Finance Committee Report of Orange County 1908
Report of the Finance Committee for year ending Oct 1 1908, confirms Sheriff charges match abstract for 1907, and Treasurer and clerk books are correct. Details total orders issued 11088.42 with balance due 3363.25, bridge work cost 3076.58, receipts from Sheriff and Clerk 11709.72, balance in treasury 5.60.
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Orange’ County
Wm. M. Jones
W. M. Stroud
J. L. Cheek
Finance Com
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Sheriff's Commission Pd
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Cheeks Township
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Sheriff’s Commissions
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Bank of Ee
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Bank of Orange
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Mt. Due Township
Little ‘River
Mt. Due
Levy
Twolvents
Sheriff’s Commission Brvers and Insolvency Notice
Insolvent debtor list appears with sheriff’s commission references and amounts due. Township details blurred. full particulars unavailable.
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Sheriff’s Commission
The Compassion of Jesus Sermon by Rev. J N Pierce
The Brooklyn Puritan Congregational Church sermon centers on Luke 7 13 The compassion of Jesus The pastor argues miracles often accompany compassion and Jesus acts to relieve sorrow and oppressors He calls readers to trust Gods boundless mercy and see Jesus as the Father in action guiding relief to the burdened and grieving.
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Brooklyn
Puritan Congregational Church
Jason Noble Pierce
Jesus
Israel
St. Mark
St. Luke
Galilee
Nain
Lise
Father
God
Smallest post office afloat in Magellan Strait
A Curios Post Office in the Straits of Magellan is a tiny painted cask chained to rocks opposite Terra del Fuego. It floats freely and is kept by visiting ships that remove letters and replace them with new ones.
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Straits of Magellan
Cape
Terra del Fuego
Diverse old notes on science and industry
Government scientists note raindrops vary in size from tiny specks to two inches. Patents for glass telegraph poles issued in Germany and the U.S. find use where wood is scarce. European water power totals millions of horsepower for France Italy Norway Sweden and Germany. A bluing method for steel uses saltpetre melted in iron pots with oiling and drying steps. Glue for leather to metal made by Venetian turpentine and glue heats to a sticky state. Horn joining uses heat, precise scraping, and quick pressure. A Brazilian beetle with a ruby headlamp and green side lights arrives at the South Kensington Museum. A San Francisco wharf builder discovers live current deters borers on piles. A new federal law guarantees wages while injured government workers recover, with guidelines issued by the Commerce and Labor secretaries, amid uncertain costs.
Incorrigible Stella and Bella at a New York dining scene
The New York Sun notes Stella and Bella as souvenir fiends in a sharp reminiscence of a last dinner party. The piece contrasts Stella’s bold appetite with Bella’s dreary tone, sketching a vivid, satirical social moment.
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Stella
Bella
New York Sun
King Edward Nine as Lucky Number Theme
The note claims King Edward's life revolved around the digit nine. It cites birthdays in 1819, a ninth day birthday, a 63 marriage year, sums totaling nine, a 1901 reign start, a planned 27th coronation, and actual coronation on August 9, all from Tit Bits.
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King Edward
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Collins, Cashier
J. Cheshire Webb
Orange County
Fnnancial Bureau of Information
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Due. Township
New York Press
A Curios Post Office
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Europe
France
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Brazil
South Kensington Museum
London
San Francisco
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Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Boston Herald
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