Value of Artistic Taste in Hiring a Clerk
A New York Press item notes a stationery store hires staff for good taste. A candidate was shown fancy cards and pictures and chosen for artistic judgment. The store relies on discretion since many customers cannot decide their own picks, and a skilled clerk must select truly artistic items. The London Mail adds a note about the sailor nickname Jack Tar evolving to Jack Firelock before Tommy Atkins.
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New York Press
Jack Tar
Jack Firelock
Tommy Atkins
London Mail
Dr Miles Heart Cure Advertises Nerve and Heart Support
A vintage medical ad promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a tonic for weak heart action and nerve control. It claims quick relief from short breath chest pain palpitations and fluttering with a testimonial from MRAL BARRON Covington Kentucky and notes price and return offer through Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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Miles
Mral Barron
Main St
Covington
Ruggist
Lands and timber offered in East Texas Smith County
The notice promotes land and timber in East Texas Smith County with prices cited as 10 dollars and 100 crows, praising climate and timber wealth. It invites free information from the Sec. Com'! Club in Tyler, Texas, and describes the area as part of a fruit and truck belt with good schools and low taxes.
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the Great Fruit and Truck Belt
Will Griffin Hacking Service Advertises Quick Orders
An endorsement announces Will Griffin hacking services with prompt execution of all orders. Contact phone listed as 263 for immediate attention.
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Will Griffin
Singer Sewing Machine Ad Promotes Reeves Machine for Women
An advertisement touts WwW. W. Reeves as the best source for a Singer Sewing Machine. It claims the Singer is the lightest running most durable and convenient with a red S emblem. Located at 9 Main St in October.
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Singer
Public Auction Notice for Turpentine Property in Alabama
Sheriff Fr W Butler of Houston County Alabama announces a public sale of all rights in 30 barrels of gum and related property on December 2 1907 during legal hours at the Harrison and Herring turpentine still near Co on Wood Houston County Alabama. Dated Dothan November 2 1907.
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Ding
Harrison
Houston County
Ala
Fr. W. Butler
Hous
Notice of Attachment in Carr v McCarty Case
Legal notice from Beat 3 Justice Court at Houston Alabama. A W H Carr holds an attachment dated November 4 1907 against John McCarty for personal property including a sewing machine bedstead boxes of goods chairs a baby carriage and bed springs. McCarty is a non resident of Alabama residing in Quincy Florida and is notified of the attachment and levy. Witnessed by M Cody on November 12 1907.
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Martha E. Croom
Geo Leslie
A. W. H. Carr
John McCarty
Justice Court of Beat 3
Houston County
Ala
Alabama
Quincy
Fla
Wonder of Antiquity and Cold Chemistry Report
Scientists measure petroleum ether contraction at extreme cold saying liquid air boils at 410 degrees below zero while ether stays semiliquid and contracts with cooling. The Laocoon statue was found in 1906 in the baths of Tua Rome and later placed by Pope Julius II in the Vatican. It is short of details about the sculptors from Rhodes.
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Halle
Baths
Tua
Rome
Julius II
Vatican Levy
Rhodes
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Gaines
Cooper
Dothan
Third National Bank
Duthan
Miles Medical Co
Elhart, Ind
Weith
East
Texas
Smith County
Sec. Com
Tyler
Www
W. Reeves
Sheriff Sale
B. J. McCardle
Accor
J. T. Wooten
Cardus
Lecta Forte
Toledo
Iil
Chattencaga Medicine Co
Cratarcana
Tema
Houston Co
Leve
Ystaca
A. W. H Carr
M. Cody
First National Bank
Ieee Si
Totacis
D. C. Carmichael
E. R. Malone
G. H. Malone
kKobt
Boyd
Devoe
C B. Edwards
Edwards & Broughton
Raliegh
N.C
He Bennett Hardware Co
Columbus, Ohio
Tyson & Jones
White Star
Columbus, Ga
Gies
Weber and Ebbert
McCormick
Poplar Head Mule CO
John Sanders
St. Andrews St
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