U S Senate and Congressional District Directory Fragments
Fragmentary Telegraph Directory entries list U S Senate figures Ino MM Churston Omahu William V Allen Madison and congressional district names JL Greene and Greene entries for the U S Land Office Register John M Adams and Receiver Griffith with scattered labels POA aimed at a governmental roster segment.
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U. S. Senate
Ino, MM
U.S. Land Office
John M. Agams
Griffith
Wisconsin Senate District 1o and North Platte political divisions
Fragmentary OCR lists names Feltz Maycel Teorey Ogallin AdLit North Plate Stebblius Ideol Gy Judical District HLM Grimes Judge North Matte.
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Feltz
North Plate L
Stebblius
HLM
Grimes
North Matte
Sidney Treasure Heralds Local Officials Names
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous Sidney officials and staff including sheriff clerk treasurer district judges attorneys and educators. It references J Neubauer Murt McIntosh Bassett and others with positions in public instruction and district education roles, plus teacher staff figures such as Miss Whitehead Miss Blanchard and Miss Shelton across grammar intermediate and primary departments.
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A. Beast
PLA. Griffith
Seseeres
T. B. Dawson
J. Neubauer
eAturubet Folio Baker
James J McIntosh
Chas. Dorin
Veneer Ee
Minute Chase
Whitehead
Blanchard
MuKee
L. Fo Shelton
Abel Vilmary
Wifaht
Methodist Episcopal Church Services and Schedules
Church notices list weekly services for Methodist Episcopal, Catholic, and Episcopal churches. Times include Sunday 11 a.m. sermons, Sunday school at 9:45 a.m., Epworth League at 7 p.m., and Thursday night prayer meetings. Catholic Masses on Sundays and monthly third Sundays are noted. Rev. Allen Kenworthy is named as pastor.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
C.J. Osborn
Epworth League
Allen Kenworthy
Fraternal Lodges and Societies Meeting Schedule Listing
A dense roster lists multiple fraternal and veterans organizations with meeting times. It notes Frank Welch Lodge 75 A M meets first Tuesday monthly. Sidney Lodge 91 I.O.O.F. meets Mondays. Neubauer lines. Valient Lodge 98 K P meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Gibbs and Conran Garrison 33 meets third Wednesdays. G A R Summer 1 meets first Saturday. VFW and modern orders include various dates and secretaries listed for reference.
The Story of Man and the Varied Sciences
An overview of archeology as a discipline detailing how bones, tools, pottery, and monuments reveal human origins. It emphasizes comparative anatomy, zoology, mineralogy, linguistics, and philology, plus geology, to interpret ancient life, culture, and migrations as shown by New Jersey stone artifacts.
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North Carolina
Great Lakes
Egypt
Assyria
Central America
Walte
New Jersey
Boston Transcript
Left on Trains and the Lost Parcel Rooms
Chicago railroads report large lost and found arms on trains over six months. Umbrellas and overshoes lead the list with hundreds yearly. even a six month old baby and a kitten have been found abandoned or temporarily left. Crutches and a moss anchor also reside in parcel rooms.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Eays
Baggage Department
Ladd
Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Alton
Union Station
Sada
Tom
Illinois Central
Chicago Tribune
Free In Spite of Himself and the Prison Tour
An 1810s Paris anecdote shows a free man mistakenly wandering the prison streets after a bath order, then being re admitted when the guard discovers the error. The tale ends with the turnkey sobering and restoring the man's freedom through his own recounting.
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Sainte- Pelagie
Paris
M. Guillon
Monkeys Play Cricket and Football in South Africa
Travelers report monkeys in large groups engaging in crude versions of cricket and football using coconuts. The cricket game features a coconut bowler and a dodging batter, with players being dismissed when struck. The football match is a foot game aiming to keep the ball, with potential rugby-style antics leading to war if the ball is seized. No referee is mentioned.
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South Africa
Tve
Brooklyn Timen
Mrs Haughty Exposed By Mush And Milk Ruse
A local column names a woman as Mrs Haughty who feigns superiority but is revealed by a simple supper scene. She claimed to hate mush and milk yet dipped her spoon in milk first, revealing her insincerity to the host and child onlookers. The anecdote appears in the Omaha World-Herald.
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Mrs. Haughty
Ventriloquism Prank At Dunoon Butcher Shop
John Leitch visits Archie Mains in Dunoon and tricks him with a talking sheep’s head and an ox tongue. Leitch, a ventriloquist, makes the head protest and the tongue mock the butcher, who flees the shop in alarm, leaving the shop looted by the joke.
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John Leitch
Rothesay
Dunoon
Archie Mains
Mains
Freal
Mr. Leitch
The Husband's Way Spelling Reveals Family Tensions
In a wartime era exchange from the New Orleans Times Democrat, a couple argues over spelling a word for a gown while financial strain emerges. The husband lists costs and unpaid amounts as the wife writes to her mother, exposing domestic stress.
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New Orleans
Sheridan and the Joke in Rhetorical Craft
Analysis of oratory strategies cites Sheridan’s joke as a means to win audience goodwill and cites Cicero and Terence with examples of flattery. The piece explains flattering self-reference and addressed patriotism as modern equivalents, referencing Westmin ister Review.
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Sheridan
House of Commons
Cicero
Tertullis
Paul
Tertallis
Agrippa
Buzfuz
Westmineter Review
Witness in a Promise Case Cited by a Complacent Mary
In a Brooklyn Eagle excerpt Mary responds to a mother’s question about a loud man in the kitchen. Mary explains she can call the man as a witness in a case of promise, while noting the slang and regional speech.
Weather bureau jokes and ancient court cranks
A Boston Courier item riffs on weather forecasts and bureau drawers as Freddie and his father comment on changes of weather. A London magistrate case features two workmen claiming antique ormolu artifacts and proving their claim by demonstrating how ormolu is made. The fragment notes Sparta used an iron coinage exclusively.
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Freddie
Weather Bureau
Boston Courier
London
Johnsons Quick Wit at Irish Vote Debates in Memphis
In Pinch precinct, Andrew Johnson and Gus Henry faced a joint debate before a crowd of Irish voters. Johnson rebutted Henry's attack on his Ireland aid by revealing he personally donated 260 dollars from his own funds while Henry offered no personal contribution. The exchange boosted Johnson’s standing as a reformist speaker, though he later died, leaving a legacy as a blunt, effective debater.
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Memphis
Andrew Johnson
United States Senate
Gus Henry
Liepry
Johnson
Congress
Ireland
Henry
Tennessee
Chicago Limes-Herald
New York Justice and the Philadelphia Threat
A Washington Star item recounts a New York judge stern on attempted self harm while a prisoner cites being sent to Philadelphia by his firm as mitigating. The judge, shocked by the motive, acquits and orders a warrant for the firm for assault with intent to kill.
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New York
Philadelphia
Washington Star
War Relic Poster Encourages Michigan Infantry Recruitment
George M. Millington found a cloth poster among Rev Richard Millington's relics in Coonrod. It calls for Seventeenth Michigan Infantry recruits with a $100 bounty and $13 monthly pay plus board and medical care. Recruiting office listed opposite Rathbun House with Alfred Abeel as first lieutenant.
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George M. Millington
Seventeenth Regiment
Richard Millington
Coonrod
Seventeenth Michigan Infantry
Michigan Infantry
Detroit Barracks
Alfred Abeel
Seventeenth Michigan
Infantry
Rathbun House
Michigan
Autograph Request and a Tailor’s Check Tale
A humorous vignette features Mr Chumley Jones granting an autograph to a fan who cheekily asks for it on a $50 check payable to Snip & Cuttum. The piece notes Harper's Bazaar style wit and briefly mentions Turkestan’s sparse schooling, where itinerant teachers bring lessons aboard railway carriages.
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Chumley Jones
Mr. Jones
Harper's Bazar
New Composite Cars on Overland Route
King Solomon's Nation notes a daily service via The Overland Limited with new Buffet Smoking and Library cars on the Chicago to Salt Lake City route. The cars feature modern design, generous entertainment and reading materials, and are supported by Union Pacific as the western line inaugurating this service. Tickets should be routed via The Overland Route.
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Chicago
Crow
Electric Bitters Claims Health Benefits for Seasonal Ailments
Electric Bitters is promoted as a year round medicine addressing languor liver sluggishness and the need for a tonic and alterative. It touts preventing bilious fevers and countering malarial poison with rapid action for headaches indigestion constipation and dizziness. Available at W. Bassett's Drug Store for 0c and 1.00 per bottle.
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W. &. Bassett's
Ballard's Snow Liniment claims quick rheumatism relief
An old advertisement touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia sprains and bruises claiming rapid relief within 24 hours. A customer testimonial from C W Ford credits the product with enabling sleep and work after multiple applications. Price listed as 50 cents at Scanian's Drug Store in Fort Worth Texas.
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Ballard
C. W. Ford
Lyon Supply Co
Fort Wor
Texas
Scanian’s
Bal lard's Horehound Syrup Ad Claims Cure
Mrs W B Evans of Clearwater Kansas endorses Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a remedy for throat and lung troubles including whooping cough. She reports her husband recovered after one bottle, with doctors once predicting quick consumption. Sold at Scanlan's Drug Store for 25 and 50 cents.
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Ballard
W. B. Evans
Clearwater
Kans
Buallard
Scanlan
Free Life Pills Offer From A J Bucklen & Ye
Send your address to Chicago firm A J Bucklen and Ye to obtain Wing's New Life Pills. The ad claims easy action and benefits for constipation and sick headache. It asserts Marvelia and Liver troubles, vegetable ingredients, no deleterious substances, and a gentle stimulant effect. Regular size 25 cents per box. sold by W P Bassett, Druggist.
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A. J. Bucklen & Ye
Chicago
Sor de. Wing
WPF
Bassett
Tour Customers and Endorsements for Chamberlain's Remedy
W. H. King Isaac P. King and many locals praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cough syrup they have used. R. A. Blake and Son, merchants of Big Tunnel Virginia, attest to its efficacy and offer it through W. F. Bassett in the area.
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Chamberlain
W. H. King
Isaac P. King
R. A. Blake & Son
General Merchants
Big Tunnel
W. F. Bassett
Bucklens Arnica Salve advertisement offer
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as the best salve in the world for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box sold by W F Bassett.
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W. F. Bassett
Strayed Cream Mare With Star In Colorado
Six year old cream colored mare with a star on her forehead and branding on the right shoulder. She is accompanied by two colts. Reward of five dollars offered for her recovery. Contact Herman G. Miller in Sterling, Colorado.
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Herman G. Miller
Sterling
Colo
Homeseekers Excursions by Union Pacific
Tickets go on sale the first and third Tuesdays of January February and March via Union Pacific to Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Arizona and New Mexico. Minimum round trip rate is seven dollars or more at one fare for round trip plus two dollars. For exact territory and full information call or address E R Breisch Agent.
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Union Pacific
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Arizona
New Mexico
E. R. Breisch
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the Telegraph Directory
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James Keilk
Wee
Porter
John F.cowell
Eve al. B. Reserve
U. J. Smythe
Public Instruction
W. Jackson
Lan Byas
Builting
Legislature
Pease
Sidney
Uniel McAleese
Weytris
Roa
S Duead
Biuret
Bronsot
Vedran J. McIntosh
F Tips
J. EB. Murt
Wettihet
H. T. Doran
Eas
W.E Bassett
J. Panteburg
HE. Deapem
School Board
ANU
Buard Villiage Trustees
Sidnes
Frank Welch Lodge
A. FL
A.M
Leslie Neubauer
Sec'y
D. Stuwirts
Sidney Lodge
O. EF. Mer
A. K. Greenlee
Sec
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Rebrecen
Neubauer
Grannemin N.C
Valiant Lodge
K. of P
H. E. Gupen
Kh. R-S
P Sanders
Bidney Division
No. 31
US. R OK
Mont Pierre Sanders
D. F. McKee
Joseph &. Conran
Realar Army and Navy Union of the U
H. DeCastro
Thos. Wellemian
E. V. Summer
E. . Osgood
C.P Davs
Adj
Henry A. Morrow
P.R. Borgquist
A.J. Davison
V. Sumner
W. R.O
A. J Haskell
Wiss Maggie Snyder
Sec’ Y
M. W.of
Pura Bay
McMullan
Kenworthy
V. A
Bidney Lodge
Erman Schroeder
R. G. Teimth
Recorder
A.o.fl
P. Sandera
R. Forrest
K.O.T. M
Wm. W. Chowlns
J. Snyder
R- K
Providence
O. E
Masonic Hall
Chas. P. Davis
Ellen Davis
Acta
Ph Jeournal
Phrenological Journal
Fowler & Wells Co., Publishers
Man
the Joke
Wear Turkestan
King Solomons’s Nation
Electric Bitters
Bucklen
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