Rochester News Notes and Local Occurrences
Fred Thomas barn struck by lightning burning Saturday night. stock and buggies saved. Son of Willis Snyder injured attempting to alight from a freight train at full speed. Born Aprileth to Dr and Mrs O L Garrison, eight pounds. Easter services held. Baptist and ME church notices. New London trip for Mr and Mrs W L G Rugg. Orie Beardsley to take night operator role. Easter concert at Baptist church. North Eaton reports James Tucker moved onto Cartes Holdiden farm. birthdays, convalescence, house painting, and railroad road work updates.
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Rochester
Aprieith
O. L. Garrison
Sullivan
Nellie Stebbins
Land
George H
Baptist Aid Society
King Gremmett
Cleveershey
WL G Rugg
New London
Win Callen
Pulp Age Echoes in a Waiting Room Conversation
Fragmentary dialogue from a pulp era scene features a loud traveler declaring this is the pulp age and a quiet man noting the era. The exchange references London Tit-Bits and a bustling, transitional mood in a station waiting room.
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London
Decline of the League of American Wheelmen
A five year arc shows membership drop from 103000 to 16500 and now 5280, amid fading enthusiasm and shrinking cycling press. The era of the striped shirt century meet is ended, says the Boston Journal.
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League of A
Boston Journal
Unspeakable Turk Feigns Silence to Quest for News
A terse exchanged between locals questions a foreign man’s silence. A Türk man is identified, and one speaker notes he spoke for ten minutes without a word in reply, as others speculate on his purpose and call him a “Daily News” closest tongue.
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Mulligan
Bedad
Chien Vo Daily Xews
Women as safe-blowers in Tennessee gang
A Tennessee gang of women described as specialists in safe blowing is reported, detailing their expert methods and coordination. Local authorities pursue leads as investigators warn of increasing female participation in such burglary rings.
Rev Endly Report From Cairo Mission Trip
Rev W C Endly writes from Cairo Egypt dated March 26 describing a pleasant trip without a conductor on board the party. They arrived and found Cairo lively in the native quarters and plan a Friday Nile journey of about 500 miles to Thebes. Temperature read 53 degrees that morning and is expected to rise during the day.
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W. C. Endly
Cairo
Egypt
Nile
Thebes
Threats to the Senate and Political Corruption Critique
A writer in Century defends the Senate as populated by capable, uninterested men who handle much public business yet notes that some states are tainted by corrupt influence. The piece argues that corrupt appointments affect federal offices and reflect poorly on state representation, while praising honest legislators.
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Senate
United States
Franks in Congress Test Oshkosh Representative Gabe Bouck
A note on unexpected bluntness in congressional debate cites Gabe Bouck, the representative from Oshkosh district, reflecting on humor and candor in the legislature.
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Congress
Gabe” Bouck
Oshkosh
Fam
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