Essay Contest on Earth Roads Opens for 1914
The Office of Public Roads announces a March 2 1914 deadline for essay submissions by farm children aged ten to fifteen on repairing and keeping up earth roads. Prizes include gold and silver medals. entries must be handwritten on one side and include child name age residence and school.
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Washington, D. C
Office of Public Roads
Logan Waller Page
Committee On Children’s
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Riddle of the Own Grandfather Classic Brain Teaser
A famed wordplay puzzle explains a man who marries his partner’s mother, making complex kinship swaps where his father becomes his son and his daughter becomes his mother. The logic concludes with the paradox that he is his own grandfather, a celebrated family-relationship riddle from National Monthly.
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National Monthly
Indifference to Praise and Blame Cited as Virtue
A philosophical reflection warns that pride swells under praise and withers under condemnation, advising a soul that remains peaceful and unconcerned by both rather than seeking favor or fearing guilt.
Dr Howard’s Specific Aids Constipation Relief
W S Lloyd, a druggist, offered Dr Howard’s Specific at 50 cents half price with a money back guarantee if it did not cure. He reports selling hundreds of bottles and none returned. The product promises quick relief from dizziness headaches poor digestion constipation and straining and is praised as a popular dinner pill.
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W. S. Lloyd
Dr. Howard
Makers of hickory handles seek to reuse mill waste
Forest Notes reports two million trees will be planted on national forests in Utah, Nevada, and southern Idaho. Makers of small hickory handles seek to use waste from mills that produce hickory spokes and axe handles. The forest service urges parquetry flooring plants to utilize waste. The Aberdeen consul notes U S manufacturers may compete in supplying staves for fish barrels as spruce and fir stave prices rise in Sweden and Scotland.
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Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Forest Service
United States
Aberdeen
Scotland
Sweden
Mt. Sterling
Youman
Stacy
Transfer and Carriage Service for Trains
Carriage and transfer wagon ready to meet all trains. Phone 21 or 337. 3Tt.
Great fortune and the real wealth of contentment
A reflection on wealth noting that fortune can be a foe while true riches lie in the heart not the purse. It argues that happiness comes from inner wealth regardless of living in a cottage or a castle.
Notice to creditors of John Corbett estate
All persons having claims against the estate of John Corbett deceased are hereby notified to present them properly proven to attorney R. G. Kern. Anyone indebted to the estate to settle immediately. Margaret McNamara admix. John Corbett deceased.
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John Corbett
R. G. Kern
Corbett
Margaret McNamara
For Sale Carriage and Harness at This Office
Handsome two seat carriage with glass enclosure can be converted to one seat. Rubber tires, fine trimmings, both pole and shafts. Lightly used and in first class condition. Also double harness. Will sell cheap. Apply at this office. 81f Battleship coffee 40c per 1 lb can at Vanarsdell's.
G D Sullivan Co Mt Sterling Ky Address and Phone
Local business listing for G D Sullivan & Co located on West Locust Street Mt Sterling Kentucky provides office phone 474 and contact details. The fragment notes company name street and a phone line.
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W. Locust Street
Mt. Sterling, Ky. Co
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Ield
THE
Willikan School of Business
M. E. Millikan
Northern Bank
Lexington
Forest Notes
Vanarsdell’s
G. D. Sullivan & Co
Punch, Graves & CO
Mr. Sterling’s
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