Irregularities Found in County Officials Audit
Charles C. Harper investigated Clark County office books for six months and reported to the County Officers Committee. The analysis shows technical shortages and bookkeeping errors across sheriffs, treasurers, and the county clerk, with several cases deemed non-suspect by the Herald. The investigation cost $1644.20 and included committee members and a special attorney.
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Charles C. Harper
Robinson
County Board of
Clark County
Committee On County Officers
County Board of Supervisors
Davison
Gallatin
Martin
Fredenberger
the Herald
Committee On
Weaver
Lee
Montgomery
Co. O. Harper
J. W. Graham
Sapredpuer Eden
D. Az. Lee
Real Estate Transfers in Martinsville Area Summary
Property deals recorded across multiple parcels. Transfers include Wn. Brosman to Anna May Burger for Lot 26, Clifford Turner acquiring 18 acres, G W Bruner to Millard Tapscott for 1 acre, and 276 acres to OG Maurer et al. These entries list tract descriptions, section-township-range, and sale prices ranging from 65 to 7500 dollars.
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Wn. Brosman
Anna” May Burger
Cooper’s Ad
Martinsville
Stephen
Hutchings
Clifford Turner
Bruner
Millard Tapscott
Grace E Hunt
OG. Maurer
Pidgin English in Shanghai Shops and Tailors
In Shanghai, Chinese and foreigners use pidgin English in trade and households. The form derives from busin to pidgin and resembles Lingua Franca usage in the Mediteranean. An American lady describes a tailor’s puzzled reply and polite phrases used before China’s suffrage era.
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Shanghai
China
Levant
Mediterranean
Miss A
Amy W. Hotchkiss
National Magazine
Elizabeth Island Curious Little Colony of Abstainers
From the uninhabited Elizabeth Island about 120 miles northeast of Pitcairn, a tiny zoological colony is reported. The six mile long coral rock hosts a rat, a lizard, and four bird species including a fruit pigeon a honey eating parakeet a small rail and a reed warbler. Notably two birds drink no fresh water relying on dew or sea water.
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Pitcairn Island
Bounty
Flight of a Great Nebula in Orion
A vivid description of the great nebula in Orion shows glowing streams spirals and star groups. Astronomers reveal the nebula is racing away from Earth at eleven miles per second though its vast distance means no perceptible change in a century.
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Orion
Lost Book Leads Bertie’s Barnyard Guess
Bertie’s five-year-older sister searches for Robinson Crusoe on the nursery shelf. He calmly confesses the book is “lost a little,” hinting it may lie in the barn or outdoors, perhaps up in the attic or behind the woodpile.
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Bertie
Faulty Statue Erected at Trinity College Dublin
A London Spare Moments note critiques a statue in front of Trinity College Dublin honoring King William. It calls the equestrian figure one of the worst in the world, citing mismatched forelegs and hooves meeting on the pedestal. The item also mentions a man shopping in a store and a woman seeking afternoon entertainment.
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Trinity College, Dublin
William
London
Newsboys on Horseback in Montevideo Deliver Evening Paper Fast
Montevideo with 300000 residents relies on over fifty horseborne newsboys to speed La Razon to suburbs. Young riders gallop from the paper office, signaling La Razon as they reach distant beats, delivering the paper nearly as quickly as central city customers.
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Montevideo
la Razon
Origin of the Telephone From Bell’s Deaf Teaching
Professor Alexander Graham Bell described his journey to invent the telephone as arising from teaching the deaf. He said his father created a speech symbol for deaf mutes, and he built a device to visualize vibrations, leading to a delicate instrument that could hear and understand vibrations. He noted the ear as his model, using a dead man’s ear in experiments.
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Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell the Cat Proverb Echoed in Stirling tale
The Glasgow Times recounts the old fable of the mice seeking a bell for the cat and the Stirling meeting where Lord Grey questions who will bell the cat. Earl Archibald the Bell the Cat volunteers, completes the task, and is remembered by that name.
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Stirling
Spence
James II
Lord Grey
Bell
Earl Angus
Archibald Bell
Glasgow Times
Foot In It Hostess Casual Night Conversation
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a witty exchange where a hostess bids a guest good night and notes the long drive home will be lovely. The guest agrees the night is fine and hints the drive home is the best part of such events.
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Toever
Cleveland Plain Dealer
National Flowers Quiz Stumbles Through Missing Text
Fragmented OCR style query references national flowers of England France and Spain with garbled names and stray words. The readable bits point to a classroom style question set about national flowers, but no coherent facts or outcomes are present.
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England
France
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