Water Works Case: Walsh Seeks Equity Ruling on Rates
James J. Walsh explains the dispute with Bristol and Warren Water Works over rate increases from 36 to 46 dollars annually for his house at 38 Bourne Street, while the cottage rate remains 20 dollars. He describes court actions, injunctions, and Judge Tanner’s ruling that the franchise barred rate increases without evidence of changed water use.
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the Phoenix
Bristol and Warren Water Works
Bourne Street
Tuttle
Court of Equity
Tanner
Manchester
van Slyck
Supreme Court
Jud
Ge Lanner
Baker
Phenix
Fanny Crosby The Hymn Writer’s Enduring Faith and Vision
The piece honors Fanny Crosby, praising her steadfast faith and spiritual vision shaped by lifelong blindness. It recounts decades of hymn writing, care in service, and the awakening of eternal rest as she nears ninety five, ending with her resting in Christ.
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Christ
Lime Mortar Origins And Early Binding Use
Ancient lime mortar formed from heated lime paste mixed with water. Early hunters or builders likely observed stone changes from fire, created a smooth sticky paste, and found it superior to clay for filling crevices. Adding sand then produced usable mortar.
Greatest Musical Nation Debate in Historic Opinion
An opinion piece argues that no single nation can claim the best and most charming music, listing Italy France Austria England and the United States while asserting Germany may have the strongest claim with Beethoven and Mozart as examples, and noting the Fatherland’s composers.
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Italy
France
Austria
England
United States
Germany
Beethoven
Mozart
Remarkable Lake Sebago Camp Fireplace of 60 Faces
A lakeside camp on Lake Sebago features a fireplace with 60 rocks each bearing a likeness of a man or animal. The rocks, gathered from miles around, are enhanced by inserted glass eyes for a striking carved portrait effect.
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Lake Sebago
Penny Bonanza at Sunday School Boy Brings Home Two Pennies
A child rushes home excited claiming two pennies from a Sunday school collection. He explains a whole basket of pennies was passed around and he took one, adding joy at his small treasure.
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Jimmie
Self-Defense Lesson From a Pugilist
A weedy youth asks for self defense tips. The famous boxer replies that it is easy for a man of his physique, advising him to keep a civil tongue in his head.
Fragrance of Flowers Hidden in Shade Study
A French scientist reports that flowers emit stronger perfume when not in direct sun as water pressure in plant cells drives oils that create scent. Sunlight reduces this pressure and lowers fragrance intensity.
Riddled Classroom Exchange Stirs Minor Debate
A schoolteacher asks pupils to imagine dividing apples to teach fairness. Johnny replies with a pun about big and little brothers, prompting a brief chuckle and a light classroom moment.
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Johnny
Money as a god invites spiritual peril and turmoil
The quote warns that treating wealth as the ultimate attainment corrupts the soul and brings constant trouble, echoing Fielding’s moral stance on greed and spiritual danger.
New Ethine-Double Strength Promises Freckle Removal
A drug advert claims ethine double strength can clear and whiten freckled skin, even in February and March with sun and wind. It offers an ounce from W. H. Buffington or any druggist and money back if it fails.
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W. H. Buffington
German Line Through Belgium to the Sea Coast War Song and Train Tales
A wartime travelogue describes traveling through Belgium to the North Sea coast aboard German trains. It notes an emergency passport, frequent troop movement, and songs sung by artillery units. The piece mentions English POWs, hospital trains, and boys who ran away to join the front, with a note on a landsturm mascot at Louvain.
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Berlin
Belgium
North Sea
Cologne
Brussels
Aachen
Guards Corps
Iron Corps
Brandenburg
Germany
Louvain
Landsturm
Saarbeek
New York
Antwerp
Dayton
London
Antoine
Paris
England
von Frankenburg
Ludwigsdorf
von Huhne
Bruges
Death's Head Hussars
Death’s Head Hussars
Reichstag
von Bulow
Hussars
War correspondent reports Brussels to Antwerp and beyond
A travelogue describes the German occupation from Saarbeek to Antwerp. The narrator notes shortages and patrols, sees German authorities justify the invasion, and observes daily life under occupation. An encounter with Deaths Head Hussars highlights suspicion of English travelers and a canal border crossing into Teelandish Flanders where refugees seek aid.
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America
Hussars
Holland
Sluis
Teelandish
Flanders
J. H. Pattist
Relief Committee
West Teelandish Flanders
Polish Sharpshooters Bid Farewell From Czenstochowa
Young Polish snipers prepare to depart for front lines in Russia and bid friends and relatives goodbye in Czenstochowa.
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Czenstochowa
Berlin Hospital Sees Fatally Wounded Return From Front
A physician reports a transport of severely wounded soldiers arriving at the royal surgical clinic on Ziegelstrasse. One field gray defender stood unassisted, describing blows to the head, bayonet wounds, and a chest shot, while noting he was not badly hurt.
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Berlin
Baby Saved by Bear Cubs Near Fifield Wisconsin
Two year old Baby Ball, son of a settler near Fifield, Wisconsin, was found asleep in the underbrush after two days alive by an unusual aid from two bear cubs and their mother. Searchers noted bear signs nearby and woodsmen said the child survived by sleeping with the cubs. The boy could only say a fragmentary line about a big doggie play and hunger.
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Fifield
Wis
Ball
Here
Prisoner barred from jail for lack of commitment papers
R N Gibson sen tenced from Multnomah county to serve from one to five years for obtaining money by false pretenses was refused admit tance at the valley jail in Salem after arriving without his commitment papers. He was told to return for them and left for Portland in disappointment.
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Salem
Oregon
R. N. Gibson
Multnomah County
Ward
Portland
Bandits Attack Dunlap Brothers in Shenandoah
William and Matthew Dunlap fought off three masked attackers late at night in Shenandoah Pennsylvania. One assailant was struck with a plank and the injured bandit later lay in recovery. The other two assailants also beat the remaining men before fleeing.
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Shenandoah
William
Matthew Dunlap
Dunlap
Appreciation League Prompts Kindness in Business
The Youths Companion urges an Appreciation League to highlight courteous, attentive service. Readers are asked to report courteous conduct by employees and to advocate kind, generous behavior in everyday business relations from floorwalkers to conductors. The idea aims to spread nationwide, creating a wave of amiable conduct.
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Electric Road
Ohio
Ate
League
Remarkable weight gain claims for Tonoline Tablets
An advertisement touts Tonoline Tablets as a miracle weight builder and nerve strengthener. A gentleman reports gaining forty pounds in forty days, crediting the product with enhanced nutrition, cell growth, blood formation and muscle development. The 50 day course costs $1, available from American Proprietary Co. Boston.
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George
American Proprietary Co
Boston
Mass
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Bristol and Warren
Fanny Crosby
Henry Fielding
Seagoast
Russia
Buffington’s Pharmacy
Sam the Shoeman
G. A. R. Biéek
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