United Brethren Triennial Conference Opens at Topeka
Two to three hundred delegates including 20 women gather in Topeka for the United Brethren church triennial conference. The body defines church discipline, boundaries of annual conferences, and elects bishops, with international representation from Germany, Africa, Japan, China and the Philippines. A possible union with Congregational and Methodist Protestant churches is favored. The meeting reviews educational, missionary, Sunday school and youth work as the church reports strong activity across 44 American conferences and three mission districts.
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Topeka
Kun
General Conference
United Brethren Church
Canada
Germany
Africa
Japan
China
Philippines
Nicholas Castle
Oregon
Home and Foreign Missionary Department
Church In America
Presiding Eldera
Young People's Christian Union Societies
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root advertised as kidney remedy
An old notice extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the great kidney remedy. It claims kidneys weaken causes disease, promises cures, and states bottles are sold in 50 cent and one dollar sizes. It invites mail orders and pamphlet offers, urging readers to mention the local paper.
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Kilmer & Co
Ringhamston
N.Y
Dr. Kilmer
Hinghamton
Fragmented financial figure snippet
The readable part states a total amount contributed to fund purposes last year totaling $1 210 67, indicating a financial report with unspecified currency and missing context. The fragment suggests charitable or organizational accounting data within a broader financial summary.
Unusual English Scandal Involving MP and Tenant Daughter
London May 11 scandal rumors name a prominent MP and a tenant farmer in a grave affair centered on the farmer's daughter under 20. The father confronted the politician after the girl’s disclosures. a blackmailer label led to a legal push, and the matter reportedly settled for about 20000 dollars.
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London
Miorset
M. P
Southern Baptists Convene in Kansas City for 59th Session
Kansas City May 11 delegates and visitors from the South crowd hotel registers for the fifty ninth annual Southern Baptist convention opening a four day session tomorrow. About 2000 delegates expected. Rev Dr Stephens of Little Rock to preside due to the death of Dr J P Engle. Reports from mission boards and a commission on negro Baptist cooperation are key items.
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Kansas City
South
J. P. Engle
Stephens
Little Rock
Convision
Indians Miserable End Hits Winnebago Tribe
The Winnebago tribe in Wisconsin faces a dire decline as consumption spreads, despite a $900,000 credit with the national government. Supreme Court rulings place town costs on indigent Indians, while illness drains funds. Indian farmer A. P. Jones warns extermination if unchecked, and marriage rites are reportedly neglected, reflecting demoralized conditions.
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Wisconsin
United States Supreme Court
A. P. Jones
Worship of Stones in History and Myth
The article surveys sacred stones across cultures, noting the Manchu sacred black stone at Mukden, the De-ring in Livisea Tibet, the Kaaba in Mecca, and the Omphalos at Delphi. It traces how ancient peoples revered stones as centers of the universe and measurement markers, including the London Stone in Rome and modern references.
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Mukden
Chiheme
Livisea
Thibet
Mooren
Mecca
Delphia
Rome
London
Normal School Presidents Meet in Milwaukee May Day Session
Normal School presidents and faculty from twelve states gather in Milwaukee for the North Central Council of State Normal School Presidents fourth annual meeting under way. Topics include normal school methods and mutual interests as noted by prominent editors and educators. The report also notes ongoing Quebec land policy effects and growing applicant demand for crown land grants, with monthly intake rising.
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Milwaukee
Wis
North Central Council of State Normal School
United States
Englishman surrenders in Vancouver confessing London murder
John Jackson an intelligent looking clerk gave himself up in Vancouver and confessed the murder of Dara Piler a Polish Jew at 115 Whitefield street Tottenham Court Road London during Christmas 190%. He said he could endure the remorse no longer.
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Vancouver
B. C
John Jackson
Dara Pilernicke
Whitefield Street
Tottenham Court Road
London
Twenty-Eight Killed in Marquette Cyclone Toll
Two more deaths from the Marquette cyclone bring the total to 28. Funerals for the victims were held this afternoon in Marquette Kansas on May 10.
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Marquette
Kan
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Ely
Balm Te
Coulaisens
Southern Baptists
Quebec
Nore Money Savers
Pendleton
Post Office
Vancouver, B. C
U. S. Government
Orrine
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Orrina Mo. Inc
Cnre
Rotm Om
Orrine Co., Inc
Washington
UL. C
Brock & McComas Co
Pendleton, Or
Polydore Moens, Prop
The
Pacific States
Staylor
T. C. Taylor
Malheur
O. T. McDantel
Ontario
Alta House
OC. Bittner
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Alta and
Mill Streets
Oregon Lumber Yard
Alta Street
Court House
Atwood
Brock& McComas Company
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