Local city items note meetings, sales, and social events
Photographer Grossheim and Judge Carskaddan arrive in the city on business and rail shows. A building sale at Mulberry and Second passes for 3500 dollars. A Chicago couple wed at a Methodist parsonage. A flat boat valued at 15 dollars is reported stolen. A Sun day closing question looms as clerks plan a critical meeting. Utility club hosts a gathering at Gilbert street. Wilton class of 1902 visits for photos and braces. A large charity gift to Muskegon Mercy hospital is noted. A Woodbine Camp social at Woodmen Hall draws a full crowd with ice cream and cake.
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C. P. DeLance
Muskegon
Michigan
Daily Chronicle
Mercy
Charles H. Hackley
Journal
Hesselgrave
Woodmen Hall
Woodbine Camp No. 12
Royal Neighbors of
Hyomei Window Display at Havercamp Pharmacy
The eleventh big window at Havercamp's Pharmacy showcases Hyomei remedies with about 50 green Hyomei Soap reproductions hanging from the top. Posters sent by the Hyomei Company decorate the ground work, depicting native forests where ingredients are gathered, a display Havercamp promotes as surpassing prior windows.
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Hyomei
Vlavercamyp’s
Havercamp
Hyomei Company
Muscatine Girls Detained by Police in Davenport
Two Muscatine girls Lillie Smith and Nora Fisher are detained by Davenport police at their parents request. The runaways sought to see the world, with an earlier attempt to restrain one at the depot. the father travels to Davenport to take charge, claiming the girl is underage.
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Davenport
Iowa
Lillie Smith
Nora Fisher
President Opens Eleventh Army Surgeons Convention
In Washington on June 5 the president opened the eleventh annual convention of the association of military surgeons at the National Theatre. He praised doctors who serve as soldiers and physicians and urged close study of the scientific side of their work. Secretaries of the Navy, War, and the Treasury accompanied him with Surgeon General Sternberg.
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Convention of Army Surgeons
Washington
Association of Military Surgeons
National Theatre
Navy, War and Treasury
Army
Sternberg
Miners Strike Grows as Strikers Claim Victory
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on June 5, more firemen engineers and pumpmen joined the anthracite miners strike. Leader statements claim victory over operators while importation of non union men continues and some workers return home under pressure. Isolated attacks on non union workers are reported in the region with deputies deployed at Lykens to maintain order.
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Wilkesbarre
Lykens
Indignation Over Report Of Wolf Attacked Girl
Bayfield resident Joseph M. Huber tells the Journal the Muscatine paper’s story of a little girl killed by wolves is unfounded. He challenges the tale and describes Miller and his family as unmarried and childless, noting no children are on the farm and questioning the man’s actions.
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Joseph M. Huber
Bayfield
Journal Office
Muscatine
Miller
Mr. Hub
YMCA Pledge Drive Nears Goal for New Building
Canvassing committees report about 800 subscribers and contributions ranging from 25 cents to 10000. A total of nearly 2500 remains to be raised, with a goal to finish before week’s end amid strenuous effort. Names listed include Mrs Will Eberhart, John Van Zuyl, G F Taylor, Thos Grant, and many others.
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Will Eberhart
Cash
John van Zuyl
Mrs Schomberg
G. F. Taylor
R. Harney
A. Davidson
Frank Kerr
John Cross
Mr. Schoenig
Fred Leu, Jr
A. Hugh Scott
M. C. Hayes
Toben
Malone & Co
Thos. J. Grant
Geo. Arnold
John F. Ficken
T. Scott Berry
Richard Fint
M. Bernicke
C. Lutz Dreier
J. H. Mundt
J. T. Kuechmann
R. T. Shannon
W. H. Fishburn
Julius Paudiet
Brisson Declines Task of Forming New French Cabinet
Paris June 5 M Brisson declines the task of forming a new cabinet after government reshuffle rumors. Brisson states he cannot accept the assignment though discussions surround potential ministers and policy directions in Paris.
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M. Brisson
Paris
Capt Peto Chosen to Run It at Court Square
An armless man selects Capt Peto to operate his graph ophone tonight at the court square. He says Peto is the only man in town able to manage the immense machine and entertain the large crowd.
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Capt
Peto
Court Square
M. N. & S. Introduces Revised Time Card
The M. N. & S. operates a new timetable taking effect Sunday. The Muscatine to Elrick service now arrives at 7:32 PM instead of 7:45 PM, while the Elrick to Muscatine train departs at 8:00 AM and reaches Muscatine at 9:25 AM.
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Muscatine
Elrick
R. A. M. Convocation in Washington Chapter No 4
The Washington Chapter No 4 R A M meets Friday evening at 8 o'clock sharp. Business of importance includes work in the past master’s degree. By order of the M E high priest. Geo C Winn, Secy.
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Washington
Geo. C. Winn
Sec’y
Sealskin profits spur Pribilof slaughter of young seals
The 1900 rise in seal values drove lessees of the Pribilof Islands to kill 13,000 two year old seals. The policy had barred killing seals under three years old. If this continued, the seal herd faces imminent extermination.
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Pribilof Islands
English Cabinet Meets to Consider War Settlement
London reports the English cabinet met this morning to discuss details of the settlement ending the war. The gathering focused on terms, timelines, and implementation steps as negotiations with opposing parties proceed.
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London
Prominent summer meetings with special excursion rates listed
The notice outlines upcoming meetings and conventions with very low rates offered by B., C. R. & N. excursions. Destinations include Denver Colorado Springs Minneapolis Portland Salt Lake City San Francisco St Paul Seattle Tacoma and more. Dates span June to August with events from the National Fraternal Congress to the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the National Education Association.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Denver
International Sunday School Association
Ancient Order of Hibernians In America
Denver Colo
National Association of Letter Carriers
Minneapolis
Minn
National Educational Association
Order of Eagles
Omaha
Neb
Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Portland
Ore
Supreme Lodge
Ancient Order United Workmen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
San Francisco
Cal
Imperial Council
Knights of Pythias
St. Paul
The
United Presbyterian Church
Mhais Company
Jno
G. Farmer
Man starts Good Health Club amid health fad talk
A man forms a Free Good Health Club after being asked How are you and How's your good health prompting a plan to replace doctors with physical culture and fasting as a path to health. Membership is free, attracting many inclined to join any free scheme.
Faded Ink Threatens Original Declaration Manuscript
A historian notes the original Declaration of Independence is largely unreadable as ink has faded. Only a fragment of the title remains legible while the body and signatures are nearly gone, attributed to inferior ink quality after about a century and a quarter.
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United States of America
Assassination Proof Palace of the Sultan at Constantinople
A House Words description portrays the Yildiz palace fortress in Constantinople as bomb and earthquake proof with thirty foot walls a twelve foot thick inner barrier and iron gates. Five thousand residents plus 7 000 guards serve in a self contained domain with shops arsenals a library theater and a menagerie under constant surveillance. The sultan avoids gas lighting telephones and balloons preferring a guarded quiet fear of dynamite or electric explosions.
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Constantinople
Passing of the Wheel Thirty Years After
A Torrington Connecticut League of American Wheelmen convention resembled a funeral as cycling interest declines. Membership dropped from 103000 to 10500 and only one cycling paper remains. Boston clubs vanished from fifty three to none as the trade decays. riding for pleasure fades, replaced by utilitarian use and few riders.
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League of American Wheelmen
Torrington
Conn
United States
Boston
Marriage Invitation for Gertrude Florence to Shackelford
Mr and Mrs Martin Lee announce the marriage of their daughter Gertrude Florence to William Henry Shackelford. The ceremony is set for Wednesday June 18 at 8 p m, at the A M E church.
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Martin Lee
Gertrude Florence
William Henry Shackelford
Sanitation Advances Extend City Lifespans Significantly
The article notes urban sanitation improvements raising average life expectancy from 31 to 38 years over the past decade in the United States, contrasting this with slower progress in rural areas where living conditions remain less improved.
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United States
War Costs Exceed Past Wars In Modern Era
The text notes global spending on military prep rising despite the Hague and wireless tech. It cites the Philippine affair costing this government about $300,000 and expenses at $12,000,000 monthly. It contrasts Britain’s Boer War and Napoleon era France, highlighting vast war expenditures.
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Great Britain
France
Sunny side of a shadow on youthful cheer
The passage urges that a young man learn early the value of good cheer. He should cultivate the ability to see the sunny side of difficulties, maintain serenity, and keep an unconquerable hopeful spirit to succeed where others fail.
Eccles Lancashire launches motor fire engine display
Eccles in Lancashire becomes the first town in England to showcase motor fire engine capability for fire brigades. The locally built vehicle carries five men, 200 yards of hose, two standpipes, ladders, and other gear, powered by a 6 horsepower electric motor. It operates quietly and averages 14 to 16 mph on level ground and climbs steep gradients with ease.
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England
Eccles
Lancashire
Praline Powder Preparation Instructions
Combine three quarters of a pound of sugar with half a cup of water in a saucepan and stir until dissolved. Add one cup shelled almonds and one cup filberts without blanching. Cook in syrup until straw colored, then spread on an oiled dish to cool. Break into pieces and pound to a coarse powder.
Flace in a Glass Jar Revealed as Hidden Stock
A short item notes a strange storage method with flace kept in a glass jar, tightly covered until use. The feature hints at a cautious, old fashioned approach to preserving a fragile or valuable resource.
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Flace
Café Praline Ice Cream Mold
Beat five eggs very light then fold in three tablespoons sugar syrup and four tablespoons strong coffee. Cook in a double boiler until thick, cool and light. Stir in three tablespoons praline powder and a pint whipped cream. Mold, pack in ice and salt, and chill four hours.
Farmer Enters Opera With One Dollar View
An Oklahoma farmer visits town to see the Forties Thieves opera. He pays a $5 gold piece for a seat, receives a dollar in change, then exits claiming he only wanted the one ticket. When asked for his ticket he says to keep it as he does not care to see the remaining thirty nine.
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Oklahoma
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Electa Chapter No. 32
James S. McKee
Otto Huber
Mulberry and
Second Streets
Frank Maurath
Jerome Carskaddan
Chicago
Albert W. Tracy
Ida E. Matthews
Methodist Parsonage
C. L. Stafford
Mr. Tracy
Ed. Morrow
Mad Creek
Welch & Knonp
Utility Club
Nancy Bailes
Gilbert Street
L. G. Focht
Wilton High School
Focht
Margaret McSwiggins
Ella Dice
Gene Cooling
Margaret Atwell
Clara Holzhauer
Anna Camp
Clarence Todd
Christ Christensen
Grossheim
Berlin
Uesdayy
Woodlawn Avenue
Roy
Ofens Meeting
Lewis
Wittich Brothers
Assassin Proof Palace
Sultan
Cafe Praline
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Los Angeles
California
J. Frawers
Gen
Omaha, Neb
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