Mayor Elias Burk and City Officials List
A historical roster notes Mayor Elias Burk and Aldermen Kirat Ward Wm Norhary Geo Liebler Second Ward Wm Hampo Tiled Ward RR Hoge and Jas W Tay Jar ily Clark A R Snodgraas Treasurer Superintendent of Streets Dallas Barth Marshall Jnting Barth Police Magistrate F L Hagler. Town Clerk John Deimling Jr. Colestor George Liebier. Commissions of Highways members H Kuhimann J W Mills I B Jacobs. School Trustees A Morrins C F Edwards Edward Joseph. Justices N Jarvis Philip Eckert. Constables N G C Kersey Robert Molliday. Pound Master Fred Schuler. PROY LODGE and Masonic communications schedule. Various lodges listed with meeting times. Church notices for Barris Church, Methodist, Presbyterian, German Evangelical, St Pauls Lutheran, St Jerome Catholic. Epworth League, Junior League, Ladies' Mite Society. Troy Public School, McCray-Dewey Academy. Board of Education meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Burk
Kirat
Wm. Norhary
Geo. Liebler
Wm. Hampo
Hoge
Tay- Jar
Avis
John Deimling, Jr
Colestor
George Liebier
Anagssor
Wm. Schultra
Miscellany notes on trade, virtue, and privateering
A collage of verse and prose excerpts on advertising ethics and the fate of the nonadvertiser, a crocodile emergence note, diamond cutting varieties, a quip on privateering history, and scattered antiquarian curios. The pieces mix moral reflections with curious trivia and philatelic whimsy from a late 19th or early 20th century miscellany page.
Grafted Ear On Horse Impresses Bristet Veterinarian
A Bristet Pr veterinarian pioneers an artificial ear graft on a horse. The device appears to monitor and respond to the animal’s ear on the opposite side, demonstrating notable control and functionality.
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Bristet
Birmingham servant oversleeping causes tasking delay
A Birmingham servant girl was reproved for oversleeping, explaining that she sleeps slowly and needs extra time to rest. The dialogue recalls domestic scenes as a trunk and ring map are mentioned in passing.
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Alegpa
Birmingham
The Queens Health Drunk at Sea by Naval Officers
A curious note on Queen's health customs aboard ships where officers toast seated, never rising as on land. observers remark every vessel culture in the Royal Navy varies yet retains a dignified salute to the Queen during voyage.
Wolves Fearing Telegraph Poles Shape Norwegian Policy
In Norway villagers reportedly backed funds for a new road or barrier to keep wolves at bay, based on a belief that telegraph poles frighten wolves. The practice reflects rural safety worries despite unclear scientific support.
Ancient customs and price notes in old world quotes
An old source notes salt bonding customs among men as a sacred tie, claims the custom persists among Orientals, mentions Paria theatres offering cheap seats on select days, and reports deafness affecting a third of middle aged people. It also cites 51,000 world breweries with 25,000 in Germany and China exporting 85,000,000 pounds of tea last season.
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Germany
Tests for Insanity and Knee Jerk Tests
A nerve specialist explains there is no infallible insanity test and describes methods used to diagnose disorders. The knee jerk test is noted, with a southern court trial where a lawyer challenged its use and revealed a lack of reflex action, influencing the jury.
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Jone
Seven Beliefs and Porto Rico Tidbits From a Bygone Era
A discussion of seven planetary and mythic beliefs flags the number seven in culture and nature, followed by traveler notes from Porto Rico describing fisheries, fruits, living costs, and social proprieties. The speaker contrasts life under heavy taxation with native resilience and modest moral expectations.
Small Fame for Spanish Actors in Madrid Theatres
Theatres in Spain lack programmes and many actors stay unnamed. A lobby bill boards cast lists at times, while Madrid venues display advertising cards with seat numbers on their backs, and the curtain mainly serves ads.
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Spain
Madrid
Workingmen of Calcutta Mills Schedule and Duties
Report describes Calcutta jute mill workers with a 4 30 p m to 8 p m shift totaling 18 hours per week? Sundays used for repairs and cleaning. The note highlights long hours and Sunday maintenance requirements affecting labor conditions.
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Calcutta
Fasting Practices Among Jains Highlight Long Feasts
In India the Jain sect leads in fasting feats with common periods of thirty to forty days. Allegedly one annual fast extends to seventy five days without food.
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India
Magnificent class British battleship in the Mediterranean
A fragment notes a modern warship speed and marvels at the Magnificent. It mentions a first class British battleship in the Mediterranean and cites an astonishing rate of averaging over 160 tons per hour, nearly three tons per minute.
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Mediterranean
Human Body Oddities and Facts Not Generally Known
A compendium of curious human biology notes. It cites height and weight ranges, brain and nerve counts, blood circulation speeds, and limb asymmetries, highlighting surprising comparisons between tall and short people, lunatics and sane individuals, and the differences between red and black skin. It includes figures on blood flow, heart rate, brain weights, and motor capabilities.
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Megro
Seeing Bullet Trails From High Power Guns
A hunter explains how rifle bullets appear in flight with high power rifles vs older carbines. He describes a white streak several feet long at close range, contrasts it with a black rod appearance of Remington or Springfield shots, and notes perception depends on viewpoint with practice.
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Bultetx
Use of Glass in Dentistry and Bells Sparks Interest
The text describes using glass instead of gold to stop decayed teeth, claiming it is less conspicuous and improved by a patent process that makes it soft and malleable. It notes extensive use of glass for church bells, saying it can be toughened to resist cracking and produce a superior, sonorous tone.
Opals May Be Safe From Robbers In Spokane
In Spokane Washington a jewelry shop was burglarized and a quantity of jewelry stolen. Police note opals among the loot and suggest opals might be burglary resistant, as the thieves passed over these high value stones for cheaper items.
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Spokane
Wash
Fourth-story fall shocks town couple
In a fragmentary exchange a doctor hints at a dangerous incident involving a husband, while Mrs. Chubbs contends her husband would have broken his neck if he had followed a prescription. The dialogue mentions a thrown object from a fourth story window.
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Chubbs
Birds Resist Windstorms With Both Flight And Struggle
Observations show birds shy away from hurricanes, seeking shelter under cliffs and dunes. Gulls, terns and petrels fly at altitude when the storm is distant, then dive and dart to counter the gale. Young herring gulls and petrels mount the wind, then wheel and dive along the storm path.
Non Freezing Water Pipes Demonstrated by Germans
The Germans have devised a non freez ing water pipe that prevents freezing and allows expansion during thaw. A second narrow insert of ash substance extends beyond the pipe and compresses when water freezes, then expands with the thaw. Tin or lead around the insert prevents taste or odor transfer, and tests report the insert withstands 400 degrees centigrade while plain pipes burst.
Life on Torpedo Boats Draws Strong Critique
Lord Charles Beresford says a year on torpedo boats injures mind and body, with British regulations granting one week off after one month of service. Austria seeks relief, claiming Austrian naval torpedo service is milder, as shown by trials on the vessel Thames.
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Lord Charles Beresford
Austria
Thames
Empress Dresses Simply Amid Wealth of German Court
A London report notes the German emperor earns about three quarters of a million sterling yearly while the empress, described as dressing like a good-class woman, is thrifty. The children’s clothes are repaired in the workroom and outgrown garments are cut up for younger sons, six of seven children are boys.
Elephant Trunk Strength Linked to Muscle Count
The text notes that the elephant has far more trunk muscles than any other creature, with Cuvier claiming not fewer than 40,000 in the trunk versus 527 in a human body. This explains the trunk's exceptional strength and delicate, controlled movements.
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Cuvier
Foot Field for Inventors in Japan Patents
The patent laws of Japan give limited protection to foreign manufacturers or inventors. A native can patent a foreign trademark if filed before the true owner acts. The owner must then purchase back the right to use his own trademark in Japan.
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Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
ColTry Officials
Ily Clark
A. R. Snodgraas
Dullas Barth
Marahal
Jnting Barth
F. L. Hagler
Township Officials
Societing
Proy Lodge
No. Saa. NE
A.M
Masonic Hall
W. Rawson
W. MM
A. Swern
O. I
E.S. Donono
N. Kronti Watiameon
Pisgah, Na Ncampmen's, No
O. Oo
Waanen
U. PB
Rot’r Witaiamson
Mentor Lodgin
Castle Mall
Schott
Almut Winn
C. C
Youssey
Amepedy
Drollta Mall
BP. Simpson
Vo C. Ardaust
Germania Lodge
V- O
Hall Aenaan Soera
Mayflower Lodge
Jno
M. Regomworth
T. A. Kiggin
Bell
Troy Distourr
S.coe Li
Droc's Mall
G. J. Euiorr
Mas Chats Katrore
United Mine Workers of American
Central Hall
DO. G Jones
Presa
John F Clayter
Sue
American Federation of Labor
Central Mall
James N Jarvis
L. Dancan
Stan. Hitcher
F.I
Citizens’ Building and
Caim Association
Ward
Vierren
Rewateran
Barris Gohurch
Tisig Oot
Jas. Osborne
Methodist Church
S. McGullum
Presbyterian Church
T. W. Bell
Rev
G. Plasaman
Li'theran
ST. Paul's
Hev L. W. Qornaell
ST. Jerome's
Wally Moss
Aug, Forster
Epworth League
Mottoctet Church
Troy
Meberg
Julia A Deil
Wm, Wild
Lacy
Troy Public School
Gem
Qlosas
J.C. Hollis
Board of Meducation
J If. Harding
Pres
Seo Membara
W. Maweon
I. W. Cook
Jue. Collins
Martiner Crane Brown
Tientie Reminner
Jenking
Fannie
Papar
Norway
Paria
Hfe
Chinesa Tea
Ching
Underworld
Dante
Heaven
Hell
Wuui
Portugal
Porto Rico
Europe
BE. M. Mercer
New York
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