Proclamations Forcing London Residents To Leave For The Country
Historic measures sought to curb London growth by banning new houses near the city and ordering the gentry to reside in their counties. Proclamations in 1680 and later years aimed to reduce crowding and plague risk, with penalties including fines and Star Chamber actions against nobility and poets like Sir John Suckling.
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London
Elizabeth
Charles II
Charles
Wesminster
Palmer
Sussex
Star Chamber
Sir John Suckling
Times
Pheas
London’s Rise and Absenteeism Tax in Irish Lands
A historical sketch notes how London’s growth challenged rural life and prices, predicting a future where London England dominates. It recalls 1773 parity attempts in Parliament to tax absentee Irish landlords with a two shilling per pound levy on net rents and profits, the only recorded effort to curb absenteeism.
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London
James
England
Oil drillers lung cure idea stirs Kansas debate
Bill Myers claims crude oil and coal tar protect drillers from consumption, citing long careers at fields from Ismailia to Kern River. Local tests in Chanute show no consumption or catarrh among drillers, while farmers report throat ailments, suggesting a lifestyle difference and emerging crude oil use as a preventive belief.
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Bill Myers
Ismailia
Egypt
Kern River
California
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Russia
Myers
Criller
Millersburg
Ohio
Titusville
Paris
Buttinsky Club
Kansas Field
Chanute
Housekeeping Neatness and Sanitary Queen? A Victorian Mood
A Youth's Companion reprint critiques old fashioned cleanliness obsessions. It contrasts women who strictly fold clothes and make beds with impractical niceties to advocate practical airing of garments and ventilated storage for healthier, simpler domestic life.
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London
Dr Edwen L Feese Dentist at Diller Office
Dentist Dr Edwen L Feese offers examinations and guaranteed work using the best painless tooth extraction method. Practices Tuesday and Wednesday at Diller with Dr Brook’s former office adjacent to Dixby’s restaurant. Home office above Bank of Odell. Call via Diller telephone line.
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Diller
Dr. Brook
Neely
Dixby's
Bank of Odell
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Ie Ma
Briggs
Diller & Bell
First National Bank
Peoples State Bank
Nebraska
A. H. Colman
THOS
P. Price
A Ray. GN
Arthur.e. Price
W. Price
Jid. Fanders
John Miller
A. L. Tristman
John Langworthy
A. E. Price
Robt. Schnuelle Bert Gerard Lightner & Stotts
HH. Eaton
Fred Schnuelle
Safe Brown
B. F. Lightner
W. H. Powell
Sparks & Folkers
Thos. Nelson, Diller, Neb
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