Neighborhood Gossip From Esmond Street Afloat
A crowded list of residents from Esmond Street and nearby avenues shares updates on vacations, camps, illnesses, and visits. Families like the Weddons, Zinks, and Magnussens report trips to Lake Pleasant Wisconsin, Whitehall Michigan, and northern Michigan, with several children at summer camps. Hospital stays, recoveries, and back-home updates surface amid school and church social notes and a local gas electric water bill nudge.
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Arthur
Harold Zink
McDonald
Whitehall
Mich
Hoyne Ave
Esmond St. Ster
Brown Rice
Chi
Schiele
Elliott
Pennsylvania
Kiskaddon
Esmond
Kiskaddons
A. Young
Frank
Ohio
Chicago
Dand
Amber Whitaker
Minneys Mint
Alice Foote
Esmond St
Fred Turner
Lothair
Rhinelander
Wis
H. P. Magnussen
110Th St
Harold Welton
108Th St
South Dakota
Ray Beardsley
Camp Owasispe
Michigan
Herbert Craw
Bob
Denver
Plymouth
Congregational Church
Gedat Lake
Ind
Eunice
Jessie Short
Mackinac
Grey
W. Hoffman
Hermosa Ave
Detroit
Niagara
Tom Ketcham
Alice
Esmond Sr
Reet Bassie
Carl Weddon
Jores Hoyne
Roseland Hospital
A. E. Rigby
Mae Rigby
S. Leavitt St
Wisconsin
Epworth League Institute
Lake Geneva
Vis- Ruth McIntire
Naomi -Chambers
Morgan Park
Leavitt St
South Haven
Flag. Gave Name to State Tera in Familiar Design
The article notes that the Bone Stax state adopted a flag featuring the singl star during its historic fight for freedom from Mexico, a symbol that gave the territory its familiar designation.
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Mexico
First Nautical Terms Book by Captain John Smith in 1626
The first known seamanship dictionary appeared in 1626 authored by Captain John Smith, famed Virginia chronicler and Pocahontas era figure. This historical work laid foundational nautical terminology still cited in maritime studies.
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John Smith
Virginia
Pocahontas
Cribben-Sexton Defeats Morgan Park In Five-Run Fifth
Cribben-Sexton, Industrial League champions, crushed Morgan Park 11 to 3 after a big five inning where the visitors plated all their runs. Ewing came on for Park in the fifth, shutting down Cribben-Sexton, allowing only one hit and no runs the rest of the game.
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Morgan Park
Cribben-Sexton Boys
Cribben-Sextton
Ewing
Hansen
Cribben-Sexton
No Appeal A Lunchroom Exchange In A Family Scene
A journalist, his wife, and child share lunch as a child asks for more pudding. The mother and father barter over the amount while the child weighs the request. The tale ends with the child declaring the editors decision final.
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Ifttie
Alice
Agla
Iit
Early Sugar Usage in Ancient East Ingles
Fragmentary read of ancient sugar use notes in the East Ingles region. Mentions Soares as admiral linked to Alexander the Great era, references to sugarcane juice used as a common beverage. Unclear details due to garbled OCR yet points to early beverage practice and historical figures.
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Ingles
Soares
Alexander the Great
J E Eal
An. Oy
Good Morning Club Sends Cheerful Message to City
An upbeat note from a local group promotes a cheerful greeting to the city. The message encourages sharing kindness and positive vibes with all residents.
Mayan Calendar Mystery Reveals Ancient Time Reckoning
The article discusses the Mayan civilization calendar as an advanced timekeeping system. It notes the calendar’s accuracy and ability to pin any date within a 5,000,000 year span, and debates its origins with theories ranging from imports to independent development in Central America.
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E. EK
Central America
India
Egypt
America
Ita
And That Was That A London Comedian Tales Exchange
A famous London comedian, unnamed here, was invited to a peer's house during the festive season. After dinner he began reciting yarns when a guest interrupted to point out his handkerchief protruding from his pocket. The actor thanked him gravely and adjusted it.
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London
Sporting’ Aid Dramatic News
Girls Queer Ways And A Christmas Stock Joke
A fragment notes a Christmas quip by a boy named Walter about girls and stockings. The odd line suggests a humorous, dated schoolyard exchange and hints at gendered teasing in a domestic setting.
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Little Walter
Cobweb Silk Through History And Its Limits
The article traces cobweb gowns from Le Bon in the 18th century to Louis XIV and an Empress of Brazil gifting Queen Victoria with cobweb fashion. It notes cobweb silk is unlikely to become commercial due to spiders consuming large quantities of food for minimal silk yield.
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le Bon
Languedoc
Louis XIV
France
Brazil
Queen Victoria
Am I the only two man you ever loved dialogue
In a sharp exchange a woman asks if he ever loved anyone besides her. He coldly replies she is the sixth, naming five previous loves: his mother, an aunt, and three sisters, then she presses for clearer details in subsequent questions.
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Questons
Napoleon’s wooden horse sold in Paris for a fortune
Fragmentary note alleges a wooden horse toy linked to Napoleon Bonaparte was bought for a record sum and later sold in Paris. The text is garbled but suggests a high price, around 2,408 in the unspecified currency, with damaged references to the toy and Napoleon.
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Paris
Praise of Enthusiasm in an Allegory of Orpheus
A short reflection extols enthusiasm as contagious and essential to truth and achievement. It likens zeal to an allegory of Orpheus, noting how it moves stones and shares brutes, and credits enthusiasm as the genesis of sincere gains and new victories in Bulwer's terms.
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Orpheus
Neo
Bulwer
The Universal Art of Walking Versus Wheels
A New York Sun piece extols walking as a universal art that strengthens the body and preserves financial prudence. It contrasts burdens carried by women in some regions with men who trained by foot, urging readers to resist reliance on wheels for personal and racial vitality.
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Lfe
New York Sun
Phone Pests Parrots and Monkeys Cripple Lines
A historical note describes how in parts of Mextico parrots and monkeys ruin telegraph wires. The animals weigh down lines and break strands, forcing replacement with heavier wire and widespread service disruption.
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Parrots and Monkeys Telephone Company
Mextico
London’s Zero Hour A City Quiet on a Sunday Morning
London begins a tranquil Sunday as the clock strikes zero hour and the city rests. Morning calm contrasts with the usual bustle of newspaper trucks and market carts seen on busier days, creating a rare moment of stillness in a busy metropolis.
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London
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