Numerous Social Gatherings Highlight Summer Afternoons
The report details picnics parties and gatherings at Sunset park and private homes. Groups include Clerks of Wards, Fivuer de Lis club, Presbyterian and Baptist church ladies, the Ladies League and Wells ton Social club. Attendees share refreshments and social games with guests from New York and California visiting locally.
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Wards Store
Sunset Park
Dale Duncan
Fivuer-de-Lis
Arthur Durst
Mrs. Durst
A. C. Miller
The
Presbyterian Church
Ladies League
Baptist Church
Ellis
L. H. Wallace
North Second Avenue
P. D. Hoard
New York City
Wellston
Jonas Sieberta
Clement Griffith
Preston Hoover
Reuben Chorpening
Wes Engel
Jonas Siebert
Wilbur McClelland
Long-armed fisherman stirs tales beyond reach
Readable lines describe a storyteller with a wide reach and imagination that outstretches rival yarns, as noted in the Richmond Titres Dispatch. The piece highlights how some speakers spin larger-than-life accounts beyond ordinary bounds.
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Richmond Titres Dispatch
Clumsy Animal Described in Forestry Magazine Note
A fragment from the American Forestry Magazine details a clumsy animal with flattened head and stout tail. The garbled text references aprials nodgers and stent among oddly described body forms.
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American Forestry Magazine
Train Whisks Past Car After Speeding Ride
A couple driving home from a Sunday outing encountered a frightening moment when their car stalled on a country road just as a speeding passenger train roared within yards of them. The near miss highlighted dangers of careless driving and close railroad proximity.
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Providence
Amd
Myhusband
Chicago Journal
Drawings for Reproductions and Enlarged Illustrations
Illustrations for books and magazines are made much larger than final print to gain detail and delicacy. Artists reproduce drawings at seven or eight times, or two to three times, their printed size with no size or material requirements beyond being reproducible.
First Street Railway Opens on Bowery in 1882
The Bowery in New York city hosted the world’s first street railway line on the New York and Harlem road. It began service in 1882, marking a landmark in urban transport history.
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Bowery
New York and Harlem Road
New York City
Lost gray and white cat seeks owner reward
Advertisement from the Boston Transcript notes a lost gray and white cat that answers to Kitty. The finder may keep him if not claimed and a reward is promised for return to the owner.
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Pinder
Boston Transcript
Remarkable Bisley Target Performance by Colonel Gibbs
Colonel Gibbs achieved a flawless 57 shot series at Bisley on July 23, 1008 at a 900 yard range, marking the most remarkable shooting at target practice in the Record for Bullseyes.
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Gibbs
Bisley
The Cancer Menace Addressed by William H. Veno
A letter to the editor argues cancer is a global menace tied to civilized living. It cites World and national death rates, urges reliable registration and systematic research, and links higher white population diets to greater mortality. The author calls for public bodies to awaken and fund study.
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The
London Times
England
United States
Africa
America
Asia
Australia
Europe
Board of Trade
Inland Lighthouse Moves Inland with Shifting Sands
A lighthouse once far off Atlantic City now sits 500 yards inland from the boardwalk. Surrounded by streets and apartments, the structure reflects coastal sand movement that over 30 years has added millions of dollars in land value to the island's north end.
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Atlantic City
Scientific American
Replanting Restores Fire-Rousted Pike's Peak Forest
Eight hundred acres on the north side of Pike's Peak burned sixty years ago leaving a worthless stand of feral growth. That area has now been completely replanted restoring the forest cover and improving the landscape.
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Pike's Peak
Mongoose Belief Appearance in Animal Kingdom
A description compares the mongoose to a mild appearance yet notes naturalists describe it as fierce when facing a cobra. The piece portrays the mongoose as paradoxical and deserving of respect despite public dismissal.
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Terry McGovern
Animal Kingdom
WTLE Talks On Thrift Emphasizes Individual Efficiency
The article argues the economy is recovering and urges thrift in daily life. It cites estimates of waste in exports products mining and paper burning, noting billions in potential savings if efficiency improves. It stresses cooperation with business rules and personal duty to employer and nation.
Ridge of hills in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
In central Massachusetts east of the Connecticut valley a ridge of hills rises to Mount Menadnock then continues northward with peaks such as Mount Sunapee, the southern Kearsarge and Mount Cardin.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut Valley
New Hampshire
TIS Feet
Save the American Forestry Magazine
New York Dog Tattooing Man Sparks Curious Trend
A New York man claims a gainful occupation tattooing dogs and appears in city directory as a dog tattooer. Investigations show many dog owners and fanciers have their own names tattooed on their dogs, revealing a curious local fad.
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New York
Thought for the Day from Pamela Herself
A reflective quip about aging and beauty stating that a forty year old woman is most attractive when she avoids striving to look twenty, reflecting on social norms and self presentation.
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Pamela
Oscar Spud Gets Extremely Angry Letter From Pine River
Dear Editor from Pine River Minnesota describing a day in the Spud family. Oscar and Orlando attempt early fishing then rabbits are hunted and cooked with later mischief about rabbits in Oscars cot. The cowed pa is cranky about early mornings while the Spud Boys tease and plan to reveal Oscars reaction in the next letter.
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Amos
Oscar
Orlando
Bill
Why the Horse Chestnut Has Its Name
An English writer argues the horse chestnut bears no link to horses. He claims the tree’s form resembles a horse’s hoof and shoe prints in areas lacking branches or leaf clusters reveal the likeness. The author suggests the resemblance is obvious to those who look closely.
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