Journal items and odd notices from Twin Falls area
A collection of brief notes reports and anecdotes from Twin Falls and nearby areas. Various items include local residents at work and ill, visitors and social visits, scarce fruit in Clear Lake, a jewelry store incident recounted with a clever old trick, a plan to attract tourists with a native village near Honolulu, and a playful incident of a buck deer in Lee Massachusetts streets.
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Honolulu
Lee
Mase
A Candid Opinion on a Worker’s Marriage
An elderly workingman married a remarkably frugal wife, her wealth attracting. His master asked about his spouse and John replied that she is the Lord’s handiwork, but cannot claim she is his masterpiece.
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John
Indenture in Ancient Egypt Shows Apprentice Bonded in A D 100
Tee-ap excavations reveal a bond dated A D 100 apprenticing a slave for two years to a samlograph to learn shorthand. The teacher receives 120 drachmas. Nearby Fremantle WA notes odd local names including mayor Cadd and printer Cant. Thick sues a soup company and Offspring Webb fined for an unlicensed dog.
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Egypt
Bionysios
Fremantle
Western Australia
Cant
Thick
Offspring Webb
Glass Bottom Boats Entertain Pacific Coastal Visitors
Coastal town bosses unveil glass-bottom boats along the Pacific coast to delight visitors. Passengers view fish and underwater growth through clear hulls, offering a novel seaside attraction and a new form of ocean scenery.
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Pacific Coast
Pacific Ocean
The Beggars of Naples Quip Captures City Squalor
Lever recalls a scene in Naples where small coin throws reveal stark contrasts among beggars. The blind, paralyzed, maimed, and naked race for coins while the dumb curse their absence from the scramble. The vivid image underscores hardship and social decay.
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Naples
Lever
Successful Bling Shoemaker of Lynn Fits Feet by Feeling
A vivid Lynn shoemaker, noted as a maker of custom shoes, has met with many customers and fit feet satisfactorily by sizing by feel. The shoe retailer emphasizes his skill in delivering comfortable, well fitting footwear.
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Bling
Lynn
Envelopes Used Daily by British Postal Dept
The British postal department uses eight millions of envelopes yearly for telegrams alone a quarter of a million a day.
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British Postal Department
Mankind’s Many Languages and Vast Dialects
The article notes at least five thousand languages spoken by humans and an enormous number of dialects. It cites over sixty vocabularies in Brazil and seven hundred dialects of the Nahua language in Mexico, with hundreds more in Borneo.
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Mankind
Brazil
Mexico
Borneo
Carrots Stir Dining Tale Of Forster And Dickens
John Forster, biographer of Charles Dickens, hosts a dinner where boiled beef appears with no carrots. He calls the maid Mary and repeats the line Let there be carrots, underscoring the host's pompous manner in a humorous exchange.
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John Forster
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Forster
Cazze
Mary
Largest Clock in the World Installed in Elizabeth Tower
One of the largest clocks reportedly placed in a new 300 foot high tower in Elizabeth New Jersey. The clock measures 38 feet in diameter and features eighteen foot hands. The tower was built specifically to house the clock and will be visible for many miles around.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Valuable Shepherd Dogs in Colorado Mountains
In Colorado mountain districts and northern states imported shepherd dogs from New Zealand influence local herding. A celebrated Colorado breed traces to a pair of these animals and their offspring inherit shepherding gifts. Berlin warms rooms shelter up to 1300 paupers daily. City pays four cobblers and a tailor to mend clothing for those in need.
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Colorado
New Zealand
Berlin
Russian Bristles Best Hairbrush Feature
Russian bristles are best and genuine, sourced from the back of the wild Loar. Chinese and Russian newspapers always bear two dates due to calendar differences with other nations.
Refuge on Mount Blanc at Grand Mulets Shelter
A rough shelter of stone and boards stands on Mount Bisne at the Grand Mulets to provide bed and refreshments. A woman oversees the site at season’s start and remains there for three months, amid a sea of ice and snow.
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Mount Blanc
Grand Mulets
Mount Bisne
Women Clerks in London Rise Rapidly in Early 20th Century
London sees a sharp rise in women clerks from 17,859 in 1891 to 55,784 in 1901, far outpacing male clerks whose numbers grew 24.2 percent. The period shows a dramatic shift in workforce demographics with women increasingly entering clerical work.
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London
Cial
Uncle Allen Reflects on Future and Harmony in Government
Uncle Allen ponders the nation’s fate as he recalls a husband wife clash over saving the country. The piece cites Good Administration results noting Egypt’s cotton crop has tripled in a decade under British rule.
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Uncle Allen
Egypt
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Journal Co
Clear Lake
C. W. Ebberts
Twin Falls
Otis E. Lyster
George Lamb
Lou Ebberts
Samuel P. Briggs
William Dack
Snake River
W. C. Lyster
Mrs
Sam Gridley
Hagerman
J. H. Thompson
New York Press
Pdas
Ghurgh
The
New
Church of Shoshone
T. C. Iliff
Church Extension Society
Dr. Iliff
Eile
Burcess
Hsaling
Des
Shoshone
Idaho
Lincoln County
J. B
Joseph Webch
William C. Custer
Ctv
New Columbia Hotel
F. Binford
Prop
Guy
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