The Telegraph Directory U S Senate and State Officials
The Telegraph Directory lists U S Senators Thurston and Allen, Madison district representatives Greene and Kenney, state officials Holcomb Hawkins Harts Porter, and other offices including Attorney General and Auditor. It notes public works roles in land and transportation sectors and marks Adams Street as a location.
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M. Thurston
Uminha
William V. Allen
Madison
al. Greene
Kenney
Legislature notes death of ACU representative
In the district, Oeathlir F Q Bee and L Stedats voice concerns as Oath Place and Isth Doquclal District are referenced. H M W Grimes serves as judge in Platte, with Mooth Platte noted.
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Oeathlir F.Q. Bee
H. M.W Grimes
Jude Mooth Platte
Coasty Officers and Teachers Listed in District Report
A district report details officers and treasurers with names such as A. fiease Sidney Clete and Coral Ledre Pole Succum. It lists supervisors, citizens, and staff including Meyer and Hart, plus board members and teaching staff across primary to intermediate departments. Names obscure but indicate a school district administration and faculty roster.
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Oss
A. Fiease
Ninlet
Sidney Clete
STOW
Coral & Ledre Pole Succum
Cps Disse Vets
Calta
Oes Low
Sidney Achurney
Gupea
Pentecostal and Catholic Services in Local Churches
The page lists church services across local denominations. Epinoedal Church holds Sunday worship at 11 with preaching by Pastor Allen Kenworthy. Epworth Lassruc in La offers Deaf preaching at 10:00. Catholic services occur Sunday at 10 a.m. Episcopalian services are at 11 a.m. with morning prayers and a 4 p.m. evening service.
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Epinoedal Church
Wornings
St. m
Ss. Estborn
Pretching
Epworth Lassruc
Brayer
Allen Kenworthy
Fraternal Lodges and Orders Meet Monthly Listings
Occluded from a historical page, the notice lists dozens of fraternal organizations and regiments with meeting nights. Frank Welch Lodge No 75 AFP OA M hosts meetings. Sidney Lodge No 91 O U F U V. Veterans groups and G.A.R. posts meet on various Tuesdays Wednesdays and Saturdays. A dense roster notes officers, secretaries, and post locations, including Ladies’ auxiliaries and M W of A chapters. The long list records recurring gatherings across September dates and city venues.
Trumps and Pie at the Christmas Whist Table
In a Christmas story scene set after a feast, Henry and the narrator sit with Mr. Gately, the major, and Mrs Buckingham’s guests at the rector’s church parish. A witty exchange centers on a card game and a misplayed trick prompting a quip about a guilty conscience from Mr. Gately.
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Greevening
Henry
Mr. Gately
Gateby
Odar
Syes
Gasely
William Maguadier Browne
Scribver
Tobacco quality debate sparks in France and England
The Lancet notes a push by a tobacco reform group in France arguing against perceived harms while acknowledging tobacco and tea as potentially harmful. It contends that cheap, scented, or adulterated tobacco is widespread and decries poor quality cigarettes sold cheaply. The London Times compares prices, noting cigarettes retail far below the cited rate.
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France
Ofcéa Banutéaic
Roomeriaier
The
Lances
England
Pune
Tie Lancet
London Times
Prohibition Cracks Shown In Cherokee Nation Outs: Red Ink Drink a Noted Quirk
A St. Louis traveler reports in Kansas City Journal that harsh bans in the Cherokee Nation push locals to drink non alcoholic substitutes like camphor and carmine ink. He notes a man even used red ink described as a potent beverage and argues for allowing real liquor to curb dangerous substitutes.
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Indian Territory
St. Louis
Five Civilized Tribes
Kansas City Journal
Moving the Light On City Streets
The New York Sun describes naphtha torches used in night asphalt work. Torches are wheeled on barrows and moved along as loads of asphalt are dumped. A worker steadies the pipe while another walks beside, the foot flame flaring at right angles under its hood.
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New York Sun
Melting Uron and the Works of Great Furnaces
A New York Ledger description explains coal, ore, and limestone input, burden and car handling, and continuous furnace operation. It details interior temperatures from 500 to 1,760 degrees, reduction and melting of iron, slag exit, and tapping six times daily yielding about 706 tons of iron. Clay seals the top between taps and molten metal flows into edge molds in sequence.
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Dew York Ledger
Farewell in Faith: Reflections on Death and Peace
Reverend Amory H. Braddon urges calm meditation on death, arguing it can ease fear and guide the living. He compares facing farewell to a peaceful journey, advising regular visits to the ill to witness dignity in dying and to find peace in the “mansion of rest” beyond.
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Amory H. Braddon
Fireproof Sheet Iron Curtain in European Theaters
Describes a heavy sheet iron stage curtain used to isolate audiences, counterbalanced by iron weights and raised by a two horsepower motor. The Sowdeie Francaise in Paris first adopted the electric curtain, installed by an American company, lowering at up to four and a half feet per second. Asbestos curtains now replace iron in many theaters, offering similar utility with greater bulk.
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Europe
Sowedie Francaise
Paris
Doctor Silence Drowns Eccentric Speech in Parliament
A witty exchange from a colonial parliament features Dr Fitchett, editor’s brother, quelling an aged member Taylor who boasts of a school in his eye only to have the orator outshined by laughter as the doctor quips about a single pupil. The anecdote comes via the London News.
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Fitchett
Australian Review of Reviews
Taylor
Aylor
London News
Epitaph From Caroline Islands Mentioning Whale Event
An epitaph on a grave in the Caroline islands references Beared to Witm Col lis, boat steerer of the ship Paint George of New Hed ford, who by the will of Ainney gon raby was smirinery into a bull whale on 18 March 1960, also mentioning Pedro Sebbanas of Guam and Dawe hie the Depa by whale.
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Witm. Collis
George
New Hedford
Ainney Gon Raby
Pedro Sebbanas
Guam
Dawe
Objections to New Woman Preacher Cited
The record quotes Our eexton who criticizes the new woman preacher. He charges she lacks strength to keep the pulpit clear of dust and doubt and believes she cannot uphold the pulpit’s authority as men do.
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Eexton
Chicago
Old time flycatching keepsake in Scottsburg barn
A Newton M. Wilson notice from Scottsburg Indiana describes a walnut flycatcher kept in a farmhouse barn. The device dates from primitive methods to deter house flies, using beveled boards hung to snap apart and trap flies smeared with molasses, then crushed by households as they passed.
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Newton M. Wilson
Scottsburg
Mertung
Troy
St. Loui Republic
Preventing Dreams with Sleeve and Wrist Covers
A physician shares a remedy to reduce troublesome dreams. He suggests avoid overloading the stomach, and proposes simple wearables like extra long sleeves with a rubber cord or a wristlet to keep hands and forearms covered. The aim is to prevent dreams by maintaining coverage during sleep and stay comfortable in cold weather.
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Il Am
Warbington
Smallest Electic Motor Worn as Lapel Item in Texas
A jeweler D Gordin of McKinney Texas claimed to fashion the smallest electric motor in existence as a lapel accessory. Weighing 1 pennyweight 8 grains, the front and commutator are gold plated, with field magnets of two thicknesses of No 22 iron, held by gold screws and wound with silk covered wire. The armature is four pole, using No 36 wire. tiny copper brushes and a small gold switch on a black rubber base. A chloride of silver battery carried in the vest pocket powers it, and the motor runs at high speed with a audible hum.
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D. Gordin
McKinney
Tex
New York Times
Scouring Process and Ancient Diets Across Regions
The text outlines a week long needle scouring procedure using oil, soft soap and powder wrapped in canvas and powered by a machine. It describes washing in hot water and drying in sawdust, then compares regional eating habits: elephant flesh in India, horse in Arabia, camel in Egypt.
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India
Arabia
Egypt
Handel´s Remarkable Musical Memory Highlighted
Handel possessed an extraordinary memory for music, reportedly knowing by heart more than sixty operas from start to finish, a feat cited as one of the era’s most phenomenal musical memories.
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Handel
A Combvnate Rector
A midlands parish rector lived unobtrusively among his people and warmed congregants by the stove in cold weather. He also extended sermons in inclement conditions to aid comfort, a practice noted by Cornhill Magazine.
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Midlands
Cornhill Magazine
Women as Negro min strels in contrast speech
An Indianapolis Journal snip depicts a cynical boarder and a cheerful man discussing women and race in a stark, flawed dialogue. The brief exchanges expose casual prejudice and comic dialogue about performance and gender.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kindness Across Generations in a New Hampshire Village
A gentle New Hampshire grandmother and her granddaughter discuss compassion for a ragged intoxicated man. The elder insists on speaking to the poor, a practice the granddaughter initially misreads as mere sentiment, but empathy ultimately guides her.
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New Hampshire
Tia
Fine Resson
Yonts
Sweetest of the Sweet Check Case At Paris Bank
A Chicago Chronicle tale reports a Paris Kentucky Agricultural Bank incident where a depositor indorsed a check payable to Sweetest of the Sweet after being asked to indorse as drawn. President McClure recounted the woman’s quick correction and payment of a ten dollar check, highlighting the misprint and banker's reply.
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Agricultural Bank of
Paris
McClure
Chicago Chronicle
Millet's Wife Sparks Change in Painter's Nude Focus
The Paris overheard remark about Millet's habit of painting naked figures spurs a life changing moment. He decides to abandon nude work to pursue his broader artistic dreams, saying life will be harder but he will be free, and his wife agrees to support the shift.
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Millet
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Barbizon
Henry Ady
MiNet
Hazar
Deforge
Miller
The Cocoanut Bomb Case at Baltic Port
A small Baltic port arrested a foreign ship captain for alleged dynamite smuggling. The judge demanded evidence and received a harmless coconut presented as a bomb, provoking an unjudicial laugh and exposing the prank in a London Tit-Bite style tale.
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Baltic
Anlees
Iodine Vapor Reveals Manuscript Alterations Technique
A report from Pearsons Weekly explains a method by Prof Bruylats of Louvain using iodine vapor to reveal altered portions of manuscripts. Moisture and rubbing change color under iodine, showing extent and depth of changes and erased pencil marks.
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Pearsun
Utica Elder Credits Webster Spelling Book for Education
An Utica area interview reveals an elderly man with high fluency in English based on Noah Webster's spelling book. He recalls learning to spell every word by age 12 and notes the book’s immense popularity, claiming it taught him most of his education.
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Utica
Maan
Cogburn Club
Webster
Daniel Webster
Noah Webster
America
Conflict of Nature and Art in a Moonlit Shadow
A young art student recounts leaving a Welsh supper and, while walking home, encounters a fellow student debating the shadow of a bronze equestrian statue. The rival asserts the moonlit shadow is misdrawn, claiming it deviates from expert angles and drawing rules. The Washington Post reports the exchange as a cautionary tale about art and perception.
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Washington Post
The Letter D and Its Ancient Door Shape
The Semitic Daleth meaning door or opening links to the Greek delta. The modern D differs from the ancient form yet resembles a triangular tent door with canvas flaps, a shape familiar to orientals when the door was drawn back.
Getting Even and the Six-Fingered Hero
A literary editor notes the hero has six fingers on his right hand and asks for an explanation. The struggling author vows to snub critics, turning the theme into a provocative clash. The line ends with the phrase the worm had turned and a nod to London Fun.
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London
The Test of Good Nature
A brief quip from the Boston Trans script about Mercer and Groper. Fuddy notes Mercer’s adherence to the Golden Rule. Groper’s later retelling of a story elicits laughter from Mercer, revealing social behavior contrasts.
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Mercer
Duaddy
Groper
Mercer Mercer
Boston Transcript
Comedian Takes Small Part After Idle Season
A Philadelphia Record note quotes a comedian who, promised a minor role after half a season’s idleness, says even a small part is preferable to a full loaf.
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Philadelphia Record
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