Sixth Brown County Teachers Institute Opens in Aberdeen
The Sixth Teachers Normal Institute of Brown County meets in Aberdeen at the high school starting Monday October 20 at 10 o clock and runs all week. Prof B F Hood leads with Prof Parker and other educators. territorial superintendent to attend. Evening lectures musical and elocutionary exercises planned. emphasis on standards and remuneration. An exhibit of Aberdeen pupil work will feature.
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Brown County
Teachers’ Institute
Teachers’ Normal Institute
Aberdeen
Friends of Education
B. F. Hood
Aberdeen City
Commonwealth
Teachers Examination Schedule at Institute This Week
An examination of candidates for teachers certificates will run during the institute from Tuesday to Saturday. One or two branches will be tested each day in regular order with no delays or shifts. No resident teacher may expect another exam until January and attendance bonuses will be noted.
Community urged to attend event for improvement
Agata T urges taking advantage of this opportunity for Musa improvement. Only sickness should keep anyone at home. There will be a social and other attractions, says Mactrom, Counts Supt.
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U.d
Mactrom
East Indian Myths and Ancient Fables Reexamined
A writer recalls Greek acceptance of legendary beings and traces fables to Asian sources. Pigmies, dwarfs, elongated-eared Bhutan tribes, and ant and marmot analogues are linked to Thibetan miners, with demons and serpents reinterpreted as real flora and fauna. The piece critiques Philostratus, Appollonius, and later Latin romances for overstatement and travel lore, noting deceptive soaps marketed with water content.
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Herodotus
Bhutan
Kashmir
India
Nile
Philostratus
Appollonius
Tyana
Damis
Alexandria
Trickery in Soaps and Water Content Claims
A soap dealer warns buyers that good toilet articles should hold nine to eighteen percent water. He cites methods to dilute soap by adding water during hardening, mechanical mixing, or chemical additives like Glauber’s salts, making adulterated soaps appear heavier than honest products.
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Glauber
de Wreng
Fat People and Lean. A Byronic cautionary note on weight
The piece discusses fat and health, noting Byron’s fear of corpulence and a physician’s account of fasting and hunger. It explains fat’s role in protection and heat, cites various authorities, and outlines obesity symptoms and skeletal relation to adipose tissue. It adds historical examples from Marius to Napoleon.
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Lord Byron
Polilori
de. Hauchinson
Fataliso
Lord Chesterfield
Edmund Burke
David Hume
Edward Gibbon
Napoleon
Cullen
Marius
Samo
Jews in St Petersburg Decline Under Residency Restrictions
The Post reports a shrinking Jewish population in St Petersburg with 10 909 people of all ages and sexes. A new restriction targets lawyers, limiting sworn advocates who are Jewish to five percent, to be met as vacancies arise.
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S. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Ambergris King William A Atkins Leads Cape Cod Trade
An early report identifies William A Atkins of Provincetown Mass as in control of the nations ambergris trade. He owns a fleet of Cape Cod whalers that, in recent years, secured a notable share of the market and a monopoly on valuable ambergris, worth more per ounce than gold. Atkins is said to be nearly seventy, yet appears younger, and is described as charitable and affluent.
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William A. Atkins
Provincetown Mass
Atkins
Yiougi
Canary Song Reveals German or American Birds
A. Y. World notes four Canary notes used by dealers to distinguish German from American birds. Water note, flute note, and rolling note are described, with the final eniamed note causing American birds to fail. Germans are said to sing at night while Americans tuck under wings at darkness.
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A. Y. World
Mortgage Sale Notice From Brown County
Frank Filio and Sarah J Filio of Brown County Dakota executed a mortgage to Ge W Abell trustee dated November 1 1886 recorded November 10 1886 in Brown County Register of Deeds to secure ten notes totaling 1800 with ten percent interest after maturity. The notice outlines the mortgage terms and acceleration if payments are not made within ten days of due dates.
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Frank Filio
Sarah J Filio
Brown County
Dakota
Ge. W Abell
Register of Deeds
A.D. Lede
St. P. M
DB. T
Frank Filip
Jaume B. Russell
James B. Russell
Frank
Filip
Aberdeen Land Office Notices of Settlers Proof
Several settlers at Aberdeen Dak file notices to prove continuous residence and cultivation on homestead lands. Witness lists include Ernest Childs John C Lownsend Wyles Fisher Gustav Rieck Samuel Bernard Olin Sanborn and others as required by the U S Land Office Aberdeen notices span September to November 1887 with multiple entries describing southeast northwest and southwest quarter claims in townships and ranges.
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Aberdeen
Dak
U. S
Amela
Viet GA
Witbier
Wi MM der
Holmstead
South
Ernest Childs
John C. Lownsend
Wyles Fisher
Guetay Rieck
Warren
Kiansis
Taubman
Atty E
Dik
Pak
Josmu M Hirknons
Viet
Sand Land
Eblbthorpe
Bath
Stephen Hooks
Sand i. A
George Dicker
Bas
Uspland
Jiak
Vet
James Uremmon
Aberdeensenes
Jinerer Secd
Vrown Bros, Aty
Sant Pevet
Frank Kedfenhagen
Aeethon Oa
Herrange
Amnessee
S. Land Office
Herbert Harwel
Joseph W.smith
OM Tharris
Tate Teat
Coon
Ootrydz
Pier Gaunek AL
Souh West
Seadong
Willian Hy Bryer
James 'T. Richards
Edwin M. Hacners
Cem P.O
Tak
Waeus
Rister
Lowing
Aetacd Wttler
U.S
oPiwe
Bakoon
Lawn Boty
Ulrick Bosley
Charies Sayer
Lee Farrington
van Nelson
Rudulph
N. H
Brown
Attys
Aberdeen, Fits. August 9, 127. Notice Is Hereby Given Dia; Tie Fedowtag
Setuer
Register
Pevenner
Vak
Mecvin Cuns
Watertown
Mirage
Kwak Payee
Fort South East Quarter
Summer M. Wright
Harding
John Townsend
Andler
Heit Aof
South Way
Centinus
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Warner Sun
Official Paper OF Brown CO
Hiladelp
Ambergris
Apolo
NOH
Hanns
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