Runaway horse accident kills Crystal Lake woman
Elgin Mrs. Algilla Thomas, eighty two, dies after her buggy collides with a house when a frightened pony roars through Crystal Lake street. Her granddaughter Mrs. A. H. Hale is bruised and grandson Hamilton Hale injured. mother and son expected to recover. Three sons survive.
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Elgin
Algilla Thomas
Crystal Lake
A. H. Hale
Hamilton Hale
Indianapolis
Ind
Daniel J. Tobin
Thomas L. Hughes
Valentina Hoffman
New York
Peter Burke
San Francisco
Lawrence A. Grace
Providence
R. I
George F. Golden
Chicago
John Geary
St. Paul
Harry Jennings
Boston
Anton Hanson
St. Louis
John Welch
New Orleans
A. J
O'Gara Coal Company
Saline County
Big Four
Walker
Illinois
T. J. Lewis
National Organization
United Mine Workers
Joliet
Fred W. Pearson
Waukegan
Joe Howard
Joe
Mabel Batnison
Electric Road
Springfield
Pawnee Township
Owen P. Thompson
Peoria
Belle Knowles
Eureka Springs
Ark
Eureka
Burlington Railroad
Cara
The Laborers in the Vineyard Lesson for Aug 14 1910
Special lesson notes explain the Parable of laborers in the vineyard from Matthew 20 1 16 set in Perea near Jordan. It compares the kingdom of heaven to a householder hiring workers all day and paying a penny, highlighting the last shall be first.
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Knights Templar
West Side
Ball Park
State Street
Grant Park
John D. Cleveland
Illinois
Toiential Executive Committee
Arthur MacArthur
Troy
W. Frank Pierce
San Francisco
Earl of Euston
Oro
England and Wales
Lord Athiumney
Thomas Fraser
R. Newton Crane
F.C. van Duzer
H. 3. Homer
John Fergueson
England and
Wales
Luther B. Archibald
Great Priory of
Canada
Mermory Verges
Perea
Jordan
Ileaven
Christ
Isaiah
Israel
Paul
Corinth
Heaven
Earth
Jesus
Loys
Doctor Payson
Big Rhode Island Bishop Defies Foster Fighters
Boston friends hear a Providence tale about Bishop William H. McVickar of Rhode Island’s Episcopal diocese. A Foster town boast claims he spurned a local threat, prompting mock admiration as townsfolk recall his imposing presence and missionary push.
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William H. McVickar
Rhode Island
Boston
Providence
Foster
Graybeards
Parson McVickar
Why Washington Crossed the Delaware Riddle Solved by Annie
In a history quiz, forty third graders failed to answer why Washington crossed the Delaware. A teacher’s question stumped them until Annie suggested the trip was to reach Atlantic City, a playful retort noted by the Philadelphia Times.
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Washington Street
State
Templar
Randolph
van Buren Street
Order
Jackson Boulevard
Knights
Federal Building
Deneen
la Salle Street
la Salle Hotel
Grand Commandery of
Milneis
Chicago
Washington
Delaware
Annie
Atlantic City
Philadelphia Times
Only One Cobb Resigns Prompting Mock Headlines
A morning after Judge Andrew Cobb tendered his resignation, an Atlanta lawyer and a shoe drummer shared a train seat. The lawyer bought a newspaper, read headlines, and told the drummer Cobb had resigned. The drummer replied, Gee, and wondered what Saturday Evening Post will Detroit do now.
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Cobb
Andrew Cobb
Supreme Court of Georgia
Atlanta
Saturday Evening Post
Detroit
Philadelphia
An Unnecessary System
An electrical supply agent suggests a burglar alarm to wake occupants at night. Mr Newpop replies that burglars cannot enter while they sleep, as they are weaning their baby.
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Mr. Newpop
Picturesque Language Leaves Readers Amused
A Birmingham Age Herald item quotes a young reporter describing a scene with amused sarcasm. The line about greedily devouring everything and then scratching paint on adjacent buildings highlights playful reporting style and vivid phrasing in a social context.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
On a Stygian Ferryboat Explore Dark Aditiones
A stylized fragment recalls Charon ferrying a shade across the Styx. The imagined passenger quips about fine scenery for a toothpowder ad as a ruler passion lingers in the underworld.
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Charon
Styx
the Shade
Thun Wa
Motive Power editor cites plow handle joy ride remark
A western editor claims no one was hurt during a so called joy ride on the handles of a plow. The remark underscores a humorous, cautionary take on rural machinery pride and safety.
Painter’s Ebony Front Door Sparks Tense Confrontation
In a heated exchange, Johns tells a man to never darken his door again. Thomas clarifies the man is a painter who mistakenly painted the front door ebony instead of oak, fueling the dispute about marriage prospects.
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Johns
Thomas
What They Did With Them
An American in England relays a cockney’s inquiry at a dog dealer. The man asks for a dog “about so ’igh and so long,” a breed like greyhounds but not, with a shorter nose and body. The dealer bluntly replies, We drown ’en.
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England
119 Year Old Paddy Blake Dies in Corofin Hospital
Paddy Blake aged 119, born at Ballyghheen in Kilnasoolagh parish, County Clare, Ireland, died in Corofin Union Hospital. He recalled events a century ago and once witnessed Daniel O'Connell passing Rua ratty Pike toward Ennis for the 1828 great election.
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Paddy Blake
Ballygheen
Kilnasoolagh
County Clare
Ireland
Corofin Union Hospital
Paddy
Daniel O'Connell
Ruaratty Pike
Ennis
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Wyo
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the Knights
Michigan Boulevard
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Battery B. I. N. G
Hubbard Court
William Bromwell Melish
Cincinnati
Henry W. Rugg
A. I
Art Institute
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Illinois State News
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Walor
Standard Oil Co
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Wollville
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