Coal smoke destroying noted English buildings
Local Government Review notes severe soot damage from coal smoke on Oxford college stones and Westminster Abbey masonry. The report links blistering and decay of stonework to factory chimneys and ancient Canterbury and Exeter cathedrals suffer soot erosion. Authorities have spent heavily on repairs as soot invasion worsens in modern times.
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England
London
Westminster Abbey
Ehimye
Oxford
Canterbury Cathedral
Exeter Esathedral
Fragmentary Notes on Early Oregon College Endowments
A garbled passage discusses establishing a college in Oregon near Wray and mentions Reed College and a Methodist Episcopal context. It references endowments, patrons, treasuries, and a manufacturing family in a scholarly funding discussion. The text is incomplete and difficult to interpret.
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Plin
Oregon
William Trufant
Reed College Y College
Durham
Treasury
Ars Uno
Not Sisters Now and Again You See Two Women Pass
Essay-like notice touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's health. It claims improved vitality of female organs, clearer complexion, brighter eyes, and reddened cheeks. It stresses absence of alcohol and confidentiality of correspondence with Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Dr. R.V. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo, N.Y
Trinity College: Duke-backed growth in Durham reshapes South
In Durham Duke influence makes Trinity College relocate from a country town to the tobacco capital. The Rev. John C Kilgo leads a modern campus with 475 students and about 40 faculty, built with ample funds, elite laboratories, and strong endowment, underscoring its status as one of the wealthiest colleges in the South.
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Dukes
Durham
Trinity College
Trinity
John C. Kilgo
Prussian Railways Offer Clubhouses for Train Crew
Rail authorities in Prussia introduce convenient dormitories on lines for engineers conductors inspectors and section hands. Two story buildings provide sleeping and eating rooms with beds for two four and six persons and separate facilities for privileged officials. Crews can spend the night near the point of departure with meals and rest available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
Eleyly
Free Books and Papers in New Open House Rooms
Some newly opened houses provide a small library or current papers at no charge. The accommodation and service are offered without any fee.
Missouri linguist booster tied to Ellis Island visit
Henry Gellett of St. Louis will visit Ellis Island as a Missouri immigration commission representative to guide desirable aliens. He speaks six languages including German English French Italian Spanish and Swedish and understands many European markets to aid entry procedures.
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Ellis Island
Henry Gellett
St. Louis
Immigration Commission of Missouri
Gellett
Europe
Incandescent Lamps Popular Export Rise for Germany
Germany's incandescent lamp exports climbed from £664000 in 1901 to $7856000 in 1900. This year should show a substantial increase as £75000 worth was shipped abroad in the first quarter.
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Germany
Quotations on Women by 19th Century Writers
A collection of remarks on women from Chamfort Balzac Thackeray Baxton expresses views on influence, follow, disguise, and social perception. The lines critique gender dynamics with wit and caustic humor.
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Chamfort
Balzac
Pbaxton
Thackeray
Paris to mark houses Napoleon dwelt in as a bachelor
The city plans tablets for houses where Napoleon Bonaparte lived as a young soldier. From the Military School garret at 5 Quai Conti to rooms on Rue Montmartre and Rue de Nevers, then Hotel Metz on Rue du Mail, and later places on Rue Montmartre Rue de la Michodiere Rue des Chantieres, the future emperor's modest lodgings and meals reveal his rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Napoleon
Quai Conti
Rue de Nevers
Tuileries Palace
Itotel
Rue Des Petits Peres
Rue Montmartre
Louis
Holland
Junot
France
Abrantes
Rue de la Michodiere
Lotteries Benefit Italy and State Revenues Rise
Net profits of 18,585,000 from weekly state lotteries highlight Italian treasury receipts for the year ended last June. Other revenue sources grew, lifting total collections to 12,900,000 above the prior year, aided by a 2 percent duty for Messina and Reggio relief. Land tax fell due to earthquake concessions, customs saw less corn and sugar, and the year closed with a positive balance of 757,77.
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Treasury
Messina
Reggio
Lady Angela Forbes Opens London Florist Shop
Lady Angela Forbes, third daughter in Blanche, Lady Rosslyn’s family, becomes a title shopkeeper in London. She runs a flower shop whose sign reads My Shop, with a blue apron and gardening gloves. Her sister the Duchess of Sutherland runs a Bond Street shop for Cripples guild works.
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Angela Forbes
Title
London
Tier
Lady Angela
Blanche
Bond Street
Cripples Guild
Warwick
Sloane Street
Lord Rosslyn
Scottish Live
Ladysmith
Ife
Baseball Will Survive as Heaven’s Sport
The Reverend C Julian Tuthill of Miattapoisett Massachusetts preached that heaven is an evolution of Earth and that Christmas like love is a ball game. He asked why baseball could not have a place in a spiritual form in heaven.
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C. Julian Tuthill
Miattapoisett
Mass
Heavy Freight Through Mexican Isthmus Route Report
The British consul at Salina reports that in 1900 freight cars carried over the Mexican Isthmus route to the Pacific terminus of the Tehuantepec railway reached about 1,000,000 tons.
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Salina
Telhuantepec Railway
Fuel Bill Is He United State government is annually from
A garbled note claims annual fuel costs for the United States government range between 500000 and 7 pounds. Details are unclear due to text corruption.
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United State
United States Marine Corps Recruit Notice
Male help wanted for U S Marine Corps seeks able bodied men aged 19 to 85 native born or with first papers. Monthly pay 15 to 69 dollars plus potential additional compensation. Food clothing quarters medical attendance provided. After 30 years service retirement 74 percent of pay and allowances. Service worldwide. Apply at Finch Building Heron and H Streets Aberdeen Washington 94 91.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Finch Bldg
Heron & H Sts
Aberdeen
Wash
Maiden at the central switch and the altered speech
A fragmentary humorous exchange references a changed phrase Blixumptythr then shifts to a playful verse. The piece contrasts a poet’s lay with a newspaper tease and includes a comic dialogue about a stepmother and alleged abuse of children with no complaints.
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Maiden
Dr Kings New Discovery Cures Rich Rock Mt Man
J R Pitt of Rocky Mount North Carolina suffered a severe cold and after taking Dr Kings New Discovery he was immediately cured. The ad claims the medicine is the surest remedy for diseased lungs hemorrhages influenza grippe asthma hay fever throat or lung trouble. 50 cents per bottle one dollar trial bottle free guaranteed by A W Shelley.
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J. R. Pitt
Rocky Mt
N. C
Dr. King
A. W. Shelley
Notice of Administration in the Anton Brumnjak Estate
S A Randolph named administrator of the Anton Brumnjak estate in Chehalis County Washington. Creditors must file sworn claims with vouchers within one year at 522 West Sixth Street Aberdeen Washington. The notice dates July 1 1910 with attorney Fr W Loomis. First publication July 21 1910 last August 25 1910.
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State of Washington
Chehalis County
Anton Brumnjak
S. A. Randolph
Anton Brunjak
Aberdeen
Washington
West Sixth Street
Aida
Ss. A. Randolph
Anton Mromujak
Fr. W. Loomis
Royal Arch Meets on Months’ Second and Fourth Thursdays
Royal Arch holds meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in A. D. UW Hall at 3 p.m. Visiting Sir Knights are welcome.
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A. D. UW. Hall
Notice to stockholders Aberdeen Printing Co
Notice to stockholders announces a meeting at the Aberdeen Printing Co. in Aberdeen Washington to vote on increasing capital stock from 5000 to 15000 dollars. Meeting set for September 16 1910 at 10 a m. Dated July 27 1910 and signed by Jno J Carney president and secretary. First publication July 28 1910 last publication September 15 1910.
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Aberdeen Printing Company
The
Aberdeen Printing Co
Aberdeen
Washington
Notice of Private Sale of Lillie McClure Estate Aberdeen
J W McClure executor will privately sell the westerly 52 feet of the north 130 feet of Lot 1, Block 6 in Bay View Addition Aberdeen Chehalis County Washington at 10 AM August 26 1910. Written bids to Emerson Cross Wishkah Block Aberdeen. Cash only. Executor may reject bids. Last publication August 22 1910.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chehalis County
Lillie RE. McClure
J. W. McClure
Superior Court of
Lillie E. McClure
Bay View
Aberdeen
Washington
A. Emerson Cross
Wishkah Block
United States
Lillie FE. McClure
Divorce Summons in Chehalis County Court
Albert Gehring sues May Gehring in Washington Superior Court Chehalis County for absolute divorce on grounds of desertion and cruel treatment. Defendant must answer within sixty days of first publication August 8 1910. Conway and Snider ABERDEEN address represent plaintiff. First published August 8 1910. last publication September 12 1910.
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Superior Court OF
Conway& Snider
Plaintiff
Aberdeen
Chehalis County
Washington
Heaton Divorce Suit Filed in Chehalis County
Estella M. Heaton sues Ralph A. Heaton in Washington to dissolve the bonds of matrimony and obtain an absolute divorce. The summons requires appearance within sixty days after the first publication dated August 19 1910 with attorney Wilson Buttner in Aberdeen, Chehalis County.
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State of Washington
A. D
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Herald Printery
Jones Gordon Press
Aberdeen, Wash
Ureson Lows
North Carolina
Missouri
Italy
Wosian
Florist
Forbes
Heaven
New York Mail
Chicago Record-Herald
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
Cor. H and Hume
Ralston
Powell
East Heron St
JNO
J. Carney
B. L. Beall
J. E. Hutchinson
Estella M. Heaton
Ralph A. Heaton
Wilson Buttner
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