Quirky US Notes on Cars Poetry and Prohibition
A collection of offbeat comments from a periodical: remarks on Americans owning cars, desert favorites with strawberries, hog markets at six dollars per hundred, roads and trade with local merchants, Swinburne’s estate of 125000, jokes about Uncle Sam’s wash, Chancellor Day in the United States, Governor Carroll milking his cow, saloon keepers dodging Nebraska daylight law by front loading sales, and a critique of saloon actions driving it from existence.
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Sam
Chancellor Day
United States
Omaha
Nebraska
Church Services and Choir Plans for Sunday
News from the churches lists regular Sunday services and Sunday School classes for all ages. A mixed quartet and a male quartet will perform songs including Come, Spirit: 6 Come and Blessed is He that Read. The Hope? endeavor meeting is scheduled at 7 and the Pennies service will feature the subject Happy Man.
Road work and social notes mix in early columns
The piece ties practical road upkeep with everyday concerns and social chatter. It mentions better streets, water drainage, and road maintenance, then shifts to remarks on Mrs. Howard Goulds gowns and a hat joke. It notes yesterday's sun eclipse across much of the world and hints at Sen Aldrich’s eclipse. It ends by contrasting high salaries in sports with lower pay in teaching and preaching.
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Aldrich
United States
Doans Kidney Pills Prove Effective for Backache
Hamburg Iowa woman Mrs J M Smith testifies that Doans Kidney Pills cured her backache and lameness from overexertion four years ago and continues to relieve kidney related ailments. Sold by Julien Drug Co and Foster Milburn Co as US agents for sixty cents. Remember the name Doans.
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Yamburg
Bright
Doan
Hamburg
Mra. J. M. Smith
Washington Street
Towa
Julien Drug Co
Canty
Foste
Mithurn Ca
Muffalo
New York
United States
Valley Far church Children Day praised by parishioners
E Church South announces Sunday School at 19 oclock with preaching Saturday evening and Sunday morning at the Island and Sunday ab Ham burg. All invited. The Valley Far church Children’s Day last Sunday evening was a success with praise for Mrs Cressp and Mrs Gibson. George Todd, pastor.
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Island
Ham
Burnaby Passes Collision With Calm Commandant
In Windsor barracks during a cricket or football match, Fred Burnaby is portrayed as impeccably composed when a large Yorkshire player crashes into him. He barely moves, removes his cigar with a gentle remark about not interfering, while spectators on the veranda cheer.
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Fred Burnaby
Lord Binning
Windsor Cavalry Barracks
Rand
London
Batés
Glone
Bury
Tyke
Burnaby
Baptist Church Sunday School and Services Notice
Baptist Church schedules Sunday School at 10 A M B Y P A at 7 P M Prayer meeting Wednesday at seven. Special Sabbath service follows with School at 11 A M An address by H Wer Parkison on Christian Warfare All are cordially invited.
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Se. M
H. Wer Parkison
Christian Church Sunday School and Services Schedule
Christian Church announces Sunday School at 10 00 morning sermon 11 00 and evening 8 00 with a 3 p m address by Rev McKinzie on A Race With the Goat All city lodge members and others invited meetings continue all week Mr and Mrs Howe providing fine music Congregation inviting all to feel at home with us
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McKinzie
Howe
Curious London court rite with ancient quit rent ritual
A London law court witnessed a centuries old quit rent ceremony. The city solicitor presented a block of wood two fagots six horseshoes and a bag of nails before the King’s Remembrancer who tallyed the nails and approved the items for the king. The act dates back over six centuries and ended with the royal disposal of the implements.
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London
City of London
Salop
King’s Remembrancer
Chimney Money Tax Declined by Public in 1662 England
Pepys notes Parliament in 1662 voted two shillings per chimney as forever revenue for the crown. The London Chronicle reports early unpopularity with widespread refusal to pay. By 1666 the idea was moved to repeal chimney money and replace it with an alternative revenue to ease the state burden and fund the king.
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Lloyd George
Truthful Child at Party Plays Zoo Game
At a children's party the Youngsters, after enjoying a luxuriously prepared spread, move on to a zoo game where each child must represent a different animal as the hostess directs. The scene captures playful imagination and social warmth among youngsters.
Local Market Sells Surprising Animal Themed Delights
A passerby peered into a butcher shop and saw two displays, Halve's brains and Calve's liver, with oddly spaced signs. The scene sparked jokes about famous names and a mix up with a French singer, as the shopkeeper clarified no dissection of a celebrity occurred.
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Gaive
Halve
Calve
Introduction of the orange into Europe history
The article traces how the orange reached Europe from China via Carthaginian grafting creating the blood orange, cites Jean de Castro introducing it from the West Indies to Portugal, and notes early cultivation efforts by the Constable de Bourbon and Francis I, with Louis XIV’s visit at Toulon featuring preserved oranges on trees in the orangery, stirring belief that the fruit grew sugar.
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Europe
Paris
Europa
China
Jean de Castro
West Indies
Portugal
Constable de Bourbon
Francis I
Louis XIV
Toulon
Paul
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A. L. Holmes
Hat Wa
Tey
Swinburne
Governor Carroll
Ayer
Thes
C. Ayer
Presbyterian Church
Howard Gould
Mrs. Gould
Buck
Trey
L. J. Hilger
Hamburg, Iowa
George Todd
Fastbatler
Law Courts of
Edmunds County
South Dakota
Thompson &, ‘Thompson
S.J. Rodda & Son
Carrie
Yait
Regsie
Hilda
Tommy
Pease
Wanamaker
City Hall
S. T. Mitchell
Bank of Hamburg
Kenneth Murchson
J. F. Riedy
Aasnore
A. H.manwn
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