Local Official Titles List fragment
A fragmentary OCR item lists officials including Treasurer GEO. O. ALLEN Auditor Wid. POL Sheriff AMUNSSON Dr. Clark NEL County Attorney Sam SLOOLLESS Recorder DAVIDSON Superintendent of Schools B VUALLWELA Leecence Surveyor with unclear spellings and missing context in the clipped text.
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Geo. O. Allen
Ans Amunsson
Clark
Sam’ Sloolless
Acedeien Recorder
Davidson
Vuallwela Leecence
Chamois Coasters On Alpine Snow Explain Playful Slope Sport
A New York Herald report describes chamois on an Alps snow slope coastling for sport. A herd climbs to the top, crouches, slides down in groups, then repeats the run, racing like sleds while the others watch with interest. The 1400 yard course produced powdery snow clouds as the animals enjoyed the activity.
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Alps
New York Herald
Chamois
Woman’s Head for Business Prominent Female Advisor
A Louisville Times report highlights a country woman praised for sharp judgment in farming and household management. Her expertise in crops soils stock and flowers drew rural farmers, while local wives resented their husbands relying on her advice and cultivated a wary view of women’s suffrage allies.
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Louisville
Thief Caught by Turtles on Train
A Japanese traveler aboard a train hid a live turtle crate under his arm to avoid transport costs. A pickpocket pried the trunk, reached inside, and turtles bit his fingers, leading to his capture and punishment for railway rule violations. The tale follows with notes on science and aerial navigation progress.
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Japan
Welfare and crime trends in Great Britain and London
A summary of 19th century British social statistics notes 702367 relieved poor in Britain, 21 of 1000 Londoners foreign born, 200000 summer amusements in London, 600000 countryside, Phenomenon’s 17 miles in 53 minutes harness record, 9891 traffic injuries in London with 207 deaths, government gifts to females in postal service, high short prison sentences, royal family death on Saturdays, decline of tramps, and army navy enlistment impact on crime trends.
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Great Britain
London
Paris
England
William III
Anne
Georges
Duchess of Kent
Prince Consort
Princess Alice
Women Training As Sign Painters In Berlin Exhibit Planned
A Berlin trend shows women training as sign painters while Germany seeks a form of fashion identity. Minnesota data notes women at 14 percent of wage earners and friendly society members averaging 13 sick days yearly. Historical notes recount Roman wig habits and German hair dyes and soaps used in antiquity.
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Berlin
Minnesota
Germany
Rome
Ovid
Industrial Briefs Highlight Global and Local Production
Britain produces 12,000,000 hats yearly and 6,000 bedsteads weekly in Birmingham. Europe covers 3,555,000 square miles. 2,888,000 grow crops. Mexico buys all its shears from the U S. A brickmaker can lay 4,000 bricks daily. a 16 horse power machine makes 80,000 in the same period. Japanese paper loses distinctiveness due to European methods. A 60 pound load on level ground uses 28 foot tons. a dock laborer uses 325 foot tons per day. In 1760 Norwich employed 150,000 in woolen industries. railway bridge builders favor fir timber from the north Pacific. Britain’s rail and sea steam-power are close to 4,000,000 horsepower. Pennsylvania coal mines grew from 705 in 1891 to 943 in 1901, up 25 percent.
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England
Birmingham
Norwich
North Pacific
Great Britain
Pennsylvania
Not Commonly Known Historical and Linguistic Facts
California could be split into three states the size of New York. Russian chronologists fix Creation at 5508 B C. The island of Chios is about 29 centuries old. Philologists list 13 original European languages including Greek Latin German and Slavonic. Tawdry derives from St. Audrey. Medieval fairs on St. Audrey’s day grew known for gaudy jewelry. Greeks and Romans had no weeks until they borrowed the system from the East.
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California
New York
Chios
Aegean Sea
Fragments of Humorous Quips and Domestic Anecdotes
A collage of short, humorous items from early 20th century rag humor. Jokes on generosity and manners, a magistrate’s quip in an assault case, a pun about church plates and theater seats, Irish recruits, epidemics, quick thought, neighborhood dynamics, petty payback schemes, and a speaker’s admonition to take life by the horns. Strong, unnamed voices mix with dated slang and light satire.
Honest Neighbor Gets High Praise in Nonsense Bits
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips from various papers. It features the boastful neighbor praised as honest, playful delusions about urban life, and quick wits about court, love, and family mishaps. Notable lines touch on politics, shopping, and light romance as snippets unfold.
Beauty Contest Coupon Entrants Sought by Republican Party
A clipped notice invites readers to cut out a coupon and write the name of the lady they deem most beautiful. The winner will enter the state contest for the Girlish World’s Beauty event, with junior votes not published for retail.
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Carrica
Lovin GiLone - Desockar
Emmet
Vuthig
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Red River Valley land offers and services from Estherville brokers
The notice highlights land seekers in Minnesota and the Red River Valley, with Jas Fletum er and Richtmyer Brothers offering to locate homesteads and finance balances. It advertises corn samples, land tickets, and auction services, plus wagon and blacksmith work, coal sales, and a large stock of musical instruments. It also promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for minor wounds and invites job orders at the Republican office.
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Red River Valley
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Soldiargy
North Dakota
Landseekers
JAS
Fletumer & UC
Estherville
Emmet County
Iowa
Train schedules and land ads mix in 1898 notice
A clipped 1898 page snippet shows railway timetable details for Es therv ily and Minneapolis St Louis with passenger and freight numbers, plus a North Dakota land sale notice from crete & Lamb offering 100000 acres for farmers.
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Garac North
NG South
North Dakota
Crete & Lamh
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