Military Accuracy and Telegraphs in War Department Tracking
The article cites a young officer in Arizona whose movements were tracked by telegrams from Washington within minutes. It contrasts this with postwar eastward transfers and detachment orders sent to stations up to 200 miles away. It highlights exactness in military administration and contrasts it with an unrelated tale of frozen snakes sold to museums.
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War Office
War Department
Arizona
Washington
New York Herald
Snake Tales of Death and Aboard Trade
A naturalist recalls a mountain side man beating a rattlesnake to death with a club. The man insists you cannot kill a rattlesnake too dead. In another scene a ship bound for the United States buys snakes in Pernambuco, storing them in a deck cage as a sailor is charged for the reptiles.
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United States
Rio de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Paris ambulant barber serves Seine banks
In Paris and Peking alike an ambulant barber plies his trade on the Seine quays. With a box of gear including razor and brush he shaves and cuts the hair of bargees navvies and quay laborers for a sou. The Figaro figure seats clients on the pavement and offers a human touch to passersby seeking grooming.
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Paris
Peking
Seine
Figaro
Odds and Ends in a Cemetery Tour
An anecdote from the Pittsburgh Press recalls Uncle Jim guiding a group through a Richmond cemetery revealing notable graves and derelict plots. When asked who else lies there he quips that the section holds “odds and ends” of the departed.
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Tnere Jim
Richmond
Uncle Jim
Dpittsburg Press
How She Knew Mushrooms Kitchen Dialogue Fragile Fragments
Readable parts show a quirky exchange about mushrooms and freshness. The text includes garbled phrases and misspellings, suggesting a torn or corrupted OCR of a small kitchen scene. No clear names, dates, or locations are present to establish a fuller event.
Trudging Wash and Early Trusts Across New England
The piece notes Portuguese laundry workers traveling long distances to fetch and return city clothes for patrons. It contrasts endurance with Weston and O Leary style walkers. It also cites Benjamin Crabb securing a sperm candle monopoly in 1750 and the quick rise of New England factories cutting candle prices.
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Lisbon
Oporto
Weston
O'Leary
Christian Gerald
Benjamin Crabb
Massachusetts
Providence
New England
Philadelphia
N Hudson Moore
Gravediggers Spur Plot in Early Theater Debate
The Sixteenth Century Critic notes a comic gravedigging scene in a tragedy by Shixpur. The second critic explains the diggers serve to unearth a plot, as humor and wit appear cruder in that era.
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Prithee
Shixpur
Hen
Cleveland Leader
Unclear fragment on a rhinoceros encounter
Eager listener asks what the rhinoceros did when fired at him. The response: it stood still while the author ran. Quoted from Washington Star. Describes an unmarried Frenchman and a pleasant woman noted as unmarried per Harper's Weekly.
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Washington Star
Harper's Weekly
Notice and notices from 1911 Aberdeen Herald page
Publisher's notice urges city subscribers to report non receipt of the Herald by 6 PM on Mondays and Thursdays. Includes professional cards for J C Cross attorney and architects Wade Reid Burrows, with Aberdeen Hoquiam addresses. Also details a contest offering a piano and gold prizes and public accountant Hill. Stockholders of West and Slade Grocery Company call meeting April 26 1911 at 7 30 PM to increase capital from 100 000 to 250 000 dollars. names of trustees Rupert Walk Scurry Mack Bartlett listed. notices dated February 25 1911 with publication through April 17 1911.
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Herald
West & Slade Grocery Company
Aberdeen
Chehalis County
Washington
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Boston
H. J. Blake
Harper’s Weekly
Ambulant Barber
Odds and
Avite
Ved
Eva
Mamima
Mamma
J. C. Cross
Wishkah Block
Corner G
Wishkah Streets
Austin M. Wade
George B. Reid
Robert H. Burrows
Aberdeen and
Hoquiam Wishkah Block
Grayport Hotel
Hoquiam
Eilers
Aberdeen, Wash
Hill
Public Accountant
East Wishkah Street
A. Rupert
W. W. Walk
T. Scurry
W. B. Mack
C. H. Bartlett
Livingston
Grocery Department
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