Jane Gray Wins Senate Filing Clerk Election
Jane Gray battles through a smoky hotel lobby full of office seekers and politicians to win the vote of twenty two Republican senators for the senate filing clerk post. Judge Morton provides guidance while Miss Mayo, her opponent, looms as a formidable rival. In a tense caucus, a single late vote secures victory as rain cools the air and a weary senator confirms her win.
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Jane
Capital City
Amy Mason
Senate
Miss Mayo
Amy
Judge Morton
Statehouse
Senate Chamber
Miss Gray
McClure
Handling Mules in Slavery Era Wagons Narrative
In Mor ris Schaff's Atlantic excerpt the team of four mules was driven by enslaved Black men and women who spoke to the animals as if they understood every word. Dialogue shows how drivers urged the mules through mud and broken roads with vivid nicknames and sharp commands.
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Calline
Caroline
Kader
Jermiah
Jeremiah
Dan’l
Daniel
Sinnah
Washington
Baltimore
Morris Schaff
Atlantic
Verdi’s Rigoletto Receives Cautious London Praise
An 1853 English critic in London notes little offensive music in Rigoletto and calls Verdi’s sins evident in every scene. The review cites poverty of ideas and odd phrases yet acknowledges some melodies likely to charm barrel organs.
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Verdi
London
How Raindrops Make the Lightning
An English scientist argues that raindrop fragmentation in updrafts during thunderstorms creates lightning. Small negatively charged drops rise with the wind while larger positively charged drops stay lower, forming a positive region between earth and the upper negative portion. When charges exceed a threshold, direct current discharges occur along a near-linear path, producing the lightning flash.
May Draw Heat From Earth
The article discusses drilling deep into the Earth to tap geothermal heat for heating towns. Proposals by Arazgo and Walferdin for Paris Jardin des Plantes are cited, noting deep borings and advances enabling widespread use of subterranean heat as a coal alternative. Budapest is already using underground hot water, highlighting a potential universal heat source beneath our feet.
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Arazgo
Walferdin
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
Budapest
Gingles Jingles Vacuum Verse Weds Comical Domestic Crisis
A humorous piece traces a couple's push to buy a new vacuum cleaner. The wife urges action to ban dust and disease, while the husband frets about cost and domestic chaos. The ad libbed verse ends with a clipped, comic note on household cleaning.
Ownership Statement for Bloomfield Democrat 1916
The Bloomfield Democrat declares W. L. Slinkard as owner publisher editor and all management roles for April 1916 with no security holders holding 1 percent or more. Notarized by Maggie Harrel Cobb on April 6 1916 in Greene County Indiana.
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Congress
Bloomfield Democrat
Bloomfield
Indiana
Greene
W. l. Slinkard
Ind
Maggie Harrel Cobb
Irish Hero In Cracking Ice Sparks Romance In City Flat
Cornelia, art supervisor at a girls school, feeds tea and cakes when Dennis Harrigan, an Irishman from the next flat, escapes a bath and a broken window. He rescues her from a frozen pond and visits daily, their friendly meetings turning to romance as he declares a shared destiny. Copyright 1916 McClure Newspaper.
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Cornelia
Dasie
Jardiniere
Paddy
Dennis Harrigan
Dennia
Lttle
McClure
The Body’s Perspiration Glands Explain Moisture Loss
An 18th century style explanation notes a full grown man exhales one and a half to two pounds of water daily through skin glands. It details where glands are concentrated, total counts around 2.3 million, and a network of ducts stretching about 153000 inches.
Baby in the Next Door House Brings Unexpected Aid
Miss Witherow, snob to the professor next door, finds her pride tested when Charles Warrencourt begs for help with a dying baby. Cora assists, sources milk, and the two grow closer as a new, quiet bond forms amid social tension.
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Miss Witherow
Professor Warrencourt
Cora Witherow
Charles
Cora
Solomon Levi
Charles Warrencourt
Maggie
Frantit
McClure
The Path of Gratitude and Duty in Faith
A devotional meditation urges thanksgiving for favors from God and quiet prayer in solitude to align with the divine will. It stresses that progress depends on personal effort, watchfulness, and adherence to spiritual standards, promising guidance and aid from God when one fulfills their part.
Awkward Quip on Immortality From Spurgeon Quotation
Agnostic Squelched Rev Dr A C Dixon cites Spurgeon in a symposium chapter on life after death. Spurgeon quotes an English pastor who faced a parishioner denying immortality and retorts that he serves souls, not dogs, implying he would offer bones to the dog among them.
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A. C. Dixon
Spurgeon
London
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Get Rid of Evil Habits and Embrace Duty
This text urges dropping wasteful habits that drain strength and resources while performing duties faithfully builds steadiness like ballast. It notes some burdens aid progress and others hinder, advising to cheerfully take up helpful loads and cast off harmful ones.
Notre Dame Cathedral History Through the Centuries
The article traces Notre Dame in Paris from its 528 construction by Childebert, through the 1163 to 1351 rebuild, noting Alexander III laying the foundation and Heraclius presiding at the first mass. It highlights the cathedral’s long history of dangers and remarkable events.
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Notre Dame
Paris
Childebert
Alexander III
Heraclius
Right of Way Persists in Argument
Lost Labor. Convincing a man that you have the right in an argument does no good if he happens to be in a position to have the right of way.
New Jersey man sent to asylum after claiming head is a block
The Boston Globe reports a New Jersey man who insisted his head is a block of wood has been committed to an asylum. The unusual case highlights concerns over public safety and mental health treatment.
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New Jersey
Boston Globe
Indiana Governor Urges Public Funds for Centenni State Parks
Governor Samuel M. Ratleston proclaims a centennial public subscription drive for Indiana state parks. The plan, through the State Commission and State Park Memorial Committee, aims to acquire historic tracts and spots, fund a statewide park system, and preserve Hoosier heritage for future generations. The week of April 24 is designated for giving to support the park fund.
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Indiana
Samuel M. Ton
State of
India
Indianapolis
Samouet M. Ratston
Forcing Early Vegetables in Irondequoit Gardens
A Rochester area farming note describes Lew Brown's forcing boxes a portable glass topped 8x10 inch tapering box that fits over plant rows to advance earliness. Used after transplanting for cabbage cauliflower and early melons and squash the device adds 10 days to two weeks and 20 to 80 days of forcing across crops.
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Rochester
Irondequoit
Community notices sought by The Democrat readers
The Democrat invites readers to send in items about local interests to help cover omissions. Readers may write or telephone suggestions, or share via reporters, to keep the paper informed about neighborhood happenings.
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The
Democrat
Optimistic Thought on Charity and Merit
A reflective note argues that giving should not be praised when offerings are cheap and readily available. It challenges the idea that philanthropy is meritorious in the face of abundant, easy resources.
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Old Man
Ton, Rg Lea
Erin
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