Empress and Royals Embrace Typewriter Trend
Reported fascination with the typewriter reaches Empress of Japan and queens Alexandra Maude and others. Carmen Silva, queen of Romania, is said to write poems and stories on a typewriter, surpassing them in prolific use. Business items list sales and rentals in Dalton Riverdale area including water heaters, houses, acres, and land tracts with prices and contact details.
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Japan
Queen Alexandra
England
Queen Maude
Norway
Czarina
Portugal
Carmen Silva
Romania
St. Nicholas
Engel Street
Dalton
Pointer
Harper County
Kansas
Bargins
Rice County
Merwin G. Conner
Little River
Rice Co
Riverdale
Hold All Animals Sacred in Balinese Beliefs
In Bali, dogs are not killed as they are seen as reincarnations of poorer people's dead, and a tiger is believed to be a reincarnation of another caste. An old Balinese man reportedly placates a tiger by asking for peace, and the beast purportedly retreats into the jungle.
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Bali
Dutch East Indies
Wide World
Russian Chef Shares Secret Recipe For NY Dish
A Russian chef of eminence has sent his formula for a famous dish to a renowned New York restaurant. The gesture is praised as a compliment to Russian patrons and as an example of culinary generosity that could inspire American cooks to adopt authentic Russian preparation.
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New York
Lady Passenger Seeks Diary Proof In Fresh Innor’west Breeze
A timid passenger aboard an ocean liner asks an officer to name the rolling sea condition for her diary. The officer reassures there is no danger, calling it a fresh innor west breeze with a cross sea, while the vessel rolls and breakfast nears.
Did as He Was Told
A Yankee schooner Sally Ann commanded by Capt Spooner sails up the Connecticut River. Mate Comstock objects to near mud flats and orders the anchor to be let go. The vessel luffs and holds, Comstock bows to the captain, stating his duty is to anchor.
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Spooner
Connecticut
Mr. Comstock
Cap’n
Bluejacket
Age Estimation of Fish by Otolith Growth
The age of a plaice fish is read from otoliths in the ear, which accumulate two growth layers each year a light summer layer and a dark autumn winter layer. Each pair of layers equals one year of life, enabling age counts and study of growth rates and fisheries impact. Wal lace conducts this research across sea bottoms to map age distribution.
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Wallace
Scientific American
Dress Suit For A Church
On a New York honeymoon ride a groom mistakes streets for churches and a landmark for Grace Street. The couple is shown touring Broadway in an open car with grand gestures and a vow of proper attire, only to learn entry requires a dress suit.
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Broadway
New York
Metropolitan Tower
Flatiron
Fourteenth Street
Herald Square
Pennsylvania Station
Eashien
Grace Street
Paraphrased Witness Cousin Claims Patchwork Relation
A lawyer questions a witness in a Detroit News inspired scene as she explains a tangled web of kinship. She describes numerous marriages and distant ties, finally calling the defendant a sort of cousin amid the courtroom dialogue.
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Detroit News
Jones
Joe
Harry
Special Assessment Notice for Dalton Drain Project
The President and Board of Trustees of Dalton Village announce a special assessment for 314 vitrified tile drains tied to proposed sewers. Final hearing set for November 29, 1909 at 10:00 a.m. in Cook County Court. objections may be filed beforehand. Installments at five percent per annum as provided. James A. Scott, commissioner.
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Dalton
Cook County
Illinois
Dolton
Said
James A. Scott
Board of Local Improvements
Had Little Nose for News
A cub reporter sent to cover a society wedding returns after an hour of aimless time claiming nothing to write because the bridegroom failed to appear. The city editor scolds the reporter for not working on the wedding story.
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Philadelphia Times
City Star
For Sale Wisconsin Potatoes in Riverdale
Dick Lentier advertises two carloads of Wisconsin potatoes for winter supply at low prices. Contact 13701 Indiana Ave Riverdale.
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Wisconsin
Dick Lentier
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
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F. Obeldobel
L. F. Kipley
Obeldobel & Kipley
O. Obeldobel
Illinois Central Depot
Andrew _Baumgarner
Wabash Avenue
State Street
Illinoia Central Depot
Highlawn
O. F. Reich
Indiana Avenue
C. Blocker
Grant Street
Grant Streets
Schwab
Lincoln Ave
Jennie C. Dolton
Wilmer Bonse
Lund’s Hall
Kern & Kipley
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