Miss Lillian Lawless dies after illness in Providence
William v Lawless a teacher in the public schools of this town for several years died Saturday at St Elizabeths Home Providence. She was born May 12 186 in this town daughter of John and Isabel Lawless. Funeral services were held at 2 oclock yesterday at the Mortuary Chapel of the North Cemetery. Burial in family lot. Rev Anson B Howard officiated. Bearers named.
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Anson B. Howard
St Michael's Church
Robert E. Lanphear
William H Angevine
John W . Best
Herbert Manchester
Odd Household Notes and Musical Frustrations
In a fragmented domestic scene a mistress and maid quarrel over practice time and noise with looming tension. The text veers into odd musings on music and a scattered recital of unrelated, cryptic details involving instruments and household life.
Untitled fragment on cruelty and shifting feelings
A fragmentary passage describes harsh attitudes toward Olga and a comparison of purchases, including a hat, revealing conflict and emotional distance without clear context. The text centers on spite and social tension expressed through small acts.
Barking Dogs Outlawed In Toulon Courts May Punish Owners
In Toulon France a measure bans barking dogs after ten oclock and holds owners financially or legally responsible if dogs bark late and owners can be located. The court upheld the decree and enforcement follows.
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Toulon
France
Migty
Pastor Calls Names as Congregation Slumbers
A pastor eyes the asleep congregation and declares he will call names of those present, mentioning John Haycock with a stern warning then leads the hour toward singing the ninety ninth. The scene hinting at tension and burned tempers ends as the sermon proceeds with a request to stay alert.
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John Haycock
John Hasycock
Fragmentary Note Confirms Unclear Timeline
A garbled passage hints at confusion over timing and place, mentioning terms and circumstances unclear from the damaged text. No definite names or events are readable, but the fragment suggests an unsettled sequence of events and locations.
Simple Mixture Stops Gas Bloating In Stomach
An old newspaper aid claims a simple mixture relieves gas bloating and stomach discomfort after meals. It describes ingredients like buckthorn and glycerin and promises removal of old waste material for a lighter feeling and relief from fullness.
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Delaught
Cass Hope Drug CO
Defining Boundaries in Samoan Oath Traditions
The article describes Samoan land title oaths contrasting modern Bible pledges with traditional rites. In old practices the oath used grass on a stone to invoke village gods, with the speaker declaring truth while fearing family extermination if false.
Sudden Jungle Quiet as Night Approaches
A Chicago Journal note describes jungle activity shifting at nightfall from oppressive silence to a chorus of calls. Teals, hyenas, and hundreds of lesser denizens erupt in nocturnal sound, creating a tense, watchful atmosphere until dawn.
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Siohksa
Chicago Journal
Segregation in London’s Early City and Early Coal Laws
In old London nobles and peasants lived close but later centuries saw social divisions with pockets of poverty in fashionable areas. By 1306 citizens petitioned to curb fogs and ban sea coal burning, and Wat Tatler Dowden’s farm work led to tensions as courts moved to the Tower amid agricultural prominence and no broad strike.
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London
West End
East End
Vancouver
Ancient Bibles and Manuscript Reproduction Traditions
The Amelia Bible Society notes that early manuscripts of the Gutenberg Bible required two sides of a leaf per page due to high material costs. In medieval times many pages used both sides, though single-surface writing was common in limited cases. Union Seminary preserves Latin biblical manuscripts showing mixed formats and legible limits of script size in one volume containing Old and New Testaments.
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Amelia Bible Society
Fteo
Union Seminary
Dispute Over Book of Job Authorship and Date
The Book of Job prompts debate on its authorship and period with theories ranging from patriarchal age to Moses or Solomon and references to animals and symbols. The enduring spirit cited reflects the Hebrew race's faith endurance and tenacity.
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Job
Abraham
Jonah
Moses
Solomon
Assirian
Palestine
Egypt
Waustington Star
French Legion of Honor Five classes and promotion rules
The Legion of Honor in France is an order of merit with five classes chevalier officer commander grand officer and grand cross. The President of the republic is grand master. Twenty years of military naval or civil service required for chevalier and promotions occur after service in a lower rank. Extraordinary service allows entry at any rank. The word chevalier means knight.
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Legion de Honneur
France
The
Republic
Desert Camels Traveled With Unruly Passenger On Bony Back
A stormy trek features a patient camel carrying a passenger who sits crosslegged atop its skeleton like frame. The beast endures seasick rolling while the master guides with a rope as others suffer. The camel itself is quarrelsome, biting and kicking its herd.
Abolition of Slavery and Head-Hunting in Burma
A sweeping ban ends fiend harming practices and forced labor across Burma with limited persistence in the most remote areas. Officials report swift legal moves and cultural shifts as reform spreads nationwide.
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Burma
Land taking statement for Barrington Rhode Island road project
State Board of Public Roads describes land to be taken in Barrington Rhode Island for County Road improvements from East Providence town line to Primrose Hill. Includes plat references and legal description of center line routes and property boundaries as recorded with Barrington Town Clerk.
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Barrington
East
Providence
Primrose Hill
Rhode Island
State Board of Public Roads
General Assembly
Recorder of Deeds
Barrington County Road
Barrington Town Line
Fast Providence
Providence Barrington
Port Said
Nermac
Providence E
Barrington Tower
Fraser Wapel
Ste Torre
Sta
Safid
Bitte
Hyo Bet Neo Aled
Bartington
Pont
Mas
Providence- Barrington County Road
Providence-Barrington
United Electric Railways
United Electric Railwaye Companys
Abram I
Atwood
Benjamin F Robinson
John W Hanley GR. Wellington
Fragmented verse fragment hints at ancient tone and imagery
The readable lines evoke a lyrical meditation on truth and sight, referencing heavens, wells, and a character named Etherson in a dreamlike scene. The text appears poetic with archaic diction and irregular spacing, suggesting a fragment from a larger manuscript or poem.
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