Local Officials and Lodges Page Lists City and Township Roles
The article lists mayor and ward officials including Alderman Burk First Ward and Thoma Second Ward, city officers such as city marshal and police magistrate, township supervisors clerks and assessors, and a roster of trustees justices of the peace and constables. It also notes regular meetings for Troy Lodge No 588 A M and Pishah Encampment No 304 I O O F, Mentor Lodge No 165 K of P, United Mine Workers No 601, and Citizens' Building and Loan Annexation meetings at City Hall and Masonic Hall locations with officials named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Lodge
A. F
Masonic Hall
Hy. Bannchraum
Sarr
Mentor Lodge
Mastle
Schott
San, Huaurs
Autum Hovscey
Shadows on the Curtain and My Picture
Selected miscellany blends tender vignettes of family life with a reflective poem on nature. It contrasts children’s playful shadows with sorrow as a death shadows a family. A Manitoba novelty report notes a brass collar punishment for drunkenness and its curative effect.
Wreath From the Emperor Honors Regiment Memory
The German Emperor, honorary Colonel of the First Royal Dra goons, sent a costly wreath to the regiment in memory of the Battle of Waterloo. The wreath featured laurel, blossoms, berries, and a gold fringed ribbon in the regiment colors, to adorn the regiment’s standard. One end bore the Emperor’s monogram and the Iron Cross, the other the date June 18 1815.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Dragoons
Waterloo
Electricity’s vast impact on jobs and industry gains
The article estimates over 1.9 million Americans depend on electricity related work, with telegraph, telephone, electric railways, lighting, manufacturing, and appliances driving growth. It notes 150,000 in telegraph messaging, 25,000 in telephone company employment, 160,000 on electric railways, and 260,000 in electric appliance manufacturing, totaling about 1.6 million livelihoods in the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nightmares as Playful Ghosts in a Child’s View
A fragment from New York Weekly quotes a child speaking to his mother about nightmares. The boy claims nightmares are not real harms but fun like play, noting the influence of cake on his dreams and describing fear and imagination in light, playful terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
Fractured Dialogue Links Courtship and Local Soda Fountai n
A fragmentary exchange hints at flirtation followed by a casual mention of a new soda fountain at the drug store on the corner. The brief conversational slip shows ordinary small town interaction and a local business note.
Reuse of Photographic Waste for Nitrate Refining
A New York photographer notes refiners seek waste silver and gold sensitized papers from studios nationwide. Waste scraps are bought for nitrate, refined, and re-sold as new stock, with refiners profiting while photographers gain material for fresh nitrate. The system relies on constant collection of scraps from many galleries, a largely hidden trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Locomotive Headlight System Powers Lamps Onboard
A steam turbine dynamo unit mounted on the locomotive smoky area drives incandescents in the cab and an arc headlamp, delivering about 1 horsepower and 40 volt current. The apparatus, 26 by 18 by 18 inches, has been fitted to over 200 locomotives as rail tech widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miadrid Headtiehta
Locomattrna
Modern Army Surgery on Battlefield Care and Hospital Roles
An army surgeon explains that surgical work begins after the wounded reach the rear hospital. He defends Washington’s system, notes 3 percent of the division forced to serve as stretcher bearers, and argues field attention starts only once patients reach a safe hospital beyond direct fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Santiago
Red Cross
Washington
Division
Royal Titles Change For Prince of Wales Heirs
A writer notes that children of Prince Arthur will lose Royal Highness status and become nobles. The queen issues letters patent granting the eldest son of the Prince of Wales the style Royal Highness. Connaught heirs remain plain princes with no royal title for their descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Duke of Connaught
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Connaught
Mying
Nttle Holdié
David
Baby Victoria
Cald
The Smallest Republics Goust and Tavolara
Goust is the smallest republic by area at one mile and lies on a Pyrenean mountain top between France and Spain, recognized by both nations. It has 1230 inhabitants, a president who is the tax collector and judge, and a council of twelve. it has no church or cemetery, with worship in a church outside its territory and burials in a valley cemetery. Tavolara, an island northeast of Sardinia, is the smallest republic by population with a 55 man rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goust
Tavolara
Pyrenees
France
Spain
Mallee
Sardinia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clivy Officials
Eline Burk
Aldarmeén
Wm. Norbury
DB. Thoma
Wm. Hampe
Fred Gerfen
Hoge
Gier
Snodgrass
Transuter
Btreets
Juline Barth
J.L
Township Officials
S. Avia
John Deimling
George Tiebier
Wimis Schnitze
H-Kruhimana
W. Milla
R. E. Jacobs Schoal
R.C. Morrias
C. F. Edwards
Eaward Joseph
J. N. Jarvis
Phi Mp Eckert
Kersey
Robert Holliday
Pound
Fred Schuler
Pisgah
Frank Cousins
C. P. Ron
R Williamson
Seriba
Amielvy Camp
Droll’s Hall
Thorndey
W. Rawson
V. C. August Drew
Germantia Lodge
G. VY. B
P. Hall
Henan Satin
Farp Eireet
Mayflower
K. of
Jas
M. Bosomworth
D.I. T. A. Riggin
H. Bell
F. R
Troy Dist
Croil’s Hall
G. L. Exzsot
A. Caxcpr
United Mine Workers of America
Troy
Central Hall
Geo
Haghea
Citizens' Building and Loan
JamkKs A. Black
Fe Auwawren
Baptist Church
Rey Jas. Osborne
Methodist Church
Sanday
C.S. McCullum
Presbyterian Church
Thos
W. Hynes
G. Prissman
Lutheran ST. Paul's
UL. .W. Dornseff
Proton
ST. Jerome's
Aug. Forster
Epworth League
Meste
Sunion League
Pry
the Little Folks Hap Aly
Hadies
Tegpeta
Beata
May
Hollie
Ewey Academy
Papa
Mamma
God
Calcutta
Europe
Edinburg
Italy
Ttajien
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