City Officials and Local Lodge Notices List
City officials include Mayor Elias Burk and ward leaders Wm Norbury DD Thomas Wm Hampe Fred Qurfen and H Hoge. city clerk A R Snodgraas. township officials S Avis and John Deimling. school trustees R C Morris O Edwards and Edward Joseph. Justices J N Jarvis and Philip Eckert. various constables and master Fred Schuler. Lodges and associations meet regularly at Masonic Hall, Hall and Central Hall with officers listed. United Mine Workers chapter in Troy hosts weekly meetings. Citizens' Building and Board Association meets at City Hall monthly.
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Elias Burk
Wm. Norbury
DD. Thomas
Wm. Hampe
Fred Qurfen
Father to son on war duty and pride in service
A father speaks to Jim about answering the country’s call with courage. He recalls past war fever, warns war costs, and urges a manly choice while praising loyal blood and American duty. The talk blends harsh realism with blessing for the son’s resolve to fight.
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Jes
Jim
Torpedo Boats and Destroyers inNaval Power Balance
The article discusses the U S Navy torpedo boats such as Cushing Dupont Ericsson Foote Porter Winslow Rogers Morriss with speeds 22 to 28 knots and crews 76 to 30 men. It explains their night usage, armament, and limited daytime effectiveness while comparing Spain and England in torpedo boat forces and destroyers, noting Mayflower and English fleet strength.
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Cushing
Dupont
Ericsson
Foote
Porter
Winslow
Rogers
Morriss
Spain
United States
Irish Klondike fortune hunter causes Frisco fire alarm
Finnegan, an Irish migrant who struck it rich in the Klondike, visited a top San Francisco restaurant and asked for two dozen oysters. He tried a Tobases seasoning on the oysters, yelped in pain, danced, and shouted that his insides were blazing like a match factory.
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San Francisco
Finnegan
Harper’s Magazine
Frisco
Childhood Lovers Reunite Across Oceans in Honolulu
In a tale from Indiana to Hawaii, Miss Mie Snell and George W. R. King, once schoolmates and sweethearts in Muncie, reunite after decades apart. Snell, now divorced from Thomas Connor and a major property holder in Muncie, marries her former flame in Honolulu after learning of his single status abroad. The story ends with their planned wedding as Circulated through family channels in Wenalulu.
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Muneie
Ind
Honolulu
Indiana
Miie Snell
Br. S. Snell
George W. R. King
Muncie
Wenalulu
The Only Thing Left Tow Does Blankly Get Along
The Detroit Free Press notes Tow refuses to beg and insists on honesty, claiming pride keeps him from theft while earning trust.
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Detroit Free Press
All Ready Police Raid on Gambling House
A fragment from a penny-dramatic yarn column begins with a dialogue about a police raid on a gambling establishment. The piece shifts to a childhood joke about a six year old Tommie sent to buy sugar and his misadventures with lump sugar, granulated sugar, and a quip about a new family member.
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Tommie
Matilda Snowball Seeks Washing Job in St. Louis
A colored woman named Matilda Snowball replies to a help-wanted ad for a day’s washing in St. Louis. She details her terms via a lengthy, humorous account of meals and pay, including whisky and beer, ending with a two-dollar bill. The tale ends with a humorous moral about forgetfulness and promises.
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St. Louis
Matilda Snowball
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Different. She You Spent Money Before Marriage
Dialogue from a Detroit Tree Press snippet shows a couple exchanging lines about spending money before marriage, contrasting the man and woman voices. The fragment hints at social attitudes and wage/expense norms reflected in period dialogue.
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Detroit Tree Press
Epitaph of Vermont Patriot Lingers in Forgotten Graveyard
A New Yorker admires a neglected Guilford cemetery near a sunken grave where he reads a long inscription. It honors Hon. Benjamin Carpenter born 1726 in Rehoboth Massachusetts, a Revolutionary field officer, Vermont founder, and Baptist church leader who died 1804 aged 78. He notes 146 descendants and urges them to repair the grave.
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Vermont
Guilford
Benjamin Carpenter
Rehoboth
Mass
A. D
Baptist Church
Giants of Patagonia Heathen Giants or Tall Araucanian People
The Tehuelches of southern and eastern Patagonia are described as tall, averaging near six feet with some individuals above. They are not savages but civilized barbarians, with limited firearms use, abundant horses and dogs, and skilled in hunting guanaco and rhea. Their skins and furs are crafted into capes and mantles traded largely to Europeans, with proceeds often spent on whisky from traders.
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Cordilleras
Patagonia
Boston Transcript
Tabby on Parade Brightens Brooklyn Walks with Cats
Brooklyn women escort tabbies on daily strolls with ribbons and diverse companions. Cats of varied breeds meet on the sidewalk, exchanging glances and guarded stares as mistresses remark on class and conduct. Damask decorates cathedral walls in Tuscany during Christmas seasons.
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Tuscany
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H Hoge
A. R. Snodgraas
Freasnfer
Stresta
Julius Barth
J. L. Hagler
Township Officials
Troy Lodge
Masonic Mail
Hy. Bermanor
W.M
Suir
Pisgah
Firat
G. P. Row
Williamson
ME OR Lodge
K. of P
Schott
Sam, Haues
C. C. Auriun Munsee
Sh & 5
Amily Camp
Droll’s Hall
W. Stawaas
C. Avuust
Mayer Lower
Troy Dist. Court
S.C of H
Brola Hall
G.L. Kuniorr
A. Gasxpy
Ncvordar
United Mine Workers of America
Roy
Ofelock
Central Hall
Geo. Hughes
Boas Ase Seociabion
James A. Broek
F. Auwanrten
Praser
Jas. Osborne
Methodist Church
G. A. Seed
Presbyterian
Churcch
T. N. Bell
G. Plasaman
Lutheran ST
ST. Jerome's
Suda
Epworth Lieague
Methodiat Church
Troy
Sarena Davy
Troy Public Schools
J.C. Hollisy
McCray-Dewey Academy
Callen
W. W. Edwards
Issac W. Cook
Board of Education
Rouse
J. H. Harding
Smith
Sac
L. Tilly
W. Rawson
Avie
J. W. Cook
Jus. Collins
Ral Sherman
United States Navy
Wanele, Ded
Farwail
Tommy
Torpedo Boat Destroyers
Ally
Sloper
Giants OF
Tabby ON
Brooklyn
New York
Fluffy
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