City waterworks rules govern taps meters and rates
Application required for water on property. Permits issued to licensed plumbers. Charges include service pipe, trenching, and taps. Restrictions on single taps per property and mandatory meter installation with rental. City may cut water for waste or nonpayment. Inspection, repairs, and penalties outlined with detailed pipe, valve, and curb box standards and rates for consumption and meter rentals.
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City Council Co ‘ Buty Council
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Althoug
Petcene
Water Department
Water
New City Council
Parvats Mertens
Corporation
Mueller
Glauber
Healu
Laverai
Minneapolis
White Ants Improve Crops Along East Africa
A resident reports great fertilizing power of white ant colonies on Kaffirs maize and corn. Ant hills near gardens double crop size while green crops remain largely unscathed despite surrounding bush where native populations thrive.
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Africa
A Taste For Dogs
Mark Twain recounts a siege era quip about dogs and war. A Frenchman boasting of eating dogs during the siege of Paris meets a woman who challenges his memory and sentiment. The anecdote highlights wartime privation and irony.
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Mark Twain
Paris
Patient Scots Farmer Endures Wagner Ring in London
A burly Scottish farmer, seated high above the stage, endures three long acts of Wagner and mutters, "Twas a patient man that wrote all this!" The remark underscored the endurance of music lovers who sit through lengthy performances in London.
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London
Sulphur Island Lake Boils with Acid in New Zealand
In Sulphur Island off New Zealand a fifty acre lake of sulphuric acid sits at 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The water fizzes with hydrochloric and sulfuric acids and workers must approach with extreme care to avoid asphyxiation.
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Sulphur Island
New Zealand
Man With A Private Theater Under His Hat
A quotation reflects on a man who carries a private theater under his hat, suggesting a grand internal drama unfolding beyond any stage, beginning and ending in eternity as described by Carlyle.
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Carlyle
Procrastination as Thief of Time in Timely Proverb
A compact reflection on how delaying tasks steals time and momentum. The saying notes that tides wait for no person and urges immediate action to seize opportunities.
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Tim
Tide
Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar
An old time health ad touts Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar. It claims to act on the bowels relieve coughs clear the head and strengthen mucous membranes in the throat chest and bronchial tubes. Sold by O. A. Gamble.
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O. A. Gamble
Bowel Complaint in Children Remedy Promotion
A brief public notice urges early care for summer bowel disorders in children and promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Loughran and Bauer.
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Loughran & Bauer
Big Red Apple land sale in Howell County Missouri
Notice of a 160 acre farm in Howell County Missouri with 65 acres cultivated and a large spring orchard and modern improvements. Seller offers sacrifice due to circumstances and invites written inquiries to E lu Gilmore Freeborn Minnesota. tf pd. 1
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Howell
County
E. Lu. Gilmore
Freeborn
Minn
Remarkable Relief With White Wine of Tar
Rev. J. N. Fry and Susan E K Fry report their wife, troubled by weak lungs, in the last stages of pulmonary consumption, found relief after using White Wine of Tar and now in better health after four bottles. they encourage others to try it.
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J. N. Fry
Susan EK
Fry
Brookline
Sta., Mo
Money Makes the Mare Go West Young Man
A brief quip notes that money drives progress as a young man pursues opportunities in the West. The line suggests financial motive fuels ambition and mobility in pursuit of success.
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T. L. Rice
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A. B. Maxwell, M. D
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C. M. Proctor
Frances G. Stewart
Odd Fellows Temple Mutual
Aawr
M.D. Jaxer
G. Guaier,m.d
DRS. Ghrist & Ghrist Physicians and Surgeons
Ise, GS
Main St
Douglass Soth Proness
L. A. Morris
East Main Street
Frank W. Coy
Test Boone
C. L. Waltmire
John Allan
Pantoriu M
E. M. Kooker
Prop
McCarthy & Lee
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Frank E. Morris
M. J. Adams
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E. F. Posegate
Owa
Geo. A. Underwood
Gamrath
Meat Market
Union National Bank
W. M. Greetey
E. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
T. A. Copps
T. Cashier
Story County Abstract Books
Nevada
Pine-Ule Medicine CO
Chicago
Bower & McCartney
Chamberlain
Maxim
NPAID
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Maxwell
Parley Sheldon
Ity
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Story Street
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A. B. Maxwell
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Hyland Street
West
West Street
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Wellington
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Bisc. Co’s
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C. Hamilton
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