Local Social Notes Mention Mrs Lewis and Visitors
Mrs. R. P. Lewis remains in town today. Miss Stella Wells plans a several days visit in Chicago starting tomorrow. Ms. Fred Neff of Wayland visited B. Mathews in southeast Washington on Sunday. Will Galloway from northeast Washington left last night for Denver to attend the United Presbyterian Church general assembly convening next week.
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Stella Wells
Chicago
Fred Neff
Wayland
B. Mathews
Washington
Will Galloway
Denver
Colo
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church
How to Lease an Apartment in Paris
In Paris the lease is quarterly and requires advance payments on January 15, April 15, June 15 and October 15 with occupancy ending after five days. Tenants must give three months notice before the first day of these months or face three more months of liability. To avoid this, buy an eight cent stamped paper, write the notice, and send it by registered letter.
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Circle Magazine
Venus of Milo: Louvre sculpture with contested origins
The Venus of Milo in Paris is linked to Alexandros of Ionia by some scholars though the base was altered to suggest greater antiquity for the French king. Discovered 1820 on Milo by a peasant, it was given to Louis XVIII by the Marquis of Ri\u00e8vre and later repaired for blemishes.
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Venus of Milo
Louvre
Paris
Alexandros
France
Milo
Rivere
Louis XVIII
New York Tribune
Earle's Road Bill Pushes Federal Aid for Highways
Michigan highway chief Horatio Earle promotes a national reward road bill to be introduced by Congressman Townsend. The plan creates a United States highway department, appoints a highway commissioner, and pays rewards up to 100000 per mile for well built roads, with funding of 100 million dollars over time.
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Michigan Highway Commissioner
United States
Horatio 8S. Earle
Michigan
Wolverine
Earle
Charles E. Townsend
Barie
Earne
Department of Agriculture
United States Highway Department
United States Highway Commissioner
Senate
Suiommissioner
United States Highway Commissoner
Don’t Borrow Medicine Warns Doctor in Neighborhood
A doctor in a New York Press column warns against taking borrowed medicines. He notes neighbors share remedies after describing symptoms, but most drugs are for different ailments and can worsen patients. The piece highlights the danger of this common neighborly practice.
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New York Press
The Denationalized Englishman in Shared Carriages
A London Saturday Review critique laments an Englishman who ignores national etiquette by intruding on others space on public transport. The piece questions why he refuses to sit apart, arguing true English manners demand distant seating to preserve personal solitude.
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London Saturday Review
Reginald of Durham Chronicle Cites Miracles at Durham Shrines
Reginald of Durham records a leprosy cure of a young English nobleman at the shrine of St. Cuthbert in Durham cathedral and a miraculous healing of a woman after three years in a hospital at Padeie near Darlington, both witnessed by Sheriff Ralph Haget and Norman of Hailtune at St Godric’s shrine in Finchdale.
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Reginald
Durham
St. Cuthbert
Padeie
Darlington
Diocese of
St. Godric
Finchdale
Ralph Haget
Norman
Hailtune
St. James
Editor's Son Pudding Proposal Rejected by London Opinion
London Opinion rejects the editor’s son dessert proposal due to space constraints while thanking the proposer for the submission. The note signals limited room for unusual recipes or promotions in the current issue.
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London Opinion
City Council Defers Carnival Street Use Petition
City council met at City Hall with Mayor Cunningham and eight council members. The panel approved minutes and bills and deferred action on permitting a June carnival to use streets pending investigations into its size, while many local business people urge street access to boost nearby commerce. A note mentions hot corn bread for dinner in Vienna tomorrow.
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Cunningham
Keck
Reynolds
Davis
Stewart
Gray
Bovee
Pauls
Carnival Company
Team Runaway Wrecks Wagon at Milwaukee Depot
Ezra Smith of north of the city faced a runaway team at the Milwaukee freight depot as an engine switched in the yards. The wagon split apart, threw Smith toward the Rock Island tracks, and the tongue drove into the ground. The horses escaped their gears and were later caught. Smith suffered only bruises with no major damage reported.
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Ezra Smith
Milwaukee
Mr. Smith
Rock Island
Mrs. Martha Jacobs Richardson 1839 1907 Obituary
Mrs. Martha Jacobs Richardson born in Johnson county Indiana June 14 1839 died May 18 1907 at her Keota home aged 67 years 11 months and 4 days She married J F Richardson Oct 20 1819 and had six children Edward L Frances Adin Robert Lee John Calvin Anson Alonzo and Austin Harper Only Edward L and Anson Alonzo died in infancy The family moved to Keota in 1891 Funeral held at home yesterday at 2 pm conducted by Rev J F Robertson Pallbearers listed including James Chesney Hanna Newton Joe Van Winkle and others
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Keota
J. F. Richardson
Edward L
Frances Adin
Robert Lee
John Calvin
Anson Alonzo
Austin Harper
Keokuk County
Why He Did Not Marry Brahms Reflections from a Composer
A quote from Brahms discusses why he never married. He notes that during his less successful periods his works were poorly received and feared a wife would question his failures. He imagines marital inquiries as intolerable, calling the idea hell.
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Brahms
Monthly Review
Great Newfoundland Bank Formed by Icebergs
The great bank of Newfoundland spans 600 miles by 120 miles and was built mainly from earth and boulders dropped by northbound icebergs. It is described as the world's largest natural fish farm according to the New York Times.
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Newfoundland
New York Times
Miss Ella Montgomery to report on Topeka convention
Miss Ella Montgomery, who attended the Women's Missionary convention of the United Presbyterian church at Topeka Kansas, will give a report of the convention Wednesday evening after prayer meeting at the First United Presbyterian church.
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Ella Montgomery
Women’s Missionary Convention
The
United Presbyterian Church
Topeka
Kan
First United Presbyterian Church
Price of admission at church concert posted
Admission is 10 cents for children and 15 cents for adults to the evening musical at the Presbyterian church. A stand offers a line of fresh chocolates and bonbons at the Vienna.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Vienna
Local bakery notes and nearby travel updates
Daily chatter from Johnson's bakery includes raised and sweet doughouts. Several residents plan brief trips to Muscatine Cotter and Kansas City, with Prof Tom Davis and Mrs Roy E Combs among those traveling. Mrs N E Thomas heads to Bushnell Lil and Lynn County Missouri for summer visits.
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Muscatine
Rose Flynn
Cotter
Thomas Cole
Kansas City
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Roy E. Combs
W. F. Jurging
Raleigh
Muscetine
J. B. Allen
N. E. Thomas
Bushnell, Lil
Lynn County
Missouri
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California
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Green Squire
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Genevieve Hulse
Oklahoma
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Burlington
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