Holy Jumpers of Weston Arouse New York as Co op Faith
A New Jersey farm community near Weston known as Zarephath or Holy Jumpers practices communal living under the Pentecostal Union led by Alma White. They rely on prayer and anointing oil for healing, ban meat and fish without scales, and train children in devotional dances, with missions across several states.
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New York
New Jersey
Somerset County Insane Asylum
Weston
Reading
Bound Brook
Elijah” Dowie
Broadway
Brother Harman
Waal
Ket
Alma White
Denver
The
Methodist Church
Pentecostal Union
Pillar of Fire
Wesley
White
David
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Brook Farm
Zarephath
Bridwell
Purple Woman
Babylon
Paterson
Newark
New Brunswick
Somerville
Philadelphia
William C. Long
Somerset County
Long
Glenn Plank
Our Noble Bird the Turkey and Its Rise in Farms
The article extols the turkey as America's premier farm bird noting wild turkeys surpass domestic varieties in vigor and appearance. Rhode Island leads in quality with potential to raise the national value if mirrored elsewhere. It traces breeding progress toward standard bred stock, warns against inbreeding, and highlights turkeys’ cost-free feeding on bugs and grain during growing months.
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Rhode Island
United States
A Gliding Boat by Levasseur and Levi in Paris
The gliding boat uses a light pointed main section connected to a two foot woo platform and a 30 foot tail. A 50 horsepower Antoinette eight cylinder motor powers a shaft to the tail propeller. In calm water the craft glides rapidly with the forward end lifted by the propeller, offering advantages over traditional boats.
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Paris
Levasseur and Levi
Business Appreciation
A speaker notes Levi as a potential suitor for Rosa, praising him as a strong businessman. The speaker recalls a prior money repayment dispute over goods, suggesting Levi could claim Rosa if he desires.
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Hirsch
Levi
Rosa
Nineteen Hour Days by Birds in Summer
A nature student notes birds work long summer days to feed young. The thrush begins at 2 30, works until 9 30, about 19 hours, feeding fledglings 206 times. The blackbird starts at 2 30, stops at 7 30, about 17 hours, delivering about 100 meals. The titmouse rises by 3, feeds its young around 417 times, and stops at 9. The piece highlights birds’ industrious feeding batches.
Senator Pettus Forty Niner Read Bible Shakespeare Burns
The late Senator Pettus of Alabama traveled to California as a Forty-niner and carried three books the Bible Shakespeare and Burns poems He said he read the Bible from cover to cover learned much by heart and kept up Burns and Shakespeare in the same way This reading was a profitable education during the mining journey
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Senator Pettus
Alabama
California
Burns
Goshawks Change Plumage and Eye Color Through Growth
Forest and Stream notes a young goshawk tucked with white down and pale blue eyes. It traces the bird’s development from pale blue eyes to dark brown upper plumage and pale yellow eyes, then through straw to pink hues before settling on the deep red adult eye.
Long Overdue
A witty exchange between a very young man and an old resident ends with a grim observation. The elder answers that true happiness will arrive when people stop asking foolish questions, underscoring a sharp critique of curiosity.
Implied Confessions Between Lovers in Verner Household
In a hushed exchange Miss Verner and her sister discuss Mr. Timmid’s possible phone call. Miss Verner fears the call may carry a confession of love, while her sister dismisses the notion as obvious.
Fond du Lac Lines Water Pipe From Lake Winnebago
Fond du Lac will source city water from Lake Winnebago via a gravity fed pipe about one mile long ending in a reservoir. The $20,000 project aims to steady supply for factories and enable future fire protection for the business district, a move prompted by prior water shortages affecting local tanneries and causing the Rueping Leather Co to shift operations to Milwaukee.
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Fond du Lac
Winnebago
Common Council
Fred Rueping Leather Company
Milwaukee
Endowment Drive Underway for Rochester Academy
Racine reports a campaign to raise 40000 dollars to endow Rochester academy with 10000 pledged by citizens as a starter. Over six thousand has been pledged and a final thousand promised to mark completion. The academy is regarded as the county’s leading educational institution.
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Racine
Rochester Academy
Train Hits Crowded Trolley at La Crosse Crossing
A North La Crosse street car with 66 people was struck by a train, injuring one man severely. James Gaskell, 60, suffered both legs broken and crushed and was rushed to a hospital. 65 others were shaken but largely unharmed.
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la Crosse
Hold Woman in Murder Case La Crosse
Mrs Paul Malin widow of La Crosse businessman is under arrest at Vir oqua Wisconsin on suspicion of involvement in the death of her brother in law Carl Schmidt a blind man. The coroner s jury recommended the arrest and no formal charge has yet been filed.
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la Crosse
Paul Malin
Viroqua
Wis
Carl Schmidt
No Municipal Ownership In La Crosse Lighting Dispute
The La Crosse Gas and Electric company and the state railroad commission have joined to fix La Crosse lighting rates, ending any prospect of a municipal light plant. The commission is expected to announce the new rates.
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la Crosse
Collar Button Choke Fatal For Milwaukee Infant
In Milwaukee 16 month old Herbert Engel, son of Paul Engel, a bookbinder of 3027 Lisbon Avenue, choked himself on a collar button placed in his mouth and died within minutes despite his mother's attempts to dislodge it.
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Milwaukee
Herbert Engel
Paul Engel
Lisbon Avenue
Teacher Sues a Principal in Stockbridge Case
Miss Mary Bulfinch files a $4000 damages suit in Calumet county alleging a conspiracy between J E Kelley Stockbridge principal and the Stockbridge board of education to ruin her reputation. The case targets Kelley and the board and seeks damages.
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Fond du Lac
J. E. Kelley
Stockbridge
Board of Education of
Mary Bulfinch
Kelley
Calumet County
Organize to Prevent Strike in Menominee Range
Miners and business men of the Menominee iron range form a organizing group to head off a strike. A meeting between business leaders and workers concluded with expectations that the federation of miners will face tough resistance in the district.
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Marinette
Menominee Iron Range
Federation of Miners
Forget One Lake Appleton
The legislature apparently left Little Butte des Mortes lake off the permitted fishing waters list. Hundreds of licensed lines remain in use with expected arrests due to illegal fishing activities.
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Appleton
Little Butte Des Mortes
Lightning Strikes Rutland Farmhouse Endangering Inmates
A storm lightning strike damaged the Carter Brothers farmhouse in Rutland township injuring occupants Shermar the tobacco raiser and others who were sleeping. Shingles were torn loose and the shock unsettled the residents.
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Stoughton
Carter Brothers
Shermar
Rutland Township
King’s Ex-Valet Dies in Jail in Milwaukee
Walter Donisthorpe known as Wilson, former valet to King Edward VII, died in the Milwaukee house of correction at age 66. He suffered a long decline from morphine use and was found dead while incarcerated.
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King
Milwaukee
Walter Donisthorpe
Wilson
King Edward VII
House of Correction
Mon Phine
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Atlantic
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Turkey
News OF Wisconsin
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Rochester Institution
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