Athena Press outlines town water system progress and local notes
The Athena Press notes spring water delivery improves with a repaired gravity system, reducing pumping strain. It praises the mayor and city council for a successful change, commends I John Dobson, and contrasts today with last year’s shortages. The issue also reports on tariff bill effects, firearm sale laws, Roundup arena highlights, and Minnesota bank support for drought-stricken Kansas Oklahoma ranchers.
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Athéna
I. John Dobson
London Bootblacks in 18th Century London Notes
London Notes and Queries discusses bootblacks and shoe blacking from the 18th and early 19th centuries. It cites literary allusions from Defoe and Tr via, referencing street corners, beggar boys, and the evolving methods and materials for cleaning shoes.
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London
Edward Moore
Érick
Gray
Defoe
Colonel Jack
Blackguard
Whitehall
First Slot Machine Invention Stories from Antiquity
The article recounts Hero of Alexandria as inventor of early mechanical toys and the automatic delivery system akin to a penny slot, with a sacrificial vessel releasing water when coins trigger a lever. It also notes various antique anecdotes and mispunctuated snippets from period sources.
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Hero of Alexandria
B. C
Hero
Baltimore Sun
New Land Scrip Offered for Oregon Homestead Entry
Special act of Congress provides about 2000 acres of approved land scrip in Oregon. It is described as the best and cheapest plot available, assignable to any land subject to homestead entry. Applications from forty acres are accepted while supplies last, with preemption terms and validity guaranteed. Send wire for details from The Coilina. masa
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Lord Glenawly
Lord Glenawley
Gerawly
Mixtake
Charles Pawlet
Duke of
Bolton
Pawlet
Lord Pawlet of
Basing
House of Lords
Baron St. John of
Duke of Bolton
Westminster Gazette
Oregon
Netton
Haunted libraries and Limoges china in old journals
A mix of anecdotes and summaries from period sources. A London Chronicle reference to Venuliex and a queen Mary of Scots haunting library cases, plus a Philadelphia Ledger quip about a parlor maid and a suitor. Also notes on Limoges china decoration via decals and underglaze colors.
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Mary
England
Shakespeare
London Mall
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Cine Donat Enquirer
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London Chronicle
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Philadelphia Ledger
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Peterson & Bishop
Attorneys-at-Law
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E. J. Slocum
Barrett
Oregon Agricultural College
H. M. Tennant
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