The Missing Link in A New World Antiquity
The oldest human remains on the American continent were found in Argentina near Monte Hermoso. A vertebra, studied by German director Lehmann Nitsche, suggested a new type linking humans and apes, upright walking with a small head and brain. The bones resemble Java primates more closely than other finds, possibly the oldest humanity in the western hemisphere.
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Argentine Republic
Monte Hermoso
Museum of
la Plata
Herr Lehmann-Nitsche
Java
Notice to settle accounts and promote local hardware store
All parties owing subscriptions job printing and advertising to the Plaindealer are urged to call for immediate settlement. Also advertised is hardware guns and ammunition from Harlan and Higgins to purchase locally.
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Harlan & Higgins
Dr Shoop Night Cure Health Coffee Appeal
Dr Shoop of Racine Wis introduces Night Cure Health Coffee a fast beverage substitute claimed to imitate real coffee without using any coffee beans. Marketed as a cereal based drink with malt nuts and toasted grains sold locally by J F Andrews.
Highland Township Committeemen Named
Local ballot notices list committee assignments for Highland Township with names including Gessie Albert Hunt North Perrysville Ed McCodrmick and Ed North as delegates to the district convention.
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Gessie
Albert Hunt
Perrysville
Ed McCodrmick
Ed North
Eugene Township Committeemen Named in 1900s Cypress Records
East Cayuga Milton Coffin and West Cayuga William Vansickle are listed as committeemen with Eugene Township designations for Charles Ladd. This terse notice records local party roles and the individuals associated with Eugene, East Cayuga Milton Coffin, West Cayuga William Vansickle, and Eugene Charles Ladd.
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Cayuga
Milton W. Coffin
William Vansickle
Eugene—Charles Ladd
Vermillion Township Names West Newport Officials
West Newport Joshua N. Davis and East Newport Ure M. Frazer named as township officials in Vermillion Township records.
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West
Newport
Joshua N. Davis
East
Ure M. Frazer
HELT TOWNSHIP LISTING BY DISTRICT NAMES
East Dana Dr William M. Jones West Dana J D Boyd Hillsdale O P M Ponton St Bernice E F McCown Summit Grove D B James
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East Dana
William M. Jones
West Dana
J. D. Boyd
Hillsdale
O. P
St. Bernice
E. F. McCown
Summit Grove
D. B. James
Clinton Township Voter List Names and Assignments
Clinton Township residents are listed with designated numbers for candidates or wards. The list includes Luke Taylor as No 1 and Joe Bertotti as No 2, followed by Vantice Sacchi No 3, Fritz Rohne No 4, W. H. Bonner No 5, Hezzie B. Pike No 6, George Shaffer as Sadler, Gus Johnson in Geneva, John O. Wright in West, Marcus Boyce in Wright, N'son Reeder in Smith, and Harry B. Whet sel in Fairview Park.
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Luke Taylor
Joe Bertotti
Vantice Sacchi
Fritz Rohne
W. H. Bonner
Hezzie B. Pike
George (Sadler) Shaffer
Geneva
Gus Johnson
West
John O. Wright
Wright
Marcus Boyce
Smith—N‘son Reeder
Fairview Park
Harry B. Whet
Shoes Swap on a Train Improvises Morning Mishap
In a nostalgic tale a fat man in an upper berth finds strange shoes on his feet and discovers the slim New Yorker wearing the other passenger’s footwear. A humorous exchange follows as they swap apologies and the fat man praises the warm rescue of the shoes. The narrator promises proof at his house.
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New York
What did he talk about
A banquet scene shows business men and ladies listening as a speaker ends a long harangue with no clear point. A deaf guest notes with a pencil question and a companion answers he didn’t say. The anecdote hinges on the speaker’s vague, world-saving rhetoric.
Seasonal Wary Thoughts On Money And Morals
A collection of wry lines on winter worries about funds for spring needs fly screens and the grip of hard times. Humorous reflections touch aging, humility, public life, marriage, and the tension between propriety and scandal.
Japanese Blanket Art On Ship Sparks Pride
A Youth's Companion note recounts a Japanese youth aboard a steamer who transforms plain blankets into elegant designs. He folds blankets into lotus leaves and chrysanthemums and even the rising sun motif from the ship line's red and white flag, hailed for patriotic arrangement.
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Steamship Company
Japan
Bank of Spain to issue color notes with famous Spanish buildings
The Bank of Spain plans a new note series made with a special color process and produced by an English concern. The notes will feature well known Spanish buildings in flawless detail. Critics say the set will cost 1,675 pesetas, about 338.50 dollars, a hefty sum for Spaniards.
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Madrid
Bank of Spain
Spain
Ben
Revived in His Coffin Case From Del Rio Tennessee
John Adams a Del Rio East Tennessee mining engineer was found apparently dead from heart failure. Philadelphia relatives paid the undertaker but only cash was accepted. The corpse opened its eyes yawned and the undertaker disappeared. Adams recovered and is alive.
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John Adams
del Rio
East Tennessee
Adams
Philadelphia
Mr. Adams
Living Up to His Name in a Boston School
A mission school in Boston notes a pupil named Ralph Waldo Emerson Longfellow. When absent, a boy suggests he is home writing poetry, eliciting amused reactions from classmates. The anecdote appears in Youth's Companion.
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Boston
Ralph Waldo Emerson Longfellow
John
Its Lasting Effect
A quoted exchange from the Chicago Tribune recalls a street orator who converted one man to his way of thinking. The transformed man reportedly ended up in an insane asylum, the era’s blunt judgment asserting that a glimpse of truth overwhelmed his modern intellect.
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Ripsling
Chicago Tribune
The Ideal Wife Idea Revealed In Quip
A humorous exchange asks for an ideal wife. The respondent lists chores such as cooking, washing, housework, furnace care, and sewing, then adds a claim about staying as young as a vaudeville actress earning $400 weekly.
Clouds and Heartaches Illuminate Life’s Sky
A reflective verse compares heartaches to clouds that briefly darken life but reveal the value of sunshine and love. It posits that small clouds and rain prove sunshine’s worth and suggests that enduring sorrow enhances joy. The speaker invites contemplation of weather as a metaphor for emotion.
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Earth
Dead Soldier term tied to liquor waste in 19th century rant
A columnist explains the slang dead soldier as a drained beer bottle or liquor canteen, not a fallen patriot. The piece notes the term appears in prohibition districts, rural porches, and even in pond lily ponds, with use ranging from joke to practical container in dusty urban scenes.
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Mother
Johnnie
Rifts in the Clouded Sky and Small Town Wit
A humorous clippings collage contrasts traveling magnates and editorial quirks with jests about taxes, trains, and local life. It riffs on wealth, respect, a salty depot mishap, banana skin rules, and a joke about a salt barrel mistaken for a kiss, ending with a book note on back yard beauty.
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Atrangera
Midas
Croesus
John D. Rockefeller
State Street
North Dakota
Lindstrom
Langdon Depot
Iowa
Rockefeller
New York
Spring Troubles: A Moody Rhyme on Woes and Work
A lively verse paints springtime woes from lean coal days to rising taxes and ice deliveries. It notes empty bins, baggy unions suits, painting houses, cluttered duties, and a wife tackling endless chores, all in a humorous, weary voice.
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New World
Len Drake
Lyford
Soo
Dr. Shoop
J. F. Andrews
David R. Murray
Republican Co
Highland Township
Eugene Township
Vermillion Township
Helt Township
Clinton Township
Clinton
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R. A. A. Washburn
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