National body and state officers listed in telegraph directory
The Telegraph Directory shows the national body with U S Senate names and the Sixth Congressional District plus the state officers headed by Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Public Lands Commissioner. The U S Land Office figures John M Adams as Register and P A Griffith as Receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slag A. Slolcomb
James E. Harris
Wm. F. Porter
B. Messarve
J.smthe
W. R. Jackson
J.W. Wolf
U.8. Land Office
John M. Adams
Seas Seresesees Register
P. A. Griffith
Local Officials and Names Listed in Dimmed OCR
Fragmentary OCR lists Sidney figures including Clerk McAleese and Coroner Robin Wills along with roles such as Treasurer Bassett and Sheriff in the Ist District. Other names appear with titles like Surveyor Chambers and Attorney Bassett, indicating a public notice or roster.
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A. Pose
Sidney
Community Organizations and Clubs Listed in Grove Parish Log
Local notices compile a roster of church groups, lodges, and fraternal societies with meeting times and officers. The document names numerous lodges and committees, including Epworth League, Frank Welch Lodge, Rebecca Degree, VFW, and Leo clubs, along with secretaries and captains.
The Rise and Odd Purchases of W Stratton
The Chicago Times-Herald recounts how W Stratton, a Colorado Springs magnate, went from earning a modest living to amassing between 15 and 20 million dollars. A trip to California leads to a bank error realization, followed by Stratton’s comically lavish ticket and car requests, ultimately confirmed by banker Moffett.
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Colorado Springs
W. Stratton
Stratton
California
Denver
San Fran
Moffett
Chicago Times-Herald
Royal salaries across Europe and Britain in the early era
A Pittsburg Dispatch summary notes royal pay in Europe and Britain. It lists the queen's near 2 million dollars annually plus duchy of Lancaster income, Ireland's lord lieutenant at 100 thousand, the Prince of Wales at 200 thousand, France at 240 thousand, Germany around 4 million, Russia about 12 million, Spain's Alfonso XIII with reported allowances, and contrasts with the U.S. president's 50 thousand.
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Royal Family
England
Duchy of Lancaster
Ireland
Prince of Wales
France
Italy
Abyssinia
Russias
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Europe
Pittsburg
Safety Razor Purchases Reveal Hidden Motives
A cutlery dealer notes many customers buy safety razors as gifts for male relatives and demand detailed usage directions. A ragged street urchin asked for a razor to earn sixpence from a woman outside, then hawked razors to passersby until police were needed to curb his behavior.
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Rascal
Pearson's Weekly
Understanding the watch through its hidden mechanism
A passage explains that examining a watch’s mainspring balance wheel reveals the whole design. By taking the mechanism apart and reassembling it, one sees how parts fit, proving deliberate organization rather than chance under one intelligent design.
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Harper's Round Table
High Frequency Currents Show Deep Body Effects
d Arsonval reports powerful inductive effects of high frequency currents on the body. Experiments with three lamps in a circuit show no sensation in subjects while currents illuminate the lamps. Subjects exhibit increased oxidation and heat production, with carbonic acid elimination rising from 17–21 to 87 liters per hour after exposure. Effects occur inside the body, not just the surface. Studies by Apostoli and Churrin. microbes and bacilli altered, toxins killed and transformed to vaccine. Potential direct treatment for interior of patients with zymotic disease. trials begun.
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Societe Internationale Des Electriciens
Arsonval
MM. Apostoli
Churrin
M. @’Arsonval
Charrin
Giants of the past: 18th century and 19th century freak show height records
The excerpt chronicles tall men exhibited in Europe and Ireland including Cajanusa of 1742 Louvain eight foot plus measurements, Charles Byrne at 8 feet 4 inches who died at 22 from heavy drinking, Cotter O Byrne born 1761 who grew to 9 feet 4 inches by 23 and later renamed O Brian to imply royal descent, retiring rich and dying in Clifton on September 8 1804 with a will demanding his body be sunk to thwart medical dissection.
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Cajanusa
Louuva
Charles Byrne
Cotter O'Byrne
Kinsale
O'Brian
Brian Bordihme
Clifton
London Standard
Camphor For His Wife Ruse In Alcohol Deception
A farmer once tricked town druggists by presenting a bottle filled with gum camphor and milky quartz to imitate camphor crystals. He claimed it was for his wife’s camphor bottle of alcohol. The ruse unfolded over repeated visits until the fraud was uncovered.
Norfolk rector defends Dr. Goulburn in London Daily News
A Norfolk rector quotes a London Daily News critique praising late Dr. Goulburn for reading the Epistles and lessons. The piece, labeled as a Norfolk farmer’s criticism, calls it an atrocious libel while noting the rector’s defense of the eminent cleric. It mentions Mrs Potte and Mr Watta in a humorous aside about a bicycle suit.
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London Daily News
Norwich
Dr. Goulburn
Norfolk Faroer
Hay
Gowse
Readel's Mew Mandel Phenomenal Memory Recalls Operas
Readel's Mew Mandel boasts one of the era's most phenomenal musical memories, reciting from beginning to end a sequence of operas totaling eighty six as of the noted period.
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Mandel
Sat
Stuart the Painter and His Readings of Faces
A biographical sketch of Stuart the American painter highlights how his gift for physiognomy shaped his art and humor. Anecdotes include misread busts in the British Museum and a dinner with the Duke of Northumberland revealing a roguish figure.
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Stuart
Newport
British Museum
Jemmy
Isaac Newton
Duke of Northumberland
Open Boat excerpt from Cranes tale on sea survival
Stephen Crane portrays the oiler and crew rowing in a bleak vigil as a lighthouse fades, a pale star rises, and the sea darkens around them. The exhausted boatmen question fate and life while the cook drifts into thoughts of pie amid the perilous calm. The scene from The Open Boat appears in Scribner's.
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Billie
Stephen Crane
Scribner’s
Novel Ladder Saves Tenants in Fire
A New York fire escape tale recounted by Youth's Companion shows a janitor forming a living ladder to help tenants escape a tenement blaze. As the crowd pressed downward, the janitor steadied the fragile ladder and allowed everyone to reach the ground safely.
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New York
Sparagus Kidney Pills Claim Quick Kidney Cure
The townsmith and Druggist report favorable outcomes from free samples of Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills. Users show quick relief in kidney and bladder issues, with early signs of improvement. Authors urge continued use beyond five days, noting pills are easy to take, buy, and obtain.
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Julius Hobbs
W. Fr. Bassett
Dr. Hobbs Sparagus
Hobbs Sparagus
Hopss Sparagus
Telepathy Experiment Described For Home Circles
A Courier-Journal note explains a telepathy trial using a blindfolded participant and a chosen card. Groups focus on the card while others project thoughts, with claims of success by Hudson and references to The Law of Psychic Phenomena.
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Hudson
Banda
Baria Willin
Hadson
Gearing
Courier-Journal
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William V. Allen
Madison
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D. M. Grimes
North Platte
Ist
Wi Woods
Weyerts Sd
Rowdney
Villiage Trustees
J. Mclntosh
Nate Ds
Griffith
T. B. Dawson
J. Neubauerfohn Baker
James J Meintes Obus
Doran
Miante Chase
Whitehes Misys Wanchard
L. F. “Shoitan
Wright
Methodist Episcopal Chuhcs
C.J. Osborn
Epworth
Allen Kenworthy
Frank Welch Lodge
A. F
A.M
Lealie Neubauer
Sec
A.D. Stewlrts
Sidney Lodge
A. K. Greenlee
Sec'y
Richard Kreughr
N.G
Rebecca
Neubauer
J. Neubauer
Valiant Lodge
K.of P
Fi. E. Gapen
K. R
P. Sanders
GC. U
Kidney Division
Pierre Saunders
P.f. McKee
Gd. Joseph
Conrad Garrison
Regular Army and Navy Union of the
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H. DeCastro
Thos, Welleman
Osgood
O.P. Davs
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Henry A. Morrow
S.of V
P. R. Borgquist
A.J. Davison
E. V. Sumner
W. Rk. O
A.J. Haskell
Muggle Snyder
Bidney Lode
Herman Schroeder
W. M
G. Griffith
A.O. Hamut
BF. McKee
K. 8
Sanders
R. R
Kk. Forrest
Chowins
H. J. Snyder
R- K
Providence
O. KE. S
Masonic Hall
Chas. P. Davis
Ellen Davis
Sidney Loday
P- Hall
Second
Myrtle Streets
Cordiall
Carrie Peterson
LA. Brest
Brennan
Powler & Wells CO
St. New York
Cisco
Guesa
Camphor
Hm Praise
Readel
Hobbs
Bassett's Drug Store
W.F. Bassett
Draggist
Neb
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Kearney, Neb
Jadi Dies
Bath
Western Corset CO
Mt. Louth
Fairbanks
Morse & CO
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Omaha
Nab
Beales
Wright Thee
Borineton
Peoria
Chile
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Nanses City
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