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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
6
Farm parcels near Chariton offer 160 acre tracts with corn and meadow land priced around 37.50 to 42.50 per acre plus a 120 acre farm at 57.50. Additional 60 to 160 acre parcels include house, barn, and fruit trees with yearly terms. Missouri or Dakota lands also offered. town lots to be sold at 100 with 10 cash and monthly 310 thereafter.
Peggy Smithers endures gossip in her aunt's shop before Mrs. Burkett invites her into a refined world. Ned, a China and Japan buyer, appears charming, giving Peggy a momentary escape from village scrutiny as the household weighs Peggy's future and a possible match with Ned.
The text notes early devices illustrating celestial motion and time measurement. Tsinng Tune, AL 1, 126, created an orrery showing planetary motion around Earth. An early water-driven escapement ran until a bird beak indicated time, with a balance receiving water drops. Mercury later replaced water in the elepsydra.
A fragment cites a Scottish village where women rule and men must obey or be sent away with a cow as compensation while the wife may claim one third of joint possessions. The piece includes a grim Scottish wit example and then shifts to dubious ads for medicines and tonics from various vendors.
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