Senators Playful Candy Trick Ends With Soap Laced Treats
A tale from the Senate chamber recounts Augustus Garland munching chocolate caramels filled with soap after a prank by Senators Voorhees and Vest. Garland, amused yet distressed by the soap, recalls the incident. The article also traces coal history from Roman times to 1808, noting anthracite’s rise as a fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warland
Augustus H. Garland
Clever
Voorhees
West
Garland
Voorof
West End
Senate Chamber
Dan
Foorhees
A Fairy Tale Kingdom in Uganda Strand Magazine
Winston Churchill writes of Uganda as a fairy tale kingdom reachable by a railway ascent to a new world. He contrasts tropical gardens with African tribes, praising a dynastic king and organized monarchy between the Victoria and Albert lakes.
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Kingdom
Uganda
Africa
Victoria and
Albertanes
Winston Churchill
M. P
Strand Magazine
Shakespeare
Albert Smith
Sean
A Promised Tale and Fragments of Wit
A collection of light anecdotes and quips. Henry deflects failed promises with a witty reply about feet. Remarks from a grandmother and grandfather joined by a mismatched sentiment. Short exchanges on restaurant timing and town real estate frame a week’s humor and proverbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Success Magazine
Inside a Submarine A vivid tour of its cramped interior
A St Nicholas inspired account describes boarding a submarine and the intense noise as crew shout to hear each other. It tours the pearl gray hull with storage batteries, ballast tanks, torpedo tubes, and a pressure chamber, then details the conning tower, crew stations, and the tight, utilitarian working space. The piece contrasts quiet yet dangerous machinery with the human need to communicate and operate under extreme conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Naturalized Italian Faces Civil Service Exam Confusion
A man of Italian origin sits for a laborer position exam before the civil service commission. He answers many questions correctly until asked if he has been naturalized. He appears puzzled, then finally seems to understand and exclaims I know what you mean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italion
Civil Service Commissionery
Laberer
Serstehs
Plague of green fires haunts Calcutta nights
London Answers reports Calcutta endures a plague of tiny green insects that swarm into homes and spaces. The nuisance disrupts meals by gaslight, forcing dining in gloom and filling streets with scorched corpses and sweeping cleanup.
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Calcutta
London
Local Ads and Notices Across Waterbury and Watertown
A sprawling list of local businesses and services appears in a historical Watertown Waterbury page, including auto repair, moving pictures, wallpaper, lunchroom, cabinet shop, apron and towel supplies, ash removal, bakery, floristry, grocers, carpenters, carriage works, dry cleaning, tailoring, and real estate. The page also features quirky bits on the pandanus plant and Shakespeare spellings, plus short jokes about fortunes and installments.
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Vest
Caesar
Henry Ili
Newcastle
Mapersons
Richard II
England
Connecticut
Gore
Jesse Fell
Wilkesbarre
Smith
Mee Jones
Armas Prover
Bess
Elizabeth
Cleg
India
Newton
Isaac Newton
Isaac
Sir Isaac
Corpuscles
Mexico
Girm
Ile
Milackee
Free Press
Waterbury Business Directory
Fred Phoenix
Watertown
Conn
Majestic Moving Picture Studio
East Main St
Center St
Avery's
West Main St
Waterbury Tower and Cabinet Suppet Co
B. I. Russell
Prop'r
Out of Town
E. Main
Waterbury
H. Shore
G. W. Brown
Dover Street
Telephone
Jao O'Brien
N. Main
Adams Dt
New England Bread
Tel
North End Bakery & Confectionery
P. Hock
Bouffard's Bakery
George E. Lambert
Business Colleg Waterbury Business College
P. Blanchette
South Main St
Kaplan's Coffee Roasting Company
Main St
M. B. Rood
Apothecaries
Custom
Lyons & Grimes
Custom Tailors
Sterns Co
Rochester
N. Y
Wanamaker
New York
Platt
Bank
Carriage and Wagon Works
Gauthier Bros
Lounsbury St
G. Panneton
Brussels
Andrews
Harrison
Louis Phe
C. E. Johnson
Tynan
Bank St
J. H. Jencks
Odones
East End Carriage CO
P. R. Larocque, Prop
South Main and Meadow Sts
John Evans
Florist and Nursery
I. A. Spencer
Joseph Pepe
Canal St
Tel. Galipeau
J. Galipeau
Citizens’ Bank
Geo Barton
Oakville
Dizon's
North Main St
G. G. Riggs
Bicy'’s Market
South Ptain St
Albert Delay
Waterville, Conn
General Contracting and Teaming
Chas H. Payne
Piedmont St
M. J. Wall
Fred J. Loiselle
J. H. Hapenny
Bishop St
Waterbury Co 5
Junny Hanson
York
J. A. Lovett
Fuller St
Christ Speeeer
BR. Tech
J.C
Oman
Natural Genest & Michard
William St
L. A
Government College
Lahore
Tetla
Union Square
Cole St
L. D. Bouley
Mercantile and Commercial Collection
Mass. P.O
Doran
Hoffman Hand Laundry
Peart St
James L. White
Bim St
John T. Altman
Frank Shepard
Brook St. Sarees Aes
Os Exanes
Phone 106
Cummings & Thompson
Cherry Street
Cummings
William Reynolds
Grand St
T- Surveyor
Kelly & McSorley
Kent Gas
Tadies
Vincent E. Pannunzio
The
Waterbury Eek, Co
W. L. Whitney, Agt
R. F. Worden & Sons
Cherry St
J. E. Brant
Meadow St
Willow Market
A. Kennedy
West Willow St
Joseph Robillard
Walnut St
Metropolitan
J. W. Jackson
Dan G. Sullivan
Thatcher Co
Phono
L. T. Burns
Equal Care
Zene Oe
South Mate Street
J. H. Lancaster
Dank St
Bienvenue & Demers
Redmond
S. P. Williams
W. Main
Red Stag
County
Prop
Sth
B. H. Mattoon
J. Littlejohn
Waterbury Rubber Stamp Co
Kilbride’s Pharmacy
Baldwin and Lake Sts
Salvation Army Industrial Department
Meadow Street
John Eccles
Bank Street
Salotrap
Louis Levy
Buckingham, Bank & Grand
Robinson Tool Works
T. D. Robinson
Pearl Lake Rd
F. J. Larkin
South Willow St
Willow St
Adolph Race
Tullus Caesar
Philip White
White
Westminster
Saint Michell the Archangel
Masuri
Siberia
Judges Library