Secret sugar weight miscue in marketplace tale
An elderly woman clumsily exposes a brass weight hidden in a bag of sugar during a village marketplace incident. Milak the pole explains the load, and the episode concludes with the old lady returning the sugar after the mistaken weight is revealed. The column also notes Nobel prizes founder and fund aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Phillimore
Carpathians
Phillimores
Milak
Joshska
Mr. Phillmore
Mr. Phillimore
Long-Preserved Youth and Treachery in Kansas
An English lady, aged seventy four by accounts, believed herself young and lingered in the same doorway daily awaiting a former lover, appearing under twenty to American travelers who knew her history not. Youth graced her face, while treachery in Kansas prompts many to spend time in disputes over principle, notes the Gazette.
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Hey Layer
Kansas
Gazette
Lorna
Sam
David Brocka
David
Beth Cornish
Ife
Larus
Davy Boy
Devoice
Borrowed Teeth and a Drummer Too Far Ahead
A fragment recounts Gilbert Parker's Metropolis Magazine tale of Phomaa Jefferson Stone, who borrowed a set of teeth for a photograph after an accident, and a Scottish diminutive drummer who walks by sound, misreading a changed parade route and finding himself alone with his drum.
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Phomaa Jefferson Stone
Indiana
Thore
Bia
Thomas Jefferson Stone
Stone
Gilbert Parker
Metropolistan Magazine
Lorna Makes Hay While Sun Shines
Lorna, facing her husband’s departure and a clash of pride, resolves to reinvent her life. She redecorates, revives social ties, and embraces renewed self reliance while secretly fearing loss. When David returns, he declares love and forgives her efforts, affirming their shared bond.
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Lorna
Modern Mariana on marriage and bachelorhood in history
A quote from Anne Warner discusses changing views of marriage a century ago. It contrasts intelligent women's use of marriage as a life entry with today’s pursuit of ideas whether married or not. It humorously notes bachelors avoid becoming married men and the reluctance of married life.
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Mariana
Moale
Anne Warner
Rogues Are Not Happy Quote Encountered
A historical quote reflects on rogue behavior, noting that after weathering life, no rogue seems content, attributed to Junius. The remark underscores moral judgments about vice and its consequences in a worldly perspective.
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Junius
Local Lodge Meetings And Porto Rico Medicine Appeal
Woodmen of Ameni Lincoln Camp No 52 meets the first and third Tuesdays at 8:30 in jouge ball. Bethany Lodge No 2 convenes the first Wednesday at Masonic Hall. visiting brethren welcome. Porto Rico’s new wonder hype touts King’s New Discovery as curative for coughs colds and throat troubles with trials offered. Ramon Marchan of Marse-Jonets vouches for its effectiveness and a one dollar price with free trial bottle.
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Ange Woodmen
AMENI
Lincoln
John W. Hunter
W. G. BE. Weston
A. F
A. M.bethany Lodge No 2
Masonic Hall
Brethers
Othe
T. Platt Williams
W. M S. P. Newman
Porto Rico
Ramon T. Marchan
Marce- Jonets
Cerribie
Porto Reo
Appointed for proving will in Lincoln County probate
Probate Court of Lincoln County issues notice for the will of Samuel K Baker deceased. Hearing set November 5 190? at 10 A M in Shoshone Court Room to prove will and appoint Ray Baker as executor with will annexed. Interested parties may appear to contest. Dated October 1908.
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Lineal
Samuel K. Baker
Seid Court
Ward Court
Shoshone
Samuel
Baker
Ray
J Fuller
Stockgrowers Merc Co Announces Gasoline Sale Note
Notice claims storage gasor and self measuring pump installed and offers gasoline at low prices to automobile owners for engine or domestic use. Urges trial orders. Also includes terse, nonsensical marketing lines about digestion and Chamberlain's Tablets.
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Stockgrowers Merc, CO
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Shoshone ! Journal
Alfred B. Nobel
Eseen
Dorothy Douglas
Atte Binks
Julius Caesar
Binks
Wiggles
Harper’s Weekly
Charles WM. Dill
Suregon
Idaho
M. D. Aubotew
McMahon Building
Shoshone, Idaho
E.M. Wolfe
Lawyer Mountain Home
Frank T. Disney
Notary Public Shoshone
Idate
Harlan D
LAW Office
James J. Botitiwell
Baughbrock Shoshone
O. Johnson
Paul
Haddock Johnson
Haddock
Irrigation Law
Mrs. Corrigan
Stoner
Boise ST. Shoshone,caho
Lodge Directory
O. F
Lodg No. 16
Odd Fellows
WM. Carter
N. G
George W. Falligan
Knights OF Pythias
Delo Lodge
K. of P. Hall
M. & Kidwell
J. W. Lundin
K of R
THE
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
the McFall Hotel
Comoe Prairie
New Soldier
Jane Torne
Silva
Chamberlain
the Star Theatre
Amoroading Shotgun
Remington Amc
Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge CO
Broadway
New York City
Gooding
Tate
F. R. Gooding
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