For Sale Classified Items and Ranch Note
For sale items include two 3 inch centrifugal representatives and a Minch valve with office contract through National Casualty Company Detroit. Also a 160 acre stock ranch near Long Valley Idaho listed by John A Weiser Idaho. Three milk cows for sale with fresh calves listed by H F Stevens Washoe.
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National Casualty Company
Detroit
Mich
Gale
Long Valley
Near
Idaho
John A
Weiser, Idaho
Security for a Wife in Ancient Law and Custom
The article surveys Hammurabi era and Ka‑Ors South Africa rules where a wife gains financial protection only through bearing children. It notes dowry return rules, usufruct rights, and ongoing shares for children, with divorce possible by the husband but limited by birth of offspring. It argues birth of children provides sole security and independence for the wife under these systems.
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Babylon
South Africa
Gray's Inn Acknowledges Powerful Allies And Notable Bakers
Gray's Inn produced fewer great lawyers than some inns yet claims strength in influential connections. Notable figures linked to the inn include Thomas Cromwell, Lord Burghley, George Monck, and the Bacons, Nicholas and Francis, whose legacies remain in the inn gardens.
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Gray's Inn
Air Service
Grays of
Inns of Court
Thomas Cromwell
Lord Burghley
Elizabeth
George Monck
Eucalyptus Trees Said to Combat Malaria Mosquitoes
An explanation from S Leonard Bastin in St Nicholas links eucalyptus cultivation to drying marshy land. The trees rapidly absorb water, reducing mosquito larval pools of Anopheles, thereby lowering malaria transmission.
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S. Leonard Bastin
St. Nicholas
Early Use of Metals on Easter Island Compared to Mexico
The article notes Easter Island tools, though similar in shape to Mexican implements, served more wondrous purposes. It suggests iron was unknown to ancient peoples, while Mexicans used red copper for tools. It highlights volcanic tools used to carve stone images and blocks on Easter Island, with remnants still strewn across island quarries.
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Mexico
Easter Island
Weapons and surgery in ancient Peru contrast crude weapons with trephination
Early Peruvians used clubs war-hatchets slings and stones in battle. Skull fractures often occurred yet surgeons trephined for brain troubles and other diseases. The bend of the patent and a flint sawed bone buttons, sometimes filled with silver or mollusk shell, were used before sealing with scalp.
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Peru
Meaning of Ship Tonnage Confuses lay readers across tonnage terms
An article by Cayt O. A. McAllister explains the muddled use of tonnage figures for ships. It notes that gross tonnage, net tonnage, displacement tonnage, and fixed tonnage for warships differ greatly and cannot be compared directly.
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Cayt O. A. McAllister
United States Coast Guard
Popular Science Monthly
Custom House
Novice Draftsman Recalls First Independent Design
A Century Magazine excerpt recounts a novice draftsman who faced ridicule over his first railing and gate project. The head draftsman laughed, then offered constructive critique, giving him his first toehold in architectural design and a glimpse of earning potential.
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Century Magazine
Ama
Easter Island A Remote Polynesian Outpost
Easter Island lies 2000 miles west of Chile with Pitcairn 1400 miles farther west. Covering 45 square miles, its volcanic surface lacks vegetation except grass, utilized for cattle and farming. Discovered by Roggeveen on Easter Sunday, the island features bold rock sculptures terraces and walls similar to Mexican and Peruvian relics.
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Easter Island
Chile
Pitcairn Island
Roggeveen
Mexico
Peru
When a Child Fallh Faults Weigh Beyond the Child
An essay questions whether school failures reflect the child, parents, or school. Dr Groszmann cites humanitarian estimates that 75 percent of school age children suffer from physical ailments, about 18 million, many removable or preventable. Issues include dental decay, nervous disorders, tuberculosis, and blindness impacts.
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M. P. B. Groszmann
Large Feet and Gad Cough in a Droll Shop Tale
Muggins, a man with very large feet and a severe cough, visits a boot shop where the young assistant rummages through many pairs to fit his oversized foot. After trying his fortieth pair and coughing fits worsen, the doctor warns of grave illness and the assistant jokes that the other foot will not fit.
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Muggins
U. S
U.S. A
I. B. Gravely Tobacco Company
Danville
Gravely
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Chiropractic
W. B. Sims
Crighton
Payette
J. M. Swanson & Son Livestock Auctioneer
Star Bakery
Jordan
Caldwell, Idaho
Durham
H. F. Stevens
Washoe
THE
Gray's
J. A. Lauer & Bro
B. Holmes
Stanton Bros
OR. H. B. Catron
Osteopath
F.H. Lyon
Lyon
Ipauo
JH Norris
Nat'l Bank
Walter Watts
J. W. Easter
Thurston, Building
Heaith
United States
France
Belgium
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