National Senate and state officials listed in Telegraph Directory
The Telegraph Directory lists national and state government figures and local offices. It names U S Senate members and state officers including Governor Solas A Holcomb, Lieutenant Governor Robert Moore, Secretary of State Abel A Piper, Treasurer Joseph S Burtley, Attorney General Arthur Churchill, Superintendent Henry Cobett, and many district judges, sheriffs, clerks, surveyors, and education board members across North Platte, Sidney, Bassett, and surrounding areas. It also includes school board and teachers details with principals, assistants, and department heads.
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Solas
Holcomb
Robert the Moore
Abel
Piper
Eugene Moore
Joseph S. Burtley
Arthues Churchill
Henry KR. Cobett
Henry Russell
Community Church Services and Local Lodges
The listing details Methodist, Catholic, and Episcopal church services with Sunday schools and prayer meetings. It also lists numerous fraternal and veterans groups such as A M and I O O F, K of P, G A R, W R C, and other societies meeting monthly or biweekly with named officers and meeting nights.
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Methodist Episcopal
C. J. Osborn
Wam Rpworth League
Allen Newworthy
Episcopal Church
F. H Strout
League Objective Protects American Labor with Tariff
The article states the League aims to shield American labor by imposing a tariff on imports to safeguard U S industrial products from foreign competition. The plan emphasizes using tariffs to ensure domestic industries compete on fair terms against foreign labor.
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The
American Protective Tarif League
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Pickpockets Vie With Poets for Nerve and Skill
A Cincinnati Enquirer profile describes pickpockets as highly educated observers with iron nerves and deft hands. The piece argues success requires fear of failure, speed, and constant practice, noting only a tiny fraction of humanity reach pickpocketing mastery.
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Enquirer
Herrmann
Cincinnati Enquirer
Land as an Understudy and Comic Rehearsals
Feature from Chicago Record and Limerick News recounts a backstage tale of an understudy in a debate over a sack of sand used for rehearsal. The anecdote contrasts stage dignity with practical tricks in theater improving dramatic effect and audience reach.
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Forrest
Kean
Chicago
Laughing plants and joking tales from distant pages
The snippet references a witty dialogue about clairvoyant powers, notes on a seventh husband lineage, and a claim about an herb near Shanghai that supposedly causes laughter when eaten, plus a remark about the first adobe houses built by swallows.
A Soft Hearted Statesman and an Eight-Child Dilemma
A Youth's Companion account recalls Charles Floquet a French statesman famed for benevolence. He once spared a lazy functionary facing dismissal due to eight children, delaying the order and granting a lingering office tenure while in power.
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Charles Floquet
Floquet
M. Floquet
Assayers and growth law in early mining lore
A mining veteran mocks assayers while recounting Twain era Utah grindstone trick and Silver Cliff ore lore. Harvard professor Dr. Minot supports a growth law showing continuous body growth but decreasing power to grow after birth, citing guinea pigs and humans with rapid early weight gains slowing over time.
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Mark Twain
Utah
Silver Cliff
Arizona Republican
Charles Sedgewick Minot
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Golf fog and travel tricks from Bulawayo and beyond
The piece mixes odd notes from Bulawayo golf where lost balls vanish and natives might snag balls, with a whimsical journal sidebar on Hideyoshi and a skull relic in Japan. It also recalls Disraeli Harcourt quips about politics and a Marine’s hopping along the coast, ending with a Swift quip about the chameleon’s nimble tongue.
Parole relic from Gettysburg shown to Loyal Legion
A Civil War relic, a single yellowed parole slip for Lucius Palchild of the Second Wisconsin Volunteers, is discussed by General Fairchild. The item recalls the second day of Gettysburg and a wounded officer’s plea, with other paroles printed at the Gettysburg office. The piece also notes Vienna bicycle regulations and a Ben Jonson anecdote about appearance and identity.
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Fairchild
Loyal Legion
Gettysburg
Confederate States
Lucius Palchild
Wisconsin Volunteers
Emack
Maryland Volunteers
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lawyer uncovers old statute on bonfires and rights
A Worcester Gazette tale follows a lawyer who finds an 18th century rule banning bonfires within ten rods of a building. He and a fellow attorney plan to burn leaves while consulting a dictionary to resolve the dispute. The punchline recalls the word bonfire as a public display.
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Worcester Gazette
Lore of
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North Plate
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F.P Morgan
Crippell
H. M. Grimes
North Platte
Pease
Sidney
Tnlel McAleese
Ballo
Neubauer
Colton
Robi Ho Withs
Camp Clark Cooner
Bassett
Leroy Martin
W.R. Woods
Weyerts
Atkins
Harper
Bronson
A. Rete
P. A. Griftth
T. B. Dawson
Geo. F. Blanchard
John Baker
James J. McIntosh
Chas. Doran
Minnie Chase
Whitehead
Blanchard
Mektee
L. F. Shelton
Mueller
Rances Wrinht
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Delsarte
Villiage Trustees
A Pease
Chiuirman Julius Neubauer
J, Buker Oy
J. McDaniels
G. Granuuman
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A. A. Ricker
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Frank Welch
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Wm. Chowlas
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Thos. Welleman
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J. J. Snyder
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Jack Moynihan
St. Louis
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Shanghai
Bulawayo
Hideyoshi
Washington
Yokohama
Phillips Brooks
Japan
New York Press
Disraeli
Sir William Harcourt
Diszsy
London
Coasis
Bicycles
Vienna
New York Home Journal
New York
Lord Craven and
Ben Jonson
Lord Craven
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Kerr St
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Atlanta
Blackwell’s
Durham Tobacco Company
Durham, M. C
White Star Soap
Blackwell
Durham
United States
Greenlee & Benson
General Merchandise
Chowins & Son
Chowins
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Exchange Meat Market
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