Beaumont Growth Promise Shaped by New Water System
The district lies between the Beaumont townsite and the San Bernardino foothills where the main irrigation pipeline crosses, with a cement distributing reservoir on Sunny Slope Acres attracting attention. Promoters urge Missourians to invest now in Beaumont on the ground floor, arguing early dollars can grow like Riverside and Redlands did decades ago.
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Beaumont
San Bernardio Mountains
New Cement
Riverside
Redlands
Covina
Monrovia
Pygmy Earth and Sun Dimensions Compared
An article outlines the sun's size and distance relative to Earth. It states the sun’s diameter about 66 000 miles and that 1 500 000 Earths fit inside the sun by volume. It describes a two-foot sun globe versus a pea Earth and notes the sun’s density and luminosity compared with stars.
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Ebon
Fate and a Name. John and Royal Misfortune Across History
The Chicago Record Herald notes a curious pattern: royal Johns bear misfortune while common Johns do not. Kings and popes named John faced captivity, imprisonment, exile, exile illness, and violent deaths, from John of England to Pope John XXIV.
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John
England
France
John Balliol
Scotland
Robert
John Lo
Bohemian
John 7
John X
Rome
Tuscany
John III
John of Castile
Roeyalty
Chicago Record Herald
Dough as the source of wealth and status in society
The piece argues dough derived from wheat funds real estate and culture, powering cars yachts and libraries. It claims wealth elevates women to college and grandeur beyond wife and mother, while condemning frugality as limiting across generations.
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Puck
Mother’s Magazine
Decaf
Mother's Magazine
Tiothers
TUE Tother
Orkney Prayer for Harvest Weather
In Orkney the elders asked the minister to pray for good harvest weather. He offered a Scots prayer asking for favorable winds to dry barley and drive away harm, blending humor with hope for a fruitful summer.
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Orkney
Fragmentary Notes Echo Alpine Perils
A garbled London Tit-Bits excerpt reviews alpine climbing danger with a boast about scenery and a quip about beavers and Ebbas. The text reads odd, mentioning a terrible abyss and a child asking meaning.
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Manda
Hesiod Quote On Delicacies And Heroes
A concise line quotes Hesiod noting that the same soft progeny yields both delicacies and heroes, reflecting on virtue and cuisine in ancient wisdom.
Bucklen’s Piles Cure Sold At Billings Drug Store
A California man credit Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing years of itching piles after buying a box from Billings drug store in Pravy. The testimonial claims the product cured a stubborn case that other remedies failed to ease.
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Bucklen
Conscience Fund Leads to Hat Purchase in Idle Joke
A lighthearted Boston Post joke tale has a wife confessing to nightly small loans from her husband’s vest. She presents a “conscience fund” and asks for the money to buy a new hat, prompting amused husband approval.
Superstitions among Golfers Split on Two Facts
London Mail notes two popular golfing superstitions: never win a match when two up and five to play, and that winning the first hole is unlucky. The piece questions which belief is sillier and where they originated.
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London
Owen Quotation Reflects Need for Partnership
The fragment notes a claim that one person must be matched with another or else risk intrusion. The line reads as a terse moral or philosophical remark attributed to Owen, hinting at interpersonal balance or social harmony.
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Owen
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold With Gold Value Claim
Stewart a Cedar View merchant in Mississippi touts Dr King’s New Life Pills with a guarantee that a box is worth its weight in gold for constipation biliousness and malaria. Sold under guarantee at R F Billings drug store.
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Bog. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
R. F. Billings
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