiors, and threaten murder as a boy contemplates martyrdom and the fate of Tante Amelie amid flames of revolution.
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Amelie
Suron
Tirana
Peice
The Fare on the Car and a Gentle Conductor
A woman with ten cents in savings boards a streetcar with bundles. She cannot pay the fare as the car is moving and the conductor, a gentleman, advances the fare out of his own pocket. She swallows the ten cents to avoid losing her place, while a rough passenger laughs. The conductor then pulls the register rope and passes on without charging.
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la Mee Margot
Jean Walther
Suzan
Pierre Dreisler
Walther
Old Luzon
Strashoung
Chiwil
Othever
Margot
Dreisler
Strasbourg
Citoyens
Queen Alexandra Fears Anarchists and Warily Plans Travel
Queen Alexandra grows anxious over anarchist threats and prefers seclusion at Norfolk but royal duty requires public appearances. Scotland Yard will deploy a special security detail and a telegraph telephone expert will accompany royal trains to summon aid if needed. The king remains less alarmed.
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Alexandra
Post Office
Scotland Yard
Royal
Norfolk
Mourning ad from Spanish journal notes jeweler’s death
The widow Veronique TLmage and her two daughters Hild and Emma announce the death of jeweler Siebald Illmaga. The funeral is set for tomorrow. The widow’s note adds that business continues at a new address after the landlord raised rent.
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Siebald Illmaga
Hild
Emma
Veronique Tl- Mage
P. S
Prohibition Spreads Through Georgia Counties
Georgia state law shows 187 counties with prohibition status, with 87 counties reported as absolutely dry. The numbers indicate widespread temperance enforcement across multiple regions within the state.
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