Directory City Government and Local Officials Listing
A readably fragmentary directory shows aldermen trustees and county officials, listing names such as Miya T F Christian S A West Jos Townsend H Wimpy T Jackson and H Head with roles in city government. Additional entries name Rex Arnton and A McCain as treasurer J M Brooksher as secretary and a long roster of police tax assessors registrars road and revenue officials and Notary and Outsides Peace members. Church listings include Baptist Methodist and Church On Gub with pastors and service times.
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T. F. Christian
S. A. West
Jos
Townsend
H. Wimpy
T. & Jackson
H. Head
W. G. Davis
Guy Marsa
Trustees City
Suloul
Wile Arnton Hs Cats
Jola Ho Moore
A. McCain
J. M. Brooksher
Maryville Hosiery Mills Advertises Jobs in Local Notice
A local Maryville hosiery mill seeks new employees and lists basic hiring details in a brief community notice. The terse item notes workforce needs and anticipated openings at the facility.
Incident Soured Bill Hodge
The story recalls Bill Hodge a general store keeper teased by a returning native son who jokes about age and being called old. The exchange centers on the taunt old Bill while he challenges the narrator to recall his earliest memory of such praise.
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Henry P. Davidson
New York
Bankers
Bill Hodge
Bill
Hodge
Bill Ludge
Poor John Chooses Between Coat Prices
In a playful exchange a shopper insists there is no difference between a $30 coat and a $200 coat. The other character concedes and selects the pricier $200 coat, revealing a humorous decision over value.
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John
Billboards of the Air on Broadway Lamps and Lovew
The passage claims night lights along Broadway are observed by 250 billion people yearly. It notes signs use thousands of lamps with the largest panel at 17 266 lamps and an average of about 2000 lamps per prominent sign. Premium locations fetch high rents with roof rights costing up to thirty thousand dollars annually to block rivals.
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Broadway
Yana Language Features and Dialects in Northern California
The Yana language belongs to a distinct linguistic stock and once had three dialects, one extinct. It has two speech forms used in different social contexts, and largely relies on nouns and verbs with adjectives adverbs numerals pronouns and conjunctions formed from verbs.
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Northern
California
Long-awaited Czechoslovakian Legacy Revealed
Two Bratislavia residents receive a 50,000 dollar legacy from Bishop Joseph Tlorowitz of San Francisco after a 30 year wander to claim. The will, unopened until 1922, tied to the bishop who died eighty years ago, is disclosed by Prague correspondence in the New York Herald.
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Bratislavia
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Tlorowitz
San Francisco
Prague
New York Herald
Biarritz skyline challenged by hotels and iron shore
A Wide World Magazine essay denounces Biarritz for transforming the cliff edge into a built up sea front of hotels, bars, a casino, gardens, and cement walls. The piece contrasts the altered coast with Taïyenne and notes joyful crowds and dancing in the city square. Colonel Meinertzhagen explains how birds’ flight speeds were measured, showing swifts, waders, and other birds reach 20 to 50 mph, while planes routinely exceed these speeds.
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Biarritz
Wide World Magazine
Bay of Biscay
Teayenne
Meinertzhagen
Ife
Blueprint Printing Advances with Electric Arc Machines
Paris engineers showcase rapid blueprint production using arc lamp printers and synchronized paper tracings. A single device prints about 700 prints daily on three foot wide paper, while the advanced arclight printer washer and dryer named the hessel can output 60 to 400 feet of paper per hour, dried and ready for use.
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Paris
Washington Star
The Swift Family And The Diary Joke
A vaudeville sketch about a woman writing in a diary about life events prompts ten children to joke. Tommy quips that his mother has “a whole shelf full of those looks” as the family exits to avoid embarrassment.
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Swift
Tommy
Mudder
Indianapolis News
Impressed by Memory Amid Car Crash Remark
A Birmingham Age-Herald vignette recalls a crash victim who survives a flipped car and fixes on a billboard ad he read repeatedly while awaiting rescue. The exchange highlights memory over injury as he notes the ad’s persistence.
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Birmingham Age
Henald
Turkey as a Festive Symbol in Early American History
The piece traces how turkeys became linked to feasts from Pilgrim times when failed crops forced reliance on game. It cites New England lore noting large, 48 pound birds and describes how the Pilgrims used turkey as a centerpiece for bounty and celebration.
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New England
Lithography for the Artist Gains Musical Presence
The article notes lithography evolving from a neglected medium to a living, active form in the United States. Ten years earlier it was scarcely considered beside etching and spoken of as a stepchild. now its use by American artists is widespread and expressive.
Novel legged truck strides across deserts and swamps
A German engineered motor truck uses legs to traverse deserts swamps and rivers. It features two skid pairs one fixed while the other advances with the load. The vehicle can move backward pivot around its axles and walk sideways.
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Germany
Pillow Said to Be Washington's Original Headquarters
Visitors doubt the small crib pillow until the guide explains its value as Washington's original headquarters housed in a major museum. The artifact rests in a case labeled for a historic site.
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Sonor
Windom
Washington
Jumpy old man and corner loafer swap street crossing banter
A jittery elderly man asks to be escorted across the street. The corner loafer agrees and jokes about watching the man walk a couple blocks, keeping contact with a fireplug as a point of reference.
Her Oversight The Visitor
The piece questions whether the oldest sister is married and notes she focused on becoming a wife rather than pursuing a partner, suggesting she neglected to seek a suitable man.
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Philippa
Kipling References and Bank Heist Snippets in Local Riff
The text blends lines about Paris bound wealth and social echoes with fictional crime scenes. A bank cashier resists a robber’s demand, delaying capture and prompting neighbors to joke about a husky gal and a comic insect gun as they swap rugged slang.
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Kicker County
Gabe
Not Invited Dinner Guest Causes Goblet Breakage
An account recalls a dinner for four Sunday when a guest, the husband, and son left, a goblet was dropped and broken. Bobby apologizes, calming his mother with the remark it will be all right if the guest does not stay for supper.
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Bobby
Chicago Tribune
Good Roads Through Woods
The forestry service reports major work creating roads and trails through the woods. Last year 24 miles of roads cost 540,868 dollars and nearly 8,000 miles of trails cost 519,429 dollars.
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The
Forestry Service
Changeable Weather Quip From Melbourne
An exchange in the Bulletin Sydney remarks on Melbourne weather noting its fickle nature. The gag compares weather to something changeable that would have been changed long ago.
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Melbourne
Bulletin
Sydney
Exhausted Her Interest in This Neighborhood
A domestic exchange shows Mrs. Chatterton tired of repeating old neighbor details after a year in the same area. Her husband questions moving, though she voices weariness with constant talk about familiar neighbors.
Mules for sale in Dahlonega by J M Brooksh er
J M Brooksh er advertises the best lot of mules for sale in Dahlonega inviting interested buyers to come and see them. The notice presents a straightforward sales pitch without further details on price or quantity.
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Dahlonega
J. M. Brooksher
Georgia
Lumpkin County
Court of Ordinary
Dawson County
Gale Cash
J.M. Bearpen
Elijah Bennett
Public Shoe Sale Offer From Government Surplus Stock
Public notice advertises sale of 122000 pairs of U S Army Munson last shoes sizes 54 to 12, claiming they are entire surplus stock from a major government contractor. Purchases by mail or money order with delivery paid. refund promised if not as represented.
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Army Munson
U. S. Army
Munson
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R. H. Bakers
Miya
John Evans
G.vans
Whakree
K. O. Johson
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. B. Keith
Ounty Board OF Tan At Ho
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John H. Moore
Wot
Asi
O. Meaders
Creek
Luther Justus
J. Pcomby
L. B. Hatfield
Psinthee
J. SL. Wilkins
Wit
W.M. Wehant
Ipsu N.P
Tniinega
W. Py Rider
R. Hay
Nedcowi
Nhi Wibaen Linower
iNonbierte
Orak
Rendall
Ford
H. M. Poore
J. P. Nimblewilt
M. Calhoun
N. Porter
Ricketts
N M. Ouse Ieent
Wan Ohna
Birishp Bier
b.Gharemt
Baptist Church
Atay
W. Po Vyvans
Prendhiey
Prager
Miawisdiyatsi
Defenek Souuiny
O'ajooko Ds Speer
Supe
CHO Lot
W. Blake
Pastis Aerytens
F. Mpwartis League
Woor
Hightow
Hightow=ay
Praanyverlan
Rom Rey
Baker
Looolnek
Carson
Sup
Gub Rey
Gordon Watson
Hey
Sunty
Iarishe
Oroner
Mall
Hall
H. J, Cheney & Code
Ohio
J. P. Court
Notich
Parsons
Rie
Tdeal Hosiery Mills
Maryville
Tennessee
Sinsory
Legacy
Turkey
America
Charlie
Little Sister
Kipling
Lady
Judy O'Grady
607
Horace Hoe
Fred Jones
Gainesville
Frrp Jones
Mgr
Gainesville & Dahlonega
Avery & MoCture
U. S. Stores Company
New York City
Clarence Hat
W. J. & Kb. C. Palmour
National Bay State Shoe Company
New York, N. Y
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