Insolvency law provisions on assignees and discharges
The passage outlines court powers over insolvent estates, including extending the assignee as defendant, prosecuting actions, and granting discharges. It details claim proofs, meetings of creditors, appointment and bonding of assignees, duties to record and manage assets, and the process for compositions and discharge. It also covers preferences, priority claims, and conditions for discharge eligibility and protection of co-debtors.
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United States
Charles Prennett
Kodol Digestive Remedy Promises Easy Indigestion Aid
An advertising notice explains Kodol contains digestive juices like a healthy stomach and can relieve indigestion or nervous dyspepsia with a short course. It urges trying it today and notes it is sold by W. G. Buffington.
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Kodcol
W. G. Bufflngton
Rhode Island Bankruptcy Hearing Notice and Bristol Probate
In Rhode Island District Court Rodolphe Contois of Warren is in bankruptcy and a hearing on discharge is set for November 21, 1908 in Providence at 10 o'clock a.m. Referee Chester W. Barrows presiding. Probate: Annie F. Munroe Estate in Bristol. executor Samuel W. Bridgham presents account for allowance. court adjourns to November 16 1908 at 10:30 a.m. with publication notice for Bristol Phoenix for 14 days.
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Rodol Bey Contos
Rodolphe Contois
Warren
Bristol
Providence
Chester W. Barrows
Annie F. Munroe
Samuel W. Bridgham
Bristol Phoenix
John M. Coggeshall
Minor Mary Roduques selects guardian in Bristol probate
On October 29 1908 the Bristol probate court received a written selection by Mary M Roduques a minor over fourteen choosing the Roduques of Bristol as guardian of her person and estate. The court set the matter for November 16 1908 at 10 30 am in the probate court room and ordered fourteen days notice to be published weekly in the Bristol Phenix starting October 30.
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Robate Court
Bristol
Mary M. Roduques
Manuel Roduques
Roduques
Bristol Phenix
John M. Coggeshall
Robate
Marcy A. Wood
Sarah F. Wood
Bristol Phoenix
John M.coggeshall
Bought His Own Work in German Translation
A Washington writer studying electromagnetism found a Berlin journal article translated into English which was actually his own paper published the year before. He paid for the translation and discovered he had paid twice the author’s original earnings, prompting surprise and frustration.
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Washington
Berlin
Washington Star
Dream superstition from Virginia warning about weekend dreams
A Virginia woman shares a superstition learned in market talk about a nightmare dream from the night before. She warns that a bad dream told on Saturday predicts it will come true, a belief tied to Friday night dreams.
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Virginia
Washington Post
Australian Cadets and their role in schools
The London Standard notes that all Australian children are drilled and elder boys join the military via cadet corps. Most large schools maintain cadet bands in khaki uniforms armed with light rifles. Each year shooting matches reveal many skilled young marksmen among the cadets.
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Australia
Giving Them Credit And The Interrogation Point
A Washington Star quip contrasts praise for Chinese printing origins with a joke about the interrogation mark. The exchange features a distinguished oriental and a skeptical interviewer, highlighting historical attribution in a concise humorous exchange.
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Washington Star
Handicapped. Witness Tries to Tell Truth in Court
A Chicago Tribune note captures courtroom tension as a witness complains a defense lawyer disrupts him while insisting on telling the truth under oath. The exchange highlights adversarial pacing in the trial.
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Chicago Tribune
Half the Battle in a quip from Atlanta Constitution
An exchange between a cautious old bachelor and a new Benedict yields a sharp bite of wit. The bachelor claims rule or know why, while the Benedict retorts that knowing why already is half the battle, reflecting a sly contrast in wisdom.
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Atlanta Constitution
Not by levity of floating but by stub born force of swimming
The phrase asserts that progress comes not from lightness but from stubborn effort and strength. It frames swimming as a metaphor for perseverance, implying determination trumps buoyancy alone. The tone is admonitory and pointed, echoing Victorian moral emphasis.
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Carlyle
Facts for SICK WOMEN by Lydia E Pinkham ad
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a 30 year standard remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache bearing-down sensation flatulence indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration and invites sick women to write for advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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84Th Street
New York
Lydia E. Am
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Quel
Lydia Ei. Pinkham
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
Lydia Einkham
Ellen M. Olson
Aear Bt
Kewanee - Maya
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Porto Rico Plumb Line Shows Unexpected Deviation
The New York Tribune notes that irregular crust density causes plumb line tilts, with Porto Rico as a striking example. Mapping the island required shifting the north and south coast lines inward by about half a mile on older maps.
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Porto Rico
New York Tribune
The Brainy Bunch and the Crank Labeling
A comic exchange notes a trio walking together described as somnambulist, kleptomaniac and plagiarist. Mrs Getup reacts with disbelief at meeting eighty brainy people in one bunch and the scene satirically proclaims the crank as a one‑idea man.
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Mr. Sinic
Mrs. Getup
Getup
Kansas City
Cholly Sappey
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