Humorous Department Anecdotes of Preachers and Pistons
A collection of comic sketches and dialogue from the era. A sharp New York preacher Francis L Hawkes recalls a Buffalo pastorate offer with a salary joke. Other items include a mother and nursery misadventure, a German florist pitch, and London postoffice humor about time and forty eight orders.
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Elijah
The
Ravens
North Carolina
Francis L. Hawkes
Grace Episcopal
Dr. Hawkes
War on Ratsels: Global Effort to Curb Plagues
The Rochester Democrat reports on Dr. A Calmette's warning that rats, especially the sewer rat, threaten humanity with disease. It details rat spread from Persia to Europe and the United States after 1865, economic damage from shipments and farms, and measures like bounties, sanitation, and professional killers in a worldwide rat war.
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Hamlin
A. Calmette
Paris
Port of Spain
Persia
East
India
Europe
Volga
Prussia
French
United States
Candidacy and the Law from a Reminiscence
The late Albert Pell, a conservative MP devoted to agriculture and the poor law, is recalled for a witty retort about who made the law that compels poor men to support their parents. He quipped that the older law came from God on stone and entered hearts, not simply as law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Pell
Pell
God Almighty
Moses
Mount Sinai
Thomas
York County
Thomas W. Boyd
Coe Grist
Ruef Granted Freedom in San Francisco Graft Case
The Bulletin notes Ruef's bail and bonds cover $780,000 to secure his appearance in court for multiple felonies. It contends he is free to roam San Francisco, boasts immunity from justice, and that laws protect criminals while the people are labeled Mutts.
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San Francisco
J. 8. Dunnigan
Bulletin
Ruef
Murasky
Aetna Indemnity Company
Kearny
Montgomery Avenue
Herrin
Calhoun
Sam Leake
Abe
Schmitz
Barbary
Men and Women and Exercise Moderation
The text critiques women overdoing exercise, noting they swing dumbbells for long periods and ignore moderation. It argues women lack awareness of exercise values and dangers, claiming they think more is better and deplete heart action and digestion. Doctors say fighting this tendency is essential to build blood and tissue health.
Woman's Ownership of Abyssinia Home and Contents Noted
A report states that in Abyssinia the wife consistently owns the house and its contents, indicating traditional property rights within the region. The item highlights a customary rule or practice observed in domestic ownership.
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Abyssinia
Nitrogen from Air Could Feed the World
L G Chiozza Money argues amid fears of resource depletion that science can save the daily bread by turning atmospheric nitrogen into usable fertilizer. He cites Ostwald Brauer process and Norway’s Birkeland Eyde method, plus bacterial nitrogen fixation and government role in distributing cultures to reclaim waste lands at low cost.
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L. G. Chiozza Money
M. P
London News
America
Ostwald
Brauer
Germany
Norway
Birkland and
Eyde
Hellereigel
Beyerinck
Nobbe
United States Department of Agriculture
State Department
Board of Agriculture
Bottomley
King's College
London
United States Agricultural Department
Free Seven Piece China Ware with $15 Purchases
Advertises a promotion where customers who spend a total of $15 within sixty days receive a free seven piece china ware set. A coupon is issued with each purchase and the offer emphasizes seeing the china ware in the store.
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R. M. Wallace
A. M. Black
R. T. Beamguard
York County
Furnishings Galore In Store With Low Prices
Our shop offers a wide range of house furnishings from bed room and parlor suites to dining tables chairs and rugs. Quality is good and prices low with a promise of a square deal always. See us for comfortable home goods.
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Rock Hill
Fort Mill Township
Pineville
Yorkville
White Holmes Place
J. Ed Carson
Guthriesville
Bethesda Church
W. H. Alexander
L. Brown
Filbert
New Zion
E. B. Mendenhall
McConnellsville
Steel Creek Township
N. C
Dr. White
Miller Place
Sam Youngblood
Old Presbyterian Church
Hickory Grove
W. M. Whitesides
Piedmont Springs
A. C. White
David Russell
Bethel
J. M. Barnett
J. C. Wilborn
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the Ravens
Young Hawkes
Rose
Gottfried Gruber
der Florist
P. O
Roland
Oliver
Stormer
Washington
Banquo
Macbeth
Rat
Missouri
North American
Panama
New World
West Indies
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Channel Islands
Rochester Democrat
Reform Papers
York Furniture CO
Yorkville Buggy CO
Boyden Nims
Ph. G
Columbia
S. C
8TAR
Blue Rock Mineral Springs CO
D. L. Shieder
R. E. Heath
Marion B. Jennings
the Enquirer
W. B. Wylie
Sec
Treas
J.C. Wilborin
A. Y. Cartwright
Yorkville, D. C
Gam
Moore Building
I. W. Johnson's
M. W. White
Yorkville,s. C
Yorkville, 8. C
John R. Hart
J. S. Brice
Court House
GEO
W. S. Hart
Yorkville, S. C
D. E. Finley
Finley & Jennings
Wilson Building
White Diamond Lithia Springs
King’s Greek
Lithia
W. O. Johnson
King’s Creek, S. C
State Senate
R. J. H. Saye
Sharon
Senate
W. H. Stewart
Sena
H. Epps
House OF Representatives
Democratic Party
Seeceeree
J. S. Glasscock
John Porter Hollis
W. E. Hart
Samuel L. Johnston
O. L. Sanders
J. Cc. Wilborn
W. B. Wilson, JR
John R
J. A. Tate
Pi G. Duncan
Mary
Clem Gordon
Co. C. Hughes
J. Parrots
W. P. Crook
Catawba Township
John J. Hunter
Broadus M. Love
Smyrna
W. B. Williams
Hugh G. Brown
Plexico
A. D. Neely
T. McMackin
W. A. Aycock
Bethesda Township
Ma S. Carroll
J. C. Kirkpatrick
J. A. C. Love
King’s Mountain Township
L. J. Lumpkin
R. Walker
Bethel Towneship
L. Ww. Leora
John L. Mogarity
York Township
R. L. Deloach
Bullocke’s Creek
A L. Duncan
Bullock's Creek
J. Cc. Coyne
Broad River
Broad River Township
A. L. A. Sear
Riends
Joseph M. Whitesides
Bethesda
J. D. Boyd
Bethel Township
Ww. M. Bigger
R. Johnson
E. N. Peterson
Eking’s Mountain
A. J. Quinn
King’s Mountain
Votin
Presbyterian College
South Carolina
Clinton
Robert Adams, BO. B
Bethany Presbyterial
Charlotte
Neal A. Boned
Beineipe
Enquirer
Due West Female College
James Boych
Due West
Boiling Springs High School
Carolinas
J. D. Huggins
Supt
Shelby
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