Holbrook News brief advertising and county data
Admitted to the mails at Holbrook as second class matter May 14 1909. Advertising rates made known upon application. All advertising will be run until ordered out. Sidney Sapp representative Frank C Mattox Winslow Navajo County. Population in 1910 14603 county seat Holbrook. Population 1910 620. Supervisors J E Richards chairman E T Hatch Barnett Stiles C M C Houck clerk.
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Holbrook
Holbrook News Publishing Co
Navajo County
J.E. Richards
E. T. Hatch
Barnett Stiles
C. M. C. Houck
Holbrook Post Office Mail Close Times
The Holbrook post office closes mail for West bound train No. 9 at 6 30 a m and East bound No. 2 at 7 30 a m. For Springerville and Eagar the mail closes by 9 30 a m and for Snowflake and Ft. Apache by 10 00 a m. Mail from Snowflake and Ft. Apache is due at 4 p m daily while Springerville and Eagar deliveries arrive by 10 p m.
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Holbrook
Springerville
Eager
Snowflake
Ft. Apache
Eagar
Stationery Sale Ad In The Holbrook News
Brief ad notes several kinds of stationery available for personal correspondence and offers to show them to interested readers.
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the Holbrook News
Notice on Bounty Exemption for Local Predators
The Board of Supervisors through Clerk C. M. C. Houck states no bounty will be paid for coyotes raccoons lynx and wild cats.
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Board of Supervisors
C. M. C. Houck
The Terror of the Terror and Roumania Mixture
Robespierre's five year arc from Arras deputy to 1794 guillotine is recounted with anecdotes of his restraint and odd habits. The piece then shifts to Roumania, detailing the Romani claim to Trajan and the modern language echoing that era.
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Robespierre
Paris
Arras
M. Legrand
M. de Robespierre
Indianapolis News
Roumania
Trajan
Dacia
Wooden Spoons Industry in Semenovsk Russia
The Semenovsk district in Russia is a major spoon making center with about 7,000 workers. Birchwood spoons are crafted, with skilled carpenters producing hundreds daily. Annually over 12 million spoons are made and sold at 6 to 8 rubles per thousand, reaching markets in Persia, Khiva, Bokhara, and Khokand.
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Russia
Semenovsk
Persia
Khiva
Bokhara
Khokand
The Darwinian Debate Baffles College Minds
A heated discussion on Darwinian theory ends with a student asking a blunt question to a philosopher. The exchange pivots on physical appearance and descent, with a witty reply about eye and head shape.
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Binka
Binks
Harper
Hannah More life story of early schooling and an unconsummated marriage
Hannah More born February 2 1745 in Stapleton Gloucestershire becomes a pupil at her sisters Trinity Street school in Bristol. She accepts an annuity after a broken engagement to Mr Turner of Belmont and later receives a £1000 legacy from him. Despite further marriage offers she declines.
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Hannah More
Stapleton
Gloucestershire
Mary
Elizabeth
Sarah
Trinity Street
Bristol
Hannah
Patty
Turner
Belmont
Ax Bourton
Somersetshire
Pickersgill
National Portrait Gallery
James Stonehouse
The Advice of Experience and Child Reading Pace
A brief excerpt notes that smaller families may accelerate early reading. A five year old traveling with alphabet blocks learns aloud while a brother cautions that once reading starts, it cannot be stopped. The London Chronicle quote frames reading as a learned lifelong habit.
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London Chronicle
The Expert's Opinion on Autos From Archie
Archibald six year old, newly arrived from a small town, hates automobiles. He prefers wagons and explains to his mother that motorcars are no good for hitching a ride on his red cart. He says they go too fast, pull hair, and spray a scent on clothes.
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Archibald
South Side
Archie
Kansas City Journal
Breaking It Gently and the Lie Tellers
An anecdote describes a Scotchman and an Englishman in a hotel smoking room where the Englishman dominates conversation. The Scotchman unexpectedly offers to outlie the other six men in half an hour, promising to tell bigger lies. The tale pauses as the dialogue continues with the men debating honesty.
Tennyson’s Gruffness Revealed in Washington Visit
The London Chronicle recalls a final days meeting when an American guest, linked to Longfellow and Lowell, sought to draw Tennyson into conversation. The poet feigned reluctance to write or talk, then spoke freely, easing his guest and revealing a calmer side.
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Tennyson
London Chronicle
Longfellow
Lowell
Startled Bear Fight Ends Fatal for Two Grizzlies
A. B. Colton recalls a brutal duel between two grizzlies while elk hunting in Wyoming. He describes how one bear killed the other after a fierce ten minute battle, leaving both beasts torn and bloodied with no intact skin or flesh as large as a man’s hat.
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A. B. Colton
Blackfoot
Wyo
New York Press
Chess and Battleship Career of Admiral Clark
Admiral Charles E. Clark earned command of the battleship Oregon through chess prowess. In San Francisco he led the Bennington, spent hours in a chess room with top players, and a Navy official praised his intense focus, predicting he could navigate the Oregon safely. Three hours later he departed for Cuban waters.
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Charles E. Clark
Oregon
Cape Horn
Santiago
Clark
San Francisco
Cuban
Childs remark on a baby and doll prompts care
During a morning visit a six month infant received care while a neighbor girl with a worn birthday doll watches. The girl asks how long the baby has been alive and, after learning, comments you have kept it nice.
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National Monthly
Roses as Food in Ancient and Traditional Use
The passage traces roses as medicine and nourishment from Pliny to Heliogabalus. It notes rose leaves and petals in remedies, rose pillows for nerves, rose wine for energy, and rose use as garnish and flavoring, with Chinese still frying roses.
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Pliny
Heliogabalus
Child Mistakenly Calls Sleeping Car Top Drawer
A mother tucks four year old Johnny in a sleeping car top berth. He wakes and says he knows where he is, replying in a sturdy tone that he is in the top drawer. The misstatement adds a charming childlike misunderstanding to the night aboard.
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Johnny
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