Death of Watson who heard Bell speak first words on telephone
Thomas A. Watson died December 13 in St. Petersburg Florida at age eighty. As Dr Bell's assistant he heard the first words spoken over the original telephone and later helped produce the first commercial instrument. He supervised marine engine production and helped Dewey’s fleet in the Spanish American War. Watson and Bell later held the first transcontinental telephone conversation.
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Thomas A. Watson
Alexander Graham Bell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Watson
Dr. Bell
Boston
Mr. Watson
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Knagg Remarks On Political Tricks By The Modern Woman
In a sharp exchange, Mrs Knagg scorns the idea that modern women use political tricks. Mr Knage counters that she would not stoop, fearing she might tear something in the process.
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Mrs. Knagg
Mr. Knage
Maple Grove Community Notes From Indiana Hospital Visit
Mrs Glenn Coy is a patient in the Indiana hospital. Buddy Jacobs was an Indiana visitor Monday evening. Mary Coy returned home from a visit with her sister Mrs Walter Carney near Armagh. Isaac Sloppy was a business caller at Bwine's Mill Friday. Mr and Mrs G R Waltemire attended church at Strongstown Thursday evening. Victor Brown was a Monday caller in the Jacobs home. Mrs Roy Detwiler is a patient in the Spangler hospital. Willis Emigh called on his mother near Kenwood Monday night. Bert and Emma Ober called on Jesse Ober and family Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Isaac Sleppy visited George Wolfe and family and Mrs Florence Stephens and family Sunday afternoon. Robert Adams was a business caller in Hellwood Tuesday. Mr and Mrs G R Waltemire were Indiana visitors Thursday. Ben Ober near Strongstown visited Frank Jamison and family on Sunday. Waldo Brown and Buddy Jacobs were Nanty Gio callers Thursday. Glenn Coy is ill with pneumonia. Mrs Isaac Sleppy visited Mrs G R Waltemire Friday afternoon.
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Maple Grove
Glenn Coy
Indiana Hospital
Buddy Jacobs
Mary Coy
Walter Carney
Armagh
Isaac Sloppy
Bwine’s Mill
G. R. Waltemire
Strongstown
Victor Brown
Jacobs
Roy Detwiler
Spangler Hospital
Willis Emigh
Waldo Brown
Isaac Sleppy
Mra
Duel on the Drive Home Ends in a Punching Smash
Young lovers after a drama rehearsal clash with Mortimer Jenks when a car crash interrupts the night. Georgie Blake lunges at Mortimer on stage in defiance, landing a blow to the nose as Mortimer's boxing champion status comes to light. Mabel winds up with Jenks while Georgie nurses a battered jaw.
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Grorem Blakh
Mabel Porter
Young People's Dramatic Club
Red Mill
Iron Horse
Mabel
Georgie
Mortimer Jenks
Mortimer
Georgie Blake
Mr. Porter
Pater
Jove
Town Hall
Sarah Bernhardt
Martimer
Clymer Local Notices Highlight Moves and Illnesses
Miss Margaret Dick nurse from Norristown visits parents for a week. Mrs. Richard Ward, Indiana hospital patient, shows some improvement. Mine foreman M A Nicholson at Victor 45 treated for illness, sent to Indiana hospital. John Pekalla moves family to Johnstown. Mrs. Marion Sgriccia improves. Mr and Mrs Albert Sprankle of Indiana visit with sister Mrs Mary Ellenberger. Mr and Mrs Carl Sanderlin of Patchinville visit with Stanley E Sanderlin family. Miss Marion Good visits with mother Mrs Jenni Good in Franklin Street. Victor Ecklund returns to work after fractured knee. Miss Sylvania Fetterman, Indiana Hospital student nurse, visits home. Carl Dugan, dairy store clerk, now residing in Clymer.
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Mary Ellenberger
Carl Sanderlin
Patchinville
Stanley E. Sanderlin
Marion Good
Jennie Good
Franklin St
Victor Ecklund
Sylvania Fetterman
Indiana Hospital
Carl Dugan
Clymer
Wooster and Others Trade Trips in Nearby Towns
Mrs J J Wooster and family shopped in Indiana on Saturday. Clyde and Roy Bee were business callers in Punxsutawney and Sykesville on Friday. Mrs J L Buterbaugh and daughter shopped in Johnstown on Thursday. Mrs B W Wilmuth and Mrs Carl Patchin called at H C Hanna home in Glen Campbell on Thursday. R H Dunlap did business in Indiana on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Chester Irwin called in Johnstown on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Graham Miller motored to Barnesboro on Saturday. C W Sebring called in Indiana on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs C B Fuller spent a few days in Altoona and Huntingdon last week. Mrs Harlin Bee motored to Indiana on Saturday. Dr J E Peterman was an Altoona caller on Monday. Miss Kate Jenney returned home from Huntingdon, accompanied by Bob Zimmerman.
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J. J. Wooster
Indiana
Clyde
Roy Bee
Punxsutawney
Sykesville
J. L.buterbaugh
J. H. McFarland
Johnstown
B. W. Wilmuth
Carl Patchin
Glen Campbell
H. C. Hanna
R. H. Dunlap
Chester Irwin
Graham Miller
Barnesboro
C. W. Sebring
C.B. Fuller
Altoona
Huntingdon
Harlin Bee
J. E. Peterman
Kate Jenney
Bob Zimmerman
Earliest Parachutes in Use in France 1784
The first parachute used from a three story Lyons house in 1784 by Sebastian Lenormand. Garnerin is credited with the first parachute leap from a balloon in Paris 1797 using a 23 foot canopy and a wicker basket. Parachutes later became common at fairs and exhibitions, with limited WWI airplane use by Germans and limited Allied adoption after the war.
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France
Lyons
Sebastian Lenormand
Andre Jacques Garnerian
Paris
Buffalo Bill Pioneer Scout of the West
The Washington Star recounts William Frederick Cody known as Buffalo Bill the last of the great scouts. It notes his Civil War service with the US Army campaigns against the Sioux and Cheyenne and his famed single combat with the Cheyenne chief Yellow Hand. It mentions his buffalo meat contract for the Kansas Pacific railroad and claims of killing thousands of buffalo.
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Buffalo Bill
Buffalo BI
William Frederick Cody
Boone, Crockett
Carson
Bridger
Wild BU
Pacific Coast
St. Joseph
Sacramento
Calif
United States Army
Yellow Hand
Cody
Kansas Pacific
Washington Star
Origins of Thursday From Thor in Teutonic Lore
The origin of Thursday traces to the Teutons’ Thor, the thunder god. In Scandinavian myth Thor ruled as the mighty god and patron of peasants, entertaining them after death as Odin did the noble. His hammer, hurled to create thunder, always returned to his hand, granting power.
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Thor
Thunder
Earth
Odin
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mutiny on the Bounty relics found at Pitcairn
Tidings report Pitcairn island descendants living in isolation while the Bounty’s rudder, recovered from ocean depths, remains in good condition after more than 140 years under water. Bligh and 19 companions were cast adrift after the mutiny, endured a grueling 3600 nautical mile voyage to reach a port, then the mutineers took Tahitian wives and settled on Pitcairn. Alexander Smith, sole survivor, and many descendants later lived a peaceful life there.
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Pitcairn Island
H. M. &. Bounty
Bounty
South Seas
William Bligh
Bligh
Indian Titles and Hereditary Nobility Compared
The article notes that Indian chiefs and their families are commonly referred to by royal titles such as princess king and queen though the US Constitution forbids granting titles of nobility in this country. It explains that chieftaincy often passes within families and contrasts these customs with American norms.
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Philip
Murope
United States
Fragmented Comic Lines From Aboard The Zeppelin
A jumble of dialogue strands includes quips about multilingual spouses and a wry line about a daughter in high school. Other notes touch on birth control clinics in states and a warden teasing a bass fisherman. The mix reads as a humorous, loosely connected newspaper snippet with character names like Qumboil Gumboil and Angier.
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T. A. Watson
Bell
E. T
Ella T. Cost
Phila. &T
Williams Dress Shop
South Ninth Street
Indiana Lumber & Supply Co
10Th Sts
Phone
Penna
Parnell, Cowher & Co
Citizens Bank Building
Farmers Bank & Trust Company
Indiana, PA
Iley
Angier
Country H
Poultry Tribune
McCall’s Magaz
Jana Puny
Etude Muale
Zyvure
J Pictorial Review
McColl
Indiana County
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