Gruesome Binding Of Milton Poem Volume At Exeter Library
A copy of Milton’s poems bound partly in the skin of Georg Cudmore who with Sarah Bunn was committed to Devon jail in October 1820 for murdering his wife by poisoning. They were tried at the Lent assizes next year and executed on March 25, 1840. Also notes nitroglycerin and its production from glycerin using nitric and sulfuric acids, a key ingredient in high explosives and smokeless powders for military, mining and agricultural use.
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Milton
Exeter
Eng
Georg Cudmore
Sarah Bunn
Wro
Devon County
Local Notes From Cordell Area And Nearby Towns
The column reports social meetings at Mrs. Turner's Dukreday, travel by Cordell Keller to Manhattan Kana, Sam McReynolds buys a new tractor, Aretha Flowers to Jasper High School, and Dick Carter with son George hear President Wilson in Kansas City. Mrs. Carter entertains Alba families, Mastida Stith moves into a Zinn house, Mrs. Karls learns of her father's Illinois death, Valley Blauth moves to a new home, and local farmers plow despite dryness. Little Robert Estey suffers hay fever. Chester Hamilton moves into Benton Taylor’s former house. Bernice Boyd returns home from Mrs. Ferguson’s. Sunday School attendance discussed. Sunday visits cited as interference. cabbage worm found by Mrs. Bull. Ruth Flowers home sick. Dewey reports thirteen pupils enrolled in the first week.
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Ladies and Society
Lebanon Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Olive Andrews of Lebanon and Jack Stansberry with family spent Wednesday evening in town. Roy Jones, Sam McGaughey and wife hosted guests from Lamar on Sunday. Mrs J W Brown and grandchildren visited her sister Mrs Chas Andrews on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Nellie Harris and mother were also noted in the column.
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Jack Stansberry
Roy Jones
Sam McGaughey
Lamar
J. W. Brown
Chas, Andrews
Nellie Harris
Ray Jones
St. Joseph
Rraymond Heckman
Guy Andrews
Ruth Winter
Helen Heckman
Shapley
Willie
Albert Law
Frank Heckman
Harry Bunnell
J. R. Carns
C.S. Andrews
Robt. Jones
Andrews
Will Lyman
Fred Winter
Will Griffet
Jasper
Will Holdeman
Mabel
Ernest Rex
Alva Harry
Chan
Boston
Neighborhood Social Roundup and Notes
Tuesday morning Roy Jones was visited by Boucher to see a new baby Claude. Several locals and families are listed visiting, hosting, or traveling to Des Moines and St. Joseph. The item ends with a newspaper quip on American slang and literary references.
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Boucher
Roy Jones
Claude W
Jess Kelly
J. R. Carns
Ocle Andrews
Robt. Jones
Frank Heckman
Albert Law
Des Moines
Iowa
Get Your Sale Bills at the News Office
An order to obtain sale bills is announced by the News office. Citizens are directed to visit the newspaper office to pick up printed sale notices and related documents.
Knocked Into a Cocked Hat Expression Origin
Daily Thought notes Euripidea and explains the phrase cocked hat from tenpin bowling. The three pins in a triangular setup define the term kneels into a cocked hat, illustrating how the expression describes a near miss or partial failure in bowling.
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McCall
Dress Goods
McCall’s
Paris
Cordi & Son
Missouri
Ginghams
Thos, E, Dodd
Dewey
May Marraews
Lebanon
Jasper, Mo
United States
Tures
N. H. Patterson
McCune & Tallman
John Ialeworthy
Arthur J. Rees
Barrie
Boston Transcript
Daily Thought
Eivery
Southwest
Youri
W. B. Pingree
Side Square
Carthage
Edwards Coffee Building
John Deere Implements
Jasper Hardware Co
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