Invention of Voiceless Telephone Confounds Visitor
A visitor recalls questioning an agent about access and learns a new invention. The agent explains a voiceless telephone that identifies by name on a machine, allowing entry or denial without speaking. The exchange reveals secrecy around Mr W and the press room.
The Ruling Passion and a Family Funeral Debate
A family devoted to bridge faced a sudden death and a family dispute over burial. The mother asks the son for a decision and he replies to leave the choice to her. The mother proclaims a single suit led by spades.
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John
Success Magazine
Odd Sleep Trigger: Reading Sermons vs Rest for Lord Rosebery
The text recalls a habit of Lord Rosebery choosing sleep over sermons, saying he preferred lack of sleep to reading sermons. It contrasts starting to write turning a man awake with the easier path to slumber by reading a sermon.
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Lord Rosebery
London
Creighton
Sleep and the order of body parts by Cabanns
The New York Press reports Cabanns investigations into the mind proposing a sequence of sleep: limbs first, then the muscles supporting the head and back. Sight sleeps first among senses, followed by taste smell hearing and feeling, while the viscera fall asleep in order but with varying depth.
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Cabanns
New York Press
Bear and cub roam up to Duryea children
A mother bear and her cub appeared near John Herron's Duryea home as children played outside. The cub tried to play, but was called back by the mother. The children fled indoors. the family was not harmed. The bears investigated the yard then left after sniffing around and eating scraps.
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John Herron
Duryea
Her- Tron
Liberty Presbyterian Church Votes to Open Pews to Public
In Pittsburg the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, the city’s wealthiest congregation, voted unanimously to abolish pew rents and open all pews to the public. The pastor is Rev. Dr. Frank W. Sneed and members include many millionaires. A speaker argued Corinthians forbids even taking collections, a view that may be revisited.
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Presbyterian ‘Church
Pittsburg
Corinthians
Frank W. Sneed
Dispatch
Philadelphia
Chimes in New York Echo London Blues
A Sunday morning scene in New York shows a woman in a Fifteenth Street flat listening to church chimes. She recalls London memories of Russell Square and a gray church amid foggy city imagery, sighing that the chimes renew her blues and tempt her to leave town.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
London
Russell Square
Tlon
Jondon
Test for Fine Muslin Mystery in Turban Making
A Madras physician tests muslin quality by comparing it to dewy lawn gossamer. He explains an AI test: muslin must be nearly invisible on grass at dawn, or it is deemed seconds and sold.
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Madras
Gossip of the Planets and Their Possible Affairs
The passage playful queries about Mars and Venus exploring political systems naval peace prison staffers women’s rights and fashion trends. It imagines learning about their baseball standings trusts moon phases and social customs while hinting at broader gossip to be discussed when conversation opens.
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Mars
Venus
Public Pew Reserved for Reporters Sparks Church Quip
Reverend Joseph Chartrand, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, jokes that a pew under the pulpit is “the pew for reporters” because it lets him reach reporters with a thrown book if they begin taking notes. The remark highlights his disdain for publicity of sermons.
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Joseph Chartrand
SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral
USL
Indianapolis Star
Advice to Teachers by N W Holmes in Boston
N W Holmes urged teachers to possess sympathy with children and psychological insight into a child mind. He urged dramatic power to inspire and a love of teaching beyond money.
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N. W. Holmes
Boston
Coal land pricing and reclassification affect large acreage
The geological survey last year fixed prices on 2,598,691 acres of public coal lands and classified 10, $57,572 acres as non coal lands.
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Geological Survey
Curious regional phrasing in old articles cites Europe and UK links
The fragment mentions a contrast between continental and British identity, an old tale of a Scottish minister blessing Cumraes and adjacent islands, and references to American regional speech such as Massachusetters going “down east” to Maine, plus a note on Elkhart Water Co. services.
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Europe
Great
Little Cumbrae
Firth of Clyde
Ireland
Massachusetts
Maine
Property Addition Through Known Plat to Be Recorded
Advertisement notes real estate addition to a city through a recorded plat known as Wolf's Addition. The parcel, formerly owned by the late John Swanson, is offered for cash with bids and terms varying. Also contains an unrelated health remedy ad for Dr Shoop's Restorative and a sales note for E D Miller.
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le Age “Trreee
Wolf's
Neielane
Indiana
Eestale
John Swanson
Investment Bond Offer in The Truth Ad
A first mortgage five percent bond with no taxes is offered with semi annual interest. For details contact M W Stark at Monger Building. The Truth contains all the news.
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M. W. Stark
Monger Building
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