Golfing feats and wagers in early Scottish golf history
Historical notes recount tall driving wagers in Scottish golf, including 1795 Burgess Society attempts over St Giese steeple and later feats by Donald Neleas and others. Describes challenging drives from Andrew Square and Burntisfield links, highlighting risk, crowding, and skill in steep tower-shot traditions.
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Burgess Golfing Society
St Giese
Scedes
Leith
Scoener
Heighst
Moore
Donald Neleas
Signet
Meivike
Andrew Square
Burnisfield Links
Westmaster
A Young Clergyman Aids Starving Family in City
A clergyman on his first parish visit found a family of four near starvation in New York. He gave $5 and helped raise $20 more. Days later he sought work for the husband as the family faced renewed hunger. The wife defended purchases like a baby carriage and coffee as essential to daily life.
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New York City
Appleton’s
A Curious Eighteenth Century Cough Remedy
In a January 1758 letter Mrs. Delaney notes a strange cough cure used for “Mary.” She describes boiling one to three snails in barley water or tea water, then dosing Mary with a quart of this infusion mixed into each liquid she drinks. The mixture must be freshly prepared every two to three days and kept secret.
Scotsman and fishwife aboard smoking carriage
A Scotsman in a third class smoking carriage tries to shoo away a fishwife with a creel. She ignores him and sits opposite, then produces a large black pipe and blows a thick smoke cloud, remarking that even he cannot claim all the draws.
A Detective Testifies In Purse Swallowing Case
A detective testified in a case of a woman shoplifter arrested in her home. He described the suspect swallowing items including a purse and pawn tickets, prompting the magistrate to interrupt. The exchange reveals a misstatement about the charge. The piece also includes humorous reflections on cleanliness, bathing customs, and British manners from a guest narrator.
The Don't Worry Theory and Practical Limits
The text argues that simple advice to stop worrying is impractical and dangerous. It compares suppressing worry to a mechanic stopping a valve engine with temporary energy redirected inward, suggesting the world needs more than mere exhortations.
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Vowlidon
Fragmented note on duties and inner work in faith
A garbled passage discusses how one should be taught to act in service to health and power, warning against waste and urging careful, honest work. It mentions God, spirit, and moral redirection of labor, with unclear references to writers and authorities.
Jemima Leaves Low Pay Kitchen For Better Offer
A servant who started with little cooking experience and poor pay proves quick to learn. She tells Mrs Millsap she will quit for a job offering $5 a week, then plans to bring sister to the same position for higher wages.
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Millan
Tho
Bat Tekem
Jemima
Trivial War Triggered by Missing Et Cetera
In 1654 a Polish noble fled to Sweden after a crime. John Casimir asked Charles Gustavus to surrender him. Sweden balked over two versus three et ceteras and declared war. Peace followed in Oliva near Danzig after bitter fighting. A contemporary lamented the eight missing letters cost many lives.
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Sweden
John Casimir
Poland
Charles Gustavus
Oliva
Danzig
Kochowsky
How a Horse Hoof Grows Like a Human Nail
The article explains that a horse hoof is like a human toenail, with horn growing similarly. Growth varies by shoeing, grooming, and feeding, averaging about a third of an inch per month. Fore hooves grow faster, toe takes 11 to 13 months to fully extend, hoofs grow down from heel in 3 to 5 months.
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New York
A Bibliophile's Reply and Dictionary Modesty
An essay cites a Cleveland Plain Dealer remark on dictionary use and modesty among men. It contrasts hidden knowledge fear with a bibliophile bishop Mandell Creighton who returns a borrowed Shakespeare edition with a playful exchange.
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Tian
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mandell Creighton
London
Tinan
Fhndly
Oyster shells as medicines for feeble children
Medieval doctors used ground oyster shells to treat rickets and scrofula. Modern notes claim shells provide lime and several minerals that aid weak children and could improve teeth when included in growing children’s food.
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Landon
Why He Refused Soup Etiquette Quip
A witty tale unfolds as a guest declines a second bowl while the hostess jokes about etiquette. The guest admits his concern was the soup itself, not manners, ending on a humorous note about taste over rules.
Dishes Dilemma Before Higgees Dinner
A court reports a wife explains the household dish shortfall as the reason for the dismissal of the cook this morning. The judge notes that at 11 a.m. only enough dishes remained to set the table.
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Higgees
Aunt Betsy’s Sunday Knitting Witty Rebuke in Church
An old Maine tale from Kennebec Journal describes Aunt Betsy knitting in church while the minister prepared his sermon. Her calm defiance, stating she never wastes a minute, sparked scandal yet amused listeners as she finished a stitch before the sermon began.
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Maine
Cee Game
Betsy
Kennebec Journal
Carlyle’s Domestic Infelicities Revealed by Mrs Carlyle
The excerpt presents Mrs. Carlyle’s view of her husband’s temper and habits. She notes his constant fault finding and, when content, his rare ease, illustrating a domestic routine where a wedge and window play into his irritability. The passage emphasizes intimate domestic dynamics and personality traits of prominent figures.
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Carlyle
Carlyles
Metaphor With a History and Light Humored Notes
A collage of quotations and cartoons discusses anthracite vs bituminous coal and an odd sentence by Willie. It includes a note on the proverb know a hawk from a hernshaw its falconry origin and a quip about ventilation and open windows. The items mix light literary references and jokes from various papers.
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Manchester Guardian
Quotations on happiness and benevolence humor
A brief collage of jokes from the Manchester Union and Chicago News about happiness. The lines compare thinking with feeling and joke about benevolence peaking at the head, then away from the pocketbook.
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Gyer
Myer
Chicago News
Manchester Union
Notice to Creditors for Estate of Plonin Ales
The notice informs creditors of the estate of Plonin Ales beuve about claims. It specifies the decedent’s residence in Westésteid and mentions executors or representatives with publication dated August 27, 1908.
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Plonin Alesbeuve
Plon
Westésteid
Weatheld
B. Vaduialatistor
Key
Cattle and Horse Brands Listed by Ranchers in Various Towns
A compiled column lists brands for cattle and horses owned by numerous ranchers across Braddock, Hazelton, Linton, Winona, and surrounding areas. Entries specify animal type, brand marks, and slaughtering locations such as left hip, right hip, left shoulder, or ribs, identifying owners like Alea H W Braddock, Baker Jon Hazelton, Davis Bros Beaver Creek Stock Farm, and many others.
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Alea
H. W
Braddock
Stereos
Andras W. B
Dale
Faber
Baker
Livona
Ander
Sekber
Ance—Hall
Depaker
John
Hazelton
Jobna
Strasby
Séathy
Bent
August
Catt
Late
Brooks
C. E
Winchester
James—Livona
Steanarey
Westfield
Wethers
Ewes Clark
Joseph—Dale
Eae
D. W
Sear Bor
Rand
Compean
Ea nStens
Glencos
Davis Bros
Beaver Creek
Linton
Davis
J. B
Hedblad
Olof
Aereres G.A
Herolz
H.J
Peterson
Armstrong
Petrie
A. L
Putnam
U. C
Rathbun
C. J
Kypkems
Riemer
Rush
van Soest
H.—Hull
M.—Hull
Hampton
Leh Weller
E. C._Hampton
P- Tibet
G—Atrashure
Bemane
Wavers Side Wollmann
Jacob—Winona
Notice to Contractors for Glanavon School District bids
Notice is given for bids to erect two school houses and an outhouse in Glanavon School District Emmons County North Dakota. Bids due by 7 p m Saturday October 17 must be sealed marked Two School-Houses and Out-house and addressed to L M Hawley Clerk Glanavon School District No 4. Successful bidder must post bond and ensure faithful work per contract terms. Dated Sept 5 1908.
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Ty L. J. Es Sisarics Therk of
Glassvon School
BN. D
Saterday
Jock
Neis
EU Veliyes
Tiicard
Ifirecters
Giasavon
M. Hawley
Fants
Hiserd
Glanavon
Emmons
North Dakota
Peste Io
L. M. Hawley
Glanavon Benco
Notice for Publication
Notice for publication appears with garbled text and scattered names. It mentions individuals and dates in a damaged legal notice style but the readable facts are insufficient to extract clear actions, authorities, or deadlines.
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Dad Sey
Tate
Exaxns
Trust Company
Cefemdaris
Exsoces
Siai
North Daksa
North
Cc. U. Smith
Listus
Nor Dak
Emmons County Abstract Company
L. A. Weatmensy
OfScia! Abstracter
Embora County
American Surety CO
A. M. Breitts. Poor
Bertheau
Vranocis Jaszkowiak
Twelfth Street
Bismarck
D. N
W.C. Wolverton
Linton, North Dakota
Vlamerty.s
Pharmact Phones
John Peterson
Mazelton North Dakota
Smith & Irvine
England
Little Willie
Willie
Peter Sien
Elsie
Misie
Eidie
Pearson's Weekly
Greece
Sid
St. Louis Republic
Nis
Backhans Herman — Linton
Dernbush
Loule
Weafield
Catsie
Picker
Jakob
Exeter
Frederick
Jas
Gnour
Hismarck
Gravink
Westfeld
Ee P.—Huil
D. Hogward
Ben—Emmonsburg
Winonsa
Huse
Winona
Klabunde
Kurtz
Marchant, W.j.—Linton
Maenider
William—Emmonsburg
Mandigo
W. W
Mikesell
J. W
Morford
M. B
Renakers
G. W
Spaulding
Harrie—Guayton
Laverly
Geo. A
Gayton
Todd
James
Tough
David
van Heukdlom
West
Arene Faesta
Giles
RAO Naery
McKibbin H
Calif
W. E. Petrie
Linton, Jn
FOX
Ev. Smith-Wallace Shoe CO
Stykes
Christ. Wolfer
Dacotah Lumber
Ravine Direct
Benicar
Orrcrn
Regal
D. L. Mead Cycle Company
Chicago
Orrion
Kuo
Warley
Fishee
Cominty
Kimmons County
N. D
Wuaby
Cintas Nt
N. O
Land Office
Clara San
Charles BR. Carley
Coun
N. C
Ben Johnson
Charles Lips
William Sechwah
Lint
M.H. Jew
Gsth
Evir
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