Misses Shlein to Visit Gillespie Ill for Luncheon
The Misses Nellie and Minnie Shlein will leave for Gillespie Illinois to visit Mr and Mrs Harry A Anderson Mulder who has been preaching at LeMars Iowa during his vacation preached at the Second Christian Reformed church Sunday He left for Grand Rapids Michigan Monday morning to resume studies in van der Lune left for Grand Michigan Monday morning to attend a theological college
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Nellie
Minnie Shlein
Gillespie
Ill
Torow
Harry
A. Anderson
Mulder
LeMars
Iowa
Second Christian Reformed Church
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nurse Family Harmony Emphasized by Dr Tuller
Dr John J Tuller told graduating nurses at the Children s Homeopathic Hospital Training School that nurses must act as scientific adjuncts to doctors. He urged kindness over command and urged nurses to persuade rather than fight within households to benefit the patient. He stressed that household obligations match nursing duties in importance and that missteps harm the patient.
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John J. Tuller
Children's Homeopathic Hospital Training School
Dr. Tuller
Philadelphia Telegraph
Motors and Pricer Push Auto Related Prices Higher
The automobile boom drives sharp rises in rubber and gasoline costs, with leather and hides following suit as auto upholstery demand fuels record figures. The Springfield Republican notes spready steer hides near 17% cents, surpassing Civil War highs and signaling possible shortages in rubber and footwear.
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Springfield Republican
Frogs Fight in Massive Swamp Battle in Harima
A huge amphibian conflict erupted in a ditch at Ojimura in Harima prefecture on June 24. About 4,000 frogs defended against two invading hordes of over 8,000 each, leaving around 700 dead and 2,000 wounded by the following morning as humans watched the scene.
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Ojimura
Harima Prefecture
Japan Times
Highest Dam on Salt River Arizona Near Completion in 1908
On Salt River Arizona construction of what is described as the world’s highest dam progresses. When finished in 1908 Roosevelt town will lie 172 feet below the water level. The project aims to provide ample power with a temporary power plant cement mill ice plant lighting plant and sawmill already completed. A telephone line connects head works of the power canal eighteen miles upstream to the dam site thirty miles from Phoenix.
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Salt River
Arizona
Roosevelt
Phenix
Musical Typewrit: patent for score writing device
The New York Press notes a new musical typewriter patented to compose scores. The inventor solved the keyboard hurdle for shifting type with four-set chords. Sheets use ordinary ruled paper. treble notes are written first then bass, with plans to render both clefs simultaneously.
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New York Press
Porto Rico Labor Attitudes and Throat Treatment Noted
A critique of labor culture in Porto Rico describes rigid class disdain for manual work among merchants, mechanics, and farmers. The piece also mentions Dr Nadal of Paris prescribing throat care for opera singers, claiming abstention from apples and pears aids vocal health.
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Dr. Nadal
Paris
Nadal
Librarians and Liberia at Narragansett Pier
The American Library Association held a meeting at Narragansett Pier with varied attendees. A prominent local laundress, mistaken for a Liberian mission, admitted she was not a regular delegate. The incident sparked humor about librarians and their literary performances.
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Liberia
American Library Association
Narragansett Pier
Libera
Paris Guillotine Remains Silent After a Decade
No convict has been guillotined in Paris for ten years as capital executions must be public. The guillotine was moved from Place de la Roquette a decade ago and no new site has been approved amid neighborhood opposition. Authorities faced a quandary when a condemned man refused a commutation and insisted on execution.
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Paris
Schurz’s Seventieth Year Seen As Most Important
Hans Clarke recalls Carl Schurz in St Louis recounting a long interview with Prince Bismarck in Germany. Schurz noted approaching seventy and the prince replied that the first seventy years are the most important of a person’s life.
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Carl Schurz
Ys Hans Clarke
St Louis
Mr. Schurz
St. Louis
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Tnt
Mr. Schurs
General Schurz
Springfield rifles for Philippines troops ordered
Col Frank H. Phipps, commander of the US armory at Springfield Massachusetts, has orders from Washington to issue immediately twenty five thousand of the 1908 model rifles for Philippine service. The new knife bayonet will accompany them and Krag-Jorgensen guns will be replaced with red bayonets now in use.
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Fies
Philippines
Frank H. Phipps
United States Armory
Springfield
Mass
Washington
Jas
Did She Meet Him at West Point Romance
A timid Hyelyn Cameron travels with a party to West Point for cadet graduation and meets Lieutenant Victor Paine. War looms as battles erupt and letters arrive. Victor is lost. Evelyn returns to her father by the sea, waits, and later dies at their rustic farewell seat, possibly joining Victor in death.
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Long Island
Hyelyn Cameron
West Point
Mouth of Roses
Evelyn
Victor Paine
Aitroad
Yelyn
Las
Victor
Harme
Montauk
Min
Het
Notice of Permit to Sell Intoxicating Liquors
Notice is hereby given that B. H. Langerak applying for a permit to buy keep and sell intoxicating liquors in Pella Marion County Iowa will file at the district court clerk by September 26 1906 The hearing is set for the October term at Knoxville Iowa on October 2 1906 Also included are notices of local business and community announcements from Pleasantville News items and several short notes on residents and activities in Pella Iowa and surrounding areas.
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B. H. Langerak
H. M. Langerak & Co
Pella
Marion
Iowa
State of Laws
District Court
Said
Knoxville
Free Night Photo Demonstration by Kodakakers
A free information evening offering night photography tips and a complimentary picture for attendees who bring a negative or film. The event, labeled a holiday of information, invites all regardless of camera purchase source. J.H. Renyers promotes the demonstration with cheerful assistance.
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J.H. Renyers
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Howell Station
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Chicago
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Iowa College
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Leona Vander Linden
Miss van Viliet
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