Bridgeport Holiday Notes Reach Wide Circle
Frazer spent Friday in Vincennes with Uorrie and Billy McBride. James Eaton visited Summer friends in Vincennes. Q O Bonnell fed the dedication services and saw old friends in Bridgeport. M R Garvitson arrived from Union Indiana to spend winter with sister Loogan. Joseph Brown of Mt. Carmel will preach at the Presbyterian church in Bridgeport at 6 PM Sunday December 2nd. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnell
Vincennes
Tucs
Joseph Brown
Terian
Bridgeport
Lawrenceville items note church, visitors, and events
Mrs. L. Shroyer and son Reed visited Lawrenceville. Veranda addition begun at C. W. Parkinajo's. M. W. A. to elect officers at next Saturday meeting. Mrs. Steuben Samper visited her daughters. Mrs. M. Kurkey of Sumner visiting Barnetts. Emma Nappier plans return to New Harmony area. Jett family moves to new home. Burk Jordan and L. W. Jackman relocate. Residents attend new church service and a Democratic town gathering in Lawrence County. Catholic church dedicated with Bishop Janssen presiding. large community dinner and a musical program planned. C. W. Bauer injured on roof at Potts' house and is resting at home.
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Steuben Samper
Poesday
Mra. B. W. Vook
Mra
Will Moore
Emma Nappier
Toby Rameey
New Harmony
Lovabay
AFT Groot
Jett
Praire
Burk Jordan
Francisville
L. W. Jackman
Truman
Janeen
Belleville
Father Dempsey
St. Patrick’s Church
Louis
Clarke
Poplar Bluff
Mororey
Vandalia
Schnelton
Olney
O'Reilly
Edwardaville
O’lakerly
St. Louis
Fleschman
Vincennes
Ind
Downey
Home Church
Janssen
Catholica
C. W. Bauer
W. H. Potts
Ile
Amity meetings and local doings noted in county column
Saturday visitors include Chauncey George Angle of Central Petty and Sherman Poland of Westport. Meetings at Pleasant Hill and Amity noted with Rev W C Reeder starting a new series. An oyster supper at the M W A ball on Thanksgiving night is announced. A discussion of perception and hallucination cites Goethe, Scott and Brewster with a Veruminator Review reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. €. Reeder
Amity
Clarence Daniele
M. ER
Marriage Licenses Issued In Past Week In Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville marriages for the week include Ira Calvert 28 of Hirde to Clara Lamotte 26 of Bridgeport and Chas A Her o of Lawrenceville to Pearl 20 of Sumner. Shelton 48 to Aurora Nordman of Bedford Ind Samuel 1 61 of Vincennes to Parker Beall Ind irk 24 to Stela Pixley of Sailor Springs.
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Ira Calvert
Hirde
Clara Lamotte
Bridgeport
Chas. A
Lawrenceville
Pearl
Sumner
Shelton
Aurora Nordman
Bedford
Ind
Samuel 1
Vincennes
Parker
Beall
Irk
Stela Pixley
Sailor Springs
Mt Zion News Briefs and Local Updates
Adam Price lost a valuable horse Monday. Elder Roberts is expected to be at this place over next Sunday. No services were held Sunday due to dreary weather. Grandma McGuire enjoyed a pleasant visit with George Prong and a family last week. Miss Lida Williams has been absent from school three weeks due to ill health. A bee at the church last Thursday cleared away the old cemetery fence and erected itching racks. Ralph McGuire, recently at Decatur, is visiting and will depart for Ripley county Missouri this week. We are reliably informed that
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Elder Roberts
Grandma McGuire
George Prong
Lida Williams
Ralph McGuire
Decatur
Ripley County
Bankruptcy Law Workings and Effects on Creditors
The article examines the 1890s bankruptcy law, noting 1 810 voluntary and about 21 000 involuntary petitions by Sept 90. Debtors' debts totaled 27 million with assets 13.4 million while debtors aided by the law showed 264.9 million debts against 83.0 million assets. It argues most claims were desperate, freeing debtors from liability, and cites diverse filers including farmers and policemen. It calls for some involuntary bankruptcy provisions but overall approval, contending creditors were not seriously prejudiced.
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Wen
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Hime wn Liar: Kaneas man sues doctors over cure
Barney Plumb of Kaneas accuses doctors of lying until he tried Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. He paid one five cent bottle’s price and claims it cured his stomach trouble, with the doctor billed for five dollars. Sold by all druggists.
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Barney Plumb
Kaneas
Caldwell
Bill
Preservation and vanity in modern society and culture
The article discusses myrrh as a valued dentifrice in distant regions, then shifts to a celebrated actress warning women against diamonds for youth preservation. It contrasts youth ideals, ballroom grace, and social restraint with gentility, chivalry, and evolving attitudes of men and women toward appearance and sincerity, arguing for balanced beauty and conduct.
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Abyssinia
Saiat Bernhardt
Mme
Sarah Bernl Irdt
Socie
Quail Hunting in Egypt Feeds Natives Net Traps Used
St Louis Post-Dispatch reports quail pass along the Nile delta from Port Said to Alexandria from September for an extended period. Native nets and double-layer traps catch vast numbers, with birds driven onto concealed back nets and branches luring the quarry. Over half a million birds are taken each year.
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Quedl
Egypt
Nile
Port Said
Alexandria
St Louis
Post-Dispatch
Briquettes From Sawdust Fuel Sails to New York
In Austria, Joseph Fi alla sawmills convert sawdust into briquettes by impregnating it with tar and heating. The briquettes weigh about 0.4 pounds, measure 6 by 6 by 1.5 inches, and are produced at 19 per minute. Each briquette has calorific power close to lignite and costs about 18 cents to produce, with the factory selling price higher. A New York World note mentions a party from Bencon Falla, N Y traveling to see the sights in New York last Monday night.
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Joseph Fialla
Austria
Saat Ie
New York
Ben-con Falla
N. Y
New York World
Five Clawed Dragons Show Royal Power and Fearsome Prestige
A historic note explains the five clawed dragon as China's royal emblem. the dragon symbolizes universal dominion with the emperor seen as its body and throne. Chinese writers describe a fearsome, powerful creature, while people debate propitiation and status in imperial imagery. A New York woman’s tale of taking a child to school expands into a broader account of work arrangements and moral questions of exploitation and compensation.
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China
Tie Impetar
New York
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Qur Enargetia Corps
ST. Francisville
Frazer
Wintpriday
Uorrie
Billy McBride
James Eaton
M.R. Garvitson
Union
Loogan
Anday Evening Starkman
V. P
Miss Patton
DeQuio Spencer
Wm. McBride
Wis Leach
Lolakei
J. D. Madding
A. L Maxwell
Pate Carr
Geo. Hill
Lukin
Democracy
Lawrence County
Merchants and Manufacturers of
Chauncey
George Angle
Central Petty
EH Bach
Lew Maehrosh
Brown
John Reeder and Son
Edgewood
Rev
W. C. Reeder
Raymond Fence
of &T. Louis
Coustienio
Abercromby
Goethe
Wilkie Collins
Walter Scott
Lord Byron
David Brewater
David
Sir David
Mrs. A
Veruminater
MT. Zion
Adam Price
Thoes
Poalmey Bigelow
North American Review
Mamie Beth
American Monthly Review OF Reviews
Cas
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Hhe
Peraa
the Review OF Reviews Company
Aster
Drew York City
Griterion
Criterion Publication
East Qist St
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SRO
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Central Bet
Ville
Mattoon
Evanaville
Matton
Rons Jocad
Illinois Central
R.A
Iron
HOT Springs
Arkansas
Mempe
Ilinois Central&b
Pullman
Ark
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A. H. Hanson
Comic Acs
St. le Kansas City
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Puget Sound
Portland
Nngton
Northern Pacific
St. Lonia
Cbair
Kanaga City
St. Joseph
St. Lo
Denver
Pacific Coast
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Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
Dl Bloffe
Nebreaka
Kansas
Cole Utah
Pacific Caast
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Salt Lake City
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