Oddly Named Towns Reflections On Peculiar Place Names
A Chicago Chronicle note surveys U S towns with humorous meanings in everyday talk. It cites Alone and Lonely in Kentucky and North Carolina, Joy Texas Paradise Colorado and many more, imagining social mix ups and banter among residents of towns with comical names.
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United States
Chicago Chronicle
New York
N. C
Jersey
Affinity
Joy
Happy
Tex
Paradise
Colo
Purity
Minn
Cream
Wis
Caviar
N. J
Colorado
Oregon
West Virginia
Crook
Hye
Lax
Ala
Blind Bay
Sodom
Pluto
Miss
Greene River
Kentucky
Lewiston
Pig
Lamb
Chickies
W. Va
Jug
White Ribbon Society
Dry Town
Cal
Magic
Wall Street
Fairplay
Alamede
Fashion
Jaysville
Looneyville
N. Y
Fossil
Ore
Quick
Neb
Philadelphia
Kan
Boston
Grass
S. D
Ice
Hell Hole
Japan
Russia
Jingo
Tenn
Leapyear
Bachelor
Mich
Langor
Jump
Dan
Beersheba
Tennessee
London
Pekin
Ohio
Whisky Buttes
Mont
Seven Devils
Ida
Crickets Featured In Japan From Street Cages To Garden Sounds
The passage notes a large green cricket common in Japan loved by children and sold in bamboo cages on streets. It mentions several tree cricket varieties that are pure white and emerge at different seasons. Some create loud notes when multiple play, while a late fall species has a bell like, delicate tone.
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Japan
Byron Quote About Instinct and Heart
A brief quotation notes Byron's reflection that there is no instinct like that of the heart. The line stands as a literary truism about intuition and emotion.
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Byron
Lecturer ends with warning on climbing and stopping at a good thing
Q Hope Jones extols perseverance and ambition in a talk against overreaching. He cites Lucrezia Borgia, Bozzaris, Napoleon, and Columbus to warn that pursuit of bigger gains can lead to downfall. He urges audience to seize a good thing, then stop, and ends by collecting 20 cents for a hospital or library.
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Q. Hope Jones
Ing Bear
Lucretia Borgia
Borgia
Rome
Bozzaris
Greece
Napoleon
France
Congress
Aly
Father
Alexander
Christopher Columbus
America
Atlantic Ocean
Columbus
Spain
Rebee
Time Tried and Merit Proven Cough Cure
One Minute Cough Cure is presented as effective for coughs crony and whooping cough. Described as harmless and pleasant to take, it is claimed as a children's favorite cough syrup.
Noted Engineer Credits Kodol Cure After Painful Illness
Joe Tack a renowned engineer on the Missouri Pacific line between Wichita and Kiowa appeared in the Atchison Globe with a dramatic stomach illness fearfully thinking cancer. He says Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and cured him and others he advised. Sold by G. T. Ray & Co.
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D. Kauble
Nevada
E. O. Dewitt &Co
Atchison
Kan
Joe Tack
Wichita
Kiowa
G. T. Ray & Co
Osceola NebrasK Regular Board Meeting Minutes 1905
Osceola Nebraska minutes show city board sessions from April and May 1905. Officials Holcomb Sargent Orum Michener Mille VanHoosen Arnold Crum and Mills appear. Petty cash and salaries including marshal, clerk, treasurer and nightwatch are listed. Water pump purchase authorized for 750.00 and attorney fee salary set at 150 per year with clerk at 75.00. Meeting adjourned sine die.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Methalle
Jud Holcomb
Peterson
Bill EB. L. King
Michener
Frank D. Mille
H. A. VanHoosen
J.C. Arnold
O. N. Michener
W. D. Crum
Water Committee
Henson & Hubbell
Beard
F. D. Mills
Neb
F. Henderson
Clarence Miller
F . Mills
Uncalled Letters at Osceola Post Office
List of letters and postal cards for the week ending May 11 1905 at Osceola Nebraska shows Miss Mary Osmond awaiting delivery and additional names.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Mary Osmond
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