Ivory Floor at London Dock Showcases Ivory Hoards and Wool Vaults
Visitors view tusks weighing 40 to 200 pounds gathered by natives and shipped to London Dock for auction. Other scenes include vast wool warehouses with 39 acres of bales, and a 126 year old wine vault storing half a million gallons. The piece also notes Bible distribution, bird song, and local crime and transport statistics.
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London Dock
Tower of London
London
Guy Fawkes
House of Parliament
FLY Trick That Failed Spurs Ribbing at Dining Car Tale
Charlie Palmer recalls a Dallas dining car episode where a man tried to swallow a wall of flies to avoid paying a bill. He planned a repeat at a lunch counter but the scheme backfired and yielded no free meals. The tale circulates as a humorous cautionary anecdote.
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Charlie Palmer
Tonopah
Times-Bonanza
Dallas
Texas
Charlie
Bear Lake County News Readership Ad
KEEP WELL INFORMED. Bear Lake county citizens should keep well informed on what is going on within the county. The Post is published every week and carries all the county news. Subscription is $2.00 per year. Have Your Printing Done at Home.
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Bear Lake County
Post
Two Local Students Enroll at Ricks Normal Rexburg
Donald Cole and Wallace Grandy left Friday for Rexburg to enroll at Ricks Normal. Mrs. Ellen Smith returned home to Logan Utah after a brief visit with relatives. For rent a house and rooms near the high school inquire of Earl Shepherd Paris.
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Onald Cole
Wallace Grandy
Rexburg
Ricks Normal
Ellen Smith
Logan
Utah
Earl Shepherd
Paris
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Jas. E. Wailis
England
British and Foreign Bible Society
Haveeen
James John Joicey
Great Britain
Anges
TOY
The
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Shepherd Clothing Store
Paris, Idaho
Bath
Bear Lake Cou County
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