Bargain City Properties Offer Many Homes and Farmland
Real estate list advertises numerous properties for sale or trade across Columbus and surrounding townships. Items include three to five room cottages, large modern houses, vacant lots, farms of 15 to 200 acres, and improved parcels with wells, cisterns, barns, and outbuildings. Prices emphasize bargains with small cash payments and monthly terms.
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Washington St
Franklin St
Clay County
Texas
Ft. Worth
Henrietta
Alma Station
Denver
Bartholomew County
East Columbus
Ramblen Townie
Browne County
Columbus
Its Quite Fashionable Nowadays Sunday Dinner At Fashion Restaurant
The notice promotes fashionable Sunday dinners at Fashion Restaurant, 609 Washington Street, inviting patrons to dine with specially prepared offerings. It claims past patrons were highly pleased and urges continued patronage to entertain friends or family during Sunday hours.
Picnic Chaperoned by Father McShane Near Crackaway
A Columbus group enjoyed a fine day outing in a grove near Crackaway Tuesday. Father McShane of Loretta KY. chaperoned a party including John Carr and family Daniel McShane and family Conda McShane and family Harry Fahyzand family and Rev. Father Oster.
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Crackaway
Columbus
Father McShane
Loretta
Curiosities in a Stump in Marshfield Uncover Old Coins and Counterfeits
In Marshfield Wisconsin two boys chopping a stump uncovered an old coffee pot containing a 1850 copper coin from the Upper Bank of Canada a 1614 Spanish coin a Georgia claim dated 1786 for nine pounds sterling and a £25 claim against Georgia for services an assemblyman They also found counterfeit shin plasters and four proof sheets of engraving plates for U S currency from one to twenty dollars.
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Marshfield
Wis
Herman Decker
Anton Muelienbach
Upper Bank of Canada
David Dawson
State of Georgia
Abraham Barrett
Georgia
United States
Ancient seven pound key and lock of Knights Templar church
An 18 inch seven pound key unique for a lock by Knights Templar era sits on the Fleet Street door of Temple church London. The lock was made for the key. Both date from the Crusades with the church built in 1408.
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Temple Church
Fleet Street
London
Knights Templer
Aggressive legal zeal fuels modern success, says Richard Doyiec
In a Southern Magazine piece on Law and Lawyers Doyiec argues lawyers prosper through aggressive spirit more than strict judgment. He recalls advising clients against suits and the fallout of fees and costs, praising hardened practitioners in every town.
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Richard D. Doyiec
Southern Magazine
Erskine
Wirt
Webster
William Pinckney
Rufus Choate
Charles O’connor
Levery Town
United States
Marriage Did Not Bar Man From Government Work
A treasury clerk recalling prior work as a lumber company manager in North Carolina explains that marriage did not prevent him from obtaining government service. He recounts hiring a local man named Jeemes Martin to fill an emergency sawmill need two and a half miles away, praising the trusted worker and reliability. A separate note mentions a fossil hog unearthed in the bad lands by Prof. J. E. Todd, suggesting a large size.
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Treasury
Washington Star
North Carolina
Cap
Jeemes Martin
Bad Lands
J. E. Todd
South Dakota
Natural Coke Found in Utah Near Rail Line
Salt Lake Herald reports a new vein of natural coke near a Utah locality 140 miles south of Salt Lake City and within 15 miles of a railroad. A 25 to 30 foot tunnel reveals a five foot wide body. tests say it is pure, sulfur free, smokeless, and ash minimal, possibly expanding with depth. Owned by ex Mayor R N Baskin and partners, they hold 640 acres near the discovery.
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United States
Richmond
Utah
Salt Lake
R. N. Baskin
Forget Their Change Men in a Hurry After Purchases
A Chicago Times-Herald report describes a State Street book store customer who, after paying with a dollar and receiving a portion of his change, hurries away. The clerk notes yearly charitable donations from unclaimed change and wonders how such people manage in life.
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State Street
Chicago Times-Herald
Twan
Peanut trade and battleship Iowa featured in notes
The piece cites Judge Christiancy praising peanuts as a global staple and compares peanut trade to the banana while noting extensive European consumption. It reports the battleship Iowa’s official sea-going status, size, speed, and a $200,000 builder bonus for exceeding contract speed, awarded to the Cramps of Philadelphia. It also mentions French poodle fashion with gold bracelets for dogs.
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Christiancy
Pension Office
Washington Star
Bormething
Paris
London
Italy
Germany
England
Europe
Iowa
Massachusetts
Cramps
Philadelphia
Immigration Trends Show Atlantic States Attract Most Newcomers
Treasury data reveal 127 000 of 343 000 immigrants landing last fiscal year planned to stay in New York state while 61 000 and 86 000 headed for Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. The pattern contradicts the belief that settlers move westward, highlighting the pull of Atlantic coastal states. A Lincoln anecdote notes a New York firm’s inquiry into a neighbor’s finances and includes a humorous remark on a rat hole in the corner of a desk.
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United States
Great West
England
Wales
Germany
Atlantic Seaboard
Treasury
New York State
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
A. Lincoln
Deep Lake at Crater Lake Oregon in Cascade Mountains
Shallow description notes Crater Lake as a small surface area body in Oregon’s Cascade mountains. Mentions location and geographic context with unclear measurement fragment.
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Oregon
Crater Lake
Cascade Mountains
Nobility Head Coverings Through Crowns and Laurels
A description of royal headgear contrasts a baronial velvet cap with ermine border to a viscount’s crown which uses pearls on the upper rim. It notes French pearls arranged in a seta of three and references ancient crowns: the Pythian laurel, Olympian olive, Nemean parsley, and Isthmian parsley crown.
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France
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