City Officials Named in Local Ledger Update
Mayor Elias Burk leads city governance alongside Aldermen Wm Norbury and LD Thomas from the First Ward, Wm Hampe from the Second Ward, and Fred Gerson with R A Hoge from the Third Ward. City Clerk A R Snodgrass and Streets Superintendent Julius Barth also listed. Marshal Police Magistrate J T Hagler named in the civic roll.
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Elias Burk
Wm. Norbury
LD. Thomas
Wm. Hampe
Fred Gerson
R.A Hoge
A. R. Snodgrass
Preasurer
Julius Barth
J. T. Hagler
Local Fraternal and Union Listings for Troy Area
A compiled roster of local organizations with meeting times and officers including Troy lodges No. 588 A I and A S M Masonic Hall sessions on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, Neilsen Lodge No. 25 I O O F, Pisgah Encampment, Mentor Lodge No. 165, Amulpy Camp No. 172 I W P A, Germanta Lodge No. 66 YuO D, Mayere Lower Lodge No. LB3G, Troy District Court No. 362 S C of T H, United Mine Workers No BOl of Troy, Citizens Building Association, with listed officers and meeting places.
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Troy Lodgheh
A. I
ASM
Masonic Hall
Hy. Beamanor
W.M
Curious Pontchartrain name foretold by Iberville
The New Orleans Picayune notes that Lake Pontchartrain’s name, from Pontchartrain meaning bridge car train, foreshadowed modern sight of a bridge, a car, and a train crossing the lake. It cites Iberville naming Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain in 1668 and links Pontchartrain to steam power and rail transport foretold for the nineteenth century.
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Lake Pontchartrain
Iberville
New Orleans Picayune
Count Pontchartrain
Count de Maurepas
Louis XIV
Bienville
la Rochelle
France
Louisiana
Lakes
Maurepas
Pontchartrain
Louisiana Interior
New Orleans
Thoratios
Queer Insurance Case Fires Up in Western City
A traveling agent relays a bizarre insurance tale in which a bathtub fire caused by a heated poultice leads to a blaze. The owner’s wife prepared the poultice for a cold, heated it in the oven, cooled it on a celluloid lined tub, and the heat ignited the tub and room, forcing payment by the insurer.
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Dartford
Conn
Washington
Playing Marbles Proposed to Train Naval Cadets
Lieutenant Wilson argues foreign nations should adopt the American and English marble game to train naval cadets. He says the game steadies nerves, sharpens calculation of distances, and aids in anticipating maneuvers under varied sea conditions and wind.
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Wilson
Impossible to Find Altitude at 17,000 Feet Above Sea Level
Running report notes that reaching an altitude of 17,000 feet above sea level is not achievable, stating it is physically impossible to locate such a height.
Intelligent mon grel dog scavenges bones aboard Industry
Aboard the Portuguese bark Industria the dog Scavenger, famed for gathering bones, slips ashore at Point Breeze and returns to the ship with a stockpile. Workers estimate the clever animal has stored about 350 bones during the voyage preparations for Lisbon.
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Industria
Philadelphia Record
Lisbon
Point Breeze
Anglo American alliance seen as inevitable fix
Henry Norman in Cosmopolis argues two actions could trigger an Anglo American alliance. He notes a European coalition to crush the United States would also have to defeat Britain’s navy. He asserts British policy aims against seeing English speakers trampled by Russian, French, or German forces and imagines a united flag of cooperation beyond rivalries.
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United States
Germany
Austria
Henry Norman
Cosmopolis
Must Wear Bloomers By Order Of St Petersburg Police
Women bicyclists in St Petersburg are ordered by police to wear bloomers or rational dress as gusty winds in the capital make skirts indecent, enforcing modest attire amid Russia’s climate and social norms.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Terror class coast defence vessel with double turrets
The Terror, a 3990 ton modern coast defence ship, travels 12 knots and cost 83,178,046. It carries four large guns in two turrets and eight smaller guns, with seven inch armor and a crew of two under Capt. ND Ludlow. It is paired with Amphitrite Miantonomah Puritan among the formidable double turreted fleet.
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Uncle Sam
ND. Ludlow
Amphitrite
Puritan
Ajax
Wyandotte
Nantucket
Passaic
Eminent Surgeon Removes Wart From Visitor
A famed surgeon at a local hospital insisted on removing a wart from a visitor’s brow. He called nurses to restrain the patient and, with a sudden stroke, excised the wart. The man recovered from his nervous condition and returned home pleased with the outcome.
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Philadelphia Record
Eel Discovery Amazes Beth in Curious Exchange
Beth witnesses an eel for the first time and exclaims in astonishment. The judge remarks on the moment as a curious vignette of nature and learning.
Bear at Philadelphia Zoo Triggers Narrow Escape
The Philadelphia Record recounts a frightening incident at the zoo where a woman and her young daughter en dangered by a grizzly. The child squeezed her head between bars, the bear climbed near the railing, and a keeper freed the girl with a shovel handle.
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Philadelphia
Ohio's Army of College Students
Ohio reports a total 24,000 college students, with about one third being women. The figure highlights gender distribution within the student body and indicates a large statewide higher education cohort.
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Ohio
Disguised by His Beard and a Jail Breaker Tale
A New Yorker praises detectives who recaptured a jail breaker despite a grown beard. The man recalls family reactions to his past, including a controversial bow to pride during separations, a failed western fortune bid, and a beard that drew censure and prompts to shave after his wife’s England visit.
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New Jersey
West
Andrew
England
Poker at City Hall: Peckham Wins Rich Flush Battle
In a lively Chicago scene the night police reporters Peckham and Jekill played poker amid borrowed funds and city hall chatter. Peckham led with a straight flush in spades while Jekill matched with a straight flush in diamonds, prompting a lavish supper and praise for the remarkable hands.
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Chicago Chronicle
Peckham
Jekill
Twe
Chicago
Hawkins
John Condon
Historic belt buckles from the Philadelphia clock bell story
The article recalls the 1776 clock bell that marked independence, once used to summon citizens. The relic, later destroyed, had been purchased by St. Augustine’s Church and burned in 1844. Firemen kept fragments and turned some into belt buckles for the Humane Engine Company.
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Philadelphia
Humane Engine Company
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Township Officials
Neilson Lodge
QO. O. F
Jos
Banks
N. G
Williamson
Pisgah Encoampasient
Frank Contins
B. Rowr Winliamson
Mentor Lodge
Castle Hall
Schott
Sam, Sauties
Antu Bowiung
Koof
Amulpy
Pt A
Droll’s Hall
S W. Rawson, V. &. Auvuust Diout
Germanta Lodgis
Uy. O
of P. Hall
Akusaya Suara
T. M Ficety Evenir
Mayerelower
Troy
T. c
S.C of T.H
Dro V's
GG. L. Evrorr
H. A. Caxepy
United Mine Workers. of America
Central Hall
Geo. Hughes
Sec
Citizens’ Building
Loam Agsoudabiou
James V. Blackk
M. F. Auwanren
Baptist
Jas. Osbone
Wawa
Jamed
Ro’olock
G. A. Seed
Presbyterian Church
T. Wf. Bell
G. Plassman
Lutheran
ST. Jerome's Catholic
Ag. Forster
Epworth
Methodist Church
Junion League
Troy Cemetery
Julia A Bell
Sarena Davy
J.C. Hollis
McCray
Board of Education
J. H. Harding
Presa
Smith
Res
Seb
America
United States Monitor Terre
Philadelphia Zoo
Bell
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