Nast Suffered Under Handicap of Shyness
The great cartoonist Thomas Nast avoided public speaking due to extreme shyness. He finally toured with illustrated lectures after Redpath's coaxing, speaking little while drawing. A Philadelphia performance drew thunderous applause when he quipped I can draw a house. He earned $40,000 that season but later canceled engagements worth $5,000.
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Thomas Nast
Redpath
Nast
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Division of Time in Daily Round of Life
A historical note estimates the average fifty year old spends more hours working than sleeping by about one hour daily. It calculates 6,500 work hours vs 6,000 sleep hours, and totals time spent walking about 57,000 miles, plus 4,000 days in amusement and 1,500 in eating and drinking.
Queer Dance of Birds on Laysan Island
Sailors visiting Laysan in the Hawaiian group report the lajysan albatross or gong performing a courtship ritual. Paired birds bow nod and cross bills, produce snapping sounds, rise on their toes and puff their chests before parting and repeating. Sometimes three engage. Spectators note the birds' extreme politeness.
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Laysan
Dead letters processed and returned or destroyed by Post Office
Dead letters received at Washington are opened to recover addresses and returned to senders. Checks or money orders with insufficient address are referred to origin post offices for inquiry. Parcels and other undeliverable valuables are sold when possible, and finally destroyed if unreturnable.
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Washington
Post Office Department
No Time Train Change Sparks Rush for Williams
A suburbanite named Williams hurried toward the railway station seeking the 540 train. His friend asked about the timetable and Williams feared stopping to check would cost him the ten seconds needed to catch the train as changes had occurred.
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Williams
Education as a Path to Success and Plain Arithmetic
A Lancashire man who found success without heavy schooling addresses a school prize ceremony. He urges boys to value education and illustrates arithmetic and geography as fundamentals, stressing practical learning over rhetoric. The speech blends humor with a reminder that math proves essential truths.
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Lancashire
London
Fisherman Chatter Sparks Mystery After Sudden Death
In a brief cantankerous exchange, Hartle and Channeal discuss Summy Trout’s sudden death. A fisherman’s tale about a big catch is cited as the puzzling trigger behind the incident, leaving investigators and locals awaiting details.
Hope Circle Elects Officers for Second Year
Mrs Margaret J Morris was chosen Regent of Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella for a second consecutive year at the annual meeting in the Knights of Columbus Home on State street. Officers include Vice Regent Miss Winifred C Walsh and others. installation date to be announced. A chicken salad supper is set for Oct 25 in K of C rooms and an outing to Bristol Narrows is planned for Saturday.
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Margaret J. Morris
Knights of Columbus
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
State Street
Winifred C Walsh
Sarah Sweeney
Mary A Callan
Mary A. Lannon
Mary Morris
Bessie Crowley
Helen R Dodd
Margaret Walsh
Margaret M. Dwyer
Ethel Connery
Rose A Breen
Eliza White
Emma Young
Helen A Condon
Bertha Menard
Mary J Condon
Margaret Connery
Mary McHugh
Sara M. Sweeney
Wood Street
Bristol
Mary Callan
Marriage Intentions Displayed for Multiple Couples
Alfonso Noreto of Piedmont Providence and Mrs Filo mena Tortora of Bourne avenue this town Chester Chadbournn Myers of High street and Miss Hannah Fillen Syl vester of Thames street this town Manuel Mello Sousa of Meta coma avenue Warren and Amelia Botelho of Metacom avenue this town.
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Alfonso Noreto
Piedmont Street
Providence
Filomena Tortora
Bourne Avenue
Chester Chadbournn. Myers
High Street
Hannah Fillen Sylvester
Thames Street
Manuel Mello Sousa
Metacoma Avenue
Warren
Amelia Botelho
Metacom Avenue
Male cassowary hatches eggs and holds incubation core detail
The cassowary lays six to eight light green eggs. the male incubates them. Each egg is about six inches, hard to boil due to bulk, but praised when scrambled or omelet prepared. A single egg can feed several people.
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Nature Magazine
Curious Book of the Prince de Ligne Family Leaves
A rare curio from the de Ligne family in France features a book where letters are cut from each folio and interleaved with blue paper. Though not written or printed, the text is designed to be as readable as print.
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Prince de Ligne
France
Probate Court Acts On Multiple Estates In Rhode Island
Judge presiding at the Court of Probate considers estates with continuances slated for Oct 24. Actions include will probate for Abbie L Williams and Arselial Babbitt, guardianship and guardian accounts for minor estates, and allowances for final accounts and inventory in several estates including Reed Anthony LeBaron Anthony Anton Gross Ethel Munro and John Mills. Bond set at 150000 without surety with appraiser. Proceedings involve Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company as executor in some matters.
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Eg A. Sne
Edward L. Lésby
Court of Probate
Abbie Louise Williams
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
S Reed Anthony
LeBaron C. Anthony
Guardian
Anton Gross
Arselial Babbitt
Amos S Gorham
Ethel M Munro
William J Munro
John B Mills
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A. I
Rhode Island
Zenerous
Wes
Laundryowners’ National Association
Studebaker
Erskine
Land’s End
Royal Automobile Club
Edinburgh
Erskine Six
Barcelona
Royal Automobile Club of Cataluna
Buenos Aires
Santa Fe Automobile Club
Santa Fe
Hamburg
Allgemeine Deutsche Automobile Club
Automnsibele Club von Deutschland
Sierra Mountain Rax — Erskine
Sierra Mountain
O. K
Milford
Delaware
Co. H. Ay
Sharon, Pa
Dallas
Texas
High Street Garage
Hinty Perch
Charlie Channeal
Hartle
Kemp
Buffington’s Pharmacy
New York
Dorrance St
Gaspee
Newman Bros
Pillsbury’s
Kenyon
Mapletown
Vermont
S. S. Pierce Overland
Pierce Company
Newman
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