Court House Contract Ratified and Building Commissioners Elected
Grand Traverse county officials elect a four member Building Commission to oversee the court house project with architect Prall. they ratify the Gibson contract, fix the total price at 32342, authorize a new formal contract, and require bonds. Adjournments follow amid ongoing settlement talks with contractor Jordan Gibson and plans to finalize bonds and payments.
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Monroe
Court House
Pulcipher
Board of Building Commissioners
Prall
Darrow
Thacker
Walker
Shepard
Pratt
Wilhelm
Bowman & Rush
Jordan E. Gibson
Loginsport
Mndiana
Grand Traverse
Wuerras
Jordan E.gibson
John A. Perry
John Pulcipher
Fred R Walker
County of Grand Traverse
Rush, Lowman & Rush
Laughs of Women Across Nations Collier’s Weekly
Collier's Weekly describes feminine laughter by nation noting the French laugh as sweetest with soft warble and Parisian charm. Italian laughter is jolly and uncivilized yet independent of the subject, while English women laugh by caste with a rising treble.
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Collier’s Weekly
Boy newsie recalls pocketbook reward ruse
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a boy helping his mother and a policeman questioning him about returning a pocketbook. The boy says the owner tried to charge him for an advertisement fee rather than reward him for returning the lost item.
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Detroit Free Press
Gold Standard and Its Effect on Prices Across Commodities
John F. Shafroth argues that adopting gold as monetary standard raises gold’s buying power, lowering prices for land and goods. He asserts demonetizing silver shifts burdens to gold, doubling its value and halving prices, then cites wheat and cotton data to debunk overproduction claims. He notes wage trends and unions as factors in labor prices.
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Argentina
Indias
J. Sterling Morton
New York
Sauerbeck
John F. Shafroth
Patriotism or profit in bankers bond offer judged
The piece panels bankers at a Denver convention who backed an 8 percent war loan at par as patriotic. It argues the move was financial calculation, not heroism, noting bonds would likely rise above par and condemning the portrayal as mere business and a burden on future generations.
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Denver
Secretary of the Treasury
New
Chicago
Hardihood
What Is Money The Old Farmer Says
The speaker, Samuel Sinnett, argues money is necessary for trade and national progress. He laments blood tied to one limb analogy, cites bank confidence as a money scarcity cause, and urges postal savings banks to mobilize hidden millions into circulation.
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Samuel Sinnett
Monopolies Seize Power Endangering Free Institutions
Justice David Leavis warns that great corporations and consolidated monopolies control government through bought legislatures and corrupted courts. He cites their strength in Congress and use of money to sway opinion, fearing rapid changes could subvert free institutions into an oligarchy.
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Congress
David Leavis
Boston of It and Self Doubt in A Social Exchange
In dialogue from the Detroit Journal a Boston woman argues that mental impressions do not prove external facts such as beauty. The other persistently insists she could be pretty, while she relies on rationalist logic to deny external validation.
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Boston
Detroit Journal
Lingering Cough Remedies by Dr Humphreys
Advertisement notes lingering coughs may end in consumption and are broken up by 77 Dr Humphreys Specific for Colds and Grip priced 25c at all druggists.
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Humphreys
What do the Children Drink Grain-O ad copy
An old advertisement promotes Grain-O as a healthy coffee substitute for children. It touts Grain-O as made from pure grain and says it improves health when given to kids, claiming it tastes like coffee and is nourishing. The copy notes Grain-O is sold by grocers for 15 or 25 cents.
The Best and Cheapest Independent Magazine Debuts
The New York Independent marks its fiftieth year by shifting to a magazine format and cutting annual subscriptions from 300 to 2.00, with single copies down to 5 cents. It will publish 3,640 pages yearly at half price, offering more reading material than rival magazines at a fraction of the cost. A free specimen copy can be requested from 130 Fulton Street, New York.
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Bushell
India
Europe
Australia
Gold Standard
United States Agricultural Department
New York Independent
The
Independent
Fulton Street
New York
Thanksgiving Day Excursions Ticket Offer
Thanksgiving travel special from C. and W. M. and D. G. B. and W. By. agents sells tickets November 24 at one and one third fare for destinations within 150 miles of selling station. Return limit November 25. Gro De Haven, G. P. A. 1743 4t w 2.
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Gro Dehaven
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Jordan PB. Gibson
Jordan E Gibson
Jordan [Ee Gibson
Spear
Cassopolis
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Brittin
Clinton, Dewitt Co
Ill
Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Stu
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur
RECT
York
Itz
Webster’s
D.J. Brewer
U.S. Supreme Court
G. & C. Merriam Co., Publishers
Springfield
Mass
Loudon
ING
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