Twenty Fifth Annual Methodist Woman’s Home Missionary Convention Opens
The twenty fifth annual convention of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened in Lincoln Nebraska with over 200 delegates from across the United States. President Mrs. Clinton B Fiske of New York gave the opening address followed by officer reports.
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Lincoln, Neb
Woman’ Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Union
Clinton B. Fiske
New York
Sultan Heeds Bulgaria's Threat Delimits Adrianople Frontier
Constantinople October 11 Bulgaria warned to reoccupy Sujuk unless Turkish commissioners sign by October 14 the report on frontier delimitation in the Adrianopole vilayet. The Porte orders completion of the frontier delimitation work.
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Sultan
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Sujuk
Adrianopole
Porte
Indiana Senator Beveridge Ill in Brookline
United States Senator Beveridge of Indiana is ill with a cold at the home of George B. Baker in Brookline Massachusetts. The health update notes he is at 90.1 on October 1 1906 versus 90.2 last month.
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United States
Beveridge
Indiana
George B. Baker
Brookline
Mass
Corm
Rockwood Hoar
Worcester
Koot
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Kansas City
Missouri River
St. Louis
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association
SENTENCE SERMONS: Confidence as Mental Napoleon
A compact aphorism sequence argues no defeat until surrender, praising self control and belief. It contrasts the superior and small man, urges best effort over poverty mindset, and calls confidence the key force behind success.
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Napoleon
Archbishop Bond Dead in Canada at Montreas
Archbishop Bond head of the Anglican church in Canada has died in Montreas at age 1 years. The second annual convention of the National Federation of Advertising Clubs is in session at St. Louis. Fence for big game construction by Mitchell of Fort Worth under federal contract to build forty two miles of wire fence in the Wichita game preserve. Fence six feet high with strict mesh to keep out young quail, then three feet of wide mesh and three four inch spaced barbed wires. Tron posts may be used.
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Bond
All Canad
Montreas
National Federation of Advertising Chibs
St. Louis
KF. Mitchell
Fort Worth
Tex
Wichita Game Preserve
Kansas City Star
Fatal baseball accident ends in death near Rolla
In Rolla Missouri on October 11 two young men from the same team collided while attempting to catch a ball near the Maries county line. McKee was killed instantly and Clark was knocked unconscious. Clark’s teeth reportedly pierced McKee’s skull and broke off.
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Rolla, Mo
Maries County
Clark
McKee
Franklin school building under expert review in Wairfield
Wairfield Iowa October 11 the school board has called in an expert to judge if the Franklin school building faces immediate danger after a corner settled amid rumors of collapse. The three story brick structure by the Burlington tracks serves grammar and high school grades and houses about 6500 pupils though the jarring from passing trains is said to affect the edifice.
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Wairfield
Franklin
Burlington
Luther College donor returns library gift to aid creditors
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank Receiver John Fetzer received a 625 restitution check from Rev. C. K. Preuss president of Luther College Iowa. Through his secretary he noted a prior 25 gift from Paul O. Stensland to the library and said the money should be used to pay creditors in full if more donors followed suit.
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Chicago
John
Two Fatal Burns in Marshalltown and Deceptive Buyer in Keokuk
In Marshalltown Iowa Floyd Hopkins two years old died after his clothes caught fire while near a stove his mother suffered burns while attempting to help. In Keokuk Samuel James claimed a Chicago railroad tie holder bought a widow Nancy A Wilsons house for 8000 then borrowed 500 against the deed and vanished leaving the mortgagee and widow at risk.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Floyd Hopkins
Chas, Hopkins
Keokuk, Ila
Samuel James
Chicago
Nancy A. Wilson
R. C. Jewett
Keokuk
Jewett
Miss Laura Doolittle Resigns for Missouri Normal School
Miss Laura Doolittle, long time teacher in Saginaw Michigan and at the training school for teachers, resigns to take a position at Kirkville State Normal in Missouri. She will begin work in two weeks, a notable advancement in her educational career. Washington friends applaud the recognition of her merit.
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Laura Doolittle
Saginaw
Michigan
State Normal of
Missouri
Kirkville
Doolittle
State Normal
Washington
Miss Doolittle
Foley’s Honey and ar cures the obstinate cough
An advertisement touts Foley’s Honey and Tar Cures as the cure for the most obstinate cough and cold expulsion. It claims mild laxative effect and guarantees authenticity in the yellow package sold by druggists.
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Foley
Bouquet and Bravery: Feuillet's 17th Street Meeting with Louis Napoleon
In a provincial town, a mayor's daughter at age seventeen presents a bouquet to Louis Napoleon at a ball. A royalist mother strips her of public admiration, but the girl regains poise when Napoleon accepts the flowers and gifts a diamond keepsake. This Paris Annales reminiscence recalls the clash of loyalties and personal memory.
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Mme. Feuillet
Louis Napoleon
Feuillet
Napoleon
From Greenland's icy mountains hymn creation tale
A 1819 Whit Sunday account recounts Heber composing the hymn From Greenland's icy mountains for a Wrexham church service. The dean of St. Asaph urged a verse, Heber added the fourth, and the hymn was sung the next morning.
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Greenland
Ley Mountains
Heber
George Smith
Whitsunday
St. Asaph
Wrexham
Hidden Turquoise Hoards in Eastern Europe Revealed
Gem merchants in eastern Europe increasingly source turquoise and other stones from private hoards hidden in households. Constantinople and Turkestan houses hold vast collections, stored in jars, rugs, and boxes, often revealed only under dire need.
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Europe
Constantinople
Turkestan
Persia
India
Egypt
Per Isia
People’s Magazine
To Keep Young Through Variety and Laughter
The article urges staying active and avoiding retirement to preserve youth. It argues that variety of experience keeps the mind fresh, notes city life offers more stimulation than country life, and credits theaters and laughter with slowing aging.
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Wola
Siihe Dee
Old Joe the farmer haggles meals to save time
A London Times note tells of Old Joe who hires a country boy and stacks meals from breakfast to supper to save time. The boy resists work after supper saying a man’s time is his own.
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Old Joe
Joe
Qlondon
First Light Snow Falls Over Chicago
The season opens with a light snow event described as beautiful in Chicago yesterday. Separately the Presbyterian Synod of Wisconsin is in session in Madison.
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Chicago
Presbyterian Synod of Wisconsin
Madison
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J. E. Lemmon
Queer Deal
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