RAVANNA MOTOR BUS ROUTE LISTING AND STOPS
A Ravanna Motor Bus route runs between Mt Carroll Savanna and Fulton with stops at Clinton Lafay ette Lindon and Glen View Hotel. The service advertises passenger pickups at hotels bookstores and stations and promises safe reliable transport with special attention to job work.
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Carroll -Glen View Hotel
Edhe Lhotel
Thomson Sewell
Lauis
Fulton
Joluison
Clinton -Lafayette
Lindon Hotel
Yusnertall Wd
Robite
Licht Express
Posthumous Fame All Accorded to Shelley
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that Shelley's posthumous fame grew as scholars sought his manuscripts. It recalls his meager lifetime income of about 400 from publishers and suggests his enduring value stems from rare holographs and the rivalrous hunt among bibliophiles.
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Shelley
Philadelphia Bublle Ledger
Cate
Mbarns
Keats
Shin
Whispers Across Wires Inspire Quick Wit Tales
Carl Van Doren notes how witty sayings and naughty stories travel the country like wildfire, carried by clubs and streets from New York to Columbia and Chicago. He speculates telegraph operators may spread these gossipy gems at night, turning the nation into a sleeping mind where dreams race along nerves.
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New York
Columbia
Carl van Doren
Century Magazine
Chicago
Water supply history of New York City Croton Catskill system
The article explains pre Cat skills water for Manhattan and the Bronx from Croton watershed, with Esopus providing about half. Catskill water, introduced in 1917, comes from Schoharie and Esopus watersheds via Shandaken tunnel, joining Esopus Creek and reaching the Ashokan reservoir near Kingston for the Catskill aqueduct. The Croton watershed lies 22 miles north with 375 square miles area and 336 million gallons daily safe yield, feeding 12 reservoirs and 6 lakes.
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Manhattan
Brent
New York City
Croton
Esopus
Catskill
Schoharie
Catskills
Shandaken
Ashokan
Hudson
Kingston
N. C
Indians Burned Coal Before Wood Fuel Noted
Jesuit observers traveling through Canada as early as 1660 reported the Poualak nation burning coal instead of wood. The Jesuits noted that scarce wood led locals to use coal from the earth, marking one of America’s earliest fuel records cited in The Jesuit Relations edited by Edna Kenton.
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Gerard
Philadelphia Inquirer
Canada
Jesuit Relations
Edna Kenton
America
Poualak
Cold Sickness As Plea In Criminal Trials May Gain Ground
A noted doctor claims nose and skull cavity infections from colds can cause memory loss and mental confusion. A woman who stole a ring was later found to be suffering from a severe cold, impairing her ability to distinguish her own property from others.
Mammoth and Mastodon Remains Found Across North America
Remains of American elephants and mammoths appear in several sites. Afton reveals mammoth and mastodon bones with flint arrowheads in the sulphur spring. Prof. J. M. Clarke reports mastodon bones four feet below the surface. Similar finds occur at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky.
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North America
America
Afton
His
J. M. Clarke
Attica
N.Y
Bla Bone Lick
Kentucky
Doctor Johnson and His Sharp Retorts Across A London Scene
A humorous vignette recounts Samuel Johnson deftly parrying social taunts. The famed wit dismisses pompous moments, bluntly questions misread remarks, and jeers gentle apologies with cutting quips. Notable exchanges involve Chelmondely, Sir Lynch Cotton, and Jesus College president Dr Bernard.
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Samuel Jolsen
Charles Hopkins Clark
Tim
Mr. Chelmondely
Johnson
Doctor Johnson
Lynch Cotton
Bernard
Jesus College
Oxford
Women in Business in Ancient Babylon Noted 4000 Years Ago
Coppers Weekly highlights ancient Babylon where women ran factories and traded on their own accounts. They controlled saloons, served as stenographers and scribes, and sometimes acted as lawyers ensuring contracts were properly worded. The piece contrasts ancient influence with modern fears about literacy.
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Babylon
Coppers
Edward Chieva
Two Varieties of Star in Evolutionary Theory
The article explains that giant and dwarf names reflect intensity of brightness, not mass, with red stars starting as low density cool gas. They heat, brighten, and move toward white hot stages, with ascending branch stars as giants and descending branch stars as dwarfs as they cool and lose luminosity.
Tact and Tact in Business Promotion
A mid century advice note on tact as essential in judging and promoting staff. It contrasts praise of skill with the warning that excessive bluntness ruins advancement and company harmony. The piece urges cultivating tact to build character and a solid business edifice while warning against prickly manners.
Cheap Living in Ts Hill South Seas Described
In Ts Hill the South Seas offer cheap living with tents extremely affordable. James Norman Hall recounts renting a small two acre lot, a crab infested tet used as a delicacy with nuts, and abundant nuts. A man can live comparatively luxuriously for a few dollars monthly as climate rivals Florida.
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Ts.Hill
South Seas
James Norman Hall
Atlantic Monthly
Florida
One Truthful Man Guitry Flees Bombardment
A paragraph describes Sacha Guitry during the wartime bombardment of Paris. The actor meets acquaintances each offering different excuses for leaving Paris. When asked why he is leaving, Guitry replies I am frightened to death.
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Sacha Guitry
Licit
Taris
Evershedy
M. Guites
Paria
M. Gulivy
Alice Bielema Died After Short Illness in Garden Plain
Alice, the little daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Bielema, died last Thursday evening in Garden Plain after a brief illness caused by spinal meningitis. Dr Dimond attended.
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Alice
Ben Bielema
Dr. Dimond
Morrison Area Social and Infrastructure Updates
Last week in Morrison Mr and Mrs Walter Parker hosted visitors in the Parker home and Mr and Mrs Clarence Sweet visited Morrison relatives. The Sanday school house was fumigated and not yet ready. Electrical work completed this week lights now in most homes. Presbyterian church held no services to avoid disease spread. Mrs E Sweet hosted the Ladies Missionary Society while Ruth Sweet visited Mildred Sikkema at the A E Fletcher home. Wilkens and family moved to a farm east of Fulton. Wilkens works for Mbit Motor Co. Buikema family bought the vacated place, moved in last week, and Buikema and son operate the garage. Our Advertisers Get Results.
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Walter Parker
Leslie Parker
Morrison
Clarence Sweet
Presbyterian Church
Wm. Wilkens
Fulton
Wilkens
J Mbit Motor Co
Buikema
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Whomson, Fulton Clinton
Mt. Carroll
Paul Adams
Savana
Bavanna
Clinton
Mt. Carrollane
Thomson
Filton
Sevice Garage
F. R. Hoffman
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Northwest
Illinois
Indiana
Puget Sound
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Mountain Railroad
Ioho
Great Northwest
Uhee
St.Paul
Dr. Johnson
Gardenplain News
Morrisan
Sanday
8. E. Sweet
The
Ladies Missionary Society
Ruth Sweet
Mildred Sikkemal
A. E. Fletcher
Institute
Gulbransen Grand Pianos
Gulbransen
J. M. Fay & Son
Fay’s
Slingis
Ulbransen
Brumer’s
Brumer
Quality Jewelers
Fifth Ave
Iowa
Kehner
Steger
Kingsbury
Walmer
Hobart M. Cable
Oak Case
Werner
Fifth Avenue
Clinton, Iowa
Smaltz Bros
Fulton, Ill
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