Emmet County Treasurer E H Hanson Semi-Annual Report
The document presents the semi annual accounts by funds for Emmet County Iowa overseen by treasurer E H Hanson. It includes statements of receipts and disbursements and balances by fund as of the reporting period. Literary insertions and unrelated anecdotes appear among the text blocks.
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E. H. Hanson
Emmet County
Iowa
Rsg
Capital Grounds AG
ASIG
County Fair Ground
Farmer's Institute
Teacher’s Institute
al Trust
Tatabh
Pete Pitci
Ewe Nites Ag
Ian Bee
Okey
Pete Tees Vette Ee
Estherville
I. E. H. Hanson
I. H. Hanson
Gigantic New Zealand Trees Unearth Vast Timber Yield
A Waipona forest kauri reportedly yielded 295,783 feet of sawable timber, about twice California’s largest trees and equivalent to nearly three acres of good European forest, according to site reports in New Zealand.
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New Zealand
Waipona
California
Spaniard Wife's Master Legal Status in Spain
A 19th century survey details the harsh legal position of married women in Spain with husbands holding absolute authority over person and property. Wives reportedly cannot engage in business without consent and may be confined in a convent for alleged wrongdoing. The husband decides what counts as wrong.
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Spain
Dream of a Parrot Foretells Hidden Friend Signal
A dream of a parrot warns that a trusted friend may reveal a secret. If the parrot is caged it signals hidden truth coming from someone you trust. If you fear it talking in dreams, listen closely as the bird may offer advice in disguise.
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Chicago Herald Und
Oath No Light Matter in Siam Reported by Phe Ofte Dog
The Siamese oath report quoted by Phe Ofte Dog asserts that perjury is a grave transgression. The text invokes brutal imagined punishments to deter oath breakers and underscores a somber view of oath swearing within Siam.
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Siam
Phe Ofte Dog
Beeak Bao
Hell
Sind
Niagara at Night Lights Awe Spectacle
Niagara falls under electric illumination, described as far more impressive than daylight. The night view showcases lights with over a hundred million candle power, enhancing the natural display.
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Niagara
First Successful Plant Nursery in America
The Prince family on Long Island established America's first successful plant nursery in 1725. It was run by five generations over 140 years, counted notable visits by George Washington and protection by British General Howe with an armed guard.
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America
Robert Prince
Long Island
Prince
George Washington
Howe
In Other Words Concentrate Great Secret of Health and Industry
A quotation urges absolute yielding of conscience to business and the hour’s diversion, warning against infringing the feast of both health and work. It stresses disciplined focus and balance to achieve success.
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Sismoandl
Picnic in a Tree Shelter Bandstand in Tacoma Park
In a public park at Tacoma Washington a hollowed cedar tree stump forms a shelter for picnickers. The stump’s top is capped by a platform that serves as a bandstand for visitors.
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Tacoma
Wash
Company Considers Gold Tassels For Loyal Workers
Several men with the company for over thirty years prompt a discussion on showing appreciation. A proposal suggests giving each man a gold medallion on his collar, with the company paying half the cost and workers not charged. The exchange appears in the Lewisville Courier-Tournal.
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Lewisville Courier-Tournal
After the Storm and the Doan’s Kidney Pills Ad
An aged colored woman recalls a shooting incident as police search for the shooter. The item then shifts to an advertisement praising Doan’s Kidney Pills with testimonials from Mr. Blacketer of Estherville, dated 1915 and 1926, claiming backache relief and permanent results. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. ads.
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New Haven Journal
Estherville
Blacketer
N. 6Th Street
Doan
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn [Co
Buffalo N
Nervous Ailments Said to Respond to Lettuce Celery
Sood for "Nerves." Ontong furnish the most substantial etre for nervous prostration and slt other nerve disorders, Lettuce has a soothing effect on the nerves, Celery is said to be most excellent for nerv ona troubles.
Truly Superior. Princeton Snubs Women, Tin Kissers Emerge
A Pittsburgh Dispatch item jokes that a Princeton student is a self proclaimed superior bachelor, dubbing him a tin kissers senior who has never found a woman worthy of his lips, while another quip notes a rivers man cannot be a hermit.
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Princeton
Rivers
Pittsburgh Dispatch
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