Town Officials and Trustees Named in Burgess-Fred A Steber
The record lists town council members including John Masterson as president and Jas Brann L T Borchers and others. It names Clerk D A Arird Treasurer A J Hazeltine Justices H B Perry C H Meacham and several ward constables and school directors with full names and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria A. Cowan
C. W. Beaty
W. M. Baker
M. Davidson
W. D. Hinckley
C. W. Brown
GC. D. Arird
W.G. Shreeves
I Cured Bronchitis With Pisa’s Cure for Consumption
A claimant reports curing a severe bronchitis diagnosis described as consumption by using two bottles of Pisa's Cure for Consumption. The note credits rapid, unprecedented improvement and brands the remedy as far ahead of existing inventions.
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Pisa
Thanksgiving Portrait Of A Farmer And His Wife
A rustic Thanksgiving meditation contrasts a worn farmer and his white haired spouse with faith and gratitude. The piece urges recognizing health, restored loved ones, and daily acts of kindness as sources of joy amid hardship, urging readers to foster sunlit outlooks.
How to obtain a sample copy of The New York Weekly Tribune
Readers are instructed to mail a postal card with name and address to Geo W Best at the Tribune building New York City to receive a sample copy of The New York Weekly Tribune. This notice appears as a brief promotional item in the newspaper.
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Geo. W. Best
Tribune
New York City
New York Weekly Tribune
Thanksgiving Brings Family Reunion Across Regions
A Thanksgiving scene unites generations as families travel from Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Dakota to celebrate with parents. An 88 year old friend laments aging yet feels youthful as children and grandchildren return, mirroring the holiday’s force and warmth.
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Rocky Farm
Massachusetts
Prairie Home
Wisconsin
Dakota
Christian Herald
First Thanksgiving rooted in English church members
The article notes the first Thanksgiving in America was set by English church members, not pilgrims. It describes a 1607 13 year prelude to the Mayflower arrival near Monhegan Maine at the Kennebec river, with Chaplain Seymour delivering a sermon praising God for safe voyage.
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America
Church of England
Monhegan
Maine
Kennebec River
Plymouth Harbor
Seymour
Time For Thanksgiving Across Cultures
The passage notes that harvest and seedtime are universal annual events across cultures from American Thanksgiving to English harvest home and Greek Demeter rites. It frames Thanksgiving as a home day for the heart, affections, and youth away from home to renew hopes and aspirations.
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Tabernacles
Ceres
Demeter
New York
Chicago Tribune
Proclamations call for fasting and prayer in early republic
The text notes President John Adams set a day for fasting due to foreign conflict, and President Madison issued similar proclamations in 1814 during the war with Britain, followed by a 1815 call to rejoice over peace on the second Tuesday in April.
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John Adams
France
United States
Madison
Great Britain
Thanksgiving Day: balance of recreation and happiness
The piece reflects on Thanksgiving as a day of social happiness and physical recreation. It advocates harmony among intellectual moral spiritual and physical activities to achieve noble purposes.
Bai Mothbai Wadia the Wealthy Parsee Benefactor
The Bombay philanthropist Bai Mothbai Wadia dies at 101, having given millions to public and private charity. She funded India’s first hospital for native women and the hospital site, over $2 million in endowments, while living a modest, private life in the Parsee bazar.
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Bai Mothbai Wadia
India
Bombay
Bai Motlibai Wadia
Bai Motlibai
Parsee Bazar
Lord Reay
Capt. Bayley
Bai Motibai
Hindustance
Reay
Babu
Bai Mothbai
Imperial Order of the Crown of India
Bombay Female Hospital
Chicago's New Library Celebrates Marble Palace Rank
Chicago opens a ten year project on the lake front, a monumental library building costing about two million dollars. The structure is praised as artistic and permanent, with architects calling it among the finest public buildings, surpassing Boston's library in some respects. It inspires pride as the city boasts a first rate institution rivaling national stature.
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Chicago
Boston
Washington
National Library
Chicago's new library stands as durable and artistic landmark
The Chicago library, cost around 2 million dollars, is praised for durability and artistry. It occupies a full city block with two entrances on Washington and Randolph, and a grand Carrara marble staircase under a dome. Interior spaces include circulating, reading, and reference rooms, with extensive natural and electric lighting.
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Chicago
I&cites
Lake Front
Michigan Avenue
Washington Street
Randolph Street
Cook County
Italy
Temperance Reform and the Christian Endeavor
The article urges temperance through total abstinence by Christian Endeavorers and education to curb intemperance. It calls to educate youth, reform laws by influencing people, and to present Christ's cross as the remedy, citing scripture and Bible readings to support the moral battle.
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Zacharias
John the Baptist
John
Christian Endeavor Organization
Christ
Math. v
I Cor
Gal. v
Norfolk Island seaborne migration prospect noted
The United States Consular agent reports 660 residents on Norfolk Island with ten unmarried men and one unmarried woman in the Norfolk Community. It suggests single women in Sydney, New South Wales, may easily secure passage to Norfolk Island, encouraging emigration.
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South Pacific
United States
Norfolk Island
Norfolk
Sydney
New South Wales
Automatic Saloon in Berlin Offers Self Service Lunches
A curious nickel-in-the-slot saloon in a Berlin business street lets customers self-serve beer wine whiskey sandwiches biscuits cakes and ice cream. Two women staff the place handling change and clearing tables as hundreds patronize daily without confusion.
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Berlin
The Waterfall Returns in New York Fashion
Fashionable women in New York fear the return of the waterfall hairstyle. The latest coiffure mimics the old style with a back chignon and net, while the left side parting and flared hats define this season's look. Dress suitcases with toilet articles are popular among women.
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New York
Human nature and generosity in church giving
The writer ponders why rich members set a lower standard for giving than their poorer peers and why a generous washerwoman’s sacrifice does not raise others. He contends nature dominates grace, as self-lib eral ness comes first and toward God second, guided by the old Adam’s teaching.
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God
Adam
Harper’s Bazar
Armor of God in Ephesians Passages for Faith
The passage compares Christian virtues to Roman armor. Truth is a belt that steadies burden lifting. Righteousness acts as a breastplate protecting the heart. Peace prompts peaceful living and warns against strife. Faith shields doubts, while Salvation guards the mind. The Word stands as the sword, no substitute for Scripture.
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Paul
Apostle
God
The Power of Circumstance in Human Elevation and Decline
A Laoheran Observer reflection argues that people born in lower stations may not grasp how poverty could lead to vice and degradation, while those from exalted backgrounds credit elevation but fail to imagine downward influence. The piece contrasts upward mobility with potential downward spirals.
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Lautheran
Living for Christ Is The One Worthwhile Life
A Christian Statesman quote notes eternal life is perfected through present suffering. Trials purify faith, battles strengthen, darkness hastens growth, and persecution expands achievements. The speaker insists living for Christ remains the sole meaningful purpose.
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Christ
Appreciation Encourages Workers, Says Presbyterian
The article notes that people perform bolje when their efforts are approved. It says kind words of interest and recognition are beneficial, while flattery is offensive. Appreciation of kindness and service is always acceptable according to a Presbyterian viewpoint.
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Presbyterian
Goldenrod Ode Echoes of Autumn's Remembered Love
A reflective poem recalling a lost beloved as autumns glow and the goldenrod signals memory. The speaker laments absence and death, grappling with longing, sacred fields, and a watchful spirit lingering over a hillside resting place.
Contentment over wealth and simple needs guide peace
The text argues that most desires are complex while true needs are simple. It warns against chasing wealth, which breeds anxiety and loss of integrity. Happiness comes from contentment, trust in God, and daily thankfulness rather than accumulating riches.
Rally Around the Church as Center of Community Life
The piece urges maintaining social and literary activity within the community through church centered companionship. It emphasizes clubs and organizations should engage youths, with the church as the main hub for all social and literary events.
Nothing so kingly as kindness and truth in nobility
A poem by Alice Cary extols true worth in daily deeds not birth. It emphasizes kindness loyalty honesty and justice over glory or rank. The speaker asserts moral character defines nobility and that honest effort offsets fortune and birth.
Famous Battles and their Hubs Across History
The article surveys iconic battles naming their locations from a Buena Vista hamlet in Cohahuill to Lodi across the Adda in Lombardy and Borodino by Moscow. It notes Marathon near Athens, King's Mountain in York and Gaston counties, and the Wilderness near the Rapidan in Orange Spotsylvania.
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Buena Vista
Mexico
Cohahuill
Saltillo
Lodi
Napoleon
Adda
Lombardy
Milan
Borodino
Moscow
Kolotcha
Marathon
Attica
Athens
King’s Mountain
Gaston County
York County
Columbia
Wilderness
Grant
Lee
Rapidan
Orange Spottsylvania Counties
PERT PERSONALITIES AND WRY QUIPS IN OLD PAPERS
A collage displays brief humor and remarks from various papers. Notes include a Norwegian with pigeon English talk, Bob Fitzsimmons testifying as an actor, Button the father of six who calls his kids the six button kids, and a Spanish queen regent’s smoking habit. Also mentions a physician’s grim yellow fever claim and Annie Besant’s ghost crisis theory with cheeky commentary.
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Andree
Philadelphia Press
Bob Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Kansas City Times
West Philadelphia
Button
Philadelphia Inquirer
Spain
Cleveland
Lanarelli
Philadelphia Ledger
Annie Besant
Humorous Totals of Life and Wit Across Towns
A collage of wry quips and anecdotes from Fredonia to Manayunk on memory bills theatre loves and eccentric characters. A philosopher a boy a widow a doctor and others offer harmless humor on folly and daily life. The piece blends social observations and light satire.
Tongue Twisters and Phrases Read Aloud
A collection of repeated phrases and tongue twisters about sea rain houses shells and gifts. The writing moves from homely rhymes to a philosophical note on unexplainable and unpardonable communicability and the speaker's authoritative stance.
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Giigham Grimes Jim
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