Runs Phone for 25 Subscribers Paige Neb
A 71-year-old man known as Santa Claus runs North Pole exchange near Paige Nebraska with 52 subscribers and 100 miles of line. He offers free service on deaths, reduces bills after crop losses, and resists lawsuits for unpaid bills, charging $15 yearly per subscriber. Contacts with New York and Chicago have occurred through the small rural line.
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Paige
Neb
United States
Santa Claus
Eliah Luther Clerk
North Pole Exchange
Clark
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Girl Prefers Cell to Old Headgear
Oakland resident Patience Hunt faced a speeding charge before Police Judge J. W. Gaffey. Offered jail or a fine, she chose to pay fifteen dollars for a new hat and to serve five days in jail, promising to return to jail after regrouping.
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Oakland
Calif
Patience Hunt
Miss Hunt
J. W. Gaffey
Burlingame
Bushel of Spanish Coins Found in Fernandina Yard
In Fernandina Florida a local man W H Schreck reports uncovering a coin trove in his yard during placer mining. His four year old daughter found a coin and later a small can of coins. He washed the soil and recovered 512 pieces dating 1683 to 1793 likely half crowns worth about 62 cents each today.
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Fernandina, Fla
Americas
W. H. Schreck
Schreck
Wilhelmina
Family runs rural telephone exchange with help from daughters
A young operator bravely keeps lines repaired despite severe weather while his wife and two daughters assist as hello girls. Clark’s troubleshooting wagon, drawn by two white horses, serves as a mobile office. The exchange began fifteen years ago, reflecting a hands on, family run operation.
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Clark
Rhine Bridges Map Highlights Historic German Waterway
A new Rhine map shows thirty eight bridges spanning the river with 467 cities and villages on its shores. Eight bridges lie in Holland and four at Basel in Switzerland. In Cologne Bonn Coblenz Bingen and Mainz multiple bridges serve rail, pedestrian, auto and tram traffic. Many towns exceed a thousand years in age.
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Duisburg
Rhine
Holland
Bale
Switzerland
Cologne
Bonn
Coblence
Bingen
Mayence
Tiger Killed By Railway Officer At Chaibassa School
A tiger wandered into the Government English High School in Chaibassa Orissa. A railway officer arrived and killed the beast with a rifle. The tiger's skin was placed on the school room wall.
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Bombay
Government
Chaibassa
Orissa
Dummy Sel le Tickets Patrons in Arras Theater
Patrons in Arras France now buy cinema tickets from a dummy dressed as an usher. The correct amount placed in a container triggers a ticket from the automatic salesman, a device especially popular with children.
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Arras
France
Fresh coffee tips from an old advertiser note
If you like good coffee keep an eye on the coffee pot. It must be fresh clean and sweet smelling for the coffee to taste right. Always use a tablespoonful of 20 Mule Team Borax when washing out the pot.
Veiled Woman Sparks Child’s Observation on Flies
Five year old Past Fly Time Buddy and his mother ride a streetcar when a woman wearing a veil sits opposite. The boy studies the veil briefly and asks why she does not remove it noting that the flies are almost gone.
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Buddy
Senator Sorghum on Speaking Before Acting
Senator Sorghum replies that he thinks before speaking, noting that after expressing an opinion once or twice he can adapt it for the microphone automatically. He stresses deliberate communication and quick adaptability in public remarks.
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Senator Sorghum
Not a Good Catch Shown in Louisville Romance
A brief Louisville Courier-Journal item notes a failed relationship where the man is described as not a good catch and the woman is teased about being dropped. The tone is skeptical and playful about the breakup and social snubs.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Clean Teeth Aid Health From A Simple Borax Method
An old advertisement notes Borax as a mild antiseptic and tooth cleaner. It urges keeping a cupful handy for regular use on the toothbrush to sweeten the mouth and promote oral cleanliness.
The man who itches for fame is usually kept scratching
A compact proverb notes that those craving fame endure ongoing effort and nervy persistence. It implies vanity without lasting achievement, warning that pursuit can become a perpetual, unfulfilling cycle.
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Europe
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Spain
Jacqueline Cobra
Ginette Gaubert
Paris
Angel Joyce
England
Elsie Korin
Austria
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Nita Smolski
Poland
Nathalie Barr
Russia
Kate Reiter
Germany
Joy Ashley
London
Nebraska
Mr. Clark
Tiger
Bayer
Daniel Carroll Payson
Payne Whitney Payson
Charles Shipman Payson
Payson
Manhasset
Long Island
Payne Whitney
Carter
Garfield
Hanford
Colon Clinic
Eos
Angeles
Broadway
REN wRia
Parker
Hiscox Chem
Patchogue
Hiscox Chemical Works
N. Y
Pacific Dist. CO
WOLF
GEO
Iage Edwards
Livingston
Montana
Isi
Cuticura
Dept
Malden
Massachusetts
Wremola
Dr. C. H. Berry Co
Michigan Ave
Franklin Service
Church
Rockford, Ill
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