Getting a Phone How to handle government telephones delays
A lengthy modernized set of instructions details the process for obtaining a government telephone in Australia. It covers initial letter writing to the deputy prime minister, receiving Form XO B82, and the bureaucratic delays. It warns of weeks of calculations, costly charges, and the slow path from application to installation, with tips to pressure officials via newspapers and formal follow ups. The piece satirically notes the frustration of applicants and the absurdity of the process, including vague fees and the eventual push to finalize arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puliiely
P.M. G
Korenier
Wilson
Afro Iil
Maine
Tilnister
Tephovl Tudor
Klebou
A Tale of Woe From Iowa and Jefferson Water Bonds
A lengthy 1907 report condemns Jefferson water bonds and misused funds. It notes a $7,000 deficit from construction, unpaid bonds, and high costs versus private water sales. It cites Algona Wisconsin and Escanaba Mirror figures, criticizing public ownership and urging protests against costly waterworks.
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M. D
Cader Os
Escanaba
Mleho
Algona
Wis
Villaens Treaue
Aod
Ruminar
Phint
Cael
Ain Telld
Flea in the Pleiades myth and Scottish funeral quips
A curious West Coast myth explains the origin of the Pleiades via a flea who becomes a lover to five sisters, who flee to the sky as five stars with the flea becoming a star beside them. The piece also recalls agrim Scottish funeral invitations and brisk Cambridge exam answers.
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Hit West
California
Baakil
Jim
Tle
Double Brooding Coop And Early Garden Tips
The article describes constructing a double brooding coop four by four feet with front lifting door and wire edging, plus a manual egg turner, and outlines brooder management for early chicks. It also covers early vegetable planting, choosing varieties, and soil readiness for an early seed bed, stressing rapid growth and market timing.
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BUSIC
John W. Loyd
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold With Guarantee
Cedar View Mississippi merchant B A G Stewart tells customers they get the worth of their purchase in gold weight when buying Dr King’s New Life Pills. The product is sold at Wm N Kipp’s Sons’ drug store under guarantee for constipation malaria or biliousness.
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B. A G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
Wmn. Kipp’s Sons’ Drug Store
Pathetic Love Story of Empress and a Royal Betrothal
A writer recalls the marriage alliance involving Empress Marie Feodorovna of Tassin and Princess Tagne of Denmark. Amid royal turmoil the czarowicz’s elder brother’s betrothal to the princess is cut short by illness, and Grand Duke Nicholas dies after a horse accident.
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Marie Meodorevou
Tassin
Caar
England
Queen Alexandra
Tagne
Denmark
Marcried Alexander Hi
Czarowicz
Nice
Nicholas
Listite
Alexander
Czarowit
Ioto Bis
Crystal
Renone
Reformers and Market Woes Echoed in Dialogue
A dialogue from an old magazine snippet features exchanges about a man named Myer and his claim of reformer status. The humor centers on mistaken identity and a woman who unsettles his self image, with a sidelong jab at those on the market’s wrong side.
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Myer
Oldbach
Lippincott's Magazine
Willie
Pat Pa
New York
Mistaken Identity Parrot Tale From Philadelphia Yarn
A Philadelphia tale recounts Jacob Tppes praising a gray African parrot as the cleverest talker in the family. A Niсetown man claimed the parrot, trained for him, showed strong interest in babies and caused a kitchen scene with a dramatic baby related scream during nursery work.
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Jacob Tppe
Philadelphia
Nicetown
Little Pig Roast Observed By Fretful Parrot
A parrot watches a cook prepare a small sucking pig for roasting in a kitchen scene marked by tension and anxious eyes. The vivid detail conveys a capricious domestic moment with emphasis on the bird’s wary gaze and the culinary setup.
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Daby
Colly Pered
Oxen Talk Aids Oxen Trained in Western Pioneers Tale
A New York World tale recalls a clergyman and a western pioneer who learned oxen talk to move stubborn teams. The method, repeated by an Interborough-Metropolitan official, is framed as a wartime or frontier craft.
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Interborough-Metropolitan Company
An Explanation and The Appropriate Flower
George Barnes a note evangelist tells an amusing Kentucky tale of Lim Bill a hard headed mountaineer who resisted missionary effort and mocked salvation A leading citizen tries to win him to faith Bill bitterly questions if the Savior died for him The Senator Proctor remarks on marriages to foreign nobles and a rich man gifting daughters to counts with a grim church image from Burlington Hawkeye
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George Barnes
Kentucky
Lim Bill
Bill
Bul
Bil
Proctor
Burlington
Liu
Clubbing List Offers Subscriptions for 1902 Publications
The notice states special offers for old and new subscribers to subscribe to various publications for 1902. It notes no sample copies can be mailed except for the paper itself and directs requests for samples to the office. It outlines regular prices and weekly column rates, with publication terms and the total annual cost for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aloo
Pepss
Sud Bbe
Notice to Teachers in Greenville Ohio Exams Held
Notice to teachers that regular examinations for teaching certificates will be held at the Weat faboo building in Greenville Ohio. The first Saturday of one month includes exams for April and the second Saturday for September with examiners listed as Crowell and Browder among others.
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Herculaneum
Pompeii
Vesuvius
London Standard
United States
Weat Faboo
Greenville
Ohio
Tuo Patterson
Hawrye
M Erto
Crowell
UT Varribon
H. Browder
Dierk
Rdat Tyaminers
Greenville Journal subscription appeal to Darke County readers
A call to rural households urges subscribing to the Greenville Journal with pricing for in county and out of county delivery. It touts extensive content, claiming about two thousand nine hundred twelve columns of reading matter for one dollar annually, and invites readers to sign up for home delivery or to nominate distant friends to receive the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oferal
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Australi
Australian Exchange
Iowa
Jefferson
Wight
Spedig Sone Wana
Teterio
Ameriat
Egypt
Proto
Bts
Michigan
New York City
Ake
Wrington Star
Scotland
Awe
Fuki and
Arden
Wreml KS
Ovens
York Tribune
Nea
Hiatt Cily
Few York
Luter Voom
Ciicmbo
DAL
UDC
Essen
Toledo
New York Press
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Daytoning Herald
Dayton de News
Dally
Vurantore
EAE
A, Snow
A. Jobes
Buite
New Anderson Block
W. W. Thegarden
New Weaver Block
Greenvil
Castoria
Sroanile Joarud
Darke County
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