City Ordinance No. 70 Fixes Sumner Sidewalk Plan
City of Sumner enacts a local improvement ordinance to build stone sidewalks five feet wide along Christy and Locust streets and portions of May and South avenues. The project funds by a special tax on abutting lots at ten cents per square foot, with construction details and grade requirements outlined.
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Sumner
Lilinoir
Amione
Chiialy Avenue
Lot One
Jacob May
City of
Sans
Nqath
Facot May
Town
City
Locnat Street
Noutheast
Block Twelve
Block Ten
Locust Street
Urbe City
Block Teo
May Street
Lot Nine
Block Nine
Sgath Avenue
Block Eleven
South Avenue
Original Town
New City
South Repuety
Block Eight
Block Seven
Ehat
Christy
North Avenue
Walnut Street
Src
I.count
Chriety Avenue
Grow and sell at market rate, not below it
A Connecticut agriculture paper summary advises farmers to grow enough for home use, but avoid underselling by selling by by products or at reduced prices. It stresses consistent pricing, diverse stock, and timely market participation to keep customers and prevent erosion of trust.
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Uber
Indy
Public Meeting
Connecticut Board of Agriculture
Meriden
Puzzling OCR Fragments Create Ephemeral Story
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a quirky dialogue about food and travel, mentioning milk, vines, seeds, and a character’s wish to improve. The text reads like a scrambled scene with unclear names and places, offering a peek into a damaged historical page without a coherent narrative.
Prisons for Cows and Feeding Practices Discussed
A fragmented early text discusses cattle feeding in farming, mentioning pumpkins, beets, turnips, rape, and other crops. It notes modes of processing crops for cattle and relates to bacon hogs and profitability, referencing regions and methods without clear structure.
Feeding the Dairy Cow and Profitable Herd Selection
The text discusses dairy cow feeding to maximize milk yield, noting that milk per cow varies greatly and depends on proper feeding and care. It stresses farmer education in selecting cows, as outcomes differ between individual animals and two cows may represent profitable and unprofitable dairy cows.
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T.usc
More Fences in the West plan for range control
The Denver Star reports Western stockmen favor fencing and water rights to delimit ranges and enforce boundaries. It notes large tracts could be reclaimed by irrigation, while unusable land would depend on sales of under water basins to spur capital toward storage reservoirs and irrigation works.
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Denver
Steraniin
Harness Records Show Few World Records This Season
The season's harness records fall short of world marks for most classes including trotters and pacers. Four year old mares see the sharpest decline with Maid at 2:05. Lady of the Binner sets another world record in aged pacing mares at 2:44.
Preventing a horse from sticking out its tongue with a crooked bit
A simple method uses a stiff crooked bit inserted upside down to raise the bit bow, preventing the horse from curling its tongue over it. The bit, sold by harness dealers, can be bent to project further into the mouth if needed, and is described as a complete success.
Untitled fragment about cattle farm and timber blocks
Fragmentary text describes a large Montana farm operation with a stock farm, Bitterroot ownership, and a timber block in western Montana. Mentions Marcus Daly, treasurer, and a substantial number of trees. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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United States
Marcus Daly and
Treas
Bitter Onpony
Montana
Mulching Farm Fruits Tends Careful Seasonal Advice
A detailed guide urges fruit growers to mulch berry beds after ground firms, using varied materials while avoiding over‑thick covering that could smother plants. It stresses good judgment, proper placement between rows, and loosening compost into soil for protection against frost and pests.
A Standard Fruit and Apple Market Practices
The apple has become a standard agricultural product for home and foreign markets. Apple dealers begin early season canvassing sections month by month, making estimates of picking, and assessing crop quantity and quality for foreign demand. This should be understood by the orchardist and dealer to set prices and quotes.
Understanding Fancy Apples Terms for Growers
A Firat Cisen Apple describes how fruit growers sell apples to packers on the western slope. It warns of disputes over grading and highlights that buyers may reject fruit, especially if not a perfect fancy apple with ideal size color shape and condition. Growers should learn the official terms to protect value.
Victim of Her Emotions Drives Wagner Break
A fragment notes Cousin Arabella giving up playing Wagner due to emotional strain. The text hints at interruptions during performances with unclear garbled phrases. The item reads as a tiny gossiping quip reflecting a personal relapse from music activity.
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Arabella
Sumner Sidewalk Improvement Ordinance Details Construction Plan
The ordinance outlines sidewalk erection along Christy Avenue Locust May South and Walnut streets in Sumner Illinois. It specifies stone blocks four inches thick and four feet wide, excavation depths, sand bedding, limestone slabs, tax funding by general taxation, and special assessments against abutting property. It assigns control to the mayor and street committee and details collection and delinquency procedures.
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Christy Avenue
Locust Street
May Street
South Avenae
North Avenue
Locust
Cedar Streets
Los Christy Avenue
Sargner
Illinois
Sumner
Anid
Lawrence County
Ilinois
Lota
Clark
Ordinance No 70 Adopted City Sidewalk Tax Details
City of Sumner adopts an ordinance to levy and collect a special sidewalk tax for street improvements. It references tax rolls, nonpayment status, and enforcement by city authority. The act includes adoption of Illinois sidewalk construction law and repeals conflicting ordinances. Passed July 16 1900.
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Nial
Sumner
State of
Illinois
Cooper
Foster
Hoopan
Combe
C. B. Jones
Springfield encampment and local accidents noted
Nei neighborhood reports relatives greeting in Gulled from Cotorado as Col L of Gen Horace Clark's brigade travels to Springfield for a week encampment. A near miss occurs when a freight derails a buggy near the B&O railroad, injuring no one. Settlements reached in two local accident cases including a death at a track crossing and a highway collision.
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Col L
Springfield
Horace Clark
Not-Feenton: A mix of remedies and local notices from 1900s news
The item blends ads and brief notices about health remedies, military appointments, accidents, and local incidents. It mentions Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pep, divorce counts, a Major commission in Indiana National Guard, illness reports, injuries from globe cleaning, a shooting accident, and a diarrhoea remedy praised by a Florida reader.
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Thomas B. Coulter
Indiana National Guard
Crawford News Highlights Diptheria Quarantines and Oil Plans
A Crawford County six year old and a sixteen year old boy near the Big Four depot are diagnosed with diphtheria and quarantined by the board. The Crawford County Oil Gas and Coal Company names Geo E Kessler and J C Maxwell to hire an expert and outfit a drilling operation. Hatre Heam, son of Gen W Beam, suffers a bad leg burn from a fire cracker on the Fourth. A garbled nearby fragment mentions a Palestine location and a dramatic scene but is incoherent.
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Ed Beeman
Big Four
Crawford County Oil, Gas and Coal Company
Geo. E. Kessler
J. C. Maxwell
Hatre Heam
Gen. W. Beam
City awards water works contract to Chicago firm
At the adjourned city council meeting I was voted to award the contract for water works instruction for Rebiveon to the Phoenix Construction Co. of Chicago for 620,300. The project to be completed per specified place and specifications and paid in city bonds of 8,000 with the balance in plant.
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Rebiveon
Phinoix Qoastruction Co
Chicago
Argaus
WABASH Dam Fishing Attracts Aporte Daily Attendees
The dam draws many Aporte Daily attendees as fishing improves with White perch reported in abundance. A child of Jacob and Anna Fear-Reiley of Maud dies after a long illness. John G. Seiler of Sugar Creek injured by a building collapse near Birmingham, Alabama, is brought home. A steamboat toll notice warns of months of restricted passage due to new gates. A 14 year old, son of Jobo Thrapp, near Patton, severely injures his leg while near horses and a sickle. Mrs Carmel discusses factory plans as a big straw board plant is proposed. Joseph Shearer of Garde Point remains dangerously ill.
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Jacob
Anna Fear- Reiley
Maud
John G. Seiler
Sugar Creek
Birminghan
Ale
Sten Eee ‘Pha
Jobo Thrapp
Hazelton
Patton
Carmel
Tory
Straw Board
Joseph Shearer
Garde Point
Shearer
First Cheap Excursion to Evenaville in July
First of the season excursion to Evenaville Indiana will be run by the P. D. E. R. Sandey on July 22. Call an agent for particulars such as the railroad train and address A. Palmer, G. P. Asville, Indiana.
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Great Britain
Evenaville
Ind
P.D.& E. R'y Sandey
A. . Palmer
G. P
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