Apsley Seeks Pac Coast Victory After Rocky Mountain Tour
Rep Apsley returned Friday from a weeks tour through the Rocky Mountain and Pacific slope states accompanied by Rep McCall. They spoke to crowded houses in Colorado Springs Colorado City San Francisco Tacoma Portland and other stops. A sample Montana poll showed McKinley leading Bryan and Palmer with many noncommittal voters. Apsley predicts the Republican line will win the Pacific slope with active campaigning.
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Congressman Apsley
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Slope
The
Enterprise
Hudson
Mr. Apsley
McCall
Congressional Committee
San Francisco
Tacoma
Portland
Montana
Palmer
Bryan
McKinley
Apsley
Goverment
Yellowstone
Oregon
New England
Ingenious Wire Nut Anchors Screws in Stone
A Dusseldorf engineer improves wall anchors by winding a wire into screw threads to form a nut. The wire coil is inserted into a wall hole, set with plaster, then the bolt is threaded in and out without wall damage. The method provides firm anchorage and repeatable use.
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Dusseldorf
Philadelphia
Elephant foot feast among Kaffirs described in detail
The article recounts African tribes butchering an elephant and cooking the foot as a delicacy. It details removing the skin, making water skins, and baking the leg joint in a dirt ovens, yielding a gelatinous meat. The piece ties the feast to ceremonial merriment, citing explorers' notes.
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Coub —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Explorer Refutes Mountain Water Witchcraft on Kenya Expedition
Dr Gregory recounts Mount Kenya ascent with coast followers who believed frosty water was bewitched. He calmed them by melting the ice and predicting it would return to water, though locals quickly refilled pots from a nearby brook after his departure.
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Dr. Gregory
Mount
Kenya
Africa
Fundi
The Beefsteak Club Craze and Locker-Lampson Wit
A salon of sharp talk and generous wit frames traits of Trollope and a comparison to Walter Scott. The piece notes many beefsteak clubs in the city and explains gas broilers boosting their rise, touting notable cooks and the novel broiling method.
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Mark
Walter Scott
Trollope
Prince de Ligne
Desmesne
Locker- Lampson
New York Sun
Carnegie donation sparks church repairs in Florida
During a winter Florida visit Andrew Carnegie attended a small Negro church service. On the collection plate he dropped a 35 dollar bill and the counted total reached 6.44 dollars. If the five dollar bill from the gentleman from the north is genuine, repairs on the sanctuary will begin immediately.
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Florida
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Bretheren
Sisteren
San Francisco
Argonaut
Seizing the Opportunity. Town Topics Cartoon Dialogue
Seizing the Opportunity features a bantering exchange about marriage to a typewriter and flirtations. The piece includes a witty line from Brokerly about his unique partner and a child's announcement of a baby sister. It also notes a German patent cost of $190, including six years of tax coverage.
Ideal Fall Excursion Opens Up Maritime Provinces by Rail
Boston and Maine expands autumn excursion program to include the maritime provinces and northern Maine from Bangor to the New Brunswick line. Reduced fares apply for September, with tickets available at Boston Lawrence Lowell Haverhill Lynn Salem Worcester offices and 322 Washington Street Boston.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Maritime Provinces
Maine
Bangor
New Brunswick
Boston and Maine Road
Boston
Lawrence
Lowell
Haverhill
Lynn
Salem
Worcester
Frederickton
St. Andrews
St. Stephen
City of
Digby
Annapolis
Annapolis Valley
Grand Pre
Evangeline
Halifax
Pictou
Antigonish
Nova Scotia
Baddeck
Grand Narrows
Sydney
Cape Breton
Charlottetown
Summerside
Prince Edward Island
Washington Street
Transfer list of debts and ownership among Marlboro and surrounding towns
A fragmentary historical notice lists various transfers and payments including Ben Patch to G Clark Acton $1400 William Trow to Judson $1, Alexina Aikens to F L Clarke Southboro and numerous tracts to inhabitants of Southboro Berlin Northboro and other locales with sums ranging up to $1400 and smaller amounts, reflecting property and debt movements.
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W. Stratton
C. J. Macomber
Marlboro
John Goggin
J. T. Goggin
Thos
F. Trow
W.H. Trow
Hudson
Ben. H. Patch
G. Clark
Acton
William H. Trow
A. Trow
Judson
Benjamin H. Patch
Reas
Alexina Aikens
F.L. Clarke
Southboro
Thomas Bayley
Robert M. Burnett
Sarah. Lasselle
R. Jones
Berlin
Henry Bowen Jr
Northboro
Ey Dolly Little
W. B. Fay
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Recep
Coleridge
Anthony Trollope
Clubleigh
Real Estate Tranter
Stoo
Captain Saunders
Sumer
Saltville
Providence
Saunders
Jabez Saunders
W. A. Haynes & CO
Maynard, Mass
Stanhopes
Surreys
Road
Wacons
Waldo Littlefield
Mass
West Acton
N. B
C.d.holmes
D. Dilmore
Maynard's Block
Maynard
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord
J. C. Friend
GEO
Keith
Concord Junction, Mass
James T. Foote
Summer Street
Bee
Richardson
E.H. Maker
Concord Mass
ALBERT + BATLEY
Acton St
Renest Hosmer, D. D. S
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