Kingman seeks bids for paving State Street project
Fountain County Indiana invites sealed proposals from contractors to pave State Street from Residence Street to the corporate east line. About 2687.4 yards of paving, with samples due with bids, 2 percent bid bond, three year durability guarantee, and right to reject bids. Bids due June 1, 1914. Town Clerk Scott Ratcliffe.
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Board of Town Trustees
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Fountain Wingman
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
Questionable home remedy advertisement promises relief for piles through a new absorption treatment. Caller is urged to send address for instructions and free trial materials with local references on request, claiming immediate relief and permanent care without payment.
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Sumy Notre
Dueling in Italy and Witful Ancestral Pranks Across Europe
A recounting of a famed duel in Italy between the Count of Turin and Prince Henry of Orlean, resolved by Crispi who reveals Victor Emmanuel as both combatants. The piece also notes a European joke about General Mannaggia la Rocca and a French mockeries, plus light vignettes on sleep wands, hat comedy, hunting bore tales, and a Brooklyn algebra quip.
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Turin
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Humbert
Europe
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Rome
Mannaggia la Rocca
M. Tomegueux
Pall Mall Gazette
Paw Knows Everything in Curious Dialogue
A fragmentary dialogue features a father and son discussing marriage and a curious term, with the father affirming understanding and prompting further questions about meaning. The tone hints at a quaint, rural setting and casual everyday inquiries.
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Paw
Willie
Holes in the Air Debate and Bird Nesting Tricks
An aviation expert explains why true holes cannot exist in free air and how lift requires air movement. A second note from Youth's Companion describes how birds spy on predators and outsmart hunters, with a two-man ruse to lure them back to nests.
Take notice price tags placed at front of hats
A millinery counter saleswoman faced constant questions on hat orientation. The manager posted a sign directing customers that price tags are placed at the front of all hats, enabling ladies to put hats on straight and saving staff from nervous strain and salary increases.
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New York Times
Natural Fortress of the Mada Mountains Shrouded By Rock People
A noted natural fortress in northern Madagascar rises 1000 feet high and spans eight square miles. The rock escarpment is so sheer it requires artificial means to climb, and its hollow interior can only be entered via a subterranean passage inhabited by a wild tribe calling themselves the People of the Rocks.
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Madagascar
St. James
Shakespeare's Last Illness Conjectures Vary
Tradition credits a fever from a merry sweeting with Drayton and Ben Jonson as Shakespeare's last illness. Halliwell Phillips cites typhoid from filth and poor drainage around New Place. Most scholars treat the illness as conjectural.
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Ward
Stratford
Merry ‘Sweeting
Drayton
Ben Jonson
Halliwell-Phillips
New Place
Birds of a Feather Burns Essay Summary
A high school class studies Carlyle on Burns. One student analyzes the poet’s life and work, noting weaknesses and failures, then concludes that the world is hard on Burns and expects much from him.
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Carlyle
Burns
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