Local Official List And Lodge Notices
Mayor Eline Bork heads a slate with ward officers and city officials including Aldermen Wm Norbury Geo Liebler Wm Hampe R Hoge Jan W Taylor City Clerk A B Snodgrass Treasurer and others. Troy Lodge 588 A F and A M meets twice monthly at Masonic Hall and United Mine Workers 691 meets Thursdays at Central Hall with KG Youea presiding.
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Eline Bork
Wm. Norbury
Geo. Liebler
Wm. Hampe
R. H. Hoge
Jan. W. Taylor
A. BR. Snodgrass
Jnline Barth
Jalina Barth
J. L. Hagler
United Mine Workers of America
Troy
Mortea
Central Hall
KG Youea
Be Kind to the Loved Ones at Home Poem
A New York Weekly verse urging kindness within families. It exhorts children to be kind to father and mother as they age, and to cherish brothers and sisters, framing affection as a precious, enduring ornament in life.
Contented Man Wins Field Offer Joke
An eccentric old gentleman on his estate offered a field to any man who is contented. He quickly found a respondent who declared contentment, but when asked why he sought the field he did not answer.
Diamond Phosphorescence Distinguishes Real Gem
An expert ingems notes a diamond property long overlooked. A diamond becomes phosphorescent when warmed by the hand, absorbs light near a candle, and emits light when rubbed briskly. This helps nonexperts tell true diamonds from other hard stones.
Pension Law Notes in New Zealand History
Age Hewarded. A law of New Zealand awards a pension of $100 annually to every respectable person who has attained the age of sixty five, and has reached twenty years in the colony.
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New Zealand
Handy Device for Hanging Clothes on Post
A ring screwed to the top of a post supports multiple arms that drop into a hole in the post end when not in use. This handy device provides a compact clothes hanging solution with arms neatly concealed when idle.
French Naval Searchlight Improves Deck-Mounted Genset
A new French naval searchlight mounts its generating apparatus below the deck with two pipes running up the mast to the burner. The design aims to streamline the light by concealing mechanics while maintaining focal efficiency.
Keeps Pencil in Pocket Device Turns Edge Of Pocket Into Clip
A tiny wire clip grips the pocket flap edge and forms a loop to hold a pencil securely in an ordinary pocket. The article cites broader shifts in machinery replacing labor with an engineer noting 60,000 people now using machines that once required 16,000,000 workers. It traces tobacco history from its 1496 Santo Domingo discovery to introductions in France in 1660 and England in 1583.
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San Domingo
Yucatan
France
England
Turkish Peasant Proverbs Reflect Moham Median Wisdom
A compact excerpt lists Turkish sayings revealing peasant wit and faith. It highlights sayings about wealth, fate, piety, and prudence, including lines on Allah ordaining numbers, the value of charity, and caution with wealth and ingratitude. The piece notes the humor and morals found in donkey and wedding proverbs and ends with the value of a mother’s friendship.
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Allah
Turkey
Coyote Tales And A Sailor's Riposte In One Car Ride
An old real estate man boasts coyotes outsmart him in western Kansas then recalls coyotes grinning from the road side. A navy contractor boasted of cheese supply is challenged by a sailor who demands the butter supplier. The comic exchange unfolds in a passenger car as bystanders watch.
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Navy
Flesh Food and Vegetarianlam Controversy in Land Use
A discussion cites estimates of land needs to feed individuals with different crops. It compares two acres per person for flesh food versus vastly greater yields from wheat oats corn potatoes and breadfruit, implying large-scale dietary implications. A literary figure questions handling the topic politely, with a homely blunt reply about informing the coroner.
Sponges: lifecycle and diving methods of the sponge fishers
The article explains sponges are skeletons of animals, not living creatures, and that they attach to submerged objects. It describes their limited movement, preferred habitats in the Mediterranean Red Seas and the Bahamas, and outlines sponge fishing gear including a dingey, three pronged fork, and a water-glass. It details diving technique with two men per boat, the hooker scavenging under water, and the process of pulling sponges and curing them ashore in crawls.
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Sena
Mediterranean
Red Seas
Old World
New World
Bahamas
West Indies
Turkey
The Other Man's Move and a Polite Retort
Dr Zukertort, famed chess master, pondered a new opening in the street hoping to use it against Steinitz. A vigilant policeman told him to move on, and the master quipped Its your move in a lighthearted aside.
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Dr. Zukertort
Steinitz
Superstitions Man’s Thanksgiving Dinner With Thirteen Guests
An American millionaire with a Venice palace hosted Thanksgiving with a Roman prince and Italian aristocracy. The prince canceled, leaving thirteen at table, prompting the host to abandon seating to dine alone, aiming to follow Arab customs of guests eating separately. The plan proved a success.
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Venice
Italy
Agricultural land estimates for sustaining populations
The text estimates land needed to feed people with various crops. About twenty two acres could sustain one man on fresh produce, while wheat cultivation would feed forty two, oats eighty eight, potatoes Indian corn or rice one hundred seventy six, and a fruit tree plantation over a thousand could feed more than a thousand people.
Strangest sleeping places recorded in London tales
A collection of curious sleep stories from London showing people dozing in bizarre spots. A man slept on top of railing spikes, others nap while biking or riding carts, a hotel servant dozed near a seven story window, and one worker slept aloft on a steeple. Hackney legend says a man slept nightly in a four wheeled cab for ten years with sacks for bedclothes.
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London
Jack
Hackney
House in Dartmoor Endures 200 Lightning Strikes
A wealthy landowner built a Dartmoor country residence that suffered repeated damage from storms. After completion the house was struck during a storm, losing the roof, then a second storm destroyed the chimney stack and caused further harm. Despite repairs the structure has been struck over 200 times, leading the owner to abandon it.
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Dartmoor
England
Sound Advice and Rousseau on Sermon Composition
A discussion cites Rousseau and Herbert Spencer on sermon writing. It notes Rousseau’s flaw of starting with no plan and ending without knowing content, claiming such sermons fail to inspire true thought and languid language hinders expression.
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Rousseau
Herbert Spencer
The Salt Habit Questioned in Medical Journal
The Salt Habit warns against excess salt use as a perversion of taste and a burden on kidneys. It notes that overindulgence dulls flavor, leads to health issues, and quickly becomes a habit where only heavily salted foods satisfy.
The Difference This Is a Baby A Girl
A vivid observation about a newborn girl detailing her facial features expressions and crying. The piece contrasts early harsh judgment with a future of reverent longing as a man seeks a single word touch or glance for hope.
Burial customs in Africa place honor above outdoors
The text notes that in parts of Africa it is disrespectful to bury the dead outdoors, a practice reserved for slaves. It states honored dead are buried under the floor of homes, reflecting cultural burial norms and social hierarchies mentioned in the fragment.
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Africa
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Robert Hall
Day
Pound
Fred “Ohuter
Soccieties
Troy Lodge
A.F
A.M
Masonic Hall
Wednas
W. Rawson
Wo . C
Surtn
Nililson Lodge
E.B. Doxono
G. Row
Windamson
Pisgah
J. 1. Haaren
C. P. Row
T Willutawson
Mentor Lodge
Castle Hall
Schott
Albout Wisp
C. C. Anrstun Horst
Droll’s
Gro
P. Simpson
V. A. Auousat Drown
Germania Lodge
U.O.Y. B
H. Merta
Jes. MN
Bosomworth
T. A. Kiggin
Thos H. Bull
F. BR
Troy Dist
Grot H
Medta
Lroll's Trail
G. L. Evtiorr
Mus Crasa Euniott
Geo. Hughes
Sen
Citizens’ Building and Lean Association
Wad. Verret, Prealdant
Avwauwren
Baptist Church
Aneh
Jas. Osborne
Methodist Church
Sanday
Sds
C. S., McCallum
Presbyterian Church
Mra
Ft. H Ball
Plasaman
Lutheran ST
ST. Jerome's C Catholic
Forater
Epworth
Lev Gie
Steata
Name Place
Ladies’ Mite Society
Troy Cemetery
Mia Julia A Bell
Pres
Miau Sarena Davy
Secy
J.G. Hollis
New York Weekly
Kansas
Mexico
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