Christ Church Houston Accepts Hutchings-Votey Organ
F M Law of Hutchings-Votey Organ Co reports the Christ Church Houston organ valued at over $7,000 has been accepted after an exhaustive test by the rector music committee and organist. Law praises Texas as a promising market and expects several contracts soon.
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F. M. Law
Hutchings- Votey
Christ Church
Houston
Southwestern Department
Hutchings-Votey Organ Company
Boston
Law
Christchurch
Eagle
Texas
Cavil
Hutchings-Vatey Organ Company
Hutchings-Votey Company
Organ Praised After Committee Selection in Christchurch
A church committee reports the Christchurch organ stands at the head of its profession after a full investigation. The organ is complete and an artistic triumph, with augmentation planned immediately. Signed by Rector Roy P. Sears and committee members W. V. Watson and Horton Dorset. Houston, Texas, April 4, 1906.
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Christchurch
Horton Corbett
G. O
Ruy. P. G. Sears
W. V.R. Watson
A. S. Cleveland
Horton Dorset
Houston
Texas
Ghostly testimony saves two from hangings in Scotland
A ghostly accuser influenced a Scottish murder trial after a Highlander found buried bones on the moor. Despite superstition and Gaelic testimony, the court spared two men as the ghost’s language raised doubt in Edinburgh.
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Scott
Braemar
Hill of
Christie
Court of Judiciary
Edinburgh
Lochaber
London Standard
Naming a town Abilene chosen by Mrs Hersey
Abilene was named by the founder T F Hersey's wife in 1857 after reading Luke chapter three in her Bible. She described Abilene as City of the Plains matching its location and later became Dickinson county seat amid a contest with Newport Smoky Hill and Union City.
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Abilene
Hersey
Tiberius Caesar
Pontius Pilate
Judaea
Lysanias
Plains
Newport
Smoky Hill
Union City
Dickinson County
Kansas City Star
A Poisonous Frog in New Granada
A small tree frog in New Granada secretes a venom as deadly as rattlesnake venom. Its milky skin secretion is used by natives to poison arrows, making the species dangerous despite general assumptions about frogs.
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New Granada
United States
The Bluefish Brigade and the Menhaden Retreat
A New York News report describes bluefish driving large schools of menhaden to shore as if a cavalry brigade. The bluefish overwhelm, maim, or cast ashore many fish while some escape by slipping under or over the predators.
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New York News
Series of Shipwrecks Ends With No Loss of Life
A historic sequence of shipwrecks began with the Mermaid in October 1829. The Swiftsure, Governor Ready, and Comet suffered repeated blows from storms, yet all crews were saved. The Jupiter also foundered, but rescues saved all aboard. No lives were lost despite repeated peril.
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Torres Strait
Swiftsure
Governor Ready
India
Comet
Jupiter
Port Raffle
An Odd House and Its Pretensions in Northamptonshire
An famed Northamptonshire house spans four wings aligned with the year, 365 windows for days, 52 chimneys for weeks, and seven entrances for the week. The text condemns the building as a lie justified by blind custom, urging readers to see through its pretension and strike its mortal blow.
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Northamptonshire
England
Smerson
Tudor era beggar gift fined and punished recipient
In Tudor England a man who gave to a beggar faced a fine and the beggar recipient of the gift was punished under local law.
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England
How the Tiger Kills Large Game in India
A London Field account explains tiger hunting methods by examining killed bullocks and buffaloes. It notes neck breaks from shoulder strikes, claw marks on nose and near shoulder, and tigers dragging heavy prey across the shoulder. It refutes the paw-blow theory and cites Malays observations and lighting tests.
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India
London Field
Brief historical milestones from British constitutional and royal history
English parliamentary origins date to 1265 with the first representative parliament. Notable markers include Caesar’s conquest in 65 B C and Roman rule lasting until 410 A D. The habeas corpus act of 1679 and trial by jury shaped liberty. the plague entered London in 1664. Cromwell’s 1640 Parliament, Charles I beheaded in 1646, Cromwell as lord protector in 1653, Stuart restoration in 1660, and Westminster Abbey’s Benedictine origins dating to 1616.
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England
Caesar
Britain
London
Holland
Cromwell
Charles I
Westminster Abbey
Great Britain
Sebert
Byles on Bills and the Judge's Secret Horse Name
A humorous memory about Justice Byles and his horse reveals a private name known only to the judge and his servant. While colleagues joked about the horse as Byles on Bills, the master and his man kept its real moniker, and a curious client was told the master was out on Business.
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Byles
Justice Byles
Stereotypes of the Bengali in India
The London Standard describes the Bengali as having great memory and talkativeness but limited action. The piece likens him to various national types, noting cleverness without substantial achievement and a preference for discussion over decisive work.
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India
London Standard
Music of the elder press by juice harp humor
The Chicago Tribune recounts a village poet's manuscript where the editor questions a line about imitating the music of the elder press and the poet suggests using a juice harp as a playful solution.
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Elder Press
Chicago Tribune
The Soft Answer in Ostrich Talk
An exchange between a grumpy husband and his calm wife humorously imagines nature making him an ostrich. He quips about eating her cooking, she replies about wanting plumes for her hat in a light domestic vignette from the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
The Second In Command Boss Joke from New York Press
A terse exchange shows Stranger asking if the speaker is the boss, the Office Boy replying no and indicating there is another office boy above him, captured in a brief New York Press item.
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Office
New York Press
Real Estate Marketing Push in Bryan and Brazos County
The firm reports selling 2000 acres of farm lands in recent days and plans to expand property listings to meet investor demand. They advertise homes from 500 to 1000 dollars and urge readers to inspect weekly Bryan papers for farm land listings.
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Bryan
Brazon County
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Houston, Texas
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