Language notes on Shelta Romany and related tongues
The piece discusses Shelta as a secret tinker speech in Scotland and Ireland, its discovery by Leland and Sampson, and its use among East End vagrants. It contrasts Shelta with Romany and notes the Norse-influenced Shetland dialect and a Manx Celtic tongue still spoken on the Isle of Man.
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Scotland
Ireland
Charles K. Leland
John Sampson
Liverpool
Aberystwyth
Leland
London
Shetland
Isle of Man
Ozone And The Sand Man At The Seashore
The Philadelphia Record explains how sea air rich in ozone lulls vacationers to sleep. Beach travelers in chairs grow sleepy as ozone acts as a stimulant and triggers eye rubbing that signals bedtime.
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Philadelphia Record
Man Who Builds Own Fortune Among Vanderbilts
A Hungarian daily quotes on the self-made path of the first Vanderbilt, starting from a skipper between New York and Staten Island. It notes his rise from modest means to railroads and industries, and argues wealth earned by toil brings greater happiness than inherited riches.
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Vanderbilt
Commodore
New York
Staten Island
Amerikai Magyar Nepszava
No True Century Plant and Moonocarpic Species
The article explains there are no true century plants requiring a century to bloom. It notes that some plants like the tallpot palm of ledia bloom after 50 years and then die. It also mentions American century plants that fruit after 8 to 10 years, with house conditions sometimes preventing blooming, and that many bamboos are moonocarpic, flowering after a long vegetative period.
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Ledia
Champion Pig State Tops Census Cast
The census shows Towa as the champion pig state with 7,864,304 head. Illinois ranks second with about 4,000,000 pigs. Missouri Indiana Nebraska and Ohio are in the $ million class. Kansas drops below 2,000,000 after a decline from 8,000,000 in 1910. Sunflower farmers shift to wheat or oats over corn.
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Towa
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Nebraska
Ohio
Kansas
Providence Journal
Metter Meat Curing Plant Opens And Attracts Farmers
The Metter Ice and Cold Storage Company meat curing plant began operations on November 1 and is drawing interest from local hog growers and neighboring counties. A 450 pound hog from Toombs County and a 700 pound hog owned by Joshua Everett were processed Monday, with meat cured and smoked on site. Farmers are delivering hogs daily as the plant gains capacity, reducing spoilage risks during uncertain winters and boosting local patronage.
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Metter Ice and Cold Storage Company
Toombs
Joshua Everett
Metter Advertiser
How Merchants Helps Farmers in Cash Shipping
The Hawkinsville Dispatch notes progressive farmers begin shipping cream to the Ashburn Creamery. Dr. Horne of Finlevson reports about $60 monthly from cows that previously earned nothing. J J Simmons plans a community shipment with neighbors to regular intervals.
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Ashburn
Horne
Finlevson
J. J. Simmons
Our County
Omega market growth showcases Lang & Co in Georgia
J W Lang & Co of Omega in southwest Tift County Georgia has built a thriving market for diversified farm products by buying from farmers and selling to markets in Georgia Florida and other states. The piece lauds Lang for expanding to gins storage warehouses and branch houses and urges other towns to adopt his foresight. It also includes an advertisement for Gudes Pepto Mang an and a Vidalia real estate sale notice and a classified note about adding a typewriter.
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Tifton
Omega
Tift County
J. W. Lang & Co
J. W. Lang
Mr. Lang
Lang & Co
Georgia
Florida
Lang
Omaega
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Eagle Pencil Company
Southern Bell Telephone
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Belie
Burtzers
Columbiary Batteries
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph P. Tumulty
The
Atlanta Journal
Wilson
Lusitania
McCombs
Leonard Wood
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
Sand Man
Metter
Pulask
Farmers Shipping Cream
Omega Merchant
Gude
Vidalia
Kenworth Street
H. A. Kennard
South 1St Street
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Luther Dent
Tyifewriter
Dr. Kin
Macon Daily Telegraph
Macon
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