Waterbury Bass Viol Player Tells Why He Became Musician
Daniel J. Markert of Farmington Avenue recalls starting in 1889 with Waterbury bands. He rose from a boy drummer to bass viol and bass horn, toured with Sousa in 1921 22, and joined Waterbury American Band and local theater orchestras. He learned briefly from Henry Munson and Paul Heinze, embraced marching tunes, and describes early band life in a cold hayloft rehearsal space.
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Daniel J. Markert
Farmington Avenue
Pilaca Theatre
American Band
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California
Sousa
Litus
Markett
Paul Veinze
Sameone
Henry Munson
Mr. Market
Haq
Mr. McLaughlin
Lestie White
Harry Moore
William Wood
Mrnsast D. Simons
Sheshire
Woodbury Silver Cornet
South Elm Street
E.R. Thorpe
Ellery Thorpe
Thorpes
Waylott
Hayman
Paul Heinze
Moore
Alice
Edwin Russell
White
Charles Lathrop
Skelly
Russell
Heinze
Market
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Haymon
Engine Company
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Mr. Cross
Chigens
Slaherty
Lta
Seymour
Engine Co. No. Two
Pearl Lake
Bridgeport
Howe Machine Company
Bridgyport
Town Machina Co
Citizens’ Band
Juddicia
Georgse Young
George Rudulph
Frank Bryant
Albert Ruffell
Hayloft
Gaylord
Helnza
Rudolph
Tom Sunderland
French Military Offenders Tortured in Africa Revealed
Albert Londres reports on Biribi and African penal camps where prisoners endure brutal punishments. He documents guards and army officers failing to curb abuses, urging reforms including officer training, medical presence, and abolition of harsh books and sentences.
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French Guiana
Albert Londres
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L'Trustration
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Tyne
M Tvondres
M. Vondres
le Petit Parisien
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Naznes
J M. Londres
Guiana
Ministry of Colonies
Ministry of War
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Ugarito
Biribi
Joyeux
Hiribi
Dar Bel-Hamri
Morocco
Bousuet
Orleansville
Dourea
Bougie
Ain- Beida
Algeria
Teboursouk
Tunis
Pegrota
Hirilbl
M. Londres
Clergyman cites Ramoth Gilead verse in sermon
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald item notes a clergyman choosing a biblical verse and pausing to have listeners respond. Frustrated, a sailor finally rose and exclaimed that he would go with the gentleman, declaring he would go himself.
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Ramoth Gilead
Rehoboth
Twin Watermelons Grow From One Node in Alabama Sale
White brought a load of melons to Roachford Alabama and surprised buyers with a freak twin watermelon. The two melons grew from the same node, one on each side of the vine, possessing twin curls and leaves and developing similarly.
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OL. White
Roachford
Ala
New York World
Post humorist exchange quoted in Louisville paper
A brief, humorous exchange appears in the Louisville Courier Journal quoting a man promising romance and a blunt remark from a pragmatic girl about “squid orbs” in a snappy tidbit style.
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Post
Louisville Courier-Journal
Next Stove of Auto Sparks Wheel Brake Debate
Auto speeders may need two more wheels as brakes fail to stop before railroad crossings. The comment notes tour-wheel brakes are inadequate for the needed stopping distance and urges discussion on safety improvements.
SUPREME EXPRESSION IN PUGNISH ENGLISH ADVERTISED
An excerpt discusses a modern compact business English phrase “A skin you love to touch.” It contrasts old courtly phrasing with terse, vivid wording and mentions biology history evolution the Fell of Troy the Seventeen th Amendment Molly and human triumph and need.
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Businessingis
Molly
Fragmentary Message From Old Newspaper Text
The readable fragment hints at a dramatic sales promise and a character named Mr. Marner or Mr. Marna Tumeuitarian. It mentions Mr. Boardmean and a World Work context, but the surviving text is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes to anchor a full item.
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Marner
William J. Boardmean
Marna Tumeuitarian
Without a doubt Sergi Shori How to execute the command hell
The Buffalo Courter record quotes a private instruction on executing the command hell. It states when the officer says yfalt you bring the foot off the ground to the rock in the air and remain motionless.
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Shori
Hell
Yfalt
Buffalo Courter
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