Local Civic and Fraternal Organizations Listing
A dense OCR of officials and lodge notes lists mayoral and alderman roles, town clerk, treasurer, marshal, police magistrate, auditors, trustees, constables, and other municipal offices. It includes multiple lodges and encampments with meeting times, officers, and halls. Also appears are church groups, temperance and benevolent societies, lodge calendars, and academy notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Bark
Wm. Norbury
Geo. Webler
Wm. Haimpa
R. Hf. Hoge
Jas. W. Tay
Lorality
A. R. Snodgrass
Weight of foreign wars and the toiler’s burden
A miscellany piece laments heavy taxation and bloodshed as rulers pursue imperial costs while the common worker bears the load. It rails against looms of commerce, propaganda, and future ruin, urging simpler paths and responsibility, ending with a note on vandalism damaging telegraph wires in St. Louis and efforts to stop it.
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Mercury
Mars
Rome
Kate
St. Louis
Growing Gold The Mystery Explained
A chemist named Zigmod y shows gold can exist in a soluble form. By treating a slightly alkaline gold salt solution with formaldehyde and dialysis, soluble gold colloid is produced and precipitated by salt. Rain washes it into rivers, depositing in gravel where salt induces precipitation, potentially growing large nuggets over ages. Courageous animals: the fisher and fishing cat are noted for bravery near water, with mongooses facing cobras and a mongoose attacking a leopard in captivity. the Indian mongoose combines courage with amiability.
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Klondike
Australia
Zzigmody
North America
Europe
Shaving in Porto Rico Without Soap or Razor
A column describes how Porto Ricans use local plants for shaving. The soap tree bulb yields lather, while coconut oil and homemade lye make fragrant soap. Shavers rely on a glass shard as a razor and water from mountain pools, avoiding mirrors due to poverty.
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Porto Rico
Cuba
Jamaica
West India Islands
Writing on Glass patent details aluminum point method
A patent describes a method of writing on glass using an aluminum point. Glass is prepared with vinegar, drawing marks dry with aluminum particles that cling and appear silver. Marks resist removal by friction and cleanly show on the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rersnany
Wade
Artificial wine from barley boosts Hamburg factory output
About 250000 gallons of artificial wine are produced annually at a large Hamburg factory using barley. The medical profession in Germany regards the wine highly and recommends its use in hospitals across the country.
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Hamburg
Germany
Clay Pipes and Waxed Sticks in Dutch Trade History
The British museum houses a rich clay pipe collection dating to the sixteenth century. By about 1700 the Dutch began waxing pipes to prevent sticking, a practice noted in early trade customs.
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British Museum
English Travelers Spend Vast Sums on Travel Daily
The report estimates that English people expend about 756000 dollars daily on moving between places. It notes London hosts two hundred thousand families who are living in the city, and mentions the financial strain of weekly travel costs in the capital.
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England
London
Abe
Grace Wilson and David Caw Marriage at Saveck Kirk
In Saveck Scotland the diminutive minister David Caw wed Grace Wilson, a taller local lass. The wedding plan included a neighboring preacher who, warned not to mention the marriage, faced a sermon on Ephesians 1 1 8 that nearly toppled him as he read Unto me who am less than the least of all saints.
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Grace
Old United Presbyterian Kirk
Saveck
Scotland
David Caw
Grace Wilson
Mr. Daw
Mr. Caw
Rye bread rituals of Swedish bakers
The Swedes bake their rye bread only two or three times a year. The baking lasts a week or more and keeps everyone busy. They do not bake in loaves but in fat cakes about the size of a dinnerplate with a large hole in the middle.
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Sweden
Inquisitive Child Questions Papa About War Experience
A short dialogue between a boy named Tommy and his father. Tommy asks if his father fought in the war and if he made the enemy run. The father confirms and asks the boy if he was ever caught.
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Tao
Tommy
Pat Papa
Papa
Hair structure as clue to sex claims microscopy rule
An authority on microscopy states that hair from a woman can be distinguished from a man by its internal construction when viewed under a microscope. The claim is presented as a scientific confidence in identifying sex by hair features.
Woman Bank President Leads Limerick Institution
Miss Frances E. Magon is president of the National bank in Limerick Maine, one of the sound banks in the state. The bank was founded by her father J M Magon and has been ably promoted under her leadership.
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Frances E. Magon
The
National Bank
Limerick
J. M. Magon
Betrayed by a Postage Stamp
A nostalgic postal inspector recalls a crook who stamped letters in a peculiar crosswise corner triangle. The man, wanted for minor offenses, evaded capture until a postal clerk traced his wife’s letters from Chattanooga, exposing the ruse. The tale closes with the crook allegedly stamping letters straight when spotted.
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Uncle Sam
Greorgia
Chattanooga
Dean
Safety Paper With Dual Ink Marks Debuts Abroad
A foreign safety paper invention for banks is announced with no inventor name. It uses multiple linen marks on paper, some indelible and some delible, arranged so finely that individual lines are invisible to the naked eye. The indelible marks differ in color from the delible ones, creating a color impression hard to counterfeit and easily detectable by chemical action or erasure.
Best Soldiers Ages Twenty Two To Twenty Five
A foreign medical officer states that physical maturity occurs between twenty three and twenty five. Boys under twenty are likely to break down. The best armies are those with twenty two years as the minimum.
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Tventy
Gunpowder Test Sets Velocity and Pressure Limits
A test of gunpowder classes required to propel a projectile at a muzzle velocity of 2000 feet per second with chamber pressure not exceeding fifteen tons per square inch.
Elephant Teeth Fact Check Flawed on Teeth Count
The note states elephants have only eight teeth with two teeth above and two below on each side. It also claims baby teeth fall out around fourteen and are replaced by new teeth. This summary highlights the source claim while the actual dental pattern in elephants involves six to twelve molars over a lifetime, not a fixed eight.
Atlantic Cable Time Measurement Report
About three seconds are needed to send a message across the Atlantic cable, a transmission time noted as roughly seven hundred pijew o bedeucud, reflecting early telecommunication efficiency and units used in the era.
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Atlantic
Pijew O .Becuud
Singing Well of Harris County Texas
About three miles west of Cedar Bayou in Harris County a 66 foot well known as the Singing Well has a century old claim of musical water sounds. Changes in wind affect water level and tone with a dramatic peak before northerly winds. Attempts to fill the well did not alter depth notably and the mysterious music persists.
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Cedar Bayou
Harris County
Texas
Watkins
Could Not Shoot deer ethics tale from Rev Mills
Rev B Fay Mills relates a hunter failed to shoot when a mother deer appeared, moved by maternal fear and a plea against hunting cruelty. The anecdote contrasts humane reverence with hunting methods that mimic fawns. It notes deer bravely approach travelers and graze near pastures, warning against exploiting animals for sport.
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B. Fay Mills
Maine
The Prope Who Work See in All Lines of Duty
The people in all lines of duty who do the most work are the calmest, never hurried. Duties never wildly chase each other. one task never turns another. The spirit works methodically, doing one task at a time well, and thus works swiftly without appearing rushed.
Spider Stops a Glick at Nantucket Clock
An aspirer who wove a web around the pendulum finally halts an old reliable clock at Nantucket after many failures and perseverance.
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Nantucket
Forged Autographs Trial Reveals Old Luther Forgery Skill
A German swindler in a Martin Tuther trial used forged autographs to dupe buyers. The case exposed that Luther’s 350 year old script remains convincingly replicated, enabling authentic looking forgeries even today.
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Martin Tuther
Isk
Luther
Profit from a Single Whaler Capture
A single captured whale yields large profit: a fifty foot whale weighing 140000 pounds can provide 60000 pounds of blubber and 44000 pounds of train oil along with 3000 pounds of whalebone.
Chinese Baby Care Practices Attributed Caste to Heat and Diet
A historical note describes Chinese infant feeding as rice based after a few months, with no cow's milk given. It claims homes are not heated and that cold babies are soothed with sun baths. The account reflects period stereotypes and limited context.
London Transit Station Density Near St Pauls Cathedral
London transit note states 256 railway stations lie within six miles of St Pauls Cathedral London and nearly four hundred within twelve miles, indicating dense rail access around central London for commuters and travelers.
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London Transit
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
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Township Officials
Aupervigor
Avis
Town Clark
John Deimling
Collestor
George Liebler Asseanor
Robert Wolliday
Foond
Frad Schuler
Societier
Troy Lodge
A. F
A.M
Masonic Hall
W. Rawsey
W. M Co
Sczir
Nellson
Usllavery
Doxano
N. G Hows Witursison
Pisgah
O. F. Mesta
Hane
Wigianaun
Mentor Lodden
Sagtle
Ao Sehott
Avery
Aion Wien
Gu Verne Morwsmy
Koo R&s
Amilty Camp
Kivnur
Mayilower Lodgi
K. Or FL
Tiesilay
Jas
M. Bosomworth
Heys
Thes
Bel
Troy Dist. Court
S.cotbb
Vnd
Dreietall
Euiiorr
United Mine Workers of
Aimer
Jon
Pray
Ceutrat Nall
D.G Jones
Presa
Dohu
Culsytor
Citivenn
Wai, Vetren
Mob. Seewawrin
Praer
O' Lock
Jas. Osborne
Sanday
Cave Innel
U.S. MccCnuHam
Ian Presbyterian Church
TU Ball
G. Plassman
Liytharan
ST. Paul's
L. W. Dornsett
ST. Jerome's Catholic
Epworth League
Methodiat
Junc Legue—Eete
Luudies
Troy
Mevers
Mra
Julia
Troy Public School
J.C. Bolils
Bohra
Sehoo
H. Harding
Smith
Sao
S. W. Inweon
G. Davis
T W Kook
Jaa. Collins
Great Britain
Belshazar
Howard
Tyler
Irnee
France
United States
Lancaster
Baltimore
York
Princeton
Annapolis
New York
Philadelpha
Washington
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