Prohibition Gains Ground in North Carolina
The W C T U column notes prohibition began January 1 in North Carolina with early signs of benefit. Merchants report higher cash sales and rents in Charlotte rose about thirty percent. Officials cite more misdemeanor cases during last saloon month and forty nine during the prohibition month, while businessmen say trade improved after holidays and liquor trade is blamed for poverty and crime.
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North Carolina
Friends of Temperance
Maine
Family Secrets and a Child's Ice Cream Demand
A father laments his six year old daughter talks too much at gatherings. She reveals family secrets, embarrassing parents and delighting guests. After a warning she stays quiet until dessert when she cries for more ice cream, insisting it would not be a family secret.
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Darling
Londom
Telegraph
Ibeatsto
N. Y
Pierce
John Fyfe
Department of Jhorpeutica
Tus Evecho
Selonias
Helenias
John King
M. D
Hale
An Unexpected Burns Lecture and Rural Verses
A noted speaker Augustus O Shea once opened a Dumfries audience with a daisy from Burns grave and, after an abrupt Burns aside, the crowd demanded Robe Robbie Burns and the lecture shifted to war tales. A rural quip ends with a farmer pleading a doctor visit for his weary wife after a long morning with chores and candlelit tasks.
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Burns
Augustus O'Shea
Dumfries
Robert Burns
Mr. O'Shea
Robbie Burns
Mr. O’shea
Mi o na tablets claim to cure indigestion
The ad asserts hundreds suffer from belching gas biliousness and nausea and that Mi o na tablets cure indigestion by removing the cause. It promises quick permanent relief and offers a 50 cent price with money back guarantee from Potts the druggist. It also claims the remedy helps thin people gain flesh by improving stomach nutrition.
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Potts
Miona
Trivial Cause of a Bloody War Unfolds Over Et Cetera
A Polish nobleman’s crime led him to flee to Sweden. John Casimir demanded surrender from Charles Gustavus, whose dispatch featured unequal et cetera counts. Sweden declared war, waged bitterly until peace at Oliva in 1660. Kochowsky lamented the missing eight letters that sparked the bloodshed.
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Lech
Sweden
John Casimir
Poland
Charles Gustavus
Oliva
Danzig
Kochowsky
Lord Penzance’s Acquaintance in Covent Garden Market
In Covent Garden market an early morning stroll brings Mr Wilde into conversation with an amiable elderly gardener who has just bought a geranium. They discuss horticulture as they head toward Oxford Street. The encounter leads to Wilde meeting Sergeant Ballantine in a hansom cab.
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Lord
Sergeant Ballantine
Wilde
Ballantine
Covent Garden Market
Calcraft
London’ Academy
Notorious Slow Railroad Prompted Lampooning Past
An older military man recalls a southern railroad famed for slowness. In a Memorial Day letter to a local paper, a planter joked about begging along the line, recounting an aged veteran with a wooden leg keeping pace with the express between Paint Rock and Nola Chucky and annoying riders.
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The
Rapier
Sti Lg
Paint Rock
Nola Chucky
Gome
Ice Cream for Dinner Distresses Baltimore Girl
A Baltimore family story recalls a young girl distressed at discovering ice cream would be served for dinner. She reproaches her father hoping the revelation would have spoiled the day less, lamenting she could have anticipated the treat all day.
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Baltimore
Lippincott’s Magazine
Executor's Sale of Browne Estate in Beaverhead County Montana
Public auction to sell the real estate and mining claim of Joseph A. Browne deceased. The May 15, 1909 sale at 1 p m at the Dillon courthouse will transfer all titles held by the estate, including Faithful Quartz Lode Mining Claim, Mineral Certificate 2898, claimed in Vipond mining district. Sale subject to court confirmation and cash payment.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District of
Montana
Joseph A. Browne
County of
Beaverhead
State of Montana
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Vipond
United States Land Office
Application for Voluntary Dissolution in Beaverhead Court
In the Fifth Judicial District Beaverhead County Montana the Sehway Live Stock Company petitions for voluntary dissolution. Court orders publication for 30 to 50 days in Dillott Tribune and sets May 28 1909 as hearing date at 10 a.m. Objections may be filed. interested parties may appear. Dated April 21 1909 Hazel Naker Clerk of District Court.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District of
Montana
Beaverhead
Sehway Live Stock Company
Dillott Tribune
Alay
Court House
Dillon
Cie
Hazelnaker
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Beaverhead County
Jefferson County
Madison County
Madison ‘County
Lew L Cst Lawar
Annual Certificate for Publication State Auditor 1909
The First Russian Insurance Company of St Petershum is authorized to transact fire re insurance in Montana until March 31, 1910. The US branch statement lists paid in capital 20000.00 and total assets 548277.91 with liabilities 429703.45 and net surplus 278530.29, confirming compliance with Montana law.
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State of Montana
Office of State Auditor
Insurance Department
Helena
Montana
St. Petershum
Empire of Russia
H.R. Cunningham
U. S
U.S
Wolbers
H. R. Cunningham
State of
Franklin Fire Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
H. R.cunningham
H. R. Cunningnam
R.cunningham
H., R. Cunningham
Witerens
New York City
New York
R. Cunningham
German Alliance Insurance Company
Germania Fire Insurance Company
H R. Cunningham
Tan
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Goaster
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Pennl
J. L. Head Cycle Company
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H. R. Cunninonam
State Auditor
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Robert M. Gilbert
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Township
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Meridian
A. S. Johnson
James T. Bowen
Emerson W. Slack
James E. Phillips
Chris Markussen
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Register
U. S.land Office
William A. Jones
S. Range
F. A. Hazelbaker
Aaron Lindley
Ernest ©. Solway
George Baker
Hurley Leach
Frank D. Miracin
U.S. Land Office
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Millie J. Coffin
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