Charm of Harry Hyman at inaugural ball
Fort Worth Register correspondent notes Harry Hyman the Waco page to Speaker Neff and recalls a past compliment he sent to Mrs. W F Robertson after the ball. The story highlights the boy’s ascent from newsboy to legislative page and his playful note of admiration.
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Fort Worth Register
Harry Hyman
Waco
Neff
Wa. J. Bryan
Hogg
Gatlins
Page
Representative
W. F. Robertson
Stafford Real Estate Loans and Insurance Representations
T C Stafford handles real estate loan services and represents a first class life insurance company. Office location is described as in a building adjacent to Cheeves B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheeves B
Causes of sun scald and other varied notes
The article explains sun scald from exposed tree trunks warming by sun during winter, causing bark damage and insect decay. includes unrelated items such as Burns’ house rent, rainbow sun position, travels, scholarship news, school English instruction, and social notes. It mentions a woman Mosow ska in Bohemia and German railway clerks’ schedules.
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by Washington Patient
H A Tisdale of Washington D C reports a twenty year chronic case of piles cured by DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. The preparation blends Witch Hazel with antiseptics and emollients to relieve and heal piles, sores, cuts, eczema and similar skin ailments. Thomas and Moore promote the remedy.
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H. A. Tisdale
Summerton
D. C
de Witt
Hesaye
DeWitt
Thomas & Moore
Trader Seeks Gra or Cattle From W. K. Dickson
Short auction notice from W. K. Dickson seeking buyers for gra fleshy yearlings and cattle. Producers invited to contact the buyer for offering dry cows and 2 and 3 year old steers to sell.
Sugar beet acreage and linguistic diversity noted in reports
In eleven states 260000 acres are sown in sugar beets. Africa harbors nearly 700 languages, creating challenges for missionary work. Canadian railways require maintenance to handle over 600 snow conditions.
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Africa
Local News from Buckholts Children and Community Events
Buckholts brief notes report a serious arm injury from a Tuesday confrontation between Frank Johnson and Frank King on Elm Street. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burgher died at the Johnson hotel and was buried in Rogers the next day. Nettie Culbreth of Rogers visits Buckholts while Polly Horstmann recovers from pneumonia. Mr and Mrs A Brown host upcoming invitations at their home.
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Frank Johnson
Frank King
Elm
Jim Burgher
Johnson Hotel
Burgher
Rogers
Nettie Culbreth
Polly Horstmann
A. Brown
Hicks Beach and the Quiet Path to Power
Sir Michael Hicks Beach rose to a British cabinet role by silent poise. In 1868 Lord Beaconsfield noticed his restraint at dinner and later offered him under secretaryship of the home department, admiring his ability to keep a wise tongue in his head.
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Sir Michael Hicks Beach
Lord Beaconsfield
Sir Michael
Home Department
Lord
Beaconsfield
Marie Corelli Sparks Imitative Deaths Abroad
Reports claim the author Marie Corelli has caused a personal crisis with her work the Mighty Atom. Since its publication five people in England and France have died by their own hand imitating a key scene. The latest case involves a 19 year old son of a clergyman from Wincanton Somersetshire found hanged in his bedroom wearing his father’s cassock.
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Marie Corelli
England
France
Wincanton
Somersetshire
England’s Great Batchelors Known as the Big Four
Arthur Balfour the first bachelor premier since Pitt. Lord Kitchener Lord Milner and the bishop of London are also bachelors. An American in London coins the nickname Big Four for these prominent figures.
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Arthur Balfour
England
William Pitt
Lord Kitchener
Lord Milner
London
No Official Rain in Berlin as Water Carts Still Patrol
A quirk of Berlin’s city rules shows rain irrelevant to the capital’s routines. The policeman remains an unmoved civil figure, posted at his station even in a downpour, then stands rigid after the storm in a dry circle marking his rotund form.
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Berlin
Two for a Quarter Baptismal Joke
A Detroit suburb man celebrates a birth after ten years with a one dollar christening fee. He gives 25 cents to the priest who returns it and jokes that he will baptize twins at two for a quarter once he has twins.
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Detroit
Fred
Ambitious Roar as a Chicago Policeman Helps Drunk Man
In Lippincott's Magazine an anecdote portrays Big Steve Rowan, a Chicago policeman, stopping a weary man on the curb. He refuses to arrest, helps him up, and guides him across the street to the curb on Casey's beat, joking that Casey will rise early for the police court.
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Big Steve
Rowan
Chicago
Lippincott’s
Casey
Th’ Polis Court
Giant Oyster Shell Repatriated to Portsmouth Buyer
The Caesar captain Shurtleff delivered from Pago Pago a massive oyster shell weighing about 200 pounds and 3 feet 3 inches long. Joseph P. M. Joyce of the Eagle House witnessed its purchase and now owns the remarkable shell with a four inch thick back and three ridges. The interior gleams with mother of pearl and the shell could have borne clamping power measured in tons.
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Caesar
Shurtleff
Pago Pago
Portsmouth
Joseph P. M. Joyce
The
Eagle House
Unicycle Sulky Aims To Revolutionize Horse Racing
A cramped Cleveland workshop on Michigan and Seneca hosts J. Scarborough's unicycle racing sulky. Weighing 12 to 16 pounds less than the lightest bicycle sulky, it promises half road friction and on curves centrifugal force reducing, not increasing, friction. Scarborough is known for the Jupiter steel process at United States Steel Company.
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Michigan and
Seneca Streets
Cleveland
J. §. Scarborough
Jupiter Steel
Uni States Steel Company
Extravagant Australians and the Melbourne Ballroom Tale
William Shiels argues Australians are extravagant, citing an anecdote about Melbourne's government house. The premier requested a ballroom “third higher” than Buckingham Palace, leading to a reportedly the largest ballroom in the world.
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William Shiels
Ministry of the
Australian Federation
Melbourne
Buckingham Palace
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Bohemia
Kabyila
Algeria
Algiers
Queen’s College
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Lendish
Schiller Boys
J. M. Williamson
Afton
I. T
Gafford
Jim
Canada
Buckholts
Hicks Beach
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