Methodist Church Offering and Upcoming Epworth Assembly
The Methodist service offering last Sunday raised 41.67 dollars with potential to reach 100 if more members contributed. The Epworth Assembly begins July 31 and the writers plan to attend. No Sunday services on August 8 and 10. all are urged to attend next Sunday. The sermon topic is The Treasuries of the Snow with evening discussion on The Decision of Character and its development. All are welcome.
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Missionary Society
Epworth
Otsenter
Western Barge Line plans extension to Omaha and beyond
The Western Barge Line Co. has established freight service from Nebraska City to St. Louis and aims to extend to Omaha and then Sioux City Ia and Yankton S D on the Missouri river. The firm has leased 300 feet of riverfront dockage at Omaha.
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Nebraska City
St. Louis
Western Barge Line Co
Omaha
Sioux City
Yanktor, S. D
Missouri River
Hog parasites recipe from Agricultural College guidance
Agricultural College Lincoln urges hog owners to rid hogs of lice and mange mites. It promotes using discarded crank case oil with creosote dip and crude petroleum as effective surface treatments for dipping vats or spraying hogs. Emphasizes clean bedding to prevent parasites and improve hog ruggedness and feeding.
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Agricultural College
Lincoln
Renewing the Old Strawberry Bed
The article advises immediate renewal after this year's crop to ensure next year's yield. It recommends cutting the foliage with a mower or scythe, burning dry material on a windy day when ground is wet, or removing mulch. Then thin the plants due to excess growth to improve conditions. if the bed is small, add fertilizer and mulch as needed.
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Agricultural College
Lincoln
The Federated Community Church Sunday Schedule
The Federated Community Church invites attendance for Sunday school at 10 with a Bible lesson on The Temptation of Jesus and a morning worship at 11 titled A Lost God and Where to Find Him. A junior program and pastor’s talk follow. Ladies Keystone class merges into an upcoming picnic.
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Jesus
Keystone
St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church Sunday Service
Sunday school begins at 10 a m followed by worship at St. Paul’s Ev Lutheran Church. Event dated Sunday July 27th announced for the congregation.
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ST. Paul’s EV. Lutheran Church
Suddite in Nile Tested as Coal Substitute
Ancient Nile weed suddite forms thick beds near Khartoum rising about twenty feet tall and three feet underground. French scientists link it to coal with 35 000 square miles of deposits. Natives harvest every three weeks, ferrying faggots to Khartum where plants convert it into dry compact fuel. Nile steamers show suddite performance equal to coal in tests.
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New York
Nile
Khartum
Proverbial Thoughts on Fortune and Self Control
A collection of maxims about prayer, prosperity, self mastery, and human folly. It contrasts burdens of wealth with humility and warns against boasting of strength or wealth. Each line delivers a compact moral or reflection on character and fate.
Glycerine Mixture for Gas on Stomach
A brief note describes a glycerine mixture for gas on the stomach and mentions Adlerika as acting on both bowels. It references simple buckthorn and an hel case gas on the stomach in nine minutes and claims advantages for obstinate conditions.
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Adlerika
Ainst
Shutt Drug Co
Something to Think About by PFANWALKER
Many good souls weigh the ill nature of old Mother Earth and urge a spiritual elixir. The piece laments irritability and lost manners in adults as they age and pursue ambitions, seeking calm fellowship and mutual goodwill amid hectic lives.
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Pfanwalker
Bones of an Indian Swept From Grave in Westfield
Boys along the Westfield river at Little River uncovered bones believed to be an ancient Indian grave. High water washed away part of the bank near J Wells Loomis property and exposed a well preserved skull with jaw and teeth. The remains were found at the site of the old fort and first meeting house marked by the Western Hampden society.
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Westfield
Mass
Little River
J. Wells Loomis
First’ Meeting House
Western Hampden’ Society
Camel Hair Cloth From China Camel Hair For Textile Trade
The article explains how camel hair is sourced for camel hair cloth. Hair comes from cooler China regions and is shed seasonally. A dedicated boy collects shed hair during travels, then it is sorted baled and exported at port arrivals.
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China
Pronunciation Shift of the Word Colonel Over Time
An article notes early spellings of colonel derived from coronel influenced by Spanish and early French. The current pronunciation "kurnel" arose around 1800, after which the second O acquired its value.
Fish Made Easy Prey In Madagascar
In Madagascar fishermen still use primitive methods to catch fish. They paralyze prey with a bait made from leaves of a peculiar tree.
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Madagascar
Western girl rewrites Bible verse in Sunday lesson
A Sunday school teacher asks for the verse of the day and a young western girl delivers a playful misquote, saying Go ye into all the world and spread the gossip to all the people. The quip appears in the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Famous New York Club The Coffees House
A brief item notes the Coffees House in New York as a notable club established for social and cultural gatherings. It highlights its distinctive character as a historic venue within the city’s club scene.
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New York
Invention of Hinged Center Fold Button for Easy Insertion
A clothing button is introduced with a hinge along its center that folds to ease insertion through stiff fabric. The device promises smoother fastening and could simplify garment construction for wearers and makers alike.
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Methodist
E. E. Pengelly
Congress
THE
Federated Community Church
W. F. Clark
By &. R. Peyser
Heaven
Elays
M. J. Powell
Jefferson Co
First National Bank
Fairbury
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Seweler & Optician
Qilki
Obed
Waggoner Bros
O. GC
Diehl
Pier
Nebi Calle
Glacier Park
Rockies
America
Glacier
Yellowstone Geyserland
Cody
Park Line
Filley
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