Epworth League session features junior work and addresses
The Epworth League convention afternoon highlighted the Junior League with a model meeting, songs, scripture readings, and a round table on challenges in junior work. Miss Ina Ingersoll urged training Juniors for tomorrow, and delegates discussed league improvements. Also noted were awards, elections, and a golden wedding anniversary in Havre.
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Epworth League
Keller
Vera Patterson
Edna Rownd
Are
Mary Nicola
Mabel Morton
Robert Brinton
Ruth Handy
Inez Holden
Myrna Nicola
Ruth Wilson
Cavender
Ina Ingersoll
Epworth League of
Missionary Department
Philippines
Humor of London cabbies and a Jefferson Davis bridge note
London Tit-Bits quotes witty cabby remarks about tips and fares in a witty style. People joke about shillings, color of buses, and paying with humor and sarcasm in a two mile ride. A separate item reports Rep Adolph Meyer seeking to restore Jefferson Davis name to a Cabin John bridge near Washington.
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London
Gov’nor
Gov'nor
Anto Jeff Davis
Washington
Adolph Meyer
Louisiana
Jefferson Davis
Cabin John's Creek
Davis
Lincoln
Caleb Smith
Interior
Tragedian Reflects on Love and Art Versus Wealth
A dramatic exchange quotes a Tragedian who admits affection for Van Rock's daughter but chose art over wealth. Snooks replies that a return engagement might be desired, creating a witty literary moment from Browning's magazine.
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Old van Rock
Browning
The Cricket as an Omen in Italian Customs
The article explains Italian Ascension Day traditions involving crickets as good luck omens. People roam parks to collect crickets, place one in a wire cage, and release it at home hoping for fortune. The custom reflects a long standing belief in the cricket’s auspicious influence.
Memorable Day Becomes Health Profit with New Life Pills
A notice touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness and keep the bowels right. Available for 25 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Dr. King
Stewart's
Revivalist Potter Delivers Powerful Gospel Sermon
The convention closed with a Saturday service led by Rev. John Wesley Potter of Muscatine. Although billed as a lecture, he preached a compelling sermon on the love of God using text from the Apostle John on Patmos, highlighting his renown as a revivalist.
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John Wesley Potter
Muscatine
Queen Esther circle to meet at Miss Maude Haines home
The Queen Esther circle of the Methodist church plans a meeting this evening at Miss Maude Haines residence on North Fifth Avenue. Tomorrow evening the Royal Neighbors hold their regular meeting with initiation and all members are urged to attend.
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Queen Esther
The
Methodist Church
Methodists Plan Fourth of July Church Picnic
The Methodists organize a July Fourth picnic with a day of activities and guaranteed enjoyment. All church friends are invited and asked to meet at the church at 9 o clock for provided conveyances to the event.
Mirthful Dinner Consul Tales of Degrees
A person at a dinner recalls a joke told by an acquaintance. The speaker says the man was said to have three degrees, explained as the third awarded for having two, the second for having one, and the first for having none.
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J. W. Potter
Epworth League
Elias Handy
Vennard
St. Louis
Faith
God
Moses
Pharaoh
Egypt
Drill Notice for Armory Co. D 54th Infty I N G
Order No 5 directs drill moved to Monday night July 1 at Armory Co D 54th Infty I N G due to regular drill night preceding July 4. All members must report by 8 p m Captain J H Steck Co D 54th Insty I N G signs.
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Armory Co. D
54Th Infty
J. H. Steck
54Th Insty
Fourth of July Low Fares to Points Within 250 Miles
Low rates to Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul within 250 miles offered. For information see nearest ticket agent. L. E. Shaw.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Dance in Richmond Bohemian lodge hall on July four
Notice shows a Richmond event with a dance at the new Bohemian lodge hall starting 8 30 p m with Washington band and all invited. Also an Iowa Central Ry excursion offers round trip to Minneapolis St Paul for 4 00 on Saturday July 20 details via local agent. An advertising aside promotes Electric Bitters for women with claims of beauty and nerves. Guaranteed at Stewart s Pharmacy 50e.
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Richmond
Bohemian Lodge
Washington Band
Iowa Central Ry
Stewart's Pharmacy
Seaside Socials Note Gentle Greeting With Seeds
A fragment from the St Louis Post Dispatch shows a scene where a man signals a social invitation to a companion named Maria and an elderly gentleman waves them toward a meal of seeds.
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Mr. Crow
Maria
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Eastern university president condemns indiscriminate honorary degrees
The eastern university president decries promiscuous honorary degrees and calls for judicious distribution. He cites past practices with a wry smile, recalling an uncouth episode that underscores the need for restraint.
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Wtvuaal
Iowa
Last Main Street
Vention
Miss Ina
Gercoll
Rae Dean
North English
J. C. Beard
Marengo
W. P. Stoddard
M. E
Mr. Stoddard
Hell
Heaven
J. B. Eckerman
Havre
New Florence
Eckerman
Franklin County
Pennsylvania
Chambersburg
George Eckerman
West Chester
Charles Eckerman
Omaha
Nebr
Ella Eckerman Hatfield
Seattle
Wash
Mary Eckerman Walker
Tempe
Ariz
Harry M. Eckerman
Tombstone
George Eekerman
Will Eeckerman
Harry Eckerman
Arizona
Samuel Matthews
Will
Ainsworth
J. O. Mathews
Ezra Eckerman
Keota
Lizzie Anderson
Lewis
Norm Pratt
Baxter
J. T. Mathews
E. J. Eckerman
Will Jacobs
M. P. Watson
Elizabeth
Samuel Mathews
J. B. Anderson
Craynge
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Flyers
I. Rothschild & Co
South Side Square
L. E. Shaw
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Roscoe’s
G. C. Roscoe
North Side
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