Shoe on the trail sparks romance amid Sleepy Cat chaos
Christie Fyler flees Doctor Carey’s wing as Selwood confesses a lost fortune and the pair recall a fateful shoe found on the Crawling Stone trail. He hopes the shoe ties his life to a girl who might marry him, then reveals he burned his hall to end past troubles. Christie, torn between fear and love, embraces him as the scene ends.
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Christie
Selwood
Doc Carpy
Jon
John
Doctor Carey
Laliway
Christie Fyler
Sleepy Cat
Joe
SAWS By Viola Brothers Shore
The passage quotes lines about the Goose Bird and Gander from Viola Brothers Shore and discusses risk taking in men, behavior in women, and a social ball room, as well as a remark on lawsuits benefiting only doctors and lawyers. It contrasts fear with courage and ends with a reflection on value and views of justice.
First commercial telephone exchange switchboard history
Bell system historians showcase early apparatus at the Bell Telephone Historical Museum. The first New Haven exchange opened January 28 1878 serving 21 subscribers and printing the first telephone directory by February 21 as lines grew. The exhibit includes the original eight line Coy switchboard and the modern 10500 line board.
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Bell Telephone Historical Museum
W. C. PF. Farnall
Ticle
Farnell
W. L. Richards
New Haven
Hidden Codes Behind Phone Talk Revealed in Trade Notes
A Baltimore style note explains how long distance operators use codes to speed calls. It lists abbreviations like HY for busy and DA for no answer, and describes how further codes direct operators to alternate numbers or pages. A Nebraska lineman rewards faithful service with a guard dog that has logged 40,000 miles.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
James Smith
Miami
Coral Gables
Nebraska
Early boxing show sparks debate on first glove contest
The piece notes that while most credit 1892 with the first glove bout between John L Sullivan and James J Corbett, a French report from Aix la Chapelle on October 8 1818 describes an exhibition where two English boxers, shirtless and padded with gloves, fought fiercely until one landed a blow to the chest ending the match.
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John L. Sullivan
James J. Corbett
T. S. Andrews
Telly
Aix-la-Chapelle
France
Hercules
Old Grad Remembers Words From Commencement
An elderly graduate recalls his own school commencement and the principal’s homely, lasting advice about venturing into independence. He notes the appeal of beginning, the fear of the first plunge, and how enduring words outlast longer, more polished speeches.
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Springfield
Nature in First Rank as Great Illusionist
In Enos Mills Romance of Geology a western Utah tale recounts a mirage of a bighorn ram appearing to rise from a lake while a later scene shows six sheep knee-deep in shallow water. The illusion vanishes but the sheep remain, prompting reflections on nature as a first-hand illusionist.
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Enos Mills
Utah
Great Basin
Damo Nature
Invention of the sextant by Thomas Godfrey
The piece recounts how a Philadelphia glazier and inventor seen a sun reflection in a water-filled bucket led to the design of the sextant. It notes Godfrey's prior discovery of the idea, his background as a glazier, and his overlooked priority over Hadley and Newton-inspired designs.
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Thomas Godfrey
Godfrey
John Hadley Jad
Newton
Hadley
Dudley
Macriners
Philadelphia
Livy Manuscript Lost in Confusion at Fire
In a Constantinople city fire around 1800 a large folio Livy manuscript was found in the street among furniture and books. A French embassy secretary tried to buy the manuscript and hidden it under his robe to take it to his lodgings, but the crowded chaos separated them and the manuscript remained unrecovered.
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Constantinople
Market For Exchange
Postal Requirements for Mail Without Prepaid Postage
The act of July 3, 1926 allows hotel or ship room keys returned for mailing without prepayment of postage. Postage is collected from the addressee upon delivery at five cents per two ounces or fraction thereof, while prepaid postage would be one and a half cents per two ounces or fraction.
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Congress
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
Frank H. Spearman
Charles Scribner’s Sons
W.N.U. Service
Viola Brothers
Wanhpaper
Midway
Chicago
Thomas Jones
Canal
Cincinnati
Jones
Nature
Sailora
Agia Dia
Reniportonen
Chevrolet
Poupe
Gis
Landau
America
Fisher
Den-Mar Mobile Company
Haarlem
C. H. Dean
Queen Anne
Tuckehoe Bridge
Ida Glover
ALBA
Alba Marl Lime Co
Charles Town, W. Va
E. M. Willey
Hobbs, Md
Del
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust Building
Baltimore, Md
Elkton, Md
Prince Albert
P. A
P. A. Buyatin
Pringe Albert
R. J. Reynolds
Winston-Salem, N.C
P. A. Ty
THE
Goldsboro Bank
Idro Bank
the Goldsboro Bank
Scedsbery
Maryland
Robert Jarrell, JR
Worms
J. W. Shively
Goldsboro, Maryland
James J. Ross
Cecil C. Fulton
Sec’y Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
Delavaware
J.T. Carter & Son
L. Irving Jones
Dentos
Greensboro
Ald
Clare N. Payne
Agt
Preston
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