National Body Names in Telegraph Directory Listing
The Telegraph Directory presents a roster of national bodies and state officers. It lists figures such as Jno M Thurston and Omaha Williams Allen among congressmen and state officials like Governor Holcomb and Lieutenant Governor Harris, plus auditor and treasurer roles with other named officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Holcomt
James E. Haris
Arne
Portus
Cessets
B. Reserve
J. Smythe
R Jackson
U S Land Office Notice From Unclear Source
Content appears garbled with scattered names and lines resembling an land office notice but lacks readable details, dates, or clear events. No identifiable actions or outcomes can be confirmed from the fragment for a concise card.
Village Trustees and School Board Members Listed
A fragmented roster lists village trustees and school board members including J.J McIntosh J. Neubauer and J. E Hurt along with Treasurers, clerks, and officials. Teachers Miss Justina Whitehead Minnie Chase and others are noted with elementary and primary roles. several surnames repeat in positions across departments.
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Justina Whitehead
Principia
Minnie Chase
Featesioe
J A. Neubuuwer
Grammy
McKee
Julia McFadden
itPrima
L. F. Shelton
Methodist Episcopal Church Services and Schedule
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday morning services with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. Epworth Leaguers meet in the afternoon with a 5:00 p.m. preaching hour and a 7:30 p.m. prayer meeting on Thursdays. Everyone invited by Rev. R. Moone and Rev. R. Cree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muthodist Episcopal Church
C. J. Osburn
Rev
R. &. Moone
Episcopal Church
Fraternal Lodges and Allied Groups Meeting Schedule
Lists numerous fraternal and veterans organizations meeting monthly in Mars and nearby venues. Includes Camp No. 12 Royal Neighbors, Frank Welch Lodge No. 7 A F and A M, and many others with meeting dates, times, locations, and corresponding officers or secretaries.
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Royal Neighbors
K. Po Hall
Mars
Kittie Washburn
Oracle
Maus
Susan Chambers
Frank Welch Lodge
A. F
A.M
Leslie Neubauer
Sec
A. D. Stuwitts
Timidity and Greatness in Thinkers and Orators
A discussion of timidity as a common trait across youth and adulthood among scholars, writers, and public speakers. Dugas notes timid intellects combine speculative boldness with practical fear, with figures like Carlyle cited for public performance nerves.
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Duzas
Mi O
Per Contra
Horace
Benjamin Constant
Michelet
Amiel
M. Dugas
Hardihood
Carlyle
M. Rochefort
Cicero
M. Sarcey
Celdora
Wood heating capacity myth corrected by Staats Zeitung
A Staats Zeitung writer debunks the belief that hard wood heats better than soft wood. Repeated tests show the Linden and other soft woods top heating power, with fir Elm Pine Willow Chestnut Larch Maple Spruce and others ranking above hard oak locust and beech.
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Die Staats Zeitung
London Book Thieves Stolen Littre Dictionary Recovered
London correspondence reports book thieves are bold and numerous. A clerical looking man bought an abridged Littre Dictionary for one pound, then it was found stolen from a neighboring stall. The seller recovered some volumes and detained the man, who had been preying on others as well.
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Suckling
London
Blind Man Identifies Wife in New York Morgue
A blind man identified his dead wife in Bellevue morgue by touch. After a faulty guess the man used both hands and confirmed the body as Mary. He whispered a poignant line about her thin cold face, recognizing the deceased as his wife despite the tragedy.
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New York
Bellevue
Mary
Patti Sparks Ragtimes With Secret Romance In Kindred Gathering
Avery recalls Patti on an American excursion where a banjo playing youth sang rag time and thrilled her. She fell in love with his melodies but kept the secret as the singer prepared to perform for the company. Patti ends by singing M znie Come Kiss Your Honey Boy.
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Patti
Mzmie
Transportation in Mexico City Largely On Native Backs
The piece notes absence of drays or express wagons in Mexico City and describes carts with huge wheels used by natives for local transport. For trunk moving a cargador is hired at 25 cents to carry a 300 pound load two miles. In rural areas, all freight is borne by small mules.
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City
Mexico
Imaginary Dangers in a Harbor Conversation
A nervous old woman asks a deck hand about danger on the steamer. The deck hand replies that there is plenty of fear but no real danger. The exchange appears in Harlem Life reflecting nautical life and urban humor.
Why We Have More Women Singers Than Men
Godey’s Magazine notes gender ratios in American concert singers. Tenors roughly equal the combined baritones and basses, with about twice as many sopranos as mezzo sopranos or contraltos. Higher voices attract attention, while altos and basses are undervalued. Social norms push women to study singing more than men, and some men abandon music to join family business or avoid public artistic expenditure.
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Lukey Smith
Jakey Jones
America
Godey
Will Hale and Communnt Enquirer
A reflective piece recalling boyhood days in a village with Jim and a marble game. The narrator wistfully recalls past summers, old trees, and friends now gone, ending with a vow to return and rest where childhood memories linger.
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Will
Hale
Cmemonnt Enquirer
No Grog in Our Navy Ends Daily Rum Rations
An old naval note argues the daily grog ration for sailors was ended after proving it led to sprees and discipline issues. The piece contrasts American, French, Italian, Spanish, and British crews and notes other navies still provide grog while Americans rely on fighting prowess.
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United States
Wen
China Station
Reduced Bites to Grand Encampm at Mi ing District
Union Pacific will sell tickets at One Fire for the Board Tropos 500 from all points in Kansas Nebraska Colorado and Utah to Rawlins Wyoming. Dates tickets will be sold are 1st and 3rd Tuesday on May June July August September October and November. Stage line only except Sunday each way between Rawlins and Grand Encampment. For full information call on or address E R Brvised Agent.
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le U Jon Pacific
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Rawlins
Wyo
Cntty
Grand Encampment
Brvised
International Christian Endeavor Convention Ticket Note
The Union Pacific offers one fare round trip from all points in Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah for the 1898 Nash ville event from July d to 12 1898. Contact ER BREISCH agent for dates limits tickets and information on fastest connections and best accommodations.
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International Christian Endeavor
Nashville
Union Pacific
Kansas
Nebraska
Coorado
Wyoming
Uriah
ER. Breisch
Young Men as Soldiers Across Civil War History
The Knoxville Tribune notes that boy soldiers aged 16 to 21 provided the best material for fighting men, citing Civil War captains under 20 and generals in their early twenties. It recalls figures like Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Sheridan, Fitzhugh Lee, Alexander, and Napoleon to argue youth produced military prowess.
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Creneral Grant
Stonewall Jackson
General Sheridan
Fitz- Hugh Lee
Alexander
Napoleon
Egypt
Alps
Marengo
Knoxville Tribune
Fooled the Premier by a Watch Theft in Darkened Room
A London Telegraph tale recounts a prime minister hosting English guests with parliament members. A guest notices his watch missing and, after a staged dark period to preserve honor, discovers not the watch but a silver inkstand also gifted by the king is gone from the writing table.
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London Telegraph
The Little Japanese at Home in St Nicholas
Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett writes about Japanese house customs including tabi socks with separate great toe, wooden clogs with adjustable pegs, and home footwear tidiness. She notes fashioning straps and easy removal on entry and the cultural emphasis on cleanliness and complexion among Japanese girls.
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Ida Tigner Hodnett
St. Nicholas
Won’t Sacrifice Art for Money Says Arnold Bocklin
A friend recalls Arnold Bocklin as a young painter who wed a poor Roman girl and lived on beans. He refused a wealthy merchant’s demand to modify a landscape, turning down a nearly $1,000 offer to keep his artistic ideals intact.
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Arnold Bocklin
Corman
Healthy Cheerfulness and City Life Facts
The text argues for cheerful company in sickrooms to avoid relapse and notes fatigue from exertion due to chemical byproducts in muscles and blood. It also cites a French statistic that over a third of the population, 84.76 percent, live in cities.
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France
German immigrant argues wealth in clothes and books at barge office
Economics notes Frants Poesing, a healthy German from Unter den Linden, insisting his suit, new books, and 60 marks worth of texts total 105 marks should qualify as money. He challenges officials who say he lacks funds to leave the barge office.
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Frants Poesing
Unter den Linden
New York Commercial Advertiser
Woman Journalist's Royal Visit Tale Draws England Quietly
In a London paper a northern woman journalist asked to cover royal visits as its special correspondent. The editor granted authority but never received copy before press time. Next day a sharp note arrived explaining exhaustion after ceremonies left her unable to write.
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England
London
Chivalry and Commercialism Clash Over Calf Lawsuit
A colorful exchange cited from the Indianapolis Journal notes a legal dispute over a calf in a Kentucky neighborhood costing over $11,000 while wartime bravado mocks such losses. The exchange references a claim that a gallon of cider or cidah cost the lives of 20 Kentucky soldiers in a jokey contrast.
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Kaintucky
Indianapolis Journal
Fitz Hugh Smith Names and Ambition in Virginia Governorship
An interview with General Lee Fitz Hugh Smith discusses how a storied lineage shapes his political career. He says the famous name burdens him yet also spurs effort, noting praise and blame are magnified by ancestry and bloodline expectations.
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Hugh Lee
General Lee
Virginia
John Wise
Fitz-Hugh Smith
Smith
Smiths
Theatrical Villain Yanks Seat Neighbors Lap
The Yonkers Statesman quotes a taunting line about a villain in a play and notes an audience member being climbed over during a scene. It adds a French law oddity about capturing frogs at night.
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Mr. Crimsonbeak
Mrs. Crimsonbeak
Acta
Yonkers Statesman
Prominent Akron Woman Praises Pe-ru-Na Remedy
A Akron Ohio resident Miss Eliza Wike credits Pe-ru-na with curing her pelvic catarrh and restoring her health. A testimonial notes significant weight gain and improved vitality after using Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin, claiming it saved her life and brightened her appearance.
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Eliza Wike
Iron Street
Akron
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J. Neubauer
Rebecca
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Davis
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Maggie Snyder
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Chambers
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Providence
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Omas
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Stowitts
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H. Buesiz Bhenka
Phrenological Journal
Meothers and Teacers
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York
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Mexican Custome
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Uncle Sam
Ing District
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Meee
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Union Square
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Pe-ru-na Medicine Co
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Mascoulah, Jl
Rome
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Pruaver
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Trewin Cleeter
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Arnott Pustinate
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Alaryslewna Presbyterian Ciureny Onion
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MacArthur
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Morin Suumerball
Lewmier
Bristol
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W. T. Moore
Lonton
Eng
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Monro Glinan
St. John's Wand Presbyterian Church
Georgs Olopaner
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Levant
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Wallis
Loohsgliers
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Miller
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Broadway
Belvidere, Ill
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Supreme Court
U. S
Detroit Free Press
International
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Springfield
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