Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903, November 30, 1899, Page 8, Image 8

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    T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , N O V EM BER 30, 1899.
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The S ilverton T h o u g h t E xchange, one of the most beautiful cities in
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the world.
enlng, Nov. 3 0 . - Op?rs, "Four-
Thursday Evening,
Last Sunday, the 25th, there was
W ashington, with its great C api­
Leaved C lover’’, at L iberal M all.
Friday Eveaing, Dec. 1. — Captain Preeton’a
at a good solid rain outside of Liberal tol and new L ibrary and public
luct program at the Y. P. 8 . B. C meeting,
n
Liberal Hall.
H all, an<l an interested and cor- buildings, and ease of travel, is the
Saturday, 3:00 P. M ., Dec. 2 .—Woman’ So­
cial Science Club meets at the hom e of Mrs. T. dial
audience within it to hear pride of Am erica. Silverton peo-
V . Davenport.
Sunday, 2:00 P. M .t Dec. 3 .— Prof. T . B. Prof. Pearl W. G eer’s lecture about pie lost a lot in not hearing his
W akeman’s '1 liankagiving Sermon at Liberal
his last sum m er’s trip to the East, description of his retreat over th e
W ill be scarce in som e lines.
Hall.
F rid a y , Dec. 8 . — F all Term of the L iberal
a lth a in and E lgin factories can
U niversity cloaea. Y . I'. H. H. C Hupper in th e in behalf of the Liberal U niversity, Long Bridge after his Bull Run de-
evening, given by th e defeated side.
not su p p ly th e d em an d . It will
and the em ancipation of education, feat a t A rlington. Of course the
be to your in te re st to o rd er
) 0-00-00000-0-0-0-0O-O-O-O-O-OOO-OOO-O Prof. Louis R auch, vice-president, terror of Mr. Geer’s trip was th a t
NOW.
presided, and the evening opened horror “ the great m iddle W est.’’
N E W S AND NOTES.
D ia m o n d s have advanced, b u t I
with a beautiful solo by Mrs. Addie After try in g all sorts of railroads can supply orders d irect from im p o rters
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Davenport M artin, accom panied on and street and trolley cars, and and g u aran tee to u ndersell any o th er
Remember there is to be a dance
the piano by her sister, Miss Alice com paring them all, he found th a t re ta ile r in th e U nited S tates.
after the opera.
Davenport. The heartiest applause they “ arrived at places,” but there
W a tc h e s I have again reduced with
Our library room is nearly fin­ failed to bring an encore, an d so was no “ trav ellin g ” so as to know special reference to undersell big c a ta ­
ished, which gives us an additional the audience had to give up their w hat sort of country or people he logue houses. P ay no a tte n tio n to my
old p rice-lists, h u t send for la te s t; or if
class room.
desire for a free concert, and go to was passing through.
o rdered from th e old, I will re tu rn th e
Mr. Robert Down, of Down’s S ta ­ business.
At S alt Lake C ity the car tra n s­ change.
F irst was the declination of Mr. fers are punched through pictures
tion, Oregon, entered the Liberal
O p a ls, G a r n e ts , C h a in s , B r a c e ­
Lou
Ames,
who
had
been
elected
on them , which are supposed to le ts , E m b le m s of any ord er, or jew el­
University M onday.
ry of an y kind an d q u a lity , Silver Nov­
Mr. Sam uel A. Foss, of Silverton, president, but who on account of represent the various kinds of heads elties, th e G orham Silver spoons, in sets
the cares of this world felt com pell­ of the passengers, so as to d istin ­
is a new stu d en t a t the U niversity,
o r single, “ 1847” trip le - p lated w are,
ed
to
suggest
a
younger
m
an,
and
guish
them
by
kinds
of
whiskers,
he having entered school Tuesday.
G old P en s, Gold C anes, etc.
I will
so Mr. Clyde M ount was elected in hats, bonuets, etc. Mr. Geer was send you best goods a t lowes prices.
Mrs. C lara Bailey, of Portland, his place. Mr. T. D. A llen was first punched as a “sm ooth-face,”
Send c u ts from any catalogue or describe
secretary of the Oregon State Secu­ also elected treasurer.
but a M ormon conductor discovered closely and I will su it you o r refund cash.
lar Union, is visiting the U niversity.
Then Prof. Geer had it all his his incipient m ustache aud stopped
In g e r s o ll Spoons a n d Free-
th
o u g h t B a d g e s must, he ordered
Of course we will all go to see the own way for about an hour. His him . He was shaved as soon as
early o r th e 'su p p ly m ay he e x h au ste d .
opera on T hanksgiving evening. scheme was to introduce the cities possible, but it was no go, for his P rice-lists an d m y tra c t, “ T heism in th e
Tickets should be purchased of the and peoples of the A tlantic and trip-tim e was up and he had to es- C ru cib le” , sen t free.
Pacific coasts to each other, so th a t I cape to Silverton as soon as possible.
Brooks Drug Co., Main street.
O tto W e tts te in ,
The Torch of Reason office will they could spe how strange and There he arrived with his rejected
ROCHELLE
ILLINOIS
soon he moved to the U niversity funny they looked to each other, car-ticket in his pocket, but with
building. A room in the basement but also learn how to im itate and some money and m any prom ises
h a s b een fitte d up, which will he thus acquire each other’s good for the Liberal U niversity, and
things. H e went over the good with the assurance th a t the W ake
very convenient.
and bad points of the cities and m an fam ily were also on the road
Messrs P. R. Barnhouse and peoples of the E ast, as shown by
to meet him in his great work for Freethought: Past, Present and Future.
A ubray W olfard arrived in Silver- their street-cars, railroads, parks,
the em ancipation of education. The
By T. B. W akeman , w ith p ictu re
ton F riday from E astern Oregon. business streets and general ap­
lecture was easily, gracefully and
an d life of th e a u th o r. Price, 12
They come to spend the winter in pearance; and then took up the
copies, $1,00; e a c h .......................... i q c
hum orously delivered, and evident­
the Liberal U niversity.
habits and good qualities of the ly pleased everybody. T he discus­ Emancipation of Education.
Prof. T haddeus B. W akem an is people which come out after you sion which followed was unusually
An In au g u ra l A ddress, by T. B.
W
akeman , D elivered on th e incor­
going to lecture at Liberal H all on become better acquainted.
interesting.
p o ratio n of th e L iberal U n iv ersity .
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. T his
New York was cosm opolitan, but
P rice......... ....................................... 5 c
Prof. W akem an used the account
will be a genuine Thanksgiving too busy to be really happy, but given about Boston as a w arning to Photographs of the Faculty
sermon, and all should hear it.
was not so bad as Chicago, and was young W estern cities not to get
of th e L iberal U n iv ersity , s u it­
able
for fram in g . P r i c e ............... 5 0 c
so
large
th
a
t
the
visitor
had
to
take
fenced
in,
for
they
could
never
get
C aptain Hosm er and his noble
crew gave their last program for the time to learn th a t there was a large over it. Silverton, therefore, should Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2.
Price......................................... 10c
term at the Y. P. S. S. C. m eeting mass of steady and com fortable s ta rt rig h t now with*trolleys, park,
straig h t streets, etc., and so help its Freethought Magazine
F riday evening.
I t now rem ains ife there.
P hiladelphia, however, was the U niversity to flourish and be a
for C aptain Preston to give the last
for S ep tem b er, Ingersoll m em o­
rial
n u m b e r;
O ctober,
w ith
program of the series and then th e com fortable city, an d its people had great centre of business, comfort,
W a k e m a n ’s sp e e c h ; N ovem ber,
result will be know’n. An exciting enough of the spirit of Penn left to and education.
w ith p ictu re of L. U . O. facultv.
P
r ic e ................................................... ; . 1 5 c
Prof. Buff w anted g reater accur­
meeting is evident for next F riday m ake them take even the shocking
things of our progressive age with acy of description, and very in te r­ Forstner Auger Bi^
evening.
estingly contrasted dream s and
an astonishing composure.
Price, any size........................ 6 0 c
At the an nual congress of the
Liberal and Scientific Books
Boston was a queer place. It facts.
American Secular Union and Free-
Dr. Leonard was sure th a t the
of all k in d s. See ad v ertisem en t
thought Federation held in Boston, seemed to th in k th a t it was the
elsew here.
lectures
a
t
th
e
T
hought
E
xchange
the following officers were elected ‘hub of the universe” with a little
Send all orders to
for the ensuing year: J . E. Rems- circle of w ater around it, and a big were proving its value; and went
T h e Liberal U n iversity C o .,
burg, A tchison, K ansas, president; state house, and a curious little on with am using incidents of his
Silverton, Oregon
E. C. Reichwald, Chicago, 111., Sec­ common wherp they hung their travels and S alt Lake experiences.
Mrs. M artin spoke of the interest
retary ; Otto W ettstein, Rochelle, quakers, but where now any one
50 YEARS’
women
took
in
the
public
improve-
E X P E R IE N C E
111., treasu rer, vice-presidents, E . can take a box under his arm to
th eir cities, and why and
M. M acdonald, New York City, W. stand on as a pulpit, and m ake a raen^8
A. Croffut, W ashington, I), C., T. 8Peech t0 his Heart’s content. B ut w b»t they w anted in Silverton.
B. W akem an, Silverton, Or., F. the old trouble of exclusiveness still
Miss C lara W akem an contrasted
Steiner, Des Moines, la., Susan TI. h,lng about Boston, and m ade it the American cities w ith those she
T ra d e M ar k s
W ixon, F all River, Mass., Mrs. M. a PPear to be very m uch fenced in. had visited in F rance, H o llan d , and
D e s ig n s
A.
Freem
an,
G
rand
R
apids,
Mich.,
lts
little
islan<1
was
not
bl'e
enough
an
\
.
C o p y r ig h t s A c .
a . r r e e m a n , v t r a n a n a p ia s, Mien.,
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Several others spoke and then
Anyone sending a sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether ah
L. K. W ashburn, Boston, Mass., J. *or
an<l . 8eerued
to
have
hem
m
ed
Mr.
Geer
went
for
his
’
invention
is probably patentable. Communie»
.
.
,
----- ----- — — critics and
tlons strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents
D. Shaw, Waco, Tex.; board of di- in no ° n o Hie circular web of its laid them all out so am usingly th a t
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munn St Co. receive
rectors, J. E. Remsburg, E. Mac- streets> but the character of its peo- they all went home in good hum or,
g.fcUU notice, without charge. In the
donald, W. A. Croffut, E. C. Reich- Ple- But the environs of Boston
Xext Slinda-V Prof. W akem an
« a id , aud O tto W ettstein. A fur- save<1 “ l » f '1 w‘‘h Cam bridge,! " l!.‘
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