Idleness Is a Curse A Bride Hears The Call Of Duty
The North Salem Herald laments a young wife who killed herself due to perceived neglect from her husband’s work. It argues mothers’ idleness in daughters breeds selfish moods and warns that a woman who has worked respects duty, while a life of idleness harms marriage prospects. It cites Mount Holyoke College president praising working women as better wives than those who have never held a job.
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Mount Holyoke College
North
Salem Herald
A Portrait of a Tiny Mindset in Community Life
The excerpt condemns a petty citizen who wields a boycott as power, argues such individuals underestimate communal progress, and claims they have few friends because they deserve none. It portrays a man who cannot tolerate others’ success and cannot imagine a world beyond his own cravings.
Trivia Clippings From World Notes and Innovations
Various historical facts cover language origins and numerics, naval manpower in Nelson era, whale protection moves, Tasmanian apple exports, Swiss travel figures, and British coastal pest control. Notes include old derrick dates, Japan road use, locust eyes tax, Belgian mining safety, Turkestan cotton trials, Canton observatory plans, and imperial robes indicating rank.
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China
Berlin
London
Tasmania
England
Germany
Switzerland
United States
Russia
Great Britain
Trier
Andernach
Japan
Syria
H. “Albert Johnson
Liege
Belgium
Turkestan
Transcaspian
Canton
Washington
Uncle Sam
Austria
Westwell
Ashford
National Military Park
Vicksburg
Henry Hudson Kitson
Quincy
Boston
Stephen Dill] Lee
The Deadly Fly In the Home and Its Perilous Spread
The article notes seven fly varieties with common houseflies dominant at 98 percent. Flies lay eggs in fermenting matter and manure, with maggots hatching about twelve days after oviposition. A single fly can produce sextillions of offspring, and bacteria on a fly range widely, averaging about 1.25 million per fly in a sample.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Storrs
Conn
Frank ‘Fleischman
Harper’s Weekly
Abdul Hamid Foretold Heir To Osman Then Empire Shrinks
The Westminster Gazette notes a doomed horoscope for Abdul Hamid predicting vast territory and Osman heir status, but the Turkish Empire shrank under his rule. It cites European Turkey losing over 70,000 square miles and Africa and Asia realms shifting, with England and France shaping Egypt Tunis and Yemen affairs.
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Abdul Hamid
Osman
Sultan
Turkey
African
England
Egypt
France
Tunis
Red Sea
Yemen
Asia Minor
Western
Asia
Osman I
Westminster Gazette
The Snobs Rebuked at a New York Luncheon Tale
Mrs. Corey recalls a luncheon in New York where Isadore Duncan and Jean de Reszke help train children for the stage at a Paris school. She argues such work beats social frivolity and laments snobbish talk in American society. Fitzgerald once knew a lord who is dead.
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William Ellis’ Corey
New-York
Paris
Isadore Duncan
Jean de Reszke
Mrs. Corey
Omar Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Salamander Venom Neutralizes Viper Poison Say Scientist
Mme Phisalix reports experiments at the Paris Academy of Sciences showing salamander venom counteracts viper venom. An animal given both poisons remained unharmed, suggesting a potential universal remedy for snake bites.
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Paris Academy of Sciences
Mmne
Phisalix
Epworth League Convention Draws 300 Visitors to Logansport
The twentieth annual Logansport district Epworth League convention opened with Rev. E. C. Dunn presiding and Rev. M. H. Kreves leading devotional services. About three hundred visitors attended over two days of sessions with sermons by James A. Sprague and Rev. M. Swadner. The event featured pledges for Africa missions, installations of new officers, and plans to host future conventions in Akron 1910 and Sheridan 1911.
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Forest
Logansport
Epworth League
League
E. C. Dunn
M. H. Kreves
Akron
Leslie
James A. Sprague
Kokomo
Mae Gibson
Chicago
Africa
M. Swadner
Forest League
Wheatland Street
A. C. Rowand
Marion
R. C. Richards
Logansport Pres
Ollie Rensopher
Forest -Ist
Cleo “Howard
Lincoln
Edna Rummel
Gail Bridge
Peru
Treas
Elsie Freeman
Logansport’. Jr. League
Sheridan
Cure Skin Diseases with Zemo Drug Ad
A promotional note claims germs and poisons cause skin diseases must be drawn to the surface and destroyed. It says Zemo, a clean liquid for external use, will draw out germs and cure eczema pimples blackheads dandruff itching piles and other skin or scalp diseases. Druggist C E Gregory endorses Zemo and offers a sample bottle.
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Zemo
C. E. Gregory
Harvey’s Dressing Trick Inspires Mystery in New York
A Washington obituary recalls George W Harvey known for his Oyster House. In New York a dispute over dressings ends with Harvey adding a few drops of water from a vial, baffling judges who declare his dressing best yet with a mystery motive.
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Washington
George W., Harvey
Blarvey
New York
Harvey
Mr. Harvey
George
Chicago Post
How to Remove Cream Spots from a Tablecloth
Cream spots can be removed without washing the cloth. Lightly touch the stain with household ammonia and then iron over a clean piece of white blotting paper to lift the mark.
Final settlement hearing notice for Eliza Deceased
Motive summons creditors heirs and legatees of Eliza Deceased to appear before Ramsey Circuit Court in Noblesville Indiana on July 12, 1909 and show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Witness the Clerk of Court June 4, 1909.
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Eliza
Ramilton
Corr
Noblesvolle Drdiana
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Bonchamp
Thousand Islands
Wingston
Canada
Forrest
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Bears
Likeli
Castoria
Remington Typewriter
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Nuetice
John W. Teter
Newby Black
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C. E. Elliott
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