Unclear OCR Local News on Renovations and Travel
EA Gandette reports Arthur Smithman and Sam Williatie began excavating basements for new homes on Weet Lead street. Samen A Abletoun tins electric light in the ture building this Week etn. The wiring and fixtures were installed by the Beweemer Liedrie Cu. Wise Anima Kuud returned from Evaneton Hl in the North estern nivers it to complete her conte in ita wing. Hears Mintsenkamp returned from Lehotend Wie Monday, where he has seen the poet two Weere en biannue en Fle eaperte to muse to that place in the pear future.
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EA Gandette
Arthur Smithman
Snd
Sam Williatie
Weet Lead Street
Samen
Liedrie
Anima Kuud
Tharedey
Estern
Mintsenkamp
Lehotend
Wie
Munday
Prest Presbyterian Church Wedding Supper Planned
First Presbyterian Church announces a June 1 wedding and supper event. Members invite all parishioners to attend the evening gathering beginning at 3 percent and continuing with meals and service.
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Knok
Wit
Halle
Business and Social Notes Across Wakefield District
Visitors from Bessemer and Eronwood attended gatherings and conducted town business in Wakefield and surrounding areas. Local residents including Miss Susan and Mrs Starkey were noted, with other names such as Albert Nicholas and James MeNicholas appearing at events, meetings, and a Saturday dance at Pomterville amid road commission chatter and community notices.
Elect Officers for Local Lodge Installations
Fragmented OCR lists candidate names and titles for local lodge officers and a delegate to the Grand Lodge. Items mention Henri Walienkamp, Rees, Masxstram, Strom, Peterson, and H Wisk as possible officers with unclear roles and no clear dates or places.
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N. T
Henri Walienkamp
K. FB. Hasbeootk
Rees
G. H Masxstram
Alea Strom Teveurer
Brick Peterson
Grand Lotge
R. H Wisk Oral Ee
Letters Advertised at the Dead Letter Office
In the week ending June 12 letters for Leonardi Conta Oskar Eliasson Pietra Geno W J Hoekin Aste Kerogr Horasie Antonina Koniedi Edward Kerstalac Mike Vojtila Vera Wilcz br Cspann W Wet er J Mies Mars Chess Three letters will be sent to the dead letter office on June 26 if not claimed. advertise the date and say Advertised.
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Leonardi Conta
Oskar Eliasson
Pietra Geno
W. J. Hoekin
Aste Kerogr
Horasie Antonina Koniedi2es
Edward Kerstalac
Titiani
Mike Vojtila
Vera Wilcoz
Cspann
W. Wet
Doings in the M. E. Church June 15 Services Noted
The M. E. Church schedules Sunday events with morning class meeting at 9 AM and public worship with a sermon by the pastor. An afternoon service at 2 3 PM will be held in the High School Auditorium, followed by a joint baccalaureate evening service with the Presbyterian and Swedish churches honoring the graduating class. The program includes scripture lessons, a mixed quartet, prayers, and hymns led by Rev Cras M Frazer and Rev Chas Brace.
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Luce
Mises Trenterch
Union Noir
Cras M Frazer
Chas
Ahem
Tiss
Artrut
Line
Teuiden
Hacaiaureste Sericon Hav
W. Ss
Sisitas Hime
Abide Witt
Meo” Henedictivog
Ress Suwith
Pistivde
Mics Tren
Unclear Notice on Spiders and Panama Canal Work
Fragmentary report claims spiders laboring for Panama Canal project at Gorgona shops under Colonel Goethals. It mentions instrument room care and cocoons yielding threads for engineers transit work replacing platinum in some devices.
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Panama Canal Cilie Gul
Goethals
Audit Report From Public Library District Ledger
A dated report details receipts and disbursements, including salaries, departmental expenditures, and liabilities. It lists departments such as Commerce and Internal Revenue, notes sums for salaries, taxes, and bank accounts, and mentions the Michigan state location and a ledger of directors.
Boxes of Famous Women Highlight Royal Exhibition Items
At the royal amateur art exhibition notable exhibit pieces include work boxes once owned by famous women. The dowager countess of Normanton lent Marie Antoinette’s box, Hon Mrs Percy Mitford contributed a tortoise shell arkbox from Princess Elizabeth, a grand piano shaped box with mother of pearl, Lady Nora Hodgson lent a musical box, and an ebony Florentine box once owned by Massignor UHartolucci, ancestor of the Dowager Marchioness of Tweeddale, now in her possession.
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Royal Amateur Art Exhibition
S Mall
Countess of
Normanton
Marie Antoinette
Percy Mitford
Elizabeth
George Hl
Nora Hodgson
Massignor Uhartolucci
Marchionese
Tweeddale
London Sphere
Drew the Line at the Foreman’s Offer
Pat had worked three days digging a well and faced a rush to finish within the week. Towser, the foreman, offered another man to help. Toward 11 o’clock Pat lighted his pipe, glanced up, and was confronted by Towser’s striking face. He muttered in surprise and recounted his experience with workers of various nationalities before vowing to resist any man with that face.
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Pat
Towser
Philadelphia Has Finest Zoo in America
The Philadelphia zoo, founded in 1571, claims a long lead on similar American institutions with vast collections and buildings. The Bronx zoo, founded in 1903, is the largest in the world, while Cincinnati’s zoological garden and the National Zoological Park at Washington hold notable prominence and growing collections of rare animals.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo
America
Zoological Gardens
Europe
Bronx Zoo
New York
Cincinnati
Zoological Garden
National Zoological Park
Washington
Hell Gate explosion cleans East River obstructions
After ten years of planning under Gen. John Newton, a controlled blast on September 24, 1870, detonated 52,000 pounds of explosives and cleared Hell Gate for navigation. A button pressed by Gen. Newton’s daughter triggered the explosion, and fears of nearby damage were unfounded.
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Hell Gate
East River
New York
John Newton
Knowledge Used. One Day Barrett Elaboration Misread
A child misinterprets elaborate as fus sy after learning the word's origin. Days later he applies elaborate to describe his baby brother as an awfully elaborate baby, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding of vocabulary.
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Barrett
Keith
Once a Term of Reproach in Golf Caddie Fondness
The essay discusses the kindness shown by golfers to caddies and the taint of suspicion that may follow caddies, tracing the term caddie to early usage in the London Penny Post during George III's era. It recalls a Scottish incident where a discharged soldier labeled a street caddie faced harsh punishment for a minor swindle, a memory some golf enthusiasts deem too severe to revive.
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London Morning Penny Post
George Ir
Scotland
Duncan Gract
Edinburgh
City of Liberties
Wesrminster Gazette
Raven atones for old sin in Merseburg cage
A new raven is placed in the historic Merseburg cage in Prussian Saxony, continuing a medieval legend linked to Thilo von Trotha. The tale says a condemned man declared innocence before decapitation and, later, missing jewels were found in a raven’s nest prompting a perpetual guardian raven. The von Trotha arms feature a headless trunk with raised arms.
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Merseburg
Prussian
Saxony
Thilo von Trotha
von Trothas
Easy to Reduce Flesh in Women Compared to Men
The article argues women can shed weight more easily due to home training. It credits constant self denial and daily chores, claiming women are conditioned to sacrifices. It suggests women carry out many domestic tasks that burn calories, making forty pounds easier to lose.
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Papa
Dress Same as Rent Judge Rules in Dressmaker Case
A French judge ruled in a dressmaker's suit against a customer's husband for 2800 francs for dresses and cloaks. Finding the defendant paid 5800 francs yearly rent, the court held a wife should not spend more on clothes than her husband does on rent and ordered 500 francs plus costs to settle the bill.
Surgeon frees diamond snake from stuck skin at Bombay Museum
An Australian diamond snake at the Bombay Museum could not shed its skin and grew blind while refusing food. An English surgeon assisted by holding the snake and using knife scissors and forceps to peel away the old membrane, freeing the creature’s eyes and enabling recovery.
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Bombay
Quick Thought and Nerve at London Cafe Hat Swap
A literary man known for his doctorate receives a shining tall hat at a London Week End cafe after mistaking his umbrella for another. The next day a young man explains he borrowed the doctor’s hat to protect his own from rain, returning it with thanks.
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London
Patents Viewed as Public Benefit Not Monopolies
A writer argues patents are not monopolies but private property of inventors. The public receives benefits from disclosure under patent laws, while the government grants a temporary right to exclude others for 17 years. The writer emphasizes that invention advances arts and sciences, with the public as the ultimate beneficiary.
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Leelie’s
Compliments With a Sting From a French Architect
Achille Duchene, the French architect visiting America to design Mrs. Frank Carden’s 16000 acre California estate palace, praises American skyscrapers in Chicago. He cites the Metropolitan Tower and Woolworth Building as fine examples and notes no sting in his praise unlike common foreign critique. The tale includes a Ritz tea anecdote about two ladies and furs.
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Achille Duchene
America
California
Frank Carden
Chicago
Metropolitan Tower
Woolworth
New York
Ritz
Adopting Parents Endorsement From Atlantic
A humorous Atlantic excerpt argues women should adopt parents rather than an adopted husband. It contrasts trained, steady elders with the risk of inlaws, praising parental guidance from childhood through maturity as superior to adopting a spouse for raising and shaping a young woman.
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Atlantic
Belgian Officers Buy Horses At Ciney Fair
Belgian cavalry officers went to a Ciney fair to buy ten horses at no more than 44 pounds each. Nine horses met the limit, but the tenth cost 46 pounds. A telegram to the war office led to the reply to comply. They then faced a second fair and spent 30 pounds to save Pets Bisa.
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Ciney
Ardennes
War Office
Finally Got Rid of Suitor Theatrical Lover Removed by Threat
A frustrated suitor declares his love and offers to sacrifice himself. The woman agrees to end the relationship by killing him herself but then reveals she has already arranged his exit as a living man by declaring him dead and threatening an undertaker. The suitor departs after the perilous moment.
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Sbe
Remembered Prayers and Private Rules Amid Life
A writer in the American Magazine recalls the San Francisco quake when a couple began the Lord's Prayer but forgot it midline. The piece reflects on memory, trust, marriage, and power, noting how people keep private beliefs while seeking control in a boss ridden world. It suggests making lists of controllable actions and those who might manage you for a quieter afternoon.
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San Francisco
New York City
Not in His Lifetime Sun Lecture Sparks a Time Quibble
A famed scientist spoke on the sun losing heat and an audience member interrupted asking for the years. The professor corrected the count, clarifying it would be seventy millions, not seven. The exchange underscores a humorous mishearing about cosmic timelines.
Be Glad of Advice from Chicago Tribune
Be glad of advice and consider it if offered in the right spirit. Do not follow all guidance. in tough times seek counsel from many wise people, then think and decide for yourself in the end.
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Chicago
Identity tale of will and a changed name
A Sunny South lawyer recalls a rich client who died leaving monthly payments to her Black maid. The maid could not sign, using an X for receipts until she later signed with a circle after changing her name upon marriage. The story centers on identity and signature forms in the will.
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Sunny South
Gentlemen in Hard Luck Shelter Opens for Traders
In 1700s English Turkey trader Sir John Morden built a home for financially embarrassed gentlemen. Now trustees advertise for inmates consisting of wholesale traders who, by accident or misfortune, are in need. Provisos apply.
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John Morden
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