Trustees Notices for Madison Mill Creek Jackson Monroe Floyd Marion
Trustees announce weekly office hours across townships to transact official business. Officials named include WILL STROVE ERNEST KIVE OLIVER STRINGER and D BE ETCHESON with times on Wednesdays Saturdays Fridays or Tuesdays from residence or Bainbridge. Public notices list township locations and meeting days for the trustees.
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Madison Township
Mill Creek Township
Satuday
Ernest Kive
Oliver Stringer
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
D BE
Floyd Township
Todd
Marion Township
Mario Township
Fillmore
Wisu
Twain on roads and misadventure in Mississippi
A Hartford memory recounts Mark Twain’s stage journey through spring mud in Mississippi. The six or eight passengers endure repeated stucks as the stage sinks two feet, while three veiled women reveal themselves upon dismounting, their cheer at surviving the road.
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Mark Twain
Hartford
Mississippi
Manchuria as an American tested economic frontier
Kidward C. Parker argues in the American Review of Reviews that Manchuria offers an ideal experiment for applying Western economic progress in Asia. He weighs railways, mining, lumbering, and agriculture against how Southern China’s flows and Western ideas might shape development and exports.
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Manchuria
Vinces
South Na
China
Asia
Kidward C. Parker
American Review of Reviews
Dyeing Cloth by Electricity in Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly describes using electricity to dye cloth. Aniline dyeing uses sulphate between metal plates linked to a dynamo to produce black shades by current control. Indigo dyeing reduces indigo to a soluble white form that oxidizes back to blue upon air exposure.
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Harper's Weekly
Prospect of a Local Iron Industry on British Columbia Coast
A Canadian Mines Department report highlights potential for an on coast iron industry in British Columbia. It notes ample magnetite ore, uncertain ore tonnage, and estimates production costs at about $16 per ton, with delivered costs at Victoria ranging from $24 to $28 per ton due to transport.
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Department of Mines
Canada
British Columbia
Great Britain
Eglinton No. 1
Victoria
Women seek flight the day after Rolls death at Bournemouth
On the day after Mr Rolls died a group of women lined up for an aeroplane ride at Bournemouth. They described their sensations to reporters, adding a grim thrill to the adventure and prizing the danger as a marker of progress.
The Rich Man’s Divorce Secret Unseen by Public
A reflection on how wealth influences divorce from public exposure, noting that some prefer private settlements while others chase sensational glory, described as a pathological phase.
Eight small colleges receive GE board endowments
The General Education Board granted about 538000 to eight small colleges, none among the nation’s leaders. The report notes their age and student counts, with Transylvania University oldest at Lexington founded 1798 and Mount Vernon’s Cornell College the youngest at 1853 with 698 students.
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General Education Board
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Amherst
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Marietta College
Marietta
Ohio
Central University
Danville
Allegheny College
Meadville
Middlebury College
Vermont
Transylvania University
Lexington
Kentucky
Bowdoin College
Maine
Georgetown University
Washington
New York World
King Edward Shows Kindness at Longchamp Racecourse
At Longchamp in May 1903 King Edward VII and President Loubel witnessed a race. The king noticed a hawker being harshly handled by police near the reserved enclosure and requested gentler treatment. The hawker was allowed to stay until after the day’s main event and departed peacefully.
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King Edward
Longchamps
France
President Loubel
Tribune
Edward on the Racetrack at Derby Day 1863
Rain drenched spectators as Macaroni beat Lord Clifton by a short head, boosting the Prince of Wales’s popularity. Baron de Hirsch purchased La Fleche for about 27500, a record for a yearling, and she went on to win the Thousand Guineas Oaks and St Leger, earning around 150000 in stakes.
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Edward
Prince of Wales
King Edward
Macaroni
Lord Clifton
Prince
Tip
Baron de Hirsch
la Fleche
New York Press
Mountain Air Sparks Prominent Theories on Health and Energy
Dr. Saaka suggests air at six thousand feet is five times more radio active than sea level air and that high altitude electrical tension could attract or repel the human body. He warns dry wooden houses in the Rockies may produce a startling morning thrill as a person steps onto ground with heightened energy.
Prairie birds thrive in drought as North West season nears
A St Paul hunter reports drought boosting prairie chicken and grouse numbers while ducks suffer as drought dries South Dakota and Minnesota sloughs. Birds move north. a Georgia hunting party heads toward a Winnipeg area to prep for opening season. Despatch from St Paul.
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St. Paul
South Dakota
Minnesota
Georgia
Winnipeg
Kiss My Witf Or Fight Demand of a Bridegroom
A rustic bridegroom protests at a party after his sixteen year old wife is not kissed. He declares he will fight if she receives no kisses, noting other guests kiss many girls while his wife remains unmoved. The scene draws attention as he vows action to defend her honor.
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Benedict
Chicago News
Luncheon habits of Italian laborers inspire ideal summer meals
A domestic science teacher observes Italian workers at lunch and notes their simple, nutritious selections. Fresh greens such as lettuce or radishes with brown bread and cheese dominate, with tomatoes eaten like fruit and melon cut into crescents.
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New York Sun
Pan named as god of kitchens in Baltimore American
In a quoted exchange the Baltimore American notes a child asking about deities and fictionally assigns the kitchen domain to Pan. The piece reflects humorous mythmaking and religious reference in a local newspaper snippet.
Persia's Lone 10 Mile Railroad Faces Modern Transit Gap
Moody's Magazine notes Persia, ruled by a lingering past, maintains a single ten mile railroad from Teh Pan to a shah’s shrine. Passengers and freight still rely on horses and donkeys as the empire awakens, with the line’s costs managed quietly and strikes a nonissue.
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Persia
Turkey
Times
Teh@Pan
Moody's Magazine
Nightshift Seamstress Works Late in Heat
The New York Sun quotes a scene of a seamstress toiling through a sweltering night. A listener pities her, while the worker, a lively girl, pushes to finish a summer frock and pack a trunk for tomorrow’s trip.
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New York Sun
Memorable Quip Attracts Praise From Manager Conried
An actor recounted a graceful anecdote about Heinrich Conried at a reception in San Antonio Express. He quoted Conried replying to a grand opera singer who asked which he preferred deafness or blindness. The manager said deaf when looking and blind when hearing.
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Heinrich Couried
San Antonio Express
Conried
Fishin tale ends with fiery sermon in meeting
A speaker recalls fishing with a preacher who bragged about catching all the fish. The preacher then delivers a Sunday sermon declaring that all liars face the lake of fire and brimstone. The account is shared in a rough dialect from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
China Readies Move to Abolish Queue Among Officials
The Chinese state plans an order directing officials soldiers and police to abandon the queue and wear short hair. The queue is traced to the Manchu dynasty three centuries ago with ties to horsemanship and Tatar conquests. Japan Mall.
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Department of State Affairs
China
Japan
Mall
Train Passenger Refuses Corpse Box Fare Request
An Iowa man boarded a train with a ticket bought from a scalper. The conductor refused to pass him unless he lay in a coffin like a corpse in the baggage car, but the passenger paid his fare and rode on.
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Iowa Road
Imperial Board orders standardized Chinese coinage production
An imperial decree directs central and provincial mints in China to begin manufacturing a properly standardized currency. Enforcement may be slow, potentially up to a year or more, especially in inland areas.
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China
Imperial Board of Finance
Lady amazes Lord Kitchener in St James Park
An unknown man in St James Park grasped Lord Kitchener’s hand and declared friendship telling him he might not know him. Kitchener replied with a careworn nod and continued on his walk, unfazed by the encounter.
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Lord Kitchener
Khartoum
St. James Park
Old man asks boy about heavy papers in paperboy scene
A kind elderly man asks a boy lugging many newspapers if the load tires him. The boy replies that he does not read them, offering a brief, humorous exchange from a bygone era.
Court Fixes Hen's Wages In Omaha Goose Egg Case
In Omaha a court ruled a hen earned 7 cents for setting eggs from Soren Lund and Louis Naugle. Thirteen eggs hatched, four failed, two days later a thief took goslings. Naugle awarded 97 cents for the hen's hatching labor. Lund threatens appeal.
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Omaha
Ned
Soren Lund
Louis Naugle
Lund
Naugle
Elephant at Winsted Opera House Rescued by Whisky
A three ton elephant at the Winsted Opera House was seized with colic after arrival. Officials feared it would have to be presented in abridged form until a quart of Winchester whiskey administered internally revived the animal. A dog aided hunter Ramsey in a separate bear encounter in Long Valley, where Ramsey survived due to his dog and an axe.
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Winsted
Conn
Winstead Opera House
Colle
Winstead
Ebenezer Raneer
Long Valley
el Dorado
Vincer
Ramsey
Antil Hasgov
San Francisco Chronicle
Traveling duo exploit shared travels across lines of business
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt describes two men who travel together in pairs across different trades. They claim they save money by sharing hotel bills and traveling as a pair, while asserting the scheme offers various other advantages. Their coordinated activity suggests a portable common approach.
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Clevelland Plain Dealer
Rule of lawyers and the dead man on the register
A Harpers Weekly anecdote recalls a Midland Revision Court dispute over a man listed as dead. The Philadelphia attorney pressed for conclusive proof of death while the opposing witness claimed burial occurred about a month earlier, illustrating cautious truth telling in legal practice.
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Philadelphia
England
Midland Revision Court
Harpers Weekly
Egyptian Women Congress to Meet in Cairo
A congress of Mohammedan women will be held in Cairo to discuss improving Egyptian women's conditions. Turkey may send a delegation and Turkish women reportedly back reformed policies and assist their Egyptian sisters. Meanwhile a New York report notes rising street gambling and police crackdowns with clashes around a well known square.
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Sulla
Nero
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Agrippa
Lucullus
Crassus
Antony
Augustus Maecenas
Tiberius
Claudian
Guglielmo Ferrero
Atlantic
Cairo
Turkey
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