Great Names Survive but Play Humble Roles
A humorous catalog lists famed names assigned ordinary jobs in various cities including Shakespeare as a tailor Milton as a grocer and Bacon as an architect Paris figures Charlemagne Venus and Mars occupy odd roles while New York shows a wider mix with many famous names in unexpected trades such as Washington as a barber and janitor and Franklin as a tailor.
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London
Instanes
William Shakespeare
John Milton
Francis Bacon
Paris
Charlemagne
Samartta
Davde
Venus
Mars
New York
Christophers
Henry Padson
Sonnpaurte
Robert Bruce i
Charles Stuart
Moliere
Rousseau
Dryden
Samuel Johnsons
Stra
Neil Goldsmith
Herbert Spencer
George Washington
Roger Williams
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Aaron Burr
Abraham Lincoln
Whittles His Own Teeth Frank Forbis Pension Request
Frank Forbis a ninety year old mail carrier on a 15 mile route from Maimfordville Kentucky to Cub Run has applied for a government pension claiming to be the oldest in the nation. Known as Uncle Frank he carves Hickory teeth on his daily journey using them to crack walnuts and says each tooth lasts years. He keeps no dentist and replaces worn teeth by whittling new ones.
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Frank Forbis
United States
Maimfordville
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Cub Run
Frank
Portland Harbor Hero Rescues Fifteen Children
Charles N. Trefethen former mayor of South Portland and successful Portland fish dealer often dives fully clothed from his Commercial Wharf office to pull drowning or careless youths from Portland harbor. He already has fifteen rescues to his credit.
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Charles N. Trefethen
South Portland
Portland Harbor
Commercial Wharf
Oil Found In Syria Sparks Exploitation Plans
News notes large petroleum and iron discoveries in Syria with enough quantity to warrant exploitation by a local company. The finding signals potential economic impact and future development in the region.
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Syria
All Women's Court Satirized By Poem In New York World
A verse by Paul West in the New York World lampoons a so called all women’s court with a lady judge, policeman and Sawyer guarding a male prisoner. The piece imagines the courtroom as dominated by women and ends with the prisoner escaping amid comic chaos.
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Sawyer
Paul West
New York World
Fire bag kept sailors warm in Arctic days
Old shipboard practice described a tarpaulin fire bag carried by whalers and sealers to hold flint and tinder for warmth and cooking. The second mate guarded it, to be used quickly in wreck or beaching. Modern steam crews still carry a rubber fire bag with matches in lifeboats.
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Arctic Circle
New York Press
Curious petitions hinder death penalty for eighteenth century forger
The article recalls William Lyland an eighteenth century forger who forged a £7114 bill on the East Indian voyage. Thirty signatures were imitated and witnesses could not prove ownership. With aid of paper makers Ryland was caught. Friends argued cleverness merited mercy saving only a fine engraving completed before execution. King George III resigned to the forgery being excusable.
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William Lyland
Ryland
George Itii
The Soap and Water Cure In Himalayas
In a Himalayan tale Major Bruce recalls a traveler’s mishap and a cure by soap and hot water. A young lady, offended at his appearance, prescribes washing his face with water and soap. She watches, drinks the water herself, and reports she is cured the next day.
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Himalayas
Hlon
Herald Delivers Noteworthy Local News Highlights
The Herald gathers the most significant local items of the day with concise reports on community events, government actions, and notable happenings. Readers receive a compact guide to scores, appointments, and public notices shaping the week.
Four Hundred Years Before Peary and Messina’s Tumultuous History
A historical excerpt contrasts northern virtue with perpetual light near the pole and cites Hakluyt while recounting Messina’s repeated ruin. It notes earthquakes in 1698 and 1783, plague in 1743, a 1784 quake and tidal wave, and Messina’s twenty one destructions across 3,000 years.
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Peary
North Pole
Hakluyt
Messina
Telephone Numbers Adopted by City Messenger Co
The City Messenger company installed two telephones Nos 5931 and 5941 with one always open for calls. People may reach Central by calling either number. JOS. FARRELL Mer.
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City Messenger Company
Central
Jos
Morgan and the great calculator of lives remark
A quip records Morgian correcting a friend’s fatal count with humor as he takes a book and notes the life tally. The exchange appears in a witty exchange about losses and time.
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Morgian
Morgan
Thomas Moore
Bragson girl vows a thousand refusals in marriage
In a humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript a Bragson girl is quoted as claiming she has made a thousand refusals of marriage. Ethel notes Gus proposed and she answered in the famous line, No a thousand times, no.
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Kate
Bragson
Ethel
Gus
Boston Transcript
Exaggerated Ego in a Lighthouse Metaphor Note
A Calveston News aphorism questions self importance among young men likening an ego to a lighthouse. The witty line comments on how easy it is for the sixteen candle era to overestimate personal glow and visibility.
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Calveston
Passion For Music Reveals Husbands Reactions
A Yonkers Statesman glimpse shows Mrs Bacon asking about her husband’s passion for music while Mars Robert confirms his singing stirs a dramatic reaction. The quirky exchange highlights domestic humor in a local page snippet.
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Mrs. Bacon
Mars
Robert
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Maine
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ALL Women’s Court
Matic
Chas. W. Pressley
Henry Harlan’s
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Garden Seeds
the Herald
Agricultural Department
Senator Jones
Herald
Wheeler & Wilson
Payete
E. Wishkah ST
Iaaberdeen Meat CO
Postoffice
W. Heron ST
Broadway Pharmacy
the Brotherhood of
Yeomen
Kaufman Block
Heron St
A. Alleman
Edith Semmen
City Messenger Co
COURT
W. D. Simons
Fraternal Brotherhood
K. of
P. Hall
L. C. Davidson, Treas
Modern
Woodmen OF America
J. O. O. F. Hall
WM. M. Falkner
Harper
Kentucky
Fred Hewitt
Humboldt Saloon
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
J. L. Maley
New York City
Blyth & Blyth Inc
Passion For Music
Brain and
Brown
Stewing Co
Webesuay
Grays Harbor
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