Relic Shotgun Sparks Duluth Ownership Battle
Roy McKenzie, famed as Duluth’s giant policeman, claims an old Hudson Bay gun recovered from Rainy River. Terry & Paine dispute the ownership, asserting the English double barrel was theirs after a Fort Frances fight around 1800 that cost many lives.
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Duluth
Minna
Roy McKenzie
Terry & Paine
Rainy River
Fort Frances
Hudson Bay
McKenzie
Mr. McKenzie
Rnderst
Classifieds Notice Rates and Payment Terms
The Daily Herald outlines pricing for ads including Cards of Thanks obituaries and poetry. Rates include 10c weekly advance and 60c for certain items with a $1 obituary charge plus 5c per poetry line.
Denatured Alcohol Radiators At Greencastle Battery Co
Lead in pencite may be melted and when cooled to the solidifying point may be squirted. In this manner tea pipe is made. Mining World reports on denatured alcohol used for radiators at Greencastle Battery Co located on North Side Square.
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Mining World
Greencastle Battery Co
North Side Square
Central Trust Company of Greencastle Report Dec 31 1919
Condensed statement of condition for Central Trust Co of Greencastle Indiana shows resources totaling 1 408 024.19 including loans and discounts 408 024.19 bonds and stocks 1 030.50 cash on hand 124 201.60 and trust investments 124 201.68. Liabilities list capital stock 50 000 undivided profits 1 01 dividends unpaid 2 000 and deposits 269 540.87 etc with trust deposits 10 422.88 and other liabilities 1 000 total liabilities equal total resources. Signed by secretary J L Randel and notary M J Murphy January 8 1920.
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R. L. O'Hair
A. Hays
J. L. Randel
Central Trust Company
Greencastle
Staw
Indiana
Barks and Trust
Ae Trust Securities
Som Ae
Sewanee
Xhcadiobodl Basieebaan
Putnam
SS. I
Chickens Too Fat and the Right Feeding Rules
A Twelfth street market man condemns over fattening poultry and explains how six days of coop living plus five days of corn feed, followed by milk or rice and a final fasting night, improves flavor. He contrasts fattened birds with turkeys and wild ducks noting dietary impact on taste.
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Philadelphia Record
Snyder Signal Star editor calls out coal thief near office
Col Bill Allison of Snyder Signal Star denounces a thief who steals coal from the paper’s office. He describes a young man who sleeps there and warns the town he will recognize and confront the culprit when identified, citing a Kansas City Times feature.
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Bill Allison
Snyder Signal Star
Signal Star
Aaitta
Kansas City Times
An Old Tate Tale Of a Market Turnip
A fragment presents an old tale in verse about Mother Hubbard seeking a bone for her dog and referencing turningips as readily grown and relished for market profit. The lines mix nursery rhyme cadence with a note on agriculture and commerce in a rural market context.
Rural Telephone Courtesy Reflects Meal Time Etiquette
A cautious defense of polite rural telephone use notes that calls during meals disrupt family meals and routines. It contrasts rude interruptions with considerate practices, such as scheduling social calls after two, and limiting late night use to emergencies as households seek quieter evenings.
Wife Outwits Husband In Rail Fare Ruse
On a Michigan station platform an elderly couple argues over a six dollar fare to Lansing. The man leaves, thinking his wife will pay later, but the conductor reveals she already holds his money and will cover both fares. The wife smiles, having outsmarted him.
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Okemos
Hanner
William
Silas
Jose
Lansing
Bo't
Butterflies Multiply in Brooklyn Backyards
A Brooklyn entomology note reports a New York scientist claiming to raise over forty butterfly species from backyard plants. He observed lepidoptera on a thistle and other weeds after beginning cultivation, suggesting that backyards can become prolific butterfly habitats.
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Brooklyn
Homes
American Entomological Socciety
Society
New York Times
A Sponge Garden Seed Sprinkling Guide
A sponge garden method uses a damp coarse sponge shaped as desired and soaked then half wrung. Seeds red clover millet barley grass rice or similar are sprinkled into sponge openings and hung in a sunlit window for growth.
Ramble and guest argue over guiding a motor journey
Ramble tries to recruit Stubks to lead in his machine while the guest prefers not to. The dialogue recalls a past rough ride where a guide stalled, sped, and finally forced a tense return, with a burst of nostalgic anecdotes about early vehicles and absurd pursuit of speed through varied machines.
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Ramble
Stubks
Leaat
Zowie
Patch and the Ring Owner Behind the Big Machine
A former Jing owner thanks a ring and a giant vehicle owner for a small favor. The speaker explains he has endured jests about his cylinder laden machine and now embraces a change as he becomes an automobileist.
Untitled Story Fragment Of Dinner Conversation
A fragmented record describes a London civine and two clergymen at dinner. A host asks a boy about his father’s sermon and the boy replies it was fine though there were three places he could be picked apart.
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Chen
London
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