Auction Notice of Personal Property in Ont Bay Area
At 1 p m the following property will be sold including a cast iron range Cole hot blast heater bedstead with springs library table stand stool chairs toilet set jarze cupboard safe lamps and more plus a bay mare one mule hog and farming gear. Cash under ten dollars credit six months on notes for larger sums. T Longfellow auctioneer James Temple clerk Beek.
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T. LONGFELLOW
James Temple
J. A. Beek
Household goods sale at Greensboro on Church Street
Harvey M. Porter announces a sale at his home on Church Street Greensboro starting 1 p m 1928. Items include wicker living room set piano Victrola records electric bridge lamp dining suite rugs kitchen cabinet Red Star range and more with no reserve. If stormy sale moved to next Saturday and terms: cash under $10 and six month credit on approved notes. Auctioneer A J Chue.
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Holyoke
Subscription offer hides local reading offer details
An old newspaper line promotes subscribing to The Journal with a rate card showing Caroline and Outside prices. It presents a brief ad-like message without further context or dates.
Homesick by Douglas Malloch
A poem in 1928 by Douglas Malloch explores homesickness not as distance from home but as being away from loved ones at home. The narrator stays in a familiar room while relatives travel after a telegram, realizing homesick feelings come from missing Mother and Father rather than seas or distant places.
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Douglas Malloch
Mystery of Rheumatism and Heart Disease Link
A British health ministry report cites Sir George Newman that rheumatic infection, not hard work or weather, drives many under forty heart disease deaths. The exact nature of the infection remains unknown and urgent research is needed.
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ministry of health
George Newman
Kidding the Kids Milk Game Tactics
An excerpt from Pathfinder Magazine suggests a playful method to get children to drink milk. It advises using small glasses and making a game of sips, counting each one, and even wagering to beat the record. The aim is to encourage consumption through diplomacy and engagement rather than force.
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Tommy
Pathfinder Magazine
Beer origins claim ancient Egyptians learned from Babylonians
An Assyriologist Doctor Huber argues in a study published by the German Society for the History of Bibliography of Brewing that Egyptians learned beer making from Babylonians. Early records indicate Sumerians used beer in religious sacrifices, with hops emmer and barley refining the craft by the fifth millennium.
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oan
denis
Doctor Huber
German Society for the History of Bibliography of Brewing
Not Original Draft of Declaration Found in Library of Congress
The fate of the original Declaration draft is unknown but likely sent to the printer after adoption. The engrossed signed copy, once in the State Department archives, is now preserved in the Library of Congress and is publicly viewable under protection against handling and damage.
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Continental congress
State department
Library of Congress
The Charming Chandlers Meet The Ives At Card Club
Lucia and Alvin Ives visit the Chandlers at their Hope Street home. Mrs Chandler entertains but the meeting is awkward. Norman quarrels with Gilbert over a tricycle, leaving Lucia distressed and Alvin wary of social climbing. Later the Heaths invite them to lake and supper, seen as a brighter social option.
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CCIA IVES
Mrs. Chandler
Alvin
Mr. Chandler
Chandlers
Lucia
Heaths
Adelbert Baldwins
tillis
Lueld
cail
Archie Hills
Lucla
Laeta
tiim
Alvie
Gilbert
Norman
Chandler & Ives
Luela trought Norman
Luela
Luneh
Miss Gray
Hope
Ali Luela
Alyin
Lucien
ucla
Luca
Alevia
Florida
Lela
Mrs. Ieath
Barclays of London Great Banking House history tied to Big Five bank
The London Morning Post notes a monu mental history of Barclays and related Banks tracing 200 to 100 years of evolution. It recounts early goldsmith bankers and trader banks giving way to modern institutions and cites anecdotes about historic directors and literary circles connected to Barclays figures.
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Barclays bank
Great Britain
London Morning Post
P. OW. Matthews
London
Ing house
A. W. Take
Barclays Dunks
Barclays
Greenwich
David Bevan
Robert Cooper Lee Bevan
Trent park
anerlon
Deen movent
Douglas Kinnaird
Lord Byron
Southey
Franklin's Thrift Chain Idea Highlights Charity Practice
Thrift Magazine notes Benjamin Franklin helped a friend request a loan by linking repayment to aiding another in need. The scheme aimed to extend assistance through a perpetual chain, passing funds from one beneficiary to another.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Nlow
Thrift Magazine
Their Omission Andrey's nmiamma at the picture show
A child laughs at the film blurbs as preliminary explanations unfold. She reads credits listing Pen dally, Puffer, Snoop, Short, Begud, Begash, Grimm, Scant, and Short with Pass by and National Board of Censorship. She then asks why the gentle man's Appomattox was removed and why.
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Andrey
Pendally
Puffer
Snoop
Short
Begud
Begash
Grimm
national board of censorship
Appomattox
Kansas City
Best conductor of electricity and its expense
Best for electricity though its expense limits use silver to the most nearly perfect conductor of electricity Liberty
Minute Gas Measure A Bew Measuring Apparatus
A new device measures gas volumes as small as five ten-millionths of a cubic foot. The innovation claims precision suitable for scientific experiments and industrial uses, signaling progress in metrology and instrumentation.
Beneficent Light Lit by Carlyle Quotation
A short quotation extols light and kindling, stating that once love and light are kindled, they spread until all is luminous as attributed to Carlyle.
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Carlyle
Second Highest Mountain Aconcagua Ranks Second Place
The peak known as Mount Aconcagua in Argentina stands as the second highest mountain on Earth with an elevation of 23,080 feet.
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Aconcagua
Cale
Argentina
Easy to Trace Origin of Names of States
The piece outlines how most U S state names derive from Indian languages with Indiana meaning land of the Indians and debates on Oregon Wyoming. It notes ten states from personal names including Pennsylvania, five from places such as Rhode Island and New Jersey, two from physical features Vermont and Montana, and six from Spanish or Mexican roots in the West.
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Indiana
Oregon
Wyoming
Detroit Daily News
Colorado
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Vermont
Montana
Schoolmaster of Old Stern in Discipline
An 1886 People’s Magazine excerpt notes John James Mauherle taught for 61 years at a New England school. It records his pupils receiving 911,057 blows with two sticks, 24,410 red strokes, 29,889 rubs, 130,715 one hand slaps, 10,826 lip slaps, 7,005 ear boxes, 1,115,000 head raps, 12,342 Bible and catechism raps, and 618 kneelings on peas plus 777 on a three cornered block.
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People’s Magazine
New England
Bradford
N. H
John James Mauherle
Mathematics and intellect in nineteenth century thought
A Mobile Register excerpt discusses famous minds like Macauley and Emerson misjudged by mathematics, arguing that poor teaching, not lack of ability, explains struggles with numbers. It suggests many people possess greater intellectual capacity, hindered by mental indolence and wrong approach to learning mathematics.
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Macauley
Emerson
Grove Patterson
Mobile Register
Beheading Axe on Display at Whitehall Relic
The unused beheading ax from the 1820 Cato Street conspiracy sits in a glass case at the British home office in Whitehall London. The five conspirators were sentenced to be beheaded but were hanged first and executed on the scaffold. A masked resurrection man was paid 20 guineas to perform the beheading with a surgeon's amputating knife.
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Whitehall
London
Uone
Enemies of Cockroach in Europe Fly Parasitic four winged
A four winged fly in Europe parasitizes cockroaches by laying eggs in their egg capsules and has spread globally alongside its host. Its usefulness for roach control is reduced when a second four winged parasite targets the first. Other natural enemies include tree frogs said to clear a room of roaches if enclosed overnight.
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Europe
Diplomatic Corps Dress Declares Rank by Service Length
Pathfinder Magazine notes that civilian diplomats wear distinctive formal uniforms with gold on sleeve and collar indicating rank, dress swords worn by all. Precedence is based on length of service at a post, not country size, making the longest-serving ambassador the dean of the corps.
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Washington
diplomatic corps
Pathfinder Magazine
Notice to customers at Longfussu market in Peking
A merchant’s public notice from Longfussu market in Peking warns customers not to bring rickshaw boys to avoid commissions. The sign claims pushback with insults linked to high prices, implying pressure tactics to steer buyers away.
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Longfussu
Peking
Armistice Suspends Operations by Mutual Agreement
The armistice suspends military operations by mutual agreement of the belligerents. Duration is not fixed. Either side may resume operations with warning to the enemy within the agreed time and per armistice terms.
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Greensboro
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John L. Everngam
Marker Sr
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Milady
Hollingsworth
Wingsworth MILLINERY
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R. T. K. Garey
sharp
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HARVEY M. PORTER
A. J. Chue
Journal
Caroline
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
Manitoba
Maine
Molly
CHARMING CHANDLERS
D. J. Walsh
Barclays of London
Great Banking House
Franklin’s Thrift Chain
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