The Old World and Its Ways adventure book review
A review of The Old World and Its Ways, a 76 page illustrated volume from The Thompson Publishing Company, praising its engaging tour of civilizations across Asia and Europe. It recounts the Bryan family trip from Sept 21, 1905 to Sept 5, 1906, noting global spans and educational value for young readers.
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Cub
Japan
China
Philippines
India
Europe
Bryan
William J. Jr
Grace
Java
Arctic Circle
Norway
Home and kindness as daily creed in public letters
A collection of quotes and notes from Jefferson City Democrat Rala County Record and Farber Forum emphasize home as a realm of kindness and Christian virtue. The Jefferson City piece argues for peaceable behavior at home over cross words and urges acting kindly toward family, while other brief items cite reform talk and local recollections. A Hays City News reader asks meaning of per in business life, answered as earnings per month in various jobs.
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Tie Democrat
Jefferson City
Hays City News
Negro denied lodging at Waterloo hotel at conference
Congregational preacher Rev. A. L. DeMoon from Buxton Ia arrived for a conference but was refused admission by all hotels due to his race. He wandered Waterloo streets overnight before the local arrangements committee provided shelter. Possibility of damage suits against hotels is mentioned.
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Waterloo
A. L. DeMoon
Buxton
I.a
DeMood
Terrible accident at Bluff City shoe factory injures Miss Michaels
Miss Alice Michaels, of the stitching department, was nearly scalped by belting at the Bluff City shoe factory around 9:30 yesterday morning. She was taken to Levering Hospital where doctors Baskett Banks and Chowning treated and replaced her scalp. The report notes the severity and rapid medical response.
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Alice Michaels
Bluff Lity
Miss Michaels
Levering Hospital
Keeping young men in towns through local girls
A Quincy Herald note argues that retaining young men in small towns hinges on keeping the pretty girls nearby. It reports Mrs Jno Zelney and her daughter Elizabeth returning to Minneapolis after a cool climate here worsened Elizabeth's indisposition, blamed on the change in weather.
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Quincy Herald
Fayette Advertiser Promises Honest Steady Publishing
In a retrospective editorial the Fayette Advertiser argues that a newspaper seeking broad appeasement fails, while honesty fearlessness and sincerity in publishing win approval from fair minded readers.
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Fayette Advertiser
Stanley the Explorer Born as John Rowlands in Wales
The June Delineator reveals that Henry Morton Stanley, famed explorer who found Livingstone, was originally named John Rowlands. Born 1840 near Denbigh, Wales, he spent early years in a poorhouse, was adopted in New Orleans by a merchant, and later forged a remarkable career in the navy, war reporting, and Africa exploration.
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Stanley
John Rowlands
Denbigh
Wales
St. Asaph
America
New Orleans
Henry Morton Stanley
Henry M. Stanley, Jr
United States Navy
Turkey
Abyssinia
Africa
David Livingstone
Congo
Central College Fayette Commencement Invitation
An invitation announces the Central College Fayette commencement on Wednesday June 10 at 10 a m Clarence Edwin Rouge is among the Bachelor of Art graduates.
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Central College
Fayette
Clarence Edwin Rouge
The Enterprise praises a man of pride and character
The Perry Enterprise extols a man who thinks highly of himself and avoids dirty deeds, noting that as long as the world endures there will be people who mock others they dislike rather than help them.
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Enterprise
Perry Enterprise
Fisher Bryant nearly loses finger moving coal stove
Thursday while moving heavy coal stoves one stove slipped and almost tore the end of the third finger from F. M Bryant. The pair was so great that he promptly fainted.
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F. M Bryant
A Cleanser for Black Goods
A home remedy from The June Delineator advises buying five cents worth of borax and ten cents worth of camphor gum, dissolving in hot water, cooling, and bottling. To use, dilute with water and wash a black stocking to remove spots and grease and restore the fabric’s color.
Richest Man From Success Magazine Reflects True Wealth
A passage from Success Magazine extols wealth as non material. It celebrates those who enjoy landscape art science and literature through others access rather than ownership. It praises robust health cheerful resilience and a good name as real riches.
Paris Appeal Sparks Church Reform Call
A brief Paris appeal urges churches to abandon factional organizing and focus on the core duty of saving souls, emphasizing practical work over public campaigns. The message frames spiritual renewal as the central mission for congregations across the city.
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Salvation of
Soule
Paris Appeal
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Thompson Publishing Gumping
St. Louis
Subsqription
St. Louis Christian Advocate
Rala County
R N Gray
Monroe City
Nadine
Aince
Monroe
Farber Forum
Wm J. Stone
United States Senate
Missouri
Columbia Statesman
Denmark
Monroe City Saddle Stock Farm
Main Street
Gloster
Missouri Demark
Shelbina
Palmyra
Springfield
Ill
Sedalia
Dr. Mc Nutt
Dr. S. Maddox & Sons
Texas
Oklahoma
W. S. St, George
St. Louis. Mo
A. V. Miles
Brown
Jones Scheel
Chicago, R. F
F.&m. Telephone
Explorer
A. H. Green & Son
A. H. Green Feed, Wood
A. H. Green
Success Magazine
Jeffersonians
THE
Thomson, Ga
and Robert C. Lubins
Stenaselear
Thomas Hulse
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Imperial Octavoy
Col. Bryan
All Nations
Thompson Publishing Co
St. Lewis
Desens Corviiente &c
Fear
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