Local Officials and Lodge Meetings Listed in City Record
The town presents its municipal slate including Mayor Eligs Burk Aldermen Wm Norbury and Thomas Vosik er Fred Garfen J H Sllanhans Olty Clerk A R Snodgrass Treasurer and Streets Superintendent Juliaa Barth Police Magistrate J L Hagler and others. Fraternal orders TROY LODGE 548 NELLSOn LODGE 25 PISGAH ENCAMPMENT 104 MENTOR LODGE 165 AMTLY CAMP 172 GERMAN A LODGE 66 MAYFLOWER 1 LODGE 1588 TROY DIST COURT 382 S C of H UNITED MINE WORKERS AND CITY LOAN GROUPS LISTED WITH MEETING NIGHTS AND OFFICERS.
Selected Miscellany Paraphrase of Everyday Oddities
The verse-sequence lists quirky imagery from daily life and household items. It cycles through objects like cow-hide, rush-light, candle-stick, bell pull, horse fly, cat-nip, chestnut-burr, shell-bark, jack plane, car-spring, saw-dust, carpet-tack, monkey-wrench, hat, rattle-snake, hogs-head, brandy-smash, shooting star, corns-talk, pig-iron, pin-wheel, wheel-right, gin-sling, soda-pop, house-fly, ox-roast, clam-bake, shad-toe, sword-fish, water spout, tobacco-spit, eye-ball, fence-rail, hat-band, and spittoon. The speaker ends by saying they went away.
Wordplay Riddles In Odd Phrasing
A playful set of questions uses archaic or whimsical phrasing to prompt curious, puzzle style answers about everyday objects and events. The speaker asks about common items and actions in a riddlelike manner.
Hunting in the Klondike and a San Francisco bill shock
The piece recounts hunting in the Klondike with a grizzly shot at close range and a 1200 pound bear, noting caribou, sheep, moose and other bears in abundance. It also tells of a San Francisco woman who pays $50 for an operation, later receiving a $450 bill for charitable services and then a further $500 payment before another adjustment.
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Klondike
jBuckeen
San Francisco
French and German Trade Invasion Prices and Trends
M Jules Roche former French minister of commerce argues in the Paris Figaro that France faces a discouraging commercial position. He cites 1897 customs data showing imports 4 000 000 000 francs and exports 3 676 000 000 francs up from 1896 by 201 and 275 million respectively. He compares France with Germany noting Germany’s exports rose from 2 900 000 000 francs in 1872 to 4 892 000 000 francs in 1896 while French exports fell from 3 762 000 000 to 3 401 000 000 francs, an 68 percent gain for Germany and nearly 10 percent decline for France.
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M. Jules Roche
France
Germany
Greeley an Orator Despite Voice and Gesture Limits
Horace Greeley lacked formal oratorical polish and dynamic gesture yet impressed with clear, wholesome English and sincerity. Harper's Magazine credited him as an effective speaker, often satisfying audiences more than other eminent orators.
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Mr. Greeley
Harper's Magazine
Horace Greeley
Price on His Head and the Cyclone Portrait Saga
A Georgia farmer’s certificate for a patent medicine leads to a full length portrait painted on the town hall. A cyclone scatters the structure and pieces of the farmer’s portrait drift to townspeople who joke about selling the farmer’s head and limbs as they reassemble the image. A Danville Kentucky woman advertises a willingness to sell herself into slavery for money to buy a home for her children, promising faithful service.
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Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Bill Jinkins
Matt Wilkins
Dan Jones
Molly
Brown
Danville
Man in Love Praises Woman During Hair Washing
A witty remark notes a man who claims deep affection if he finds a woman pretty while she has her hair washed, highlighting the humor in romantic perceptions during ordinary moments.
Bad Country for Thieves in the Chilkat Pass
A New York Sun account recounts brutal frontier justice in the Chilkat Pass region. Two thieves were caught, hanged attempts described, one man killed himself, another was lashed and stripped, marked with thief branding, then sent along the trail after a miners’ dictated sentence.
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H. D. Annabje
Montreal
New York Sun
Chilkat Pass
Wellington
Hanson
Australian mallee hen lays giant eggs in communal mound
The mallee hen of Australia builds a large communal mound serving as an incubator where multiple pairs lay eggs in a shared cavity. Eggs, as big as a goose egg, are laid about six inches deep and hatch by solar heat in the sun baked soil. How chicks emerge remains unknown.
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Australia
Philadelphia Press
Persians Embrace Cigarettes as Smoking Spreads
The London Mail notes a rapid rise of cigarette smoking in Persia. Cigarette tobacco arrived as an agricultural product in Ghilan in 1976, seed from Samsoun, Turkey. Smoking shifts from chibouks and kalians to cigarettes as tobacco grows cheaper than Shiraz tumbekee.
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Persia
London Mail
Ghilan
Samsoun
Turkey
Navies ranked in year book with evolving standings
The Army and Navy Year Book lists naval rankings led by the United States at 5, with Germany and the United States shifting under future contracts. Great Britain and Italy follow at 4, France 2, Russia 3, and others including Japan at 8, Austria 9, Spain 7, Netherlands 10. Japan's 1899 contracts may drop the U S and Germany one point each.
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Army
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
United States
Germany
Spain
Japan
Austria
Netherlands
Railroads in China Struggle With Theft and Disorder
A missionary letter to a friend describes rail travel in China as chaotic and dirty. First and second class cars lose fittings to passengers and officials. stations are crude sheds with no seating. Rumors of foreign contractors stealing Chinese children sparked mob violence, though real kidnappings occurred for immoral purposes.
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China
New York Sun
Peking
Exile ends as Corbett pardoned by Gov Ellerbe
J T Corbett once convict in Sumter county is pardoned by Governor Ellerbe after a 15 year gap. He left for Colorado and California, built a life as a respected California citizen and Presbyterian deacon, and returned after a petition spurred a rapid pardon.
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Kershaw
Corbett
Colorado
California
Presbyterian Church
Gov. Ellerbe
Wrong Man on Last Train Frightens Passenger
A girl on the final suburban train accuses a sleeping man of being the wrong person for her to fear. The conductor wakes him to verify, but the passenger discovers the man is not the intended target, heightening tension aboard.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Kenwood
Birds under siege in Europe prompt pope's stance
The Berlin Society for the Protection of Wild Birds appeals to the pope to advocate for birds. Northern Europe protects them, while southern Europe, especially Italy, reports ruthless destruction of avian life.
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Europe
Italy
Berlin Society For the Protection of
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Suiru
Nellson Lodge
J TL. Hacuma
Man's Wiluiamson
Pisgah
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C. P_ Ror
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Serile
Mentor Lodge
Gaatle
Schott
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C. Arritu Jhonser
K.oofke
Amtly Camp
Drott's Wall
W. Rawson
C. Avaust Dots
U.O.P. B
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Jas. M. Bosomworth
T. A. Riggin
Thos. H. Bell
P. R
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Droil’s Hall
Euniorr
N. A. Coxeny
United Mine Workers
Ameriua
Roy
Oelock
Central Hall
Dan. G. Jones
R. J. Renfro
Lee
Citizens’ Building and Loan Association
Jasks A. Buseck
M. EF. Auwawurni
Baptist Church
Jas. Osborne
Methodist Church
Isco Alm
G. 4. Sead
Mia
T. St. Bell
G. Plassman
EV. Luvtheran
ST. Jerome's Catholic
Aug. Forster
Epworth League
Methodist Chnrci
Troy Cemetery
Julia A Bell
Sarena Davy
Troy Public School
J.C. Hollin
McCcray-Dewey Academy
W. W. Edwards
Janac W. Cook
Board of Hdwication
Smith
Bee
Denoho
Avia
W. Cook
Phil, Eckert
Oxford
Baltic Sea
Greeley
Price
Ilia
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