Linton Times Highlights Local Neighbors and Events
Fat at Turners and various town visits mark a bustling week in Linton. Reports cover W P Casey from Gayton, George Flaherty from Hazelton, a $350 piano purchase inquiry, and local proofs and filings. Ice wagon, church services, and community notices accompany social visits and upcoming bank news.
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Turner's
P. W. Casey
Gayton
Linton
George Flaherty
Hazelton
J. J. Bunge
Adam Schaft
Charles B. Carley
George Naramore
Lena
Illinois
L. A. Weatherby
United States
Smmissioner
Minnie Callanan
The
Telephone Exchange
Chamberlain
S. D
Wm. Carmicheal
Jacob Wollman
Winona
Jake
Man vows jail over alimony in divorce dispute
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote highlights Beth Willing's remark about a man preferring jail to paying alimony. She counters that she’d rather he keep his money behind bars than spend it on her.
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Beth Willing
Cleveland Plain Dealer
On the Mend as Mrs Woodson Improves at Home
The Brook lyn Eagle notes Mrs Woodson is on the mend after yesterday being told she was recovering. Bronson mentions his wife sat by the window sewing this morning indicating continued improvement.
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George Schmidt
Dakem Neghborhood
Bismarck Hospital
Bronson
Woodson
Brooklyn Eagle
Cigar Etiquette Echoes Between Mr and Mrs B
In a brief exchange, Mr B notes a cigar spoils if it goes out, while Mrs B agrees a cigar mirrors a man in that regard. The dialogue underscores shared views on care and upkeep.
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Mr. B
Mrs. B
The Cold Water Cure Revisited in Old Texts
A Philadelphia Press note reports on a traditional cold remedy using cold water and even hot water as substitutes. It cites an old physician’s prescription involving a salt herring to provoke thirst and encourage increased water intake to fight a cold.
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Philadelphia Press
Curious historical notes on smoke law and coal offenses
E H Blake discusses warming and ventilation survey insights and odd facts about house fires including a 1510 will granting Nell Burchett rights to a chamber by the fire. He notes coal’s introduction to London and a 1800 law that made burning coal a capital offense in the city, with Tower records detailing trials and executions.
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E H. Blake
Surveyors Institution
Richard Burchett
Mr. Blake
London
Tower
Not the Kind He Wanted
Excerpt notes politicians treat public office as a science and cites a dinner exchange between Sir John Macdonald and George Monroe Grant. It then reflects on fame and downfall in four great military conquerors Alexander Hannibal Caesar and Napoleon and their melancholy ends.
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George Monroe Grant
John Macdonald
Grant
Queen's College
Willlamson
Sir John
Alexander
Hannibal
Caesar
Napoleon
Value of a Trained Mind Beyond Wealth
Orison Swett Marden asks if money can equate to a mind that is starved or stunted. He argues wealth cannot match the capacity to appreciate life’s meaning, civilization’s lessons, and beauty. A well trained and disciplined intellect is portrayed as the greatest possession.
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Orison Swett Marden
Success Magazine
Dream of the Key and the Pocket Conception
A sister dreams of a key in a travel bag pocket that does not exist. The other sister checks the bag and finds the key. The note argues the brain stores unconscious records and that sleep can reveal forgotten mental operations, with reference to a Westminster Gazette observation.
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Westminster Gazette
His Mistake In a Meeting Of Simplified Spellers
A vender of images, just expelled from a large office building, wept over torn clothes and broken wares. A friendly cop offered help, but the victim admitted fault for selling a bust of Noah Webster to a gathering of simplified spellers.
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Noah Webster
Denver
Nature as a Designer in Earths Wonders
The article highlights Dame Nature as a clever carver using rain rivers and frost. It cites Queen Bess rock on the Cornish coast and describes how water erosion shapes faces and figures. It notes landslips from underground water and heavy soil, with vast earth movements echoing powerful beginnings.
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Nature
Dinary
Dame Nature
Queen Bess Rock
Cornish
Elizabeth
London
English Luggage Lifters and Steam Engine Pioneers
A London report notes platform thieves stealing luggage with a clever ruse and a railway official catching a would‑be thief. It then surveys steam engine history naming Worcester Papin Savary Watt Fulton and historical claims, contrasting invention dates with Watt as key figure.
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London
Marquis of Worcester
Tower of London
Vauxhall
Dennis Papin
Capulu Savary
Worcester
Papin
Newcomb, Cawley
Savary
James Watt
Fulton
de Gary
Barcelona
St. James
The Mean Reversion Of Exceptional Lineages
The article notes a tendency for children of exceptional parents to regress toward the mean in physical and mental traits. It cites Galton and a London hospital while mentioning Pearson and examples like Darwin, the Pitts, and Alexander the Great as rare exceptions in both talent and morality.
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Galton
London Hospital
Professor Pearson
Darwins
Pitts
Philip
Alexander the Great
Why He Was Unpopular Bishop’s wardrobe change eased tensions
The Stepney bishop Dr Winnington Ingram faced unpopularity and even police protection. A telling remark from a woman blamed his white shirt. She advised a gray shirt and dickey like local men, which he adopted to win favor and begin closer ties with his people.
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Stepney
Winnington Ingram
Codex Sinaiticus Ancient Bible Manuscript Revealed
The Codex Sinaiticus, funded by Alexander II of Russia after the Crimean War, covers nearly the entire Old and New Testaments. Found at the Monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai by Tischendorf, it is dated to the fourth century according to New York American.
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Alexander II
Russia
St Catherine
Mount Stnat
Tmsehendorf
New York
Simple Ham Toast with Currant Glaze
A quick ham toast idea: melt butter with currant jelly, season, and fry thin ham slices until bubbling. Serve hot on toast. Also notes a dry wit mix of humorous quotes about cars, fruit, and daily life, ending with a quip about hookable spectacles.
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Boston Post
Five Feet Four in Divine Height for Women Quoted
A whimsical exchange on height with fantasy names He Artfuts and Darling noting five feet four for women while another claims five feet nine. The dialogue pairs playful boasts with sharp retorts as if lifted from a period humor piece.
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Darling
Morning Scripture Challenge at a Cowboy Home
A group of cowpunchers visiting a gospel host face pressure to quote Bible verses at family worship. Jim Rulstoke of the Crowfoot ranch struggles to recall a passage, finally offering Genesis memory about God making the world while others falter or improvise.
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MC Cate
Jin Rulstoke
Crowfoot Ranch
Jim
Last English King at Dettingen Battle Keeps Red Coat Memory
Chronicle notes the 1743 Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria where British and allied forces under George I defeated French and Habsburg troops. It details the king appearing in a red coat at Oudenarde, leading seven battalions of guards, nearly captured, saved by the Twenty second Regiment, and the oak sprigs worn in tribute in later years.
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Dettingen
Bavaria
George I
Marshal Noutiles
Ilsa Hinfesty
Twenty Second Regiment
Lodon ‘Titus
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