John Law and the Mississippi Bubble Ruin in France
The Mississippi scheme created by John Law wrecked France’s finances and bankrupted thousands. Law, born in Edinburgh, rose as a flamboyant financier and regent ally, steering a state bank and a vast monopoly that stretched from the Cape to Asia. The bubble burst, leaving many wealthy families ruined and Law fleeing to Venice where he died.
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Mississippi
France
John Law
Louis XV
Philip
Duke of Orleans
Law
Edinburgh
England
Continent
Paris
Mississippi Company
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Persia
India
China
Japan
Strait of Magellan
Lian
Venice
Lobsters and Crabs Chew With Stomachs Not Teeth
The article explains lobsters and crabs chew with teeth in their stomachs, swallowing half chewed food and finishing the job there. They use their claws for initial biting and never abandon the first food source in pursuit of another.
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Nature
The Marriage Fee
The piece recalls Samuel Ward of New York and a granddaughter recounting his wedding fee question. Ward asked a parson if a hundred dollars would suffice, and replied he should offer no less than 500 dollars to the man who wed him to such a wife, a figure his granddaughter cites with directness and humor.
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Samuel Ward
New York
Hugh Fraser
Lemonade Prompt Leads To Sugary Suggestion
A city Sunday school superintendent aimed to boost summer meetings with added appeal. During a warm August service, lemonade was served and paper slips collected for ideas. A child suggested more sugar in the lemonade, quoted from Ladies' Home Journal.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Woman's Way cartoon caption about counting germs
A humorous panel depicts a bacteriologist distracted by his wife asking about coal. He mutters about counting germs in milk, loses track at a large number, then restarts the count as she interrupts, closing the door on the quarrel.
Where He Got Them
A humorous exchange about a man who buys a medical dictionary and claims to have numerous illnesses. The joke suggests his ailments come from reading the dictionary rather than real illness, reflecting playful wordplay from Pearson's Weekly.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Entrance Denied on Cold Day at West End
A caller sought entry at a west end home but was told the master had gone out and the maid and mistress were nowhere to be found. He persisted, only to learn the fire, too, had gone out, leaving him waiting in a cold house.
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Lemon
The Roman Woman’s Liberty Explained by Ferrero
The essay argues that ancient Rome offered greater social liberty and economic autonomy for women among the upper classes. It cites Ferrero’s Century assertion that Roman women approached moral and civil equality with men, making them comrades rather than slaves in the view of modern progress.
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Professor Ferrero
G A McGuires Jewelers Store Promotes Services
G A McGuires Jewelers offers rapid jewelry work at reasonable prices and styles. The store also carries spectacles, clocks, watches, and musical instruments for customers.
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G. A. McGuires Jewelers Store
Land for sale in Wilkes County Georgia
Real estate listings advertise multiple tracts in Wilkes County Georgia with prices per acre ranging from 10 to 30 dollars and varying improvements. Includes 535 acres well improved at 20 per acre and 1 to 6 room residences with tenant houses on numerous parcels. Contact J. Wilkin son & C Tignall for further details.
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J. Wilkinson
C. Tignall
Wilkes
Dr Miles Nervine Promises Recovery From Exhausted Nerves
Mrs Thomas Taylor of Blum Texas testifies that Dr Miles Restorative Nervine raised her from the grave and cured exhaustion from sleeplessness and poor appetite. The ad promises nerve toning and a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails, with Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana as the maker.
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Dr. Miles’ Nervine
Mrs. Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Blum, Texas
Miles
Mrs. Thomas Taylor
Blum, Tex
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Foolish Company Refuses Elderly Life Policy
A very old man visits a general agent seeking life insurance. The agent dismisses him as a risk noting octogenarians are unwelcome, then asks his age. The man retorts that many die under eighty, illustrating the folly of the firm.
No Rats for Years As Neighbor Sells Pest Prep
In Chicago Tribune prose a wary resident refuses a pest killer offered by a neighbor. The seller claims the product will wipe out rodents, citing a past neighbor purchase and the promise of success, while the woman notes no pests have appeared in over two years.
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Chicago: Tribune
Auctions In Japan Use Sealed Bids For Property
The auction in Japan uses sealed bids with bidders writing bids and names on slips of paper. Bids are placed in a box, and once no more bids come the auctioneer opens the box and the highest bid wins the property.
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Japan
Not a Fighter Sword Marks Father’s True Story
The host notes the guest’s sword bears a stamp stating it was made in 1899. When asked about his father’s war service, the guest clarifies he was not a veteran but a traveling salesman for a regalia house, per Judge.
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Regalia
Dahlonega Directory and County Officials Listings
Lumpkin Superior Court convenes on the third Mondays in April and October. County officers include J. F. Pruech Ordinary and J. F. Sargent Sheriff. Dahlonega directory lists mayor H. Jones, city officials, banks, attorneys, merchants, professionals, schools, and hotels as part of local civic community.
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Lumpkin Superior Court
J. B. Jones
Toveoa
Judge Superior Court
Robert McMillan
Clarkesville
Court of Ordinary
County Board of Education
Carl Shultz
W. D. Haney
Bourd of
J. F. Pruech
O.C. Head
J.F. Sargent
Sheritf
J. M. Ricketts
W. M. Grindle
M. Moore
F. C. Cavender
Homer Head
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