Church Services and Schedules Listed for Local Congregations
Presbyterian Church holds services on the second and fourth Lord's days at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sabbath school Sundays at 10 a.m. Rev. W. A. Willis, Pastor. Friends Church offers services Sunday 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. and Thursday 10 a.m. Sabbath school Sundays at 11 a.m. Monthly meeting the first Saturday each month at 10 a.m. Quarterly meetings on the second Sabbath and Sunday in February, May, August, and November. Evangelical Church conducts regular services first and second Sundays monthly at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sabbath school Sundays at 9:30 a.m. A.M. Devotional services Sundays evenings. Young men urged to attend.
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After the Shower in American Grocer
In a brief dialogue Boosie questions stormlikeness to the letter Si and Jack quips that storms sour milk, a light exchange quoted in an American Grocer issue.
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Boosie
Jack
New Hampshire Academy Selects a Colored Orator
A diverse set of early 20th century items covers politics culture science and finance. Notable notes include an election trend with college graduates among Massachusetts mayors, discussion of a Pan American transportation bill, and Harvard plans for Peru expeditions.
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New Hampshire Academy
Congress
Pan-American Transportation Company
Massachusetts
Petrified body uncovered in Fresno county California
Readable text reports a petrified human body found in Cantna canyon Fresno county with physicians confirming it is indeed a petrified human remains. Nearby petrified trees are noted in the same region as common.
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Cantna Canyon
Fresno County
Cal
Columbia River
Portland Market Changes and Various Price Quotes
Local market report shows no overall change with detailed quotes across fruits vegetables meats and other staples. Area prices list items such as Oranges Peaches Grapes Potatoes and Butter with fluctuating per unit costs and notable firm or steady trends across categories.
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Wuear
Valley
Walla Walla
Minercros
Tahiti
California
Oregon
America
Borrer
The Meat Market Firm Quotes Livestock and Meats
The market remains firm with quoted prices for beef live and dressed, mutton live and dressed, hogs live and dressed, veal per pound, and lampreys. Slight typographical errors appear in the listing for smoked meats and lard with various per unit costs.
Spiders as Detectives Aid Ulster Jail Security
Robert F. Smith of Ulster County jail uses spiders to detect tampering with window bars. Webs spanning from bar to bar reveal whether prisoners have touched the bars. intact webs suggest no tampering, while brushed-away webs prompt careful examination.
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Robert F. Smith
Ulster County
N. Y
Philadelphia Ledger
A Lesson In Economy From An Indian Trade Tale
A New York Weekly passage contrasts a clothing dealer urging ready made clothing with a youth who prefers made to measure. It notes rich merchants buy ready clothing and questions how wealth accumulates. The piece shifts to a grim observation about death rates among Indians adopting white ways versus more traditional living. The Pawnee lose far more men to long troubles in a decade than in thirty years of warfare.
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Terminus Mill Company
Staver & Walker
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Giray’s Harbor
Marshfield
Coos Bay
Porter Mill
Bay
California
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HH. Joslin
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J. Riley
Tacoma Coal Company
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Mason Valley
Johnnya
Nevada
United States
Centensia
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Seatle Press
Soneresae Ae
W. J. Thompson
Bulgaria
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Tam
Buffalo Bill
Wilbun P. Cody
Cody
Wichita
Kan
William Matthewson
Order of Oddfellows
Matthewson
Plains
Kansas
Nebraska
Willian FP. Cody
Chicago Herald
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Greatparse
New York Weekly
Jinks and Blinks Comment on Minks and a Loan
In a witty aside from a New York Weekly item Jinks derides Minks as grasping and money minded while Blinks asks about his recent doings. Jinks recalls Minks asking for a paltry ten dollars borrowed years ago.
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Minks
New York Weekly
Saladin Death Custom Mentioned In Historic Chronicle
A Dry Goods Chronicle note recalls Saladin’s funeral rite urging simplicity. It states a priest bore his shirt on a lance and proclaimed the conqueror’s wealth ends with a shirt for his shroud and sign.
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Saladin
East
Dry Goods Chronicle
Misfit Suit Draws Ogle From Clothier and Purnisher
Fuzzle- sy asks an old fellow how he likes a suit bought at Bangs' misfit parlors. The response praises the garment as the most successful misfit seen, a quip in a clothier and purisher setting.
Amid Seal of Ice in Engadine Glaciers and Avalanches
A travelogue describes upper Engadine scenes with pure white snow and towering glacier walls. It explains glacier formation, moraines, and glacier corn, notes danger from avalanches and crevasses, and recounts exploring ice seas, bowlders forming glacier tables, and moulin shafts with depths measured by Agassia and Tyn.
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Engadine
Alps
Gliciers
Switzerland
Morteratach
Cinvolezza
Boston
Agassia
Tyn
Cor
New York Times
Deviation in Artillery Firing Adjusts for Spin
A note explains that when a large gun fires a ball eleven miles, a lateral deviation of 200 feet must be accounted for due to differences in rotating speed between the firing point and the impact location.
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