Honorina E1ks address echoes charity and fraternal bond
A lengthy Elks gathering features Mr Webb’s practical charity speech, Miss De Ham’s singing, and H L Benson’s eloquent defense of Fraternity. Benson traces the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks from its Bohemian roots to its modern reach, marking its 900 cities and 160,000 members with duties of charity and moral uplift.
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America
Tne
Glen
Order of
E1ks
Bedford City
Old Virginia
Virginia
Valley of Rest
Brotherhood of Ellis
Order of Biks Ia
Alderman Opposes Municipal Light Plant Bond Issue
Alderman Vor rse P Brown criticizes a proposed 200000 bond for a city electric plant. He cites higher taxes, sewer and street needs, and uncertain costs, insisting health and street improvements take priority over a municipal lights scheme. He questions cost, competition with private providers, and potential wasteful public funding.
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The
Daily Express
Brown
San Antonio
Ess
Spade Rath Ito
Ang
Ani Valeekie
A Memorial Service Emphasizing Fraternal Humanity
The address extols a society rooted in social order and humanity, welcoming all faiths and condemning hate. It praises equality, charity, and fidelity, and recalls notable figures while urging readers to live by compassion and unity as a tribute to departed brothers. The service featured choral performances and prayers, ending with a benediction.
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Sons of Toll
Cuinen
Demosthenes
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
McKinley
Chandeliers and Fine Lighting at Shafer the Plumber
An advertisement for Shafer The Plumber at 125 W Commerce Street promoting chandeliers and lighting effects in new stock. It highlights a wide range of lighting options for every purpose and emphasizes reasonable prices.
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Shafer
Commerce Street
Theo. Magott
Missouri State Horticultural Society Meet Opens
Visitors arrive for the forty sixth annual Missouri State Horticultural Society meeting in Columbia. The event includes dedication of the new state horticultural building on University grounds with day sessions in the building and evening sessions in the university auditorium. Delegates discuss the rise in apple production which has boosted Missouri to lead as the first orchard state.
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Missouri Banner Orchard State
Columbia
Missouri State Horticultural Society
Possible Big Forger Linked to Berlin Counterfeit Case
A London correspondence reports US and London police suspect John Davis or Liber Mann caught near Berlin may be Henry Smith or Schmidt from the Barmash and Bernstein case. If true, authorities would hold the age’s most notorious forger, tied to extensive counterfeiting.
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New York
John Davis
Liber- Mann
Berlin
Secret Service
Henry Smith
Schmidt
Barmash
Bernstein
United States
London
Herald
Secretary Hitchcock Suspends Land Office Agent in Oregon
Official advices from Portland dated December 8 report that Secretary Hitchcock has suspended Thomas McNult a special agent of the General Land Office at La Grange Oregon. The suspension cites alleged questionable transactions connected with McNults work in the La Grange district he was appointed from Indiana less than a year ago.
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Portland
Oregon
Hitchcock
Thomas McNult
General Land Office
la Grange
Ore
McNult
Indiana
Returned to Jail A Pal Peached
Chicago reports Tucker forfeits freedom after three months of escape from a Texas jail in woman's clothing. He replied to a former jail mate in a Chicago saloon, was identified by Harold King, and arrested as a fugitive. Tucker had been held in Waco on burglary charges.
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Chicago
Texas
Lawrence Tucker
Tucker
Harold King
King
Waco
French Mutineers In Custody After Seattle Mutiny
Thirteen French sailors mutinied on the bark Fautrel tied at Seattle docks over pay and refused to work. Acting on the French vice consul’s advice, a U S commissioner issued a warrant for mutiny and the entire group was jailed.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
California Pioneer Widow Captain R. S. Ashe Dead at 82
Mrs. Ashe widow of Captain R. S. Ashe and Kern county pioneer dies at her Bakersfield home aged 82. She is from a southern family, daughter of Professor BE Mitchell a scientist on the University of North Carolina faculty.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Bitter Fight Warns Against Ignoring Dr King’s Discovery
A Mississippi man recounts his wife’s illness with consumption and credit for a total cure to Dr. King’s New Discovery after other remedies failed. The ad promotes the cure via F Kalteyer Son and Adolph Dreiss druggists with 50 cent trials and one dollar bottles.
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Dr. King
T. R. Beall
Beall
Miss
F. Kalteyer
Majastic Steel Range Featured by Shafer and Praeger
An advertisement extols the Majastic Steel Range as the best versatile oven and heater, touting its efficiency and suitability for all purposes. Shafer the Plumber at 125 W Commerce St and Praeger at 322 324 E Commerce St promote related oil heaters and home appliances.
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Mae Praeger's
Commerce Street
The Measure of Justice in Small Towns
A heated discussion in Tyler County papers about underage drinking in Baird and Abilene, blaming saloons and minors. The debate questions where youths obtain liquor, argues laws against selling to minors, and urges accountability for minors entering towns to demand drinks.
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Batra Star
Clyde
Baird Sas
Merkel Mail
Baird
Cain
Abilene
Merkel
Echo
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