Marriage of Miss Ethel Perdue and Mr Arthur McGowan
Miss Ethel Perdue and Mr Arthur C McGowan were married last night at Mrs Mary Perdue's home. The ceremony under a fern and white rose bower was conducted by Rev J M Ruay with Lohrengrin’s wedding march played by Mrs E F Yancey. A reception followed and the couple left for St Louis for the World’s Fair before settling in the city.
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Mary Perdue
Perdue
Lohrengrin
F. Yancey
J. M. Ruay
St. Louis
Colored Man Slightly Mixed Up or the Gospel
North Carolina figure Col John S Cunningham visits Washington and earlier addressed a large negro assembly in his home county. He described Girard College and philanthropy, then painted hellish scenes for unruly listeners. A veteran black admirer recalls his spirited preaching at the Springs and misstates the text as hellfire and Philadelphy from Sodom.
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John S. Cunningham
Washington
North Carolina
Col. Cunningham
Philadelphia
Girad College
John
Church Membership in United States Reaches 29 Million
The Church Economist reports 29,000,000 members in the United States, 36 percent of the population, up 29 percent since 1800, reflecting broad growth across congregations and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lord Brougham Recounts England School Visit
A famed anecdote recalls Lord Brougham visiting an English school where a pupil recited his speech. After a seedy hat caused a mishap, and during lunch with the headmaster, a police officer doubted the guest’s identity until another eminent figure intervened to calm the scene.
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Cital
Gammon
Guardian of the Peace
Lord Brougham
Swinburne Accused of Nearness and Cabman Fracas
A recent writer recalls Swinburne as a late arriving guest at a luncheon. A heated exchange with his cabman ended with the driver snatching the reins and speeding away as onlookers joked about the poet’s fame and habits at the British hotel.
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Swinburne
Cockspur Street
Cabby
Beelzebub
Disraeli and Gladstone Portrait Exchange at Millais Studio
A portrait session with Disraeli precedes his death as he views a proof engraving of Gladstone in Millais studio. Disraeli notes difficulty understanding Gladstone despite political friction. A clean sweep sale at Cannon Dry Goods begins Saturday June 11 with large bills advertised.
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Disraeli
Millais
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Cannon Dry Goods Store
Local Fair Sparks With Ice and Fruit Delights
Shaved ice and fresh fruit draw crowds and friendships at the neighborhood fair. Vendors like Farris offer treats attracting families and visitors throughout the day.
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Farris
Longan's Steam Laundry Promises Superior Shirt Care
It offers a choice between laundry that reflects credit when wearing a collar cuff or shirt, or linen that may show mottling with saw edges and torn button holes. When done here, the work cannot be excelled elsewhere.
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Longan
Missouri Republican league clubs plan Chicago executive meeting
President Charles F. Gallenkamp and Secretary William H. Hahn have notices for a June 20 executive committee meeting in the Chicago Auditorium. Hahn will not attend. Gallenkamp and Harvey Dow of Sedaia may attend. The aim is to set the date for the national league convention in September at Indianapolis.
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League
National Organization
Chicago
Hahn
Gallenkamp
Harvey Dow
Seda'ia
National League
Indianapolis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Brick representative in city for Steger brick plant talks
W. J. Atkinson, representing the Steger system of building brick from sand and lime, is in the city and will depart for St. Louis tonight. He is pleased with local encouragement and plans to return next week to confer with capitalists and business men about a large plant.
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W. J. Atkinson
Steger
St. Louis
Dolph’s Soap Prices For Friday And Saturday
Dolph lists soap prices for Friday and Saturday showing current sale figures. The notice highlights discount levels and any quantity offers available to shoppers.
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Dolph
Keys in Former Days Showcased Artful Iron Ornamentation
In sixteenth century Europe iron workers crafted keys treated as art with relief figures coats of arms and grotesque arabesques. The Strozzi key once owned by Henri II of France sold for 6000 dollars. Other keys featured sphinxes seated figures coronets and cupids with entwined stems and paired human forms.
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Henri II
France
Zebras as Beasts of Burden in South Africa
South African traditions recount the zebra as a domesticated beast under human control in ancient days. London Zoo experiments show zebras can be trained for serviceable work. Wild herds in South Africa could, if tamed, relieve labor and avoid tsetse fly and horse sickness afflicting Rhodesia and nearby regions.
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London Zoological Gardens
South Africa
Rhodesia
A Hot Time in Prospect in Settlement Work
A charitable woman recounts visiting a tenement where a doctor left after ordering a hot bath for a sick child. The mother then shouted to a neighbor for a loan of a washtub to scald the baby, illustrating harsh conditions on the New York East Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Settlement
New York East Side
Embarrassing Reminiscences Spark Tense Exchange
William H. Crane and Willis P. Sweatnam confronted a past remark during a quiet, earnest chat. Sweatnam bristled at a youth reference and recalled a toga incident from 1872. Crane retorted with a memory of Indianapolis fairgrounds in 1864 and a husky drummer boy named for hush.
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William H. Crane
Willis P. Sweatnam
Mr. Sweatnam
Mr. Crane
Sweatnam
Harum
Fair Grounds
Indianapolis
New York Times
Fly-Driven Carpenter Courtship of a Missourian Tragedy
In San Francisco a Mission housewife recalls a carpenter on Castro Street who makes screen cupboards and doors to keep out flies. He once reveals a Missouri plague that killed his wife and five children, vowing to keep the pests out.
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Castro Street
Missouri
San Francisco
A Musician's Wife and Notable Collaborations
A Westminster Gazette piece praises wives who aid their husbands in creative work. It highlights Mrs. Elgar as shaping words to which her husband's music is set, and cites couples such as M and Mme Curie, Sir Lawrence and Lady Tadema, Sidney Webb and wife, Meynell pair, Lytton and wife, and Coulson Kernahan and wife as examples of collaborative partnerships.
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Dr. Elgar
Sidney Webb
Meynell
Leighton
Coulson Kernahan
Westminster Gazette
Melbourne eight o clock rush faces extinction
An elderly Melbourne philanthropist who ran a free meal service at 8 pm for new immigrants and down on luck residents nears retirement. For decades about a hundred people attended nightly, with journalists chronicling the scene. He reportedly collected legacies from beneficiaries who later prospered.
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Melbourne
Australia
Carnegie Story Delights Father and Son
A father tells a tale to his son about cheerful giving to the church offering, hoping to teach generosity. The boy quips that the Lord loves a cheerful giver, and blurts that Carnegie must be very fond of giving.
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Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Europe
New York Times
The Cost of Great Wars and Daily Expenditures
A Boston Transcript note cites an Austrian economist Shaffle eight years ago estimating daily costs for continental European wars at France 5.6 million Russia 5.6 million Germany 5 million Austria 6 million. Including Britain the US and China could push global daily outlay toward 49 million dollars, about 1.5 million per hour.
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France
Shaffle
Europe
Russia
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
United States
China
Boston Transcript
To-day Unsullied Comes to Thee Newborn
A Ruskin verse urging present virtue and diligence in thought and deed. The poem counsels fearless effort now since tomorrow and night may bring change, ending with a call to heed duty today.
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Ruskin
Longevity Among Centenarian Women Cited in London Air Count
The article notes that most centenarians who died in 1903 were women and nearly all were married. It mentions one long-lived woman who had not left London for sixty years, cited by the Lady's Pictorial as evidence of London air’s purity and vigor.
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London
Personal notes from Sedalia visitors and locals abroad
A surveyed list shows J L McPheeters of Kansas City visiting friends in Sedalia. Numerous travelers and residents, including Edna Crenshaw of Kansas City and May Highleyman, Daisy Le Tourneau, and Mildred Latimer, depart for events in St Louis, Boonville, and New York while others transact business locally.
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J. L. McPheeters
Kansas City
Edna Crenshaw
Sedalia Friends
C. A. Barrett
Pueblo
Trinidad
Col
Miss Maclay
Tipton
A. L. Shortridge
G. M. Riddle
St. Louis
Walter Dobe
Fort Worth
Tex
E. S. Niles
Pittsburg
Toro Kaler
J. H. Connor, Jr
Lamonte
G. H. Fourbecker
H. W. Johns Manville Company
May Highleyman
Daisy le Tourneau
Ruby Taylor
Texas
J. P. Walker
Mamie
T. G. Thompson
Richmond
Ind
F. M. Thompson
L. J. Cundiff
Farmington
Muskoka Lakes Hotel Offers Special Summer Travel Fares
The Royal Muskoka Hotel sits in Muskoka Lakes region and links to Toronto trains for Muskoka wharf via Grand Trunk Illinois Central routes. Effective June 1, special low round trip fares apply from the Southwest with details from Grand Trunk Railway Advertising Dept Chicago.
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America
Muskoka Lakes
United States
Canada
Toronto
Muskoka Wharf
Grand Trunk-Illinois Central
St. Louis
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago
George W. Vaux
T. A
Diamonds Found Hidden in Slipper in Garbage Dump
Diamonds valued at 2300 dollars were found in the toe of a slipper discarded with other footwear. Mrs. George Frank hid the jewels. daughter unknowingly passed the slipper to the building’s elevator boy for disposal. Police traced the loss, and a garbage wagon driver recovered the remaining shoes.
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George Frank
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Kemp Hieronymous
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Syracuse
Mrs. G. P. Warren
Lexington, Mo
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C. W. Hofmeister
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New York
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Marshall
Dorothy Weller
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Sam Lovett
W. E. Donnelly
C. W. Journey
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Missouri and Kansas Log Rolling Association
S. P. Huff
Dick Olmsted
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