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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1909
Page
7
Sheriff sale notice aside, the piece discusses Prof. Abbotts claim that birds possess emotions. It cites his canary tests showing feather position and gaze signal feelings and urges owners to test with whistle and gentle approach. He notes a North Scotland goose exhibits unusual intelligence and craft.
A discussion of how sounds travel far and which tones carry best contrasts high pitched tones with lower deep notes. The piece notes steamboat whistles and pipe organs as powerful long distance sounds and mentions a 1909 sheriff sale in Ouachita Parish Louisiana with multiple properties and court actions.
A woman recalls how a man helping with a crowded trunk solved the problem by removing and reusing the top tray to fit the lid. She credits his simple fix and shares the idea as a lesson she now passes along.
Louisiana sheriff sale lists Austin Clothing Co versus B Haynes for 636 acres in Section 31 Township 17 North Range 3 East to be sold August 21 1909 at the Monroe courthouse front door cash with appraisement. Another case John P Parker vs Charles W Easterling and Robert Blanks Jr directs sale of multiple city blocks in Monroe at Western Front Door of the courthouse.
In Nubia a tree called the Solar or Whistling Tree emits melodies as wind moves through its branches resembling an Aeolian harp. Scientists attribute the sound to countless tiny holes bored by an insect in leaf spines.
A speaker describes how a deafness affects his voice over the telephone. The woman notices his voice sounds gruff and different from his normal speaking voice, and he explains his phone deafness alters how he sounds.
Public auction set for August 21 1909 to pay debts of the estate of J L Donaldson in Ouachita Parish Louisiana. Described property will be offered to the last and highest bidder as directed by Sixth District Court.
An advertisement from S. J. Meek Co. Ltd promotes Dragoon Royal Blend Tea as pure, properly blended, and satisfying in every cup. The copy emphasizes consistent quality through a refined blending process and product presentation.
An 19th century notice describes a coffin maker and dealer in furniture and burial goods, listing products from burial caskets and coffins to velocipedes and book cases. It assigns agents for sewing machines, pianos, organs, and Globe-Wernecke book cases with contact details.
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