Oldest Norfolk man carries needle through body for 75 years
Exbert T. Butler of Norfolk Connecticut is reported as the oldest man in town at 90 who has worn a traveling needle inside him for 75 years. Doctors traced its path as it moved through flesh, near the heart and lungs, ending in his foot. The needle’s presence dates back to his infancy when his mother feared he swallowed a needle.
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Norfolk
Conn
Exbert T. Butler
Lipton
Thomas Lipton
Osidge
Old Southgate
Middlesex
Misleading Agents Drive Immigrants to America Says Wagner
Chicago traveler George F Wag ner warns misrepresentation by agents fuels immigration from peasant classes. He cites promises of easy riches and high wages, only to reveal higher living costs and flat wages once in the United States. He recalls Irish arrivals chasing myth of streets lined with gold, finding reality different.
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George F. Wagner
Chicago
Germany
Austria
America
Washington homes held for relics plans fireproof building
A controlled Washington house of stays is kept with pride though funded by state for maintenance. A request asks for a $20,000 fireproof building to store manuscripts relics and revolutionary memorials, a plan likely to be approved. Wealth distribution noted shows 21,000 hold most wealth amid 700,000 earners. London Lloyd's News comments on royal golfer king Edward's long golf career. An Irish beggar quip ends with a ten dollar offer to a man who claims blindness.
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Washington
London
Lloyd's News
England
Edward
It Just Occurs I Have No Money Here
A traveler laments lack of cash while a local reassures that presence matters more than funds. The scene hints at social expectations and urban familiarity in a translated vignette from Transatlantic Tales.
Do You Favor Wider Locks and Larger Keyboles
A playful exchange centered on Panama affairs features a drinking man answering “I do” to wider locks and larger keyboles, capturing a quirky local-speech moment reflecting public curiosity and lighthearted political banter.
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Panama
The Disappearing Pine in the Three States
The standing pine in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota is unlikely to exceed 20,000,000 feet. Last year these three states cut about 2,292,000,000 feet, risking stumpage exhaustion in six or seven years. Original growth was around 400,000,000,000 feet, most cut since 1873. The piece also includes various quips on science, franchises, Lipton, and a doctor’s bill.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Novelty Scouting Sparks British Banter in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Press quotes two Britons reacting to Brateley beating his wife in a terse exchange. One exclaims “My word” and calls the matter queer, while the other questions the method, highlighting a sharp, humorously charged commentary on domestic abuse.
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Brateley
Philadelphia Press
Mile Rock Light Story of the San Francisco Lighthouse
The Mile Rock Lighthouse near the Golden Gate was completed and lit in January 1906 after a lengthy, dangerous build on a ragged rock. Contractors hired raw seamen, 1200 barrels of cement, and steel plates created a 100 foot high concrete cylinder with a 56 foot tapering superstructure, with no lives lost during the yearlong construction.
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Mile Rock
Bank Francisco
Wttle
Golden Gate
South Mannland
San Francisco Harbor
North
Bencs
Congress
James McMahon
San Francisco
McMahon
Crete
Mystery of Alexander I Death Solved by Grand Duke Findings
Grand Duke Nicholas uncovered documents that undermine the legend of Alexander I's abdication and death in 1804. The hermit Feodor Kozomiteh is identified as Paul I’s natural son, settling the mystery once and for all. The probe links Feodor to the imperial family and suggests the czar died in Siberia but lived incognito as a holy man.
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Alexander I
Nicholas
Csar
Feodor Kozoniteh
Alexander 1
Paul 1
Russia
Crimea
Alexander
Ben
Paul
Michaeloff Palace
Siberia
Lkeness
Feodor Kosomiteh
Tolstoy
Elisabeth
Firntieh
Antilles
Cronntadt
Indies
Feodor
Kowsma
Keema
Feodor Kozmitch
Semen Vellkit
Paul I
Reat
Siberta
Norridgewock Residents in U S House History
Norridgewock has sent more men to national office than any Maine town of its size. Notables include Stephen D. Lindsey who served six years as representative, David Kidder the first Norridgewock rep, Cullen Sawtelle who spent four years in Congress, and a physician formerly at the Augusta insane asylum. Lewiston Journal.
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Norridgewock
National House
Maine
Stephen D. Lindsey
Reed
David Kidder
Dresden
Norridgeweek
Augusta
Boy Saved After Night Of Terror In Flood Rescue
In Flemington New Jersey seven year old Johnnie Mathews was rescued from a wagon marooned on the swollen South Branch river after a night of peril. Farmers Frederick Howe and Arbur Maraball led efforts, guiding a rowboat through rapids and ice to pull the child to safety before dawn.
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Flemington
N. J
South Branch
Johnnie Mathew
Frederick Howe
Arbur Maraball
Flomingion
Packer's
Wland
Fce
Rowe
Johnnie
Aly Sobante
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Senate
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Wm. Culverwell
Meadow Valley Street
Nevada
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the Bank Exchange
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New York School Board
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N. C
Mexico
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Bonaparte
Dustin Stax
Mile Rock Light
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Lew Riven
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