Time Standards in the United States.
The United States uses four time sections eastern central mountain and Pacific introduced in 1883 mainly for railroads. The eastern extends Atlantic coast to Detroit Charleston line. central from there to Bismarck North Dakota to Rio Grande mouth. mountain to western Montana Idaho Utah Arizona. Pacific coast to the sea. Adjacent sections differ by one hour with New York noon equal to Chicago eleven and Denver ten. Local time varies by position relative to the time meridian. Boston is sixteen minutes ahead of eastern standard time and Buffalo sixteen minutes behind.
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Winning a Coat Theft by False Police Trick
A French theatergoer notes a torn coat tail after a stroll to Boulevard Montmartre. The next day a Golden-Goth piece leads a claimed police officer to demand the coat, a ruse by the thief to recover the garment. The man surrendered his coat and the matter ended.
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Comedie Francaise
Boulevard Montmartre
Pigaro
Aoman Din
Bureau of Police
Alice Seeks Alphabet From Bridge Upstairs
Young Alice aged six climbs stairs with paper and pencil to ask Bridget for letters of the alphabet. Bridget composes slowly while Alice asks again, then decides to say she will tell tomorrow before heading downstairs to London Queen.
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Alice
Bridget
London
Unclear fragment hints at colonial views and governance
The fragment discusses English views on colonies and governance, mentioning Vironian plantations and crown colonies. It suggests a veteran military perspective favoring autocratic sway and stereotypes about colonized peoples within an old school framework. The text is partially garbled and difficult to interpret fully.
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Generelly
White Mans
The Oldest Jury Form Traced to Early Court Practice
The article traces the earliest jury concept to ancient times, noting elder councils and peers selecting tasters of truth. It describes how early formal juries emerged from communal decision making and lay participation, shaping the system that governs trials today.
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Gagety
British drama renaissance foretold by shifting attitude
A fragment from a London review argues that British drama will advance only when public attitude shifts from distraction to engagement, suggesting a new era awaits once critical attention returns. The piece hints at a shift in cultural priorities and the role of theater in society.
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London
Cocoa Tale Promises Daily Health Hot Water Guide
A humorous Victorian exchange about cocoa instructions. The wife questions scarcity while the husband muses on adjusting portions when guests arrive. The dialogue highlights thrift and social manners in household routines.
Advantage of Position at Music Hall Piano Recital
A witty exchange notes a piano recital at a music hall. the speaker jokes about the event’s appeal while revealing the speaker’s own role as the pianist, contrasting opinions on the performance. The item captures a humorous urban remark from the Chicago Tribune.
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Music
Chicago Tribune
Fine feathers do not always make fine birds
A Dallas News aphorism notes that ornate plumage can mislead about true merit, warning that showy appearances may conceal ineptitude or misalignment with real capabilities. The piece contrasts style with substance in evaluating individuals.
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Dallas News
Marvelous Machines and the Limits of Human Senses
The article extols highly sensitive instruments like photographic plates, telescopes, microphones, barometers, galvanometers, and coherers, arguing these devices reveal vast unseen phenomena beyond human perception. It notes sensors detect minute temperature changes, light, sound, and electrical waves, vastly surpassing our organs in resolving detail and quantity of information.
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Brawley
Paris
Chicago Tribune
Diary notes lampoon Bulwer Lytton by Dr Keenealy
In a published diary kept by Dr Edward Vaughan Keenealy, the Tichborne claimant’s famed counsel, Bulwer Lytton is mocked in a dinner scene. The entry describes him clownish, silent, with a dull gaze, a scant beard, and pretended ease as he sidles into the room and fails to engage.
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Edward Vaughan Kenealy
Tichborne
Bulwer Lytton
Lord Houghton
Fitzball
Bardolph
Devereux
Bolingbroke
Mrs Round
Cockburn
Ilin
Tom Proposes After Long Courtship on Sunday Night
After church Tom and Mary share a quiet moment on the sofa. Mary asks if he would do any heroic act for her sake and requests him to propose. Tom replies confidently, and Mary states they have fooled around long enough and asks him to marry her.
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Mary
Boys and Girls of Arabia Observations by a Traveler
A traveler in Arabia reports no dolls or games for girls and no boys playing ball or marbles. He notes elders and a sheik, and remarks Western views on youth dress and duty. The account suggests cultural contrasts in daily life and play between Arabia and the West.
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Arabia
West
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Remembering a Press Agent in Louisville’s Press Voice
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal discusses how to attract attention for a production. It contrasts praising audiences with urging denunciation to boost publicity.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The London Bachelor and the Married Man
A London Sketch contrasts the married man who never pays twice due to lost receipts with the bachelor who lives unscientifically. The married man avoids extra bills, while the bachelor is repeatedly rolled and preyed upon by footpad threats behind counters.
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London
Ignorance in a Boston classroom lesson remark
A student remarks surprise at a teacher's poor lesson while a parent note is cited. The exchange hints at family views and school expectations within a Boston transcript. The dialogue captures a moment of frustration and miscommunication in a classroom setting.
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George
Boston Transcript
A Wild Race to Sacramento by the Pony Express
Cornelius Cole recalls in memoirs the first pony express arrival at Sacramento California before the trans continental railroad survey. Citizens rushed to witness the event, courts adjourned, and a wild race ensued as riders and riders’ horses sped back to the city amid cheers banners and a chaotic parade of speed and excitement. The little mail carrier led the pack as onlookers compared the scene to a plains band of Comanches.
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Cornelius Cole
California
Sacramento
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Grave
Gay
Lttle
The Tin Mine That Made a Shoemaker Rich
A Tasmanian tin mine once deemed worthless caused a shoemaker to accept shares in payment of a debt. Five years later the mine prospered, shares surged, a French syndicate cornered tin, and he retired with a fortune from a $3 pair of shoes.
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Tasmania
Mount Spirschoff
London Telegraph
Absolute Obesity and the Absolute Fat Question
A Philadelphia Ledger humorous excerpt about a rotund professor and his children debating the word absolute. The father, asked if a man can be absolutely good or absolutely bad, denies both, then the girl asks if a man can be absolutely fat, prompting the father to flee inconstantly.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Doctor Helps Husband Appreciate Wife's Cooking
A doctor recounts a note from a wife whose husband criticized her dinners. After a medical exam and a plan to eat barely, the husband improves, returns home hungry, and proclaims his wife’s meals superior, per the Boston Record.
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Hubby
Boston
Property Rights and the origins of communal property
The New York American argues that private property evolved from gradual disentanglement of individual rights from blended communal rights. It suggests property may have once belonged to the patriarchal society as a whole rather than to individuals or isolated families, asserting that property was originally communistic rather than personal.
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New York American
Needed Airing in a Hiatus of Opinions
A brief quarrel over airing opinions between Borem and Brightly referenced by the Philadelphia Press. Brightly dismisses stale views while Borem insists on expressing them, highlighting a clash over free expression and receptiveness.
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Borem
Philadelphia Press
Practice Not Your Art and It Will Depart, German Proverb
An old German proverb warns that art pursued without dedication fades away. It cautions against halfhearted effort and encourages focused practice to preserve skill and craft.
Yankee and Grand Duke Share Snowy St. Petersburg Puddle
A witty 1810 anecdote places an American visitor in St. Petersburg who encounters Grand Duke Constantine on a melting snow bridge. The Yankee offers his purse and plays even or odd to decide who steps into a puddle, prompting Constantine to praise the American and earn an invitation to dine at the czar's palace.
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London
St. Petersburg
Constantine
Alexander I
Spectacle Pedler Recounts Humiliating Beach Sales
In a Los Angeles Times reminiscence, a millionaire recalls the brutal honesty and laughter that met his failed spectacle selling days. He narrates encounters on a seaside boardwalk with a couple, a young woman and her grandfather, and a corn seller who teased his old age pitch.
A Curious Army Toast At Welsh Fusileers Dinner
The Welsh fusileers celebrate St David through a distinctive toast at their annual grand dinner. A drum major with the goat mascot leads a pageant around the table as officers and guests who have not yet eaten a leek must stand on chairs with one foot on the table. The ritual, linked to St David, mirrors Highland traditions in its ceremonial drinks.
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St David's Day
St. David
A Bibliophile's Reply
Mandel Creighton bishop of London disliked rending books. A fellow clergyman borrowed an old edition of Shakespeare, kept it for months, and returned it with a note. The bishop replied that all the joy was his.
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Mandel Creighton
London
Her Progress Dialogue From Hixchange Cartoon
A brief cartoon caption features a sharp exchange about a servant’s speed. The speaker notes the servant is “progressing” by becoming slower, prompting a punchline about delays. The exchange highlights a dry, witty take on workplace inefficiency.
Made From Grapes and Royal Baking Powder History
An article extols grapes as a source of cream of tartar used to make Royal Baking Powder. It explains how tartar forms from grape juice during wine production, is purified, and ground into powder, highlighting cream of tartar as key to Royal’s flavor and quality.
Returning Confidence Amid Stock Market Gains and Farm Prospects
The piece notes a resurgence in business confidence despite railroad earnings losses. It cites higher stock prices since October, improved U S Steel utilization at 65 to 60 percent, and cotton goods rebounding. It adds optimism about crop conditions and upcoming harvests, with strong July weather for cotton and favorable corn, wheat, and new Canadian wheat lands for 1908. From The Progress of the World, American Review of Reviews, August.
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United States Steel Corporation
Kansas
Canada
American Review of Reviews
Theatre Dialogue at Broadway warns neighbor about hair
A man in a refined attire asks a woman seated before him to remove her hair and wear a hat so he can see the stage. The woman quietly retorts that, if he were not her brother, she would slap his face. The scene unfolds as the curtain falls on act one.
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Jack
New York Globe
Doans Kidney Pills Backed By Woonsocket Woman
Mrs. Oliver Dupre of 4 River Street Woonsocket testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills eased her kidney backed backache after persistent troubles. She praises the remedy noting relief in a short time and urges others to try it. For sale by all dealers 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for US Remember the name Doan’s and take no other.
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Rhode Island
Oliver Dupre
River Street
Woonsocket
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Mortgagee sale at public auction in Bristol Rhode Island
The mortgagee will sell at public auction on Wednesday August 19 1908 at 12 o'clock noon on the premises by virtue of a deed dated November 6 1889 and recorded in Bristol Rhode Island. The leasehold estate with buildings bounded along School Street Michael O'Brien Pierce estate and Card land is included. The assignee of the mortgagee gives notice of intent to bid. Bristol Rhode Island July 28 1908.
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Charles E. Reed
Bristol
Rhodes Island
School Street
Michael O’brien
W. Pierce
William H. Card
Mason W. Pierce
R.I
Barton Spu Buffinton Heavy and Light Trucking
Baggage delivered and refuse of all kinds carted away to the public dump. Contact telephone 39-8 for service information.
Newport & Providence Railway Co Time Table 1908
Schedule list for Newport and Providence Railway Company in effect June 21 1908. Rail line timetable outlines station stops and running times for multiple routes. Historic transport timetable notes include service patterns and daily departures for the Newport and Providence network.
Suburban Railway changes schedule July 1908
Rhode Island Suburban Railway announces schedule changes effective July 1 1908 for the Barrington Warren and Bristol line. Weekday trains run from Providence City Hall at 5 45 AM then hourly to 6 45 PM, with special 6 16 PM and hourly then until 11 165 PM. Bristol departures start 5 15 AM hourly to 7 15 PM, then 7 45 PM hourly to 10 45 PM plus 11 45 PM 2 PM and 12 16 AM to Riverside Car House. Monday service from City Hall at 7 46 AM hourly to 9 16 AM then half hourly to 6 15 PM, then hourly to 10 45 PM. Bristol departures at 7 15 AM hourly to 10 16 AM then half hourly to 8 15 AM, then hourly to 10 16 PM, with 11 16 PM and 12 16 AM to Riverside Car House.
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