Chicago Nationals shut out Detroit in world series game
In Detroit on October 13 Chicago National team defeated Detroit 3 to 0 in the fourth game of the world championship series. Brown and Kling teamed for Chicago in the battery while Summers and Schmidt pitched for Detroit as the series stands three to one in Chicago's favor.
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Detroit
the Evening Journal
Chicago
Brown
Kling
Battery
Summers
Schmidt
Birds and Trees by Enos Mills at Methodist church
Enos Mills of the United States Forestry service spoke to Academy students on Birds and Trees. Mills, a longtime outdoorsman, travels nationwide for lectures. Admission Friday is free. Mills normally charges $100 when lecturing under his own auspices.
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Enos Mills
United States Forestry Department
Academy
Mills
United Statessz
Forest Service Department
Washington, D. C
Methodist
Washington Fort
Oyster Supper and Street Fair at Ralph Cherry Home
An oyster supper and street fair will be held Friday evening October 16 at the Ralph Cherry home. Notable attendees include An nie Redline Tom Thumb and wife the mysterious horse and the Katz enjammer castle. Music by the Hoosier band. Oysters sandwiches and coffee served. Prices are set very low and everyone is invited to attend.
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Ralph Cherry
Annie Redline
Tom Thumb
Mysterious Horse
Hoosier Band
For Sale Everson property adjoining City Library sale planned
The Everson property adjoining the City Library includes lot seven in block nine and lot one in block twenty six in Highland Park. It is for sale to close the estate of Mrs. E E Everson. For price and terms contact A Anderson Executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everson
City Library
Highland Park
E. E. Everson
Tf A. Anderson
Regular Evening Meetings for Commercial Club Members
Notice states a regular monthly meeting at 8 o'clock and a directors meeting at 7 30 this evening. It notes important business to be discussed by Commercial Club members and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Lecture at Methodist church to draw crowds Wednesday
Mr and Mrs W W Martin traveled over the Milwaukee to Arkansas City Kansas. A lecture by Mr Mills Wednesday at 8 p m at the Methodist church offers free admission for all ages. Mr and Mrs David Bennett visited Udell Iowa, then returned to West Chester. Mrs A R Miller and Miss Josephine Babcock attend the D A R encampment in Ft Dodge with Mrs Miller on the program. Fr Rev Walsh headed to Pleasant Plain for devotional services continuing today and tomorrow with several other clergy nearby attending.
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W. W. Martin
Milwaukee
Arkansas City
Kan
Mills
Methodist Church
David Bennett
Udell
Iowa
West Chester
A. R. Miller
Josephine Babcock
Ft. Dodge
Miller
Father Walsh
Pleasant ‘Plain
H. J. Hogan
Fairfield
J. Houser
Sigourney
Bulger
Ottumwa
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as an internal remedy benefiting blood and mucous surfaces F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists and a claim that testimonials are available Price 75 cents per bottle and drugs are sold broadly Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Fr. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Springfield Mob Demands Justice Amid Riot and Bloodshed
A mob roars through Springfield torching homes and killing, dragging an elderly man from his home and hanging him. The piece argues the outbreak stems from years of miscarried justice and official tolerance of releasing criminals for political gain, urging that history’s verdict be recorded by the mob.
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Springfield
Old Clothes in Africa From London's Stylish Trader
A Youth's Companion article profiles John Hyman of London who buys showy costumes and old uniforms for sale in Africa and the Orient. It recalls British figures clad in mismatched attire used in exotic displays, including Big Denis and Little Denis, and surreal scenes as African chiefs wear European finery in ceremonial settings.
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Ol’ Olo
John Hyman
London
Orient
Africa
Mr. Hyman
Prince de Joinville
Gabon
Big Denis
Little Denis
Littl Denis
Elijah and the Ravens and a stingy Buffalo offer
North Carolina preacher Dr. Francis L. Hawkes, famed for pulpit power and sharp reading in New York, recounts his encounter with a Buffalo church delegation. They offered $3,500, but Hawkes answered with his own salary of $15,000 and the lord’s raven tale, noting no such provision for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Francis L. Hawkes
Grace Episcopal
Elijah
the Ravens
Gergyman
Hawkes
Hartford Charter Oak Tale From City Legend
The Charter Oak story recounts Hartford keeping its colonial charter when Andros demanded surrender in 1687. Captain Wadsworth hid the charter in the oak, which shrank under a windstorm in 1856. The oak, revered since colonial times, stood about 25 feet around one foot from the ground and was over 600 years old.
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Hartford
James
Duke of York
England
Andros
Connecticut
Assembly
Wadsworth
Kansas City Star
Miner Artman Franecois Recovering After Hospital Refusal
Linton Indiana October 13 Artman Franecois the miner whose back was broken and refused admission to St Anthony hospital is now on the road to recovery. Local physicians had no hope but chose to prolong life and after four hours of surgery they replaced the broken bone.
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Linton
Ind
Artman Franecois
St. Anthony Hospital
Half a Century Wedded
Ex Mayor William B. Seymour and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Ypsilanti Michigan on October 13. Seymour, who has lived in Ypsilanti for 48 years, is a former alderman and mayor and currently serves as sidewalk inspector. Mrs Seymour, formerly Miss Anna F E Peckham of Climax Michigan, was married to him at Climax on October 10 188.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti, Mich
William B. Seymour
Seymour
Ypsilanti
MisseAnna FE. Peckham
Climax
Mich
Long Courtship Nearly Ended in Manila Marriage
After twelve years of courting, Miss Nel Me Shank of Paris will depart around October 15 for Manila to marry William Jenkins, formerly of Paris and now a constabulary officer in the Philippines.
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Paris
Til
Nel- Me Shank
Manila
William Jenkins
Constabulary Department of the
Philippines
Large Fine in Tennessee Magistrate Court
Nashville Tennessee October 13 probable largest fine in a state magistrate court goes to R J McMurty of Sumner county. He was arrested by a deputy game warden while trying to dispose of fifty quail before the season opened. He received a total fine of 2500 dollars, 50 dollars per bird.
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Nashville
Tenn
R. J. McMurty
Sumner County
McMurty
Tennessee
Cree Indians Struck By Contagious Grips Disease
On October 13 in New York reports a deadly infectious disease among Cree Indians along James and Hudson bays. The illness resembles the grip yet is highly contagious and is killing men and women and children by scores.
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New York
James and
Hudson Bays
Keen observer labels witness as guilty in court scene
A sharp onlooker watches a witness intently and nods as the bewildered witness ends. He tells his friend that the man on trial is involved and that eyes shifting prove guilt. The friend questions the next witness, while the observer maintains the bold stare signals a troubled conscience.
Jubal Early's Sister Dead in Allipolis
In Allipolis Ohio October 13 Mrs Ruth Early Nash sister of General Jubal Early Confederate general dies at the city home widow of Samuel S Nash and last of the Virginia family
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Jubal Early
inAallipolis
Ruth Early Nash
Decoration Urges French Honor for Wright Aviator
Paris reports a local newspaper petitioning the government to decorate Wilbur Wright with the Legion of Honor for his success in aerial navigation. The call reflects growing recognition of Wright’s pioneering work in aviation.
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Paris
Wilbur Wright
Legion of Honor
Bis
Model Servant Clashes With Quick Tongue at Hidden Club
A comic exchange shows a master instructing a servant to ask about a club with a silly name and to fetch a tree of tasks. The servant reports back in brief phrases, indicating confusion over names and items like a yellow-covered book and a train to be found.
Sailor Takes Elevator Job Amid Heavy List
Driven by necessity an old sailor runs an elevator. He warns a heavyset passenger to stand amidships because the craft has a heavy list to port.
His Own People and a Light Mulatto Tale
Ray Stannard Baker uses a Tennessee story to illustrate a light hearted view of race. A man of mixed blood passes as white on a river boat trip from Memphis to Cincinnati, sits with whites, grows lonely, and finally joins the Black passengers after hearing their songs.
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Ray Stannard Baker
American Magazine
Tennessee
Tie
Memphis
Cincinnati
The Elder Robert Fulton and His Lancaster Heritage
Robert Fulton was born in Little Britain Lancaster County Pennsylvania on November 14, 1765. Biographers call him a self made man and note his father’s lack of a substantial patrimony. The Fulton lineage traces to Kilkenny Ireland with migration to America before 1735. The senior Fulton played a leading civic role in Lancaster, helping found the Presbyterian church, serving as secretary of the Union Fire Company, and joining the Juliana Library as a charter member. Century.
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Robert Fulton
Little Britain
Lancaster County
Scotland
Ireland
Cromwell
Kilkenny
Fulton
America
Lancaster
Presbyterian Church
Union Fire Company
Juliana Library
American
The taliout palm of Ceylon blossoms and withers fast
The taliout palm Corypha umbraca Hifera of Ceylon bears fruit only once in a lifetime. The tree grows about ten feet in trunk girth and reaches 180 feet in height. Its flowers appear after a tall spathe bursts with a loud report, revealing a large plume of blossoms. After fruiting, the inflorescences are followed by conspicuous fruit clusters and the tree withers within a fortnight, decaying where it stood.
Two Wise Ones in a Cold Encounter at Plano
In a Chicago Record-Herald style snippet a young man lays cigars on a plano and extends his arms, only to be met with a chilling rebuke from a young woman who accuses him of past loves. The scene hints at tension and unspoken history between two youths.
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Chicago Record-Herald
He Evidently Had One What is a pessimist pa
A humorous quip from the New York Press frames a joke about pessimism. A child asks what a pessimist is and a parent answers that it is a man with a note to meet.
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New York Press
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
The notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for women, claiming many testimonials from letters in the Lynn Massachusetts lab. It asserts the product relieves female distress without drugs, restores feminine health, and has saved some from surgery.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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Omaha World- Herald
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Munn & Co
Scientific American
Ourpal
UNN & Co
Washington, D
Telai Bottio Free
Lemmen
Ulm
Law
Mick
Frank Rogers
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