Training the quick horse and the fire service discipline
The article praises American fire departments for instant response from ready horses and swinging harnesses, noting rapid alarm via telegraph and the training that makes the "quick" horse capable of slipping into harness the moment the alarm sounds. It contrasts American efficiency with outdated European methods and stresses the value of discipline over laziness. It also includes unrelated notes on body proportions, safety, and Harvard measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dellenbaugh
America
Munich
Frauenkirche
United States
Quaers
Water as health’s foundation and its daily use
The piece asserts water’s role in bodily circulation, digestion, and waste removal. It recommends hot water before meals for gastric stimulation, notes soup as similarly helpful, and cites the New York Ledger’s emphasis on water’s nutritive and cleansing effects. It also recounts anecdotes of Lincoln gifting a bead string after a water-getting moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Ledger
Death Habitzsche: Scientist’s Claim Sparks Quip
A London Fun quip questions a scientist who says death is a habit of thought. He answers with satire asking if anyone is in the habit of dying, underscoring the joke about fatalism versus action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Correct Proportions for Men and Women in Art
The article explains artistic standards for body measurements, noting that proportions vary by race and class. It uses the head as the unit, stating the body height should be eight head lengths, with head length from crown to chin as the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Harvard
Harper’s
Irritable Humanity Says Small Speck Breaks Serenity
A Washington Star quip quotes Uncle Eben on human nature noting people mistake tiny faults as the point where patience ends and trouble begins. The remark reflects social impatience and the irritations of everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben
Washington Star
My Bedouin Friends Describe a Desert Sandstorm
R Talbot Kelly writes and illustrates an account of a desert sandstorm. He describes hot sulphurous air and a lurid sun, increasing wind driving fine dust that blinds and chokes, with rock splinters and pebbles hurled like hail and cutting skin while protecting with a silk scarf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta
Libyan
Mr. R. Talbot Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Poor Jim Burns Remembered In Stagecoach Tale Of Bluff Gone Wrong
A driver recounts a fatal staged robbery joke on stage to humble a boastful passenger. Jim Burns, known for his jokes, is killed when the plan to counterfeit a hold up goes tragically wrong. The incident unfolds on a mountain trail near Murphy's during a dinner stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Jim Burns
Atlanta Constitution
Murphy's
Tom
Calming Him Down and Sulphur Mine Scenes
A domestic quip on keeping cool to calm a husband. Then vivid reportage from Sicily detailing brutal sulfur mines where laborers, including boys, endure starvation, naked work, and crushed bodies in exhausting tunnels.
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National Museum
Sicily
Washington Star
Eart
Notched lives and mine hells in ancient quarry
The passage describes brutal labor in sulphur mines near pestilent conditions with workers damaged by long service and conscriptions neglected by inhumane care. It contrasts the harsh environment with depictions of Damascus as an ancient eternal city, and notes ancient glass beads found in mummies. Otto I’s massacre at a feast and death from a poisoned arrow conclude the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Round Table
Mariana
Hades
Verdurelees
Rome
Damascus
Syria
Masonic Lodges and Townsend Camp Meeting Notes
Local lodges list their meeting nights at various halls in Townsend Montana. North Star Lodge No 19 O O I meets Mondays at 8 pm. Valley Lodge No 21 A J A M meets every 4th Saturday. Townsend Lodge No 6 meets 1st and 3rd Saturdays. O O K B meets every 2nd Saturday. Townsend Camp No 365 convenes 1st and 3rd Fridays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Star Lodge
P.G
G. E. Poor
N. G. C.S. Rosia
PLC. Hall
HS. Higarr
G. W. Ginna
Townsend Lodge
Masonic Hall
Broadway
Townsend
M. W
Order
Marrie?McCormice
W. M
Moni Maypent
Townsend, Montana
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Atersburg
Winston
Y. P
Toston
Keep Creek
Lavinia
Crow Creek
W.T. Goulder
Paster
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Lincoln
George B. Smith
Russell County
Abraham Lincoln
New Salem
Mrs. Grim
Grim
Strand Magazine
Amelia Sulzbacher
Woman's Rome Companion
Loys
Otto I
Germany
Messencer Office
Ning “Scenmnc Mining
Bat
Cal
Townsend, Mont
Cioneer
THE
NEW York Herald
Associated Press
New York
Northwest
Northwestern
Broadwater County
Senp
Montana
Townsenn Messenger
the Townsend Messenger
E. H. Goopman
Sih
Lodge. Directory
F.L. T
A. M
U. Ww
Oo. K. B
Woodmen of the World
Gro. DB
Kine
MBR Church
South
Anagonda
Colums
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