Township and fraternal lodges officers and meeting notices
A list of town officers including Supervisor Avis and Town Clerk Deimling, plus trustees and Justices of the Peace. Masonic and I O O F lodges report regular meetings at local halls, with officers named. Amity Camp and Troy District Court announce schedules. Union miners and Citizens' Building Association note monthly gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avis
John Deimling
George Liebler
Aagvnsor
Wim. Schulten
H. Kuhlmann
W. Mile
B. B. Jacobs
RK. C. Morrisa
C.F. Edwards
Edward Joseph
J. N. Jarvis
Phi Mp. Eckert
Conotabies
H. ©. Kersey
Robert Holliday
Pound Master
Ffred Schuler
Beain's Decadence and the Decline of Spain's Empire
The article traces Spain's rise under Philip II to empire status and its long decline. It cites lost territories from 1609 to 1810, noting key conquests, cessions, and population drops, alongside a quip about Spanish literacy and education. It includes a cultural aside about a remark on an old woman and a nutmeg tree yielding limited nutmegs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torquemada
Tamerlane
Spain
North America
Columbus
St. Domingo
Cortez
Mexico
Pizarro
Peru
Philip
North
Africa
Burgundy
Naples
Sicily
Netherlands
Malacca
Ceylon
Java
Portugal
Holland
Brabant
Flandera
Maestricht
Hertogenbosch
Breda
Bergen-op-Zoom
Low Countries
Europe
Rousilion
Cardagne
France
Pyrenees
Flanders
Gibraltar
Majorca
Minorca
Ivizza
Nootka Sound
Loulalana
Trinidad
Florida
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Bolivia
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Patagona
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
San Salvador
Hayt
San Domingo
America
Otheratiens
Campeador
Marshal O'Donnell
Tetuan
Ceuta
Morocco
Ferdinand
Isabella
Gladstone's Ready Wit in Friendly Roars and Blunders
A compact profile of William E. Gladstone highlighting his quick humor and self deprecating jests. It recounts misheard phrases from reporters, a Lancashire joke about trees, a humorous bull in debate on disestablishment, and a tale of two guests who discovered Gladstone had read an old magazine article he authored years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Tim
Mr. Gladstone
Lancashire
Church of England
Toronto dentist charity gives free dental care to poor children
A Toronto physician started a charity to care for the teeth of children whose parents cannot afford dentists. He funded a dispensary, hired assistants, and, despite ridicule, cared for nearly two thousand children last year. He asks no formal aid but appeals to citizens to provide funds for those unable to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Station Master Shouts Stop To Eager Driver
Amid a railway strike a journeyman engine driver in Fife misread signals and ran past a station twice. The platform crowd laughed as the young worker finally halted, the station master quipping just hide whaur ye are and we'll shut the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North British Railway
Fife
Pop
Tommas
Stone That Grows From Maine Cave Tale
A West Gouldsboro man relates a queer tale of a stone that allegedly enlarges with time. Egg shaped and flinty, the rock was found in a cave near his home over thirty years ago weighing about twelve pounds. It sat on a doorstep as a curiosity and, over decades, reportedly grew to forty pounds. He swears it is the same stone, supported by numerous witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Gouldsboro
Aise
Results of Wars and American Independence
An overview of major U.S. conflicts from 1775 to 1865, highlighting independence, nautical battles with France, resistance to Barbary pirates, the War of 1812's impact on national unity, Mexican War gains including California and Texas, and the Civil War’s destruction of slavery and preservation of the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
France
John Adams
Europe
Morocco
Algeria
Tunis
Tripoli
Mexico
Texas
California
Supreme Court
Hamilton
Marshall
Webster
Calhoun
Hayne
Jefferson Davie
The Cyclist's Hump and Breathing Theory
A French scientist Dr. Hifer argues that cycling speed causes a wind-driven posture rather than head lowering to cut wind. He advises nose breathing and a head position aligned with the course to improve respiration, citing runners and cyclists who fatigue from rapid breathing and wind resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hifer
France
Starbuck
Manhattan Beach
Fred Titus
Titus
Eifer
Oddities and Facts From a Bygone Era
A fragment lists global curiosities and figures: camels at work in Australia. a buoy audible fifteen miles away. German boys study more than peers. Russians avoid pigeons for sacred reasons. facial proportions. the British Museum collection nears 250000 specimens. ostrich taming in Africa with 150000 birds. New Zealand meat freezing capacity for Europe at 4 million sheep annually. the title Majesty first given to Lewis XI. termites nests scale with builders. a butterfly species in India with wing colors opposite by sex. Japan’s entry into maté manufacture with exports of 8.5 million.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caty Officials
Elias Burk
Firet
Wm. Norbury
D. Thomas
Agoond
Wm. Hampe
Third
Fred Gerfen
BR. H. Hoge
Alty
A. RK
Snodgrass
Freqgarer
Streama
Judas Barth
Rite At
J. L. Hayter
Township Officials
Socilpties
Troy Lodge
A. F
A.M
Masonic Hall
Hy. Bennaannr
Suith
Pisgah
Franx Couzixe
C. P. Root Wiliamson
Mentor Lodge
No- 165
K. of P
Castro Hall
Schott
Sau. Huauza
C. C. Autuoa Hoasitr
K. of BR
Amity Camp
Droll’s Hall
W. Rawaon
V. C. Avevat Droit
Germania Lodge
U.O. IT. B
K of P
Heawan Suitn
T. M. Faso Evrenr
Mayflower
K. of H
Wf. Bossomworth
D. T. A. Biggin
Thos. H. Bell
F. B
Troy Dist
S. O of H
Proll’s Hall
G. L. Exusorr
A. A. Caxevr
United Mine Workers of America, No. 691
Troy
Central Hall
Jon
Prof
Geo. Hughes
Sec
Citizens’ Building and Soda Association
Famea A. Black
BP. Amwanrsa
Baptist Church
Bev Jas. Osborne, Pautor
Methodist Church
C.3. McCallum
Presbyterian Church
Thos W. Hynes
Rev
G.finsamen
Lutheran
ST. Jerome’s Catholioc
Sandaya
Aug. Forster
Epworth League
Ipote
Little Folke
Sarena Davy
J.C. Hollie
McCray-Dewey Academy
W. W., Edwards
Isaac W. Cook
Sevy
Board of Education
Hardlig
Smith
Tilly
WW. Rawson
Tess Cook
Jan. Collins
Beain
Frawess
Philip II
Rome
Americas
Samuel Johnson
Novel Philanthrophy
Wather Ware
Australia
British Museum
New Zealand
Lewis XI
India
Dow
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