Bible Society expands translations to new languages in 1911
The American Bible Society added the Ibanag New Testament in the Philippines, with the Old Testament in Panayan and the Pentateuch in Pamangan and Cebuano ready for printing. Kurdish, Tagalog, Portuguese, Wenli, Mandarin, Siamese, and Zulu revisions progress. In 1911 the society issued nearly 3.7 million volumes, over 400,000 Bibles, totaling 94 million volumes in 96 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bible Society
Philippines
Panayan
Pampangan
Cebuan
China
the Society
Kangaroo Island Urged as Wildlife Reserve Expansion
Kangaroo Island off Adelaide, South Australia, is touted as ideal to permanently preserve distinctive animal and plant life. Currently 175 square miles are a fauna and flora reserve, with proposals to greatly expand the area. The South Australian Commissioner of Crown Lands directs a bill to Parliament to protect wild animals and empower the state to safeguard native species, including the opossum.
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Kangaroo Island
Adelaide
South Australia
Crown Lands
Work Done By Watch In Ten Years
A watch over ten years with two leap years and 3 652 days shows the hour hand turning 7 304 revolutions and the minute hand 87 645 revolutions. The second hand completes 6 258 880 revolutions, its tip moving about 123 miles, while the escape wheel turns 62 588 800 times with 15 teeth. The balance vibrates 1 577 844 000 times and a rim point travels roughly 60 000 miles, about twice Earth's circumference.
Cattle Jump Off Steamer Into Ocean at Santa Rosa
A dozen or more steers aboard a steamer at Santa Rosa Island California leaped from the open deck when a heavy land swell hit. The crew corralled the remaining cattle and after an hour the leapers were retrieved and penned ashore unharmed.
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Santa Rosa Island
California
Why He Stole Bathtub In Police Court Tale
A colored man Buddy Johnson was fined $20 in a United States police court for stealing a bathtub. The judge urged leniency until it emerged the tub was not for bathing but for selling to buy gin. The defendant admitted the theft was for sale, not use, to obtain liquor.
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Buddy Johnson
United States
Johnson
Wae
Chameleon gown predicted by chemist at New York congress
Dr. Giacomo Ciamician of Bologna foresees color changing gowns that react to light, noting photographic substances brighten with illumination and revert in darkness. He urges shifting to solar energy, envisioning glass-columnar cities and sun powered chemistry replacing coal driven industry.
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Giacomo Clamictan
Bologna
International Congress of Applied Chemistry
College of the City of New York
Ciamiclan
Doctor Ciamician
Portable outdoor crib for easy room-to-room use
A new portable crib designed for outdoor use is described. It is white enameled wood with steel wire netting, four wheels for easy movement, and adjustable height via screw eyes. It comes apart into a canvas bag with pockets for wheels to keep the mattress clean. The crib doubles as a daytime nursery for tending to the baby while the mother attends to chores.
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Babyland
Stunning pink satin gown with crystal bead trim
A pink satin evening gown features white patterned net draped panels with shadow lace side finishes. A white satin corsage embroidered in pearls completes the ensemble. The gown is regarded as among the most artistic French creations for the coming winter season.
Fur Fashions and Furrier Styles
The furriers show a balance of heads and tails in fashions with heads used for muffs and tails for collars, reflecting the prevailing mode in fur design. The observation notes this distribution as part of ongoing style trends.
Indiana Fish License Law Update Draws Attention
Indiana residents face a new state law requiring a one dollar license to hunt or fish. The act outlines license details, age rules, county exemptions, and penalties for violations. It also mentions road paving costs and a legal question about reverting gravel roads, with Attica Ledger noting potential legislative action.
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State of
Indiana
Commissioners of Fisheries
Commissioners of Fisheries and Game
Commission of Fisheries and Game
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
Pains in the Stomach and Kidney Trouble Cure
A booster for Electric Bitters claims stomach and kidney relief. North Carolina resident H T Alston of Raleigh reports rapid improvement after the first dose. Sold for 53 cents to 1 dollar at Irvin and Willard's.
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Bright
H. T. Alston
Releigh
N. C
Irvin & Willard’s
Want itoads Paved at Newtown
Petitions circulate in Richland township seeking highway improvements in four sections. Roads between Newtown and Mellett and a three mile northward stretch are proposed with crushed stone or brick. Farmers favor brick due to advantages. brick paving costs about a thousand dollars per mile per foot of width. Ohio roads often pave only one side, the right.
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Newtown
Attica Ledger
Richland
Mellett
Ohio
Cleveland
Buckien's Arnica Sale Promises Fast Skin Relief
The ad touts Buckien's Arnica Sale as quickest care for burns bruises boils sores and skin diseases. It claims L H Hailin of Iredell Texas was cured in four days of an ankle sore that hampered walking. Sells at 25 cents and recommended by Irvin and Willard.
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Buckien
Arnica
L. H. Hailin
Iredell
Texas
Irvin & Willard
Real estate transfers in Fountain County weekly list
Real estate transfers filed in Fountain County over the past week list multiple transactions. Attica and Richland, Jackson, Cain, Fulton, and Veedersburg townships appear with buyers and sellers, parcel descriptions, and prices ranging from 200 to 17 000 dollars. Notable pairs include Attica properties, 80 acres in Richland and 34 acres in Troy township, with multiple loans and title deeds noted.
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Fountain County
Douglass
Attica L & I Co
Lysander Smoot
Attica
Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf remedy ad note
If you have pains in the back urinary bladder or kidney trouble try Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf a pleasant herb remedy for women's woes and a great system regulator. At druggists or by mail 5c sample free. Address Mother Gray Co LeHoy N Y adv.
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Mother Gray
Draggista
Mother Gray Co.jlehoy
N.Y
Penn Type Foundry Listing For Metal Typesetting
Proprietors of Penn Type Foundry advertise brass galleys metal borders spaces and slugs metal leaders spaces and quads in 6 to 48 point sizes and metal quoins at 14 8 on South Street Philadelphia.
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L. S
Proprietors Penn Type Foundry
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Slithers
Chameleon
Underwood & Underwood, N
Frederick Wolfe
J W Fewry
Willie Wilson
Sam
C Ward
Troy Tp
Simon Shade
Palmer C Krug
Richland Tp
James Malone
Susan E Howard
Thos Stucker
Central National Bank
S D Messner
Levi Bever
N. B. Butt
Cain Tp
Adam Bees
J. A Flanigan
Jackson Tp
J. A. Flanigan
F. A. Finch
Wm. P. Brook
J. H Huntington
Yeddo
Attica L. & I. Co
Eugene Schmidt
R. P
Attice
Thos Harrold
James Allison
Fulton Tp
J. BE. Dunklebarger
George A. Jimison
Joseph Davis
W. R Hughee
van Buren Tp
B. E. Butt
Glen Wiams
Cain
May Sheridan
Ete Stanebury
Block
H. G. Waterman
Alvy L. Howard
T. M. Meeker
Robert G. Galloway
Shawnee Township
A. Kleiner
R. P. and
Sarah E. Smith
Robert Krout
Jackson
Ll. M. Grigson
J. P. Bowman
Veedersburg
Albert C. Roberts
Ora K. Philpott
P Wallace
Fletcher
Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York
Philadelphia Printers’ Supply Co
Sth
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co
Cleveland, Ohio
B. TD
Py Ap
The
Republican
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