National Body and State Officers Listed in Telegraph Directory
The Telegraph Directory lists national body, U.S. and Senate figures, and state officers. It includes names such as Governor Stas Holton Lieutenant Governor James Mavis Secretary of State Wm B Porter Auditor, and Attorney General J Smythe Lupt with other judiciary and district officials.
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Ceeecsee
A. Holton
James Yi Mavis
Wm. B. Porter
Pan
Cowell
Messerve Attorney-Genue
J. Smythe Lupt
Public Instruction
R Jackson
Local Officials and Appointments List
A fragmented roster lists treasurer clerk judge and other officials including Neubauer Bluntey Supe Lyon Sidney Serecron Kobi Hi Willis Camp Coroner Bassett Sidney Attorney Gapen Sidney 1st District Woods Weyerts 2d District Rowan Sidney 94 District J W Harper Bronson with unclear roles and districts. The text mirrors an old election or city government directory with multiple names and positions.
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A. Pease
Sidney
Berttf
Frank H. King
Lapeer
W. C. Bullock
Lodge Pole
Neubauer
Bluntey Supe
Public Jr
Lyon
Sidney Serecron
Kobi
Willis
Camp Clar
Bassett
Gapen
W.R. Woods
Weyerts
Rowan
J. W. Harper
Bronson
School Board Minutes From Moard Village Trustees
The record lists Moard Village Trustees Sidney including J J McIntosh as chairman and P Sam as treasurer plus a clerk and other officers. It names the school board with J McIntosh moderator Griffith Dawson Neubauer and John Baker as members and lists teachers and staff across grammar and primary departments.
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Tames J. McIntosh
Moderstor P
Griffith
T. B. Dawson
Neubauer Ag
John Baker
E. McLernon
Methodist and Other Faiths Service Schedule Listings
Community religious notices list Methodist Episcopal Church services Sunday school at 9 45am preaching at 11am Epworth League at 7 30pm and Thursday prayer meetings Catholic Church Mass schedule Episcopal Church with Sunday school at 10am morning prayer and sermon at 11am evening service at 7 40pm. Various fraternal and auxiliary group meetings are noted with dates and officers.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
C.J. Osborn
Epworth League
Brnayer
Als Moore
Episcopal Church
Stagecoach Hold Up by Jesse James Recounted
A. M. McCoy of Horsecave Kentucky ran stage lines to Mammoth Cave and Glasgow during the Civil War. A Jesse James era hold up occurred on a morning near Horsecave when four men stopped the stage, searched passengers, and took valuables including Roundtree’s cherished gold watch given by ex-Governor Knott. The watch remained with James for life.
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A. M. McCoy
Horsecave
Mammoth Cave
Glasgow
Jesse James
Roundtree
James
Knott
Jesse
Louisville Dispatch
Hymn Board Numbers Spark Underground Joke in Brooklyn Church
In a Brooklyn Sunday school lecture a hymn board showed four numbers in a row 4 41 44 and 7 11 which locals construed as a joke about policy numbers and betting. Onlookers debated the prank while noting no such hymns exist in the hymnal.
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Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Iever
New York Times
Meeting in Japan: A Portrait of a Formal Greeting
Two acquaintances in a Japanese town exchange a ritual bow and careful eye contact. They begin with lowered pace and mutual deference, then perform a long breathy exchange of complimentary phrases while rubbing hands. The moment ends when one asserts brief victory and both depart with relief.
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Jerel
Articles Made of Eelskin Factory in London Bridge
An eel skin leather factory in a quiet street near London Bridge produces various items from common eel skins. The skins undergo complex processes to become a pliable leather used for whiplashes harness laces and other flexible tough components.
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London Bridge
Duffy Finds Poems Unimpressive Yet Treasured
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy recalls being handed a volume of his poems by a hostess who asked his opinion. He replied that the poems were dreadful drivel, causing the hostess to blush. She defended that the verses came from the heart of her husband when they first met and would be treasured forever.
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Charles Gavan Duffy
Sir Charles
Strong Minded Woman Chooses Tale Of Courage
A dialogue from the Chicago Tribune features a terror stricken editor admitting he wrote a piece that earns the approval of a strong minded woman who questions its author and then asks if he will marry her in a sharp exchange.
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Chicago Tribune
Language of Flowers Question in Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript quotes Effie Uncle John debating whose language flowers reveal the meanings of gifts. The exchange toys with whether recipients or payers dictate interpretation.
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Effie
Uncle John
John
Boston Transcript
The Russian Sinner Ivan and the Drink's Hold on Farm Life
The piece portrays Ivan trapped by vodka and village drinking shops, neglecting work and leaving his wife Masha and children with scarce food. It notes farms half cultivated as Ivan spends money on drink while his family subsists on bread and scraps, with occasional cabbage soup or salted herring.
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Ivan
Ciildren
Masha
Chambers’ Journal
Made Up Complexions In New York Fashion
A New York trend toward daytime makeup grows as rouged cheeks appear in social life. The piece notes the surge in cosmetic use, cites heavy application, and quips about artistry versus excess. It closes with a Philadelphia Record anecdote about William H. Allen of Girard College and a townspeople visit.
London Lad’s Prayer in Pett Ridge Story
A London boy narrator in a Pett Ridge tale offers a humorous prayer asking God for growth and wealth to buy a cricket bat. He recites the plea and quickly adds his name and address, Elfred Martin of 53 Castle Street over Surrey side of Southwark Bridge.
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W. Pett Ridge
London
A. ‘Martin
Elfred Martin
Cawstle Street
Surrey
South’ark Bridge
Ready Money in Shanghai
In Shanghai a cashless system predominates where diners, barbers, and vendors extend credit. A daily routine ends with a tiny paper chit for the amount due, not immediate cash payment, reflecting a business culture of deferred settlement.
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Shanghai
Shoeblack
London
Longest Love Letter Quests in Elizabethan Era
A royal courtier penned what may be the world’s longest love letter during the Elizabethan period. From the Armada return tale, the crabbed manuscript reportedly filled about 400 sheets with an estimated 40 000 words detailing courtly affection and personal longing.
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Elizabeth
They say that your wife has an independent fortune
Detroit Free Press from an old column quotes a man named Blokely noting his wife’s fortune is so independent that he cannot access any of it. The humorous exchange highlights gendered expectations of financial autonomy in a historical setting.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
International
Chicago,Times-Herald
Pern
Amusing Civil War Blockade Torpedo Tale From Mobile
Mr. Dooley, a Mobile ship carpenter, recalls a blockade episode in which timber torpedo rafts were arranged to drift toward U S gunboats. A northerly wind drove them off course, causing a dramatic explosion near Frascati and panic in Mobile residents.
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Mr. Dooley
Mobile Harbor
United States
Uncle Sam
Frascati
Mobile City
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Naval Captain In Battle and the Conning Tower Debate
Park Benjamin argues captains cannot stay in conning towers as smoke and shells threaten vision and safety. He says duty is to manage ships from the best practical position, even if it means leaving the tower. Beresford jokes a captain might hide behind the tower for extra protection.
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Park Benjamin
the Independent
Charles Beresford
Electric propulsion for ships faces space and weight limits
The article explains that electric propulsion has limited use for large ships because a triple or quadruple expansion steam engine can be smaller and lighter for the same horsepower. It notes storage batteries would be impractical, estimating a cross Atlantic liner needing 10,000 horsepower would require about 24.46 million pounds of batteries, weighing 162,240 tons, far exceeding the ship’s weight.
Teetotal Lecturer’s Tale Brings Public Scorn at West Bromwich
A West Bromwich lecturer told a simple drinking horror story about a wooden legged taper who winds a clock after heavy drinking. A lady in the audience realized the tale fit her husband and criticized the lecturer for public ridicule. The lecturer, nicknamed Scratch, is now “undergoing repairs” and warned to choose illustrations more carefully.
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West Bromwich
Birmingham Mail
Camera the Draft Expert in a Dark Corner
An American Machinist piece compares a drawing aide named Camera to a clever draftsman. It praises his precision claiming he can copy lines and figures exactly, offering speed for printing. The passage portrays Camera as a reliable reference tool for output in minutes to an hour.
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Camera
FD Peste Oe
Pecan Grains and Notable Horticultural Notes
Excerpt discusses pecan as relative of hickory nut and its cultivation limits. Mentions pecan’s favored low rich bottom lands along the Wabash and Mississippi rivers and other regions. Briefly notes eastern Australia’s 100 million sheep transforming former desert into vegetated land and references Shakespeare editions in the British Museum Library.
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Wabash
Mississippi
White
Big Bend
Indian Corona
Texas
Little, Rock Democrat
Australia
British Museum
Ated
Alligator Attack Traps Cart Driver in Abyssed River
A Bengal post office report describes a near deadly river accident where a bridge failure forced fording. A cart and oxen were swept into a 12 foot abyss as alligators attacked, the driver rescued by Overseer Mehendra Nath Ghose and a cook, while authorities noted others died in the same peril.
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Bengal
Babu Mehendra Nath Ghose
London Standard
Bill Sykes Tricked by Water Well Mixer
In Newberg Bill Sykes reports being duped by a man selling a water treatment kit. Sykes paid $10 for a microscope and solution to kill imagined waterborne alligators, later discovering the animals were painted on the glass. He seeks the man with the instrument.
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Bill Sykes
Newberg
Hanner
Bill
Imaginative Prank Ends With Tragic Death
A group of European students staged a grim practical joke in a dim chamber, disguises on, and convinced a peer he faced execution. They forced him to kneel, touched his neck with a cane, and his death followed instantly. The crowd watched as the prank turned deadly.
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Europe
Viétine
Magnetizing a Soap Bubble in a Strong Electromagnet
Professor Fleming demonstrated a delicate attraction of gases in a field, using a soap bubble filled with air and then with oxygen in a powerful electromagnet. The bubble with air showed no movement, while the oxygen-filled bubble inclined toward the magnet when the current was on and burst at a later attempt.
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Fleming
lLoudon
Gunpowder Combustion Explained by New York Sun
The New York Sun outlines the reaction of gunpowder when ignition reaches 482 degrees F. It explains sulphur flames, nitrogen release, and the formation of carbonic acid and oxide with charcoal, noting about 57 percent solid matter and 43 percent permanent gases.
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New York Sun
Toy battle game turns victor into glued army tale
A London Figaro note recalls a boy and his sister playing a battle game with toy regiments and popguns. The boy’s troops held firm and he was declared victor after his sister’s soldiers fell, with his troops glued to the floor. Also noted are Paris journals by type and a remark on a Japanese wedding custom.
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Mr. Chamberlain
London Figaro
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U. & Senate
Jno
M. Thurston
Omiabi
William V. Allen
Madison
W.L. Greene
U.S. Rand Office
Legislature
Sul Benatonial District
Destrice
Stebbins
Judiclal
H. M. Grimes
North Lutte GC
H. Lehermann
Yachers
Justina Whiteberd
Minnie Chase
Cmuureches
D. P. Heatwaveston
Royal Neighbors
Knrzine Washburn
Susan Chambers
Sidney Lodge
UV. O. Borate
Ening . A
Rebecca Dryree
Seute
V. Neubauer
Sec’y- AJ Grannemad A. B
Valiuon Lodge
No. 98
H. FE. Gaven
S. Chas. Callahan
Bidney Division
No. Ul
Flaxk Tourn
D.F. McKex
Col. Joseph
Conrad Gurrison
Regular
Army and Navy Union of the Us
F. HS DeCastro
Thos. Weileman
al. Ee. V. Summer
Wa. Henry
Wa. Davis, Adj
Flenry A. Morrow
No. 17
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J. R. Bonequist
A.J. Davison
Spt
E. V. Sumner
A. J. Haskell
Magsie Brydon
Sidney Camp
M. W
A. Moete
Hriday
McMullan
Clerk
C.P. Chambers
V. OC
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Tuba
Sr Optea
V.M
Vach Mane
D. B. McKee
Vb. Anders
R. R
Mth
R. Foreat
Prest
K.O.T. M.meeta
Wm. W. Chowins
B. J. Snyder
R. K
Providence
O. E
P. Davis
Sidney Lodge No
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P. Hall
Second
Myrtle Streets
Burron
H. Bragiz Brennan
Phrenological
Fowler & Wells Co., Publishers
East
New, York
Japan
Thanka
New York
New Yorker
Philadalphia Record
William H. Allen
Girard College
Allen
Mr. Allen
Brigham Young
Ume
Qgunpowder
Paris
Wee
Laviton
Dayton
Ohio
Atlanta
Webster’s International
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D. J. Brewer
U. B. Supreme Court
U. S. Gov't Printing
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Rehools
College Refirdanta
Acrson
Ok & CC
Merrtait CO
Springfield
Mess
Miller
Eldredge
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Belvidere
National Sey
Broadway
ING Machine CO
Belvidere, Ill
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William Ewart Gladtons
Ireland
Naepe
Bayes Ce
Queen's Collaze
Oxford
Samuel I Ives Cartise
Chicacago Theosopt Semi Bary Na of Ua Ti
Frederic W. Farrar
F.rs
Ea Enteranne
Canterbury
Eng
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Ksellers
Henry O. Sned
ATUL
Monroe Streat
Chicago
Tiltots
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