The Weeping Willow and Milk Epidemic Origins
A compact historic note traces how the Weeping Willow reached America via Pope’s box of figs from Smyrna, passing through a British officer to John Parke Custis and on to Virginia. It also recounts a typhoid milk outbreak in Springfield in 1892 linked to a milkman and contaminated farm discharges and a well.
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America
Alexander Pope
Thames
Twickenham
Smyrna
South Sea
Harper’s
Boston
Pope
John Parke Custis
Washington
Abingdon
Virginia
Indianapolis News
Springfield
Mass
W.T. Sedswick
E. A. Winslow
Atlantic
The Colt and Its Rider
A man attempts to ride a young colt and faces a hard struggle as the animal bucks and the rider clings on. The colt throws him to the ground, but he captures the horse and mounts again, enduring more struggle and ultimately severe injuries. Moral: some people don’t know when they are well off.
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N. ¥. Herald
Microbes In Money and Library Habits
Medical men state books and paper money carry microbes of disease yet workers in libraries and banks rarely contract illness. The reason is they avoid wetting fingers with lips when turning pages or handling notes, unlike common practice.
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Medical Journal
Bible Study and Church Rally Notices Turn Up in Revival Excerpt
An old revival tract outlines the Bible’s structure with a Bible study motto and details the 66 books in two testaments. It lists Pentateuch to Minor Prophets, notes Moses authored the Pentateuch, and mentions a revival continuation by a minister. It also reports Ladies Aid Society meeting on April 21 in the Sunday School room and urges church members to attend April 26 events including a Thursday topic on temptations and Rally Day.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Sharp
Lane
Standen
Sunday School Notes and Goals for Children's Day
Attendance 223 and offering 6.20 with 11 cents Birthday Box from Earl Anderson. New Sunday School song books available. Sunday is Rally Day with target 300 attendees and 10 dollars in collection. Lorain school had 211 present and 5.28 offering, and provisions for Children’s Day include one dollar donations and names in paper.
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Earl Anderson
Lorain School
Raily Devil Sunday School Rally Planned
The notice invites all scholars teachers and officers and every church member and interested person to attend the Sunday school event on Sunday April 26 at the Christian Sunday School. The Pastor and his son Donald visited the Pastor’s parents in Minerva and the Lorain church notes leadership changes as Brother Cook plans to leave for work at Hiram College while preaching at Field’s Corners during college time.
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Raily Dev
Christian Sunday School
the Baptist Church
Brother Cook
Lorain
Hiram College
Field’s Corners
Sarah
Endeavor Service and Church Life Reflections
Young people urged to attend Endeavor service at six. The sermon next Sunday titled The plea of the Disciples. A dialogue questions belonging and belonging to church. Notes on Gideons movement against hotel bars and church involvement. Upcoming events include orchestra, Reds and Blues contest, Rally Day on April 26, and emphasis on community service for the school.
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Gideons
Wisconsin
United States
Gideon's
America
Mark Senday
West Sering
Rik
Interesting Figures Promoting the Disciples of Christ
The Restorations movement began 94 years ago with the Declaration and Address by Thomas Campbell. The first church formed 79 years ago at Ash Run near Bethany College, now spread across the United States and abroad with 111 congregations, 1,256,120 members, and 7,119 ministers. The piece urges humility and generous support to advance the gospel free from creeds and dogmas.
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Christ
Thomas Campbell
Church of Disciples
Ash Run
West Virginia
Bethany College
United States
Withius
Help Save America Evangelistic Call and Meeting Notes
Community religious appeal urges generosity to support evangelistic work and Bible School on April 26. It highlights a women’s society meeting with 128 ladies, devotional leadership, Indian mission talk, Calcutta work facts, solos, and social time. Also notes on alcohol issues and upcoming Ratly Day events to follow.
There and Back on Tips in New York City
A returning traveler mocks the tipping craze sweeping Washington and New York. He recalls a New York clerk tipping for a telegram and predicts ever more gratuities from cops to conductors as a social oddity that may spread.
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Washington
New York
Broadway
New Yorker
Clex
When is a mayor entitled to right worshipful prefix
London Telegraph notes the London Guardian’s query on when a mayor may be called right worshipful. It contrasts London and York precedents with newer lord mayors in Manchester Liverpool Leeds Birmingham Sheffield and Bristol adopting right honourable. It cites ancient cities Exeter Chester Norwich where worshipful remains common.
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London
Manchester Guardian
London Telegraph
St. Pancras
Manchester
Liverpool
Leeds
Birmingham
Sheffield
Bristol
York
Exeter
Chester
Norwich
Distinctive City Subject Dropped in Lord Mayor’s Context
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a distinct subject dropped in a discussion within the Lord Mayor’s jurisdiction. The text hints at a reconsideration or removal of a proposed item or policy amid municipal deliberations. Entities are unclear due to damaged source.
An Unenow e Center on Centenarians and a Mock Discovery
The article discusses rumors of a man named Michael Solis of Irish origin alleged to be 140 years old, citing La Epoca and Dr. Hernandez. It questions the authenticity, noting no prior sightings in over six decades, and mentions authors Easton and Sharen Turner as familiar to centenarian writers.
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Michael Solia
Bia
la Epoca
Rameda
Om Lollo
Michael Solis
Andiane
Dia
Hernandez
Miguel Lollo
London Lancet
Easton
Salisbury
Sharen Turner
The Days of Motor Cars and Old Time Anecdotes
A collage of 1900 era musings on motor cars replacing horses cites Henry Norman in World's Work. predicts towns, theaters, shops within reach and cleaner streets. It shifts to assorted humorous vignettes about war horses, a San Juan hill charge, flowers for a husband, and jokes about medicine and colds from various papers.
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Henry Norman
Norman
Temptation and Quips Across a Fragmented Page
A garbled collage from several papers features a jokey exchange about insurance and a policy, a wary assessor seeking personal property, and snippets about water dowry on Oshima. It includes light exchanges at a social level and a brief mischief remark about drinking. The faded lines mix local banter with distant notes and names.
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Ste Tate
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Toni
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Church of Christ
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Iel
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Micah
Nahum
Hab
Kakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zeckard
Malachi
Pentateuskh
Moses
Wions
Exekcen
Sunday School Notes
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Rawson
Robinson
Donald
Minerva
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Pesan
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Oleny
Johnny
San Juan
Los Angeles Herald
Philadelphia Record
Poe
Kher
Eben
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Oshima
London Chronicle
Reiled
Jaggsby
Sin
Waggsby
Chicago Daily News
Bak
N. ¥. Journal
Willie
Wilhelmina
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