Receipts and Disbursements for Several Townships 1908
Ledger style extract shows cash on hand and receipts from county treasurer for Sheridan, Rock, Tilden and Willow townships. Entries cover January to October 1908 with poll tax, cement culverts, bridge materials, labor costs, lumber, and clerks accounts. A joke closes the page.
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Crsh
County Treas
C A Parker
Vissursem. Nts
Asic
Sheridan Township
Dan Phelan Ree
Weart & Lysaght
C. ‘Shui
Holstein Lumber Co
Bowman & Kranz Co
L. Smith
Ssc Seeev Ee
Jane
Township Board of Health
Treas
Willow Township
Renee Eg
Echoing fog buoy tests in San Francisco Bay
The U S government experiments with a four wing fog safety buoy in San Francisco Bay to reflect vessel whistles. Made of corrugated iron on piles, each 22 foot square wing angles differently. The device aims to guide ships by echoing whistle sounds in foggy weather.
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United States
San Francisco Bay
Benicia
Ill Omen Of Spilling Salt And Germicides
A reader notes old superstitions about spilling salt and the belief that luck favors the right side. The piece then cites Prof Hewitt warning that many germicides lack germicidal action and urges buyers to demand a bacteriologist’s report before purchase.
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Galt
Maine Sexton for Sixty-Six Years at Phillips Church
Obed W. Russell resigns after 66 years as sexton of the Union church in Phillips Maine. He never took pay and rang the bell for generations, sometimes in harsh weather to toll for departed members. He is regarded as Maine’s longest-serving sexton.
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Maine Sexton
W. Russell
Sexton
Union Church
Phillips
Maine Sextons
Mussell
Mr. Russell
Fraternities and Firing Prompt Quips in Kansas City Times
In a brisk back and forth, KRuggles asks how to catch a mistake as Ramage reveals losing his job. The dialogue turns to reckless exposure and a joke about a One Guess Only moment, raising questions about what each character saw in the other.
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Kansas City Times
The Ingredients What constitutes a fratvelays soc ely drama
A fragment from the Washington Herald notes social drama elements with references to attire and lines. The text mentions gowns epigrams and a troupe’s setup, hinting at a campus social scene rich in ceremony and wit.
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Washington Herald
Berkeley's Revenge Auto Tale Ends in Public Gaffe
Mr Berkeley boasts of revenge on Mr Lindberry for a broken auto shaft incident. He recounts stopping at a South Farms scene, helping fix a splintered shaft, and triggering public laughter as the old man stood by in embarrassment. The tale ends with the victor's quiet satisfaction.
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Mr. Berkeley
Theodora Berkeley
Mr. Herkeley
Madge
The Spurgeon Wedding Ring From a Dream Tale
Rev James Spurgeon prays under an oak in Honeywood park when a dream warns of danger on his usual path. Choosing courage over fear he finds a gold ring, which later becomes his wife’s wedding ring after their marriage.
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James Spurgeon
Honeywood Park
Satan
Spurgeon
Lateq
Perl
Preventing Seasickness With Hot Water Head Wrap Says Explorer
Eugene Woll, a German explorer, spent 15 of 30 travel years studying seasickness. He asserts no cure exists, only prevention. His method uses a hot towel or cloth wrapped around the head to restore circulation and ease abdominal pressure, reducing cerebral anemia.
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Eugene Woll
Wolf
Friday Superstition Shapes Allantonian Rituals
A whipping agent notes Friday superstition curbs travel, marriage, and even burials. He observes educated and uneducated alike avoid Friday voyages and weddings, while undertakers report profits from Friday burials as a ritual to safeguard mourners' health for the year.
Children and the Factory Across Nations
The piece argues against child labor, noting in England in the early 1800s and similarly in the northern United States and later in the southern states Japan and currently India that children bear the heaviest sacrifice in factory systems. It critiques reliance on young labor as a global pattern.
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Ife
England
America
Jappan
India
London Co-Operative News
Automatic Age Retinal Dealer Publicity System Described
A New York retinal dealer circulated form letters advertising a small article for sale. Letters used wall mounted electri self feeding presses and were typed on a machine. Envelopes were prepared by an address machine and sealed automatically. Money received was recorded on a cash register and deposits tracked by an adding machine system.
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New York
Wale
Embroidery Costs in Royal Upholstery Ledger
Readable fragments recount expenses of an old Parisian firm supplying embroidery and raised work to Marie Antoinette era court. Items include velvet drapery costs in francs, gold embroidery, canopy panels with 1 050 bees, and total outlays around several thousand francs.
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Napatena
Stove Misunderstanding Delays Heating Boston Chapel
In early New England, warmth relied on piety until St. Augustine's chapel in South Boston received a stove. It was so large it could not pass the door, left outside in the cemetery. Father Lynch declared the stove was meant to heat the chapel, not the graveyard, as parishioners shivered.
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New England
St. Augustine’s Chapel
Boston
Father Lynch
Ife
Public Parks Inspector Visits Union Square Restoration
Superintendent McLaren of San Francisco's park system inspects Union Square as restoration proceeds after the mote removal. A gardener with a brogue quips about the square's “beautiful little Scotch weather” needing more water, and McLaren replies modestly.
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McLaren
San Francisco
Union Uare
St. Francie
Mr. McLaren
Burying Cable in River Bed During Drought
Reports note telegraph and telephone cables buried in the bed of a low Ohio river to protect them after drought exposed lines. Ships and ships’ crews may also face related exposure risks as reports discuss gunfire protection for naval vessels and gunnery schools.
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Aarge
Ohio
Koya
Marine Journal
Ueitlich
Ahipa
Fapeelaly
Ending the Trouble in a Whirl of Secrets and Misunderstandings
A fragmented dialogue reveals a dramatic misunderstanding about engagement and a supposed missing artificial arm. The speakers exchange surprised questions and a tersely resolved confession suggesting a romantic entanglement rather than a literal injury.
Double Blessing for Nicked Coin Snapshot
A dull man in inexpensive clothes helps a bystander by giving a nickel to a hungry person. The recipient pockets the coin without looking, replies with a grateful “God bless you,” and the giver's gesture prompts renewed thanks from others nearby. The scene ends with the speaker noting two blessings received for a simple coin.
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Trevor
Hin
Hank
Chan
Tosgar
The Little S8dy That Died
Two men meet by chance and reminisce about a missed reunion and a vanished boy. One reveals a wife and years passed, while the other notices a coral token and a tense moment as old friendship strains surface. The scene hints at a near-fatal past event.
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Vermont
Boston
Sears
Ltavor
Tomet
Jack Ransley
Lila
Hla
Jim
Cleveland
Poem Sparks Editor's Praise Over Similar Ideas
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a six foot caller challenging an editor about a poem. The editor acknowledges the prior Whitter link but says the new work improves the ideas immensely.
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Whitter
Air
Chicago Tribune
Turned Down By a “Haughty Beauty” Chicago Daily News
In a brief social quip, Jack comments a bold suit failed with a beauty who slapped him with the mitten. Dick sighs that a faint heart never wins and declares the lady thought his hands cold.
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Dieck
Jack
Humorous Exchange at Springs Hotel Front Desk
A hotel clerk directs a guest, Josh Wethersby-Say, to suite sixteen after the guest asks to regain youth. The period dialogue style suggests a frontier or old-time setting with a playful misunderstanding.
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Josh Wethersby
Dudge
Pigeons Targeted by Mid-Devon Englishmen
A quirky note from Younkers Statesman describes residents of Mid-Devon organizing against wood pigeons. The playful tale imagines locals aiming to defend crops by attacking the birds with improvised devices.
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Mid-Devon
Egbert
Iimagina
Younkers Statesman
Early subscription demand from country editor
A Yonkers Statesman snippet shows a country editor urging payment in advance and a bearded farmer replying that TJ has no vegetables yet. The exchange captures rural town chatter and the paper’s push for prompt subscriptions.
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Yonkers Statesman
Looked Like Honeycomb Ho-Graciana Beekeeper Sighting
A fragmentary note describes numerous dead bees around a window and a small piece of substance on the ledge, interpreted as honeycomb by a speaker. The reader references Yonkers without clear context or confirmation.
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Yonkers
Siutegman
The Long Climb After Forty
A humorous line notes that a man starts downhill at forty, though many find the uphill climb begins around that age. Reflects mid-century wit from Chicago Record Herald.
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Ti Ta
Chicago Record- Herald
Tha Wrong Fealing and Bomo Uses of Hot Water
Disjointed snippets discuss a charity hostess wife and a husband emotion, followed by a midwestern tone on hot water uses. The piece asserts hot water as a remedy for congestion throat rheumatism and headaches with a neck wrap technique for children.
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Pacer
Lisa
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