Special Homeseeker Excursion Rates via the Wabash
Special Homeseeker Excursion Rates via the Wabash. Tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Rates to Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territories about one fare plus 2 for round trip. To gulf points in Texas and intermediate points to Oklahoma 25 40 for round trip. Colorado and other points on application. Tickets limited to thirty days with liberal stop overs. For information call FE W Richeson Agt.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Texas
Colorado
The Tavern on the Hill Prank on the Doctor
A proud Boston hilltop tavern owner nicknamed the doctor is outwitted by a mud covered traveler who stubbornly stays the night in the parlor. The doctor wakes aghast to find the guest asleep and later refuses payment while warning him to keep the episode secret.
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Bostyn
Miutin Road
Boston
Worcester
Waal
Geetor
Ole Feller
Lent Influence On Moral Nature Confirmed
A brief exchange highlights belief in Lent shaping moral character. Cayenne asserts the period’s strong influence on conduct and inner dispositions, framing it as a pivotal spiritual practice.
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Ues Cayenne
Parson Bird Entertains ZSL With Honey Eater Pair
The Zoological Society acquired two male poe honey eaters known as parson birds for their clerical band like white throat feathers. They boast metallic green plumage with bronze and purplish reflections, a slender curved beak, large feet, and a long tail. Native to both NZ islands, they are valued cage birds, songsters and mimics, feeding on berries insects and honey with a brush like tongue. Pall Mall Gazette.
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The
Zoological Society
New Zealand
Pall Mall Gazette
Leap of Curtius tale from Roman lore told
The Chicago News recounts the legend of Marcus Curtius who rode into a chasm opened in Rome's Forum to save the city. The augurs warned the hole would remain until Rome sacrificed its most precious thing, a brave soldier, and Curtius leapt with his horse to seal the abyss.
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Curtius
Chicago News
Rome
Marcus Curtius
Chasta
Locus Curtius
The Weight of Smoke and Light Through Time
A collection of curious snippets on smoking in Elizabethan England and shipboard time telling. Notable notes include Sir Walter Raleigh weighing smoke after a tobacco pipe bet with Queen Elizabeth and the ship bells marking time across watches. Also explains why plants lean toward light and explains basic fire science behind "where the fire goes" when a match is blown out.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Sir Walter
England
Wallace Bridge Construction Bids Sought in Fountain County
Fountain County Indiana Board of Commissioners will receive sealed bids for Wallace Bridge south of Wallace in Jackson township. Bids due October 8 1907 by 1 00 p m at the county auditor's office Joyington Indiana with a bond payable to Indiana. The Board may reject any or all bids and bids must follow current plans specifications on file. Witness dated September 19 1907.
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Board of Commissioners
Fountain County
Indiana
Iaid County
Joyingtop
Wallace
Jackson Township
Petition for highway improvement in Shawnee township
George A. Galloway and others petition the Fountain County Commissioners in October 1907 to grade drain and gravel a 2 3 4 mile public highway in Shawnee township. They request notice of the petition and a hearing date, noting rural mail routes and township valuation of $973 270 and no gravel road debt.
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Shawnee Township
Fountain County
Indiana
George A. Gallaway
Board of Commissioners
State of Indiana
Commissioners Court
George A. Galloway
Said
Sald Board of County Commissioners
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Pr. Shoop
Tae Dr. Shoop
Sr. Shoop
Ir. Bhoop
Dr. Shoop
Ramons Pitts
Mentou Vhis Poaper- Chichester Chemical. CO
Madison Place
Philadelphia
Wabash
Parker
Ever
Troy Township
K. of P
Cuiston D. Suita
St. Louis
Cuba
Florida
Gulf Coast
California
Big Four
J. Rhein G. P. A
Cincinnati
O. G.P
Queer Parson Bird
Conundrums
Birdland
Shawnee
E. W. Rose Medicine CO
ST. Louis, MO
Manford VanDorn
Covington, Ind
HEEB
Bryant & Stratton
Indianapolis Business University
N. Pennst
E. J. Eleeb
Layton & Bilsland
Riko
Maple City
Satan
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Illinois
Coleman, Reeves & Coleman
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