Alfred Cumbuck and the Patent Right on Pain
A satirical sketch profiles Alfred Cumbuck, a quarrelsome proponent of public rights who berates clerks and salesmen in a parade of sharp barbs. His long tirades, mock wisdom, and sharp social edge expose a man who seeks power through blunt truth and public drama, ending with a moral about social outcast behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Cumbuck
Auman
Cumback
Mr. Gumbuck
He-Sparrow
Mr. Dumbruck
Cuthbert
Hieweliyn
Mr. Cumback
Ike
Geoffrey
Mr. Cumbuck
Bunesman
Hinployes
Cuntback
Pullman
Alfred
Paul Tdearers
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Tea Selection Matter of Prime Importance
A Cape Argus correspondent recalls Hi Chang purchasing rare tea leaves. He tests by rubbing, sniffing, chewing, and evaluating with touch and smell before bargaining over a steep price of 25 dollars per pound. A tiny tin is given as a parting gift to savor a single infusion, avoiding any papery taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Chang
Cape Argus
Doctor Johnson
Tough on Bulldogs Faces Harsh Judging Standards for Breed
Judges show no leniency toward bulldogs with faults even if mild. They insist that out-of-true appearance or wry faces indicate a structural defect. Owners protesting displaced teeth face penalties for unsoundness in first-class bulldogs.
First Known Use of O. K. in Tennessee Court Records
The term O. K. first appears in Sumner county Tennessee records on October 6 1700 in a bill of sale involving a enslaved man. Historians debate origin with theories from Andrew Jackson notes to Choctaw word okeh and even Aux Cayes origin.
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Tennessee
Sumner County
Andrew Jackson
Wagh McCary
Gasper Manaker
O. K
James S’atton
Jackson
O. J
Iilhersey
Seba Smith
Woodrow Wilson
Aux Cayes
O-Kay
English Sparrows Arrive in America in 1850
The English sparrow was first released in 1850 in Brooklyn New York with 50 pairs. It soon spread across the United States where authorities now say the bird does more harm than good by feeding on seeds fruits and buds and driving away native birds.
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U. S
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
America
Carried Too Far Foreman swap ends with threats and a layoff
The foreman travels away leaving Pat and Mike in charge on successive days. Pat mistreats Mike with hard tasks and complaints. Mike warns of retaliation and when the day ends Pat fires him, hinting at tomorrow’s consequences.
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Pat
Mike
Dumas Pioneered Collaborative Writing In Comics Era
The Washington Star recounts Alexandre Dumas as a forerunner of modern comic strip artists using staff writers. After Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers he launched a vast program of works, hiring young writers to draft text which he edited and published under his name. His later life saw wealth losses from extravagance, ending penniless in 1870.
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Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
Monte Cristo
Three Musketeers
Washington Star
Tooth Preservative Siparum archer From Chaco Region
Washington Post reports a new dentifrice preservative called Siparum archer. American explorer notes it comes from rain drenched Chaco jungles in northwestern Colombia. The leaf chew forms a coating on teeth but may turn them almost jet black.
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Chaco
Colombia
Washington. Post
Robbers Loot Ancestral Tomb of Prince Tsatsun Family
Robbers plundered the tomb of Prince sal Uson’s family seizing the comb and royal jewelry. They escaped with five Jade Buddhas eight solid gold Buddhas ten silver ingots weighing 600 auiaves each totaling about $1875 and other valuables.
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Tsatsun
Sal Uson
Not Just This Kind Seals in Circus Training Myth
The text asserts no fish can be trained for circus acts and that seals are warm blooded mammals breathing air with lungs. It praises seals as intelligent and well suited to circus training, noting their balance aids juggling feats.
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Avick
Mack
Dept. of
Accts
Idea as an Anchor in the Long Chain of Man
The passage presents the anchor metaphor for hope in dens as the strongest part of humanity’s ascent. It argues that without hope anchored in dens there is no drive in anything, while the idea remains a personal yet universally inferred power in eternity.
Anti bandit device shocks criminals with car power
A British inventor from Wel lingborough England has created an anti bandit device for cars. Pressing a button electrifies all metal parts of the vehicle. Bandits touching the radiator or starter would receive a severe shock.
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Chicago
Wellingborough
England
Indians Made Maple Sirup Before White Arrival, Forests Report
American Forests notes that when Europeans arrived in America the Indians were producing maple sirup from sap. They say Indians had developed the key steps of the modern maple sirup process and practiced this technique widely.
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Indiana
America
Yukon River Source and Course to Norton Sound
The Yukon River rises from small BC streams and tarns with Lake Bennett as its main basin. It flows toward Norton Sound in the Bering Sea, about sixty miles southwest of St. Michael.
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Yukon River
British Columbia
Lake Bennett
Norton Sound
Bering Sea
St. Michael
Bacteria First Inhabitants
The article argues bacteria existed from the earliest stages of plant evolution and were among the first, if not the first, inhabitants of a lifeless world, shaping early life on Earth.
European scientists link sunrises and sunsets to airborne dust
Researchers explain that atmospheric dust causes vivid sunrises and sunsets. Volcanic eruptions elsewhere in the world intensify the effect, creating especially radiant skies after eruptions.
Must Sandpaper Voices From Turkish Muezzins Ordered Hearing Lessons
Under a government order in the modernized Turkish republic muezzins must take singing lessons and stop using their natural voices for the calls to prayer from minarets. The policy aims to standardize the public religious soundscape across major cities and reduce regional vocal variation.
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Turkey
Spade Finds 1176 Silver Coins in Elland Garden
Allen Wilson unearthed an urn containing 1,176 silver coins dated between 1400 and 1605 in a garden at Elland England after his spade struck the vessel.
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Elland
England
Allen Wilson
Pain as a warning signal in scientific view
The text presents pain as a dangerous yet protective signal revealed by scientific research, emphasizing its role in alarming and terrifying but ultimately shielding many lives from harm. It frames pain as a crucial warning mechanism guiding behavior and health.
Industrial Accidents Rise in Britain and United States
Industrial accidents in the United States occur at a rate described as 19 times greater than those in Great Britain. The text notes that factory and workshop employment in Britain is half of the U S figure, indicating higher risks tied to larger industrial employment sectors.
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Great Britain
United States
Forgotten Favors and Resentment in Chinatown Tale
The Washington Star quotes Hi Ho of Chinatown warning that forgotten favors sow clean weeds of resentment where friendships once grew, highlighting strains in community ties and social reciprocation.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Reckless Driving or Speeding Debate Triggers Coroner Talk
A Schenectady Gazette item ponders whether a driving incident was reckless or simply fast and notes time for the coroner to weigh in. The snippet highlights uncertainty over responsibility and the need for official determination.
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Schenectady
Tongue Diagnosis and Vaccine Control Noted
Physicians study the tongue to learn diseases of the body while psychologists diagnose mind ailments. Switzerland now controls human vaccines and serums importation manufacturing and sale. Uncle Ken laments that learning by experience makes lessons harder and school never ends.
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Switzerland
Uncle Ken
Counting to a Billion and Pan Americanism Beginnings
The piece notes that counting to a billion would take 60 to 70 years for an average person. It mentions Pan Americanism and references an 1820 conference in Panama City as the origin of the idea.
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Panama
Fifteenth Century Rolle Sells in London for £2500
A fifteenth century French chansonnier on vellum was sold in London for 2500 pounds. The essayic remark from Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown notes fame as true gold and notoriety as counterfeit money.
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London
Hi Ho
Chinatown
Women for Jury Duty in 28 States and DC
Women are eligible for jury duty in 28 states plus the District of Columbia, expanding civic participation and broadening juror pools across the nation.
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States
The
Union
District of Columbia
Greek Flood Tale Parallels Noah and Ark Narrative
A Greek myth centers on Deucalion and Pyrrha spared by Zeus from a world overflowing with water. They build an ark and survive nine days of flood, land on Mount Parnassus, and repopulate Earth by casting stones behind them, forming humans and women per Themis guidance.
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Deucalion
Pyrrha
Neucalton
Prometheus
Zeus
Deuccalion
Mount
Parnnasus
Themis
Devenlion
Washington Star
Tribe of Yahgans Near Extinction, Tip of World
An American explorer recounts the Yahgan people of Tierra del Fuego as dwindling from about 2500 to under 50 in sixty years. He led a 1907 1908 expedition, notes civilization contact, yet records a 40 000 word vocabulary and no numeral above three.
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Royal Geographical Society
Tierra del Fuego
South America
Charles Darwin
Furlong
Devils Shoestring Weed Described With Roots and Bloom
The devils shoestring weed, a pea family plant, contains rotenone in roots and blossoms and is used in making insecticides. It is also known as wild sweet pea turkey pea and goat's red catgut. It blooms June to July across Ontario Florida and Texas, grows in dry uplands pastures and woodland borders, has a long tough rootstock and erect stems one to two feet high, with ashen gray foliage and a one inch flower showing yellowish white, pink and purple hues.
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Ontario
Morida
Texas
Wonders in Wales Wrexham Steeple and Yale Grave Tour
The Wrexham steeple, built in 1472 and rising 135 feet, is famed as a Welsh wonder with 30 saintly carvings. In the churchyard lies Elihu Yale, founder of Yale College, born in America and died in London, with a noted epitaph among other quaint rhymes.
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Wales
Wrexham
Elihu Yale
Yale College of
New Haven
America
London
Plas
Ial
Yale
The Redbird Female and Its Bright Plumage
The article notes that female redbirds are rarer than males and strikingly beautiful. It describes her colorings as more glorious than most species, though not as splendid as the male, with shape and crest resembling her brothers and a common misperception of being a new bird.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Venus Fly Trap Rolls Up on Second Touch
The Venus fly trap is an insect eating plant that captures only insects for food. It does not react to a single touch but springs when a second movement is detected, indicating an insect.
Fight Until Legs Are Gone Insect Fight Described
The article notes that stick insects often fight each other until both lose legs. It adds that the insects may not die, as they can regrow lost limbs after their final molt if they survive the encounter.
Social notes from Johnstown and nearby towns
Mrs D R Foust shopped in Johnstown on Tuesday. Mrs Clyde Anderson stayed with her mother in Saltsburg who has been ill. Garfield Cline visited Pittsburgh on Monday. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Kruise were visitors in Johnstown on Sunday. Funeral attendance included Mrs Margaret Griffith in Johnstown with Mr and Mrs TD Riddell and Mr and Mrs Forrest Walbeck. Visitors at Mrs Lint’s in Bradenville included Mr and Mrs Samuel Fisher and Miss Hazel Gill. Revival services at Germany M EB church closed Sunday night. Mrs Eugene Steele and Clara Ann spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Scott Cable. Mr and Mrs Wilbert Mack and son and Mr and Mrs Eugene Irwin visited Mrs Baird Ressler in Cramer. Mrs Sylvester McClain had been ill locally. Andrew Montgomery injured hand in Wednesday wreck. Mr and Mrs Jack Coleman and Corry Jean visited Cleorge Mack. John H Steffay’s Pittsburgh hospital condition improved. Mr and Mrs Alfred Lear of Steubenville and Mrs Sadie Frayer of Canton attended funeral of Henry and wife’s little daughter Sunday. Mrs Christ Allshouse, Memorial hospital patient, has returned home somewhat improved. Mr and Mrs Lear announce the birth of a daughter. Mrs Lear was formerly Miss Helen Brett.
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Baird Ressler
Cramer
Sylvester McClain
Andrew Montgomery
Jack Coleman
Corry Jean
Cleorge Mack
John H. Steffay
Pittsburgh
Alfred Lear
Steubenville
Ohio
Sadie, Frayer
Canton
Henry Jones
Christ Allshouse
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Lear
Helen Brett
Spruce Family Guests and Local Visits Noted in Nanty-Glo
Mrs Eva McAnulty and daughter Rhea of Nanty-Glo hosted at the Asa McAnulty home. Several relatives and friends visited, including Hari Johns moving to Martintown and Alvie Stahl occupying his former house. The article lists multiple social visits, illnesses, and weekend guests across local families, plus a new road connection near Uniontown improving travel.
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Eva McAnulty
Rhea
Nanty-Glo
Asa McAnulty
Hari Johns
McAnulty
Martintown
Alvie Stahl
Roy McDonnell
Dave Douglass
Arthur Laney
Jesse
Benjamin Laney
Verona
Elliott Laney
Sarah
Mary Bagley
Mundys Corners
Quay Baker
Woodbury
Baker
Harold Bagley
Lois
Donald
Pine Flats
Uniontown
Plumville and Area Socials and Sports Roundup
Mary and Emabel Hamill visited friends in Rural Valley Friday evening. Richard Mahan from Youngstown spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs C A Mahan. Plumville Independents lost to New Bethlehem Brookville Y 21 to 26. Visitors include Mr and Mrs William Shaffer of Pittsburgh and Mrs Clyde Moore. Others visited friends in town and area churches held evangelistic meetings throughout the week led by Rev. Wallace Frazer of New Bethlehem. Families shopped in Indiana and a Dr C M Smith was a business caller there.punxeytawney and BD Wouds family noted as visitors Sunday.
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Mary
Emabel Hamill
Richard Mahan
Youngstown
C. A. Mahan
Plumville Independents
New Bethlehem
Brookville
Mary Simpson
Georgeville
D. S. Bowser
A. B. Millen
St. Petersburg
Wallace Frazer
A. C. Graff
Indiana
C. M. Smith
BD. W. Douds
Family
Orphans Court Sale Advertised in Indiana County
By order of the Orphans Court dated February 27 1939 Peeler and Felt attorneys will expose to public sale the North Mahoning Township property in Indiana County Pennsylvania for debt payment.
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Orphana Court of
Indiana County
State of
Pennsylvania
North Mahoning Township
Peeler & Weit
Marshall
Ite
Conemaugh Township
Stewart Marshall
Texegutor, R.ca
Livermore
Peeler & Fett
Afra
Annie KB. Lowry
Indiana Borough
Bendebreg
John R. Lowry
Ninth Ave
Arentum
Real estate sale notice of North Mahoning land in Indiana County
Court bids sale of multiple North Mahoning Township parcels in Indiana County Pennsylvania. Describes three tracts totaling numerous acres with coal rights reserved, past owners include James M Chambers A Garfield Chambers and A P Sutter. Sale overseen by Mabel Chambers Administratrix with ten percent deposit due.
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North Mahoning
Indiana
Pennsylvania
W. Domb
N. Crosaman
Jordan
John
W. H. Sprankle
M. Harwick
James M. Chambers
Elk Ston Company
Indiana County
Henry Miller
Michael Harwick
Philip Wining _heing
A. P. Sutter
A. Garfield Chambers
Harry N. Chambers
Recorder’s Office
George Vons
Wm. Sprankle
A. G. Chambers
Wm. Comb
Wim. Comb
Henry
Michael Warwick
A. G Chambers
William Domb
Borts
Pants Chambers
Thams OF
SAUL
Mabel Chambers
W.ralpth Cummings
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Phila
A. G. Chamnors
Henry I. Wilson
Executrix
JT. C. Redding
Notich
Jana Johnston
MAS. Mary V
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