Senators Elect How Vacancies Will Be Filled
Washington January 21 A Senate report outlines upcoming changes in committee chairmanships due to retirements with Mason and Gallinger stepping down. It notes shifts in second tier committees and a focus on Isthmian canal matters as Senator Morgan pushes for more literature and action on the sea corridor.
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Washington
Senate
Mason
Penrose
Dillingham
Gallinger
District of Columbia
McCumber
Jones
Nevada
Kean
Bard
Simon
Foster
Kittredge
Pritchard
Morgan
Alabama
Tdentinea
John P. Jones
Not to remove clothes to view sunrise color changes
A Washington citizen reports a humorous translated notice in an Alpine hotel. The notice requests visitors not to take clothes from the bed to see the sun rise and color changes, highlighting literal English from a foreign language.
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Washington
Washington Star
Rankin Leads Temperance Revival With Prohibition Talk
A large audience at the First United Presbyterian Church heard Mr. Rankin discuss prohibitory and mulct laws. He argued saloons harm society, cited Poston statistics, and urged men to attend tonight's session on enforcing temperance measures.
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Fion. A
Rankin
First United Presbyterian Church
W. J. Hamilton
Rev. Anderson
Aledo
Overal
Hin & Book
Poston
Moston
Richmond News Roundup of Local Happenings
In Richmond on January 20 Frank Lintve’s children suffer measles while Frank Pelin Sr. is bedfast. Ira Rathmell and wife visit Illinois. Harry Page and Lou Oliphant plan a move next fall. Fred Jackson travels to Kaw Lovewell. W. Nickerson returns from the Milwaukee road camp. Will Rush goes to western Missouri on business. Miss Pearl White visits, Anna Poland arrives for her mother Mrs. J M Stewart Sr’s illness. Kate Shrader and Nan Bunker cited with pneumonia.
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Frank Lintve
Frank Pelin
Ira Rathmell
Illinois
Harry Page
Lou Oliphant
Missouri
Fred Jackson
Lovewell
Kaw
Milwaukee Road
W. Nickerson
Here
Will Rush
Pearl White
Anna Poland
Avoca
J. M. Stewart
Washington Girl Weds in Independence Iowa
Miss Myrtle Crawford of this city married Mr. C A Freck a bookkeeper for the Great Western Railway yesterday in Independence Iowa. They visited Mrs James Crawford then plan to make their home in Columbus Ohio. Mrs Freck will stay here long while Mr Freck seeks a home. Myrtle trained nurse in preparation with graduation due next May.
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Myrtle Crawford
Independence
Iowa
C. A. Freck
Great Western Railway
James Crawford
Columbus
Ohio
Freck
Mr. Freck
Crawford
Local Visitors and School Closures Reported
Jan 20 notes show Mr and Mrs Wake Neal of Washington spending the day with Walter Sewall east of town. Capt J W Harper visited Washington. Miss Lyda Booth teaches near Sunset school house closed due to measles then returned home. Miss Leotus Bartholow of Washington visits her brother Lincoln Bartholow. Roxy Huston of Winfield, a restaurant operator, was in town on business.
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Mrs
Wake Neal
Washington
Walter Sewall
Town
J. W. Harper
Lyda Booth
Sunset School
Leotus Bartholow
Lincoln Bartholow
Roxy Huston
Man of
Winfield
Si Plunkard brings rural Yankee life to Graham stage
Friday evening at the Graham presents the four act rural New England comedy Si Plunkard starring J. C. Lewis as the traditional Downeaster. The company offers mirth music and novelties with all new features refreshed by Robert G. Morris. Seats are selling for 25 35 and 50 cents.
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The
Graham
Si Plunkard
J. C. Lewis
New England
Fairview
Conn
New York City
J. Lewis
Robert G. Morris
Local Notice: Dr King’s New Discovery Endorsed
Editor O H Downey of Churubusco Indiana lauds Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption as a sure life lengthening remedy. Stewart’s Pharmacy offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with trial sizes free. Also reports a kitchen fire at George Ferguson’s home injuring no one but a thirteen year old boy.
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O. H. Downey
Churubusco
Ind
Andy Ferguson
Roper
Kan
George
Ralph
Maud Booth to Lecture on Prison Life at Graham Theater
Maud Ballington Booth, noted orator, speaks at Graham theater Monday evening January 26. Her topic Lights and Shadows of Prison Life and she donates all proceeds to prison reform. Tickets available from H. Wilson for this lecture portion of the course.
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Maud Ballington Booth
America
Graham Theater
R Booth
H. Wilson
Real estate and property sales by McKay and Meeks
McKay and Meeks report recent sales including J M Stevenson residence in east Washington sold to BE C Patton for 1800 and Audley Gault property in southeast Washington sold to Ed Wylie for 650. They note two vacant lots to BE C Patton and 7000 stock dry goods and 160 acre farm in Wilson County Kansas. In six months they sold 640 acres in Kansas for cash to M P Miller and 320 acres in Wilson County Kansas for J W Gardner of Beardstown Illinois.
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Wilson County
Kansas
J. W. Gardner
Beardstown
Showing the Way to Backache Relief From Doan's Pills
A Washington resident from 314 East Madison Street shares relief from chronic back pain and kidney discomfort after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Columbia Pharmacy. The testimonial notes sleep loss and dull pains eased, with Doan's advertised as the best remedy.
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Washington
East Madison St
Dean
Columbia
Foster-Milburn Co N
Remedy for Headaches and Better Health Cure
Mrs. N. A. Webster of Winnie Virginia reports Dr King s New Life Pills cured her two year bout with sick headaches They also ease constipation and biliousness At Stewart s store drug 25 cents
Mississippi Roustabouts and the Steamboat Life
Willis Gibson profiles black steamboat roustabouts on the Mississippi, noting their mobility across ports, high wage demands in fall, and brutal work cycles. He describes their status as essential yet undervalued labor, always ready to switch boats but bound to grueling roving duties aboard steamers.
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Root
Congress
Philippines
Army
Mississippi
Waveler
St. Louis
Memphis
Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Pittsburg
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Ile
Willis Gibson
Scribner's
Street Life in Abbasateh Market and Tram Center
A bustling street scene near the market and tram hub shows lively crowds and performers. A one string street melodist, a ringed tambourine girl, fruit and drink sellers, and camel meat cries animate the Abbasateh main street while police in white drill patrol.
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Eny
Abbasateh
Southern Superstitions Folklore List Cited
A compilation of superstitions warning of bad luck and misfortune from various actions. Beliefs include killing frogs affecting cattle, baby health issues from hair combing, and omens tied to dreams of snakes or broken eggs. Other items mention mirrors, screech owls, and protective countermeasures like turning pockets inside out.
Fruits and Flowers From a Twenty Year Mulberry Tree and Garden Tips
A twenty year old mulberry tree yields 218 pounds of leaves in a year. Plant beans by monthly sowing for summer supplies. Some trees shade others poorly. yew and ash are least favorable. Watering pot plants thoroughly wets roots. surface sprinkling is ineffective. For cut bouquets, recut stems and water to extend freshness. Yellow oxalis is a strong house plant, blooming with sun and water and bronze foliage.
Top Hat Turning Waste Baskets A Nottingham Tale
A fashionable wife recycles her husband’s old top hats into waste paper baskets. While decorating one with blue silk lace and bows, a maid informs that the plane tuner misplaced his top hat. He later leaves with a cap on his head and a sovereign in his pocket, leaving the house short of waste baskets.
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Ace
London
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Notice
One hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Fr J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsements by West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo. Cure taken internally, 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's family Pills recommended.
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Hall
Fr. J. Cheney &Co
P . Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Toledo
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
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Davenport Woolen Mills Co
Postoffice
Noot
Senator Morgan
Canal Authority
Georgia
James
Clay
Burton
Indian Territory
United States
Cushman
Alaska
Big Territory
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Pennsylvania
Simon Cameron
Allen G. Thurman
Burleson
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur W. Dunn
Richmond
Ainsworth
Kalona
Kate Shrader
Pneumona
Nan Bunker
Crawfordsville
SL Plunkard
Laughlin
Columbia Pharmacy
J. B. Lemmon
Prop
Leteure
Cairo
Harwood
South Side
North Side
M. Lombardo
New York
Lonsdale Muslin
Butler County
Pennsylvania Mills
D. L. Baird & Son
Cash Store
SOL Rich & CO
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