No Man's Land owner claims Virginia capitol land
Richmond merchant Cites 1784 condemnation records to claim ownership of the land under Virginia's capitol and seeks restitution or court relief. Oklahoma and New York cases illustrate related title flaws and high-value land tied to old surveys and overlooked parcels with potential fortunes.
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Elmo Scott Watson
R. W. Gunn
Richmond
Old DoMinion
State Capitol
Virginia
General Assembly
Gunn
Thomas Jefferson
Trance
Jefferson
Paris
Yellow House
College of William and Mary
Henry County
Henry County Court
Lee Moore
Byrd
Secretary of the Commonwealth
State
Snyders
Curries
Archibald Carys
Prices
Acrille Coches
Oklahoma
No Man's Land
Oklahoma City
Forrest Parrott
Register of Deeds
Oklahoma County Court House
Mr. Parrott
T. B. Slick
Wirt Franklin
New York
Dennis
100 West Monroe Building Corporation
Bessie
Chicago
City Hall
Munichal
Duane Street
Pearl Street
New County Court House
Foley Square
Joel J. Squire
Bureau of Street Openings
Church of St. Andrew
Joseph Johnson
City Hall Place
Old City Hall
Squire
Crickets Indoors Cause Damage and Nuisance
The guide notes crickets inside homes can damage furnishings especially if moist and can breed near garbage dumps. It recommends cleaning dumps or treating with waste oil, uses poisoned bait made with bichloride of mercury and flour on cardboard, and cautions about children and pets. It advises checking cottages before fall closure and packing bed clothing tightly to prevent infestation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Peach Cobbler Recipe From U S Department Of Agriculture
A peach cobbler is described with a biscuit crust and peaches beneath a dough layer. Directions from the Bureau of Home Economics list ingredients and steps, including flour salt sugar baking powder butter milk and peaches, bake at 400 degrees F until tender. Serve hot with hard sauce or cold with whipped cream.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Selecting Tea for Iced Tea in Warm Weather
The article explains choosing black green or oolong tea for iced tea and the importance of proper packaging brewing time and water quality. It advises East India black teas for color and body and notes that orange pekoe refers to leaf grade not a tea type.
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United States
East India
Ceylon
China
Japan
East Indies
United States Department of Agriculture
Phillips Milk of Magnesia aids sour stomach relief
Overeating and rich diets can sour the stomach but Phillips Milk of Magnesia quickly neutralizes acidity. A spoonful relaxes the system, with physicians endorsing Phillips, urging readers not to substitute another product.
Exhibition Shows TB Effects on Farm Animals
An ingenious U S Department of Agriculture exhibit uses large animal photographs and a lighting device to reveal X ray like images of diseased organs, illustrating how tuberculosis affects farm livestock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ice well cooling milk at North Dakota Agricultural College
The North Dakota Agricultural College reports success in using an improvised ice well to store milk. An eight by eight foot, nine and a half foot deep well with boarded sides and gravel bottom produced a large cake of ice during winter that lasted through the 1929 summer.
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North Dakota Agricultural College
Correspondence Schools In US See Enrollment Surge
Correspondence schools in the United States now enroll about 1,250,000 students, roughly double the total enrollment of all universities and colleges combined, reflecting a rapid growth in nontraditional education.
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United States
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Ma Man’s Land
Title Company
West Monroe
Jared Bassett
Clark Street
Monroe
Madison Streets
Western Newspaper Union
Stale Caritol
Richmond, Er
Yggnis
Ase
Lydia E. Pinkham
Florence Johnson
R. R
Chetopa
Kansas
Peat
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