Notable Figures and Oddities Highlight Recent Events
A jumble of brief items notes Rep Stone of Pennsylvania's Twenty third district as a tall figure in Congress. Others mention Jay Gouth's monthly pocket money, a drive of fifteen Manitoba elks for a Catskill preserve, and Groner Johnston as a Confederate lineage civil service commissioner. A Tennessee bride climber reaches Vesuvius, and a statue honors Sitting Bull’s heir in Dakota exhibits. The piece ends with tragic lore about an army office sundered by a broken heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Representative Stone
Pennsylvania
Jay Gouth
Groner J. Govip
Manitoba
Catskill
Groner D. Johnston
Civil Service
Confedere
Albert Sidney Johnston
Confedere Revice
B. Coarn
Crophis
Tenn
Vesuvius
Crater
Oram
Mixynenana
Sitting Bull
Mbian
Sully
Sayings and Doings Tidbits From Public Life
A collection of brief notes covers Dr Holmes on after hours talk and a canoeing surge from Olman Harrpton. Karl Fiep notes the difficulty of hearing top speeches in Washington. Millionaire W B Crumertson dies and disinherits grandsons for horse racing while leaving funds to an Old Ladies home. A double golden wedding in Thompson connects two couples by same clergyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crumertson
New Albany
Ind
Verey
Glover Culbertson
St. Paul
Thompson
Conn
Pesecon
Liram Arnold
Deacon
Alvin Green
Westerly
Anomalous Tales From Various Cities Spark Curiosities
A Maine man shot forty foxes this season after killing eighty four at a single outing. A justice in Prrtronen rules a homeowner may water an organ grinder who refuses to move. In Baltimore a man cites his dislike for young married women in seeking to avoid marriage. In Cleveland a man pepper-sprays his wife and child, leading to divorce. In Phanix a thief asks the judge to direct conviction. A Porteton woman seeks the owner of a silver ham found thimble imbedded within.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Prrtronen
Baltimore
Cleveland
Bobby
A. T
Scraps of Science and World Notes from Quito to Portland
Items from a science column cover Quito's year round six o'clock sun on the equator, a 565 day year inferred from Palenque Tablet, advances in aluminum soldering with silver chloride, discovery of citric acid in cow milk, and fossil tracks found in Srainerd's Portland quarry at 120 feet depth. The 21 by 2 by 1 inch slab bears eight tracks of an animal about the size of a large dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Fvevn
Srainerd
Portland
French artist photographs flying insect at speed
A French artist M Marey succeeds in photographing a flying insect with an exposure of only one twelve thousandth of a second. The Lexpos society is startled by the news. Mention is made of Paderewski portrait by the marchioness of Lorne veer. The German caricaturist may not have made a million dollars from his pencil. Pierre Miniet, brother of Jean ape, lives in Boston and is retiring and modest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Marey
Lexpos Society
Paderewski
Royal Academy
Marchioness
Lorneveer
Fanny Worl
Pierre Miniet
Jeanape
Toston
Cis
Talon
Ingenious Envelope Reveals Postmark Date
A French inventor has created an envelope exposing part of the letter to the stamp, allowing the postmark to prove the mailing date. This design ensures the enclosed letter bears official proof of its posting date.
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Bennett Brothers Company
Butte
Montana
Schuttler
Studebaker
Racine Spring
Miller
John Deere & Eagle Manufacturing Co
Kl.Durne & Jacobs Manufacturing Co
Crown
Esterly
Keystone
Hollingsworth
Blandy
P.O
Montana Union & N. P
Park
Arizona Streets
Bennits Brothers Company
W. H. Mgisnight
Townsnd
Montna
Eloredce Mra. CO. Fastory and Wholesale
Semvidere
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Broad Street
New York
Scientife
Scientific American
Munn & Co
American B.H.O.A Sewing Machine CO
E Factory
Cor
Washington Ave
Philadelphia
Chicags. LL
Cincinnati
Chico
Sean
Aires
NSO & Co
Portia
Eden
Kate
sBijOg
Placer
East Pacific Mines
W. Reynolds
Laine
Hal
Crore Tha Park
Chapman & CO
Madison
Indiana
Orange Mass
Union Couare
Dallas
Sedey
West Main Street
James
P. M. Worthingham
J. B. Wilson
Clay Street
Shburg
Dr. King
Pnewiig
la Grippe
Barber
Cooksport
Dr King
J. R. Drug Store
THE
Salt Lake
Tribune
Iivermountain
San Francisco
Denver
J. R. Weston
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