When the Lawyer Came to Hillsdale Village
The village of Hillsdale with four hundred inhabitants gains a lawyer who triggers a flood of disputes over hogs, mirrors wells, fences, and gravel pits. Old Sing Silas, the town father, presides but the town soon erupts into lawsuits, brimming with neighborly feuds. After a month the lawyer vanishes leaving a note to drop all suits and return to old ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirlsdale
Old Sing Warner
Tuele Sias
Bisdale
Kansas
Hillsdaley
Tinele Silas
Sachmill
Buwyer
Tov
Tin
Jasper Smith
Jabez
Trespas
Thompson
Wilder
Pye
Isrgen Hills
Dale
Jonas Bebee
Jonas
Skinner's
Skinner
Tim
Firksdale
Jerry Thomas
Baptist Church
Uwculton
Idsdale
Sul
Mapleson’s Dublin Tour Sparks Behind the Hotel Plot
Mapleson and opera company members Salla and Belocca clash over rooms at a Dublin hotel. Belocca claims two prima donnas. a quarrel erupts as they pressure for equal rooms. The hotel keeper reveals luxury rooms are reserved for Countess Spencer, prompting a theatrical ruse to force Lady Spencer’s rivals to concede.
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Mapleson
Dublin
Miles
Salla
Apna de Belocca
Bath
Belocca
Myself
Patti
Lady Spencer
Countess Spencer
Belorca
Hia
Spencer
Glass Houses and Ancient Glass Craft Revealed
The piece notes Tyre and Alexandria glass works, citing Layard on Nineveh Babylon ruins. It mentions two full glass bowls found with others, a small bottle from the northwest palace, and a Sargon name with king of Assyria title. The date is the late seventh century B.C. and the item is the oldest known transparent glass.
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Tyre
Alexandria
Layard
Nineveh
Babylon
British Museum
Sargon
Assyria
Lookout term crow defined by Brentford police witness
A Brentford police witness explains that a crow is a youth who acts as a guard for burglars, warning of approaching police or rivals. The term, noted in 1802 by Cornhill Magazine, may derive from rooks that post sentinels to signal danger, reflecting criminal slang and observation.
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Brentford
Cornhill
London
Opportunities for business in Northern Pacific regions
The emigration department of the Northern Pacific Railway publishes a list of openings in various professions and trades across towns along the line. It shows where demand exists for mills, brick yards, creameries, factories and more, guiding investors to promising opportunities. Interested readers should write to Mr. C. W. Matt, General Emigration Agent, Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul Mina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Proclaims Safety and Local Trade
From Napier New Zealand notices cite Chamberlains Cough Remedy as narcotic free per New South Wales analysis. It is recommended for coughs colds croup and whooping cough and sold by Sexton Bros and H A Schumaker. Also a local horseshoer seeks former customers, and Electric Bitters rescue a sick wife after five doctors failed. Two homes advertised for sale by Geo H Welton.
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Napier
New Zealand
Pharmacy Board of
New South Wales
Australia
Chamberlain
Chamberain Medicines Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Sexton Bros
H. A. Schumaker
Austin
Mgr
Leavenworth
Ind
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Louis Hahn
Anyond
Whulbor
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Adentore Munn & Co
New York
Washington, D.C
Iron Works
South Depot Street
John J. Mettelka
Marshield, Wis
M. Dunn
O. D
Optician
Marshfield
Wis
Rembs & Stumn's
No. Water St
Chicago
James S. Kirk & Company
Robert Schroeder
Baresin
Enquire
Geo
H. Welton
Penmagwal Pitts
Aarti
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
JoumisTen Drva Coupany
Bladisan
Ives
DR. Bell
Sutherland
Paducah
Fr. J. Strauss
Druxgist
Sacramento Valley
California
The
Advertising Bureau
Cal. St. San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Chicago White: Lead and Oil CO
Kliner, Lang & Sgharman GO
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