Beheaded Rhymes and Enigmas from Youth's Companion
Puzzle items from Youth's Companion including enigma titled Three Birds and two other numbered pieces. Entries describe riddles about birds animals and wordplay, with beheading and letter clues, ending with a verse about sailors and a voyage. The tone is puzzle column style from a period juvenile periodical.
Illustrated Zigzag and Charade Conundrums in No 1565 1566
A set of word puzzles from St Nicholas issues 1565 through 1567. Zigzag of thirteen letters forms a conspiracy name. 1566 features a chain of TWOS and ONEs about a thief and jailer, with moral digressions and final misdeeds. 1567 offers a thirteen letter word riddle with clock parts and policeman slang guiding to a reference work.
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St. Nicholas
Key to Puzzledom Entries and Puzzles Summary
Puzzle list from various editions, including additions and clues such as Popgun Water-spout Type-writer and Initials Age cage page rage face. Also notes on Cherades puzzles Daniel wel Fter Daniel Webster Cod eye sill 1 and more.
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Popgun
Cage
Cherades
Daniel
Wel
Fter
Daniel Webster
Dave
Flee
Cause
Poe
Pose
Quartz
Gay
Sro
Scales
Harts
Madam
Nehemiah lesson on building with will and faith
A Sunday School commentary on Nehemiah chapter four emphasizes the need for willing minds and steadfast prayer as the wall is rebuilt. It notes diverse workers, opposition from enemies, and the call to continual effort, courage, and reliance on God.
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David
Hezekiah
Isa
Nehemiah
Cain
Abel
Jesus
Ilsfinite
Vorse
Giffon
Pipe once smoked by Raleigh offered for sale
A London antiquarian offers Sir Walter Raleigh s pipe for sale claiming he smoked it minutes before execution. The carved four piece Virginia maple pipe in a dated inlaid box was handed to Bishop Andrewes and later owned by the Carews of Bedding ton Glovers of Croydon and Mr Bryant with descent from Bishop Andrewes.
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Walter Raleigh
William Andrew Tryant
London
Walter Taleigh
Andrewes
Carews
Beddington
Glovers
Croydon
Bryant
Archaeological Society
Guildhall
England
Virginia Maple
Elizabeth
French drink less brandy in ten French cities
Dr. Jacques Bertillon presented analysis to the Academie showing brandy consumption fell across 33 large French cities since 1900 01. Tax changes on wine beer and distilled liquors reduced brandy use in large cities and spread smaller declines to towns, while wine consumption rose in the countryside.
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Jacques Bertillon
Paris
Academie Des Sciences Morales Et Politiques
Journal
American Medical Association
Nore
Under Knife for Obesity At Saint Samaritan Hospital
Dr W Wayne Babcock at Samaritan hospital Philadelphia demonstrates a new obesity operation. A patient had twelve pounds of fat removed through a long abdominal incision. The surgeon says the method is simple in skilled hands and not dangerous, with careful dissection and careful closure.
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W. Wayne Babcock
Samaritan Hospital
Philadelphia
Substantial Colonial House Plan with Expansive Front Piazza
A colonial residence layout features a living room and parlor with a wide columned opening, potential to join into one large space, and a vestibule that could be omitted. Dining room in quarter sawn oak has a beamed ceiling and sideboard, with a projecting bay window and conservatory. Second story holds four chambers and ample closet space, large bath, full basement, and attic space for two to three rooms. Cost to build is 3850 dollars excluding heating. Publisher offers Saxton's plan book for 1 dollar, with 240 designs ranging from 1000 to 1060 dollars.
Rolled Photographs and Curious Anecdotes From the Era
A vintage note explains unrolling rolled photos face down and careful flattening with one edge drawn along the back. The clipping also shares a humorous exchange about Granny and Auntie, plus a London Opinion piece on the Supreme Test and a Newmarket tale from 1758 of a horse riding wager.
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Newmarket
England
Aittle
Estate and Orphan Guardian Notice in Monmouth County
Estate of Edna M. Studinsky and late minor details bound for Surrogate audit and settlement at Monmouth County Orphan Court. Also notices on Glenwood Cemetery annual meeting and Long Branch street profile ordinance. Executrix Annie Flanigan warns creditors to present claims within nine months or be barred. New Jersey Mortgage and Trust Company docket, and New York and Long Branch railroad schedules listed.
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Edna M. Studinsky
County of Monmouth
A. d
NEW Jersey Mortgage and Trust CO
Glenwood Cemetery
Broadway
McClellan Street
City Council
Long Branch
City Council of
City of
State of
New Jersey
City of Long Branch
Sane
Henry Joline
Bryant B. Newcomb
Edwin W. Packer
Atlantic Avenue
Rockwell Avenue
Branchport Avenue
J. Wesley Beaman
Annie Flanigan
Joseph N. Flanigan
Monmouth
NEW York and
Long Branch Railroad
New York
Central Railroad of
Liberty Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
7Th Avenue
Cortlandt
Desbrosses
Hudson Terminal
Church and Cortlandt
Newark
Rel Bank
Matawan
Perth Amboy
Elizabeth
Red Bank
Elisabeth
Bilepbeth
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
Belmar
Spring Lake
Muanasquan
Manasquan
Ereas
Mat Aw
Ch Long Branch
Isaac Wyman Drummond
Lester Drummond Wise
Chares F. Wise
County of
Anthony T. Woolley
Matthias Woolley
Julia M. Briskey
Edward J. Briskey
Martin
Briskey
Kidward TS. Stiesean
Monroe Sietewind
Arthur Susu
Berthild Susman
Moynty
Long Branch Public Notices and Estate Sale Ads 1911
Public notices invite sealed bids for repairing a jetty opposite Sea View Avenue Long Branch with bids due December 1 1911. Advertising includes city official approvals and a cash sale of boat stock and shares from the estate of Addison Morris and the Matthias Woolley estate with claims by nine months from September 25 1911.
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Ocean Front
Long Branch
Beach and Park Commission
City of Long Branch
Sea View Avenue
J. W. Seaman
City Hall
Bryant B
Newcome
Prue
Addison Morris
Parker & van Gelder
Broadway
New Jersey
Frederic A. Duggan
Adelaide Barbour
Behooner Ee G. Endicott
Bertha F. Walker
Consolidated Quarry Company
Barre
Vermont
George W. van Gelder
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