Crary News Roundup Highlights Local Travel and Bridge Plans
Oraft, Lakota visitors and St Paul trips fill social pages while Crary residents cheer a bridge project. J.W. Orchard leaves station for Larimore as new station agent. Macabees report a record turnout and banquet. A convention at Devils Lake aims to open reservation settlement. County commissioners inspect Odessa Narrows site. a bridge plan garners strong local support and a dinner gathering solidifies plans.
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M. Crary
H. A. Nicholson
F. R
Stevens
Odessa Narrows
van Liew
Day
Anderson
North Star
Y M C A Bible Reading Next Sunday at Four
The Y M C A president will conduct Bible Reading at 4 PM with the topic Prayer in The Acts The Prayer Habit. The following Sunday Professor Bangs will lead the meeting.
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Bangs
Balzac and the art of flawless revision in print
The passage contrasts Balzac’s relentless self editing with Dumas and Hugo. It describes Balzac’s rapid drafting, iterative proofs, and the typographers’ fatigue as he appended corrections into giant sheets, finally reaching the Bon a tirer moment.
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Balzac
Dumas
Bever
Hugo
General Grant Admits A Historic Blunder
In Liverpool, General Grant meets a local volunteer strategist who questions a Civil War move using maps. Grant breaks his usual reserve and declares a decisive error saying Infernal blunder. The man is then courteously dismissed after the exchange.
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General Grant
Liverpool
Gute Eral
Grant
Sir Edward Russell
A Natural Mistake at Trial In Ohio
A few years before his death Allen G Thurman of Ohio was engaged as counsel in a lawsuit heard by a country judge in a central state town. Opposing Judge Thurman was Cassidy a young lawyer with pompadour hair who took himself very seriously. During the trial Thurman called him Mr Necessity. Cassidy stood and reminded the court his name was Cassidy. Finally after te
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Allen G. Thurman
Ohio
Thurman
Cassidy
Attorney Cas sidy Refuses to Name His Case in Court
In a Chicago Times Herald report a pompous attorney repeats his name Cas sidy during a tense exchange. The opposing counsel is teased as persistently confusing Cas sidy with Necessity, prompting a quip about law and confusion in the courtroom.
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Cassidy
Thurman
Chicago Times-Herald
First Telescopic Comet Observed By Miss Mitchell
Anella N Bots ford in The Mother of the Stars notes Miss Mitchell observed a new comet from an observatory night after inviting guests. Mitchell confirmed the sight to her father, who agreed it was a true comet. The discovery earned a Danish king prize medal long offered for such a find.
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Miss Mitchell
Denmark
First Discoverer of a Telescopic Comet Mentioned
The fragment notes the first discoverer of a telescopic comet being struck off and forwarded to her, indicating a formal or clerical action affecting the discoverer.
Unspoken Hint Sparks Breezy Talk in Washington Stir
A breezy Washington stir features a quoted exchange about a man called insulting yet silent. The speaker claims no direct contact with the other person and cites no behind back remarks as none that can be told. The odd comment about a story being interrupted by a look at a block adds curiosity to the brief exchange.
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Washington
Riasto First Actor Praised Yet Critics Differ
The Planet critic hailed Riasto as having rare acting merit while The Daygleam offered a harsher view. A Boston Transcript note records the split, with one critic praising the performance and another labeling it the worst he has seen.
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The
Planet
Daygleam
Boston Transcript
Russian sect performs mass self cremation ritual
In a remote Russian village near Kaspol the Begonny sect envisions liberty and power through voluntary cremation. Four families vanished into a giant oven choosing death while others prayed, wept, and kissed the charred remains in an ecstatic display.
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Begonny
Ternowo
Kaspol
The Queer Crustacean Interesting Lobster Shell Change
The New York Tribune notes lobsters change shells several times as juveniles then settle to fewer molts with age. The process includes days of convulsions and partial shell shedding until the lobster emerges with a new shell, its body exposed and tail still covered, before finishing the molt and resting.
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Epicures
New York Tribune
Nerve in Illinois Prison Leaders Story
A New York Sun account recalls Warden McClaughry famed for calm nerve. A convict tries a sneaky attack in Joliet, only to face a loaded revolver and a decision that frees him after dismissal papers arrive.
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McClaughry
Chief McClaughry
Chicago
State Penitentiary
Joliet
Illinois
Sherlock Holmes
McClanghry
New York Sun
Neither Saved Nor Parned
A columnist contrasts railroad speed registers used on trains with a humorous exchange about value. It cites Jay Gould and Russell Sage, noting the gauge shows speed but may not save or earn money, then shifts to a quotation on the road to success emphasizing industry and honesty over talent.
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Jay Gould
Russell Sage
Lim
Mr. Gould
Mr. Sage
Chicago
Shooting Stars and Lost Perfumes Told in Quick Snippets
Sir Robert Ball advised stargazers to lie back and watch the sky for shooting stars. Bottles of perfume and jars of pomade undisturbed were recovered from Herculaneum and Pompeii. Children need more models than critics.
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Robert Ball
Anyne
Herculaneum
Pompeii
The Chariot of Old in Antiquity and War
A Scientific American summary describes ancient chariots from two-wheeled frames to the Fourteenth Century B C. It notes construction with wooden bodies bronze or iron tires fossil bone pins and ivory studs and explains their use in battle pursuit and racing. It compares Egyptian Assyrian Greek Persian and Roman types and suggests chariots moved from battlefield to hippodrome.
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Archeological Museum of
Florence
Scientific American
No Excuse For Chimneys In Modern Homes
A New York Press editorial argues against chimneys and fireplaces in modern houses heated from the cellar. It notes old drafts cause colds and cold feet, calls gas logs a nuisance and sham, and asserts chimney use remains unnecessary in updated homes.
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New York Press
Harrowing Report From Ons Tagore Record
A fragmentary note references a violent incident with South Africa involvement and a brutal slaughter. Details are sparse but hint at a contentious conflict and public alarm. The passage conveys shock and urgency through quoted exclamations from Ons tago Record.
Dead Gone in Brooklyn Life Verse Exchange
A dramatic exchange in Brooklyn Life unfolds with a defiant plea and a chilling response as a speaker asks for a life sacrifice while another contemplates imminent death in a stark urban vignette.
Cuckoo Clock Story From Michigan Alumni Smokers
A Detroit World Press tale from a Chicago smoker recounts a University of Michigan alumnus on the South Side with a two story brick home. After a late banquet, he tried removing his shoes quietly, but a slip drew his wife’s alarmed question. The clock loudly cackled as the cuckoo cried three times, leaving him to awkwardly “cuckoo” the other shoe in front of his startled spouse.
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University of Michigan
Chicago
Charles
Detroit
How He Spent the Balance
A tale where Ab Simpkins accepts charity then spends the remaining balance from a grocery order on food and a phonograph. The narrator notes Ab’s thrift and questions charity’s reach as the tale ends with the balance being used for music rather than essentials.
Dress Suit Swap Prank Delivers Laugh in Albany
In Albany a prank unfolds during a legislative session. Grady expects to wear his evening dress suit, but Creamer swaps it with a rainy day outfit. As the room fills, the ruse ends with Creamer stunned and Grady’s suit revealed. The line ends with a quip about cigars on the house.
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Albany
Thomas F. Grady
Grady
Thomas J. Creamer
I T
Creamer
Timothy D. Sullivan
Sullivan
Coggeshall
Ahearn
Coffey
Featherson
Martin
McCarren
New York Journal
Trick of Sleight of Hand Man by M. Binet
The Anne Psychologique article by M. Binet argues that sleight of hand relies on mental suggestion rather than skill alone. A skilled prestidigitateur shapes the spectator's will, often guiding choices toward certain numbers, with five favored and seven commonly chosen while one is rare.
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Anne Psychologique
M. Binet
Imagination and a Napoleonic Misperception
A Frenchman during a Napoleonic campaign was knocked by a spent cannon ball and believed both legs were missing. He endured hours of agony on the ground fearing to move. The next day a medical officer asked what happened, and the man replied that the cannon ball had carried off both his legs, asking to be touched gently.
Oratory of Gallerus in Ireland a thousand years preserved
The Oratory of Gallernus at Dingle County Kerry is described as the oldest Christian structure in Ireland. Its age and preservation suggest Gallerus may have been one of St Patrick’s converts. A separate note lists naval pay scales for a Japanese admiral to captains, from $6,000 to $2,263.
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Gallernus
Ireland
Dingle
County
Kerry
Gallerus
Patrick
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