Masonic Lodges and Chapters Directory Item
Local lodge notices list Knights of Pythis activities at Tang Sock site and Wall Streets. Keystone Chapter No 1 and Mount Vernon Lodge No 2 invite Brethren to meetings at Joseph Building and Masonic Hall. Athens Lopa No 7 meets weekly. Ouiver Campment No 10 meets Friday evenings. invites extended to Master Masons, Patriots in good standing, and affiliated officers.
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Emo
Elmo
Knights of
Pythis Yigsiay Aieit
Max Qayren
Wall Streets
Ting Knights Corde Yer Pozire
G. O
Reverors Cnarren
A. B. Keystone
Areh Mana
Joseph Building
Alla Brethren
St . G. Micnaka
J. G. Trussell
Vernos Lovos
Mount Vernon Lodge
Masonic Hall
Joseph Clayton Street
W. F. Donsty
J Garebold
Athens Lopas
BR P.O. B
Moss Building
BR. & Choate
Crugwy Lopag
Lodge
Carlton
Odd Fellows
W. Dozitn
Noble
G. E. Stone
Williawe Lopak
Judge Room
Variton
Jacks Wrest
Ali Odd Pellows
R W. Barry
Nudie Grand
J. A. Maalor
Athens
Uutroil No
Mao Joseph
The Scold s Bridle and Its Brutal Use in History
From Fireside Magazine, the article details the scold s bridle a metal crown and gag used in Britain and Scotland from the 16th to 18th centuries. It describes the device’s cruel design a tongue cutting knife and the public humiliation endured by women punished for raising their voices or speaking truth.
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Great Britain
Scotland
Fireside Magazine
Egg Lore and Varieties Describe Global Egg Use
The article surveys eggs as a universal food from hens and ducks to turkeys and even birds like gulls and terns. It notes regional consumption in Virginia and Texas and mentions turtle eggs as prized in some regions. A hen's egg averages about three and a quarter inches long and weighs two ounces.
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England
Germany
Turkey
Virginia
Texas
America
Cures For Insomnia Advice From An Old Doctor
An overworked woman is advised to avoid popular sleep aids and instead try simple methods. The doctor recommends measured physical exercises, deep breathing, backward steps around the room, full body relaxation in bed, slow breaths, and imagining a soft gray cloud carrying her to sleep. A warm milk drink before bed may help.
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New York Press
Me-ta lu-ki Creeper Heads and Old Man’s Snake Tale
The text notes queer looking worms in NZ Australia Samoan and Solomon islands with thick bodies and a neck resembling a monkey head. In the Sandwich Islands they are called me ta lu ki meaning creeper with a child’s head. An old New Zealand legend says they once grew enormous threatening humanity. The piece also cites a dialog about a long snake and a Louisiana style quip about drinking and snakes.
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New Zealand
Australia
Samoan
Solomon Islands
Sandwich Islands
Fragmented dialogue from a barn stormers scene
Reading man of the barn stormers voices the old joke about poets and money. A soldier longing to die and a man asking for a gun appear in a clipped exchange.
How To Boil Water As Important Point When the Caisse s Being Made
A Washington hotel steward explains boiling water technique for best coffee. Use fresh water, warm kettle, quick fire, boil immediately, remove at boiling point, serve promptly. Doctors advise five minutes of boiling to kill germs in suspicious water.
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Washington
Washington Post
Public transit grooming sparks cabin safety concerns
The New York Press reports on the danger of in car manicuring in elevated and street cars. Passengers observe knife withdrawals and nail cleaning, triggering disgust and fear of a potential contagion in crowded public compartments.
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Ile
New York Press
Prominent Indiana Official Endorses Golden Medical Discovery
Amos P. Atkins of New Albany Indiana, Floyd County treasurer, urges office workers to try Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic. He claims it boosts strength endurance appetite and sleep while supporting outdoor activity and health. Several friends accord similar praise citing no alcohol opium or narcotics in the remedy.
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Amos P. Atkins
New Albany
Ind
Floyd County
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
United States
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
E. F. Dingmars
Penn Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Giant Finback Whale Exhibited At American Museum
A female finback, sixty eight and a half feet long with a thirty foot circumference, is claimed as the largest whale ever exhibited on land at the American Museum of Natural History. Washed ashore near the Delaware River, New Jersey last November, the specimen underscores the theory that whales evolved from land mammals.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York
Ales Bogen
Eric Tee
Jzoreed River
New Jersey
Curious Cossack Customs Of The Don
Customs among the Don Cossacks include avoiding Monday clothing changes to prevent skin disease and forbidding Thursday meat preservation to avoid wormy meat. Wool spinning and bread cutting are tied to holiday rules, eggs hatch only in odd numbers, and funeral bones must be cast into a river to prevent the dead from appearing.
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Don
Auctioneer Skeptically Sells Cattle to Farm Hands
An Australian auctioneer praised a fine lot of cattle while farm hands watched. A blunt crowd voice interrupted with a remark that asked if there was something wrong with the animals, implying they should not be sold.
One Particular Reason
Mrs Cawker cautions her daughter about repeating gossip learned from Mrs Fosdick. She plans to tell Mrs Cumso herself, stressing gentleness and consideration toward Mrs Gilfoyle.
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Mrs. Cawker
Mrs. Cumso
Mrs. Gilfoyle
Safety In Numbers
Brannigan asks Flannigan to come home for supper and teck the pot. Flannigan agrees it is late, joking that his wife will be made a hatter. Brannigan counters that she cannot best both men in a fight.
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Brannigan
Flannigan
Philadelphia Ledger
Speech Fragments on Education and Mercy
The excerpt presents a dialogue about objections to pity and breaking a boy's spirit. It contrasts cruelty with a belief in a better method for education, suggesting that minds cannot be educated with force. It references a schoolmaster figure and condemns sensational discipline.
Payment on Delivery. Flore tells a tale in London notes
A writer describes a London tale about a late night exchange. Lord Tennyson is cited for a sonnet from the Nineteenth Century, noting a difference between the Collected Works and its early printed form. Editor Knowles suggested altering the poem's dedication to reflect payment.
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Flore
Lord Vennyson
Knowles
King William Rufus Recalled as the King Who Never Smiled
In a historic puzzle cited by teachers in an examination, college professors were asked to name the monarch known as the king who never smiled again. The answer given linked to King William II, who was shot and fatally wounded in the forest. History notes the shot proved fatal.
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William Rufus
Ant Nests Show Natural North South Alignment
In tropical northern South Australia travelers notice ant nests aligning north to south. The magnetic or meridian ant builds mounds whose longer axis follows the latitude line. Scientists have yet to explain this curious orientation.
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Northern Territory
South Australia
Nature
Cockroach Control Promise Sparks Neighborly Exchange
A door conversation unfolds as one woman warns of pests and another asserts their plan to spread cockroaches to neighbors. The exchange centers on a dubious preparation sold locally and the claimed effect on infestations.
Ambition vs Freedom Sparks Wedding Talk Between Friends
In a candid chat, Serpy asks Fanny if Charlie regrets leaving his free life. Charlie responds with irony, saying married life has been dull and that if something happened to him they would wed again within a month.
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Serpy
Fanny
Charlie
Cow Wins Case Over Crossing Without Warning
A Maryland justice of the peace decides the action against a railroad by a farmer for killing a cow, ruling for the plaintiff because the crossing had no warning sign. The decision rests on the absence of a sign at the crossing, exposing the railroad to liability.
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Maryland Justices of the Peace
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promised Quick Cure
An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a fast remedy for cat scratch arm wounds and worst burns boils. It urges buyers to ensure they get the genuine DeWitts salve noted for healing without leaving sores.
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DeWitt
Secrets of Ancient Kings Buried in Secret Tombs
In Hungary Attila died in A D 453 and his body was concealed in stacked coffins of gold silver and lead. Slaves were slain to hide the burial and no trace remains. Alaric died in southern Italy and his treasure filled riverbeds before the tomb was hidden. Moses’s tomb remains unknown to this day.
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Attila
Rome
Hungary
Alaric
Corenza
Italy
Isis
Moses
Churches In Mexico Never Finished Due To Tax Loophole
In Mexico the church remains perpetually under construction as funds tied to individuals avoid taxes on unfinished buildings. Since the current government forbids church property ownership, renovations proceed while no taxes are imposed on uncompleted structures, delaying full completion.
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Mexico
Church of Mexico
Churches of Mexico
Pain Balm Claims Quick Relief for Sciatic Rheumatism
An Ohio reader, Josh Edgar of Germantown, says after fourteen years of sciatic rheumatism he found immediate relief and lasting cure using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He credits its use with his recovery and notes no return of symptoms. Also mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills as a tonic and references local druggists Palmer & Sons in California.
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Pourtesa Veara
Ibave
Josh Edgar
Germantown
Cal
Chamberlain
Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Dempseytown
Palmer & Sons
The Whistling Oyster Hoax Explains a London Legend
A London innkeeper gained fame by a supposedly musical oyster that whistled from a newly opened barrel. Crowds paid to hear the creature, but the oyster died and with it the mystery. The report attributes the sound to air movement through a tiny shell hole.
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London
The Art of Conversation in a Sage’s Lesson
A maid asks for the secret of conversation and the sage replies with the simple act of listening. He declares listening is the essence of conversing well, prompting the maid to respond that she is listening. The exchange frames listening as the core skill in agreeable dialogue.
Clifton flour giveaway offers towels with sacks
An ad claims a 60 inch towel comes with a 48 pound sack of Clifton flour from Wingfield Cash Grocery. Dialogue shows two customers, Eva and Ciss, debating a broken promise about speaking.
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Clifton
Additon
Wingfield Cash Grocery
Describing It Exactly in The Judge's Court
A cynic laments that the world has changed from former times when a man had a chance. The listener offers a quip, likening modern life to a church fair, as the judge closes the exchange with a wry, understated remark.
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Lstener
A Few Words Unearthed in Witty Exchange
Ally Sloper notes a light moment about conversations with his wife. The cartoon caption turns on a joke about repeating words, highlighting humor in domestic exchanges.
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Ally Sloper
X Rays Link Indigestion to Ostarrh of Stomach
Practical tests with X-Rays show Ostarrh of the stomach results from repeated indigestion attacks. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is advertised as curing thousands by aiding digestion and preventing catarrh of the stomach. Sold by The Orr Drug Co.
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Korol
The
Orr Drag Co
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