1880 Store Had Stringent Rules
New York: The Long Lines Magazine unearthed store rules from 1880 Amboy Illinois guiding employees. Rules cover opening hours cleaning, Sabbath restrictions, smoking bans, mandatory church dues, courting allowances, and reading during leisure. The tale concludes with a punchline about a groom at Carson Pirie Scott & Co in Chicago and a clerk joking about a casserole or camisole.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
S. Long Lines Magazine
Amboy
Ill
Reading
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co
Chicago
Customs Officer Conflicts Over Bottles Claimed as Clothes
A customs officer confronts a woman who insists the bag holds clothes while the contents are alcohol. The exchange implicates branded brandy bottles and the woman's claim of them being her husband’s nightcaps.
More Corn Hybrids Being Produced
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports eight years of hybrid corn testing raised yields. Promising yellow hybrids Texas 24 26 and 28 and white Texas 11W offer 5 to 10 percent more yield than current hybrids. Texas 26 28 drought resistant for blackland prairie and western regions. 28 most adaptable. 24 excels in standing ability and pest resistance. 26 earliest with yellow dent grain. Seed supply available if ordered early. plant on good land with proper fertilizer.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agriculture Experiment Station
J. S. Rogers
Rogers
Blackland Prairie
Hangings Claimed Humane by Four British Doctors
Four British prison doctors who have witnessed over 100 hangings told the War Commission they see no more humane method of execution than hanging. They opposed euthanasia by lethal injection proposed by the British Euthanasia Society, noting the commission's report will influence Britain’s abolition decision.
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London
War Commission On
British Euthanasia Society
Britain
Final exams cram grandma reads Bible
Two girls joke about their grandmother studying scripture, quipping she is cramming for finals.
Divorce Petition in Grayson County Texas
Citation to Harrieal Franklin commands appearance by 9 January 1950 in the District Court of Grayson County to answer Minnie Franklin's divorce petition filed 25 November 1949 for abandonment over three years. Court clerk S V Earnest issues the citation with deputy Iva Davidson.
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State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
O. W. Looney
Lula Looney
Texas
O. V. Looney
Block 3
Tom Bean
Markel Dicken
Lester Day
Sherman
Tex
State of
Harrieal Franklin
Court House
Minnie Franklin
Harrieat Franklin
S. V. Earnest
Iva Davidson
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F. C. Williams
Iit DS
M. & P. Bank
A. Y. Creager CO
Stetson
Whitewright
T. W. Ayres & Son
Aly
Tof
L. LaRoe & Co
Paso
Cole & Davis Co
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