The Miser Jacob Van Girten and the Hidden Fortune
Fifty years ago near Castile a miser named Van Girten hid thousands at his eighty acre farm. Robbers failed but a later thief found a stove oven safe with a strong box holding over thirty six thousand dollars, leaving heirs and neighbors to search for years before the truth surfaced.
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Jacob ‘van Girten
Jake
Castile
Miser Viiu Girten
Germany
van Girten
Robinson
Hving
Mixed Sayings From The Fremindike Inquiries
Fragmentary quotes from a circa era dialogue appear in a Baltimore American page item. The text shows a conversational exchange with unusual spellings and phrasing. It lacks clear context or events to identify people, places, or actions.
Fragmented OCR Item Reflects Odd Phrase Fragments
A garbled OCR passage mentions a wife suggesting action and a tailors press, with disjoint phrases about an honest man and trousers. The readable content is sparse and lacks clear events or identities to summarize into a full story.
Fragmented OCR Item on Railways and Picket Action
A damaged OCR fragment mentions railway activity and picket actions with vague names and phrases, including references to a vote or event and a constitution. The readable pieces point to a historical labor or political context with unclear specifics.
Careful Vessel Use and Hair Shampoo Guidance for Housewives
Practical advice on choosing clean vessels for cooking milk and gruel to avoid tainting delicate foods. Emphasizes brass kettles over tin, soaking and drying after use, and air circulation on shelves. Also offers a camomile tea rinse and dry shampoo using cornmeal or orris root to maintain blond hair without peroxide.
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Tex
DIY floor wax mix from beeswax and turpentine instructions
Cut two ounces of beeswax and half an ounce of white wax into a pit of turpentine and let stand for twenty four hours. Then dissolve half an ounce of white castile soap in half a cup of boiling water. When it is dissolved, pour into the turpentine mixture, mix thoroughly and apply to the floor with a flannel cloth rubbing vigorously.
Clothespin Basket for Clothesline Use
A simple wire basket with a pivoted side handle aids hanging and detaching clothes. The illustrated design shows the handle bent for adjustment, allowing easy access and operation on the line.
Guarded clothesline with movable rover basket
A guard carries a rover with a free end cot and hook handle that fits the basket side. When hanging clothes the basket holds pins and slides along the line via a roller. Releasing the hook allows the guard to tilt the handle and remove the basket to place on another line.
To Save the Handa from Rug and Cleaning Dangers
Advice emphasizes wearing old gloves when sweeping dusting cleaning stoves and brasswork. Warns against kerosene or oil without gloves and against excess powder or washing soda. highlights hands becoming grimy sticky and chapped if neglected.
Moth Killer Advice For Affected Closets
A vintage warning suggests freeing a moth infested closet by pouring hot vinegar into a red hot iron or tin pan placed on hot bricks inside the closet. Seal the door immediately as the vinegar hiss begins to sizzle and cannot be opened that day.
Darkened Room Hides Figures in Quiet Misdeed
A murky scene describes a room darkened to cloak activity as people outside struggle to see in. The text suggests lights off and blinds drawn to avoid observation, with uncertainty about who is present and what occurs beyond the window.
Wonders About Skin Pores From the Human Body
The article explains that each square inch of skin contains about 3,500 perspiration pores with tubes roughly a quarter inch long. With about 2,000 square inches of skin, the total length of sweat ducts would stretch vast distances, nearly forty miles if laid end to end.
Schliemann and the Duck Curse Tale
An anecdote about Heinrich Schliemann recounts a duck pursuing him during early digs. A friend jokes about which limb he first used pants. Schliemann notes he always wore the right. The tale ends with the idea that offending the left hand invites misfortune and the habit reversal changes his fate.
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Schliemann
Thim
Lehliemann
Fragmentary quotes about plans and targets in life
A clipped collage of quotes from diverse sources notes that the architect’s plans are missing from a house and that in life one sees only the target hit. It contrasts failed planning with a broader reflection on purpose.
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Cleveland Leader
Dissolution of Sparks and Folkers Partnership
Notice states the Sparks and Folkers co partnership dissolved March 14 1906 by mutual consent R V Folkers retires selling interests to W N Sparks All accounts and notes due the firm to be paid to Sparks and all bills against Sparks and Folkers to be paid by Sparks
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W.N. Sparks
RV. Folkers
Sparks & Folkers
R. V. Folkers
W. N. Sparks
Hook
Sparkes
Sparks
Probate Notice for Estate of Samuel Clark Deceased
Creditor claims against the estate of Samuel Clark will be presented to the executor for examination and allowance before the Jefferson County Nebraska County Judge at the county court room on September 21 1906 at 1 PM. Creditors have six months from March 21 1906 to file claims. unfiled claims by September 21 1906 will be forever barred. Notice published in the Daily Record for four weeks prior to September 21 1906. C C Borie County Judge.
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Samuel Clark
Jefferson” County
Nebraska
Said
Allelains
C. C. Borie
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