Acknowledgments and Odd Tidbits From Local Notes
In St Paul’s Yarmouth parish magazine Rev G Preston Tonge notes anonymous button donations with questions on best use for district needs. A hare at Cley, swimming daily, was chased by fishermen and captured after 300 yards. Punch quip mocks a prejudiced reader seeking suitable books for daughters.
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G. Preston Tonge
St Paul's Church
Yarmouth
England
Cley
London Daily Mail
Real and true speech versus evasions in a lesson
A Chinese learner of English misreads a Bible passage from the Testament and parodies it with a comic rendition. The text argues that evasions mask truth and are rejected by lovers of honesty and benevolence.
Remains of a prehistoric fortress found near Kare
Archaeological work about 20 miles from Kare, Russia, reveals a largely intact stone fortress of prehistoric origin. The site shows primitive masonry in forts and bastions and yields numerous well preserved heathen deity figures mostly in animal forms made from hard baked clay.
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Kare
Russia
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Marlboro Testimony
A classic kidney cure ad touts Doan's Kidney Pills as relief for backache and kidney fatigue. Mrs. M. Connors of Marlboro testifies the pills, purchased at Burke Drug Co., gave complete relief from kidney symptoms. FosterMilburn Co. of Buffalo distributes, price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Marlboro
M. Connors
School St
Mass
Burke Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Marlborough Savings Bank Notice of Deposits and Dividends
Marlborough Savings Bank in Marlborough Massachusetts states deposits earn interest on the third Wednesday of January April July and October. Dividends payable on the third Wednesday of January and July. Banking hours are 9 to 3 weekdays and 9 to 12 30 on Saturday. Le Burde, president. J Holyoke, treasurer.
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J. Holyoke
Moving Pictures Explain Puzzling Film Effects of Magic Like Tricks
In a detailed account from Leipzig, Garten taube explains how early filmmakers create seeming miracles on screen. Techniques include reversing film, stop motion, and staged accidents using puppets, props, and careful editing to make stones form writing or a herring retreat into a tin.
Changes In Play Reduce Football Dangers Says Old Players
Former Harvard and Cornell coach Newell influenced tackling, training, and tactics reducing roughness. Modern practice favors short work periods, generalship study, and safer equipment, replacing the heavy leather tackling bags with lighter gear.
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Harvard
Cornell
A Trifle Withered Phrase by M Blanc in English
The piece notes M Blanc’s graceful French compliments contrasted with his English. An elderly woman asks if she has changed in five years since Paris. He responds with a courtly line claiming she looks like a twenty year old rose.
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M. Blanc
Paris
Capitals We Have Had and the Three Legitimate Capitals
The article argues the United States has had three capitals: New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, with no legally recognized capital before the Constitution. It notes that some cities may be loosely described as capitals based on where government sessions met during the Revolution and Confederation.
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United States
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Continental Congress
Phila
Chinese Team May Come Next Spring to Meet American Players
San Francisco reports a Chinese baseball team plans a U S visit next spring. The squad now in the Philippine Islands sails from Honolulu March 1 under Bill Settley. The plan calls for games with big league clubs in the south, college teams nationwide, and minor league squads during training season.
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Orientals
San Francisco
Orient
Philippine Islands
Honolulu
Bill Settley
Pacific Coast
Settley
Pittsburg to Use Forbes Field for Home Games
The University of Pittsburg will play all home football games this fall at Forbes Field the home of the Pittsburg baseball club.
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Pittsburg
Forbes Field
University of Pittsburg
Origin of Mark Twain Name Traced to Captain Sellers
The article explains that the pseudonym Mark Twain originated with Captain Isaiah Sellers of the New Orleans Picayune who signed river news with that name. Clemens learned it from Sellers and told Professor Phelps he “liked the name and stole it.” It notes Clemens’ earlier pen names and how the public gradually recognized Mark Twain after the Hornet disaster reporting and Harper’s Magazine appearance.
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Bamuel L
Jamuel L
Mark Twato
Clemens
Twain
Mr. Clemens
Isaiah Sellers
New
Picayune
William Eyan Phelps
Yale
Sellers
Phelps
Henderson
Mark Twain
Professor Phelps
Nevada
Virginia City Enterprise
Josh
Mark
Harper's Magazine
Harper's
Mike Swain
Nervous Man Seeks Stranger Aboard Springfield Boston Train
A nervous old man on a Springfield to Boston train asks a sinister stranger for his name and where he lives. The stranger resents inquiry, while the old man explains he hopes to meet a cousin in the state. The exchange reveals curiosity and awkward social tension aboard the car.
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Springfield
Boston
Fulk
Harper's
Concord Maynard and Hudson Street Railway Timetable
The timetable lists half hour cars between Concord and Maynard from 2 PM to 9 PM on Saturdays and 2 PM to 8 PM on Sundays until October 28, 1911. It also shows half hour cars between Concord and Hudson from 4 PM to 8 PM on Saturdays.
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Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street
Raiway
Concord
Maynard
Hudson
A.M. A
Uge Hudson
Stow
Llaso
Weutral
Concord Junction
I Concord
Westvale
Maynard Bé
Gleasondale
Sudbury Street
Acton
W. Acton
Acton Ry
Arive
Ami
Great Spectacle in the Andes Garden of the Gods
The article describes the Peruvian Garden of the Gods near Cerro de Pasco in the Andes, called the Rock forest for its odd rock formations. It compares it with Colorado’s Garden of the Gods, noting the Peruvian site is vast, dramatic, and far larger in area and appeal.
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Andes
Pike’s Peak
Alford
Cerro de Pasco
Colorado
New York Public Library’s Vast Collections Highlighted
The NY Public Library showcases a comprehensive system with circulating and children's sections. An exhibition room of eighty feet square displays the science collection. The institution houses fifty thousand volumes on mathematics and natural history for scholars and special investigators.
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New York
Marlboro Social Roster Roundup of Town Visitors
Marlboro residents note a stream of visitors and returnees from Swampscott Woodville Maynard Brockton and Bermuda among others. Local workers and students shift assignments with Lillian Ordway keynote at a high school assembly.
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Lillian A. Ordway
Framingham Normal School
Marlboro
Milford
Prospect Park
Pierre Boudreau, Jr
Brockton
Pierre Boudreau
Bond St
Joseph Renaud
Broad St
Edelmard Bouley
Eugene Lacerte
Wilfrid Lanoue
Pierre Lanoue
Mechanicst
Minnie Donahoe
Aristide Bertrand
West Main St
Louis Farley
Lowell
John Davitt
Mountain Ave
S. H. ‘Howe
Springfield
W. P. Fitzmaurice
Worcester
Prudential Life Insu Co
Willems Macey
Langley
L. B. Woods
Sanford, Fla
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Eameameans Ema Bowel
Marboro
Marlborough Savings Bank
Marlborough, Mass
Newell
Newell's
American Press Association
A. Persons
Maynard, Mas
Marlborq
Blanche Watson
Swampscott
Mabel Belser Thompson
Woodville
G. J. Shortsleeves
Timothy Sullivan
Ellery Goodwin
The
Soliders' Eame
Chelsea
Frank Labrache
George Lesage
William Sasseville
Adin Carleton
Arthur Bergeron
James Maher
Northboro
Wallace Graham
Marlboro Hospital
C.F. Wolcott Concord Jct
Louis Wheeler
Mechanic St
Atlantic City
Charles French
Touraing Inc
Conmece
la Touraine
W. S. Quinby CO
Chicago
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