Woman's courage foils bandits at Oklahoma bank
Mary Garlinghouse, cashier of the State Bank of Vera, Oklahoma, recounts fending off two armed robbers in a Western bank. She items a tense struggle, subdues one bandit, a second dies later in a closet, and Constable Mosby intervenes as shots ring out.
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American Bankers Association
Chicago
Lttle
Western Bank
Mary Garlinghouse
State Bank
Vera
Oklahoma
Association
Constable Mosby
Mosler
Fr. C. Lapsley
Ed. Mosby
Mosby
Mythical Snake Tales From South Atlantic Regions
The text discusses feared snakes called born snakes, including the Wampum snake, described as harmless and burrowing creatures. It notes two related species, detailing color descriptions such as a blue black top with three red marks and flesh colored underside for one, and a bluish black body with red abdominal bands for the other.
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South Atlantic
Megroes
Conmon
South
Use of Stethoscope Old Medical Custom
Sir William Hale White, president of the Royal Society of Medicine, argues doctors overemphasize chest tapping over stethoscope use. Observers note chest tapping is a remote custom and Laennec first used the stethoscope. The chest exam involves patients pronouncing words like ninety nine to aid confirmation of findings.
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William Hale White
Royal Society of Medicine
Toronto Globe
Laennec
Waterloo
Warden Had Some Good Picking on the Side
A historical note details lax emoluments of the Tower of London warden under Elizabeth I. His nominal salary was about 500 dollars annually, with many privileges. Political prisoners received large allowances for their upkeep, and the warden collected various prerogatives—from seized cattle and air carts to Thames flotsam and jetsam, swans, wine, seafood, and hides.
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Tower of London
London Ridge
Thames
Bordeaux
London
East Smithfield
Tower
Old Hen's Christmas Gift Tale
An attorney and chicken fancier spends much on fancy hens failing to yield eggs. After months he finds four eggs on Christmas morning each bearing the greeting Merry Christmas from the Old Hen. He rushes to show them to his wife, who discovers the eggs bear the same message.
Siam the One Town State of Siam
A Detroit News writer notes Siam as a country of one town with Bangkok as the centralized seat of government and residence for the king and most officials. The capital houses official life, leisure, and the European view of Siam, making Bangkok the focal point for foreigners and commerce in the nation.
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Siam
Detroit News
Bangkok
Mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights Solved
Nature Magazine notes that the Andes host dramatic lightning phenomena and that similar diffuse discharges occur elsewhere. It recalls past American reports of the Brown Mountain lights in North Carolina, now explained as locomotive and automobile headlight beams or other human sources.
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Andes
Nature Magazine
Ameriea
North Carolina
Roman Theater Unearthed Near Ferentinum Discovery
Scientific American reports a Roman theater remains dating to the second century found in a Ferentinum garden about fifty miles south of Rome. The 65 foot diameter structure lies near Monti Lepini and the Sacco valley, along the Rome Naples railway route. Ferentinum, once a Hernsi city, was destroyed then rebuilt as a Roman colony chosen by Horace as a tranquil retreat for Romans.
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Ferentino
Rome
Naples
Ferentinum
Livy
Ponte
Horice
Scientific American
Boy Knew His Business Salt Cloth Tale
The Peters family brings home a cloth piece to have a salt made. The scene shows the family examining the goods on the table with praise for quality and pattern. Ronald is asked for his opinion, turns the fabric, and the father scolds him for looking at the wrong side.
To Walk Spanish Origin and Meaning in Slang Usage
The phrase Walk Spanish refers to forcing a person to walk on tiptoe as if being walked to the plank by Spanish pirates. It describes an old boys game of grabbing at the collar and seat of the trousers to compel movement.
Old Salem's Link to Bells Telephones and Seafaring Days
Old Salem, famed for seafaring heritage and Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables, played a pivotal role in early telephone history. Bell demonstrated the speaking telephone here on February 12 1877 via telegraph lines to an audience in Salem with Watson in Boston. By 1924 Salem housed 7601 telephones, reflecting rapid growth since 1885 when only 332 existed.
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Old Salem
New England
Seven‘seas
Ind
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sanders
Alexander Graham Bell
Professor Bell
Easex Institute
Salem
Mase
Institute
Dr. Bell
Thomas A. Watson
Bell Laboratory
Exeter Place
Boston
Mr. Watson
New England Company
North Shore
Bell
Calvert C. Merriken
Caroline County
Geo. A. Deakyne
Language of the telephone linemen reveals a throwback slang
A journalist describes the unique vernacular of telephone linemen from boss to grunt and tools. Terms like ticks, straw ass, bug hunter, spurs, safety, dinkey, dolley, deadman, and jumper populate their daily talk across the country.
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Abilene
Texas
Keene
N. H
Walla Walla
Washington
Fneman
Lneman
Tragedy and Comedy On Stage Remind of Life
Axiomatic reflection traces tragedy to stage lessons reminding audiences that events follow nature and should not disturb them. After tragedy, old comedy emerged with bold speech, warning against insolence through plain talk as a civic reminder.
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Muarcus
Aurelius
Few Druses in America
A brief sketch of Druses in the United States notes a small, mixed-origin sect linked to Syria. Their faith blends elements of Mosaic law, Christian Gospels, and Sufi allegory with the Koran, includes belief in soul transmigration with progress, and promotes abstinence from wine and tobacco, profanity, and obscenity.
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Syria
United State
Fragmented Old Riley Dialogue From Kansas City Star
A fragmented OCR style snippet shows a rural Tennessee style exchange with misheard quotes about rheumatism and insults. The dialogue includes names like Noctor Slash Petunia and Squire Peavy and ends with a rough expression about eating too much and rheumatism.
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Kansas City Star
King Hussein Uses Fiat Phones in Mecca Rule
A Mecca telephone rule lets only the King’s line work during calls. An automatic device instantly disconnects all other telephones when the King’s receiver is lifted, keeping Mecca communications exclusive to his instrument.
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Mecca
Hussein
Hedjaz
New Zealand Herald
Hing Hussein
Ingenious Scheme Keeps Parental Line Intact
In Adventure Magazine and reports from the New Hebrides, elders are kept alive by adopting sons or daughters from nearby villages. The adopted child takes the deceased’s name and status, preserving lineage though causing family confusion. A visitor quips that they even marry their granddaughters there.
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J. D. ‘Newson
Adventure
Haga
New Hebrides
We-Fone-U Stores Introduce Casual Cash and Carry Shift
The We-Fone-U chain opens in the South with Tampa as the first location. They cut overhead by new operation methods while keeping sales and delivery services. Stores avoid high rent districts and may sit on side streets as long as orders are filled on schedule and to customers’ satisfaction.
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South
Tampa
Florida
Office boys rise to top in Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Ability, like murder, will out, and the telephone business is no exception. Figures show at least seventy five officials of Chesapeake and Potomac started as office boys or junior clerks and rose through the ranks to positions such as Vice-President and General Manager. The story highlights Burdett Stryker and S. M. Greer among others who advanced from apprentice roles to executive posts, including managers in the West Virginia Division.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Telephone
Washington
Baltimore
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
Burdett Stryker
S. M. Greer
Maryland
P. Territory
oMce
West Virginia
Telephone Installed On New Memorial Drawbridge
A telephone has been placed in the tower house on the Memorial drawbridge spanning the Piscataqua River linking Portsmouth New Hampshire and Kittery Maine. The installation was not easy and uses a counter balanced rubber covered cable. One difficulty was ensuring satisfactory service while the bridge is raised. The bridge cost about two million dollars to construct.
Paris bigger city than Chicago with telephones
Paris is a larger city than Chicago yet Chicago has three times as many telephones as Paris. The statement contrasts city size with telephone counts, noting Chicago leads in phone numbers relative to Paris.
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Paris
Chicago
Parla
Dyeing for Telephone
The Chicago Works of the Western Electric Company uses dyed cotton or wool yarn in over a thousand parts for telephone apparatus. A modern dyeing plant there processes about 90,000 pounds of yarn monthly, enabling color coding across wires and components for easy identification.
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Chicago Works
Western Electric Company
Parachute Hauls Painter Up Smokestack
A fireman devised a parachute that fits inside a tall steel smokestack to raise a painter. The device uses a draft to lift the parachute, then a rope is pulled upward to hoist the tackle and painter safely.
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Popular Mechanics
Stop Child's Cough Duick Today
Cough can develop into croup or a dangerous condition. After a child cough, give Kemp's No old-fashioned medicine. It heals the throat and stops the cold from spreading. Only 20 cents at all stores.
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Teford
USA
Kemp's
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Knights of Pole
America
King's Fiat
Chesapeake and Potomac
F. W. Redden
Oteka
G. T. Redden
Louis JU. Knotts, JR
William J. Rickards
Albert E Schuh
John G. Redden
Denton Drug Company
Circuit Court
Chy
William J. Richards
Lewin W. Wickes
Nisi
Marionee Beck, Lida Stanford Et al
Circuit Court For
In Equity
Equity
W. Brewster Deen
A. Deakyne
Fes
Geo. A Deakyne
Calvert Co
William Hutchinson
Fanniie Hutchinson
Carolina County
Albert E. Schuh
GEO. A
Eaexae
True Pope
Eee
Deakyne
M. K. Newnam
Sable
Peter T, Clark
Dentoton, Md
Kemp
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust
Elkton
ST. Paul
Portland Cement Association
Union Teoost
Washington, D. C
The
Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro
BANK
Robert Jarrell, JR
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