Mining Party Friday Night at Sunday Creek Mine
Nelsonville Ohio June 15 One of the most successful mining parties in the area was held at Floodwood Mine No 201 last Friday evening. Harry Matheny engineer of the company organized a twelve couple young people group to tour the mine guided by superintendent Acey Hammond. They rode in three carloads through the shaft to a level of fifty or sixty feet and viewed the East End area and a coal cutting machine in operation. A picnic supper followed in the engine room with ice cream and cake, then visitors returned home after a late night of song and cheer at Superintendent Hammond's home.
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Sunday Creek Engineers
Floodwood
Acey Hammond
Tipples
Hammond
Art Wallace
Alate
Mother Earth
Engine Room
Mabel Chidister
Sadie Stone Turner
Bredford Carpenter
Misses Garnet
Ruby Spence
Annie
Jennie Morgan
Helen Cook
Gertrude Hawkins
Emma Roddah
Inez Juniper
Sadie Stoneburner
Helen Johnson
Roy Young
B. W. Pickering
Eastern Star Lodge
Amesville
Harry Wharff
George H. Davis
Roseville
Joseph Walburn
Joseph Chaney
Bishopville
J. D. Lewis
Walsall Brick Company
Columbus
George Duncan
Moxahala
Kate Falls
Association
Cincinnati
Gormley
Leighty
County Board of Elections
Athens
York Township
Troy Township
Bryson Grove
Hannah
Russell Crombin
Republic
W. H. Duncan
John Angle
Elle Duncan
Church of Christ
Ancle
Miss Duncan
A J. Munden
Zanesville
W. H. Stahl
Crooksville
Local Social Roundup Highlights Various Visits and Events
Mrs. Gar Biddison and her son visited her parents in Hemlock over the weekend. Irene Bates returned home to Shawnee after a two week visit with J. B. Stitt and family. Nora Wagner, employed at Athens State Hospital, visited her parents. Frank Dartford arrived from Pensacola for a two week stay and reports satisfaction with his city engineering job. Various residents visited Columbus Zanesville and Athens, with social gatherings, picnics, and a Sunday school festival funds drive noted. New memberships announced for the Friendship Circle and local business and club activities recapped with multiple short trips and amateur events.
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Irene Bates
Shawnee
J. B. Stitt
Nora Wagner
Athens State Hospital
Reuben Wagner
Frank Dartford
Pensacola
Florida
Vislt
Frank
Fred Ervin
Zanesville
Ada Wagner
Belle Wagner
Jacy Daugherty
Zaneveville
Iva Lent
Calvary
Walter Walters
Stella Walters
Columbus
Will
Nelsonville
W. B. Southerton
Mike Love
Athens
Anna Mirth
Beall
J. L. Stahl
The Kind You Have Always Bought
A brief note in a historical column highlights the familiar phrase The Kind You Have Always Bought, reflecting consumer branding and longstanding advertising norms.
The ideal and beauty as the summit of truth
Victor Hugo declares the ideal as the culmination of logic and beauty as the peak of truth. He lauds Greece as civilization’s torchbearer passing to Italy and then France, calling these peoples divine pioneers.
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Europe
Greece
Italy
France
Victor Hugo
Sorcery suit dismissed against Port Raymond and Dr Menard
The Partie Civil court dismissed a suit by a coachman against Port Raymond and Dr Menard claiming sorcery harmed his nervous system. The court ordered the coachman to pay the costs.
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Parte Civil Court
Port
Raymond
Dr. Menard
Not So Bad as Expected by Montaigne
The writer reflects that imagination inflates danger and illness. He claims long, healthy, sprightly life and finds sickness milder than anticipated, noting verdure and vigor in his state and downplaying past worries about illness.
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Montaigne
Arbitration Tale Ends With Cat Chewing Its Own Ruling
A rat and a weasel dispute an egg with a cat serving as arbitrator. The court's verdict awards the egg to the rat, who eats it, then the cat consumes the rat. The cat remains convinced of arbitration while the rat rejects that view.
Salt in the Ocean’s Immense Salt Content
It is estimated the world's oceans contain about 7,000,000 cubic miles of salt and water. The remarkable fact is that removing all the salt instantly would not raise the ocean level by even a single inch.
Timely Comperance Topics
A fragmented note discusses topics addressed to a department. The readable text hints at timely considerations or Comperance related items without clear details.
North Carolina Votes Dry State By Large Majority
North Carolina has voted to become a dry state by a margin exceeding 41,000. Asheville previously became dry in October. Saloons paid about $17,000 annually into the state treasury, funds now saved plus gains in legitimate trade are estimated at around $500,000 per year.
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North Carolina
Ashville
N. C
Local anti-saloon notices spark business impact debate
A Columbus Indiana plant proclamation warns of boycotting workers who support liquor. The piece cites Washington D D H as a dry town showing tax revenue gains and street costs from prohibition, with merchants praising the dry shift and asserting saloon removal boosts legitimate commerce. It notes a protest incident in Collinwood where rotten eggs harmed bystanders during a local option rally.
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Blade
Collinwood
Cuyahoga Couets
J. S. Rutledge
Marvelous Water Resistance Idea From Straud Magazine
A Straud Magazine passage proposes water as a near armor like sheet in an inch thickness could halt powerful bombs on contact, offering resistance comparable to steel armor on modern battleships.
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Straud Magazine
Jealousy a Sham and Its Ties to Ego
The passage argues jealousy is a distorted form of love, mirroring its feelings but reversed. It claims jealousy seeks the subject's dependence and personal triumph rather than the other's welfare, viewing love as self-forgetfulness while jealousy embodies extreme egotism.
Le Mans Police Find Hidden Loot in Waterlogged Box
Police in Le Mans recovered a box from a deceased anarchist's room. The box was soaked and opened to reveal $3000 in bank notes and a bank book for $300.
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le Mans
France
Common Sense the Main Factor Proverb Insight
A Persian proverb notes that one pound of learning needs ten pounds of common sense to apply it. The saying emphasizes the practical use of knowledge through sensible action and experience.
The Heroic Lite: Carlyle on Impossible and the Brave Man
A compact quotation from Thomas Carlyle on courage and self-reliance. It asserts that when others declare something impossible, the brave man acts alone with his own judgment and divine guidance, turning possibility into achievement.
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Thomas Carlyle
Snow Water Purity Questioned By Atmospheric Science
Snow was long believed pure, but studies show melted snow contains atmospheric impurities. Snow acts as a purifier, attracting contaminants as it forms and falls, which then appear in the snow water.
Simple home water filter using sand charcoal and cloth
A Delineator tip describes a quick at home purifier. Set a flower pot with a sponge, add three quarters filled with equal parts clean sand and charcoal, cover with a linen cloth, and pour water through to yield cleaner water.
Aesop's Fables and East to West Journey
The fable expresses universal human need to express thoughts through concrete emblems. Originating in Hindustan, Sanskrit fables traveled via China Thibet and Persia to Greece. Many fables once considered Aesop's are identical to eastern tales.
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East
Land
Hindustan
China
Thibet
Persia
Greece
New York American
Last Brick Load Mixup in Pat’s Brick Contract
Pat carried brick under a 14 bricks per load contract. At the final hodful only 11 bricks remained. He called up to the contractor on the third story to throw down two bricks, creating a humorous miscalculation in a lighter illustrated Sunday item.
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Pat
Contractor
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Superstitious Pickpocket Folklore Details
The pickpocket avoids those who squint as it signals disaster. If the stolen purse holds foreign money, it is said he will travel much in the future. It remains unclear whether he will do so with police or alone.
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Reeves Pulley’ Company
Columbus
Ind
When Husbands Tire of Kissing
A quip from the Atchison Globe notes that a wife who discovers her husband tires of kissing often continues to kiss him anyway, interpreting it as a sign of her own charm while deriding men as cowards for not admitting fatigue with affection.
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Atchison Globe
Danger in Continuous Crops
Repeated cropping of the same plants wastes soil and creates plant toxins. Steam distillation of wheat-sick soil produced a crystal substance toxic to wheat, while soil exhausted for cowpeas yielded a crystal that harms cowpeas but not wheat.
Methods of Teaching Offer Fresh Approaches to Classrooms
Francis W. Parker urges teachers to vary pedagogy daily. Trying a new method can rekindle interest and unlock potential in previously dull pupils, bringing fresh insight and engagement to the learning process.
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Francis W. Parker
Rolling Pin Method Reported In Nebraska Incident
A Nebraska woman allegedly bound her husband between two blankets and used a rolling pin to coerce him into signing a temperance pledge. The Redlands Review characterized the act as a possible form of prohibition enforcement, though the report casts doubt on its practicality.
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Nebraska
Redlands Review
Cracks in Mahogany Treated With Gum Arabic Polish
A historic note recommends sealing cracks in mahogany by pressing a concentrated gum arabic and English red mixture into the cracks. A small amount of draw gon's blood dissolved in alcohol is added to enhance the polish and create a brilliant tone.
Origin of Won’t and the survival of wot not
The article explains that won't is a contraction of wot not and remains the sole surviving form of wot for will. It notes Shakespeare could have Hamiet say wont drink up esil and eat a crocodile, implying early audiences would recognize wont as wot.
A Change in Attitudes Toward English Novels
Twenty years ago respectable French families welcomed translations of English novels and trusted them for their daughters. That would be a very risky experiment now.
Eternal Vigilance and the Shield Within
Aimed at civic defense, the piece contrasts physical fortifications with a common bulwark: distrust. Citing Demosthenes, it asserts internal vigilance protects free states from tyrants, beyond walls and ditches.
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Demosthenes
Association Curbs Premature Burial in England
A British society reports figures on burial errors including 149 buried alive and 219 narrowly escaped, 10 dissected alive with 3 narrowly avoided, 2 embalmed alive, and 1 burned alive as cases of misjudged death.
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England
Association For the Prevention of
Paris School for Dogs Teaches Politeness
A Paris based school trains dogs to welcome visitors with a bowing greeting and wagging tail. Each dog accompanies departing guests to the door and bows farewell while offering to retrieve dropped items for owners.
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School For
Paris
Reading in bed Prompts Astigmatism Says Eye Study
The article explains that many cases of astigmatism come from reading in bed, especially for the ill, stressing eye muscles and altering corneal curvature. It notes this strain causes the condition named astigmatism.
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