Reminiscences of Alma’s First Settlers by T A Ely
T A Ely provides material on Alma’s early settlement with Gen Ralph Ely’s family as the first permanent settlers in April. The article catalogs pioneers, log houses, a school, the first teacher Martha Cole, and the growth of the community including mills, homes, and early church and social activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
T. A. Ely
Ralph Ely
Towia Comunty
Jam
Tinker & Lancashire
Ithare
St. Lants
Lodis
Lam Hukers
Trnkl
Lowatings
Dies Kress
Strummer
Emery Adams
Fara
Hil
Adam
Nyasoner
Martha Cole
Duaester
Leninel
Welien
Chile
Murem
Ely
Lancashire
Bindu Wilkins
Howe Weobe
Fay Everryy
Dorn
Ho Snanek
Dahin
Samnel Koenter
Laupette Clie
Oscar Marse
Ciifend
Chedge Speer
Mietely
de Carters
Jobin
Dery
Rameau
Wright Farm
Athoortet
Cldwell & Clark
Tava
Thealun Nelsot
Aferwauris
Wil
Ducati
Ithaca High and Local School Notes Go To Field Day
School notes report Miss Mae Sargent ill and the high school quiet, while Physics studies electricity. Mr Ely returns after a forced absence, and preparations begin for a field day with Ithaca high school. Miss Stepanek enforces discipline with a quiet, firm hand. A chemistry student burned her arm with nitric acid during an unusually bold experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ithaca High School
Interfaith Services Invite All For Morning And Evening
Religious notices list Methodist inviting all to morning and evening sessions on What is man and Christ with the repentant thief. Baptist invites all to morning and evening led by Rev A H Beaver. Presbyterian invites all to morning Macedonian call and evening faith topics as part of a series. YB SoC B Mertha Peters leader. PA Emma Carpenter leader. Epworth League Nettie Cir eg leader.
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Christ
Presbyterian
Mertha Peters
Emma Carpenter
Epworth League
Nettie Cireig
Left Handed Musicians Adapt Violin Science
Left handed violinists reverse string order and adjust bass bar and sounding post. some play standard layout. No left handed pianos. Gut strings on gut instruments can be reversed for lefties. banjo modifications noted. Complex notes on instruments, pills, sea travel, and various names appear in a stream of fragmented items with no clear single event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
English Churches and Cathedrals Spending In Britain
The London Letter notes a strong English attachment to old churches and cathedrals with substantial funds spent over the last two decades. Restoration costs exceed ten million pounds, while about four to five million pounds have gone toward new church construction, largely funded by private gifts.
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London
Evophasis and Neighbor-Bertie Language Snippet
A fragmented text discusses misheard names and social miscommunication, reflecting playful or erroneous speech patterns. It notes criticism as opinion and hints at self-justifying excuses. The piece references Albert American Hebrew and terms like power and influence in a cryptic, non-cohesive fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie
Liertie
Albert
Melons on the Great American Desert Inspire Surprising Harvests
In the staked plains of Texas watermelons thrive despite arid heat as farmers plant and harvest onopen prairie. A vast underground water sheet, 60 feet deep, sustains the crop, drawing water via windmills. The piece notes peculiar geology, local farming practices, and the Panhandle’s limited rail access shaping attention to these drought adapted melons.
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Texas
Belvis Hays
Wholy
State Plain
Plains
Plo Duva
Fort Worth
Denver
Hooky Mountain
Panhandler
Amaril
Lex
Cor
New York Tribune
Fragmented 19th Century Dialog Fragments From Indian Journal
An excerpt shows abrupt dialogue about marriage and social roles with phrases about a single tax and a merciless feminine perspective. The garbled text includes names like Paxsoo and Mayle and mentions bachelor life, marriage, and female privilege in a clearly dramatized, period voice.
Local Pain Remedy Eases Severe Ailment After Trial
An Albany writer from Lebanon Connecticut recounts severe rheumatic pain that blocked standing. After about six months of illness he found relief using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He used it for three days and the pain vanished, prompting him to praise the remedy. Sold by C. E. Mahan, druggist.
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Ali
Geo
A. Mills
Labanon
Conn
Rheanntisan
Chamberlain
Fideuniatisstt
Bats Tor
Por
C. E. Mahan
The Lifts, Fear, and a Narrow Escape in Portland
An account from a man recounts a near fatal elevator incident in Portland. He describes rising fear, a failed ascent, and a dramatic fall from the shaft as bystanders and a hotel porter react to his plight and eventual rescue.
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Portland
Gell
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