foreclosure sale notice on Nancy Day place in Durham NC
In a mortgage dated April 4 1902 Anderson Day and wife defaulted on a 140.1 note. On October 17 1908 at 12 00 M the Durham County Court House door will offer the Nancy Day place land for cash to the highest bidder. The property lies in Durham County adjoining Balam Tilley Kineh Kycroft Dock Kelvin Mertha Holloway Samel Beasley Capt W N Bowling Mt Level Church and contains about acres more or less. W J Hamrron Mortgage.
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W. N. Bowling
Mt. Level Church
W. J. Hamrron
Financial independence through disciplined saving
Excerpt urges building wealth by saving, stressing the impact of the first thousand dollars and the security of having money in the bank. It argues saving is a duty for financial independence, avoiding borrowing, and enabling modest living without excessive wealth. The words echo a New York Sun message on prudent personal finance.
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New York Sun
Thrifty Forehanded Farmer and a Child's Curious Gaze
A rural tale shows Katherine in Porshanded hearing a farmer praise a thrifty man as forehanded. She studies Mr B with curiosity, mispronounces words, and struggles to say what she wants, reflecting linguistic misunderstandings in a farm setting.
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Katherine
Mr. B
New York
How Printing Began and Early Pioneers in Type
Laurentius of Haarlem is said to have invented printing around A D 1450 using wooden types. Ghitenberts followed with metal cuts, then Peter Schaeffer perfected casting matrices. Frederick Corelli printed at Oxford in 114 with wonder types, and William Caxton introduced movable types in England.
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Laurentius of
Haarlem
Ghitenberts
Peter Schaeffer
Frederick Corelli Legan
Oxford
William Caxton
England
Fragmentary dialogue yields little clear news
A garbled text passage shows fragmented speech and garbled names with no identifiable event, date, or source organization. No coherent report or人物 details are extractable from the readable OCR snippet.
A Whitehaired Sermon Against Swearing at Cigar Shop
A veteran speaker in a cigar shop delivers a brief homily on removing swearing from daily talk. He argues the habit is useless and can be conquered with determination. The audience, local men, responds by planning a sign reading Gentlemen Are Requested Not to Swear on These Premises. Washington Post.
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Washington Post
A Schoolteacher Marries a Wealthy Widower
A successful schoolteacher marries a wealthy widower living with his servants since his first wife’s death. The morning after the wedding the bride reveals unfamiliarity with cooking, but responds gracefully when asked how to cook the beer. The cook leaves with a new respect for the mistress.
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Mary
Language puzzle in a repair shop dialogue
A dialogue shows a customer and salesman debating a pair of shears. The customer insists on a pair with two blades while the seller questions the two legs comparison, ending in silence. It reads as a linguistic quip about language and perception.
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Enone
Young cub reporter followed dentistry clue
Managing editor questions the new reporter and learns he was a dentist. The assistant confirms the man has written dentistry themed pieces, including a storm story using the phrase pullin out of the teeth of the gale.
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Chicago News
Distant Ages Baffle Train Passenger Conversation
A traveler recalls his aunt living to 196 while a drummer touts a 92 year grandmother. The dialogue continues with a claim about a relative dying at 64 and a corrected street address, 223 Broad Street Philadelphia Ledger, as the discussion exposes absurd ages.
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Broad Street
Adelphia Ledger
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