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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
4
The article details the elaborate flag and ensign system aboard ships, noting the high cost of a dress suit flag set at 2500 dollars, and the annual refresh cycle for ships signals. It highlights the time and skill required to produce flags, especially for foreign emblems like the German, Chinese, Siam, Mexican, and Moorish ensigns, with specific costs and durations.
A traveler describes the Ainu of Yezo, noting their hairiness especially among men, facial tattoos on women, and primitive tattoo practices. It covers skin color like Bronze, absence of written records, pit-dweller legends, migration theories, and lack of religion or knowledge among the people.
The author describes French households washing only a few times a year with the linen, servants, and closets aired and cleaned. A lavoir near the kitchen gardens features a sunken tank for kneeling workers, a wood fire, and a large iron kettle where women gather for several days of laundry work under the direction of the eldest worker.
A fragment from a 19th century miscellany discusses yellowed city laundry results and green oysters colored by seaweed or copper. It also summarizes Mars size, distance from the sun, atmosphere, and polar features, noting the canal controversy and erratic surface markings.
The text traces Outram's invention of a friction reducing track in Derbyshire at the turn of the last century. It explains how Outram's tracks were called tramways initially and later referred to as trams with the advent of street lines and streetcars.
Last night the Monarch and Crown elevators at Abercrombie burned to the ground. The Monarch held about 3900 bushels of wheat and the Crown stored two carloads of coal. Firemen saved the business district and the hospital as flames jumped the fifty foot gap. Estimated total loss near £25,000, likely insured. Cause believed overheated stove. Fire under control by 1:30 this morning.
A local advertisement invites farmers to secure loans from a lender offering large amounts, easy terms, and low rates, plus fire and tornado insurance from top companies. It notes McCulloch & Robinson Lumber Co has expanded storage, supplies various coal types, wood, and prompt delivery, and Farmer Supply Co offers January discounts on buggies and surreys for cash or bankable papers.
Notice outlines a mortgage foreclosure with unclear names and dates. It mentions reclaiming or satisfying an amount, with references to a property and a creditor, but the text is garbled and illegible. The intent appears to inform about a foreclosure action and its financial terms, pending date, and the required satisfaction of the debt.
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