Local Government Officers and Lodge Listings Reported
A roster lists city officials including mayor Elian Burk, aldermen from wards one through three, treasurer Julius Barth, marshal Detius Barth, police magistrate J L Hagier, town clerk S Ayia, collector George Lobler, assessor Wm Soltnitza, highway commissioners MH Kuhlmann G W Mille and Jacobs, school trustees R C Morris C F Edwards Edward Joseph, peace justices J N Jarvis Philip Eckert, constables H C Kersey Robert Holliday, and pound master Fred Mohuler. It also notes Troy Lodge No san A M and Neilson Lodge No 35 I O O F meeting schedules, with officers W W Rawson and E Doxono listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elian Burk
Wm. Norbory
Geo. Lieblér
Wm. Hampe
R. Hogo
Jas. W. Taylor
Bty Clark
J. R. Snodgrass
Robert Holliday
Pound
Fred “Ohuler
Perpetual motion clock claimed by Kankakee jeweler
A Cabery Illinois jeweler Peter M Ravenskilde claims to own a remarkable clock that runs a year with no attention. The device uses a 60 inch wheel with stacked cups and steel balls. Each ball descends an incline to restart its cycle, generating electricity from a storage battery. The mechanism describes a vast journey of balls equating to a mile daily work and many years of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee County
Ill
Peter M. Ravenskilde
Cabery
Spain's Great Building the Escorial in Spain details
A historical overview describes the Escorial as one of the world's largest edifices, serving as palace museum library and burial site. Begun in 1563 by Philip II, it spans 744 by 580 feet with corner towers, costs 12 million dollars, and features 14 000 doors and 11 000 windows. it withstood lightning damage and a 1808 sack by French forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
England
America
Escorial
Philip II
Philip
St. Quentin
St. Lawrence
Four items on railways, sleep, seaweed, and pilgrims
The note surveys Europe’s highest railway near Gorner Grat in Switzerland. It also mentions Japanese burial practices with north-facing heads and bedroom compass diagrams. It adds that the longest plant is seaweed, some 600 feet long, and that Russians undertake large pilgrimages to the Holy Land, with St Peter’s cost cited at over £14,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Gorner Grat
Switzerland
Matterhorn
Monte Rosa
Holy Land
Palestine
Debtors' Prison and an Amazon Drum Communication Tale
A historical note describes the Kings Bench debtors' prison in London with overcrowded conditions and immorality. It also recounts Jose Bach's account of Amazonian natives using buried wooden drums for distant communication across settlements, with sound transmitted through the earth and initial drum signals leading to conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Bach
Amazon
Malacca
Bach
Authors in China and the editors handling manuscripts
A quip about Chinese editors returning rejected manuscripts with elaborate flattery. The piece contrasts blunt rejections with humorous, exaggerated courteous notices, noting the desire of Chinese newspapers to maintain goodwill with authors even when declining submissions.
Thunder distribution across regions and continents
The globe shows Java as the region with the most thunderstorms at ninety seven days per year. Sumatra, Hindoostan, Borneo, and the Gold Coast follow with eighty six, fifty six, fifty four, and fifty two days. Europe’s top is Italy at thirty eight days, while France and Southern Russia have sixteen, Great Britain and Switzerland seven, Norway four. Cairo sees thunderstorms only three days annually.
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Java
Sumatra
Hindoostan
Borneo
Gold Coast
Rio de Janeiro
Europe
Italy
France
Russia
Great Britain
Switzerland
Norway
Cairo
Turkistan
Polar
Smallest Book in the World Put on Display
The British Museum houses the miniature volume titled Schloss's English Bijou Almanac dated 1849. A thumb sized marvel, the book is beautifully illustrated with engraved pictures and letterpress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Talking Crow Charms Bethel Youths in Maine
A Bethel Maine crow hatched from a fall into the woods over a year ago and was raised at home. It began speaking a few months back and now chats like a parrot, favoring words with the letter o and phrases such as Hello Moses Ora and Whoa there, drawing curious reactions from the boys and girls observing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Moses
Ora
Long Voyage Reveals Empire Strain on Liberties
A Castine merchant skipper began a voyage from Manila around the Cape via St Helena, unaware of looming conflict. He left Manila without war in sight, only to find the war ended upon reaching Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Castine
Manilla
Cape
St. Helena
Maine
Alcohol in Temperance Drinks Analyzed by UK Lab
One thousand five hundred and eighty temperance drink samples were tested by the British government laboratory. About one third exceeded the legal 2 percent alcohol limit. Some samples contained between 6 and 8 percent alcohol.
Dance Attendance Rule Echoed From Medieval Wedding Custom
An old expression about a bride dancing with whoever asks traces to medieval custom. It implied she could not refuse regardless of the suitor or his standing, reflecting rigid social expectations of marriage ceremonies.
Parisian Superstition in Common Cards Trend
In Paria superstition runs deep as tasteful greeting cards feature lists of hours to avoid and are widely sold. Merchants report steady demand for these hour avoidance cards reflecting local beliefs and traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
The Most Curious Exes And Paris Street Lengths
A description of shark eggs noting pillow shape long horn like feelers and leathery coverings that hatch after incubation in about nine months. Also a report on Paris street length totals about 600 miles with nearly 200 miles tree lined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Paria
Paris
Michigan bounty heads dead English sparrows report
The state of Michigan pays a bounty for dead sparrows and recently disbursed over 2000 dollars to Indiana workers who killed the birds with poisoned wheat in Indiana cities. Carcasses shipped to southern Michigan towns. bounties collected as if birds died in Michigan. A Spanish galleon with 17 million dollars in cargo and gold bars wrecked off Gunwalles in Cornwall more than twenty years ago. dollars wash up on Helston sands as an English iron founder forms a company to exploit buried riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Indiana
Gunwalles
Lizard
Cornwall
Helston
Engligh Iron
The Staff of Life and Bread Traditions Across Nations
The article notes France and Italy bake the largest loaves of bread, with Italian pipe bread stretching two to three feet and French loaves shaped extremely long. It also explores card symbolism, linking hearts to clergy, spades to nobility, clubs to serfs, and diamonds to citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
Mighty Sea Surface and Depth Quick Facts
The piece notes the sea covering about 160000000 square miles of the globe’s 197000000, with a purported maximum depth near four miles. It also recounts an electrical well incident in Bar Harbor where a downed worker was shocked, refused to descend again, and a dog lowered to test the vein died. It mentions public monuments to ministers, listing Pitt, Perceval, Palmerston, Beaconsfield alongside Gladstone as honored ministers since Chatham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Gladstone
Chatham
Pitt
Perceval
Palmerston
Beaconsfield
Footmen's Wiles and Worldly Differences
The piece notes Queen Victoria’s footmen wear eight rows of curls while the Prince of Wales has seven and the Lord Mayor of London six. It contrasts two views on difference and a ship in water illustrating peril when water enters the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
London
Quince Juice Reported To Cure Severe Hiccup Case
A patient in Chillicothe Ohio received two teaspoons of quince juice as a remedy for an aggravated hiccup issue after other treatments proved ineffective. The cure was reported following the dosage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
So_logus Confesses Moral Aftermath In Tale
A battered tin can speaks in a quirky, reflective tone confessing it has never pointed a moral yet admits it has adorned many tales, hinting at a playful fable or parable with a sardonic edge. The line blends whimsy with a nod to storytelling aid.
The Annam Gold Ingot Coin Worth About 315 Dollars
A description notes the largest gold coin or loaf from Annam, valued around 315 dollars, with its worth written on the piece in Indian ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annam
Blindness in Australia compared with other nations
The article notes that Australia has a smaller proportion of blind people relative to its population than most other countries, highlighting the country’s comparatively lower rate of blindness among its residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Spain's Resources Highlight Vast European Minerals
Spain possesses among Europe’s richest mineral stocks including iron copper zinc silver antimony quicksilver lead and gypsum, underscoring its prominence in regional resource endowments.
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Spain
Europe
A Sober Fact
A lone man struggles with drink as troubles mount and lead to a cycle of drinking, worsening his problems and pushing him deeper into alcoholism.
Surprising Costs and Mythic Claims From Past Advertisements
A quirky ledger-like claim notes 75,000 elephants a year to supply piano keys billiard halls and knife handles. It adds that an Atlantic liner costs more to run in three years than to build, and that stammering is rare among uncivilized people due to nerves being unusually strong.
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Olity Officials
Township Officials
Societier
Troy Lodge
San
A. EF
A.M
Masonic Hall
W. Rawson
Neilson Lodge
Doxono
N. G
On'r Williamson
Pisgah
S.O. O
J. J. Bagten
P. Rou't Wrreitason
Mentor Lodge
K. of P
Castle Hall
Schott
Alaunt Wiup
C. Anruon Rosier
Amilty
K. of
M. Bosomworth
T. A. Jtiggin
Thos H. Gell
B. J
Troy Dist
Croil’s Hall
L. Equiorr
Mus Cuata Evttorr
United Mine Workers of America
Troy
Central Hall
Jas
Geo. Hughes
Citizens' Building and Loan An- Nouialion
Lhat
Wa. J. Vetter
M. F.uwauten
Baptist Church
Esch
Fey Jas
Quboins
Methodist Church
Ovary
C. S., McCullum
Protestan
Rev
G. Plassman
PF. Paul's
L. W. Dornseif
ST. Jeromeiy’s Catholic
Trev
Forster
Epworth League
Jon
Legue
Troy Cemetery
Troy Public
Bint
J.G. Hollig
McCray-Dieowey Academy
W. W. Edwards
Jeane W. Cook
Board of Eanucation
Weuss
J. H. Harding
Smith
Sec
Mambara
S. W. Kanaon
Avie
W. Cook
Jae
Collina
St. Peter's
Rome
Indian Signal Service
Debtor's Prison
King’s Bench
High Street
St. George’s Church
Lant Street
George Hanger
Wapping
St. Giles
St. James
China
Mystrious
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