Winchester to Sell Fifty Thousand Dollar Sewerage Bonds
Winchester Virginia Finance Committee invites sealed bids for fifty thousand dollars of sewerage bonds dated July 1 1909 with four percent interest. Bids due June 23 1909 require a one percent certified check. Auction rights reserved if oversubscribed.
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General Assembly of
Virginia
Common Council
Winchester
Finance Committee
County Court House
Shirley Carter
Fred. L. ,Guaize
Hunter H. McGuire
Shirley —Carter
Ancient dental forceps appear in antiquity military use
Dr Sudhoff argued before the Leipzig Medical Society that dental forceps were used before Hipparchus times and likely made of iron or steel, not bronze. He cited Aristotelian Mechanical Problems and two steel plated forceps in the Homburg museum, noting their presence in a military surgeon's kit.
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Sudhoff
Leipzig Medical Society
Hippocrates
Homburg
Made Mrs Cullen Feel Proud
A Chicago physician visits a sick man named Cullen in a tenement. Mrs. Cullen proudly repeats the doctor’s verdict that Pat has plural pneumonia, insisting a single pneumonia would be too small for him, while by her view the larger diagnosis suits him.
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Chicago
Cullen
Pat
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Last Words From Patient Before Operation
A nurse recalls a patient in a New York hospital asking to write two postal cards to her husband before surgery. One card says the operation began at ten and she is getting along fine, the other to say she died and signs off with loving wife.
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Women’s Surgical
New York
Puzzle Craze Revival Haunts City Remarks On Old Cut-Up Images
A man who notices small details reflects on the revival of picture puzzles. He says many current puzzlers never saw the older cut-up images in childhood and notes the old puzzles were once sold in the city’s best shops.
The Unreal World of Comfort
Quote reflects on comfort as both blessing and curse in English and American life, contrasting a loud bracing ease with underlying unease. The author notes a narrow gap between cushioned security and a padded cell, highlighting unrealized dissatisfaction in modern existence.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
REO Captures Another Trophy in Newark Run
In Newark New Jersey on May 31 REO won its class by a wide margin defeating the nearest rival by 19 points. The two cylinder REO stood out as the only chain drive and its direct drive performance showcased staying power under grueling road conditions.
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Newark
N. J
REO
RHO
A Wealthy Voluptuary and His Dollar a Week
An exchange mocks a man named Bill who has a windfall of a dollar a week from a wife. The speakers joke about his wealth and plans to spend every cent, calling him a wealthy voluptuary. The dialogue hints at curiosity over his new shoes and status.
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Henry
Bill
Pete
The Persian Child's Rag Doll
A Bohemian Magazine excerpt notes Persian children play with rag dolls whose clothes stay on. It compares to an American girl who dresses her doll often and describes a Sudan doll as rag and bone with a hank of hair, noting Sudanese dolls are greasy and dirty.
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Sudan
Bohemian Magazine
Foley Kidney Remedy Ad Warns of Early Use
To avoid serious results take Foley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kidney or bladder disorder such as backache urinary irregularities exhaustion and you will soon be well. Franck Baker & Son.
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Foley
Franck Baker & Son
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Willimantic resident Mrs. Ezra A Donovan credits five years of female trouble with backache irregularities and dizziness to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports restored health after using the remedy and urges others to try it, citing thirty years of sales and claimed cures of displacement inflammation ulcers and other female ills.
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Willimantic
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ezraa Donovan
Black Prince Dies At F A Cochran Farm
The famed stallion Black Prince died last Friday at F A Cochran's farm near Grimes Frederick Clarke counties. Bred and admired, he sired many successful progeny with colts selling from 2 to 500 dollars. He had a long, proud racing and fair record and was safe for children to drive.
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Black Prince
F.A. Cochran
F. A. Cochran
Grimes
Frederick, Clarke
Cochran
Hames
Hagerstown
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F. R. Crane
South Main St
Sibert & Denny
N. Main St
Wental
Ridgeway
J. S. Haldeman
Thomas Brands
D. A. Thomas & CO
Hagerstown, Maryland
Thomas
A. C. Slonaker & Son
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Batimore
James B. Russell
Mrs. G. Caver Wwies
Capon Springs
Henry Baetjer & Co
Ery, Beulah Gleason
Charlottesville
Rosale
Russell & Green
Standard Typewriter
Royal Typewriter Co
Royal Typewriter Bldg
Corporation Court
Marion Griffin
Roy Griffin Irving Griffin
Ely Grifin
California
Harry Brooks
Winchester Steam
Main St
Cufaib
H. & W. Seabright
North Main Street
Huyler
Fred S. Boyd
Max Moses
Piccadilly St. Bell
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Fort Loudoun Seminary
Masminger
Fludson
Willis
Aftteck
Noel
Katherine R. Glass
Barr
Vreeland
Electro
New Jersey Experiment Station
Vreeland Chemical Co
Little Falls
Chichester
Calechester
Ankirch LeeEeer
Best
Drugge
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