Dominion Illustrated Prize Offer Seeks Word Builders
A Montreal publisher invites readers to form word lists from Montreal letters for a free trip to Chicago with return, plus prizes. Sixty word sets earn at least five dollars in value. Send samples with stamps to Dominion Illustrated, 87 Montreal. Benson Lossing lauds Samantha Allen as reformer and humorist in praise of Holley’s works.
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Tfyou
Montreal
Air and Return
Dominion
Chicago
U. S
British America
Harmer’s
Century
Scribner’s
Cosmopolitan
Mercantile
Que
Benson Lossing
Benton Lossing
Samanths
Saratoga
Cervantes
Europea
Holmes
Whittier
Atatate
Emory Grove Camp Meeting Announces Season
Emory Grove camp meeting runs August 10 to August 24 under Rev. Dr. E T Widerman with Rev. D. H. Carroll president and Wm A Leitch secretary issuing the prospectus. Excursion and tent-site selection set for June 29. Ground improvements include a new hotel, grass plots, shaded walks, and added water. Western Maryland Railway to run Sunday excursions. gasoline stoves banned for safety.
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Emory Grove Camp Association
Emory Grove
T. Widerman
D. H. Carroll
Wm. A. Leitch
Maryland
United States
Western Maryland Railroad
Courty Corr Broad Run June Nine Community Notes
Local items list visits among Lisbon residents Howard county and nearby towns. Families travel, cattle concerns report bloating losses, and a heavy rain flood affects corn fields. New market notices, visitors from Baltimore and New York, a Dunkard feast, a stage line between here and Frederick, plus a big rain and washed corn ground are recorded.
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Broad Run
John Lanuer
Roger
Georgie
Lisbon
Howard County
James C.darner
Roidie
Thomas W. Koogile
Middletown
Joseph G. Hanen
Central America
John Moser
Myersville
Boonsboro
Sharpsburg
Washington Co
Johan M. Silfer
Alderney
David St. Hoffer
John A. Smith
Lizzie
Woodberry
Baltimore County
Hammond
Baltimore
Minnie Mines
Bromwell
Frederick
Jacob Phobus
Peculiar Slave Marriage Case Decided by Illinois Court
An Illinois chancery ruling centers on a slave union begun in Missouri between William Walker and Elis Allagree and later tied to a second marriage in Alton to Eliza Parsons. Judge Burroughs ruled Eliza is the legal widow with a life estate in the Walker property, with the ultimate fee simple title to be decided later.
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Illinois
Alton
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Burroughs
William Walker
Elis Allagree
Walker
Crowder
Missouri
Charles Leewright
Eliza Parsons
Pascal
Greybeards
Eliza
Ella
Ilton
Elis
Burrouehks
Easton Street
School Children Measured for Scientific Purposes
Washington public schools plan a mass study of about 20 000 students to test links between physical and mental development. Dr Barris of the U S bureau of education will supervise with Miss Stonefosd compiling measurements including height weight chest and girth plus mobility tests.
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Powell
Washington
D. C
Barris
United States Bureau of Education
Iiss Stonefosd
United States
Germany
Hagerstown Church Names New Pastor and Builds Chapel
Rev. Preston A. Cave of Barnesville Ohio accepts the pastorate at the Christian Church in Hagerstown and begins duties the first Sunday in July. The building committee awards Middlehanf and McCardell of Hagerstown the contract to erect a new stone chapel as an addition to Zion Reformed Church. The old chapel was torn down yesterday.
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Hagerstown
Preston A. Cave
Barnesville
Ohio
Christian Church
Messrs. Middlehanf & McCardell
Zion Reformed Church
Exquisite Sylvan Retreat of a Tereli ness Darivated In England
A rambling 19th century sketch extols Cliveden woods on the Thames near Maidenhead as a premier riverbank scene. It blends natural detail with historical anecdotes about George Villiers and later figures, noting forest glories, hangings of yew and clematis, and the estate’s storied past from Buckingham to Westminster.
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England
Thames
London
Reading
Maidenheal
Cliveden
Chefleon
Marlow
Nuneham
Formosa Islands
Berkshire
Hedsor Park
George Villiers
Duke of Buckingham
Charles II
Countess of Shrewsbury
Discs Rae
Duchess of
Buckham
Frederick
Prince of Wales
George III
Britonia
Ame
Duke of Sutherland
Darry
Duke of Westminster
Serset House
Burial robe of Old Jennie a Rogue River figure
Old Jennie, famed Rogue River Indain elder, plans a burial robe in tribal style to mark her passing. The fine beadwork, money ornaments, jewels and beads reflect generations of tradition. Rowena Nichols will paint life size image of Jennie wrapped in the ceremonial costume for preservation. Ola Jennie was born near Table Rocks and survived war capture before rescue by her people.
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Jennie
Happer
Rowena Nichols
French Salad Dressing and Lettuce Preparation Guide
A circa recipe explains making a classic French salad with lettuce leaves washed and dried, a pepper salt and vinegar base, and two oil lemon dressings. It warns against overwatering and notes variations with additional vegetables and a two hour rest before serving.
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Critty
Sands
Atic
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