Cape Cod Canal Completes Century-Long Dream of Inland Waterway
Cape Cod Mass opens a waterway eight miles in land cut and 13 miles from Barnstable bay to Buzzard Bay, with depths of 25 feet, widening to 200 feet at passing places. The project cost about 12 million dollars and promises vast tonnage from Boston to Maine and Florida, shortening the trip from Boston to New York by about 70 miles. The work, completed after more than a century of discussion, owes to August Belmont, William Barclay Parsons, and Frank A. Furst, with no life lost in construction.
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London busybody rebuked at Barnstable police court
A private citizen brought a drunken man to Barnstable police station. The mayor condemned the act as unmanly and a mean trick, and magistrates dismissed the case on payment of costs.
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Barnstaple
Winsted Church Sells for $20 at Auction
The West Goshen Methodist church building in Winsted sold at auction to W H Wadhams for $20, including pews and fixtures, with land bought for $40. The parsonage went to Dr. O Wright for $340 and other items fetched small sums, with proceeds to be given to the New York Host conference. The church has only one member besides three trustees.
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Image transmitting by wire mirror inspired telephone
Paris reports George Rignour has invented a long distance mirror that transmits images by wire, a device styled after the telephone concept that carries images the way the telephone carries sound.
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Republic Proves a Mystery in Peking
A report from Peking describes the Chinese public’s calm, wary stance toward politics. A former war minister learns that many citizens lack a concept of a republic and prefer stability under an emperor, while the driver questions how people could govern themselves.
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Eight Foot Rattler Causes Panic at Philadelphia Station
Several hundred commuters at Broad Street Station panic as an eight foot diamond back rattlesnake appears. Special officers capture the snake and turn it over to the city zoo after a bagged catch. It is believed to have arrived in a carload of tropical fruit.
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Aeta Weefe
Parable of the Great Supper and God’s Invitation
A religious lesson exploring Jesus parable of the kingdom as a marriage feast. It contrasts the king's invitations to his guests with their varying responses, from indifference to hostility, and highlights the need for righteousness and acceptance of God's grace. The lesson also notes Gentile inclusion and judgment for unprepared guests.
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Getting the Matter Right Little Story of Colonel Goethals
A London Answers anecdote recalls Colonel Goethals with a fidgety subordinate who mistakes a letter for orders. The colonel corrects him with sharp irony, exposing the difference between claimed correspondence and actual directives. A brief portrait of leadership and decisiveness.
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Colonel Goethals
Birthday Confusion Sparks Sunday School Exchange
A Sunday school scene centers on a girl who misses washing her face. The teacher scolds her sharply while comparing the girl to her neatly dressed brother. The girl defends herself stating it is her birthday.
Gift of Gab Swallowing Knicker Jones Man
A comic exchange contrasts Ig Jones’s persona with Becker’s quip that he could eat his words on the cob gracefully. The dialogue plays on verbal dexterity and eating words as a metaphor.
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Sharpshooter on His Mettle in Gunmetal Meter
A compact bulletin notes a sharpshooter tested by pressure, described with a pun on gunmetal. The exchange highlights skill and readiness in a tense moment. No further context is provided in the fragment.
Personal debt woes sprawl in late paying quip
A fragment quotes Miss Weereigh yawning at slow payments and sarcasm about creditors while a speaker insists on paying as they go, highlighting financial strain and a humorous coping line.
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