Local Officials and Churches Named in County Directory
A scanned county directory lists city government officials including mayor aldermen and treasurer, school board members, sheriffs, tax assessors, registrars, and road commission members. It also details multiple church congregations with pastors, service times, and Sunday School leadership across Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Church of God.
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R. W. Hightower
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
J. A. Carson
Church OF God
Gordon Watson
A. M
R. E. Hamilton
Mammoth Pig Exhibited as Largest World Pig
A giant pig shown in Agistintin is claimed to be the largest pig ever. Vets report 1158 pounds, over half a ton, and eight feet three inches long with a height of three feet nine inches. The animal weighs six feet five inches long at the haunch and is twenty five months old. The creature resembles a hippo or elephant more than a farm pig as it nears full growth.
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Agistintin
Too Modest Bug: Kissed Snail Retreats Into Shell
In a whimsical note, an inventor reports attempts to kiss Miss Snail trigger a retreat into her shell. The quirky behavior baffled observers and sparked light curiosity about snail reactions to affectionate gestures.
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Miss Snail
Dusting Debacle in Library Leaves Maid in a Huff
A new maid in Mrs. Florin's house is found seated quietly in the library with folded hands. She admits she was sent to dust the room but cannot locate the dyeter, and Tam sits on each chair in fury, prompting a comical standoff.
The Making of New Words and Modern Stage Language
An essay notes constant coinage in language driven by new media and war. It cites terms like screen and puppetized and laments the theater’s need to rename and reshape old terms for films and puppetry. The piece recounts a backstage anecdote about lighting jargon during a motion picture adaptation.
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Trollywood
Brander Matthews
No Means of Knowing First Merchant Honest
A terse exchange features two merchants debating Brown’s honesty. The first questions Brown’s integrity, while the second admits uncertainty, citing Brown’s cash purchases as a potential sign of reliability.
Shorthand Pioneer Sir Isaac Pitman’s Relentless Work Life
The article chronicles Sir Isaac Pitman’s tireless hours from 6 a m to 10 p m with two hours for meals, noting his lack of holidays and long career developing a modern shorthand system. It mentions his impact in Manchester lectures, the later work of his successor Benjamin Pitman, and a nod to ancient shorthand in Roman orations.
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Isaac Pitman
Pitman
Tse
Manchester
England
Senjamin Pitan
Cicero
Frenzied Dancers Illuminate Aix la Chapelle Festival
A 1734 chronicler recalls a St John festival where peasants nobles and beggars danced in improvised frenzy through the streets. A burgher joined the spectacle and the crowd swelled, with participants dancing to exhaustion and some harming themselves in the sudden frenzy.
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St. John
Aix-la- Chapelle
Imotley
Chronicle
Patagonia region divided between Chile and Argentina
The region named Patagonia was discovered by Magellan and lies south of the 38th parallel. By treaty in 1881 it was divided between Chile and Argentina. The Chilean area includes Magallanes and Punta Arenas, the southernmost city in the world.
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Patagonia
South America
Magellan
Chile
Argentina
Andes
Magallanes
Rio Negro
Chubut
Santa Cruz
Punta Arenas
Fountain of boll weevil memorial unveiled at Enterprise
A bronze boll weevil statue tops a fountain in Enterprise symbolizing southern resilience after cotton decline. The pest's destruction led to diversified crops and regional prosperity, a point noted as good arising from evil in local history. Two fishermen dispute ownership of a shared catch led Northumberland justice to split the trout.
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Enterprise
M. TP. Tierney
Northumberland
Th C. Bartle
Harry Miller
Tierney
Better End Phrase Origin In Maritime Usage
Excerpt explains that pursuing action to the bitter end implies death, while the better end denotes the crisis moment. It notes usage in seafaring language with an example from Robinson Crusoe describing a storm and running out cables to the better end.
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Robinson Crusoe
Devil's Plow field on Riguad mountain tops Quebec mystery
A topographic oddity near Riguad mountain Quebec features a level field of granite boulders covering several acres. The surface lacks soil or sand and boulders sit evenly sized, prompting questions about its geological origin and the cause of this torturous phenomenon.
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Riguad Mountain
Quebec
Chinese fisherman’s embrace of faith sparks church growth
Fourteen years ago a Hong Kong fish seller paid a missionary with tiny coins. Impressed by his honesty she inquired about Christianity, was baptized, and he later became ordained. He now leads thirteen churches across his charge.
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Hong Kong
Shin Beek
Seler
Farm Hands Over Lines to Boy in Runaway Fear
A farmer stops at a house and gives a boy the lines to hold his draft horses. The boy keeps his hands in his pockets as the team departs, explaining he could not stop them if they wanted to run away and there was no need to hold them if they did not.
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Benjamin
Sonny
Stage Play Mischance Report From Two Night Run
A friend of the author describes odd incidents at the theater. On opening night an umbrella went missing to a stage manager. The next night a banana peel caused a stumble involving a lobby viewer and another attendee. The company plans a society night out front to fill time.
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Curse
Hennery
Double Headed Calves Reported in Canada
Alberta reports a calf with two heads born at Old Hall Booth and a Newfoundland related story from Quarryville New Brunswick notes a second double headed calf. A Alberta owner photographed the twin headed animal while the New Brunswick owner had the specimen stuffed.
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Canada
Alberta
Old Hall
Booth
Quarryville
N. B
New Brunswick
Princess Led Stormy Life and a Cunning Plot
Princess Parrakunoff, daughter of Empress Elizabeth, was hidden in Rome to curb Catherine the Great. Alexis Orloff coerced her back to Russia to spark a revolt. She was captured at Leghorn, chained, and drowned in St. Petersburg after a Neva flood trapped her prison.
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Parrakunoff
Elizabeth
Russia
Alexis Rozoumoffslet
Atray
Radzivil
Rome
Catherine
Alexis Orloff
Bay of
Leghorn
St. Petersburg
Neva
Louisiana Purchase and the 1803 sale facts
The United States paid nearly 15 million dollars for Louisiana though Spain still held it. Spain handed over Louisiana to France with a promise not to transfer to others. England warned against French North American occupation. Napoleon then sold Louisiana to the United States to block British control. France reportedly lacked transferable title, while Spain occupied the land.
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Louisiana Purchase
United States
Rance
Louisiana
Spain
France
Sengland
North America
Napoleon
England
mustard prices hinge on container costs in trade tale
A Beaubien Street grocer recalls a traveling salesman offering a cheap mustard, then raises price after the salesman lists jar label and lid costs but not the mustard itself, explaining the illustration of hidden costs in pricing.
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Beaubien Street
Detroit News
Paine's Grave Site in New Rochelle Vies for Memorial
Bitter sentiment surrounds Thomas Paine once buried under a walnut tree in a hayfield at New Rochelle New York. Friends moved his body to higher ground and a monument was toppled by opponents. The landowner refuses to grant space for a memorial on the original site.
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Tom” Paine
Thomas Paine
Reson
New Rochelle
N. Y
Illinois Leads in Rose Culture
Illinois dominates commercial rose growing due to ideal soil for rose culture. Experts note grafted English-origin plants imported from England, thriving year round in marsh-land soils. California leads in free growing roses, but Illinois far surpasses them for commercial production.
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Illinois
California
England
British Isles
Pageant of Progress prompts awkward encounter at car show
A Detroit News report recalls a woman recounting an event at a pageant of progress where she and her friend left the auto section after growing impatient. She says she returned to her husband while insisting a stranger not mislead others into thinking he would buy a car.
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Detroit News
A Lost World of Bells and Time in Poem Excerpt
A fragmentary verse fragment reflects on youth and memory as bells in flesh and time. The speaker contrasts ringing vitality with aging restraint and a fading resonance, noting how wisdom and mold settle on voice. The text cites H Phelps Putnam in The Atlantic Monthly.
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H. Phelps Putnam
The
Atlantic Monthly
Superstitions Rule Turf Risks at Epsom Derby
London Tit-Bits notes women riders and owners cling to omens. Gypsy warnings about lucky faces and old shoes influence bets. Dreams of winning horses like Marion are cited, with one long odds success. A separate Alberta barnyard tale describes roosters and ganders forming unlikely partnerships.
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Epsom
London
Marion
Surely Was His Lucky Hour
A Philadelphia workman, after recovering his voice, recalled he was among the luckiest men alive. A 20 pound bar fell from an eleventh story building as he stepped from the yard, pierced his hat, tore clothing, and burned his skin before embedding six inches into a timber beam. He was speechless for an hour but otherwise unharmed.
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Philadelphia
Infant dies from obstructed throat after pipe play
A twenty month old boy in Weehawken New York choked on a fragment from a corn cob pipe he had been playing with. Despite a stomach pump at a hospital the fragment could not be dislodged and he died.
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Weehawken
CN. Y
Must Wear Slippers in Store at Mitsukoshi Tokyo
The Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo requires shoppers to wear slippers at the entrance to keep the matting clean. The policy, described as longstanding, aims to prevent street dust from entering the store, a tradition in the shop’s 80 plus year history.
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Mitsukoshi
Tokyo
Japan
Elephantiasis death leads to large coffin need
A fragmented report describes a New York hospital death from elephantiasis. The body reportedly weighed 7100 pounds after death and required a coffin 6 feet 4 inches long and 28 inches wide, reflecting extreme illness.
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Tim
New York
Elephantiasia
Blanks for Sale at Nuggult Office
Local notice announces sale of court blanks and related materials including notes options land deeds. The item lists indicate availability at the Nuggult office.
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J. Pb
Nuggult
Cigarette and Cigar Shop Notices Settlement Request
To customers and friends, note that all notes and accounts are due and must be settled to close out the merchandise. A settlement is required but no extra costs will be imposed.
Clocks of the Federal Building Tower Make a Practical Silence
The designer of the large clocks for the Federal building kept to essentials no numerals on the dials. The hands point to white lines where numbers would be, a fact noted after recent learning and painting of the clock faces.
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Federal Building
Detroit News
Reading Between Lines Sparks Mild Exchange
A brief comic clash unfolds as J Fuller Gloom scolds Al for missing meaning. The exchange pivots on blank spaces and a playful quip about swallowing 16 cents, revealing a lighthearted, magazine humor tone from the Kansas City Star.
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J. Fuller
Kansas City Star
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