Niagara Falls grammar debate stirs old disputes
A discussion on whether the phrase should read Niagara Falls is or Niagara Falls are revives Civil War era controversies. The piece notes usage favors is and cites long standing convention, with references to editors and readers preferring the singular after falls.
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Jane
Babe
Sid
Niagara Falls
Appomattox
Lee Yi Grant
United States
United Rules
Ates
Uncle Sam
Domin
Naita Falls
New Orleans Times
New London
Springfield
Mass
London
New York
Hartis Drug Co Explains Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Ad
Advertisement promoting Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a laxative with claims of convenience and merit, presented by Hartis Drug Co.
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Dr. Caldwell
Harris Drug Co
Hartis Drug Co
Jackson Institute Offers Broad High School Curriculum
The Jackson Institute provides English Latin Greek French history science mathematics vocal and instrumental music art elocution and bookkeeping. It features a chemical and physical laboratory a library reading rooms and progressive teachers. Buildings are commodious and well furnished tuition is low at 2.00 dollars for general instruction and 2.50 for elocution per month for art.
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Atlanta
Klindworth Conservatory
Combs
L. P. Hogan
Locust Grove Institute
Chicago University
Lindsay Smith
Dallas
Tex
R. F. Smith
Locust Grove
Ida Gardner
Blanton
Walesca
Gray
Apple Tree Romance Ends in a Fall
A humorous old-time tale recounts a couple perched in an apple tree when a limb breaks during a kiss, sending them down. The fragment includes a testimonial about Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy giving immediate relief to a sick child in Williams Oregon.
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J. H. Doak
Williams
Oregon
Chamberlain
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New Life
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Cleveland
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Ohio
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Athens
Bruns
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Charleston
Greenville
Macon
Spartenburg
AYLOE
Sensible Advertising
Galopoff
Tudor Jinks
Howard R. Cort
Henry Artemus Co
Philadelphia
Jenks
Gudgins
Lola
Pauline
Mr. Jinks
Patrick
Jackson Institute
C. H. Bruce
Jackson, Ga
Mercer
Claude Gray
He Fee Ng Mn
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Argus
Rew Machinery
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