Regular meetings of Challis lodge held Saturdays at eight
Fremont County notices list May 4 May 25 August 24 and September 7 for county events. Names J Sharp A Hodgman and Lembit appear among attendees. Fremont County references James M. Tev and challengers note regular meetings. Members invited to lodge hall in Challis with officers William Elder N G J G Finnell Secretary.
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Lembit
Bingham Seatyy Free Son
Fremont County
James M. Tev
Challis
Ithiy Brothers
William Elder
N. G
J. G
Finnell
Silver Iwuf Rebekah Lodge No
C. Fy
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Pearl McGowan
N. Gi
Mabel Jose
Custer
Odd Fellows
Thomas Jose
J. G, Finnell
Mystery Court Case Ties Estate To Child Substitute
A Polish German noble sensation centers on Countess Isabelia Weisserska Kwileski, wife of a Polish magnate, charged in Berlin with substituting a child to secure an 18 000 acre estate. The case, first raised in 1496, stormed through two trials and now hinges on a deadly penalty. Two hundred witnesses have been summoned as the case stirs exalted circles in Prussia.
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Isabelia Weisserska Kwileski
Mirsislaw Kwileski
Mirjislaw
Berlin
Bottle Brings Husband in Glad Clairton Romance
Miss Etta Welch of Bellebridge and John Wingo of Clairton wed at the Welch home after a yearlong romance sparked by a bottle tossed into the Ohio. A Kentucky letter led to exchanged photographs, a near connection across the river, and a July Fourth revelation before the ceremony at the Welch home.
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Etta Welch
Bellebridge
McKeesport
John Wingo
Clairton
Ohio
Miss Welch
Elizabeth
Wingo
Springville
Welch
Gordon Welch
Round houses a new fad in Scottish estates
Architectural novelty spreads to England and Scotland where round houses offer cheapness warmth and utility. Mr Barber Starkey builds a two story Knock Shannock residence as a shooting judge with conical roof lantern gallery hall bay windows and porches and stables all in the same round plan.
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England
Barber Starkey
Knock Shannock
Scotland
Roosevelt Named Twin Quadruplets Amid Toledo Courtesy Card
President Roosevelt sends an autograph photo to the Stanislaus Spysebalski quadruplets of Toledo. One boy bears the president’s name Theodore Roosevelt, with a note of congratulations dated January 25, 1903. The item accompanies other brief notes on the Sultan of Jolo and a trunkmakers trust report.
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Toledo
Jones
Roosevelt
Stanislaus Spysebalski
Theodore Roosevelt
Watches and women in watch care warnings
A trade journal warns owners to treat watches like women, avoiding cold temperatures, magnetism, and jolts. It explains how body heat and placement affect timekeeping as metals contract or expand, and notes occasional stoppages from sudden quirk movements or regulator issues.
Walk on white hot stones noted by Gadgeon
Col Gadgeon, a British resident at Rarotonga, is among the few Europeans to walk on Fiji fire walk stones. In Leslie's Monthly he recalls feeling heat and slight shocks but not being burned, noting the endurance needed and the experiment's surprising result on his tender feet.
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Col. Gadgeon
Rarotonga
Fiji
Leslie's Monthly
Tama-eki-roa
Playing Card Tax and Early Electric Inventions Overview
The piece surveys a two cent per pack tax on U S playing cards used to fund the Spanish-American War, cites yearly production and state contributions, and notes emerging entertainments like the New Electron Novelty electric sylph game and Tesla’s wireless powered locomotives. It also mentions Gatling Farm Machinery and Dr Ing’s rapid-fire gun lineage.
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Congress
United States
New York Sun
Ohio
New York
Michigan
Electron
Dr.ing
Progressive euchre prize spree by Long Island Daughters of the Revolution
The Brooklyn Eagle reports the Long Island Daughters of the Revolution held a progressive euchre contest where every participant received a prize. Members donated gifts up to 25 cents, with many useful or ornamental items. prizes were wrapped creatively, concealing contents until opened.
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Long Island
Daughters of the Revolution
Brooklyn Eagle
Census Cost Trends From 1790 to 1900 Compared
The article compares early and later census costs and demographics. It notes that 1790 Virginia led in population with 747,610, while Maine around 700,000 in 1900 closely matched Virginia's 1790 figures. It cites per capita costs and payer wages, including underpaid marshals supplying blanks in 1790 and modern enumerator wages.
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W. RB. Merriam
Virginia
Union
Treasury Department
Maine
United States
Sparrows Prove Their Smarts At Philadelphia Elevators
The Philadelphia Record reports sparrows at Girard Point grain elevators handling corn kernels too large to swallow. They gather kernels dropped from the wheat and after a passing engine grinds the corn, the birds then eat the ground result, proving surprising cleverness.
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Girard Point
Philadelphia
Hardy
Government Irrigation Plans Reach Idaho Snake River Dam
The Minneapolis Journal notes federal backing expands arid west irrigation. A Snake river dam and two main ditches will reclaim 240,900 acres, supporting about 5,500 farms or 30,000 people and adding 23,000 to 50,000 more in surrounding towns. Future hopes aim to water 100 million acres.
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Minneapolis Journal
Snake River
Idaho
Sam
Americas Girls and Foreign Titles Parade in US Marriages
The article notes American women who married abroad hold 26 German titles and 20 English peerages. It also lists three French duchesses, five French countesses born in America, 17 Italian noblemen, six Russians of title, and other titles including two American baronesses, one Bavarian countess, and Monica’s sovereign princess.
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Americas
Holland
Bavaria
Monica
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