Telephone Lighting and Water Commissioners Creation Act
A historical draft strings together provisions for a three member board to regulate telephone lighting water utilities, including corporate scope, appointment terms, reporting, stock issues, bonds, rate oversight, meter testing, construction on public grounds, gas quality standards, and enforcement mechanisms with penalties and tribunals. It details assessment, plan approvals, and appeals related to utility infrastructure and funding.
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Board of Telephone, Lighting and Water Commissioners
Railroad Commissioners
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Ashly
Senate
Ian Gaye
Capitol
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Commissionara
Amy Town
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Governor Strait
General Assur Bly
Read Co Advertises 1857 Mattress Sale and Furnishings
The D. M. Read Co. promotes an mattress stuffed with white hair for cleanliness and comfort, priced at 35 dollars to introduce, down from 50. A mahogany bed with simple design, new Quaker Handmade Rugs, and yard wide china silk Motor Scarfs at 3.50 complete the window exhibit aimed at housekeepers and summer rooms.
Beautiful Evening Scarf of Tosca Net Description
A long lacey Tosca net scarf features woven figures in graceful design with a deep knotted fringe at the ends. Measures one yard wide and two yards long, effective in white or pale shades.
Read Co and Radford B. Smith Store Listing
Ad listing for The D. M. Read Co and Radford B. Smith at 1072 Main St and 89 Fairfield Ave. Notes various store items and prices including bleached fabric and yardage deals. Contains marketing phrasing and fragmented product names from an old newspaper page.
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D. M. Read Co
Radford B. Smith
Main St
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Fairfield Av
Rue
Tides and Fishing: Fish Seek Feed on the Fir Tide
Fishing guidance notes fish activity tied to tides, with flood tides driving prey near shore. It describes minnows and small crustaceans, shorelines, piers, and wrecks, advising anglers to time lines for ebb and flood, and to use live shrimp when conditions shift.
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Outing Magazine
Diggers and Dismissals in a Fragmented Evening Column
A fragment from a periodical discusses a livery stable dog that digs holes and blocks sidewalks, plus remarks on youth culture and conversation among Americans. It cites Atlantic writer Anna A. Rogers and includes a classroom scene about a rough Sunday school class and a terse teacher’s threat.
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Anna A. Rogers
Atlantic
Livery Stable Dog Compared With Fashionable Pate
A fragmentary old piece contrasts the livery stable dog with the powder puff dog, noting the stable dog’s growl and unafraid approach. The text hints at rough, humorous manners and a rough charm, ending with a playful, incomplete image of the dog’s antics.
Disraeli Defends Parliament Speller With Witty Abe
In a witty remark, Prime Minister Disraeli defends a misfiring MP accused of bad spelling. He jokes that "a man must be an idiot who could not spell a word more ways than ave" highlighting leniency in spelling errors during debates.
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Disraeli
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N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
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Svesiog Barner
Fairfield Ave
Ingeport
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New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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