Growth at Calvary Methodist Church Promises Week of Services
The Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church at Mount opens a revival with Rev Thach and Rev Forest Pretty Zan to preach daily from tomorrow through September 39. A Sandy School reorganization, enrollment of new pupils, and congregational events mark a year of growth and planned outreach led by Rev Regiuter with special services by Rev Prettyman.
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Thach Euioce
Forest Pretty Zan
Trinity Station
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Balthnora
Rey EV Regiuter
Wreck Death Toll Rises Near Town After Collision
A freight crash near the city left several dead and many injured. Authorities report a wreck involving a passenger train and freight cars, with emergency crews racing against time to reach the scene and treat survivors. The incident sparked investigations and road closures as investigators assess the causes and tally the victims.
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Justice Guy rules in favor of Mary Hointet in a custody decree. The order limits contact, assigns living arrangements, and ensures the child’s welfare while detailing pleadings and referenced papers.
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Justice Guy
Sue Cort
Mary Hointet
Hummer
Scron
Livin
Last New Jersey Hanging Ends Electric Chair Use
The article notes Joseph Lahetola to be the last inmate executed in New Jersey before the electric chair ban took effect. It mentions Lahetola and an associated incident with his brother in a 1930s context, describing the death sentence carried out prior to sentencing changes and referencing local officials and the convict’s background.
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Cape May
Joseph Lahetola
New Jersey
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Tidewater project linked to frontier fuel tests
A Wall Street tale centers on financier Rogers and the Tidewater railroad venture. The piece traces stock sales by Union Pacific and Amalgamated Copper amid a liquidating market, plus a shift to alcohol as a potential engine fuel after studies by Columbia University and a USDA office indicate alcohol can power standard internal combustion engines with similar construction and efficiency.
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York
Wallstreet
Union Pacific St .Fant Atenison Consolidated Gas
Tidewater
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Wall Street
Rogeca
Standard Oil Party
West Virginia
Hogert
Bowery
Standard Oil
Tnlon Pacific
Charles H Lucke
Columbia University New York
SM Woolward
Office of Experiment Stations
Department of Agriculture
Reachel Ware Avy
Revenue Receipts Grow for August 1908
The monthly statement of the internal revenue shows August receipts totaling 22 220.067. The report notes increases in several sources including distilled spirits 68951, adulterated butter 140, and other items while some categories decline such as renovated butter 5416. Overall, August receipts rise over the previous month with various revenue streams reported.
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Collectone of Internal Revenue
Irene
Germans Use Live Shells Near Fosen Prussia
Emperor William attends joint German operations near Fosen Prussia as heavy siege and field guns fire on improvised fortifications. The practice resembles actual warfare with full bursting shells, prompting evacuation and strict fire zone secrecy to prevent casualties or leakage of results.
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Port Arthur
Wife Attacks Rival as Husband Arrested in New York
Mrs O Brien wife of a Chicago timber merchant caused the arrest of her husband and Miss Wall after finding them walking together on Third Avenue. Mrs O Brien attacked her rival striking blows and hair pulling before a detective intervened. Both were charged with disorderly conduct and found guilty before the magistrate.
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New York
Robert O Brion
Chicago
Miss Well
Third Avenue
Tts
Mrs O Brien
York
Deareh
Miss Wall Mea Brien
Often
Mist Wall
Orien
Magistate
Orien Gromiaed
Tle
Mise Wall
Trust conference delegates chosen to attend national meeting
Citizens named as district delegates to the national conference on trust and combinations to be held in Chicago from October 2 to 9 under the National Civic Federation. Delegates include John R McTron Gen John M Wilson Herbert N Harper Scott Hane Taradore W Noyes Fagar Shaw Charles J Bell and others listed by motion of Mr Marfarlan.
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Marfarlanl
National Civic Federation
John R Mc Tran
John M Wilson Hebert
N Harper
Scott Hane
Taradore
Noyes Fagar
Shaw
Charles J Bell
John Joy Edson
W Finley
J Loward Gore
J Selwyn Tat Charies
Resdham Dasid
Greek immigration growth prompts plan for Washington legation
King George orders a Greek legation in Washington amid rising Grecian immigration seen as triggering official action. The State Department has not confirmed the decision. The influx has sparked concerns over riots and property claims as Morocco and Atlantic affairs remain in public focus. A public library list of books and periodicals aids understanding of the situation.
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United States
Athune 10
Washington
State Department
Sanitary conditions and typhoid deaths in Cuba report
The chief surgeon notes improving sanitary conditions at army pontees in Cuba since U S occupation. Eighteen deaths occurred mainly from typhoid fever during the period. The report mentions Croigosses and a slayer of President McKinley, Leon Croigoas, as well as a family seeking aid from the chatiues de partment for relief.
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United States
Stormy Death Toll From Lightning In St Vincent
A severe storm struck the Windward Islands, notably St Vincent and Kingstown, causing five fatalities in the Caiunia district. A boy sheltering under a tree was instantly killed as vivid lightning illuminated low thunderhead clouds. Similar storms have hit the northern islands.
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Kingstown
Mrs Benedict Nearing Death in Greenwich Harbor Home
Spectator reports Mrs Benedict wife of Commodore Benedict is dying at her Todian Harbor residence in Greenwich Conn. Family physician says she may live the day or week. The Benedict family were recently struck by the death of their son Fred in an automobile accident years ago.
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Fred
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Jump From Window Ends Life After Sudden Attempt
A New York woman leaped from an open window in a failed suicide attempt. She fell four stories and died on the pavement. Authorities report a quarrel with a sweetheart preceded the act and reveal the tragedy as she struggled with despair.
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New York
Tainted Money Idea Refuted at Concordia Synod
A Concordia Synod session at Grace Church discussed Rev Gladden and Emersonian ideals, with Dr Mees presenting joint committee theses on the church and means of grace. The debate criticized modern culture’s impact on true Christianity and affirmed the church’s visible structure through doctrinal purity.
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Rear Admiral Melville Suffering Insomnia in Hospital
Rear Admiral George W Melville of the United States Navy, retired after forty two years of service, is in a Philadelphia hospital suffering from insomnia caused by an attack of nervous prostration. The news notes his long career and current health condition.
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Mervous
Philadelphia
George W Melville
United States Navy
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Marine Hospital Changes Assignments of Officers Announced
The Public Health and Marine Hospital Service lists weekly assignments for commissioned and noncommissioned officers. Several personnel receive temporary or extended duties, including Ells Island, Canton, and Fort Stanton postings, with multiple officers ordered to report for specific temporary tasks and training.
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Orders to Naval Officers Transcript Summary
Orders show naval officers assigned to stations and ships including Kemner to Chattanooga Sule Guaner C 8 Baboon to Plecataqua Lica Com GG Mitehstt to a naval station Dtongape TY Lica A Dongine to Gatyeatoa Lit WS Wiltted to Clevaland. The fragment lists several personnel and destinations with unclear spellings.
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Army Orders List of 1901 Transfers and Duties
Army orders detail transfers promotions and duty changes across infantry coast artillery and engineer units. It lists personnel by name rank and new assignments including retirements exams and duty stations at Washington Barracks Fort Leavenworth General Hospital and Presidio with vessel movements and port-to-port travels mentioned.
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Wiper
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Arkadelphia
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George Steunanberg
Ota
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Presidio
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Roger Powell
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Dlesolver
Grape-Nuts Breakfast Claim Debated in Ad Fragment
Fragment of an advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a superior breakfast cereal rich in energy and digestion benefits. The text emphasizes whole wheat and barley, slow baking, and the product’s supposed nutty flavor while urging substitution of meat for breakfast and supper with Grape-Nuts.
Breakfast Theme Promises Quick, Steady Daily Edge
A quirky ad style note extols a breakfast of Grape-Nuts and toast with coffee to sharpen the mind and speed the day. It compares a meat eater’s handicap to a breakfast powered edge, predicting lunch digestion and sustained nerve and success through the afternoon.
Lays Foundation for Parliament Edict Declares
Peking reports an imperial edict authorizes a council of deliberation to lay groundwork for a parliamentary form in China. Dowager Empress cautions reforms cannot be granted now, saying the people are not prepared. Edict signals US and Japan interest in assisting China’s modernization.
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Representative Assembly
Empire
Peking
Dey
Pu Lun
Sun Chi Anal
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Council of Deliberion
Simuryen Saya Cin
China
Chang Chi Tung
Yuen Bhi Kai
Chinas
Eith Chen Yuan
Yieurdya
II Lta
Fires On Russian Troops At Sabiinsky Estate
In St Petersburg on September 2 a raid by troops and gendarmes targeted the Sabiinsky estate in the city suburbs. A revolver duel occurred when Young Sabiinsky fired on raiders. no deaths occurred. The search found no arsenal, and the operation followed information from a rejected suitor seeking revenge for a sister’s rejection.
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Anlinsky Estate
Sus Urbe
Mt Dent
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Navy awards contracts for torpedo boat destroyers
Secretary of the Navy announced awards for building several torpedo boat destroyers. Bath Iron Works to build two for 240,000 each, Cramp at Philadelphia two for 596,000 each, and New York Shipbuilding Camden for 840,000. Engines will be Parsons turbine, speed 25 knots for four hours, construction due in 24 months. Lewis Nixon bid for a 30 knot craft with gas engines, 18 month delivery, was rejected as irregular.
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Meiair
Department
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Cramp F|rons
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New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden NJ
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Eight Hundred Arrested in Lodz Strike Suppression
Radom police and troops raided a large cotton mill in Lodz, arresting about eight hundred workers. The action followed a strike over wages at the plant owned by the late Mascua Allparatein, who had faced pressure from his employer.
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Raden's Grand Duke Friedrich Succumbs to Illness in Germany
Duke Friedrich of Baden suffers severe abdominal inflammation with high fever as officials report on his health. The elderly ruler recently celebrated his eightieth birthday, with concern growing over his condition in Germany.
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