Union Christian College Remodeling Fund Receipts Listed
A record of money received for remodeling Union Christian College buildings lists donors and amounts, noting some obligations discounted. Key contributors include Elizabeth Hatton 100, Rev. Austin Bennett 100, Prof. Enders 190, Jno Emerson 10, and many others with varied sums. (To be continued.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Christian College
A. M. Ward
Elizabeth Hatton
G. R. Hammond
J. . Parker
Rev
Austin H. Bennett
Sannah H. Sutton
Frank Robertson
W. P. Sparks
A. G. McNabb
Elvis McKinsey
Elias Moore
Ay Jas. Punt
S. S. St. Clair
M. H. Brush
M. C. Manifold
W. A. Bell
C. Enders
M.plunkett
Orren Stoddard
W. A. Freeman and Wife
Levi Wilkinson
Jno
W. Emerson
Tan Central Ind. Conf
Eliza BE. Pilling
TORO
Elwood C. Harris
W. OH. Crowder
Yay
Mary W. Fairfield
Na Rollin
Sadie Plunkett
L. A. Stewart
Paul Poynter
Reed and Batey
Direlle Chaney
R. P. White
Otto Kruz
J. KK. Smock
Josh Beasley
McKinley and McBride
Sullivan State Bank
G. R. Dutton
J. A. McClanahan
FOS, Logoon Cn Eeeerecen
J. Re. Finley
Jas. Miles
W. E. Ward
Ben C. Crowder
Thornton
R. Fairfield
Chas. Mankedick
O. B. Whittaker
Pearls From Wabash River Spark Industry Report
The U S Geological Survey notes Wabash river pearls as a major 1906 industry with Burd of St Louis estimating $100 000 to $150 000 value and Davenport Iowa's Boepple citing about $2 000 000 yearly in Mississippi region. The report places U S pearl production near $500 000 in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash River
United States Geological Survey
W. D. Burd
St. Louis
Mississippi
United States Finish Commission
United States
J. W. Boepple
Davenport
Beepple
Middle West
Vincennes Sun
Mayors Say Failures Mark Municipal Ownership in Cities
In letters from Princeton New Jersey Marengo Illinois and Itasca Texas mayors declare municipal ownership of electric plants a failure. Princeton mayor Guy A Bryant cites higher running costs than private supply and seeks sale. Marengo mayor J H Patterson argues for reducing city control to avoid losses. Itasca mayor C C Weaver recounts heavy operating losses and selling the electric plant after six months. Cincinnati street issue notes noisy streets after mud removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy A. Bryant
Princeton, J
Marengo
Ill
J. H. Patterson
Patterson
C. C. Weaver
Itasca
Tex
Captain Seth Talks of Human Dogfish
A seaside reading-room scene centers on Capt. Seth Parsons and local fishermen as talk turns from cold day hardships to bank trouble. Seth likens banks to human dogfish gobbling money, urges a bounty on them, and predicts hard times with plans to bury his money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Wharf
Seth Parsons
Seth
Capt
Ezra Jenkins
Ezra
Georges
Congress
Capt. Seth
Delicate refusal echoes in Chicago social scene
A Chicago Daily News fragment shows a witty narrator recounting dinner with a serious young man Claude Wellington Jones who rejects artificiality and favors truth. The exchange touches poetry, art, and the city’s soot covered nights as the girl, amid friends by a fire, revels in a chosen ruse and a fragile gaze toward stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sho
Claude Wellington Jones
Mr. Jones
Claude
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Arizona as a lone state gains admission and overruns arid wonder
Secretary Garfield announces the administration will not push a joint statehood with New Mexico. Arizona remains set to become the forty seventh state, highlighting its arid landscape, mineral wealth, and Grand Canyon as iconic features while contrasting its Mexican population with New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Garfield
Interior
Arizona
New Mexico
Rizona
Bush
Grand Canyon
America
Fence Post Defies Pump In Comical Exchange
A humorous dialogue unfolds as a fence post snubs a pump with pride claiming notable connections. The pump retorts with a formal challenge, prompting a comic clash of personalities.
No Overtaking
A self-made man jokes about his daughter pursuing studies abroad and feigns belief she has a real chance, saying privately she does not stand the least chance of overtaking them.
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Crowley
Ag and Titian Tiers
Bousht
Charles E. Henderson
Cincinnati
Jackson Ofich
America’s Wonderland
Great Mineral State
Aizenix
Pike County
Ark
Johannesburg
Tucson
Phenix
Colorado River
San Sentato
Gombh
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