Verse Paraphrase Prize Leader From Beatrice Becomes Feature
Beatrice Beacons Beatrice Express reports the Christian Endeavor World prize for best verse paraphrase of Lord’s Prayer results. Dr G W Crofts captures first place for his paraphrase featuring exalted language. Additional humorous notes critique stock schemes and editor exaggerations from The Commoner in a satirical roundup.
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Beatrice Express
Christian Endeavor World
G.W. Crofts
Beatrice
What If Scenarios From Hastings Tribune Archive
A collection of speculative questions imagining alternate outcomes and events in various domains. The prompts touch on boxing, politics, business, labor, and notable figures, framed as hypotheticals in a Hastings Tribune context.
Sioux Elite School News Counts Local Happenings
Charlie Dog Eyes hauled a cord of wood to the school this week. Mr. Pup is ill with lung bleeding. Mr. Wasmud and family visited He Dog's camp. Spider Brave Bird and Rose Crown Head reportedly married without a preacher. Circle Fool dies after brief illness. Eagle Elk visits agency. Two Teeth and Little Bald Eagle observed school events. Kate Hunts Horse sews at the school. Oliver Yellow Hall returns from Pine Ridge. War: visitor Annie Goes to War at school. Harry and Lucy Roan Horse visit at home. Aloysius Shooting Cat leaves home for a tent near Spring Creek to be near school.
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Wasmud
He Dog
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Spider Brave Bird
Rose Crown Head
Circle Fool
Eagle Elk
Little Bald Eagle
Kate Hunts Horse
Oliver Yellow Hall
Pine Ridge
Annie
Harry
Lucy Roan Horse
Aloysius Shooting Cat
Spring Creek
The Fool and His Drunk Reflects on Weekend Pay
A Milwaukee Journal editorial argues that receiving weekly pay on Saturdays tempts men to drink, harming job performance and raising turnover. It notes employers in Massachusetts shifted pay to midweek to curb self destructive behavior and improve efficiency.
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The
Milwaukee Journal
Massachusetts
Editor Frey’s Washington visit cites labor law pledge
John P. Frey, editor of an iron molders paper from Cincinnati, asked President for action on an alleged alien contract labor law violation. Frey left Washington impressed by the president who promised personal consideration, amid reports the district attorney had ignored the complaint. The president stated the law is meant to be lived up to, not treated as a dead letter.
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Bryan
Fairview
The
Commoner
John P. Frey
Washington
Cincinnati
Frey
United States
Courtroom Etiquette Across Congress and Senate
The article notes lawyers frequent in Congress use the phrase Now, if your honor please during debates, often drawing laughter in the house. In the Senate such interruptions are rarer as debate runs more sedate and formal.
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Senate
Theology Fashion Shifts Push Talented Men From Ministry
The Buffalo Commercial notes growing disfavor for theology among leading clergymen and suggests that heavy emphasis on theology may deter talented graduates from joining the ministry, implying a shift in religious vocation trends.
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Buffalo Commercial
Farm boy torn by love and town life
A Platte County youth faces a dilemma between staying on the farm for love or moving to town for a different business after courting a girl who cannot leave the farm. She warns she would not marry if he chooses the town life, leaving him to decide.
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Platte County
Giants of Legend and Tall Skeletons Across Ages
A survey of reported giant remains from 1590 to 1816 cites finds in Rouen, Rome, Sicily, and Dauphine. Giants listed include a 30 foot Isolent tomb near St. Gernad and 44 foot skeletons in 1559 Sicily, with teeth, skulls, and measurements described.
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Rouen
Galabra
Arabia
Rome
Claudius Caesar
Fannum
Eugene II
Chevalier Scrog
Teneriffe
Faragus
Orlando
Charlemagne
St. Gernad
Isolent
Dauphine
France
Palermo
Sicily
Magrino
Burlington Bulletin Excursion Rates Open Western Tours
Travelers urged to enjoy low summer excursion rates to Denver Salt Lake City California Puget Sound and Eastern resorts with special plans for Epworth League and big conventions. Rates begin June 1 with long return limits and summer tours to Black Hills Cody and nearby spots. Consult local Burling ton agent for details.
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Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake
California
Portland Exposition
Puget Sound
S&s
Portland
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lake Region
Canadia
New England
Black Hills
Horn Basin
Ountry
Deadwood
Cody
Wyo
Big Horn Basin
Park Timber Reserve
Ody
Burlington
Famous Frog Dies After Brain Surgery in 1899
The world famous frog died recently after a 1899 brain hemispheres removal by a professor. Despite the operation the frog lived five more years and showed no initiative or understanding, though it could still see and swallow with assistive feeding.
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Bis
Robbing Trunks Reported on Italian Railways
A traveler’s trunk was cut open between Rome and Genoa with clothing stolen worth 20 dollars, and a London Truth note says a lady lost her jewelry at the consulate minutes earlier. The writer criticizes Italian police and railways for not stopping luggage theft, urges travelers to insure baggage against theft.
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Italy
Rome
Genoa
London
Jamaica cyclone yields unexpected fruit harvest benefits
The article notes Jamaica’s cyclone caused near three million in destruction yet improved fruit seasons. It quotes the acting governor stating that hurricanes promote soil fertility, with banana crop devastation leading to clearing and a higher quality fruit yield recently exported.
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Jamaica
N. Y. Herald
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