Humorous Department and Teachers Last Resort
A collage of light items from an old newspaper: a Good Samaritan misadventure with three drunken men, a Maryland school law barring corporal punishment and a teacher's feisty remedy, a boastful humorist at a banquet and a gardener's woes, plus a quip about lateness from a Wisconsin pupil. The anecdotes mirror early 20th century生活 and humor without graphic detail.
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Maryland
Rochester Herald
Board of Trustees
Lancaster News June 12 highlights weather and deaths
Messrs Elliott and McLure visited Piedmont Springs. A lightning fire destroyed Mack Hall’s barn near Heath Springs. Captain W F Rutledge died near Kershaw aged about sixty eight. Rev R M Marshall leads camping boys on Catawba banks. Severe hail storms caused crop damage in Bell Town and surrounding areas. Obituary notes include Rev Dr Neville of Clinton and Mr D K Robinson of Winnsboro. Local notes on baptist church progress and minor accidents. Animal behavior piece ends the column.
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J. C. Elliott
A. P. McLure
Piedmont Springs
Mack Hall
W. C. Vanlandingham
Heath Springs
W. F. Rutledge
Kershaw
R.M. Marshall
Rock Hill
Lancaster Episcopal
Catawba
Jones Mill
Yorks County
Bell Town
Will Lowell
B. Bell
Lancaster
Clinton
Yorkville
Neville
Presbyterian ,College
P. A. Jackson
Ethel
W.S. Peters
Flossie Latham
Guthriesville
J. G. Darby
Lily Allen
Richburg
Z. M. McGarity
Brown Wylie
L. M. Ford
Bascomville
J. W. Black
Lan
Daily
Port Hall
Mary
W. H. Marr
S. G. Miller
B. T. Peay
Bessie Reddick
J. M.brice
Peay
D. K. Robinson
Winnsboro
Evergreen Cemetery
Robinson
Armenia
Eliza Brooks
Rhoda Hudson Dodds
Gaston
Selling Big Game and the High Cost of Safe Shipments
This passage discusses the perils of transporting live big game by sea and the need for captains to share lightly in profits to ensure passage. It details animal values from $250 for tigers to $5,000 for rhinoceros or giraffes, notes dangers in elephant trapping, and mentions snakes and pythons. It also touches on solar power headlines with Tesla’s hopes for sun driven engines and the idea of sun stations powering industry.
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Singapore
Steamsip
Malaysia
Philadelphia Ledger
Stephenson
Langley
London
M. Mouchot
Mr. Ericson
Jessen
Mr. Tesla
Rebuilt Rio Janeiro shows pride in city improvements
Citizens of Rio de Janeiro express pride in major renovations over the last two to three years. The Brazilian Review notes dramatic changes along Avenue Central and Avenue Beira Mar turning cramped streets into a modern, healthier city with new avenues, parks, and boulevards. Automobile use has surged from a handful of cars to hundreds as roads improve.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Central
Beira Mar
Rilo
Solar Heat Use Nearing Breakthrough in 19th Century Science
The piece cites Prof Huxley on science chasing truth and notes a global surge in chemistry biology physics astronomy and geology as the nineteenth century opens. It highlights a century‑old puzzle: how to utilize and conserve solar heat for industrial and economic benefit while warning inventors face an imminent crucial moment as heat conservation becomes vital.
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Prof
Huxley
Chicago
Tropics
First Dakota Treasurer Never Held Public Funds
Samuel C. Irish, aged ninety seven, recalls being Dakota territory’s first treasurer under President Buchanan era. He claims to have never possessed state money, due to a contentious election and removal of a faulty U S marshal named Pinney. Irish recounts Indian encounters and a long western career from Vermont to Dakota preserving territorial growth.
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Dakota
Samuel C. Irish
Whiting
New York Herald
Union
Commonwealth
Irish
Dakota Territory
New York State
United States
Pinney
California
Yankton
Washington
Buchanan
Company B
Bon Homme County
Chittenden County
New York
Trinity Church
Allamakee County
Dodge County
Minn
Mantorville
Marvels of Ant Life From Nature’s Tiny Engineers
A passage extols ants as natural engineers likening their labor to Virgilian Trojans. It highlights astonishing daily digging, brick creation, and living tubular bridges formed by linked ants. The piece contrasts ant feats with human engineering, noting ants’ rope-like suspension bridge methods and cooperative crossings.
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F. J. Harkins
New York Tribune
Virgil
Union
Lucia
North Carolina
Swannanoa
Victoria
St. Lawrence
Napoleon the Great in the grave and the cost of empire
A reflective meditation near Napoleon I's tomb tracing his ascent and fall from Lodi to Waterloo. The speaker weighs war, ambition, and the human cost, preferring a peasant’s life over the imperial myth. The piece blends vivid scenes with a plea for simple, family happiness over glory.
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Napoleon
Seine
Paris
Italy
Lodi
Egypt
Russia
Leipsk
Elba
Waterloo
St. Helena
Napoleon the Great
Remarkable Savages From Cannibalism to Citizenship
The National Geographic notes the Maoris’ shift from cannibal feasts fifty years ago to modern rights and governance. Today about 35,000 remain in northern New Zealand with reserved lands, schools, and voting privileges shared with white citizens since 1893. The piece contrasts Maori artistry and tattoo culture with early English descriptions, then details logging work in Burma and Siam where elephants and mahouts dominate the industry, facing risks and evolving toward machine labor.
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National Geographic Magazine
New Zealand
Islands
Elephants at Work in Burmese Teak Industry
The article describes hundreds of elephants used in Burma to haul teak logs from forests to rivers and mills. It notes girdling to dry trees, logging rafts forming along streams, and families living in makeshift bamboo huts while logs are ferried toward Rangoon.
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Messrs. MacGregor & Co
Rangoon
Bangkok
Siam
Maulmain
Burma
Ein-Yards
Washington’s courtship and early married life with Martha Custis
In a New Broadway Magazine tale Cora A. Moore recounts how George Washington, visiting Major Chamberlayne’s house, forgot business to pursue Martha Custis. A Washington romance leads to a marriage, followed by a move to Williamsburg and then Mount Vernon, shaping the couple’s domestic life and duties.
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Washington
Martha Custis
Cora A. Moore
New Broadway
Chamberlayne
Williamsburg
Virginia
Cupid
George Washington
Colonel Washington
Capitol
Martha Parke Custis
John Parke Custis
Mount Vernon
Faithful dog leads search and dies beside buried shepherd
In Great Falls Montana last spring a blizzard killed many sheep and cattle. William Plumber, aged shepherd, was found frozen at Shelby as his dog Shep, crippled but loyal, guided rescuers to the body. The dog died beside the master. both were buried together in the same grave.
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Great Falls
Montana
Pioneer Press
William Plumber
Shep
Shelby
Plumber
Smyrna Carpets Employment in Aidin Revealed
A consular report notes Smyrna carpets come from the Aidin vilayet with Uschak Koule Ghiardis Makri Melessos Kirka gatsch Axar and Demirdji as main villages. It describes thousands of female weavers often under harsh conditions and very young workers, the weekly wool market at Uschak, and the processing and packing of carpets for export to Smyrna and beyond.
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Aidin
Smyrna
Uschak
Aschak
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Chicago Record Herald
Puastep
Wisconsin
Jackey
Chester
Gastonia
New Loray Baptist Church
J. A. Hoyle
the Loray
R. H. Hill
Armistead Burwell, Jr
Charlotte
Clover
Hill
Esquire Fatres
Gastonia Piscatorial
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Rio Janeiro
Ingersoll
The
Cain
By Etta W. Pierce
Enquirer
Stationery
Enquirer Office
L. M. Grist’s Sons
M. P. Jonas
Neely Manufacturing CO
B. N. Moore
Carolina Realty and Trust Company
Ishopville
8. C
Photography
West Liberty Street
J. R. Schorb
Yorkville Enquirer
Publishers
W. D. Grist
C. E. Grist
A. M. Grist
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