City officials and church leaders listed in local directory
City government officers, trustees, clerks, and educators are enumerated alongside church pastors and Sunday activities. Names include Moore, Townsend, Smith, Baker, Evans, Blake, Wyley, Speer, and others, with roles in county offices, roads, education, police, notaries, and religious congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. HW
Moore
West
Jos
Townsend
TJ. Smith
F Jacksonson
W. H. Jone
Guy Murs
Wmn
Blousley
Trustees City School
WFP Gas Lot Eye Vee
Treas
John Hi
Moore J. M. Brooksher
A.W. Cain
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. B. Keith
County Board OF Education
W. B. Lowe
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowdy
C.D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. JL. Ash
R. C. Meaders
T. F
Speer
Supt. Methodist Church
J. W. Blake
Epworth League
Lamar Weaver
M.A. Wyley
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
Lo O’clock
J. GC. Carson
Non-Burning Wood Invention Tested In England
An American invention to render wood noninflammable was tested on a considerable scale in England. The process withdraws sap by evaporation in heated vacuum chambers and forces a fire proofing solution into the timber pores under hydraulic pressure. It is claimed treated wood resists decay and fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Washington Star
Wonders Host Invites to Stamp Collection Visit
Wonders Host boasts of dangerous adventures while gathering hunting trophies and invites the guest to see his stamp collection at his home, as noted in Tit-Bits.
Java Imports Much Cotton
In tropical Java the Dutch East Indies rely on cotton goods as a major import. Java ranks as the world’s third largest cotton importers, with supply shifting from Holland and England to Japan and the United States since the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Dutch East Indies
Holland
England
Japan
United States
Something Just as Good
A brief dialog captures a domestic exchange where a young husband questions a wife about her inability to make hats dresses bread or pies and she replies with a witty remark that she can make purchases instead. The exchange highlights practical dependency on external goods and a light humorous tone.
Masai Insight Shocked by White-Man Practices
In Llewelyn Powys's account for the New York Evening Post, Masai people are portrayed as intelligent yet bound by ancient prejudice. The story centers on a dairyman who starves calves to milk cheese, a practice the Masai view as a blasphemous betrayal of their gods and livelihood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protectorate
Llewelyn Powys
New York Evening Post
Africa
African Rifles
Ngal
Made Life of Poet Happy and Frugal Marriage
Marianne Kent, wife of eccentric poet Leigh Hunt, defied her parents to marry at under twenty. Poor finances and Hunt’s lack of business sense tested them, yet she managed the home with tact and sweetness. They shared a life of contentment until her early death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Kent
Leigh Hunt
Hunt
Marianne
Ten Cent Shows Become An Orchestra Lesson
A ten year old boy from a small town arriving in Indianapolis recounts a downtown theater visit. He had 50 cents but left after discovering the concert cost 85 cents. He explains the 35 cents was for the orchestra music, with box seats at 50 cents, totaling 85 cents. The tale shows price differences between childhood memories and city theater pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Indianapolis
Orchestra
Indianapolis News
Sex Differences Observers Quip About Manners
A Boston Transcript remark notes party behavior differences. One quote says men eat what they shouldn’t while women refrain from saying something they shouldn’t. Another compares male vanity seeking praise to a woman scrutinizing her own reflection in the mirror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Lifesavers of Cresswell Stir Coast Guard History
Stirring account from Ship News outlines the Cresswell coast guard detachment on the Northumberland coast near Newcastle upon Tyne. It highlights female volunteers including 75 year old Mrs Margaret Armstrong and wives of crew leaders. They join lifeboat crews in storms, aiding rocket apparatus and rescue efforts with fearless devotion and teamwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cresswell
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Northumberland
England
William Brown
James Brown
Hawaiian Fish Dragon Looms In Ocean Mystery
A Honolulu yarn tells of a 1650 pound fish caught at 1200 feet off Waianae on Oahu by a Japanese fisherman. Exhibited at Aala markets, it was silver with scarlet fins and a long spotted dorsal. Prof Edmondson could not classify the bizarre find, drawing crowds and a peek booth at the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hawaiian
Waianae Beach
Oahu
Aala
C. H. Edmondson
University of Hawaii
Monarch's Odd Pastime Crochet by Danish King Revealed
The King of Denmark enjoyed crochet from a young age, kept secret due to parents' view it as effeminate. Queen Alexandra owns a shawl crafted by his hands, illustrating his hidden talent.
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Denmark
Queen Alexandra
Proceeding With Caution in a Domestic Exchange
A playful exchange between Angelina and Edwin unfolds about cooking before marriage. Edwin urges quick trial on her family to gauge reaction, while Angelina confesses limited cooking skill yet vows effort after marriage. The dialogue hints at pre wedding nerves and future domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelina
Edwin
Bird Returns on Schedule at Nebraska Nesting Site
An ornithologist from the University of Nebraska notes the brown thrasher shows a remarkable sense of time. For four consecutive years the brown thrasher inhabiting a specific tree in the professor's yard has arrived on April 19, despite varying seasonal weather.
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State University of Nebraska
Buying Second Hand Junk in New York City
A reflective column notes the mania for old junk among New York residents. It argues the appeal lies not in trash but in second hand provenance, as buyers seek pieces stamped with others’ approval and chase bargains until funds run out. It observes both men and women participate, driven by impulse rather than need.
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New York City
Delighting in Marionettes Across Cities and Ages
A New York writer notes that delight in marionette entertainments endures from Tony Sarg in New York to Venetian traditions on Adriatic shores. In Venice children favor dolls enacting Romeo and Juliet and Hans Christian Andersen tales with four foot high figures. Thursdays serve as school holidays in Italy for puppet shows. The stage features numerous characters controlled by a single puppeteer who directs entrances, exits, and spoken lines. Punch and Judy is less common than fairy tales and Shakespeare in children’s matinee drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Sarg
New York
Adriatic
Hans Christian Andersen
Sherlock Holmes
Italy
Venice
Frigate Bird's Endurance in Flight Stages
In the Buffalo Express excerpt, the frigate bird is praised for unyielding audacity and extraordinary flight. The bird reportedly travels hundreds of miles from land, circles upward toward its Island home before sunset, and is said to sleep on the wing. The narrator ranks it just behind the albatross in aeronautic endurance defying common limits.
Sugar Fungus Discoveries In Sugar Storage
An expert from the Department of Agriculture reports that a microscopic fungus causes spoilage in granulated sugar stored in damp places. The organism forms threads and round bodies, can be cultivated, and allows inoculation tests on sugar. Three species were found in barrels of spoiled sugar. the fungus also grows on cooked vegetables and mainly on raw vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Boy Answers Call From Mother in Yard
In a brief exchange a mother calls for Bobby, a boy among several children playing in a yard. After being ignored for about five minutes, she shouts Robert, and he drops his toys and runs away claiming she is mad.
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Bobby
Robert
Fortunes and folly in legendary gold and diamonds
A survey of historic gold and diamond finds from around the world. Tasmania’s road work uncovers rich road-metal and gold, Santa Barbara poultry yields quirked riches, a Chilean foundation stone hides gold, a 160 pound nugget story, Klondike bonanzas, and Mexico’s San Luis Potosi silver windfalls. South African diamonds enter as a romance of chance, with O'Reilly and the Van Nickerck tale ending in lessons of luck and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasmania
Golden Mara
Warratinna
Santa Barbara
Cal
London
Chile
Klondike
Flores
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Bolados
John O’reilly
van Nickerck
O'Reilly
Cape Town
Colesberg
Nickerck
Lark's Intrepidity Amid Battle Hymns
In a London Morning Post column, a Ways of the World correspondent praises the sky lark for singing amid battle. He recalls May 9 amid Festibut and Richebourg near German breastworks as shells explode and machine-gun fire rains down, yet the bird remains calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Morning Post
France
Belgium
Richebourg
Blanks for Notes and Deeds at the Nugget Office
The Nugget Office advertises space for keeping notes options and land deeds and other court blanks. The notice signals availability for document storage and related clerical tasks in a local office setting.
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Nugget Office
Keeping Up With Lizzie by Bacheller Found for Girl Reader
A thirteen year old girl at a branch library asks for a girls only book she can finish. The assistant suggests options like Little Women and Six Girls but none fit. As a last resort she improvises and names Keeping Up With Lizzie by Bacheller, which matches the request.
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Lizzie
Bacheller
First Aid Laughs From A London Fainting Rescue
Crook tells a pal he helped a man who fainted and loosened his collar tie pin and watch chain to aid his breathing. The London quip humorously records the improvised first aid tip in street slang.
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Crook
Pal
London
Paris Adon a perfect 66 and Parisian beauty Hoffman
Paris Adon is described as a perfect 66 and the handsomest man in France. M Hoffman of Paris weighs 210 pounds with a 68 inch waist. A tactful exchange follows about not attending the theater with Miss Cayenne and mother, citing the show would not permit a gentleman to be at ease with ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Adon
France
M. Hoffman
Miss Cayenne
Senator Sor ghum Seeks Auditor Clarity in Report
In a measured exchange he asks if his ideas were made perfectly clear to auditors. He adds he hopes some auditors will visit to explain them, showing a readiness to engage directly with fiscal scrutiny and improve understanding.
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Sorghum
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R. E. Baker
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D. D. Johnson
Church OF God
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Dahlonega, Ga
Watkins
J. R. Watkinson
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