Bids Opened for Garbage Plant Cellar Tract Labor in Marion Ohio
The Board of Public Service of Marion Ohio invites sealed bids for labor and materials to build a cellar tract for the garbage plant. Bids must be on printed forms, separate for labor and materials, with a $100 bond. Bidder names, guaranteed by a solvent bank, required. Bids opened at noon in April 1908.
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Board of Public Service
Marion
State of Ohio
Maid Board
Linen
Fort Worth
Param Wr
Wolvent Bank
Boat OF Public Service
Charles M, Tobin
Mirror
Simple Salve for Ears and Choking Relief
A dated note suggests cloths wrung from hot water to ease pain and quick action for ear troubles. It advises consulting a physician for persistent symptoms. For choking, it prescribes swallowing an egg white to capture and remove the obstacle, then repeating with more egg white if needed.
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Che
Five Fables From Lealle's Weekly Fragment
A fragment from Lealle's Weekly lists five fables each featuring a figure. It includes a man like Bernard Shaw who felt deeply, an actor in concert deemed insane, a fisherman who never spoke of his catch, a dramatic critic who praised his own play, and an earnest politician distrusted by colleagues.
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Ike Bernard Shaw
Lealle
On the Bridge at Midnight He Got Even
A grocer guilty of sharp practice drives a customer from the shop who later returns to buy over a pound of sugar. The customer explains he only returns because the grocer is the only shop that carries the needed items, revealing a forgiving yet sharp interaction.
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Sam
Paradelphia Ledger
Baltimore After the Great Fire Sets Plans for Revival
The burned district of 80 blocks and 140 acres around Liberty to Gay Streets, Pratt and Lombard, faced vast rebuilding. City planners widen streets, create a west front plaza, and erect massive concrete, fireproof structures, including the new Baltimore Nova. Concrete dominates new construction as wooden pavements are partly retained for sound dampening near the court house.
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Liberty
Baltimore
Payette
Lexington
Gay
New York
Herald
Baltimore Street
Court House
Pratt Street
New York City
Durability of Tantalum in Filament Applications
The piece notes tantalum's long known existence and recent purification for lamp filaments. It highlights extreme ductility and hardness, with red hot forms rolled into sheets or drawn into wire, then hammered to a near unworkable hardness. A diamond drill barely penetrates a one millimeter sheet after repeated heating, hammering, and high-speed drilling.
Government railroads and material durability debate
A fragment discusses rail construction material issues noting tarred wood and iron fail to endure. Leather thres are proposed as more durable, resisting air and heat without splitting when nailed. A French international almanac cites annual treasury draws of $40,000,000.
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Cear
Don’t Let Your Piles Grow
An early 20th century style medical ad promises painless, private cure for hemorrhoids with Pyramid Cure. It touts a free trial, claims instant relief, and directs readers to mail name and address to Pyramid Tag Co. in Marshall, Michigan for a trial package.
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Tnslat
Pyramid Tag Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Local man miraculously escapes wrecking injuries
A city resident, Mr Jenkins, narrowly escaped serious injuries in a collisionWednesday when a large tourist car he rode in was struck by a fine engine at the corner of Town and Sixth street. The motor car was demolished but Jenkins escaped without a scratch.
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Jenkins
Columons
Mr. Jenkins
Sixth Street
Scraps of Science and Curious Facts
The north star is estimated to shine about 100 times brighter than the sun. Average man’s bean weighs three and a half pounds while a woman’s weighs two pounds eleven ounces. The human skeleton contains about 200 bones with numbers varying as one ages. Bones distinct in youth fuse with age. Genevian scientists report paper decay mainly driven by bacteria affecting preservation of books and manuscripts.
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Gereviga
Pittsburg live stock and grain prices rundown
In Pittsburgh Pa on April 16 cattle and hog markets showed steady receipts with mixed hogs and heavy sheep demand. Calves and lambs receipts varied as春 markets opened with prime heavies and clips noted. wheat futures moved with May higher and July steady, corn and oats mixed. Toledo grain markets also reported cash and futures with wheat and corn quotes and oats steady to firm.
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Pittsburg
Toledo Grain
Toledo
Cagh LM
Pele Alshke
Priaie Thothy
Pith and Point
New York Produce market brief from April reporting butter and creamery extras with varied package counts and steady receipts amid trade chatter. Anecdotal quips on temper and behavior close the item, reflecting column-like miscellany and neighborly scrutiny.
Local grain markets posted by Marion Milling
Daily prices list from Marion Milling and Grain Co. Wheat 88 cents per bushel, corn 8 cents per bushel, oats 10 cents per bushel, rye 9 cents per bushel, clover seed 12 dollars per bushel, timothy 2 dollars per bushel, Hungarian seed 10 cents per bushel.
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Marion Milling & Grain Co
Scraps of Science: Glass and Temperature Oddities
The article reports on costly glass turned into microscopic objectives and unusual temperatures across beings and celestial bodies. It notes human body heat around 986 degrees, a snail at 76, a chicken at 111, and the sun’s effective temperature near 5,400 degrees F. Liquid air actions make lead elastic and capable of rebound during low temperature.
Daily Market Report from East Buffalo and Union Stock Yards
Readable market summaries show cattle, veal, lamb, and sheep receipts, with prices for ranges from calves to heavy hogs. East Buffalo notes steady to lower demand, lambs weaker, while Union Stock Yards reports steady to strong cattle and mixed hog prices with tomorrow’s receipts guidance.
Local produce market prices corrected daily by Chas Turner
Prices for dairy meat produce and staples in a daily corrected list by Chas Turner and Co. include Butter at 60e per pound, Eggs 1S cents per dozen, Lard 12 to 10, Potatoes 60e per bushel, Vinegar 2 1 2 5 per gallon, Baltimore freight and more. Reads like a mid 19th century market sheet with varied commodities and unit notations.
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Chas
Turner & Co
Auctioneering of every description in Marton and adjoining county
Auctioneering firm in Marton and nearby county operated by H. L. Protaman of Cincinnati with J. W. Clark association. Claims strong stock sales background with Harold Wagoner, a top Ohio salesman. Promises best work in sales of any description. Office at 114 Court Street. Marlow O.
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Marton
Courtion
J. W. Clark
H. L. Protaman
Cmetanat
Harold Wagoner
Ohio
Court Street
Marlow
Governors sought support to declare anti inheritance tax
Governor Marrs Lae urged governors to press Congress for a joint resolution declaring that the federal government should abstain from taxation of inheritance to preserve the proceeds for five states. The plan faces possible expressions of dissent and would require action by the state conference on taxation and related measures.
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eChanbis
Marrs Lae
Congress
Ganpresy
Hurrie
Actan
Liemoneldalon
Oklahoma Fight a Change Prompts Ripple in Normal Alva
A garbled OCR item notes Oklahoma facing a proposed change with opposition voiced by figures including Watters and the president of a Western Normal College in Alva. The fragment hints at active public debate and leadership responses in early proceedings.
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Mma Chhy
Apelte
Watters
New Western Ste Normal
Alva
Liber
Elhon letter on meeting site change sparks Oklahoma City row
W B Elhon president of the department of superintendents of the Nutone Educational association warns Oklahoma City may seek court injunctive relief if move to hold next year’s meeting is pursued. The letter questions authority behind shifting venue and implies strong opposition from city and state officials amid permit delays and procedural disputes.
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W. B. Elhon
Domavtment
Nutone Educational Aseoeie Gon
Oklahoma City
Klan
Austin
Opposed to Treaty Debate Draws Irish American Delegation
WashingIon April 16. National President Camminge of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and a delegation from New York and New Jersey held interviews with leading members of Congress and President Roosevelt, opposing the proposed architecture treaty with Great Britain. The meeting included Senator Lodge, Cullinan, Crane, Carter, and Hever as the group pressed against the treaty. A United Irish American association meeting in New York aimed to protect the press from withholding information on arbritiation talks.
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Washingian
Natonal
Camminge
Ancient
Order of Hiberans
New York
New Jersey
Hue
Congress
Hoonevelt
United States
Aritroin
Senter Lodge
Cullinan
Crane
Carter
Hever
Senate
United Irish America
Koclotins
New Yorke
Strle Department
Ohio Posse Follows Supposed Ye ggm en
Sylvania Ohio April 16 follow ing the suspicious upheaval of two tough characters who jumped from a Toledo and Western car and headed into the woods near here. A posse was organized and started in pursuit The men wired to be vere won who robbed the post office with express di lan mis e The Jasper watchdog safe was blown this morning and four dollars in stamps is taken The biggest shipment of wallpaper that ever came to Marion dust came to Philadelphia for The Goodsell Store We will be on an Saturday Remember these goods were bought for cash at a four and five cent on the dollar Har courier
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Sylvania, O
Purente
Marion
Philadelpha
Goodsell
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C. B. Jenkins
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Cloktoy We
Ned Winter
Looipim
Atchison Globe
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Tapgoods (Inc
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Tito
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Wilcum
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Dix Avenue
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Beltite
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Bald
Mitchell
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Hibernians
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Corn Products Mfg, CO
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