City Officials and Lodges Listed in Local Notice
The notice itemizes mayor and aldermen, ward representatives, city clerk and treasurer, various municipal officers, and a long list of lodges with meeting details. It includes Troy Lodge, Nellson Lodge, Pisgah Encampment, Mentor Lodge, Family Camp, German Lodges, Mayflower Lodge, Troy District Court, and Citizens' Building and Loan Association with meeting times and officers.
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Elifne Birk
Norbury
Thonina
Bacon Vera
Gil
Voolker
Fred
Gurfen
Silophana
A. R. Snodgrans
Streete
Julius Barth
Pollos Magiatrate
J. L. Hagler
Power of a Great Couse to Make Aji Men Eloquent
Selected passages from Thomas Wentworth Higginson outline his main counsel for public speaking: enlist in a reform and speak with sincerity. He notes eloquence rises from genuine commitment, not acting, overcoming flaws like hoarseness or stammer. On the anti slavery platform, speakers were never poor he argues, as the cause carried truth and urgency.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cief
Atlantic Monthly
Emerson
The Self-Posessed Lad He Took Occanton to Correct the Head
A 14 year old Detroit youth visits a wholesale office on Larned Street East. In a testy exchange with the head of the firm he poses as an applicant and reveals the office boy sitting nearby. The boy uses polite wit to show the merchant that he did need a boy there.
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Occanton
Say
Detroit Free Press
Larned Street
Yte
Glass Skates Gain Fame on New York Ice Rinks
The latest winter ice feature is glass skates with glass runners offering faster gliding and enduring edges. Inventor reports a tempered glass edge that resists blunting and resists fracture on hard ice. Runners are colored to match wearers, and skates attach to a special heel-shafted shoe for ankle support and added safety.
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New York
Metropolitan
de Glass
First latchkey night fright ends in warm misunderstanding
A Chicago Times Herald tale describes a woman struggling with a latchkey at night. A neighbor passing by offered help but could not speak loudly due to a sore throat, sparking a noisy hallway scene before explanations clear the misunderstanding. The heroine remains wary about going out alone at night.
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Chicago, Times-Herald
Great Hunting Cheetah of India Captivates Hunters
The Philadelphia Times notes the cheetah as a trained hunting animal owned by Rajah Bam saadeyaore of India. The animal, doglike in obedience, tracks and pounces with stealth, often following deer for miles before a kill. The famed cheetah of Rajah Bommadevara Narasantra Naidu Bahadur is highly prized and valued beyond measure.
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Rajah Bamsaadeyaore
India
Philadelphia Times
Rajah Bommadevara
Venkata Narasantra Naidu Bahadur
Vacuum Drying of Wheat Shows Moisture Reduction
A Berlin test of a new vacuum drying method on 50 quarters of English wheat reduced moisture by over six percent while preserving grain quality. Initiated by MP Yerburgh, the experiment demonstrates potential benefits for British farmers, with full details to be presented to the agricultural committee on corn stores.
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Berlin
London Times
Yerburgh
M. P
Agricultural Committee On Corn Stores
Queen Regent's Charities Help Flood Sufferers in Barcelona
An exchange notes the Queen Regent has funds for charity despite low revenues. Three thousand dollars were allotted to aid flood victims in Barcelona. Women active in reliefs petitioned Cardinal Sanche, and his eminence contributed from his treasury.
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Barcelona
Cardinal Sanche
Bear That Saves Life In New York Bear Narrows Missing Child
A four year old girl wandered away in Ste Mouib New York area and was found carried by a bear approaching a ravine. Relieved rescuers watched the bear lay the child down uninjured after a nose ring identification. The bear belonged to an Italian campers nearby who raised it in a tenement and taught the trick of carrying children.
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Lont
Ste. Mouib
Apslachia
N. Y
New York
Arbutus
Wages in Lumber Camps
A Menominee Enterprise report quotes a veteran woodsman on pay in camps. He says workers never ask wages when hired in fall, since good performance yields fair spring pay and wages rise after January as workers quit. He notes men aim for satisfactory work to earn high spring wages.
Nosey Exciseman and Silent Schoolboys Tale
A Shrewsbury exciseman with a large nose is mocked by schoolboys who line up to stare and cover their faces as he passes. Dr Butler intervenes but the boys persist in silent glares. The piece also notes Brunetieres account of a French editor sued over a right of response in Revue des Deux Mondes.
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Shrewsbury
Samuel Butler
Dr. Butler
Brunetiere
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Maitre Goudinet
Jin
English clergyman meets elephant on dark Birmingham road
A Birmingham clergyman riding home at night collided with a stray elephant obstructing a narrow road. The animal, belonging to a circus in transit, lay on its side while two handlers slept nearby. The incident ended with minor commotion and the elephant remaining still as the cyclist recovered.
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Birmingham
England
Rudyard Kipling
Giants of Patagonia and the Tehuelches Height Myth
The Tehuelches, eastern Patagonia tribes, are tall but average under six feet according to the Boston Transcript. They are civilized hunters with horses and dogs, living to barter guanaco skins and mantles for trade goods, including whisky.
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Tehuelches
Cordilleras
Patagonia
Boston Transcript
Seal Catches Killies Lightning Fast in Aquarium
A New Hampshire seal is described as a lightning swimmer able to outpace killies in an aquarium pool. The seal slaps prey aside and hunts with birdlike underwater speed, catching killies nearly at will. It rests on a platform at one pool end, and feeding is rare unless the seal needs variety. Also noted is a method to harden glass to steel-like strength for skate sculptures.
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Killies
New Hampshire
New York Sun
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Township OF
Petcials
H. C Kersey
George Kiestl
J. W. Garnet Asasesor
Wm. Schultze
Germmisaloners
Constables
D. C. Kersey
Anc
Robert Holliday
Fred Eiffert
Troy Lodgh
A. F
A.M
Mosonte Hall
Hy. Buuncaunt
WM. C
Sucrr
Nellson Lodge
J L. Haaren
G. Row
Wintiamaen
Pisgah Encampmen
O. O. FF
Meéeta
Fuann Cornixe
C. P
Tony Williamson
Mentor Lodge
P. Roequist
Castle Hall
Schatt
Sam, Huon
C. Awrnon Boasuer
Amily Camp
A. Meete
Droll
Ani
B. W. Rawsos
V. v. Anauat Duoun
U. O
P. Hall
Heenan Swire
I. M. Furp Everzer
I. 3
Mayflower
MM. Rosomvworth
T- A. Uigein
F. R
Troy Dist
S.C. of
Droil
G. L. Ecufort
Ht. A. Connor
Rovorder
United Mine Workers:of America
L'Roy
Central Hall
Tan. G. Jones
R. J. Renfro
Citizene' Building and Loan‘Association
Paston
Bane
Preaident
Auwatren
Churcher
Baptist Church
Jas. Cabone
Methodist Church
G. A. Seed
G. Pikeman
Lutheran ST
KT. Jerome's
Maes
Aug. Forster
Epworth League
Everty
Aunior League
Steets
Troy Cemetery
Mohere
Julis
Sarena Davy
Troy Public
Bagina
Alokes
J. On Holle
McCray-Dewey Academy
Salton Or
Vanes Pringt
Great Hunting
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