For Sale Cheap from The Record Newton Indiana
Owing to a new electric motor in the press room The Record offers for sale a 10 horsepower upright boiler and a 1 horsepower horizontal engine both Murray Iron Works Burlington Indiana complete with fixtures injector smoke stack etc used a little over three years. Bargain at 100 cash or note. Also finest line of fancy stationery at the Record office Newton Indiana invitations announcements cards folders engraved programs birth announcements and more ready to print.
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Murray Iron Works
Burlington
Newton
Record Office
Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment Promises Cure
Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment claims to cure blind bleeding ulcerated and itching piles. It supposedly absorbs tumors and relieves itching instantly, acting as a poultice. The preparation is marketed solely for piles and private area itching, with a money back guarantee. Sold by Foster Callison and Williams Manufacturing Co Cleveland, Ohio, 60 cents to 1.00 per box by mail.
Climber Falls 760 Feet on Mount Hood Death
Frederick Kirn a Portland grocer and climber perished on Mount Hood Newton Clarke glacier after a rock slide hurled him 300 feet down a slope and over a cliff. He climbed alone starting at four o'clock and was found near the glacier edge after the search by landlord Mr Langille. The body was recovered days later.
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Oregon
Frederick Kirn
Portland
Ore
Newtes Clarke
Mount Hood
Kim
Mr. Langille
Cloud Cap Inn
Kirn
Newton Clarke
English Criticism on Colloquial Contractions and Usage
The author defends using ellipses like are sup posed to over are supposed to do, noting regional speech differences. He recalls his English dialect rejecting the form decades ago and recalls initial dislike of I should like to, yet now hears it commonly, while doubting its universal use among educated speakers.
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Grant Allen
Academy
Allen
England
Mr. Allen
Unnecessary Generosity Story With Jose Maria Robber
A Spanish brigand Jose Maria, pardoned on condition to renounce crime, recalls a tale of robbing an English youth of horses and goods. He returns one servant’s horse and sixteen dollars from two hundred, and keeps the watch as the youth pleads for his father’s love and a gift. The robber concludes his tale with a grim moral.
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Jose Maria
Seville
Sea serpents Ahead as War Correspondents Set Sail
A Washington Star exchange ponders looming tensions with Japan and Cuba. The editors conclude little will change soon and jokingly decide to dispatch men to seek sea serpents.
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Cuba
Congress
Washington Star
Widow to sail two months for pecop's cows in town
A sixty year old widow in Glouchestershire plans a two month voyage to assist pecop's cows in town, seeking permission and resources for the journey. The notice notes her age, location, and the intent to travel to perform the task.
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Ham
Glouchestershire
Mer Pecop
Powers the Leadville Sheriff and the Courtroom Move
Twenty years ago in Leadville Powers, a one armed wiper turned public servant, held multiple posts from justice of the peace to court house janitor. During a capital horse theft case from Joplin, a stenographer moved to discharge the prisoner, Powers swiftly ruled the motion carried, then adjourned to Johnny Shea's where supporters celebrated the judge and staff.
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Powers
Burnhan
Denver Times
Leadville
Canyon City
Pat Kennedy
Court House
Old City
Joplin
Johnny Shea
Prove His Title: Banker Demands Proof Before Engagement
In a dialog adapted from a European tale, a banker doubts a noble’s claim to title without documents. The count asserts wealth of 2,000,000 dollars and proposes a marriage with a favorable settlement, prompting the banker to exclaim acceptance as proof of foreign nobility.
Cleaning and coloring on Meh s clothing and fabrics
Cleaning and coloring of garments including dresses waists cloaks chenille curtains and more offered with no ripping colorfast guarantee and neat finishing. Office 221 Locust Street Des Moines Iowa. Jim P Wilson manager and Pants Factory agent. Work guaranteed. Prices right.
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Meh
Locust Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Jim P. Wilson
Mgr
Unusually Long Place Names Across Languages
A Britannica style note surveys extreme place names and words from Gaelic Welsh German and Latin sources. It cites Drimtaidhuickhillichattan in Mull and Mynyddywllyn near Cardiff as examples, then revels in long Rhine and Latin terms including Constantinopelscher dudlelsack pfeifer and Antipericata metanaparbenced an ptecribrationes Toordicantium. It mentions Anmantachaturdasivratakatha and Cluninstaridusachedes in Plautus.
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Drimtaidhuickhillichattan
Isle of
Mull
Mynyddywllyn
Cardiff
Llan
Cologne
Rabelais
Pantagruel
Victor
Plautus
Harper's Round Table
Nansen and the Thirteen Superstition Refuted
After Nansen’s final expedition the number thirteen is shown as mere superstition. He began the Fram with thirteen men, embarked toward the North Pole on March thirteenth, 1895, left the ice on August thirteenth, 1896, and arrived at Tromsø on August thirteenth, 1896, proving the omen unfounded.
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Nansen
Fram
North Pole
Tromsoe
Fight Between Lions and Hyenas in Donaldson Smith Scene
A scene from Through Unknow African Countries depicts a confrontation where lions clash with a pack of hyenas. The vivid action centers on the struggle for territory and survival amid the harsh African landscape.
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Donaldson Smith
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New York Journal
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A. H. Weber
Aurist
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Jasper & Sons
Fred Claussen
Figure
Karl
Wagley & Smead
the Record
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Inter Ocean
Cleveland
Ohio
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