FOR SALE AND WANTED ADS FROM OLD PACIFIC TOYA
FOR? MARKET Sweet bbage and tomato plants for sale Isvill be prepar eto furnish the above variety of nis in abundance to both ries that of Glenwood and aneil Bhifts also to any citizen Come and ged me or send oder Hw & Tucker Old Pacific Toya Tidependent Phone AGENTS WAnTED at once first class proposition big commis sion Write today Bartlett Supply Co Brown Bik Omaha Nebr FOR SALE AN excellent organ in good repair worth 40 will sell for half that Also drop load sewing machine in first class running condition Inquire WB Brown Glenwood Jr Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds and Single Comb Buff Leghorn epes for hatching Eggs from pen 1 2 3 per setting Phone Bell Red 1920 FH Wallace 217 Lafayette Ave Council Bluffs Iowa 41s FOR SALE Good second hand riding sister L Geil
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Glenwood
Oder
Tucker
Old Pacific
Toya
Bartlett Supply Co
Brown Bik
Omaha
Nebr
W. B. Brown
Glenwood, Jr
Rhode Island
Bell
Wallace
Lafayette Ave
Council Bluffs
Towa
Mills County Abstract Company promotes early abstracts
Real estate deals are delayed by defective titles this spring. Abstracts cure defects, and Mills County Abstract Company in Glenwood, Iowa, claims to have the only properly equipped Abstract Books in Mills County. Prices available. new millinery goods by Martha Myers.
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Mills County
Mills County Abstract Company
Glenwood
Iowa
Wall Paper Paints Varnishes Selling at Half Price
Having purchased the complete stock of wall paper paints and varnishes of O. H. Marsh I can supply you in the most satisfactory manner. All such can now be had of my stock at one half the usual selling prices. Give me a call before buying elsewhere.
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O. H. Marsh
Dickens and Son Reunite After 45 Years in London
A vivid reminiscence recalls the farewell at Waterloo when Charles Dickens urged his son Alfred Tennyson Dickens to keep up his pluck. The young man later toiled in the Australian bush for decades before returning to London, now with white hair, to reclaim his roots and reflect on their long separation.
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Waterloo Station
London
England
Rochester
Charles Dickens
Alfred Tennyson Dickens
Flathead People and Head Shaping Across Cultures
In a Wide World Magazine note, C. H. Hawes reports that some groups such as Armenians and highland tribes bandage babies to flatten or shape the skull, while in Crete most mothers also bind heads but with looser, brief bandages. The practice shows regional variation and is rarely lasting or damaging.
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Asis Mijor
Crete
Cretar
C. H. Hawes
The
Wide World Magazine
Maori Telephone Lines Unveiled by Progressive Maori Group
In northern New Zealand Maori villages near Waiomie Qohaewai and Kaihoe construct their own telephone lines with solid, secure connections. At a recent meeting to extend service a wash basin served as the official fund receiver, with over 1500 dollars raised. Two days of discussion preceded decisions amid much pork and fish dining. The evenings see downtime filled by gramophone music.
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New Zealand
Waiomie
Kawakewa
Qohaewai
Kaihoe
Gramophone
Dinner Bell of the House of Commons tale
The London Chronicle recalls a speaking moment in the House of Commons when David Hartley earned the nickname Dinner Bell for speeches that lingered. Sir Robert Walpole once rose, left, changed into riding dress, returned, only to find Hartley still speaking at length.
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House of Commons
David Hartley
Commons
Robert Walpole
Hampstead
David Hartley Sill
London Chronicle
Leaning Tower of Pisa Found On Ring Base, Commission Finds
A royal commission report states the Leaning Tower of Pisa rests on a ring shaped masonry base with an inner diameter of 24 feet 3 inches, matching the tower’s inner span. The 177 foot high structure was 14 feet 5 inches out of plumb in 1829 and has tilted further by 0.0055 foot per foot of height since, with a five inch deflection from an 1834 earthquake.
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Pisa
Dr Thirdly Stirs Dinner Reminiscence In Washington
Champ Clark at a Washington dinner pleaded for patience with a rambling speaker known as Dr Thirdly. Clark quipped he would arrive if given time as Dr Thirdly attempted to divide his sermon into heads. A congregant shouted for meat and the doctor replied he would pause only after carving finished.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Happiness as a Habit The Mental Bank of Health
The passage urges building happiness as a daily habit, linking joy to health and efficiency. It warns anger wastes vital energy like tossing money from a banker’s vault, arguing emotions shape character and bodily condition and that harmony yields productivity and well being.
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Orlson Sweet Maiden
Happines
Kitchen of Olden Time Across Historic Kitchens
A reminiscence of medieval kitchens highlights size and devices. At Hurstmonceaux a 28 foot high kitchen with three great fireplaces. a bakehouse 34 feet in diameter. Penrhyn Gid Hall near Llandudno shows fifteenth century contrivances like a mine attack flywheel and a fan bellows. Battle Abbey and St Marys Hall Coventry house notable kitchens and the knaves post. An April 19 1206 order to Hugh de Neville required roofed royal kitchens at Clarendon Marlborough Ludgershall with furnaces large enough to roast two or three oxen.
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Hurstmonceaux
Penrhyn’ Gid Hall
Llandudno
Battle Abbey
St. Mary's Hall
Coventry
Hugh de Nevill
Clarendon
Marlborough
Ludgershall
Two Dominant Instincts in Life and Society
The article argues two hereditary drives govern life. One seeks to maximize self through personal gains, the other to be sociable and cooperative. When pushed to extremes, the first fosters selfishness and tyranny, while the second erodes individuality, yielding obedient conformity as seen in ants and bees.
Indian fruit cuckoo strategy against crows
The Indian fruit cuckoo uses a complex tactic to lay eggs in other birds nests. The hen hides in foliage while the cock calls from a perch near a crow nest to draw attention. Crows chase the courtship, and the male flees as the female slips in to lay an egg, sometimes racing risk if the crow returns.
Man complains of joke curveball on street
Billy Thompson, former councilman, reports a neighbor's jokes are getting out of hand. He recalls a robin remark and an exchange about a robin in February. Thompson recounts a joke about his wife robbing his pockets of 10086 change while he slept, noting the man will face trouble if he keeps it up.
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Billy Thompson
Cleveland
Intense Light and Eye Fatigue in Arctic and Urban Contexts
The article discusses how retinal strain depends on total light received rather than intensity alone. It notes Eskimo protection against glare with wooden halos and explains glare relief from smaller bright areas. It compares distant electric glare to large arc lights and suggests intensity can be tolerated if the illuminated area is small.
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Arctic
Lof
Lost The Old Time Figures In A Montgomery Advertiser Query
The Montgomery Advertiser recalls a bygone era through a series of questions about an old fashioned man whose squeaky shoes walk a church aisle a distant cowbell determining Blossom’s state a bonneted girl sweeping yards a schoolboy using a glate as a shelf a house wife counting holes in a quitting frame a stern trap in a smokehouse a left side milk rule a boy carving initials on a sweet gum tree a young man tipping his hat to elders and a Friday night romp with a negro near a forbidden cane patch, probing memory of community life.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Peculiar Mexican Liquor Called Comiteca Emerges Local Product
A note describes a local Chiapas spirit named Comiteca, produced exclusively in Comiten within a twelve mile radius. The drink uses the agave species naguby as its base and is stated to be unique to this region, with no similar production elsewhere in the country.
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Nm Comiten
State of
Chiapas
Mex
Teroor
Gracking Nuts and Fainting in Public Spaces
The text discusses cracking pecans and keeping nuts whole and fine after handling. It references Adem as the last bum sport and describes faintness as loss of consciousness from reduced brain blood supply, common in crowded places. It notes a New York motor boat study school.
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School For
New York
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