Bond Issue Expands New London Charmian Copper Mines
United Milling and Smelting Company stockholders approve a 100,000 bond issue at six percent redeemable in 10 years to develop New London and Charmian properties. Major bonds subscribed, funds to clear obligations and expand New London shaft to 800 feet for 160 tons daily, boosted by wartime copper demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
United Milling and Smelting Copper Company
Wilmington
Pel
Charmian
Dolly Hyde
W. H. Alexander
New York City
Alexander
Women of Nigeria Lip Disks and Scarification Practices
The article describes northern Nigerian women and girls having lips pierced to insert wood disks to deter eating dogs, with extensive body scarification and facial line patterns. It notes early lip piercing in girls, marriage-age chest and back markings, and forehead head lines, alongside a New York inventor patenting steel sheet wheels for shafts and autos.
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Nigeria
Local Notices of Christmas Visits and Household Movements
Mr George W Masser has recovered enough to move about after illness. Miss Emma Shultz returns home after Christmas with her sister Mrs Harry Kilpp. Miss Alice Kipp visits friends at Haw Bottom. Mr Norman Fulmer of Haw Bottom spent Christmas with John Klipp Sr and family. Maurice Main and family spent Christmas with his mother Mrs Cornelius Main. Blanche Klipp Sunday with sister Mrs J C Stup in Rocky Springs. Mr and Mrs Ray Breightner and son Paul of York PA visited parents Mr and Mrs Paul Kupp and returned home. Mr and Mrs Charles Miss of Shookstown spent Sunday with Rev George W Masser and family. Vacancy from Miss Kefauver resignation at Valley View school will be filled by Miss Darner of Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Masser
Emma Shultz
Harry Kilpp
Alice Kipp
Haw Bottom
Norman Fulmer
John Klipp
Familly
Maurice Main
Cornelius Main
Blanche Klipp
J. C. Stup
Rocky Springs
Ray Breightner
Paul
York
Paul Kupp
Charles Miss
Shookstown
George W. ‘Masser
Co Authors and Carriages Echo Eighteenth Century Travel
A vintage travel essay contrasts modern mobility with eighteenth century aristocratic private carriages. It traces return to personal coaches, journeys on ships with a traveling basin on deck, and the public shift from individual transport to rail. It also covers cowboy lore, parental severity, and stern nineteenth century childrearing examples.
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Alles Edgeworth
Helen
Aunatic Monthly
A Matter of Policy Spark in Buffalo Express
A brief, clipped exchange unfolds with a businessman and an insurance man. The insurer mentions a policy while a skeptical observer notes he has never heard of the company, hinting at a cautious, possibly fraudulent deal.
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Ted
Buffalo Express
Origin of a Phrase Do West, Young Man Not Greeley
The saying Do west, young man was not Horace Greeley’s first but a Terre Haute Express item by John B. L. Boule. Richard W. Thompson urged Boule to write it, claiming it could be attributed to Greeley if he tried. The Express article sparked wide circulation and a Tribune note with Greeley’s endorsement. Indianapolis News.
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Horace Greeley
John B. L Boule
Terre Haute Express
Richard W. Thompson
Terre Haute
John
Boule
Thompson
the Express
West
Greeley
New York Tribune
Express
Alcoholic Enigma and a Duel Over an Earl
The piece cites Internal Revenue receipts noting dry areas and abstinence rules boosting overall liquor consumption. It questions where liquor goes amid rising population and restrictions. It recounts Lord Rosebery’s duel challenge with a French butler, settling the dispute with an annuity to prevent serving again.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Square of the circle and the Pi controversy
The article traces the long search for the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, noting ancient knowledge and modern attempts to compute it to many decimals. It argues that infinity prevents a finite end, yet in ordinary mechanics a value of 3.1416 is used, making tiny differences undetectable without micrometric measurement.
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Suphis
Germany
New York American
Julia Bryant and the child who learned poetrys purpose
A young Julia Bryant, daughter of William Cullen Bryant, encounters an older neighbor who visits their home. The child sits with a Milton book and asserts that poetry is not read, only written by papas and muther, highlighting a mistaken view of poetry’s purpose.
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Julia Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Julia
Milton
Change of Doctora and Shifting Medical Advice
A woman explains to a friend that she changed doctors long ago before last Christmas. She describes Dr Healem as old fashioned and out of date, recounting how he advised wearing flannel for cold. She reveals switching to Dr Nicely who suggested sealskin.
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Healem
Nicely
Tacoma Tribune
Notes About Birds and Humorous Snippets Across Papers
A collage of text on birds noting nestling blindness among tree nesters and immediate mobility for wad ing species, paired with light exchanges and quips about family life. It compiles brief anecdotes from Youths Companion and local papers, highlighting witty asides and social banter.
Subways of Knowledge and School Mistakes
A reflection on exam errors showing partial understanding, with examples like "The base of a triangle is the side, which we don't talk about" and "Rapids are pieces of water which run with great force down the middle of rivers," noting humorous misinterpretations from the Christian Register.
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Christan Register
Ancient Silk Record of Silk Provinces in Japan
A medieval Japanese note claims the era produced fine silk across twenty provinces. The passage highlights widespread silk craftsmanship and regional production, signaling an established industry and regional economic reach in ancient Japan.
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Japan
Humorous Exchanges and Quips From Early Press
A collection notes witty banter involving Mark Twain in Vienna with lawyer Charles Guthrie and humorous health cures. Short quips cover smoking, digestion, and domestic life as printed in Philadelphia Bulletin and Little Rock Gazette style.
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Mark Twain
Charles Guthrie
Vienna
Mr. Guthrie
Sam
Clemens
Tonsiline Sore Throat Remedy Ad Praises Stocked Homes
An advertisement urges readers to keep Tonsiline on hand for sudden sore throat relief. It claims Tonsiline is the sole remedy widely sold across the United States and promotes hospital size bottles priced at $1.00.
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United States
Legal English in bilingual law talk of old times
A London Opinion note explains how English and Norman French mingled in legal and religious phrases. It cites paired words like humble and lowly, acknowledge and confess, assemble and meet, and mentions how lawyers use form like aid and abet and will and testament.
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Chaucer
Wright
Carpenter
London
Travel and Comfort: The Cost of Routine and Habit
A passage discusses how comfort and habits trap us in daily routines. It argues travel disrupts these routines, forcing clumsy adjustments like hunting for slippers, using cold water, and eating at unfamiliar times. It suggests breaking routine can curb selfishness, despite discomfort.
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Chicago Tribune
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Rat Ste. Bow Issue
United Milling, ‘and’ Smelting Co
Women OF Nigeria
New York
Kefauver
Valley View
Darner
Jefferson
Weatchester County
Xii
Httle Andrew Elliot
Gilbert Eliot
Andrew
Bubecribe
Bia
Grasley
Lord Rosebery
Paris
Circle
American Press Association
Catherine
Anna
William
Mr. Stubbs
Philadelphia Bulletin
Little Rock Gazette
Legal English
THE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Tel
R. W. Stake
E. Patrick
Frederick
OUR
Moberly’s
West Patrick Street
Berman Optical Co
Berman
the Berman Optical Co
North Market St. Frederick
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