Foolish glee and gum in a slot machine test line
An observer notes the antics around slot machines. People claim they test for function then deny losses. Some hurry to grab gum or look for hidden prizes. Others suspect machines often misbehave, prompting schemes to get free gum or candy.
Quentin Strenuous Too Join the Y M C A Tale
Gerald K. Smith recalls a Bellefontaine visit tale about Quentin Roosevelt and the Taft son. Quentin declared he would join the Y M C A while another boy resisted, prompting Smith to note the Roosevelt boy’s future presidential lineage and Charlie Taft’s membership signing with no further talk.
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Taft
Charlie
Gerald K. Smith
Washington Young Men's Christian Association
Bellefontaine, C
Roosevelt
Quentin
Y.mc.a
Suith Eays Young Taft
Army officers face fifty mile three day walking test
President Roosevelt eased the army riding test by allowing officers to substitute a fifty mile three day walk. Those choosing walking must complete the fifty miles within the three days at about two and a half miles per hour, a reasonable pace for field work, and the test targets coast artillery and higher field ranks.
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Roosevelt
Plaster Portraits Fashionable Costume Keepsake
Plaster portraits describe a popular form of cheap costume likenesses offered at low prices. The items are colored and sized, with smoke-like details and simple dress forms. The passage notes many people seek these cheeky keepsakes as novelty gifts.
Naugatuck Happenings Sketch Busy Local Scene
Naugatuck items mention residents visiting from Rome and London, local dances, overseeing road and street projects, saloon licensing, high school sports and planning meetings. The town notes include foresters events, baseball games, cemetery board elections, and municipal hearings on street improvements and taxes.
Waterbury Team Set to Oppose Town Team Saturday
Waterbury sends a team to face the town club this Saturday in a local match. Other notes report Wilson Lindsley working near St James cemetery, Albert Walton severing two connections with M C Braden, and several tenement moves including Garry Flynn to Mrs Baldwin's in Westbury and Edith Hard to J B Griffin's on Cutler Street. A town hall dance Friday evening is expected to draw a large crowd.
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Waterbury
Rubber Avenue
Martin Kelly
George O'Loughlin
Edward Fitzgerald
Foresters
Foresters’ Hall
John Carroll
Michael Cronin
James Reilly
Charles Shea
Texas
Denver
Cal
Naugatuck
Tigers of
Litchfield
Yale Independents
Junior Aid Society of
The
Congregational Church
L.C. Warner
Church Street
Wilson Lindsley
St James Cemetery
Albert Walton
M. C. Braden
Garry Flynn
W. J. Munson
Baldwin
Westbury
Edith Hard
J.B. Griffin
Cutler Street
William Stoughton
Hartford officials inspect Windsor fish hatchery visit
NRUTMEG GRATINGS Hartford Governor Woodruff and Mayor Hooker with state game commissioners toured the Windsor fish hatchery yesterday afternoon. New London Allyn Assysse 24 years old in poor health shot himself through the heart yesterday, leaving a wife. Bridgeport Daniel J Scully of Danbury convicted last week on three counts of abusing girls attempted suicide in Bridgeport jail by cutting his throat and left wrist. he will recover. Hartford Elias Lanes 84 dropped dead at his home on Maple Avenue while doing daily light work. muscular degeneration of the heart noted.
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Woodruff
Hooker
State Game Commissioners
Windsor
New London
Allyn Assysse
Bridgeport
Daniel J. Scully
Danbury
Elias Lanes
Maple Avenue
Reading in Bed and Its Effects on the Overwakeful Brain
The article argues reading in bed hazards sleep when worries crowd the mind. It notes nerves tire under high tension and imagination can wander, causing long wakeful hours. It suggests reading an hour before sleep as a helpful practice.
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Seach
Ted
Climb Full of Peril on Mount Pinnacle Aims
Two climbers Arthur Wheeler and Benjamin Comstock plan a summer ascent of Mount Pinnacle in the Canadian Rockies. They will tackle a 300 foot narrow crack with perilous footing after climbing Mount Sanford and Mount Goodshire, seeking a historic white man’s ascent. The effort demands extraordinary nerve and strength, with the top offering sweeping horizons as the reward.
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Mount Pinnacle
Canadian Rockies
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Arthur O.wheeler
Canadian Alpine Club
Canadian Topographical Survey
Benjamin 8. Comstock
Mr. Comstock
Messrs
Comstock
Wheeler Beiieve
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Mount Blane
Goodshire
Columbia River
Gold River
Mount Pinnacle. Mount Sanford
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Sanford
Pinnacle
Mesers Comstock
Wheeler
Canada
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