Rousseau's Shyness Sparks Opera Impostor Tale at Inn
A summary of how Rousseau avoided court life due to shyness after an opera success. An impostor claimed to be Rousseau and sought to reveal royal performances. The real Rousseau’s pity for the faker contrasted with fear of exposure, as recounted in the Confessions.
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Rousseau
Louis XV
Rousseau T Pre
Perlerend
Més
Westminster Gzette
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Sworn Statement
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio pledges one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886 by A. W. Greason. The remedy is taken internally and claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Greason
Sea
F. J. Cheney & Woo
Lord Mansfield Faces Norton Over Manorial Rights
The famed English judge Lord Mansfield impatiently listens as Sir Fletcher Norton argues a case about manorial rights. Norton insists on a personal example claiming two little manors, prompting Mansfield to remark on their awareness of his claim.
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Lord Mansfield
Sire Fletcher Norton
Norton
Night key joke from Mr Meektona quoted in Star
An exchange features Mr Meektona asking for a night key and Henrietta locking it in a safety deposit box to keep him from losing it, as reported by the Washington Star.
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Mr. Meektona
Henrietta
Washington Star
After Their Quarrel Mabel and Lena
Dialogue from a stage scene shows Mabel asking about speaking to Lena and Helen denying any interaction. the exchange highlights social tensions and awareness of appearances in a domestic setting. The brief exchange centers on recognition and social boundaries between the women.
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Mabel
Lena
Helen
Puck
Missouri Kansas and Texas Southbound Time Table
Southbound and northbound times listed for Missouri Kansas and Texas service. Schedules show departures from multiple points including Dallas branch with morning and evening times across the day. Some entries are garbled but indicate daily travel slots such as 6:10 am 12:05 pm and 7:13 pm in southbound, with corresponding northbound times including 9:47 am 12:30 pm and 10:16 pm.
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Dallas
OPEA
BUC Sock ‘Ine
The White House on Perim Island Folly of a French Admiral
In the Bab el Mandeb strait a fortified white house on the Arabian coast marks a French admiral s failed attempt to seize Perim island after a British surprise occupation. A governor s ruse led to Perim holding British control while the French left a lasting monument behind.
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Bab-el-Mandeb
Red Sea
Far East
M. de Lesseps
Suez Canal Company
Aden
Orient
Sokotra
Perim Island
Suez Canal
Perisis
Ned Sea
Bab-i-Mandeb
Perim
Arabian
White House
Festival in Athens Honoring Minerva Parade Details
Citizens of Athens from various ages joined a procession for the Minerva festival. The highlight was a ship driven by hidden machinery bearing the goddess banner at its masthead, reflecting the era's ceremonial pageantry.
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Minerva
Athens
Magazine Subscriptions Offered at Low Club Prices
Let the Record and Chronicle provide any club or combination of magazines you want at the lowest possible prices.
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The
Record
Chronicle
Texas and Pacific Southbound Schedule Fragment
Rail timetable fragment shows southbound Texas and Pacific service with times 3:50 p m and 10:20 a m unreadable details and garbled text. The legible items indicate a schedule fragment surface with no clear destinations or train names.
Trials of Winter and a Cough Remedy Message
Public service style notice urges guarding against cold and cough to avoid pneumonia and consumption. Promotes Simmons Cough Syrup claiming it cures coughs and heals lungs to keep readers healthy for spring.
Lost and Found Classifieds Prompt for Archives
A fragment urging readers to use the Record and Chronicle Lost and Found columns to recover lost articles. The note emphasizes advertising to reclaim items and hints at a service for locating missing artifacts.
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Chronicle
Inheritance Dispute Over Cat Causes Warehouse Fire
Four brothers inherit a storage warehouse and divide assets including a cat. A misbound rag on the injured cat leads to a fire after a coal ignites it. The dispute blames the eldest for binding the paw. three brothers argue the cat’s other paws caused the loss. The case lingers unresolved.
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Philadelphia
Hunt's Lightning Oil Praised by Texan User
A reader from Halletsville Texas writes that Hunt's Lightning Oil eases pain and sprains. The note endorses the product and mentions 25 cent and 60 cent bottles available.
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C. C. Cook
Halletsville
Texas
Impostor Mimics Persian Ambassador To Versailles
Louis XIV hosted a Persian embassy in 1667 as an elaborate deception by an impostor named Riza Bey. After a grand Paris procession and court receptions, he vanished with trinkets said to be glass and worth about 15 cents each. The ruse ended with his disappearance.
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Louis XIV
Louis le Grand
Persia
Marseilles
Paris
Tuileries
Louis
Duc de Richelieu
Versailles
Caspian Sea
France
Riza Bey
New York Tribune
President Helps Orphans at Macon Home
A Ma con Georgia based Industrial and Orphans' Home reports nine years of use with Electric Bitters. The president praises it as a top family medicine aiding digestion and appetite, strengthening weak individuals and addressing female complaints. Available for 50 cents at J F Raley & Co.
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Industrial and Orphans’ Home
Macon
J. F. Raley
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Denton Resident
Denton Texas resident R R Turner on Oak Street testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved backache and lameness in 1905 and says his trouble has never returned. Pills sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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Denton
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Nme
Deep
New York Spots Fall Fifty Points in Cotton Markets
A sharp drop of 50 points was observed in New York cotton quotes, with middling closing at 14.45c and March dipping to 14.25 before rallying to 14.65 83. Liverpool and New York futures showed weakness in early trading. Local prices: lint cotton 14 to 14 12, seed $4-$5, corn advances lift wholesale to 1.60 and retail to 1.70. Fort Worth cattle and hogs steady to higher with top hogs at 8.40, beef steers and calves easing slightly.
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Denon
New York
Fort Worth
Market Quotations Cotton Prices
Market quotations show lint per pound at 14 to 14 1 2 cents, fiber in seed priced from four to five dollars.
Feedstuffs price list for corn cotton seed and hay
Corn wholesale 85c per bu and 83 to 85c shelled per bu. Cotton seed wholesale 26 and retail 28 per ton. Cotton seed meal 32 per ton retail. 1.65 to 1.66 per 160 lbs. Cotton seed hulls 12.50 to 15 per ton at car and 75c per 100 lbs. Corn chops 1.60 wholesale per 109 lbs and 5 to 10c more retail per 100 lbs. Chicken feed 1.60 wholesale per 160 lbs and 18c higher retail. Corn burn 1.40 wholesale per 100 lbs and 5 to 15c higher retail. Shucks loose 50c to $1 per load. Prairie hay wholesale 15 per ton. retail per bale 60c. per ton 16 to 17.
Grocery price list highlights wholesale and retail rates
The list shows Irish potatoes at 95 cents per bushel wholesale and 1.10 per bushel retail, sweet potatoes new crop 1.25 to 1.50 per bushel wholesale and 0.40 per peck retail, favoured 100 lb lots 3.15 to 3.40 wholesale with 10 cents higher retail, hard wheat flour 3.05 to 3.15 per 100 lb, graham flour 3.50 per 100 lb, corn meal 65 to 70 cents wholesale and 70 to 71 cents retail, lard various pack sizes and prices, bacon prices by type, onions wholesale 2.5 cents and retail 4 cents, turnips wholesale 2.5 cents and retail 4 cents.
Egg and butter price listing for wholesale and retail
The notice provides egg prices at 30 cents cash or trade wholesale and 35 cents retail, two dozen for 65 cents. Butter prices show wholesale 10 to 30 cents per pound, delivered to private residences or hotels at 206 to 25 cents, and creamery butter at 26 to 0 cents per pound.
Poultry Prices Listed for Various Birds and Weights
The notice lists poultry rates with markets quoting LURKEYS 12 1-2 to 13c per Ib HENS 7 to 8c FRYERS 10 to 12 1-2c per Ib BAKERS 8 1-3 to 10c per Ib OLD ROOSTERS 10c each GUINEAS $1.50 to $2 per dozen DUCKS 3c per ounce or $3 per lb GEese $6 per dozen.
Livestock Market Quotes For Hogs And Cows
Hog prices range from 5 to 6 cents per pound for light hogs and 6 3-4 to 7 1-4 cents for heavies. Cow prices in cents per pound gross from 2 3-4 to 3 1-4.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Fights Burns and Pain
Powerful healer for burns, scalds, cuts and bruises. Quickly soothes skin eruptions, old sores, boils and ulcers. Relief is instant. 25c at J. F. Raley & Co.
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J. F. Raley & Co
Denton County Partition Suit Recovers Receiver Sale Order
In case 5012 Denton County Texas the court appointed receiver I R H Bates to sell a lot by private sale for at least 250 cash or by public auction if needed. The court voided a prior sale and ordered re sale on February 1910 with the same land description in Denton County including a half acre parcel near the court house. The filing also notes a separate petition of heirs of Melinda Cassady alleging community property and multiple land tracts with distribution among heirs and unknown heirs to be cited.
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Texas
Alex W. Roberson
J. Hawk
Joe A. Hawk
Riley Yeck
Copel Yeck
Williaml. Hawk
Isaiq
I. R. H. Bates
Court House
Denton County
District Court
R. H. Bates
Ang I. R. H. Bates
Dente County
Alex Hill
Denton and
Dallas
Alex W. Robertson
John Branum
Jim Champion
Fl Champion
Berry Champion
Rachel Carter
Mose Carter
Mary Peace
Will Peace
Lizzie Clayton
Jack Clayton
Ad Champion
John Houston
Alma Houston
Lizzie Houston
Annie Houston
Jim Houston
Mary Lee Houston
Annieen
Thompson
Callis Warren
Carrie Fox
Jim Fox
Willis Warren
Melinda Bean
John Johnson
Jennie Alburty
Alburty
Alle Weber
Joe Manley
Pairlee Clayton
Joe Clayton
Angie Lagrand
Alfred Luagrand
Bell Anderson
Quitman Anderson
Netty Brady
Winston Brady
Mary Ean
Goy Dean
Climas Jores Sigorous Jones
Saggins
Melinda Cassady
Paintiffs
Jacob Cassady
Jacob and
Lenora Lugrand
Alfred Lugrand
Angie Lugrand
Patrlee Clayton
Melinda Assady
Patlee Clayton
Anginette Champion
Amand Warren
Ellis Warren
Rachel Johnson
Alonzo Manley
Emeline Dean
Elm Fork
Trinity River
Loving
G W. Hensley
Lovine
Wm. Loving
J. R. Greer
Angie
Alfred Lagrand
Alonzo Champion
Aemi
Citation by Publication for Heirs of Me linda Cassady
Public notice commands Denton County authorities to summon unknown heirs of Me linda Cassady. Publication runs weekly for eight weeks in a local or nearest district newspaper before the Denton district court term on February 21, 1910.
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Denton County
Melinda Cassady
Sixteenth Judicial District
Denton
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