Local notes from Rudyard and area mix with holiday travels
Postmaster N L Field visits Rudyard while several residents plan trips and work changes. J W Moffit Jr travels to Detroit for holidays. 3B Robinson becomes electrician at Algoma Steel. Jermr Dacy arrives from Garden River to run a lumber camp. Soo club plans a second card night. Mrs BE Be Wes returns from Chicago. Tarkingtons go to Kokomo for a wedding. Fort Brady and promotions noted. Be W Fort Brady travels toward Detroit for an exam. Ben H Jacobi of Wangie Tie Co. heads to DeTour for holidays with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riss Lilian Vaughan
Leader
N. L. Field
Rudyard
Wasa
John W. Moffit, Jr
Jesterday
Detroit
Robinson
Algoma Steel Co. Canadian
Jermr Dacy
Garden River
Soo Club
BE. Be Wes
Chicaso
W. H. Cregg
J.B. Tarkington
Kokomo
Ing
Cloughnzn-Tarkington
Iedt
D. BE. W. Fort Brady
Teff Warne
Ben H. Jacobi
EB. E. Wangie Tie Co
Unclear quotation on singing wife and anxious husband
A fragmented Philadelphia Tress quote from Detroit Free Press notes a cheerful wife who believed she could sing well enough to survive tough times, paired with a pessimistic husband. The text references failing to read the lesson and a design cover. details are incomplete and context limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deai
Philadelphia
Barmont
Detroit Free Press
Holiday Gift Boxes at The Leader on Ashmun Street
The Leader on 510512 Ashmun Street describes fancy holiday packaging and boxes for gloves neckwear suspenders and similar items. It notes boxes labeled with The Compiments of the Season and urges customers to ask for a fancy box when purchasing such goods, highlighting the store's display of pantherela and other assortments.
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Ashmun Street
Unclear fragments reflect colorful odds and Danish notes
A garbled mix of anecdotes and misread text mentions a New York man and red Trish setters at a gamble venue and a joke about fine animals. It then shifts to a church remark about Bible quotes and a Danish note praising old people in Denmark with a spa and cheap daily costs, all poorly transcribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Denmark
Korean Schools and Mastery in White Robes
A fragment describes Korean schools with a white robed master who wears spectacles and wields a rod to curb errors. Boys study in bare feet under stern discipline, while scholars chant lessons aloud, focusing on Chinese and Korean terms, with Greek alphabet drills and heavy repetition.
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Arean
Sta- Galis
Watt
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs W T Rains
A daughter was born last night to Mr and Mrs W T Rains, marking a new addition to the family. The providers reported all well as relatives share in the happy news.
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Mr. and
Brady Street
Dwinburne Learns and Afghan Duel in Silent Fragments
A fragmentary notice surveys critics of King Lear and compares Shakespeare to rival poets, noting a Victorian flippancy toward Wit and Genius. It then recounts a fatal Afghan duel where an English officer kills a chief but is mortally struck by his sword. The piece closes with a brief ad for novelty calendars and Christmas goods from Fred R. Price & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwinburne
King Lear
Algernon Chiries Senbutse
Harper's
Eschyius
Wetten Prophets
Craitor
Job
Coleridge
Nan
Wode
The Fair Promotes Christmas Goods Clearance
The Fair urges shoppers to buy before the four day sale end. The store advertises complete stock of Christmas goods and crowded aisles with satisfied customers. It claims best goods at cheapest prices and encourages early shopping to avoid crowds.
Arbitration prospects in Venezuela crisis amid Allied positions
Secretary Hay reports partial replies from Great Britain Germany and Italy on a proposal to arbitrate the Venezuela dispute with safeguards. Britain favors arbitration with safeguards Germany accepts in principle but demands many adjustments Venezuela is cautious but open, while the United States seeks to avoid backing private claims. Germany's answer is ready and Berlin notes delays loom.
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Washington
Dec
Sebratary
Har
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Kali
London
Berlin
Rome
Hay
England
Venezuela
United States
Starantor
South
Central America
Michael Herbert
Depew
State Department
Reuters Telegram Company
Caracas
Castro
Bowen
Ect
Venezela
American Sault Paper Co to Build New Plant
Directors in session in this city plan a new American Sault Paper Co plant with pulp mill. Expect construction to start soon and operate at full capacity within fifteen months, with architect Orbison praising the site as ideal. J J Warren may become plant superintendent, weighing a relocation from Brownsville. The firm already owns twenty years of pulpwood supply tied to local rail routes.
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American Sault Paper Co
Perry
Orbison
J. J. Warren
Brownsville
N.Y
Warren
Holland Joins Dutch Warships Curacao Dispatch
Market quotations note posted at 2 PM by Laidley Commission Co. A Hague dispatch reports Holland sending warships to Curacao to shield Dutch subjects and monitor Venezuela events, with possible Allied action participation. Verdict in Sharkey case is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree with mercy recommendation.
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Laidley Commission Co
Paris
Hague
Holland
Curacao
Venezuela
New York
Thos. J. Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
Mercer
Great Sale of Christmas Handkerchiefs at Blumrosen’s
Blumrosen’s advertises a Christmas handkerchief sale with men’s and ladies’ options. Handkerchiefs include thundering initials 20 cents each or three for 50 cents, six in a fancy box for $1, 16 for 50 designs of lace edge or Swiss embroidery at 15 cents for plain hem stitched Irish linen, and silk initial handkerchiefs in all letters at 56 cents. Includes calico boxed handkerchiefs priced around 31.06 and boxes for gifts.
Quaggas vanish and love curves in old notices
The quagga, a zebra wild-ass mix, vanished from Africa with only imperfect remnants in European zoos. In South Africa its extinction was driven by Dutch farmers hunting for hide and flesh. Elsewhere Curiously named in South Attica, the name was misapplied to Burchell's zebra. Also notes on love’s final age and tips about high costs in St. Petersburg, including servants, meals, and carriages.
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Hias
Burchell
Quagga
London Zoological Society
St Petersburg
Henry Normen
Russia
St. Petersburg
Bare Feet and Earth in Medical Theory
A historical note argues barefoot contact with earth creates a natural electrical conductor, allowing atmospheric electricity to pass harmlessly through a person to the ground. The text suggests shoes insulate and reduce the perceived benefits, claiming feet on the ground benefit nervous people and all.
Ragpickers of Paris and City Refuse Trade
In Paris the city provides large boxes at each house for unwanted goods. Servants throw out items of food and clothing and the ragpickers search them each morning before the city carts the rest away. About fifty thousand ragpickers reportedly earn ten thousand dollars daily from their digs.
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Paris
Miss Rosen Relocated to 544 Bingham Avenue
Miss EB. A. Rosen, nurse, has been moved to 544 Bingham Avenue. Contact phone T1. 12-38-bi. If you buy candy at Comb's it is guaranteed freshly made. Lite.
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EB. A. Rosen
Bingham Avenue
Comb’s
Dyspepsia Advice From a Quack Vendor
A fragment shows a doctor and a dubious vendor offering cheap chewing taifrs for dyspepsia, charging two dollars. The ad-like dialogue mimics sensational patent medicine pitches and street sales language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Qpack
Between court house and Press Bill Bers run
Bizarre fragmented note lists four Bers. and a run ticket. Finder asked to return to this office with unclear details.
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Court House
Holiday Sale at Cash Department Store Ad
Cash Department Store offers 20 percent off on dress goods until Christmas. Advertises fancy holiday goods, men’s felt shoes, outing flannel, and various groceries. Includes prices for nuts, dried fruit, coffee, buckwheat, maple syrup, canned strawberries, apples, laundry soap, lima beans, and more.
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Xmas Shopping
Blumrosen Bros
Monte Carlo
Coats
Ashman Street
Eatra Sale
Brother Dickey
Chilan
Wwe
Atlanta Constitution
Purshall S& Toorsals
Gred
Fred
R. Price & Co
Fred R. Price & Co
Britain
United 7 States
Berlina
Peru
Lima
Charlie Kaiser
S. E. Clark Co
Mm Street
Adam Schaat
Soo Furniture Co
Congress
Ashman St. J
Boston Copper
And
Briggs
Phoenix
Ode Island
Atlantic
Santa Fe
Copper Range
U.S. Ing
Dales Ictoria
Mohawe
Dominion
Dely West
Atchison Conn
M.sat
Amer. Smelter
Atchison
Esse Ae Balt
Norfolk& West
Brookisn
E_T. ae & Ohio
TOL Gan
Pacific
Aces
Pennsylvanica
Det
Hudson
St Paul
L. S& Cons
Great Western
Jersey
Louis
Union Pacific
Union Pac
USS
Pia. S. Comn
Metropolitan
Western Union
Chicago
Blumrosen
Prenzlauer Bros
Christmlas
Hovre
Dorothy Dix
Ainslee
Combs
Jay York
California
Joel
New California
York State
W. F. Ferguson & Co
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