Local Briefs Sight Cleveland visits and social notes
Local items list residents visiting Cleveland yesterday including Mrs. Mille, Mrs. Bly, Mrs. George Wick, Mrs. Arthur Taylor, Mrs. Rockefeller, and Mrs. Folger. Other notes mention house listings at low prices, theatre and Lyceum Course events featuring The Houstons, an Apostolic church study, and a Men’s Social Club address. Also reported are Emily Crane admitted to the infirmary, automobile show news, and local society notices with sales and entertainments.
Wanted to Know His Doom at Hben ozer Chapel
An awkward revival moment at Hben ozer chapel features a somniferously inclined member who, distracted by a horsefly, audibly ejaculates during prayer. Brother Quackenhoss laments the disruption and asks for mercy while the distressed congregant asks what the Land would do if he had inadvertently said damn.
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Hben Ozer Chapel
Daza
Brother Quackenhoss
Brother Quackenboss
Bradder Quackenboss
Gas mantles and safes and ancient months discussed
A Victorian-era glance covers gas mantles made from thorium oxide and cerium oxide with collodion, plus notes on burglary rates and choice of combination safes in Wales. It also explains November as the wind and blood month, referencing Roman and Saxon naming ideas and a quip about 12 Caesars.
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Vienna
BP Breve
Wales
Julius Caesar
Anguatua
Canute
Baxony and Safe Bazaar at Whiveh Sunday School
A bazaar event titled Baxony and Safe will be held at Whiveh Sunday school on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon and evening. Attendees can shop for Christmas gifts and enjoy ice cream and cucumber treats.
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Methodist Whiveh
Man begs judge to jail him in place of wife
Mrs Nagget reads a tale aloud about a man who asks a judge to send him to jail instead of his wife. Mr Nagget notes the exchange as a curious example of self sacrifice. The conversation shifts to a detail about a woman proving she cannot wash white garments while jailed, implying the man’s alternative duty.
Fonte Gaia and ancient fountains amid Siena lore
In Siena and Rome legends and ruins mingle with ancient water systems. The Fonte Gaia at Siena is famed for white marble carvings and pure spring water eight miles away. A pagan statue above the fountain was moved and buried for misfortune, while Fonte Gaia endures.
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Rci
Rosary Magazine
Rome
Abrussi
Campagna
Ruina
Agrippa
Seema
Italy
Siena
Walla
Florentine
Fonte Gaia
Woman Tinkers With Auto on Tracks at Sixteenth and Curtis
A well dressed woman tried to start a single seated automobile stuck on the car tracks at Sixteenth and Curtis streets. After spectators helped push it to the curb she continued to tinker. A rumor that the sparker was out caused a man to claim the car would not run, but the auto finally started and police prevented a fight.
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Sixteenth
Curtis
Rameses II Marriage Story Revealed From Abu Simbel
Prof James H Breasted of the University of Chicago reveals a newly found marriage episode of Rameses II in the Sun temple at Abu Simbel. The inscription spans 41 lines eight feet long and includes the first known word for snow in Egypt.
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Rameses II
James H. Breasted
University of Chicago
Nile
Sun Temple
Abu Simbel
Rameses
Breasted
Egypt
American Journal of Semitic Language and Literature
Devoted Newfoundland Dog Follows Master to Grave
A Newfoundland shows extraordinary devotion after his master drowns in a boat accident. The dog reaches the scene as rescuers arrive, swims the lake to the body, and waits by the grave daily. Grief overwhelms the animal, who later dies and is buried beside his master.
Peach seed sprouts on Colorado ranch incubator scene
A New Hampshire vacationer in Colorado spots a sprouting peach seed inside an incubator where chicks are hatched. The seed, warmed by the incubator heat, sent a tiny sprout several inches long up from the seed, prompting astonishment and the amused remark quoted from Harper's Weekly.
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West
Colorado
New Hampshire
Caesar
Harper's Weekly
Senator Penrose Recalls Speech at Harrisburg Capitol Dedication
During the dedication of Pennsylvania's capitol at Harrisburg Senator Penrose commented on a private dinner speech. He likened its pregnant meaning to a witty remark about a lovely young woman forgetting whether she should meet Morris on Tasker or Tasker on Morris street.
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Penrose
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Morris
Tasker Street
Tasker
Morris Street
Adventures In Contentment and Cockfighting Legacy
The piece reflects on a frontier life memoir and the wear of relentless labor, linking a slave era mindset to modern ambitions and urban strain. It cites Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chichester’s Far East anecdote at Port Arthur and traces linguistic echoes of cockfighting in everyday speech, including “that beats cock-fighting” and the white feather metaphor.
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Port Arthur
Edward Chichester
Far East
Russia
Balisbury
Sall
Chefa
Grose
Telegram Hint From Douglas Returns Home
A young wife, reading a telegram from Douglas, fears bad news after a chilly moment with her mother. The telegram says he is well and will be home tomorrow, but Douglas uses seven words where three more would help, sparking unease and relief in turn.
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Douglas
Scientific Facial and Scalp Treatment Parlor Ad
Mes. Chas Guth advertises facial and scalp treatments at Room 308 Masonic Temple with shampooing and related services. Parlor hours are from 12 30 to 4 30 P M appointments by calling 958R 12 204t.
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Chas, Guth
Masonic Temple
Electro-gen Blood Purifier Claim Prompts Debate
A correspondent questions a statement on medicines while a marketer touts Electro-gen as a universal germ killer and blood purifier. The ad claims no alcohol or narcotics, offers a free 50 cent bottle, and cites personal family use as proof, with Eldred Co promoting displays.
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Electro Gen Co
Fremont
Eady Drug Store
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Onds
Miam
Sudie
Ail Ors
Ani
Ruth Shered
Aching Department
Hanutebring Co
Deas Mess
Walesa
Arts of Cooniphere Ab
Londonwick
Fred Mille
Bly
Cleveland
George Wick
Arthur Taylor
C. A. Cox
Mr. Bushman
Toledo
Josale” McDonald
Miss Pearl Fuller
Mrs. Rockefeller
New York
George Worthington
Folger
Charles Cushing
Hored
Mery
Frank Horan
Frank [Llott
Tha
The
Houstons
Lyceum
Svaty
Gale
Murbach’s
Methodist Church
AML
Apostolic Church
Emily Crane
Oberlin
Cooley
Church of Christ, Tonlwit
George Colts
Misa Neliie ‘Thampgen
Third Street
Belle Jacobs
Kimbell
A. TR
Church of Christ
J. E. Riley
T.T. Robinson
Garrie Womack
Myrtie Smith
Arthur Filles
Bertha Maddock
Hhrartin
Ote
Address & M 4
Brudder
Bazaar
Conry & Mueller
Bel
Rawson
Siuna
Goodley
Denyer
Long
Windsor
Soc
Oxford
Sitka
Adier
Antrachan
E Robinson & Hancock
the Holiday Store
Cities
Hafner
W. F. Hafner
Broad St
Matthews
Smith Bros
N. G
Eldred Co
Candy Kitchen Century Block
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