Miss Perkins Alive After Grave Falsely Declared Dead
In Middleboro Massachusetts Marian Grace Perkins returned home alive after a nationwide scare. Her fiancé Charles Bourne stood by as news spread that a dismembered body found in a pond was hers. Police and relatives were stunned by the dramatic reversal as undertakers prepared to move the supposed remains.
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Middleboro
Mass
Bridgeport
Yellow Mill Pond
Marian Grace Perkins
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Charles Bourne
Illinois to be christened with champagne despite temperance protest
Springfield Alabama September 20 Governor Tanner writes to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union defending the christening of the battleship Illinois with wine. He says the ceremony is lawful and honors a sacred rite, and would personally prefer Tilinots christened per time honored custom.
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Springfield
Tanner
Illinois
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Incompetent Surgeons Charge Plural Faults in Army Hospitals
Cincinnati report quotes Surgeon General Sternberg saying wartime army hospitals had flaws. He cites 500 state governor appointments, political pulls, and many incompetent appointees. He notes contracts with top surgeons were used but sanitary rules and management were weak.
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Cincinnati
Sternberg
United States Army
Dorpitals
United States
Cuban agitation for independence and Spanish troop relief
In Havana on September 16 Cubans push for absolute independence while urging Spanish residents to join. Manifestoes warn annexation or an American protectorate would end trade with Spain in years. Madrid reports September 20 that Gen Correa orders relief for West Indian troops with priority for the sick and the return of war archives and material to Spain.
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Havana
Spain
Madrid
Correa
West Indies
Cuba
Porto Rico
Costly War Saved by Low-Cost Ammunition in War
The article notes American squadrons spent under 150000 dollars on ammunition in the war, with about 100000 dollars used at Santiago and only ~7000 dollars for Dewey’s victory. It also reports contracts for three new battleships to Cramps, Newport News, and Union Iron Works. Each ship is 12500 tons with 2000 ton coal capacity and speeds up to 18 to 19 knots.
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Washington
Santiago
Dewey
Cramps
Newport News Ship Huilding Company
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Faulkner Succeeds Gray on Canadian Commission
Washington Sept 20 Senator J. Faulkner of West Virginia was appointed to the Canadian commission seat vacated by Senator Gray who moved to the Paris peace commission. Republicans nominate a Negro Perry Ok Sept 19 L F Norris colored chosen for the Fifth legislative district legislature seat.
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Faulkner
Gray
Washington
J. Faulkner
West Virginia
Paris
Hepublicans
Perry
L F. Norris
Stillwater
The Girlhood of Yesterday and the New Girl
Carrie E Garrett in Woman's Home Companion contrasts Arabella the old fashioned, modest ideal with the modern incessantly witty girl. It laments lost virtues and urges revival of restraint, modesty, and genuine character over flashy charm and constant self display.
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Arabella
Arabea
Carrie E. Garrett
The Girl and Her College Opinion Piece
Edward W. Bok argues in Ladies Home Journal that college training equips women for domestic life, building discipline and planning skills while offering mental refreshment. He notes domestic courses add practical value and that college is beneficial if feasible, but not essential, urging home life for those unable to attend. Then a brief joke and a military note: a teacher asks a six year old her age, and Gen Lawton reports most Spanish prisoners shipped from Santiago to Spain.
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Edward W. Bok
Ladies Home Journal
Hight
Washington
Lawton
War Department
Santiago
Spain
Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
Obituary for Emma B Morgan nee Oliver 1898 death
Emma B. Morgan aged 25 died September 7 1898 after long illness. She bore pain with patience and requested a dying message saying she would meet all in heaven. Survived by husband and family. laid to rest at Camp Ground cemetery with services by Rev. T. B. Phelps. Burial at Camp Ground.
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Emma B. Morgan
Oliver
Old Camp Ground
T. B. Phelps
Paradise
Rocky, Ark
Sept
Local rural notes on crops and church events
The letter notes gown rams and turnips fine, sweet potatoes good, and farmers busy picking cotton and gathering corn. It mentions Mrs Dodd and Miss Evie Fish ill with typhoid, a poorly attended Dallas cemetery work, improvement in agriculture, the Baptist association meeting at Corinth next Friday, and a Sunday school convention on the first Wednesday in October.
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Dallas
Baptist Association
Corinth
Strayed mules and farm ad from Acorn Arkansas
Five mules strayed from a farm at Acorn Arkansas. A black horse mule fifteen hands high and a bay mare mule fourteen and a half hands high. A ten dollar reward for return. The owner is L E Axor of Acorn. Details describe a farm of eighty one and a half acres with good land and water. Contact Stucky Bros Mena Arkansas. Also local ad for vegetables fruit butter corn meal and photography services. Submitted September 5.
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Acorn
Stucky Bros
Mena
Ark
Wanted Agents Across Towns For Post-Dispatch
The Post-Dispatch seeks agents in hamlets villages towns and cities. This is a lifetime opportunity to build a profitable business with support from leading citizens. The paper is in great demand a member of the Associated Press with war correspondents and fleets in Pacific and Cuban waters. Mail only 60 cents a month write for particulars to The Post-Dispatch St Louis Mo.
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The
Post-Dispatch
Associated Press
St. Louis
Post- Dispatch
Pacific
Cuban
Post—Disrarcn
Frisco Line through cars to Missouri Kansas Arkansas Texas
The St. Louis & San Francisco rail offers direct through car service to Southwest Missouri Southern Kansas Arkansas Indian Territory and Texas with double daily vestibuled trains free reclining chair cars observation and drawing room sleepers and Harvey dining halls. Inquiries to BL Wincuenn Genl Pass Agt St Louis Mo.
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Frisco
St. Louis
San Francisco
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Harvey
Wincuenn
For Sale or Trade 120 Acre Grannis Area Land Offer
For Sale or Trade a tract of 120 acres near Grannis one mile from railroad includes a house and barn with thirty acres in cultivation. Very timbered and watered and one mile from saw mill. Will sell or trade for a small tract near Mena. Apply at Star office.
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Grannis
Mena
Star Office
Bargain land with house near depot listed for £300
A 10 acre tract with a two room house and an excellent spring of water lies within one mile of the depot and can be bought for £300. Apply at the Star office. Reading among ads mentions Joplin Monarch Vane Calvert and Mena Paint and Paper Company mixed paints from Jackson Drew Co.
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Star Office
Joplin
Monarch
Vane
Calvert and
Mena
Coompany
Jackson Drea Co
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Ger. Tanner
Army Campa
Pupi
L, E
Axor
J. W. Bankston Photo Co
the Picturemen
Arkansaw Store
People’s Bargain Store
LL Brown
Arlington
East Mena Street
R. M. Watters
C. E. Hope
Seeven
Pec
Alpine Safe & Cycle CO
Green & Lewis’ Store
W. G Jos
Geo. W. Knowlton
N. M. Roach’s ‘Sherwood
Frieght
Ett . Avenue
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