Propreta Sndon England Land Reform Snares Estates
Large landowners lose vast estates under the small holdings act as 1.3 million acres sold in England and 0.7 million in Scotland. Prices average above 100 dollars per acre, with regional highs in Dorsetshire and Cheshire. Deer forests and historic lands transfer to individual buyers, including American interests.
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Sndon
Eng
United Kings
Dorsetshire
Abridgeshire
Cheshire
Wales
Worcestershire
Suffolk
Staffordshire
Norfolk
Berkehire
Devonshire
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Surrey
Scotland
Highlands
Ynall
Tree Found Deep Under the Earth in Boone
An enormous four to six inch diameter witch bark tree was found sixty seven feet below ground in a coal mine shaft at Boone Iowa. Arboriculturists cannot classify the wood with any known species and believe a tree was uprooted by a storm and buried rapidly as air trapped in the shaft preserved it.
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Boone
Iowa
Protone Promises Plump Health In 30 Days
Advert shows Protone flesh and strength builder claiming to help thin people gain weight. It markets a 1.00 package with a money back guarantee and free sample offer through The Protone Company of Detroit with distributors listed in Mobile, New Orleans, and other cities.
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Protone
Protone Company
Protone Ig
Detroit
Michigan
Mobile
Sutton Bros
Ads St
T. S. van Aller
Foad St
C. H. Burkett
New Jersey
Edor
S. H. Bauer
Monroe
Monroe Aklin Sts
Bienville
Els St. Ree
Business Men's Lunch Announcement Card
Our Business Men's Lunch priced at 25 cents runs from 2:20 p.m. Each meal is prepared by our best cooks and served quickly. the market offers a trade in deal and swift service.
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Geneer
Deaf and Dumb Divorce Decree Sets Record in Nevada
In Winnemucca Nevada Judge Ducker grants a divorce to John A Ottinger against Rebecca Ottinger both deaf and dumb. The case noted as the most silent on record was completed in about fifteen minutes with the plaintiff answering oath questions and court queries in writing.
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Winnemucca
Nev
Ducker
John A. Ottinger
Rebecca Ottinger
Ottinger
Man Split Between States Arrest Sparks Illinois Indiana Debate
Dean-John Solowski quarrels with himself near the state line at East 106th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard in Chicago. After intoxication arrest, he stood with one foot in Indiana and one in Illinois, prompting officers to carry the Illinois half into the patrol wagon while the Indiana half offered no resistance. He faces a sanity examination following the bizarre incident.
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Chicago
John Solowski
106Th Street
Indianapolis Boulevard
Ilinois
Indiana
Peter Johnson
McCauley
Illinois
Leutenant
Solowiski
Colorado's Unique School Runs With Sibling Pupils
Miss Agnes Mantey aged twenty conducts a county funded classroom on her father's ranch miles north of Carr Colorado. Only her brothers and sisters attend the school yet it is described as a high standing public school with a $60 monthly salary and district funding for the single classroom.
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Carr, Cole
Agnes Mantey
Colorado
Heard High
Mantey
Miss Cracken Shoots Off Tramps to Make Them Git
Linda Cracken, 20, living near Connersville Indiana, confronted two hungry tramps in a woodshed. She unslung a double barreled shotgun, ordered them out, and they fled after she cocked the weapon. She declared she and her gun are not afraid of two men.
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Connersville
Ind
Linda Cracken
Humphrey Cracken
Miss Cracken
One Potato Meal for Family of Six Demonstrated
Cottage Grove Oregon December 6 Raising potatoes a tuber large enough to feed a family of six is shown by W B Hawley of Lorane He displays Peerless and Burbank tubers weighing up to three pounds and priced at 33 4 cents For comparison a 2 1 4 to 2 1 2 pound Burbank is also noted with high quality and smooth appearance He holds about 480 sacks of these exceptionally large tubers and is showcasing the harvest to buyers and the public.
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Cottage Grove
Ore
W. B. Hawley
Lorane
Burbank
Passengers Aid Family Stranded By Fire Near Grants Pass
Four small children, their mother and a sick father were found huddled by a smouldering fire in Cow Creek canyon near Grants Pass as train No. 14 stopped. Millard N. Duxbury of Olympia collected $43.47 to help the family travel 125 miles toward Tillamook Oregon to a brother's home.
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Grant's. Pass
Ore
Cow Creek Canyon
Grant’s Pass
Southern Pacific Pasenger
Tillamook
Millard N. Duxbury
Olympia
Noodle Inventor Ignored Utensil Etiquette
A historical note says the inventor of noodles showed little concern for table manners, contrasting culinary innovation with social decorum.
Columbia Grad Wins First Hart Schaffner Essay Prize
Columbia University graduate E Suffern won the $1000 first prize in the Hart Schaffner Marx economic essay contest for Conciliation and Arbitration in the Coal Industry in the United States. G P Watkins of the police service commission won $500 for Welfare as an Economic Quantity.
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Hicago
A. E. Suffern
Columbia University
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
United States
New York
G.P. Watkins
Police Service Commission
Mr. Lee
Cornell University
Jenss Waldo Myers
Cornell
Fred W. Eckert
Northwestern University
W. J. A. McDonald
University’ of Chicago
Iron and’ Steel
Myers Sues Pastor for Damages in 1912 Incident
Miss Harriet L. Myers files $5,000 damage suit against Rev. W. C. Atwood pastor of First Congregational church in Brookfield Missouri claiming he kissed her in the Budget office in 1912. The case set for February term. Atwood resigns then congregation votes to keep him.
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Brookfield
Harriet L. Myers
Harry Myers
Linn County
W. C. Atwood
First Congregational Church
Atwood
Lucky One Aboard Strains Hit British Turf Crowded Field
London dispatch notes mixed fortunes for American owners at Belmont and Curragh races. Meeting House, a leading Whitney three year old, broke a blood vessel amid setbacks for Jitney Stable. Notable Americans including Croker and Vanderbilt faced few wins and a disqualification complaint in Ireland.
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International News. Service
London
Belmont
Sere Shauna Apa
Gerd Wonderful
Tracery
Harry Payne Weta
Newmarket
Meeting House
Whitney
James R. Keene
Herman
Duryea
William Waldorf Astor
W. K. Vanderbilt
Charles
Russell
Croker
Young Re-elected Captain at Penn Football
Louis Young was yesterday re-elected captain of the University of Pennsylvania football team in Philadelphia. The announcement confirms his leadership role for the next season.
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Young
Philadelphia
Louis Young
University of Pennsylvania
New York Claims Largest Book for Municipal Expenses
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes New York has issued the biggest municipal expense book. The itemized record tallies city costs in detail, signaling a comprehensive financial audit or public disclosure.
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New York
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Orrine for Drink Habit Offered with Trial Refund
A newspaper notice promotes Orrine as an in home simple treatment for excessive drinking. It offers a money back guarantee if results are not achieved and presents two forms No 1 powder and No 2 pills priced at one dollar per box. The ad directs readers to discuss with D S Bauer at Conception Street Mobile Alabama and to ask for a booklet.
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Iask
D. S. Bauer
N. W. Dauphin
Mobile
Ala
Just One Riddle After Another Lead Hill Farm Family
Lead Hill Arkansas December 6 John Riddle a farmer five miles from Lead Hill bought fifteen pairs of shoes thirty pairs of hose sixty suits of underwear and other supplies today from a local store He plans to wait until next week to buy more winter goods for the rest of his family He is father to eighteen children with one married daughter away from the farm and the last baby born last May The couple appears youthful and Mrs Riddle helps with farm duties.
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Lead Hill
Ark
John Riddle
White River
Mr. Riddle
Mrs. Riddle
Endurance Dancer Arville Dull Sets World Record
Venice Cal December 6 Venice claims world endurance dancing title Arville Dull completed a twenty four hour dance in three hour shifts covering 91 miles breaking the previous 61 mile mark. She danced with thirty two partners wore out three pairs of pumps and lost 10 and a half pounds while three of ten original partners could not continue.
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Venice
Cal
Arville Dull
Dull
For sale in Mobile by Bienville Pharmacy
An advertisement notes goods for sale in Mobile Alabama through Bienville Pharmacy located at 164 St Francis with distribution by druggists everywhere.
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Mobile
Ala
Bienville Pharmacy
St. Francis, St
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