Glider Experiments Mark Small Aero Club Flight Milestone
A weekend on Long Island saw Aero Club of America members test a hand powered glider from a hill, achieving short flights of up to forty feet. Augustus Post B L Braine George H Guy and Ward observed and operated the 45 pound apparatus as they plan future motorized trials and private testing space.
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Aero Club of America
Long Island
The
Aero Club
Augustus Post
B. L. Braine
Aviation Committee
George H. Guy
Mr. Ward
New York
Courtlandt Bishop
Shingles of Cement Founded in Saginaw Michigan
A new company formed at Saginaw Michigan plans to manufacture reinforced cement shingles. It will produce plain and ornamental shingles hip coverings and ridges ornamental tile and other terra cotta roofing products. A large factory will be built in Bay City and operations begin soon.
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Sagiman
Mich
Baginaw
Debt Crunch On The Shore Follows A Duke And Bride
The duke and his bride fear arriving creditors as they sail, fearing landsmen will demand payment for tailors hatters and others. The couple recalls their father’s riches while creditors press for cash, threatening ruin if settled later.
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Tyre
Johnson and the Lilliput Senate in News History
The piece recalls Johnson’s London Gazette style rewriters who lampooned Westminster by naming minds and places with fictitious terms. It highlights the open Pennsylvanian assembly channels and Johnson’s famed improvised debates, including Pitt’s celebrated line about youth. The Boston Globe notes this as a classic study of press freedoms.
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Franklin
Pennsylvania
Continental Congress
Johnson
House of Commons
Lilliput
England
Westminster
Senate of
Pitt
Exeter Street
Boston Globe
Church Services Schedule for June 21
Baptist Church Bible School at 10 a m Preaching at 11 a m BA at 7 p m Pastor F B Lawrence Trinity Church June 21 services 10 am Sunday school 11 am morning sermon 7 30 pm evening sermon Living Epistles picnic June 24 City creek Presbyterian Church June 21 11 am 8 pm Expansive Experience Duty s Degree morning and evening sermons Y PS CE 7 pm How to Keep a Situation Leader Allen Criswell Grind of Grace prayer meeting Wednesday 8 pm Special singing everyone welcome Henry A Mullen minister
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City Creek
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
Allen Criswell
Henry A. Mullen
Englishman Learns Local Help Term Confusion
A London visitor in an inn learns the local term for workers as "helps" and accidentally shouts for "Help Water" in the morning, prompting a hurried rush of water buckets. The landlord explains the misunderstanding, and the Briton adapts, allowed to call workers "servants" there.
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States
London
Christian Science Services and Congregational Church Notices
Christian Science holds services at the corner of Main and Lewis streets Sundays at 11 a.m. and Wednesdays at 8 p.m with the Sunday June 20 sermon titled To the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force. Sunday school meets at 10:15. The reading room is open daily 2:30 to 4:30 for free use and sales of literature. Congregational Church announces morning sermon The Dignity of Man and evening sermon Three Kinds of Debt with Christian Endeavor topic How to Get and Keep a Situation. All invited. W S Hunt Pastor.
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Main
Lewis Streets
W. S. Hunt
Local Man Praises Foley Urino Laxative Endorsed
W. R. Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee testifies Foley's Urino Laxative cures chronic constipation. He calls it a practical remedy and offers a conscientious reference through Temple Pharmacy.
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W. R. Ward
Dyersburg
Tenn
Foley
Temple Pharmacy
Not Very Flattering Scene Inspires Irishman’s Wry Answer
The artist sketches a woods scene by a suburban road when an Irishman watching the trench work nearby offers a blunt line. He says with a sigh that a man can do anything if he is driven, delivering a dry, humorous punch in classic newspaper tone.
Some Good Anagrams From The Remarkable List
A compilation of notable anagrams includes Astronomers and no more stars, logotypes such as log catalogs, elegant and neat lee, impatient Tim is a pet, matrimony and into my arm, melodrama and made moral, mind his map and old England, golden land and parishioners, hire parsons and parliament, partial men and pen itentiary, nay repent it, Presbyterian and best in prayer, revolution and to love ruin, sweetheart and there we sat, tele graphs and great helps.
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Lee
Tim
Parsons
Republican State Nomination Convention Set for Boise
The Republican State Central Committee calls a nominating convention in Boise Idaho on September 1 1908 at 11 am. Delegates from Ada to Washington counties will be chosen to elect a new State Central Committee and nominate candidates for Supreme Court Justice one Congress member and state officers for the November 3 1908 election. County committees are asked to arrange primaries and county conventions for delegate selection. James H Brady chairman Addison T Smith secretary floral designs and cut flowers Butte Floral Agency.
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Republican State Central Committee
Boise
State of Idaho
The
Supreme Court
Congress
Ada
Bannock
Bear Lake
Bingham
Banner
Blaine
Canyon
Cassia
Custer
Elmore
Fremont
Idaho
Kootenai
Latah
Lincoln
Nez Perce
Lemhi
Owyhee
Oneida
Shoshone
Twin Falls
Washington
James H. Brady
Umbrella Selection Sparks Boarding House Debate
A brief exchange in a Cleveland boarding house highlights a shopper choosing an umbrella from seven displayed in the hall this morning. The conversation centers on taste and the perceived credit of the pick.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Relief for Consumption
Temple Pharmacy in Claremont New Hampshire cites customer Mrs Joyce stating Foley's Kidney Remedy cured years of kidney trouble. The ad urges only genuine Foley products and recommends them for respiratory and kidney ailments.
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Foley
Temple Pharmacy
Claremont, N. H
Bummer Excursion Rates Announced For Western Tours
From Salt Lake Ogden and points on the R G W main line to Kansas City St Joseph Omaha and Missouri river points 40 St Louis 49 Chicago 55 St Paul Minneapolis 52 June sale dates June 1 6 8 12 13 15 final return Oct 31 stopovers routes Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs June 12 13 15 final Oct 31 23 50 stop overs diverse routes National Democratic convention Denver sale July 3 4 5 final July 20 17 75 stopovers National Republican convention Chicago sale June 12 to 15 final June 30 43 00 stopovers Denver sale Sept 5 6 final Sept 20 20 00 stop overs All rates to round trip first class From Idaho and elsewhere add two cents per mile to Pocatello rates Missouri river 42 50 Chicago 57 50 St Paul 52 50 St Louis 49 50 Full details on request Colorado Midland Railway through Rockies observation service Ogden 545 pm Salt Lake 655 pm daylight trip dining car service Mail hook on request L H Harding General Agent.
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Salt Lake
Ogden
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Missouri River
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
National Democratic Convention
National Republican Convention
Inc
Idaho
Outana
Pocatello
Missouri River Point
Colorado Midland Railway
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Colorado
L. H. Harding
Knights of Columbus Hold Special Meeting
Notice invites all knights to a 3 p.m. meeting at St Josephs hall to arrange the funeral of R J Cosgrove. Grand Knight R J Hogan signs the notice.
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Knights of Columbus
St. Joseph’s Hall
R. J. Cosgrove
R. J. Hogan
Kidney remedy helps woman recover from kidney disease
Mrs. 8. L. Bowen of Wayne West Virginia credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with curing her kidney disease after severe symptoms kept her bedridden and unable to stand. She reports a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely. Temple Pharmacy endorses the remedy.
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8. L. Bowen
Wayne, W. Va
Foley
Temple Pharmacy
Contradictory Quip About Husband's Appetite
A Baltimore American joke has a doctor asking a wife about her husband’s appetite. She replies he will eat anything as long as something is edible, highlighting humorous contradiction in the exchange.
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Baltimore American
Usual Way Echoes in Uncle Eben’s Mammy Talk
The Washington Star quotes Uncle Eben noting a man enjoys hearin bisse’s talk as two people wait their turns to speak. The snippet reflects dialect humor and dialogue style characteristic of local conversation.
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Bisse
Uncle Eben
Sumpia
Washington Star
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