06 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
The Bellefontaine Republican
Location
Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1899
Page
1
The prose describes a preliminary heat as a crowd watches a speeding railroad race, with children cheering from a fence and adults reflecting on the era of steam and electricity. It mentions Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure claiming to purify, enrich, and vitalize blood to overcome disease.
An aristocratic woman travels in state as age and hunger for love press on her. Though rich in silks and curios, she laments no child to share her wealth of wit, culture, and learning. Louise Morgan’s tale reflects gender duty and the ache of daily life without offspring.
In 1730 Boston Peter Faneuil, a wealthy bachelor, courts Miss Mary Jekyll amid rich host families and a looming marriage arrangement with Lord Linnington. He clashes with family plans, plans to send the sisters abroad, and confronts a web of suitors including Col. Saltonstall, while balancing business duties and a fragile fortune.
Panoramic war book depicts Yankee Doodle triumphs from recruiting to skirmish scenes with many war figures and Red Cross heroines. It highlights military life and camp life through vivid engravings. page images unfold as leaves turn. Available as 15 by 8 inch print for 12 cents, mailed to U S, Canada, or Mexico. offer includes advance notice and order envelope.
A hare lipped bartender Erastus masters a comic language puzzle with a patron in a saloon near Marys. The man repeats phrases like hinty hot ale and at ut I ted while they clash over drinks, dice, and a coin toss, ending with a Yale student applause as a crowd watches.
The article warns collectors to beware polished forgeries and sophisticated reproductions. It details European factories producing fake antiquities, corrosion tricks to age metals, worm-hole drilling, and staged stamps. It notes a growing market for counterfeit art and a recent rush on long photographic film spooled for cinema use, costing about $1,000 per mile.
The State Christian Endeavor Convention comes to Columbus June 27 29 with a mammoth chorus directed by W E Knox and Willis G Rowland presiding. About two hundred voices from local Endeavor societies and churches join choirs from Auterpean dorna First Baptist and Plymouth Congregational. Evening sessions will be at the Columbus auditorium with seating for 8000 to host eminent speakers and large audiences.
A New York Tribune report covers a Methodist Ministers meeting where Dr L W Munhall debates Bible integrity against higher critics, likening early skepticism to Voltaire and Paine and condemning infidel teachers. The piece also notes a Mexican Arizona chicken smuggling tale, a self tricking hen coop straddling the border, turning profits on both sides, and a Cleveland Plain Dealer car carriage feat of 707 miles in 40 hours fueling talk of future autos replacing railroads.
Nashville Tennessee reports Miss Jane H Thomas born September 3 1800 remains sought after for marriage at 100 years old. A 60 year old Kentucky man who is already married and has many descendants sent an offer. she declines stating she will marry only at 100. She remains socially active reading papers and newsletters while upholding duties and church ties.
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