The Queer Waukegan Bachelors Club Prize Marriages
The Waukegan Bachelors Club led by Dr. W W Pearce mayor of the city awards a 50 prize to the member who first becomes a father of twins. The club, incorporated Aug 18 1891, limits membership to 25 and elects one member each year to marry. The annual election ends with a banquet for the chosen bachelor and a celebration of his impending nuptials. Members listed include J P Hull W E Warden T H Durst Dr G H Slyfield C E Shultis Dr Percival Pearce Dr W W Pearce W I Lyon and E JP Bidinger.
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Waukegan
Philadelphia Times
Lake Michigan
Chicago
A. Lloyd Logan
J. S. Shute
J. P. Hull
W.E. Warden
T. H. Durst
G. H. Slyfield
C. E. Shultis
Percival Pearce
W. W. Pearce
W. I.lyon
E. JP. Bidinger
Bachelors' Club Chooses W. W. Pearce And Others For Marital Votes
The Bachelors' Club records a sequence of marriages featuring W. W. Pearce who after an election trip to Boston brought home a bride who bore twins. Other picks include Dr Percival Pearce and R. P. Bidinger, with W. C. Parker joining the U S army. Club officers are Cyrus Blodgett, Arthur Smith, Theodore Durst, and Percival Pearce, at Third Lake, Lake County Illinois.
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W. W. Pearce
Boston
Percival Pearce
Jessie Cooke
Homer Cooke
Chicago
Third Lake
R. P. Bidinger
William S. Lyon
Poughkeepsie
New York
United States Army
W. C. Parker
Illinois Cavalry
Bachelors’ Club
Cyrus Blodgett
Arthur Smith
Theodore Durst
Lake County
Largest Kitchen in World at Windsor Castle
The Windsor royal kitchen is cited as perhaps the largest single kitchen globally with a 14 by 9 foot hot plate table. George IV added the roof and ventilators in 1828, and a historic smokestack anchors the space. The apparatus, once praised by Lady Bloomfield and Charles Murray, fed tens of thousands with an annual need for repairs.
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George IV
Windsor Castle
Batterie de Cuisine
Lady Bloomfield
Nebuchadnezzar
Windsor
Charles Murray
Pall Mall Magazine
Private Detective William Andersen Vanishes Before Wedding
On eve of marriage in New York City a Brooklyn detective, William Andersen, vanished after a telegram summons from a man signing Leighton. His fiancée Jennie Gustafson fears foul play as his belongings remained at the boarding house and no wedding occurred. Andersen, 32, Copenhagen-born, had a history as a detective aiding counterfeiting cases and served at Chickamauga.
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Thirty-seventh Street
Brooklyn
Jennie Gustafson
William Andersen
Andersen
Copenhagen
Chance
United States
New York
Manhattan
Chickamauga
Jennie
Sands Street
Third Avenue
One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Harlem
Leighton
Anderson
Zimbabwe Ruins Believed Ancient by Scholar
Dr H Schlichter told the Royal Geographical Society that the Zimbabwe ruins date to 1100 B C. He argues Semitic groups from the Red Sea region, including Jews Phoenicians and Western Arabs, had reached Rhodesia and mined gold long before modern times.
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H. Schlichter
Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Red Sea
Rhrodesia
One in His Position
A humorous exchange at work features a clerk Penfold announcing an addition to his family. When asked if it is a boy or girl he reveals it is twins, and the employer quips about "too many heirs."
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Penfold
University of Pennsylvania Museum Opens Buddhist Temple
The museum at the University of Pennsylvania unveiled a Buddhist temple exhibit after Prof. Maxwell Sommerville spent nearly six years collecting materials for the project.
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University of Pennsylvania
Maxwell Sommerville
Japanese influence draws students to University of Michigan
The majority of international students in the area come to Ann Arbor to study political economy under Professor Adams. Count Ono, chief inspector of the Bank of Japan, studied at Michigan and promotes Adams's reputation across Japan’s islands.
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Onese
America
Ann Arbor
Adams
Count Ono
Bank of Japan
University of Michigan
Well Groomed Women Shirt Waist Ad
An advertisement touts a neatly laundered shirt waist using Faultless Starch to enhance a woman's appearance. It urges shoppers to buy the starch at all grocers for 10 cents.
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All Grocers
Man Faces Challenge of Opportunity and Income
A Kansas City Star reflection notes the difficulty some men have balancing available opportunities with their earnings, highlighting financial strain and personal choice.
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Kansas City Star
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup marketing note
An old advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup touts teething relief for children the product softens the gums reduces irritation and pain while claiming to cure wind colic priced at 25 cents per bottle.
Sing Sing Aviary Claims World Largest Allbird Habitat
The New York state aviary at Sing Sing is described as the largest in the world with the allbird as the favorite species.
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New York State
Sing Sing
We Pay 815 a Week and Expenses for Rigs
An offer from Javello Mfg Co Parsons Kan promising 815 weekly pay plus expenses to men with rigs to introduce or Poultry Compound. The notice frames real estate of the soul as more profitable than city lot prices.
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Javello Mfg.Co
Parsons, Kan
Allen's Foot-Ease reduces shoe pressure for achy feet
Do your feet ache and burn when you put on shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves tight new shoes and foot discomfort. It cures corns bunions swelling heat and sweating feet. Available at all druggists and shoe stores 25c sample sent free Allen Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
London Chronicle ponders recurrence of 9 9 9 date digits
The London Chronicle asks when a similar collection of numbers will recur after September 9 next year and how soon it will happen again in the twentieth century. The query frames a curiosity about calendar patterns and digit sequences.
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The
London Chronicle
Cabinet for groceries patent by Eustice and Bair of Newton
U S patent office records a granted patent April 25 to E A Eustice and V O Bair Newton Iowa for a cabinet for groceries. The device uses a hopper shaped bottom compartment to elevate visible sugar or other goods to the top for withdrawal via a scoop, with dust and flies kept from the contents. J O Leary Valley Junction also had a nut lock patent allowed with a key and angular cavity mechanism. Free consultation and advice offered by Thomas G Orwig Co Des Moines.
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U.S. Patent Office
E. A. Eustice
V. O. Bair
Newton
Iowa
J. O. Leary
Valley Junction
Thomas G. Orwig & CO
Solicitors of Patents
Des Moines
Little Dorothy’s Sneaky Patient Joke At London Hospital
A nurse in a London hospital serves supper to sick children. Dorothy, a rosy cheeked convalescent, protests impatience and declares she is a “sne patient” in a playful twist that amuses the staff.
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London
Dorothy
Railroad News Agents Barred From Sleepers and Meals Cars
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad limits news agents to four calls per hour in regular day coaches and bans selling in sleeping parlor chair and dining cars. Passengers can still request papers via the porter, who attends to passenger needs.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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