For Sale Properties and Desert Travel Reflections
Real estate notices list an 83590 Lansing Avenue residence and other Lansing lots with prices around 750 for the land and 1000 for a building lot. Also a 160 acre Austin area farm at 55.09 per acre and a Susan Hisormel residence on 310 South St Paul Street offered with easy terms. Excerpt from Norin China News describes the sleep deprivation of camel caravans crossing the Gobi in vivid travelogue prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Rademacher
Davidsons
St. Paul
Mill Streets
Llouse
McGary Street
Kenwood
al. Mo Ison
Baldwin Streets
Capt
W. H. Sutton
Lanving Avenue
Lansing Ave
Orris Hayes
C. A. Hegge
Austin
Lansing Avenue
Fox Hotel
Poses Seston
Susan Hisormel
South St Paul Street
Gobi
China
Norin China News
Corsican Funeral Customs Describe Mourning Prose and Costly Burials
Corsican death customs include burial in a new costume often funded by the family, and a tradition of improvisatori who compose mournful verse for the mourners. Death hunters attend funerals and test affection via ritual hair, scratches, and public displays. Cremation not mentioned.
Totnes Market Surrenders to Joint Butter and Egg Pricing
An old Totnes market custom sees all dealers uniformly adopting a chalked price for butter and eggs. A past attempt to break the system failed, with producers reverting to the standard practice and maintaining the same posted price across stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totnes Market
St. James
You Are Too Hard on Mr Skinflint
A comic exchange casts light on marriage duties with the line about obey in a contract. The joke contrasts public sternness with private humor as the Skinflint character is teased for his mercantile wit and lack of kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Precaution and Pride in a Female Diamond Tale
An excerpt recounts a jeweler examining a white diamond with a magnifying glass to reveal tiny edge diamonds invisible to the naked eye. The dialog labels these as evidence that the diamond is female, with males described as not producing similar growths, reflecting a dated belief about diamond sexes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ibiss
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J. Schwan & Son
William Doonovan
South Kenwood
Chicago
Great Western Railway
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Dulenge
Des Moines
Karsas City
Dodge
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lile
Manly
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Syl Council Bluffs
F. I Orane
J. L. Mitchell
J. H. Mitchell
W. W. Ranney
North Main St
Mower County
UU Pel Re
Dr. Price
Holly
Poinsettas
Cyclamens
John Fairanks
City Real Estate
W.R. Karl Furniture Company
Minnssota
Globe Wernicke
Austin Furniture Co
COUR
Nscount
THE
HUB Department Store
Filbert
Brazil
Xmas Cigars
Citron
the Golden Eagle
Clothing House
Herald
Ens
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