New Albany High School Track Team Sets Records in 76 Meet
Seniors win inter class gym meet March 76th as New Albany records fall. Holmes breaks three consecutives mark with 26 feet 7 inches, Worsey and Emery set rope climb records at 5 seconds. Jeffersonville edges in relay and Jeffersonville retains cup while students' support remains low.
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New Albany
Holmes
Worsey
B. Emery
Weinmann
Bruce Emery
Leach
Kent
Jeffersonville
Louisville
New Year Etiquette in Seoul A Native Official Eats Cake
An American hostess in Seoul opens her New Year visit with guest cake and tea. A native official, seeking proper etiquette, eats nearly all the cake leaving the host distressed yet sympathetic as he claims foreigners must be all stomach to eat so much.
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Seoul
London Mail
God
The Bribe That Failed In A Parson's Tale
A fragment describes Father Dempsey urging Delaney to quit drinking. The priest offered a $50 check after six months of sobriety and noted Delaney’s frequent drunkenness. The anecdote depicts attempts to curb vice through a conditional reward.
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Father Dempsey
Delaney
The Mad Duchess Catherine Hyde and Her Eccentric Dress
Lady Catherine Hyde, a daughter of the Rochester and Clarendon lines, earned the nickname the Mad Duchess for her fashion caprices. She wore red flannel gowns, aprons to court, and resisted fashion changes, with anecdotes of tearing aprons from opponents and being hailed as worthy of calling a gentleman sir on the road.
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Catherine Hyde
Henry
Earl of Rochester
Earl of Clarendon
Edward
Bolingbroke
Horace Walpole
Lord Hertford
Walpole
Royal
Beau Nash
Bath
Abigails
Lord Cornbury
Dwelt Dialog Fragments in Grapevine Scene
A fragmentary exchange shows Gret and Siptop in a tense rural setting with a narrator remarking on appearance and mood. The distorted dialogue hints at inexact speech and creates a mood of rustic tension without clear plot details.
Washington clerk certified after civil service exam
A young African American man in Washington passes a civil service exam with credit and is certified for a treasury department appointment. His mother accompanies him to witness the oath, and her remark to him humorously questions supporting the United States before supporting his family.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Burt
Joe
St. Paul
The Story of a Medicine Pierce by the Use of Pure
A fragment from a historical piece discusses a medicine told as a tale of its creation and the role of purity in its preparation. It references remedies and methods, offering glimpses into contemporary medical beliefs.
Mariners Compass Battles Steel and Magnetism on Ships
An essay from Windsor Magazine notes the mariner compass resists earth magnetism but suffers from steel ships dynamos and electric currents. It describes the needle as a shrinking saint amid devils in the magnetic storm aboard modern steamers. It ends with a brief patient note about curing lung hemorrhages by Ake of Wood, dated years past.
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Compas
Windsor
Secluded retreat and moral exhortations in a 19th century collection
A fragmented collection presents long verses about escaping courts and crowds for rural peace, plus assorted sermons and reflections from Rev. James Montgomery, Rev. Guy Jamieson, Rev. J. Y. Reid, Rev. William Day, and Rev. William Trevor. It also includes notes on nature worship, religion, and the value of doing right with cost and effort.
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William H. Day
Los Angeles
Cal
Witty Exchanges in a Droll Pierfront Dialogue
A string of quips unfolds about money art and stage life with jests on fog horns rings mortgages and bravery. Characters joke on fortune and fate while flagging a foreclosed mortgage and a comic view of wealth and courage.
Near Doctor Exchange Turns Quacks Into Care
A playful exchange features a caller seeking a ear doctor and a witty reply from a responder who positions themselves as a near doctor offering help. The light tone highlights language puns and patient guidance.
Pert Paragraphs and the Temptation to Stay Hidden
The text suggests some men avoid the limelight while others cling to control. It warns against expecting others to act as you wish and notes gossip as a potential risk among friends. It reflects on experience and the impracticality of selling certain life lessons.
Fire alarm station locations listed across town
The notice enumerates multiple intersecting streets and addresses for fire alarm stations including East Tenth Elm 61 Fifteenth Culberteen Charlestown Vincennes Robineat Pants Factory East Seventh Spring Chartres Main East streets Silver street and R B, with cross streets at Vincennes and Chartres.
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Floydette
Lower Fourth
Vincennes
Spring Streets
Main
East Tenth
Elm
Fifteenth St
Culberteen Avenue
Charlestown Road
Robineat's Pants Factory & Fintennes
Kainsreeus
East Seventh
Spring
Vincennes and
Chartres
East
Silver Street
R. B
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Indiana
Indiana Athletic Association
Rockenbach
J. Buerk
C. Thorn
A. Dow
W. Rudy
H. Rockenbach
F. Fleming
C. Martin
C. Rodgers
Busk-Krebs Co
Drese
James
Mariner
Elpce My. Jonga
A. Ake
James Montgomery
Methodist
Denver
Guy A.jamieson
Episcopelian
Tottenville, N. Y
J. Y. Reid
Belleville
William George Trevor
Presbyterian
Chicago
Dr. Eakin
Epiecopa- Man
Toronto
Gespel
Japan
Wallace Radcliffe
Cinah
Quack
Pear St
Ind
Detroit and
Buff Line
Buffalo
Gebsiescid
Michigan
Detroit
McIllan
Fifth Street
Athenry
Adams Ave
Sen Aoe
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