Specialville water district improvement ordinance 1926
A Cook County Illinois village adopts a local improvement ordinance for a water main project in Specialville. It outlines frontage limits, cost sharing via ten installments, six percent interest, and bond backing, with property compensation and court steps to determine benefits and just compensation.
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143Rd Street
Ashland Avenue
Specialville
Robey Avenue
145Th Street
147Th Street
159Th Street
Cooper Avenue
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Vincennes Road
Forest Preserve
Wood Avenue
Union Drainage District
141St Street
Board of Local Improvements
General Assembly
State of
Illinois
Specil- Ville
Villiage
Pius P. Flick
The
Cook County
Hanois
Ilinois
County of
Cook
Ss. I
Board of Trustees
Committee On Judiciary
Dalton Pointer
A. D
Quotes in the largest modern English book of quotations
The work devotes 105 columns to Shakespeare quotes the most followed by Milton with 30 Pope 29 Byron 25 Wordsworth and Tennyson 22 Swinburne 19 Cooper 17 Dryden 13 Browning Scott Burns 12 Hood 19 Coleridge Goldsmith 9 More 8 Southey Campbell 7 Shelley Thomson 6 Spencer Herbert Gray 5 Keats 3
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Shakespeare
Milton
Pope
Byron
Wordsworth and Tennyson
Swinburne
Cooper
Dryden
Browning
Scott and Burns
Hood
Coleridge
Goldsmith
More
Southey and
Campbell
Shelley
Thomson
Spencer
Herbert and Gray
Keats
Locke on humor guiding married life in women
The quote asserts thousands of women sustain married happiness by viewing husbands with a God given humor. It notes women must be married first for this gift, warning that if humor arrives early many will misread it and send the man to less gifted sisters.
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Locke
W. J. Locke
Slavery Timeline in United States History
The article outlines key milestones from 1619 when slavery began in the colonies to 1807 when importation was banned. It notes 1865 as the abolition year of slavery in the states and territories through the thirteenth amendment, with 1868 as the emancipation announcement for seceding states.
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United States
Let Your Light Shine Inspires Hope and Integrity
A reflective quotation urges readers to let light shine by fostering hope in others, smiling, trust, and goodness. It notes that integrity strength and honor in individuals sow seeds in countless lives, often unseen and unknown.
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J. T. Sunderland
Time Flies and Shorter Words for Occupations
A Detroit News style quip notes how language reshapes terms like barbers becoming chiroten sors and undertakers as morticians, while wires are electrologists and trusts turn into mergers. The playful observation contrasts old job labels with modern equivalents.
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Detroit News
We Shouldn't Wonder From a Boy's History Paper
A brief note quotes a boy’s history exercise referencing Christopher Columbus in the West Indies era. The fragment hints at student reflection and historical framing rather than a full narrative.
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West Indies
Boson Transcript
Government documents sales rise as free distribution debated
The government printing office reports 1925 sales of 7,770,782 copies with revenue of 487,922.63, up from 1924 and 1921. Public printer George G. Carter notes most orders come by letter and in person, urging a sales basis to fund printing and space needs.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
Superintendent of
Congress
George G. Carter
United States Public Printer
Carter
Ument
Iuper Intendent
Joint Committee On Printing
Lonely Husband Seeks Wife After 23 Years
William B. Fellows of Cambridge appeals to newspapers to locate his wife Lena Moran whom he married 50 years ago. After three years they lived together until she vanished in 1903. She returned briefly, then left again for good, with a note promising spring arrival. A nephew later said she died in Chicago, but this could not be verified.
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Cambridge
Mass
William B. Fellows
Lnna Moran
Mr. Fellows
Fellows
Chicago
Illegitimate Marriages Spark Rhode Island Debate
For years many residents in the state have wed while still legally bound to a former spouse. A 1789 law prohibits remarriage while a previous marriage remains valid, raising questions about past unions and current legality.
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Ilegally Providence, R. L
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