Tax rate unchanged as Citizens Bank wins city funds bid
City council keeps tax rate at 1.7 percent for 7 per thousand assessed value. Finance committee outlines budget items from state and county taxes to salaries, printing, and contingencies. Citizens Bank chosen as city funds depository with a 2 percent daily balance return. First National offered 1 percent. no bids from Commercial and Savings Bank.
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Sopa
Kh Fire Alum Syhlomd
Ccce
Citizens Bank
First National Bank
Commercial and Savings Hall
Tax Levy Adopted and Street Names Revised in City Council
The city council, in a brief session Tuesday, adopted the finance committee’s report setting the tax rate at 17 mills. Bills approved include Evan South sand and gravel 63.95, Kundert Bros hardware 40.53, Hoesly Grinnell 3.75, and Chas Meythaler 0.90. A saloon license was granted to John Blanzmann. The clerk was authorized to estimate costs for publishing ordinances in pamphlet form. A special committee proposed naming and extension of streets, with several new names adopted such as Rusk Water Street, York Street, Clay Street, Cornelius Road, Pond Gate Street, Evans Street, Garden Street, and South Avenue, all in the city’s east-neat area.
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Sesson
Evan South
Kundert Bros
Hoesly
Grinnell
Chas
Meythaler
Robert ‘Kohli
John Blanzmann
Fr. Kinsler
Wood Astreet
Hoard Street
Rusk Street
Pliant
Milwaukee Road
Pond Street
Austin
Evans Street
West Street
Garden Street
East Street
South
Monroe
South Avenue
Evangelist Scoville Tops Converts Across Regions
Rev Charles Reign Scoville of Chicago reports a record year with 4800 converts, including 1261 in Anderson and about 1400 in Indianapolis. Converts spread to Connersville New York City Long Branch San Bernardino Cyl Atchison Monroe Sullivan. He now leads a 9 revival in Indianapolis aiming to fund an institutional church. Sunday Breaks Record at Kewanee Evangelist W A Sunday of Chicago reports 2763 conversions, setting a national mark. Burlington Iowa previously held the record with 2485 in 1905. local aldermen and lodge officers joined the surge. A college professor's coeducation dilemma stirs debate as a dean quips on attention and value.
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Charles Reign Scoville
Chicago
Indiana
Anderson
Indianapolis
Connersville
Ind
New York City
Long Branch
San Bernardino
Atchison
Kan
Monroe
Wis
Sullivan
Ill
Scoville
W. A. Sunday
Kewanee
United States
Burlington
Iowa
Muscles and tendons explain human leverage in limbs
The text explains that many muscles are distant from their acting point and connected by tendons to reduce mass in the hands and feet. It argues this arrangement is a natural convenience to prevent excessive size and weight, which would hinder usefulness if muscle power were concentrated in the hands or feet.
Mirabeau's Trumpet Voice Strikes Awe in Rhetoric
Mirabeau's speaking manner is described as a trumpet like voice that commands attention. His raised unaided threats and denunciations create a fearful impression, amplified by his striking personal appearance and emphatic head movements.
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Mirabendu
Mirabeau
Girl Slaves In China Reworked Viewpoints On Bondage
A native writer in a Chinese publication portrays female bondage where a girl becomes her owner’s property, loses freeborn rights, and endures labor without compensation. She cannot seek redress against tyranny, may be resold or abandoned, and remains a tool until sold again or death ends her servitude.
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China
Scar treatment with borax and acids outlined
To Curé Scars Soave are often very ugly things and disagreeable marks on the skin. A big scar may not be removable once fibrous tissue forms but applying a recipe daily can improve small scars and blemishes. Mix borax one and a half ounces salicylic acid twelve grains glycerin three drams rosewater six ounces.
Incoherent Philadelphia Ledger fragment notes a druggist
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment quotes a shopper complaining about a druggist, alleging hypocrisy as the man left a drug store after a brief exchange about a two cent stamp. The passage is fragmentary and lacks broader context or identifiable individuals.
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Incheon
Jim
Philadelphia. Ledger
Do you believe to warrying a girl for her money
A quote from the Cleveland Leader questions viewing women as a path to money. The fragment suggests a cynical remark that money may drive manipulation, framed as a wartime or urban rumor. The text shows dated, provocative language reflecting gender and social attitudes of the era.
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Cieveland
Secret confession and railway plans loom in Milwaukee region
In a terse exchange a woman asks Clara if a confession was made to a police official. Meanwhile in New Holland elaborate face patterns are described in a cautious crafting scene. Joe Land departs for Oglesby to lead workers grading a spur-track for the Milwaukee Road railroad project.
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Joe Land
Oglesby
Milwaukee Road
Deaf professor marries touring companion in romance
Donald Hibbard, a young deaf mutes professor, travels Europe with Maurice Dexter. Amid sign language and a budding romance, Hibbard proposes in Chamounix and is later offered a Boston post by a deaf institution founder who turns out to be his former love. The president resigns to marry him, her wealth funding the school.
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Donald Hibbard
College For
Maurice Dexter
Europe
Atch
Hibbard
Dexter
Switzerland
Italy
Chamounix
Alps
America
Hin
Autfer
New York
Cha
Albany
Indy
Boston
Hbbard
U Hibbard
Eleanor Jerrold
Ladies Cremona Orchestra at Turner Opera House
The Cincinnati Ladies' Cremona orchestra travels to Turner Opera House for Friday evening December 7 with tickets on sale Thursday and Friday. Reviews from Racine News and St Paul Dispatch praise the ensemble as highly skilled and entertaining with Mrs Jessie Baldwin Brockhaven leading a capable group and Mr George H Madison on bass.
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Ladies’ Cremona Orchestra
Turner Opera House
Racine News
St. Rose Hall
Cincinnati Cremona Orchestra
St. Paul Dispatch
Cincinnati Ladies’ Orchestra
Jessie Baldwin Brockhaven
Jeader
George H. Madison
School Fires Debate at Rock y County Convention
Rural district teachers debated duties at Janesville meeting. Some argued teachers should handle fires and janitor tasks. one tale cited a fire caused by ignorance. Miss Fessenden of Evanaville countered that teaching time suffers when juggling stove duties.
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Iires
Janesville
Fessenden
Evanaville
Widow Lands Theater Job In Odd Caretaker Role
A Tycoun servant’s widow sought work at a theater. After a debate about openings, Loveday and Irving assign her to supervise the two women already in charge of the theater eats, and she is hired onto the permanent staff.
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Loveday
Irving
Judgments and Interstate Recognition Under the Constitution
The text explains that if a judgment creditor pursues a debtor who moves to another state, the creditor can sue on the judgment in the debtor’s new residence by filing a certified copy of the original judgment and executions issued. This aligns with the U S Constitution requiring full faith and credit to acts and judicial proceedings of another state.
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Iman
Hig Pen
United States
Wonderful child Zerah Colburn remembered numbers
The young prodigy exhibited extraordinary mental calculation ability. He performed rapid arithmetic operations on large figures without paper, including addition subtraction multiplication and division. When asked to compute twenty to the sixteenth power he quickly answered The answer is 281, AT4,976, 710,058.
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Zerah Colburn
Rapid Growth Fires Prompt Western Progress Talk
In Chicago Toaquin Mier, interviewed by a newspaper as he spoke of Western progress, faced a reporter's interruption with questions about numerous city considerations out west. The Sierras poet quipped that “Our fires are caused by the friction of rapid growth,” while an Expert mused on Bliss Lumber and an electrician’s rejection.
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Toaquin Mier
Chicago
Hlu
Sierras
Stroke Strikes Mrs. Lydia Stuart in Brodhead
Mrs Lydia Stuart of Brodhead suffered a stroke on Friday morning. Found on the floor she was initially thought dead, aid arrived, she was resuscitated but remains unconscious with limited hope of recovery. Also listed for sale items by W B Shafer including wood, stoves, and other wares with contact phone 202.
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Lydia Stuart
Brodhead
Freeport Attends Afternoon Trail Show
Agt Lamb and Hodges travel to Chicaza for the fat stock show as Freeport activities shift to the afternoon.
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Freeport
Lamb
Hodges
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