Odd Clocks Lure Residents From Pan to Bowery Museum
The article describes whimsical timepieces in New York including a frying pan clock with oyster shell numerals and fork and knife hands. It recalls a huge wooden clock in a former Bowery dime museum, claimed to be built by a cripple with 79 050 pieces of wood and featuring moon phase dials.
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Lg & Restaurant
Bowery
Jaeckkii
Paris
Berlin
Petersburg
New York
Coal Mine Map Showcases National Ownership and Quality Data
John W. Boileau maintains a highly valued US coal mine map in Pittsburg detailing each mine’s ownership and the coal quality and quantity. The map, built over decades with data from authentic sources, is updated regularly and required extensive field work and research.
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John W. Boileau
Pittsburg
Boileau
United States
Tom Purdie and the Scottian Memory at Tiarniek
The obituary recalls Tom Purdie who lived to an advanced age in Tiarniek and Tames Howden. He recalled Sir Walter Scott as a familiar figure in Darniel and shared anecdotes about verses and songs sung at revels. The account notes his vivid recollections and claimed authorship of songs attributed to the era.
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Tom Purdie
Pha
Sairnae Abbey
Tames Howden
Tiarniek
Walter Scott
Darniel
Walter Aap
Walter
Cold Storage Steamers in TOG Navigation Session
Fragmentary OCR notes describe steamers in a TOG navigation season with forty sig steamers. It mentions ports, merchant activity, and a fleet column with several figures and statuses, including a stated 304.74 feet in commission.
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Tog
Afton Treal
Land of Orchids Ube Plant Bargains at Market
A Market display features a Do- brought Teamarkahtia plant with eight leaves geoid for 9 cen a piece and a longer stem with twenty to thirty leaves priced at 32 centa. Two men carried the plant forty miles on two poles. It boasted a growth capacity of 840 new shoots and sold for 8 value in Pernimbuen, 159, RV GS in the United States.
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Pragt
Ube i
United States
Trains Run On Time and Polite Dutch Officials Esteemed
EL. V. Lucas praises Holland railways noting punctual arrivals and departures. He commends intelligent polite officials. Carriages are good and every station provides waiting rooms with hot fresh coffee made from berry product. Travel is reliable with correct trains every time.
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Holland
EL. V. Lucas
Canada Exports Rise to 26 Million Pounds to Britain
The Dominion’s exports to Great Britain jumped after the McKinley tariff took effect. In the second year, exports exceeded 15 million dollars, and since 1820 the trade has climbed from under 80 million to about 334 million dollars (26 million pounds) this year.
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Great Britain
Canada
England
Long Serving Macgowan Worker Noted in Lennoxtown Obituary
Andrew Robertson who died at Lennoxtown held the record for longest continuous service with the same firm in Scotland. He began in 1830 as a two tier boy at a calico block printer in the firm of R. Daiglish Falagner & a. He served in various posts over the years.
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Lennoxtown
Andrew Robertson
Bcotland
R. Daiglish -Falagner & A
Ancient bindings damaged by ant infestation threaten historic fortress
The turtle of Watkarama crate ruin amid African white ant attacks. fortresses in Kl are ruined by these pests. An expert to assess the nest, with notes on preservation and implications for regional heritage.
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Ante
Watkarama
Rhs
Awati
Tee Ae
Are
Nesta
Etree Britidtaees Minehd
Fapan
Ancient Manuscript Fragment Reveals Valuable Sacred Text
An ancient manuscript fragment discusses a Bertin conseqimn hax revs pei el avery valuable manserty. The garbled text mentions places, dates, and possible ritual details, implying a historical ceremony or artifact. The readable portions point to significance within a religious or scholarly context.
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Bertin
Avery
Pet Bear Shipped by Canadian Express
A bear named Jennis, kept in captivity for a year and described as tame, was shipped from Norway by Canadian Express. The crate contained a note requesting no drink and expressing a wish for care in Virginie.
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Peer Tn
Norway
Raa
Wrastha
Jennis
Canadian Express
Needtesa
Lewistonite Journal
Ministers Count across Catholic and Protestant Churches
TheCatholics report 18 955 clergy men nearly matching church count. Protestant ministers total about 149 472, slightly below their number of churches. The text suggests churches divide a man’s time and hints at pastoral shortages.
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Catholica
Prneataers
Servant problem puzzles Australian housewives
Housewives in Australia face a stubborn servant problem as advertisements reveal varied promises. Some tout outings while others lure with Sunday free time and offers for Saturday afternoons and Sundays off, highlighting the tight job market and growing domestic strains.
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Australia
Frozen pork consignment reaches London from Hankow
A shipment including nearly 8,000 frozen pig carcasses from Hankow China, plus bass poultry deer game and eggs, passed London port sanitary inspection at Deptford.
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Hankow
China
England
Port of London Sanitary Authority
Beptford
Not What She Meant Maud Jack Question
A dialogue about a man marrying on his deathbed so his wife would inherit wealth. Maud questions the motive, Jack replies choosing the girl as the kind of person who could love such a situation. The exchange invites moral reflection on loyalty and love.
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Maud
Jack
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