Grayson County Adopts 900000 Bond for Good Roads
Grayson County votes about 750 in favor to issue 900000 for macadam highways adding 225 miles around Sherman and Denison. Whitewright backs the plan. Denison opposes. Sherman wards split. outlying towns show support.
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Grayson County
Whitewrighters
Sherman
Denison
Whitewright
Sherman Democrat
N. 5Th
S. 5Th
2Nd Ward
3Rd Ward
4Th Ward
RIETS
Wie
N. Whitesboro
Whitesboro
Black Bridge
Batsell’s Park
Basin Springs
Kentuckytown
Pottsboro
Southmayd
OS Sa
Farmington
Collinsville
Cs ci Poten
Su van Alstyne
Rock Creek
NS Cossace
Fairview
Pilot Grove
Neck Inis
Hagerman
Dorchester
North Bells
South Bells
Preston Bend
Cedar Mills
Tom Bean
Des Voignes
Plainview
WRIA
Cour Cy
NT Iti Saaapdee
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promised Quick Health
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills revitalize sluggish livers and ease stomach issues. It touts relief from dizziness constipation biliousness and indigestion and notes a price of 25 cents at the local druggist.
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Dr. King
Scouts Plan August encampment at Devil's Den Oklahoma
Fitz Bryant notes about 250 Boy Scouts of Grayson county anticipated to encamp at Devil's Den in Oklahoma during August with a get acquainted meeting at Woodlake on the third Saturday next month. The Old Settlers Reunion program committee may grant them a special day on the program.
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Fitz Bryant
Boy Scouts
Grayson County
Devil’s den
Oklahoma
Woodlake
Old Settlers Reunion
Liver trouble warning promotes Liv-Ver-Lax remedy
The ad cautions that slight liver symptoms can presage serious illness and urges early action. It touts Liv-Ver-Lax as a harmless natural vegetable substitute for calomel, guaranteed satisfaction or money back, sold by Dyer & Jones with the Grigsby signature.
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L. K. Grigsby
Dyer & Jones
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic In Iron Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming it contains iron to build up the system and to drive out malaria. The label text emphasizes its tasteless formula and lists price as 50 cents.
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GROVE
Drag policy for dirt roads sparks Iowa farming debate
A editorial urges farmers to drag dirt roads when in proper condition, noting legislation fails to compel consistent use. It laments reliance on county officials and machine costs, argues farmer ownership of road halves is key, and recalls a past attempt to rally drag use. A humorous tale of a bad payer ends with a quip about reading glasses.
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Nazareth
Wallace
Iowa
Jake Gump
Jake
Philadelphia Telegraph
Progress and Prosperity on Public Highways
The article argues that public highways serve all people by enabling travel and moving farm products to market. It links good roads with progress and prosperity for urban and rural residents, stressing economical transport of farm goods.
Bachelor in Disguise Causes Distress at Police Station
A man collapses outside a police station and a woman forces entry crying for her husband. She removes the cravat and aids the patient until a surgeon arrives, then vanishes with the man’s watch and purse. The sergeant notes the relief for all.
From the Kitchen A quirky look at culinary terms for people
A Dundee Advertiser piece playfully maps common cooking phrases to human behavior. It lists terms like basted boiled baked burned dressed eaten up fried and hash as metaphors for moods actions and social situations, noting how people and heat language mingle in everyday speech.
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Dundee Advertiser
First Wheel Clock and Early Clock Developments
The text surveys ancient to early modern clock evolution from Archimedes’ wheel clocks around 200 B C to late medieval weight clocks, Turkish sultan gift to Frederick II in 1282, Italian church clocks, Hele of Nuremberg and the spring clock, fusee origins in England, and Huyghens’ 17th century pendulum.
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Archimedes
Wallingford
Turkey
Frederick II
Italy
Hele
Nuremberg
England
Huyghens
Insolvency Payment Mistake Causes Stir in Shop
An elderly farmer, insolvent by plan to pay debts at five shillings on the pound, tries to settle a sovereign bill with a five shilling coin. The grocer challenges the payment while the man insists a judge allowed the method, leading to a heated dispute and indignation.
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Inia
London Globe
Light operator quip sparks backstage joke
A witty exchange from Youters Statesmen has the prima donna lamenting a dark night and the manager replying that last night was so dark the audience could hardly see the stage. The joke centers on the man in charge of the lights and the audience's perception.
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Bure
New York Expert to Judge Dallas Kennel Club Show
James Mortimer of New York, a veteran dog show judge, has been secured to judge the Dallas Kennel Club show at the State Fair of Texas. The event runs October 22 to 25, with Mortimer also overseeing Winnipeg and Danbury shows. An exceptional exhibit of fine dogs is anticipated.
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New York
Texas
Dallas
W. H. Stratton
State Fair of
James Mortimer
Winnipeg
Belief in English Tails and Longtails Legend
The piece traces a medieval myth that Englishmen hid tails under garments and that Europeans once claimed all Englishmen bore tails. It cites Bale and the Kentish Longtails tale from Canterbury or Strood, where Becket’s mockers allegedly cursed Englishmen with tails.
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Arabia
Europe
Edward VI
Bale
Canterbury
Strood
Becket
England
Japanese Tapestry Art and Weaving Traditions
For centuries Japanese weavers in silk have been famed for exquisite tapestry work tsuzurenishiki. No other race has equaled their tiny hand loom tapestry. The art likely traces to ancient Japan's early ties with China and the long history of silk brocade.
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Japan
China
Secret kept and secret kept three weeks old
A brief dialogue notes a secret not to be told and a promise of secrecy. The speaker denies revealing the secret and dismisses the idea of becoming a female Rip Van Winkle, mentioning the secret is at least three weeks old in a Louisville Courier Journal framing.
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Robinson
Rip van Winkle
Louisville Courier-Journal
Laura and Petrarch in Avignon: unrequited love and tragedy
The tale recalls Petrarch’s adoration for Laura in Avignon at St. Clair Church. Laura, noble and admired, rejected him despite fondness for his society. Her death from plague in 1348 shocked Petrarch, who mourned her for twenty six years.
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Petrarch
Laura
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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