Board of Control battles Supreme Secretary in Tipton
A Tipton session of the M. G. A. Board of Control ratified actions of Supreme President Hanley and asserted power to sue and hire legal help. The debate targets Supreme Secretary Elliott with an injunction case and scrutiny of expenses. The page notes staff salaries, expenses, and internal tensions within the order amid broader tariff discussions and medical ads.
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Cedar County
M. G.A. “Board of Control
Board of Directors
Tipton
Supreme Secretary’s
Supreme
Hanley
M. B. A. “Board of Control
Elliott
Kansas City Supreme Convention
M. B. A. ‘Board of Control
Grand Lodge
Board of Control
Eliott
Elliot
Hilcott
Wyant
Coutts
Beatty
Kansas City
Fiee
Wyatt
Supreme Secretary
Lodge
Filioti
Jas
Maudeysli
Munth
An Instance About the Tariff
The Minneapolis Journal notes farmers in the northwest report strong profits from flax sales this year. It cites liberal acreages and high prices for even poor quality flax, and asks why such prices were achievable.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Free school books aid Deadwood students
Deadwood adopts a free school book system in which a rental fee from 20 cents to 1 dollar per year is charged by grade. The board of education borrowed funds to buy the books, with grants expected to cover interest and principal, allowing students who cannot pay to use the books at no charge.
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Deadwood
Baucellon Purchas
Board of Education
Universal
Golconda
Crofcot
M. Quapb
State to appoint prison chaplain from American Volunteer Army
Rev C M Daley proposes a state funded prison chaplain at Sioux Falls for the penitentiary. He urges a non denominational appointee from the American Volunteer army, recommended by Maud Ballington Booth, to avoid politics. Also mention of One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy for coughs and lung troubles.
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Huron
C. M. Daley
South Dakota
S. H. Seallin
Degree of Honor Officers Election Result
The annual Degree of Honor officers election produced Chief of Honor Mrs. Josephine Colvin and Lady of Honor Mrs. Ida Grace. Other posts filled include Chief of Ceremony Mrs. Ellen Snow and Recorder Miss Mary Liko. Installation planned for early January with possible joint ceremony with the Workmen.
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Josephine Colvin
Ida Grace
Ellen Snow
Mary Liko
Maggie Hough
Anna Barnard
Nina Grace
Emily Kings
Otto Fish
Hulda Stowell
Della M. Stair
B. A. Bobb
Election of Officers at Odd Fellows Encampment
At the regular meeting Monday night the following officers were elected for the ensuing term Chief Patriarch S. B. Spink Senior Warden M. E. Orrell Junior Warden Chas Mason Scribe N. J. Neilsen High Priest W. J. Bennet Trustee W. N. Hollands Treasurer Nels Jensen
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Odd Fellows
S. B. Spink
M. E. Orrell
Chas. Mason
N. J. Neilsen
W. J. Bennet
W. N. Hollands
Nels Jensen
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Liver Pills Claim
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as dainty pills that cleanse the liver remove obstructions and invigorate the system. It is signed by S H Soal lin.
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DeWitt
S. H. Soallin
Bears in the Ravine Guide Zeb to Whisky Scare
Zeb White recalls feral bears attracted to his moonshine in Tennessee. A thirsty bear pair follow a jug, drink, and spar with revenue men, prompting a scramble. The bears later abandon liquor after a rough night, leaving Zeb free to continue his illicit operation with caution.
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Zeb White
Zeb
C. B. Lewis
Tennessee
Tematashun
Carl Dunders Sayings A Wholesome Fun and Philosophy
Comic monologue sketches a German American firebrand with folksy wisdom and money woes. The piece lampoons pickpockets, debt, politics, and social hypocrisy through humorous mispronunciations and exaggerated dialect, ending with a signature line by M. Quan.
Fragmentary Riff of Rural Talk Seethes at Homefront
An incomplete spoken fragment recounts a tense moment at home with a woman chiding Zeb White and a speaker named M. Quan. The narrator recalls a drink incident and a vow to avoid con juice, while a sharp taunt about brains of a bear ends the snippet.
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Zeb White
M. Quan
Nerviest act of courage cited by Kansas man
A Kansas man lauds Lieutenant Jones of the marines who faced John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Jones read the riot act under heavy fire, his voice steady as rifle fire masked by the armory walls. The account cites admiration from a Marine company comrade in the Kansas Journal.
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Jones
Kansas
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Robert E. Lee
Brown
Kansas Journal
The Grand Schemer Major Crofoot’s Fishball Scam
Major Crofoot welcomes a tailor’s $11 debt with a bold pitch for Universal Fishball Co. He offers the man a high paying vice presidency and stock, claiming to turn a tiny loan into a national food empire while ignoring the unpaid bill. The tailor protests as Crofoot schemes to fund his venture with the debt.
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Ard
Major Crofoot
Man of the Shears
Universal Fishball Company
C. B. Lewis
George
Major Crofcot
America
United States
Europe
Prince of Wales
France
Germany
Mountain Air Health Benefits Explained By Higher Altitudes
The Louisville Dispatch notes mountain air is not richer in oxygen but is essentially cleaner and sterilized at high elevations. It cites Chicago pollution and forest volatile traces as impurities while explaining essential oil traces likely aid some health claims but vanish with altitude.
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Pike's Peak
Ocean
Chicago
Louisville Dispatch
Napoleon's 1797 Venice Campanile Ride to Signal Surrender
Napoleon climbed Venice's St Mark's Campanile on May 16 1797 riding horseback to give the signal for the city’s surrender. The feat added to his many renowned actions and demonstrated his bold leadership during the campaign.
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Napoleon
St. Mark's
Venice
Kindred Spirits and Odd Dialogues in Chicago News Snippet
A fragment from the Chicago News notes a dialogue about lighting a fire with kerosene and fueling a car with gasoline. It also mentions European royal palaces employing private police and gives a brief remark on prizefighter ages.
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Chicago News
Europe
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