Isn’t This Town A Pretty Good Town
A local appeal urges residents to support their town by buying at home and keeping money and people from leaving. It stresses collective effort, warns against reliance on distant cities, and calls for readers to ask home merchants for needed goods. The message urges unity to strengthen the town.
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Home Merchant
Understanding Fire Insurance and Policy Valuation
A 19th century perspective explains that fire policies cap recovery at actual pre fire value, not the sum insured. The insurer may reinstate the property under statute, but payout stops at true pre fire worth, regardless of the stated amount.
Patents Must Be Granted to True Inventors
The law requires patents go to the actual inventor, not the officer. Some factories issue patents in the president’s name to honor him, but such patents risk invalidity if the invention was conceived and made wholly by an employee without officer input.
Incomplete Patent Claim Attributed to Real Inventor
A fragment from Edwin J. Prindle in Engineering Magazine notes the inventor missed the chance to patent the invention in their own name before circumstances prevented further action. The remark underscores issues of priority and attribution in early patent history.
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Edwin J. Prindle
Engineering Magazine
The Huguenots Essays by Chicago Pupils
Two student essays discuss the Huguenots. One poem by Evangeline portrays them kindly though it lacks rhyme. The other compares the Huguenots to a devouring machine used by Moguls in India, described as deadly and dragon eyed.
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Chicago
France
Victor Hugo
Jean Valjean
Evangeline
India
Quip Rebuttal Between Bright And Manners In Commons
In the house of commons John Bright quoted lines by Lord John Manners, jokingly praising the young author’s wit. Manners retorted that he would rather be the foolish youth than the malignant old man who quoted them.
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House of Commons
John Bright
Lord John Manners
Lord John
Great Tribune
Mozart Life and Works Overview
The article outlines Mozart's life from youth to maturity noting his first mass before age ten and a prolific output across twenty seven years. It lists forty one symphonies, fifteen masses, over thirty operas and dramatic works, forty one sonatas, and many vocal and concerted pieces across nearly every area of music.
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Mozart
Calves In a Meadow Sparks Compliment Talk
Stippler asks if Miss Kutts admired the paintings. Dobber says she felt a great deal of the artist’s self in the work. Stippler notes the praise and mentions the displayed piece titled Calves In a Meadow.
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Stippler
Real Reform Dibbles This Time on Rhymer and His Wife
The column recalls how Rhymer married a wealthy wife to reform his ways. Dibbles notes he has not written a poem since the couple faced the parson, suggesting the marriage achieved change.
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Dibbles
Rhymer
Chicago News
New York Press Excerpt Sparks Old Romance Reflections
A fragment from the New York Press features Penelope and Gladys recalling past passions. Penelope comments on wine and romance as she remembers a former lover. The brief dialogue hints at enduring longing and nostalgic sentiment.
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Gladys
Penelope
New York Press
The Short Lived Dog
A piece from Westminster discusses the lifespan comparison between dogs and humans. It explains a dog’s age in canine years approximating seven human years per dog year, noting puppyhood, adolescence, and prime and that ten dog years roughly equal seventy human years, with extreme dog ages exceeding typical human limits.
Old Leather Turning To Prussian Blue Dye And Goods
Old leather is treated with sulfur chloride to harden it, then ground to powder and mixed with resin or glue to mold into combs buttons and other items. Potash from leather and pear ash with iron hoops forms cyanogen and creates Prussian blue pigment for dyeing or pigment use.
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London Boot and Shoe Trades Journal
Valor and bravado in a Hobbs family tea table tale
Youthful William recalls his father Mr. Hobbs as a valorous man who intervened in a street fight. The tale underscores admiration, family pride, and the father’s fearless stance, with a touch of humorous bravado at the tea table.
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Mr. Hobbs
William
Mrs. Hobbs
Willy
Cock Crowers An Extinct Trade
An antiquary notes cock crowers were once paid by the rich to crow the hour in town houses. They mostly announced dawn but during Lent they crowed all night as penance. Boys were trained from childhood and sometimes throat operations were done to produce a cocklike crow.
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London Graphic
Influence of a single life on human happiness
The passage asserts that no person can enter the world without affecting the total happiness of humanity across all ages. It denies any retreat from moral responsibility, stating there is no place to escape one’s influence. Everyone alters the world’s moral destiny through their actions and relationships.
The Usual Way London Lady quip on youth and age
A London Lady notes a mother forbidding social gaiety to her daughter who wishes to see the folly of such matters. The daughter replies that she too wants to witness the folly of youth. The remark captures the witty exchange about age and folly.
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London
Misfit In Los Angeles Personal Exchange Noted
Dialogue from a Los Angeles newspaper records a tense exchange between Mrs Misfit and Mr Misfit. Mrs Misfit asserts she married him despite an earlier suitor while Mr Misfit laments a lost possibility in a fragment from a local society column.
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Mr. Misfit
Mr¢e
The Joy of Life in Richmond Insight
A reflective note from Richmond on the value of giving and receiving freely as a life blessing.
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Richmond
Three Parties Hosted by Mrs Southard at 721 Tenth Street
Mesdames S H Southard W J Rowe and A W Ferguson hosted three social afternoons at 721 Tenth Street last week. A thimble party on Thursday featured pink and white carnations and ferns with 50 guests. Friday offered a 500 game with prizes for Mrs Charles Wheeler and Mrs W Wilson, about 50 attendees. Saturday's 500 event drew around 60 ladies, with Miss Almata Asmus and Miss Kendel winning prizes.
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Mesdames
S. H. Southard
W. J. Rowe
A W. Ferguson
Tenth Street
Ralph King
G. H. West
T. Neill
James Rowe
Charles Wheeler
W. ©. Wilson
Lynn Carrel
Almata Asmus
Miss Kendel
Mesda‘nes James Rowe
C. T. Neill
Edna West
Thimble Party Honors Visiting Ladies From Detroit
Mrs Will Nichols hosted a pleasant thimble party last Friday afternoon to honor her mother Mrs B Randall and Mrs G H Mitchell of Detroit Michigan who are visiting. About 30 ladies attended and enjoyed fancy work and light refreshments served from small tables.
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Will Nichols
B. Randall
G. H. Mitchell
Detroit
Mich
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Support
We thank friends neighbors and W. O. W. members who assisted us after the death of our husband and father Laura Conaway and children express gratitude for support during our bereavement
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Laura Conaway
Referee Appointed for Water District 3 Notice
In Larimer county Colorado the court appoints W H C Taylor as referee to oversee a water rights proceeding for Water District No 3. The order requires publication of notices, posting of copies, and publishing in a public paper in Larimer and Weld counties before a stated deadline.
Water rights notice for Mountain Supply Ditch Co petition
Public notice dated March 15 1907 in Fort Collins Colorado says Mountain Supply Ditch Company seeks water rights from the Big River watershed. Interested owners and corporations must file objections or evidence by the listed date with the referee at Colorado building Fort Collins. First published March 24 1907 in Greeley.
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Con Oudre
Terein
Colorado
Fort Collins
W. J
Taylor
L. R. Rhodes
L. R. Tem
Petitioner
PMD Sc
Greeley P
Notice of Arthur Irrigation Company's Petition in Larimer County
The Arthur Irrigation Company petitions to change the point of diversion for up to eight and one tenth cubic feet per second of water from the Watrous Whedbee and Secord Ditch. The court set May 28, 1907, for hearing at the Colorado court house in Fort Collins.
Re-Petition Seeks Change of Water Diversion Point
Notice in Larimer County Colorado informs owners of decreed water rights in Water District No. 3 that The Larimer County Canal No. 2 Irrigating Company petitions to relocate its headgate from Cache la Poudre River to a site near Point of Rocks above Laporte. A hearing is set for May 2, 1907, at 2 p.m. in Fort Collins. the decree of 1882 remains in force.
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State of Colorado
Larimer
State of
Colorado
Mountain Supply Ditch Company
Cache la Poudre
W. H.C. Taylor
Larimer and
Weld
Lion
Mencing
Col
Cour
Riies
Statorado
Arthur Irrina
Ena
Cacheg Pada
Peti
Arthur Irrigation Company
Cord
Collins
Whedbee
Secord
Watrous
Cache la Poudre Rive
John Brown
Laporte
Arthurln Gation Company
Cache la Poudre Rin
Fort Collins
Arthur Irrigate Company
Petioner
Beenme
Andes
Harry H. Hartman
District Cour
Larimer Cou Canal No
Cachelare
Petitio
Larimer County Canal No
Iiming Company
Ing
Court House
Larimer County
Cachea 10
Petition
Tioner
Joy Grier
Coure Maar
Harry H. Hartma
A. Af Odes & ‘Temple
Tie Iublicati
Greeley
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J. D. Potter
M. Stone, Jr
I Aithouse
Scott & Kitson
Hoyt
Pratt
Greeley, Colorado
Merrill Pianos
Pianos
Merrill Piano Mfg. Co
Boston
the Thompson Music Co
Greeley, Colo
F. A. Gates
New York
St. Louis
San Francisco
Fire Insurance
Lord Manners
Westminster
Thimble Party
Refsree
Harry P.game