Fires Hit Two Homes on Local Streets In Morning Spark
Two kitchen roof fires occurred within hours at the Robert Fulton residence on N Avenue B and the O T Smith home on Iowa Avenue. Sparks from a chimney caused the blazes. minor damage estimated at ten to fifteen dollars each. Fulton fire was put out before the squad arrived. Smith fire required a small amount of water from firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fulton
N. Avenue B
O. T. Smith
Iowa Avenue
Fulton
Smith
The Churches Sabbath School and Services Notice
Sabbath school at 10. Morning service at 11 with subject Love and a golden text from 2 Thessalonians. Wednesday meeting at 7:45. Free reading room open Monday Wednesday and Saturday 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. over Crail's store. all invited.
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God
Christ
Crail’s
Parish Services Schedule Notes The Kingdom of God Series
Sabbath school at 9 45 morning service at 11 sermon is the fifth in the series The Kingdom of God Junior class at 4 00 senior at 5 45 and the evening service at 7
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Kingdom of God
Second United Presbyterian Weekly Services Notice
Sabbath school 9 30 morning public worship 11 senior Endeavor 5 45 evening public worship 7 00 all are cordially invited to attend the services and activities listed by the church
Sabbath Service Times Noted for Local Church
The church lists Sabbath school at 9 30 morning service at 11 00 B Y P U at 6 00 and evening service at 7 00.
Covenant er Sabbath Services and Young People Meeting
Schedule notes Sabbath school at 9 50 morning service at 11 with the subject A Character Study. Young People's meeting at 6 00 and evening service at 7 00. Visitors are cordially invited to attend.
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule With Dr Buckner
Sabbath school 9 30 song service 10 30 morning service 11 junior league 2 00 mass meeting 3 00 Ep worth League 5 45 evening service 7 00 Preaching morning afternoon and evening by Dr Buckner Music in charge of Prof Babbitt
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Buckner
Babbitt
Congregational Social Honors Departing Families at Local Home
The Second United Presbyterian congregation hosted a social at Dr G W Hay home on E Main St to honor Mr and Mrs R S Cook and Mr and Mrs I M Sproull and families as they plan to leave the city. Rev S E Greer of Covenanter church delivered two readings, in Scotch and French Canadian dialect. Mrs Greer sang two solos, Bertha and Jean Hay, while Bill Livingston and Mary Louise Sawhill performed duets and Bill sang solo to hearty applause. The gathering included charades and warm hospitality at a new home environment appreciated by all attendees.
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Second United Presbyterian Congregation
G. W. Hay
E. Main Street
Cook
I. M. Sproull
S. E. Greer
Covenanter Church
Meetings Planned By Mystic Workers And Pleasant Plains Auxiliary
Social at William Colupas home Friday night January 28 all members urged to attend. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Pleasant Plains Auxiliary will meet at Mrs Will Todds home next Tuesday February 1.
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Mystic Workers
William Colupa
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of
Pleasant Plains
Will Todd
Death of Henry Hout
Telegram announces Henry Hout of Carthage Missouri has died. He was brother of Sam Hout Mrs George McAvoy and Mrs Sam Todd of this city. He had visited Washington and was known to many locals.
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Henry Hout
Carthage
Hout
Sam Hout
George McAvoy
Sam Todd
Washington
Prodigy Claims Note of Genius Met with Job’s Birth
In a church gathering a minister Dr John Kelman faced claims of precocious children. A mother boasted her son learned letters at 14 months while another cited Caesar at eight. Kelman humorously noted Job outpaced them by cursing on birth.
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John Kelman
Edinburgh
Maister Job
Dean Swift tale and catarrh cure page fragment exchange
An anecdote recounts Dean Swift dining with a Quillca area farmer and playfully testing appearances versus reality, ending with the dean gifting a child four guineas. The piece shifts to a medical pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure, then an ad for tailor Jean Huysman promoting spring samples and urging early inspection.
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Hall
Dewa. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Jean Huysman
Huysman
Presidential Pick In A Log Bungalow
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a humorous line about a child born in a log bungalow as a playful presidential possibility. The dialogue ties age and a cherry tree motif to early notions of leadership.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The Three Dimensions Mentioned at Night School
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a pupil’s reply The world the flesh and the devil as the three known dimensions. The teacher asks at night school and the student exclaims in shock.
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Chicago Tribune
Ring Gone Twenty First Birthday Gift
A Cleveland Leader item notes a ring gifted on a twenty first birthday. The recipient remarks on its pristine condition and thoughtful preservation, praising its barely worn appearance.
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Katie
Cleveland
Umbrella Offer Sparks Gentle Escort Pledge
A brief quote from Fliegende Blatter records a courteous exchange in which one offers an umbrella and the other gratefully accepts the escort home. The dialogue highlights polite formalities and social courtesy.
Quote comparison on happiness between boy and man
A Washington Star pair of lines contrasts a ready made philosopher and a practical person. The boy longs for more mince pie while the man wishes for simpler digestion, illustrating a humorous view of desire and contentment across ages.
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Washington Star
Timid Server Outwits Rude Patron at Diner
A restaurant regular hurls cocky remarks at waitresses until a shy young server answers with wit. He orders steak squash and potatoes but is met with her quip about baked potatoes being all over. The exchange ends with his glance and her dry reply.
A Coming Man Impresses A Father
A Baltimore American line notes a young man with potential but the maiden hopes for more vigor. The exchange frames expectations of youth and ambition with a wary eye on personality and drive.
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Baltimore
Second Truesdale Child Dies. Body Arrives for Burial
The five month old son of Rev. and Mrs. Charles Truesdale will be interred at Kim Grove cemetery after arriving tomorrow from Brookston Indiana. The parents, formerly Miss Anna Wells, were unable to accompany the body due to the mother’s illness. This is their second child lost.
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Charles Truesdale
Brookston
Ind
Kim Grove
Anna Wells
Box Supper and Entertainment at Salem School
There will be an entertainment and box supper at Salem school two miles south of Richmond on February 18. Everyone is cordially invited. Also promoting Foley's Kidney Remedy for kidney and bladder troubles from Lemmon's Pharmacy and Mc Elhinney Drug Co.
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Salem School
Richmond
Foley
Bright
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
Piles Cure Claim With Pazo Ointment Guarantee
An advertisement promises to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or a refund. The product Pazo Ointment is offered for 50 cents with a money back guarantee.
Mulready Envelopes and the Penny Post Introduction
The Mulready envelopes marked the first stamped envelopes with penny postage in England. They were half sheets folded to seal letters and bore Mulready’s ornamental design with a central address space. Their ornate style proved impractical for daily use and lasted only one year under the initial government sale contract.
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Mulready
England
Cured of Severe Bronchitis by Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Mrs W G Gibson of Lexington Kentucky recounts a child’s severe bronchitis improving after using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. She reports the girl’s speech returned and full recovery by October 23rd and endorses the medicine as safest quickest cure. For sale by D J Ross and Lemmon’s pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
W. G. Gibson
Lexington
D. J. Ross and
Lemmon
Pneumonia Follows Cold Says Lemmon's Pharmacy
Lemmon's Pharmacy warns that a cold can lead to pneumonia if untreated and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as the remedy to stop coughing heal lungs and expel the cold. Take at first sign of a cold to avoid illness.
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Foley
Lemmon
McElhinney Drug Co
Public sale of livestock and farm equipment near Washington Iowa
A public sale at N H Denison's residence southeast of Washington Iowa features 75 registered Herefords with certificates of register, 45 young cows with calves or in calf, 30 calves and 20 bulls. Also farm machinery and harness. Terms cash or six months credit. Auctioneers D F Macon and N H Denison.
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Washington
Wallace School
Prince Ito’s Wit in a Jealous Quarrel Solution
Mme Sada Maceo recalls Prince Ito judging a marital dispute at Chigasaki. He suggested a garden wrestling match to decide who was right, and Kawakani and her husband engaged in the bout. The prince found humor as the ill husband was thrown.
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Prince Ito
Mme. Sada Maceo
Mito
Chigasaki
Kawakani
Paris
Colonel’s Hieroglyphic Reply Causes Board Inquiry
A British regimental colonel in South Africa repairs a railway then occupies a vacant house as headquarters. After Bloemfontein learns of the quarters a telegram arrives G. T. M. wants house. He translates to general traffic manager and replies G. T. M. can G. T. Hi. A board of inquiry ensues about the insulting message and its meaning.
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South Africa
de Wet
Bloemfontein
Poem Excerpt by Longfellow on Noble Deeds and Honor
A reflection on how words and deeds lift the spirit to higher levels. The poem notes the tidal wave of deeper souls raising us beyond mean cares and honors those who inspire daily virtue.
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Longfellow
The Gourmet’s Lamb Chop Layer Cake
A French waiter boasts of Gustav of Dax who grills three lamb chops stacked high. The outer chops burn to dry brown while the middle is eaten, and the two outer cuts are saved for his wife.
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Gustav
Dax
Fisher of Men Joke Amid Trout Outing
A bishop visiting a friend with two daughters joins a fishing outing. An old fisherman greets them with a Southern dialect joke, and the bishop replies he is a fisher of men. The fisher replies that he has the right bait.
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Success Magazine
Wit of the House Cushman Echoed in Tacoma Tale
A Tacoma observer recalls Congressman Cushman as the wit of the house. He warned against being chuckleheaded and shared a humorous anecdote about an English officer at dinner who asked about a fat woman and received a quick reply.
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Cushman
George Eliot quote on life and death and reverence
A reflective passage by George Eliot condemning the idea that death dulls the seriousness of life and love. It laments the ease with which people forget the shared burdens and tenderness owed to every brother on the arduous path of life.
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George Eliot
Thorn in the Foot Statue Delights Mrs Weeds Abroad
A joke about a classical bronze statue of a boy removing a thorn from his foot. Jedediah and Mrs. Weeds visit Europe and remark on statues’ scant attire while noting one boy statue with only a thorn. The tale mocks the statue's effect on viewers with blunt humor.
Willing to Stay: Man Visits Afterlife Returns With Chips
A man visits the "other place" with a return pass from St. Peter. In hell he gambles with friends, then returns to heaven claiming he sold his return pass for chips and money. He stacks bills, prompting disbelief about his sudden windfall.
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St. Peter
New neighbor and the Joneses borrow coffee tale
A family moves beside the Townsends and a porch chat between Kitty Townsend and Florence reveals the Joneses once borrowed coffee and never paid. Thompson explains their own family standards, as Kitty confirms with her mother from behind the dining room window curtain.
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Townsends
Kitty Townsend
Florence
Katherine
Kitty
Thompson
Townsend
Joneses
Mamma
Our Age of Chivalry and the Call to Redress Wrong
The message proclaims chivalry endures while wrongs remain unredressed and individuals pledge to redress them or persevere with faith. It asserts divine aid through persistent good against evil and invites future generations to continue the effort.
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Eril
Kingsley
Intruders and Fire Crews Clash With a Drunken Painter
A farmer in a ramshackle buggy watched fire engines, salvage wagon, and ladder cart flood by. The farmer’s wagon was struck by the Uruck as a book and ladder tore through, leaving him on the gutter. A policeman scolded him for not staying out of the way. He blamed drunken painters for the rush.
Common Complaint In A Park Aunt Mary Gathers News
Aunt Mary meets her niece in the park and learns that Marjory’s father is critically ill. The exchange notes distress over his condition and his critical remarks about family and the household.
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Mary
Marjory
Puzzle Page Lineup and Hidden Cities List
The page lists multiple puzzles and features including Key to Puzzledom No 519 Pennyroyal No 550 Words Within Words items 1 2 3 5 6 8 and 1b Anner 8 Lattice No 551 Charade Ice sickll felele No 552 A Full Meal items soup cheese steak hash bread tea squash crackers jam pie cherries beer butter No 553 Electric Light Puzzle with diagram showing eighteen squares destroyed by seven lights No 604 Hidden Cities Bangor Lowell Portland New Haven No 555 Decapitation Moore ore No 556 Homonym Steal steel.
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Bangor
Lowell
Portland
New Haven
Moore
Ore
Flower Anagrams Puzzle No 557
Puzzle fragment lists several wordplay items such as O red lane Ruin game and Stuccca Snapsie Sed store, suggesting a themed rhythm of an old puzzle page with varied anagram style clues. Likely a weekly easel of wordplay and titled entries without full clues or solutions.
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Red Lane
Riddle with cutting heads and curtailments
A wordplay riddle describes removing the first letter and shortening to reveal feelings senses and organs. Beheadings hint at an organ when the head is removed. The full word represents a comforting place where light shines as day ends, suggesting a room or hearth where ruddy glow appears at night.
Quotation Puzzle Initials Reveal Hidden Theme
The piece presents a verse puzzle from Youth's Companion noting that the leading letters of quotations spell a hidden word. It includes lines about lambs and bears, fear from ignorance, love as warmth, and peace against envy, ending with a reflection on faults.
Concealed Half Square Puzzle Instructions and Sentences
A puzzle text outlines a seven letter to one letter sequence by selecting hidden words in each sentence. It shows seven example lines with phrases such as Hide base deceiver and You will find the books near Ned Little's house. The goal is to extract words whose lengths match the pattern and arrange initials to form a vertical Me that reads the same across and down.
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Ned Little
Rob
Pan Navey’s
Pictorial Letter No 561 Read Like a Message
A brief note describes a letter drawn in pictures labeled No 561. Readers are invited to interpret the sequence of images as a communication. The piece notes the curious format and the puzzle nature of the illustrated letter.
Tender Lovers Meet Beneath Cypress Shade
Poem fragment recounts a narrator sending a loving note to his beloved to meet at twilight. They meet under cypress shadows and share a tender moment before parting. she answers with a single extended vowel sound.
Beheadings Puzzle Split Word Meanings
A wordplay teaser explains removing initial letters to yield clues: quitting, roof edge, then a shifted form revealing a cherished name from Uncle Tom's Cabin. The sequence shows beheading and transposition to reach successive hints.
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O.T. Smith
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Iowa Ave
Jefferson St
First United Presbyterian
Second United Presbyterian
Baptist
Methodist
Father
Tommy
Dad
London
Dean Swift
Quilca
St. Patrick's
Fingell
Mrs. Riley
Mr. Riley
Lord Fingell
Akeh YY
Cook & Sherman, Druggists
Eathel Abbey
N. H. Denison
D. F. Macon
Iowa
The
Donor
Jones
Waal
Everybody's Magazine
Youth’s Companion
CC Zamena
Twilight
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