Gospel Automobile Brings Open Air Gospel To Chicago Streets
A Chicago pastor introduces a Gospel automobile to street corner preaching, pairing open air ministry with his Covenant Baptist church. Rev Dr George E Burlingame says open air work broadens Christ outreach as a deacon chauffeur drives the car and gospel cards are distributed, drawing crowds with a dignified, non sensational approach.
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Chicago
Chris Vanity
United States
Morrill ‘Twins
Lake Front
George E. Burlingame
The
Covenant Baptist Church
Christ
Aung
Carda
Carpa
Mount McKinley Declared Lofty Peak Of Alaska Range
An 1920s report notes Mount McKinley as the continent’s highest, part of the Alaska range. Dr. Frederick A. Cook’s party failed to ascend after reaching about 11,000 feet, while surrounding peaks, rivers, and nearby ranges are described with historic Russian names and local Sushitna terrain.
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Mount McKinlay
Frederick A. Cook
Alaskan
Alaska
Cook ‘Inlet
Sithoush
Mt. McKinsey
Mount McKinley
Rocky Head
Mt. St. Elias
North America
Mount Logan
Mt. McKinley
United States Geological Survey
Coast Line
Sean Mt Wrangell
Mt. Drum
Mt.Tillman
Mts. Hayes
Kimball
Bolshaya
Glent
Traleyka
Cook Inlet
Ita
Century-old Irish lawsuit ends with new four-figure payoff
London Chronicle reports a long running case from 1797 involving Robert Smyth, brewer at Smock Alley, Dublin. Despite a 20 shillings in the pound dividend, assets failed to satisfy creditors until compound interest over generations converted a trifling court sum into a four-figure total enough to settle all debts and leave proceeds for costs.
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Wgndrea
Lavwaniz
Ireland
Robert Smyth
Smock Alley
Dublin
Legal
London Chronicle
Oldest Inhabited House In England Near Abbey
A Chicago Chronicle note describes Habitatton, a house claimed to be 1100 years old and the oldest inhabited dwelling in England. Built during King Offa of Mercia, it is octagonal with thick lower walls and an oak upper, once fortified and called St German's gate, beside the Ver river near St Albans Abbey.
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England
Offa
Mercia
St. German's Gate
Biggest Skyscraper Controversy Sparks Philadelphia Plan
Chicago Inter Ocean reports a consortium of New York and Philadelphia capitalists plans a monster Philadelphia skyscraper to outshine the Syndicate building in Park Row the Masonic Temple in Chicago and the Exchange building in Houston It will occupy a full block and be the largest office structure in the world.
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United States
Syndicate
Park Raw
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Exchange
Hoston
Philadelphia
New York
Inter Ocean
Such In Life and a Wary Observation
This brief, witty exchange notes a life insurance purchase by Thad's wife right after his policy. Jones remarks it may seem suspicious while the Chicago Evening News captures the exchange as a sharp, pointed joke about coincidence.
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Smith
Old Man
Jones
Sam
Thad
Chicago Evening News
Ostrich Remark at Breakfast Sparks Banter
A humorous exchange at the breakfast table as a grumpy husband teases about being an ostrich while the wife deflects with a quip about the hat she has worn for three winters. The line captures a light domestic moment from the Chicago Evening News.
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Chicago Evening Newa
Geometrical Work of an Ant Remarked By Chronicle
The Chicago Chronicle notes a paradoxical image where a solitar y ant saves a life by cutting a perfect circle without tools, likening it to a parasol concept.
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Chicago Chronicle
Boyish Elasticity and Pie Lore in Indianapol is Journal
A playful item from the Indianapolis Journal recounts a child named Bobby who fears illness after eating too much pie. He asks for help and receives reassurance that after taking medicine he will recover enough to enjoy more pie.
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Bobby
Indianapolis Journal
Prominent Church Worker Credits Peruna For Life
Mrs. Hattie La Fountain of Galion Ohio, treasurer of Protected Home Circle and Catholic Ladies of Ohio, writes that after childbirth she suffered bearing down pains and headaches. A friend told her of Peruna, her husband bought a bottle, and she improved before finishing the first bottle. She urges others to try it.
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Peruna
Attic la Fountain
Treas
Mome Circle
Catholic Ladies of Ohio
Galion
Mrs. Hattie LA Fountain
Woman Cures Chronic Illness With Free Home Treatment
A long months long case of a wife bedridden by a chronic female disorder regains health after following Dr. Hartman’s free home treatment using Peruna. The appeal invites others to write for confidential advice and lists testimonials from Annie Hoban and Mamie Powell praising Peruna’s effects.
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Hartman
Annie Hoban
Post Pocahontas of
Yemassee
New York
Mamie Powell
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Peruna Praised by California Federation Secretary
Mrs. Julia M. Brown of the Woman's State Federation of California writes from Los Angeles praising Peruna. She claims it does more than advertised, curing chronic catarrh and aiding tired nerves, sharing stories of women nearly wrecked by illness who regained health using the remedy.
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Woman's State Federation
Julia M. Brown
Woman's State Federation of California
Fifth St
Los Angeles
Cal
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