Mother Mary Teresa Awarded Legion of Honor in France
A French general crowns Mother Mary Teresa with the Legion of Honor after recounting her long record of peril and self sacrifice. He notes wounds from Balaklava to Magenta and her act saving an ambulance by shielding it with a grenade before falling back to a hospital.
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Mother Mary Teresa
Legion of Honor
France
Balaklava
Magenta
Syria
China
Mexico
Reischaffen
Mother Teresa
Frederic Rowland Marvin
Musicians Scarcity and Air Weight Tales From Old Times
The piece cites trends in music demand across eras, from public opinion on musicians amid conservatories to Henry VIII and Elizabethan choirs securing voices. It also describes the weight of air, noting a test of compressed air raising vessel weight and detailing how air mass varies with temperature and elevation.
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Henry M. Brooks
England
Elizabeth
Lunar physics teased in moonward athletic bragging
The piece jokes that a terrestrial athlete would reach 120 feet in a running broad jump on the moon, could clear a barn with ease, and would carry six times as much weight and run six times faster, since lunar gravity is one sixth that of Earth.
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Earth
Quotable Deliberations on Morals and Manners
A fragment quotes Emerson on preferring honest company to a disreputable person, arguing that moral qualities govern life though at close range the senses dominate. The brief reflects social judgment and personal virtue in a historical tone.
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Emerson
Frisco Disaster Death Toll Drops by Demographic
Official San Francisco health department report to the state board of health lists 452 deaths from the April 18 disaster. Causes include 226 from collapsing walls, 177 from fire, seven shot, two from ptomaine poisoning from emergency canned goods. 420 whites and 32 from Chinese Japanese and Black communities.
And He Escaped Miss Jingleby Provokes Mixed Reactions
A Cleveland Leader snippet records Miss Jingleby as either grouchy or considerate in tone. The exchange shows two contrasting propositions and a refusal to sing, reflecting social satire.
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Jingleby
Cleveland
Etowah Mining and Ditch Company charter petition
Georgia Lumpkin County petition from Kansas City investors to incorporate as The Etowah Mining and Ditch Company for 20 years with capital stock of 400000 dollars, power to increase to 1000000, and broad mining, dredging, water power, real estate, and railroad operations, including eminent domain and bonds. Office in Auraria with possible branch offices. Filed September 11, 1906.
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State of Georgia
Lumpkin County
Superior Court
Said County
George F. Curry
Thomas Harrison
George Willham
McIntosh
City of
Kansas City
County of
Jackson
State of Missouri
Etowah Mining and Ditch Company
Auraria
Georgia
D. L. Cook
Etowah Mining & Ditech Company
D. L. Coox
Fairmount Real Estate Prospectus in Gordon County
Fairmount is the new town on the L N Railroad in Gordon county. The promoters secure many business and residence lots and plan spring excursions to Fairmount with remaining lots offered at auction later. The area boasts a school, a bank, rich valley land, and Elberta peaches with a forecast of at least 2000 residents soon. Potential investors are urged to write for details and watch the ad for excursion and auction dates. FAIRMOUNT REAL ESTATE CO. Mawsob Ergin, Secretary.
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Fairmount
Gordon County
Jordon County
Fairmount Real Estate CO
Mawsob Ergin
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Atchison Globe
Frisco
William 8. Hurr
Orvier
Nugget Office
Nuneer
J.P
Justice’s Court
G. H. McGuires Jeweler’s Store
North Georgia Agricultural College
Dahlonega, Ga
G. R. Glenn
Dahlonega
Ahlonega
Il- Dal
Agricul Ee
Stan
Bis
W. L. Ash
I’reshest & P Drugs
G. H. Jones
Nyora
John H. Moore
Simmons
Dahloneg
G. Fr. Moore
Gollege St
Gainesville
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