Fire devastates Zearing after block-wide blaze
A major fire in Zearing last Thursday night gutted the back room of the Zearing News office and swept through a full block of business buildings. Losses run near 25 000 dollars with only about a third insured, destroying the post office fixtures, a jewelry store, restaurant, harness shop, barber, restaurant and grocery.
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Zearing
Zearing News Office
Zearing Hotel
Eller Jewelry
T. J. Pollock
L. H. Moon
Bunker Restaurant
Coffelt Star Grocery
Bunker
George E. Brown
W. Eller
C. H. Coffeltries
C. P. Bean
McCalisburg Tribune Notes Ames Contractor Visit
The paper reports Leo Armstrong of Ames a bridge contractor in town early last week as a business caller who purchased a pair of Japanese Silkies. The note implies uncertainty about Silkies details.
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McCalisburg Tribune
Leo Armstrong
Ames
Mystery Pair Sparks Town Debate on Hojos or Mules
The article ponders an unidentified object found, uncertain whether it is fur mittens, felt boots, overshoes, ear muffs, or a span of mules. It notes it could not be a team of fancy driving horses or Leo would drive them to town occasionally.
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Leo
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Endorsed by Le Raysville Merchant
Good Advice from O. S. Wollever, a well known Le Raysville merchant, claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his piles twenty years ago. He guarantees it for sores, wounds, burns, and abrasions. Available at 25 druggists.
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O. S. Wollever
le Raysville N. Y
Notice to Patrons on Cash Basis Sale Terms
Owing to money market stringency we cannot sell goods beyond 50 days and will not extend time. Thanking patrons for past support, the B A Lockwood Grain Co. asks continued patronage on a cash basis. Signed by manager F N Fowler.
Sausage roll joke ends with a quick retreat
A Liverpool restaurant joke has a waiter listing absurd items from a sausage roll to a fire escape and more. The gentleman’s smile falters as the pace of puns grows and he exits the scene in a dazed rush.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Mercury
They Tax All Signs In Rio Janeiro
A Brazilian city taxes all signs including cafe placards for serving ice called servete. Notices must bear a revenue stamp. Permanent signs taxed permanently while temporary signs taxed on a stamped basis. A sign reading House For Rent requires a revenue stamp. Such taxes on billboards are common though advertising use remains limited.
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Rio Janeiro
Runaway Injures Heggen Family Near Squaw Creek Bridge
T O Heggen and his son of Slater were badly bruised in a runaway Friday afternoon on the college grade near Squaw Creek bridge. A broken shoe and snapped straps caused the rig to overturn and the men to be thrown to the ground. The boy suffered a gash under the eye and a sprained wrist. both were treated at Frank Graves home and later at home after Dr. Harriman stitched and bandaged the injuries.
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T. O. Heggen
Slater
Squaw Creek Bridge
Mr. Heggen
Frank Graves
Creek Bridge
Harriman
Great Falls Road to the Potomac and the Cabin John Bridge
The Great Falls of the Potomac lie about fifteen miles above Washington with wild surrounding terrain. The Conduit or Aqueduct road climbs toward the falls on the Maryland side and ends at the Cabin John bridge, a grand stone arch begun before the Civil War. Its Jefferson Davis era tablet was later removed.
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Great Falls of the Potomac
Washington
National Capital
Maryland
Gulc
Cabin John
Jeff Davis
Dawn on the Prairies and Early Light
The passage describes the eastern sky brightening at dawn over plains and mountains, with silhouettes resembling slate colored paper. Westward, faint light reveals a windmill, ranch adobe, and corrals as objects become dimly visible.
The Accommodating Spanish Cow in Harper's Tale
Louise Closser Hale describes a proud Spanish cow led by a girl through a plaza at dusk. The cow wears a chenille curtain and milks a thimble of beverage from houses while a bouncing calf is dragged by a rope. The scene balances pride among seller buyer and animal.
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Spain
S.id
Louise Closser Hale
Harper's
Barroom bullies shown as cowards in war lessons
Washington Star recounts General Rosecrans' view that city bullies falter under fire. A civic meeting quotes Old Rosy about Cincinnati troops in the Civil War who fled rifle and bayonet heat, contrasting bravado with true soldiers.
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General Rosecrans
Rosy
Cincinnati
Confederacy
Washington Star
Vengeful wife alters Bible text in 1580 printing
In Wolfenbüttel, a romantic yet tragic tale surrounds a 1580 Bible error caused by a quarrel between a printer and his wife. She allegedly swapped herr for warr, was jailed for blasphemy, and died in prison while all copies were ordered destroyed except one surviving copy.
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Wolfenbuttel
Hesse
Wolfenbuttel Lbrary
Commercial Term In Law
The plaintiff details a confrontation with a stranger who struck him near a waiting train. The defendant blames train delays and poor service for his reaction. The judge imposes a $10 fine for the incident.
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New York Press
Dissolving Mergers In Local Churches
A Washington Herald quote notes the town once had one church last year and now has two after a split rather than a revival. The exchange highlights a division within the local congregations and the resulting change in community religious life.
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Washington Herald
No man knows so well where the shoe pinches as he who wears it
Quotation noting that personal experience reveals true discomfort, attributed to Lincoln.
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Lincoln
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Fifth Street
Omaha
Des Moines
Armory
Udisch
Lowa
Miss Bessie Bennett
Wood & Ward
Belles of the East Side
the Indian Ballet
Julia
Isabell
Jamestown
Common Sense
Ana Beart
Royal Medicine
Marine Bidg
Chicago
Joel E. Cagwin
Iowa
Mutual
L. A. Morris
East Main Street
Kooser Brothers
Edison Phonographs
C. E Arolmnes
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