Duty of the Church explores duty to labor and capital
J W Atkinson spoke at Second Congregational Church on the church’s role amid capital and labor tensions. He urged the church to bind society with Christian principles, enter where wrong occurs, and support civic duty over personal gain, amid a broader debate on wealth and ownership.
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Dispatch
W. Atkinson
Second Congregational Church
Atkinson
Roach
Church
Brotherhood of
Omiat
Thas Tei
Omaha
Married at Canton Announces Albert Asplund and Anna Nelson
A Canton Ohio announcement reveals Albert Asplund of Western Union Telegraph Co and Anna Nelson formerly of Langbehn's confectionery store wed. Nelson had left the city weeks prior, destination unknown, while Asplund is a longtime local worker. The couple have not chosen a home yet.
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Canton
Ohio
Albert Asplund
Western Union Telegraph Co
Anna Nelson
Langbehn
Nelson
Mr. Aspland
Plambeck & Berglund’s
Peal House
Hotel Windsor
Senator Cantor Tells Amusing Daf fy Mulcahy Tale
An Irish Penaghle story recounted by Senator Cantor with humor about Daffy and Mulcahy and a glimpse of New York Assembly proceedings. The piece sketches party leaders clinging to power amid amid public scrutiny and old political habits.
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Cantor
Daffy and
Mulcahy
Bodoy
Ted
Mbeki
Brett
Wwe
Youn Journal
Spokane to San Diego linked by world’s longest line
Spokane will become the terminus of the longest telephone line, connecting to San Diego Cal a distance of seventeen hundred miles. Workmen are filling the gap between Foucene and Redding Cal. once complete the line will surpass the Boston and Omaha line by about eighty miles.
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Spokane
San Diego
San Dero
Cal
Foucene
Redding
Boston
Omaha
Minneapolis Journal
Women Employed in German Industries Noted in Census
The report lists women working in various sectors across Germany including chin mex sweeps plateia bus tithes brass and bell formideds Wippa pastors opper smths farriers and nailers Credo ding girl moisons Brone cutters and marble slate quarries as well as sewers and playing houses.
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Germany
Moisons
Great Fires Compared by Acreage and Cost
A garbled 19th century note compares costly urban blazes. It cites London burning several hundred acres with extensive property loss and 1872 Boston fires destroying many acres at high value per acre. The text estimates today’s cost would approach large sums, illustrating fire damage intensity.
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Loon
Lodon
Boston
Verve
Typographical Errors Spur Tiff Over Proof Reader
A comic exchange shows a foreman criticizing a reader for tampering with the print while an executive jokes about firing him. The dialogue lampoons sloppy proofreading and suggests a brewery or corn juice joke in a newspaper context.
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Eqstor
Empress Reconsiders Villa Achilleion in Corfu
The Empress of Austria has grown displeased with the Villa Achilleion in Corfu and has ordered the removal of all furnishings and art, including the large dying Achilles statue, to Vienna.
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Austria
Achilleion
Corfu
Achilles
Imperial Palace
Vienna
Very Much So Rome antic quip on Italian roads
A traveler recalls children along Italian roads performing somersaults in hopes of gaining coins, and another agrees noting the scene as very Rome antic. The exchange appears in Up to Date.
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Italy
Rome
Bacteria Harmful Properties Debated Over Numbers
A discussion notes that numbers alone do not determine danger in fluids or foods. The focus is on the bacteria's characteristics and how they were introduced to assess risk and harm.
Large Magnets Aid Steel Shop Transfers
Electro magnets capable of lifting five tons are used by an Illinois steel company to move steel beams or plates within the shop, easing intra plant transfers.
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Illinois Steel Company
Misdirected Photo Plans Highlight Quiet Exchange
A brief dialogue shows a tense moment as one person questions another about taking a good photograph while the other pledges to keep their own image securely guarded, suggesting themes of privacy and control.
Railroad Crossing Accident Injures Man near Thirteenth Street
Hanson, a delivery clerk for Bailey & Beardsley, was struck by a switch engine on a snow covered crossing near Thirteenth Street. He suffered a broken rib, shoulder bruise, and internal injuries that make breathing difficult. he was treated at home before a doctor arrived.
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Thirteenth Street
Qlof Hanson
Munson
Third Street
Bo& Q
Beida
Hanson
Bailey & Beardsley Wholesale Lypoor House of Rock Tstiundas
Moline
Third Avenue
Hiinsan
Geome
Tran
Buster
Ant of Agassiz Association Returns Home
H. H Batlard president of the Agassiz association captured a ant near its hill boxed it and moved it 160 feet away. The insect seemed bewildered then climbed a sand ridge raised its body waved its antennae and set off in a straight line back toward its home.
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Agassiz Association
H. H Batlard
Pittsburg Considers Giant Statue Along Allegheny River
City leaders mull a large river statue as a symbol of iron industry. One design features Lat Gl Caln, first smith, to honor Pittsburg and its steel heritage, rivaling New York’s Liberty monument.
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Pittsburg
New York Harbor
Allegheny River
Buttsburg
Rising cheap eats spark citywide coffee stands
A new network of one cent coffee and lunch stands for powerboys and hootlacks opens under a young hustler who once sold papers. The first stand started this week on the Bowery and a dozen more are expected within a week in various city locations.
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Bowery
New York Letter
Pittsburg
Mad chance gaps for single men versus married men aged 24 to 65
Statistics show single men aged 24 to 25 are five and a half times more likely to go mad than married men. The gap persists with single men aged 39 to 65, where the risk remains much higher than for married men.
X rays cause dangerous heart palpitation in experiments
MM Beguy and Quenisset report that X rays induced violent unendurable heart palpitations in medical students and themselves. The effects ceased only when rays were blocked by a metallic plate, according to their experiments.
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MM. G Beguy
Quenisset
The Modern Shark Notable Size and Teeth Report
A historical note describes ancient sharks as ferocious giants reaching 70 feet in length. It cites teeth found measuring up to five inches, while modern sharks show teeth around one and a half inches.
Waiter Inquiries About Son’s City Move
Mr Harix asks if the son has sent word since moving to the city. Mr Oatbin says the son writes he is making rapid progress and has secured a position in a large foundry, a hash foundry.
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Harix
Oatbin
Elopement Sparks Dismissive Banter About Actress Wife
Tom and Jack debate the actress spouse’s marital history. Jack assumes she has prior divorces, while Tom confirms this is her first marriage. The exchange highlights skepticism over the fiancé’s status and the notion of her acting career.
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Tom—Young
Parker
Jack
Tom
Columbus Mistake Lesson From a New York Weekly
A humorous classroom exchange shows a teacher correcting a student who believes Columbus discovered India. The class answers that he thought he had found India because the inhabitants were called Indians.
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Columbus
Columuus
India
New York Weekly
Fragments Sip de Christian Faith Cure Dialogue
Fragmentary OCR shows a brief exchange where Smith asks about belief in Christian faith cure and Janes replies in a clipped, partial line. The text is incomplete and lacks full context.
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Smith
Janes
Knights of Pythias elect uniform rank officers
The Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias held its nonual election Friday evening. Elected were Captain Edward Aittilsen First Lieutenant L F Cralle Second Lieutenant Dr W L Straw Recorder C P Shinner Treasurer M D Rosenfield. Appointed officers include Guard First Sergeant George Hutchinson Sentinel Second Sergeant Hep Martin Color Sergeant R B Watt. Also commissioned were Adjutant on Major Jordan's staff and Commissary Sergeant George Bausch of the Second battalion Fifth regiment.
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K. of P.’s
Edward Aittilsen
L F. Cralle
W. L. Straw
CP. Shinner
M. DD Rosenfield
George Hutchinson
Sentinel
H Hep Martin
R B. Watt
Wesley P
Supposed Murderer Held at Police Station in Mattoon Case
A station lodger named Thomas Wilson, lodging at the Keokuk police station, is identified by officers as the possible murderer of Minnie Taylor of Mattoon on Nov 17 1897. The description matches a 22 year old 5 foot 6 inch, 140 pound man with dark brown hair. Police hold him pending Mattoon authorities’ reply.
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Minnie Taylor
Mattoon
Thomas Wilson
Frank Smith
Caught While Herding in Colorado
A Chicago Chronicle obituary style anecdote profiles William Clement of Freeport who moved west as a cowboy in Colorado, later mining, and suffered liver and kidney trouble. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health after trials with Hot Springs, Arkansas, and misfortune. The notice promotes these pills through testimonials.
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William Clement
Freeport
Ilinow
Reed, Welsh & Lange
Clement
Colorado
Plains
Arkansas
Cris Mer
Willianty
Ir. Walliams
Clamont
Wiams
Williams’ Medicine Company
Scheenectady, N.Y
Lincoln City’s swift growth under Mayor Drake’s leadership
The article lauds Lincoln Middlesex Co New Jersey as a rapidly rising town now boasting a sewerage system electric lights trolley cars tele phones and a water plant. It credits Mayor Drake with decisive results and notes Paine s celery compound as helping him manage relentless workload and sleeplessness.
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United States
Lincoln
Drake
Paine
Middlesex Co
N. J
Silas D. Drake
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