Religious notices and milestones from a 1900s town paper
The Ministers Association meets in the Y.M.C.A parlor on Monday at 104 m in the morning. An anniversary sermon at St James Lotheren Chapel is set for Saturday, with Pastor-led services and Sunday school at 145 p.m. A donation to Geo. W. Ellacoffe is noted, and 83 baptisms followed a protracted meeting in Williamsport. Holy communion planned at All Saints Episcopal. China Mission Chapter to host a visiting missionary. church supper and M E Church services described. A revival week continues with the High Christian Life motif. Mrs. J. Kelly rides centuries aboard a diamond Rambler, setting records and earning a medal from Germany and Jeffery Mfg Co. Her aim is 3,000 miles before year end.
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Ministers Association
Y. HC. A
Reformed Visaionary Society
Apple
St James Lotheren
Cenal Auure Ib
Samday School
U. B
Williamsport
Ey. Geo. W. Ellacofe
Coseter
M. E
Epworth League
M.E
Zimmerman
Kelly
J. Kelly
Formance
Moe
Gormany & Jeffery Mfg. Co
Syrup of Figs Sale Claim by California Fig Syrup Co
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a mild laxative that cleanses the system and relieves headaches and fevers. It argues the remedy is pleasant tasting and free from objectionable substances. Bottles sell for 50 cents and the California Fig Syrup Co is the sole manufacturer with their name on each bottle.
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California
Local notices and deaths reported in Maryland area
A compiled list reports multiple local items: James Mayhugh dies in Hagerstown at 77, John Breeser dies in Manchester at 70, Chea L. George missing near Elk Lancing, a water works company granted in Poconoacke, Hagerstown auditors verify town finances, a Baltimore woman linked to Annapolis post, Mra A H Treehoart critically ill in Baltimore, Alton B. Arnold expected as election supervisor for Anse Standel county, Rev Isas L. Wood of Elkton Church accepts Chambersburg call, Easton Episcopal convocation adjourns in Elton, Rev Jules Dashiell dies at 70 in Anne Arundel, Dr D F Shipley reports gold on Dante farm.
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Mare
Thess Yester Gayant Seay
Lgetiere
Camberland
Creewell
Geel
James Mayhugh
Hagerstown
John Breeser
Maschester
Varre
Chea L. George
Elk Lancing
Cecacisty
Prasthise
Pocoeacke
Hagerstows
Gil
Annapolis
Tack
A H Treehoart
Baltimore
Ebilfcert City
Alton B. Arnold
Anse Standel
Isas. L. Wood
WME
Elkton
Chambersburg
Epiacopal Dincess
Easton
Acentony
Elton
Jules Dashiell
Severn 1 Episcopal
Paris
Anne Arendel
D. F. Shipley
Dante
Garroli County
Christmas greetings and winter notes from County Correspondence
In the County correspondence from Plare No 4 June a family Christmas visit is noted as Mrs Spurrier and sister Mrs Ball share the holiday in Bathelows with relatives. Several health and weather updates follow including a burn recovery of Abel Vansant’s daughter and May Moxley’s typhoid illness. The obituary for Mrs Ostherine Cashear records her death at eighty four, with funeral at Prospect Church conducted by Rev. J Marsh and interment nearby. pallbearers listed and Joseph Rockies noted as funeral director.
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George Spurrier
Daniel Ball
Bathelows
Albert Gartrell
Baltimore
Leos Scheel
Fredectee City
Leos
Sao Merry
Abel Vansant
Severll
M. Devilblas
Woodville
Mise May Moxley
J. W. Downey
Angel of Death
Ostherine Cashear
Joseph Rockies
Mount Airy
Prospect Church
Altima
J. Marsh
Charles Brown
Weedy Clarr
EB Burges
Henry Wilson
Thomas Clay
Augustus Winsiog. T. Lewis
Ridgeville
Brief Bits and a Long Montreal Bridge Fact
Ralph Brandenburg, 12, of near Middletown, broke his left arm after a sledting accident. he previously broke the same arm last August. Montreal's bridge is nearly two miles long. Funeral services for Jacob Hartman were held at the Methodist Church in Limefiiths County. Pallbearers included Thomas Webster Lewis Barber and William Moonlogstar. Burial at Point of Rocks, C. OC. Cany Funeral Director.
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Ralph
George W. Brandenburg
Middletown
Montreal
Jacob Hartman
Lime Fiith
Thaoradsy
Rey Strayer
Thomas Wabster
Lawis Barber
the Plummer
Wm. Moonlogstar
Taterment
Point of Rocks
C. OC. Cany
Bale of County Property Sells at City Hotel Today
Harvey BR Lease auctions an action car and 80 acres near Charleville, owned by Steiner Ramsburg, to B F Reich Bay for 1905 dollars. Chas W Roex as assignee of mortgages handles the sale at 11 o'clock.
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Harvey BR
Chas
W. Roex
Steiner Ramsburg
Cantainfox
Charleville
Ban
F. Reich
Bay
The Dyaks of Borneo Blood Trophies and Ritual Heads
An aged account describes Dyak practices under Rajah Brooke, detailing head taking as ritual gifts of honor. The text notes skull trophies preserved by smoking, lips opened to hold morsels, and the social role of decapitation. It mentions belief in curing blood diseases by a ritual remedy attributed to Hand’s Sar asparti.
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Borneo
Rajah Brooke
Cizhi le
Baltimore Markers: Market Decline and Heavy Shipments
Closing Quotats of the New York and Philadelphia Exchanges show a doll market on the Stock Exchange relay. A prominent factor in downward mood is heavy engagements of gar for shipment tomorrow, reaching 450 dollars, boosting weekly gold exports to 1.40 million and surpassing shipments since last August. Lehigh Valley, W.N.Y. & Pa, Pennsylvania, and Erie listed with declines.
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New York
Viladelphia
Stock Exchange
Lehigh Valley
W.N.Y
Pennsylvania
Erie
Shipping and Markets Report from New York Jan 4
New York and Western flour steady. wheat at 6 19 4 for March. corn weaker. oats quiet. butter higher. cheese steady. eggs dull. hogs firm. cattle and sheep mixed with varied demand. Police arrest trio for Koward Duddles murder. Moonshining battle in Van Buren county with fatalities. Miscellaneous notes on finance and literature.
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Philadelphia
New York
Western
Western Dairy
New York Dairy
Pennsylvania
East Borrawo
Insane Asylum Fire Packs Central Building Losses
Monto u s No Laws of Life at Two Con Hagralions ASSA Pha San day fueful the vent srt of they prresit bard: te Lascae. Eo ths s roke out ip of the asyl uM apmead with some miplive bt bubhings wer ablaze. The central building was heavily damaged and the north wing endangered. yet no lives were lost though patients faced hardship. estimated property loss about 2000 dollars. Governor McKinney and state officials surveyed the scene and pledged repairs.
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Te Lascae
Luna
Comanes
State Asylum For
Imate
McKinney
Poe
Measles Surge and Snowbound Streets Dominate News
Heavy snow storms disrupt traffic in Germany while Indianapolis reports nearly 4000 measles cases. Blixy murder case defense calls hypnotist Herbert L Funt. Brazil's Peixoto urges friends not to obstruct government. Governor Waite predicts party return in two years. Train crash in Toledo kills Mrs Agnes O Hara and damages car. Ontario State Bank robbed of 5000 dollars. two men captured. Cheyenne and Arapahoe vigilantes hang three horse thieves after capture. Colonel J H Powell stricken with paralytic brain illness during lecture in Columbus Ohio.
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Germany
Indianapolis
Toledo
Agnes O'Hara
Ontario
Cal
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
O.F
J. H. Powell
Kentucky
Columbus, O
Desperadoes Captured After My Fight
Phoenix Arizona January 6 Price the escaped murderer and counterfeiter Young were captured near Gila Bend by Deputies Brothers and Moors after a clash Price was wounded by a shot through the body and Young suffered a broken leg in the encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix
Aziz
Price
Young
Gila Bend
Deputies Brothers
Moors
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Jersey City
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Cenerall
Ford and Green Groceries
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Thin City
Robert Flanders
England
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Aaron Arner
Scraxtos
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