Weddings Shuffle Two City Notables into Married Life
Floyd R. Ritchie and Nina E. Snyder wed in Hoquiam with Rev. J. S. Sutton officiating then depart for a brief East honeymoon. William Seaman, long known as a bachelor, marries Miss Olena Egge at New London with Rev. R. E. Cooper presiding as the couple links their lives on the Quinsault vacation plan.
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Floyd R. Ritchie
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Nina E. Snyder
Hoquiam
J. S. Sutton
William Seaman
Batchelor
Lake Quinsault
William
Quinsault
New London
Olena Egge
R. E. Cooper
Aberdeen Presbyterian Church
Local notices and visits fill Raymond week
Raymond residents host visitors from Seattle and Port Orchard while local clubs meet. Funeral services are announced for Henry Kiel. civic groups plan picnics and dances as holidays loom.
Homer as the first war correspondent in ancient myth
The London Graphic notes a theory by Sunderland Edwards that Homer served as a war correspondent for an Argos paper Chronos during the siege of Troy. Homer allegedly drew a large salary, kept the war alive for column work, and later had his letters published as The Iliad, surpassing their newspaper circulation.
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Sutherland Edwards
Homer
Argos
the Chronos
Troy
Chronos
Ulysses
London Graphic
Incubation Hints for Temperature Control
An incubator should stay in a shaded room and be shielded from sun heat during the day. Avoid tampering with the regulator unless temperature changes are very marked to prevent difficulty maintaining stable conditions in the incubator.
Quote on love behavior attributed to gender
A concise saying suggests women in love act foolishly while men in love behave genuinely, implying a natural difference in how affection manifests. It presents a pointed, witty view on romance and gendered expression without additional context or examples.
Market Life and Lingering Laughter in Spain and Africa
In Medina Spain a bustling market scene shows carts and pack animals, a cheeky cheese bargain, and the caballero remark as a playful exchange. Mary Gaunt notes Africa’s English peculiarities as locals mix phrases and meaning, from bananas sale chatter to the phrase mass a lib for asking after a servant.
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Medina
C. Bogue Luffmann
Spain
Senor Mine
Bush Negroes of Guiana Describe Physical Manner and Customs
The bush negroes of French Guiana are described as tall and powerful with braided hair often adorned by nickel clips and gold rings. They wear minimal clothing mainly gaudy breechcloths made in Germany and practice multifaith beliefs centered on the cotton tree. Obeya or obea refers to superstitious beliefs and fetishes, while their language taki-taki blends Cromanti coast dialects with pidgin English Dutch and some French and Spanish elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiana
French Guiana
Germany
Jones Names Create Postal Chaos in Swansea Valley
London Cor. Washington Post reports in the Swansea Valley postmen face chaotic deliveries as seventeen confidential letters addressed to Mr Jones arrive for nine different Jones families within 500 yards. Houses are irregularly numbered and many streets unnamed, making correct distribution nearly impossible for the overburdened letter carrier.
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Wales
Jones
Swansea Valley
Joneses
London Cor
Washington Post
Husband Remembers Wife’s Sharp Wit in Marriage
The speaker reflects on their marriage noting how before vows his wife swallowed his words and now she makes him eat his own words, capturing a playful domestic exchange from the Boston Transcript.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Novel Floor Hardening Material Rich in Iron Dust
A new concrete floor hardening compound contains 95 percent iron dust or iron flour. Transit of Mercury on Nov 7 will be partly visible in eastern US and Canada. Heidelberg professor says all human organs are radioactive with brain most so heart and liver lower and spleen kidneys slight. Earth shown as twice the rigidity of steel with tides in both solid and liquid portions, though tides are very acute.
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United States
Canada
Heidelberg University
Pert Personals and Wit from Various Papers
A collage of ironic notices and quips: a Milwaukee Sentinel query asks about John Lind. The Washington Star praises Jim Ham Lewis and Coney Island as rich not gaudy. The Medicine Lodge postmaster is OU C Herr, a jab at name. James K Hackett keeps the stage despite a $1.6 million legacy, and readers may skip his show.
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Jim Ham Lewis
Coney Island
Washington Star
Medicine Lodge
Kan
OU. C. Herr
New York Mail
James K. Hackett
Detroit Free Press
Flippant Flings Across Newspapers
A collage of quotes from Washington Post Pittsburgh Gazette Times Los Angeles Express and New York World. They touch on domestic spying anti tipping sentiment Navy secretary comments and Dr Anna Shaw proposing a maiden aunt day with a suggested December 22 observance.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Daniels
Los Angeles Express
Anna Shaw
New York World
Train and Track: Railways and Records Across the U S
Liverpool considers spending over 26 million dollars on an underground rail system. Western Maryland railway hauled 114 coal cars Cumberland to Hagerstown with a single locomotive, over 15.75 million pounds. World’s largest station by area is New York Pennsylvanian station at twenty eight acres, then Gare St Lazare Paris and Edinburgh Waverley.
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Liverpool
Western Maryland Railway
Cumberland
Hagerstown
New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Gare St. Lazare
Paris
Edinburgh Weverley
Inventions for Home Use Patent New Devices
Recent Inventions describes folding screen panels to enclose beds and exclude insects, a vapor cabinet cover for bathtubs with an opening for the head, and a collar button tape that passes through buttonholes and fastens with a front clasp.
Royal Doubles and the Royal Understudy in History
The article recalls courts using royal understudies to appear in public duties. It cites Komaroff as the late Czar Alexander III’s understudy murdered in Moscow. It notes Nicholas and his father used proxies, and highlights William I of Germany's daily balcony bow reveal reportedly shared by Bismarck.
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Russia
Alexander III
Komaroff
Moscow
Nicholas
William
Germany
Great Bismarck
London
Trinidads Asphalt Lake and the Goose That Lays Gold
The article describes a remarkable asphalt lake near Trinidad that replenishes nightly the material dug from its surface. A nearby house settled as digging neared the shore, illustrating the lake’s dynamic movement. Pitch is laboriously mined by workers and hauled by tram to waiting ships.
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Trinidad
Wide World Magazine
The Busy Body That Minded His Own Business
A concise proverb-like note contrasts the person who minds his own business with the busybody. It emphasizes self-direction and discretion over gossip and intrusion. The phrase underscores personal conduct and social perception without naming individuals or events.
Whip and Spurs to the Brain Nomenclature
A concise adage warns that many men sharpen intellect with effort yet fail to curb speech. prudence in tongue control is urged to avoid folly and misjudgment.
Remarkable Jouquiers Cactus Forms Arch in Mexican Sands
A tall Jouquiers cactus in Mexico grew into a wide arch with ends buried in the sand. An old herder recounted lassoing the tallest cactus and burying its top, which rooted and sent a new shoot outward, creating a ten foot length from the arch center. The species normally bears no branches.
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Mexico
Why We Say Hello The Origin of the Greeting in English
The article traces the origin of hello from medieval wolf hunting in England. French court language used Au loup as a wolf cry, heard as A loo, then with an H became Hallo, later hello. It claims this form is now standard worldwide for telephone use.
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England
Human Hair Tells Race
Article notes scientists use hair microscopy to determine race. It claims cross section shapes indicate race with elliptical for black and round for red or yellow, and ranks hair thickness by ancestry from Australian natives to Japanese. Also includes a comic exchange about comets and a goat joke.
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Africa
Europe
Riddle‑style wordplay exchange
A string of pun style questions and answers about an absconding bank cashier air gun breath rain bliss onion and bell with explanations for each punchline and connection
Sloth A Queer Animal of Central and South America
A queer animal in Central and South America appears as part of the tree when hanging from branches. The sloth has curved feet with long hooked claws, a green back growth matching foliage, feeds on leaves and fruit, and rarely comes to the ground.
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Central
South America
Doorknobs Serve Doors Beyond Opening Them
A reflection on doorknobs found on every home door noting their primary use to open doors and a crucial secondary role in preventing door slams that would ruin paint. It emphasizes everyday objects with overlooked functions.
Starfish Found During Low Tide Attract Ocean Guests
A poem-like note from Youth's Companion describes exploring a pool at dead low tide where shrimps mussels barnacles snails and horseshoe crabs are found. It recalls discovering starfish once diving near Mars and wonders how they lost their light in the wet sea.
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Shining Mars
Inventor Youth Sparking Talk Ideas in Racine
A Racine youth creates a flying machine that shows promise but fails to fly. The Milwaukee Free Press notes the device needs work while a humorous exchange questions if the effort caused a "bad accident" as the inventor was left speechless and his wheel damaged.
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Racine
Milwaukee Free Press
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Grant Street
Presbyterian Sunday School
Electric Park
Mary Potter
Training School For Nurses
University of California
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South Beach
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First Methodist Church
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West Africa
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Royal Doubles
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Christian Register
Edw. E. Ogden
Hoquiam, Wash
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Aberdeen Carriage CO
Peter Ibsen
Auto Bodies
Wishkab St
H. L. Cook & CO
Messer
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E. Heron
Grays Harbor
Goehrend & CO
Bob. Bryan
WeMalk Shop
South F Street
Hume
Frybg CO
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