Galt’s innovation for the blind in library history
The Detroit News recalls Galt’s reform of braille style using lowercase letters to aid blind readers and notes early Bible printings for the blind. It mentions Howe printing the New Testament in 1888 and the Bible in raised characters in 1848, plus the 1865 English magazine for the blind and 1882 Perkins Institute circulating library.
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Galt
Detroit News
America
Doctor Howe
Julia Ward Howe
Perkins Institute
Boston
Doctor Thlowe
Glasgow
England
W. Taylor
Spasmodic Sermon Opens The Page
A brief line from the Indianapolis Star notes a spasm of sermon style as time wears on. The remark points to the aging of cultural rhetoric with a wry, newspaper voice.
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Indianapolis Star
Brackett Commissioner's Sale Of Lumpkin County Lands
The court appointed W. B. Brackere as commissioner to sell in Lumpkin County Georgia two parcels: an 800 acre tract made up of multiple lots and the undivided half of lot 881, plus two auraria town lots on Main Street containing residence. The sale, at the courthouse, December 1919, requires 10 percent earnest money and the remainder on confirmation.
Discharge Hearing Set In J W Lunsford Bankruptcy
In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia No 6498 In re J W Lunsford a petition for discharge has been filed and a hearing is ordered for November 29 1919 at 10 am in the United States Court room Atlanta Georgia creditors and others are notified to appear and show cause why discharge should not be granted.
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J. W. Lunsford
United States Court Room
Atlanta
Georgia
Furner
The Atlanta Journal Advertising Rates and Wire Services
The Atlanta Journal highlights its news reach through the Associated Press and leased wire services, promising world news quickly to Atlanta readers. Subscription rates are listed for daily, weekly, and monthly plans, with addresses for orders in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Daily Journal OG
Gaba
Esate
Buday Journal
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta
Georgia Administrator Sale of Alfred Grizzle Estate
In Lumpkin County Georgia the Court of Ordinary orders a public sale of the Alfred Grizzle estate assets. The auction at the county courthouse on the first Tuesday in December 1919 will include parcels 1123 and 1181 in the 11th District 1st Section and a gray eight year old horse, all to pay debts and for heirs distribution. Cash only. This November 3 1919. John H. Moore administrator.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Court of Ordinary
Georbadly Assacres
Alfred Grizzle Place
Alfred Grizz
Alfred Grizzle
Jouns H. Moore
Administrator Sale of Mary London Home Place in Lumpkin GA
By order of Hon. W B Townsend Ordinary of Lumpkin County Georgia the Mary M London home place in Lumpkin County is to be sold at public outcry on the first Tuesday in December 1919 at the courthouse door The combined tract totals about 171 acres consisting of Lot 149 of 40 acres plus part of Lot 148 totaling about 131 acres The land lies along Chestatee River and includes public road frontage The sale terms are cash Administratrix Mary M London deceased and Mrs Anion J Eidrony listed as administrator details note the property borders and exact bounds as described in the deed
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W.B. Townsend
Lumpkin County
Georgia
Court House
Hall
Dahlonega
Lot
Chestatee
Mary M. London
Mra
Anion J. Eidrony
Mary M
London
W. Js. Townsend
Said
Towit
Lumpkin
London Farm
Anion J. Enron
Robert 1
Administrator's Sale of London Farm Lumpkin County
The administrator's sale conducted by Mrs Anion J Enron as executrix of Robert London to take place on the first Tuesday in December 1919 at Lumpkin county courthouse. The property includes 112 1 2 acres comprising the Robt L London farm across parts of lots 140 141 and 148 in the 11th district first section with cash terms.
Lumpkin County Sheriff Sale and Road Discontinuance Notice
Sheriff will sell December first 1919 at the Lumpkin County courthouse to the highest cash bidder the following lands in Lumpkin County Georgia 69 acres more or less in the 11th District land lots 1232 1216 part not deeded and all of land lot 1217 40 acres more or less to satisfy a special and general judgment against F J Williams deceased and H B Smith as administrator the sale to satisfy a court execution issued October 28 1919 by the Lumpkin Superior Court The notice also states the Morse Bros Lumber Company seeks to discontinue an old road from Milbury Stancis Place chestatee militia district along Fields Creek to the John Fields place if no objections arise the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues will rule on November 16 1919 in Lumpkin County Georgia
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Superior Court
Mary E. Brackett
B. H. Brackett
Mary I. Brackett
Court House
Lumpkin
State of Georgia
Main Street
Auraria
Brackett
J. BE
11Th
F. J. Williams
J. S. Tate
H. B. Smith
M. Davis
Tompkin County
Morse Bros. Lumber Company
Milbuory Stancis Place
Chestatee Malitia District
Said County
Fields Creek
Old John Fields Place
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Said Road
Jons H. Moone
China Board of Roads and Revenues
City Bakery and Grocery List of Various Goods
A catalog entry from a city bakery and restaurant lists Salmon, oysters, crackers, tomatoes, pickles, olives, honey, canned fish, fish lakes, mustard, tea, coffee, sausage, dressing, pepper sauce, cocoa, evaporated milk, corn starch, prunes, raisins, canned peaches and many other items. The note enumerates staple foods and kitchen supplies likely offered for sale.
Man's Wonderful Makeup Revealed In Curious Chemistry
A whimsical, oddball passage claims a man contains about 60 lumps of sugar and 20 spoonfuls of salt. It suggests if distilled into water he would yield about 88 quarts, exceeding half his weight, and notes starch, chloride of potash, magnesium, sulphur and hydrochloric acid in his body.
Toad Memorial and Hard Times Tales From Northumberland
A Boston Herald column surveys odd medieval crimes and local lore from a Northumberland book. It recounts a 1783 stone mason George Wilson who enclosed a toad in a wall with wine and plaster, the toad later freed by carts, and other cases including a man punished for playing a bagpipe on a Sunday and Elizabeth Mills fined for scolding and frying fish on the Lord's Day.
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Philip Hale
Calumn
Boston Herald
Northumberland
England
George Wilson
Elizabeth Mills Wis
Star Patient Causes Stir At Sunnyside Hospital
A seven year old tuberculosis patient from Sunnyside caused a disturbance in the city hospital overnight after asking for a sleeping porch. The boy, known as a star caretaker, threw shoes through a window when a nurse refused to open it and later cried out in protest amid freezing weather. Chinese confectionery skills are noted for their secrecy as workers can hollow oranges and eggs without detectable damage.
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James
Sunnyside
Indianapolis News
On Shaving and Royal Habits Through History
The piece notes Pliny crediting Scipio Africanus as the first to shave daily. It adds a Talleyrand hint about whether Scipio shaved himself or was shaved, and cites Napoleon’s remark that kings have others shave them while those who rise to power shave themselves.
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Pliny
Scipio Africanus
Mr. Africanus
Talleyrand
Napoleon
Tennessee Lady Run-Down
After illness overwork and worry the ad touts Ziron Iron Tonic as a quick dependable strength booster. It quotes Mrs Emma Manus of Las Cassas Tennessee praising its effects and claims the tonic is safe for all ages with a money back guarantee.
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Emma Manus
Lascassas
Tenn
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W. B. Brackere
District Court of the United States
Norther District
South
Journal
Associated Press
News of the World
United Jessus’ Swill
Sheriff’s Sales
H. Watson
Townsend
TNO Relihef
Cardus
Cardui
Thera
Ami
Bly
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
Mrs
T. S. Littlefield
G H McGuire
Dahloniega
E. Shep
Moore & Harlys
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