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Library of Congress1903

Image 8 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 20, 1903

County Correspondence SEARSPORT LOCALS Albert Nichols is visiting friends in town Mr Harry Blake left Wednesday for Bos ton Miss Addie Hubbard left for Boston Sat urday Mr Bert Morrison is spending a short va cation in town Mr William Putnam and son Will left Wednesday for Boston Miss Eva Clement left Saturday for her home in Boston Rev Charles Whittier of Bangor spent Sunday in town Miss Jennie Salvage left for New York by boat Saturday Mr Maurice Dolliver was in Bangor for a few days last week Edward Porter left Saturday for a short visit in Providence R I Miss Rose Roulston of Boston is visiting Mr and Mrs N Roulston Dr S Calderwood of Boston was in town for a few days last week Mr Amos 1 Carver of Brooklyn N Y is in town for a few days Miss Emeliue Nickels is ths guest of Lap ami Mrs E D 1 Nickels Albert Fowler of Ames Iowa is visiting Ins aunt Mrs Geo Sargent Mr Charles Nichols ami family of Port land spent last week in town Mrs Nina Hadlock and son of Boston are the guests of Capt D S Goodell Will Prescott ami his

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), December 14, 1895

Geo W Jdn kins editor of the inta Mat ia Timncs Cal in speak ing of the various ailments of chil dren said When my children have croup there is only one patent medicine thit I over use and that is Chamberluins Cough Remedy It lugsegses some medical properties that relieve the little sufferers im mediately It is in my opinion the best cough medicine in the market If this remedy is freely given as soon asthe croupy conch appears it will prevent the attack It is also an ideal remedy for whooping cough There is no danger in giving it to children as it contains nothing inju jionq For sale by R Hl Mills Drug Co Limited Valuable Plantation for Sale In one of the most fertile regions of the Parish 280 arpeuts of improved land beautifully situated with a front of 7 arpents on Bayou Tigre by a depth of 40 arpents located partly in Ver milion and Iberiaparishes within two miles from a railroad depot and bordering on a navigable stream Iwhich affords water transportation o gulf ports This land is suited for cotton sugar cane corn and sweet potatoes a portion of it is adapted to

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), December 28, 1895

Geo W Jk as editor of the Santa Maria Ti me8 Cal in speak ing of the various ailments of chil dren said When my children have croup there is only one patcnt medicine that I over use and that is Chamberlains Cough Remedy It possesses some medical properties that relieve the little sufferers im mediately It is in my opinion the best cough medicine in the market If this remedy is freely given as soon asthe croupy cough appears it will prevent the attack It is also an ideal remedy for whooping cough There is no danger in giving it to children as it contains nothing iriju For salc by R H Mills Drug Co Limited Valuable Plantation for Sale In one of the most fertile regions of the Parish 280 arpeuts of improved land beautifully situated with a front of 7 arpents on Bayou Tigre by a depth of 40 arpenis located partly in Ver milion and Iberisparishes within two miles from a railroad depot and bordering on a navigable stream which affords water transportation to gulf ports This land is muited for cotton sugar cane corn and sweet potatoes a portion of it is adapted to cattle

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 4, 1905

lift PRODICTION OF MAPLE SUGAR The Bureau of Forestry Seeks to Develop and Extend the Industry The Bureau of Forestry has been studying the maple sugar industry with the view of securing a larger use of the maple forests Since 1S50 the area oi maple sugar farming has greatly chang ed and shrunk In early days maple sugar was commonly made even in many parts of the South because cane sugar was virtually unobtainable No longer is there even a limited produc tion in South Carolina Georgia Alaba ma Mississippi Louisiana and Arkan sas This is because cane gugar can now be bought everywhere at a low price and is preferred to maple sugar for sweetening In Indiana Michigan and Illinois the maple trees have been extensively cut for lumber thus reduc ing the opportunity for tree tapping In those States also the markets are glutted with imitations which removes the incentive to extending the industry In other States as in western Mary land West Virginia Ohio New York and in New England the maple sugar industry has held its own or been in creased The best sap How is secured in the cooler northern States yet good results can

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of Foster's daily Democrat (Dover, N.H.), May 18, 1895

4 Published every afterncon Sundays excepted by GEOJ FOSTER CO 68 and 70 Washington Street Dover H Rates of advertising reasonable and lower considering circulation than any New Hamp ghire daily Job Printing of all Xkinds done at short Jotice TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One year by mail Or CAITICr sassresensses 500 Whree MONLNBcscssarsnsssnssenssosesnssrsessl 23 OlelonthcieieasmessvnssranssascscssessenssdC Bingle COPidB seevssssnsvrasscrssnsssssspassnessC EXTERED AT DOVER PosT OFTICE AS SECONDCLASS MAIL MATTER DOVER N H MAY 18 1805 1895 MAY 1825 e S so o Su Mo Tu We Th Fri Sat P semnsnsen sosmte e s 1123 4 s67B9loll Bt s e asmsesmreres co S 121814115161718 i 11912012122232425 MOONS PHABES First Third 044 DQuarcer 1 1314 G Quamrle Pm 3 3 746 dal 89 24 1 r ir 7 348 3Qlfior 31 aO B L e sR R IRRSR TR Transatlantic Popularity It appearsnow that they have estab lished a precedent that they can land on American soil avhen and where and why and how they choose the British pro pose to turn their attention to Honduras and to bully that littte country into pay ing its back interest Mr Clevelands subserviency makes it possible for Great Britain to do this without our interven

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Library of Congress1933

Image 3 of Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news (Red Lodge, Mont.), January 11, 1933

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The Greatest American fffl r I Wi J j t r m i m 4 â m STwSSH x N 3 s y 7 7 Jl M Wm Bust of Franklin In the Hall of Fame By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ANUAHY 17 is the anniversary of the birth of the greatest AmericanBen jamin Franklin Insofar as the mem ory of last years bicentennial cele brations honoring the birth of George Washington Is still fresh In the minds of most Americans there may be those who rend this article who will exclaim What Ben jamin Franklin a greater American than George Washington Several years ago a historian an swered that question in the affirmative and gave as his reasons the following 1 The expression of Franklins greatness did not depend on events beyond his control 2 He would have been a great man In any period of worlds history in any land 3 He would have been among the great even If his endeavors had been confined to one only of sereval lines of activity in which his achieve ments were of the highest rank 4 He would be a grea man If he were living today 5 Franlln

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Library of Congress1963

Image 9 of The Chronicle (Pascagoula, Miss.), September 18, 1963

Hancock Voters Seek Reversal In High Court JACKSON UPIAn attorney for a group of Hancock County voters hias asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to overrule a Chancery Court decision and re turn the states first county voter redistricting case for trial Attorney Upton Sission of Gulf port appealed to the high court to reverse a ruling by Chancellor William Hews at Bay St Louis which sustained a general demur rer by the defense dismissing the case The suit filed last Feb 13 by Powell Glass Jr of Bay St Louis and a group of Hancock residents as a class action asked that the county election commission be en joined from holding a further elec I tion for supervisor until redistrict ing had been accomplished The court took the matter under advisement The suit complained that one of the countys five beats had been virtually annihilated by the federal governments purchase of land for the space vehicle test site center in Hancock and Pearl River coun ties It claimed that the county had not been redistricted in more than 100 years and said that efforts to __ I IP ASTORALL PURPOS K I BLEACH wow Baby Food Ss 6 r 49

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Library of Congress1876

Bureau of Refugees, Freemen, and Abandoned Lands. (To accompany H. Res. 128.) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Assistant Adjutant General of the Army in charge of the late Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, and recommending such legislation as will enable the officers of the Treasury Department to make new settlements in favor of certain colored claimants. June 9, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Freedman's Bank. June 20, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Freedman's Bank and ordered to be printed

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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 29, 1906

NOTES FROM FLORIDA A Good Catch of Bluefish The Razorback Hog Orange Groves Moving South The Season Nearing its Close Correspondence of The Journal Palm Black Florida March 19 1906 A few days ago 1 went fishing with some friends Mr Leroy IIiscock anti his father who own the trim little launch Helen and as it was my first fishing trip in Florida you may he assured that the fact 1 came out high line was most gratifying 1 was awak1 ened from slumbers by my friends in 1 the early morning hours and crawlii g out of bed pulled on my clothes anil was soon breakfasting with them Af ter such a breakfast as befits a good fisherman we left on the little boat for a trip up the lake mid were soon on the fishing grounds The catching of blue fish here is considered a great sport and we landed a good catch We used a bright piece of lead with a bit of red flannel and while the hook was larger j than a mackerel jig it was on similar lines The fish bit readily and as we did all the fishing by trolling we bad to

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Library of Congress1919

Image 13 of The White Mountain echo (Bethlehem, N.H.), July 12, 1919

BETHLEHEM N H JULY 12 1919 what similar cog railway for moun tain climbing and purposed to build a railroad up the Rigi Just what influence the studies of the Mt Washington system had upon the Swiss plans is not known but the Rigi railway was soon under con struction and was opened in 1870 or 1871 The Riggenbach patents were used and everyone who is familiar with the Mt Washington device can see at a glance that the mechanism is decidedly different put no doubt the demonstration of a cog railway in actual operation up a mountain gave great encouragement to the projectory of the Swiss railway and thus Mt Washington pointed out the way for the building of the Alpine road Through Mr Aikens enterprise the Summit house was built capable of accommodating 200 persons The house was built in part on land leased from the owners of the terri tory and this fact combined with the rivalry of the two enterprises led to friction and ultimately to litiga tion We do not feel disposed to pay for the use of the summit and to have to fight for it wrote Mr Aiken to his antagonists on one

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Library of Congress1961

Image 1 of The Hardin tribune-herald (Hardin, Mont.), October 19, 1961

w f VOL 54 NO 42 Denny elected president of state School Boards Sam Denny chairman of the Board of Trustees of School Dis trict 17H since 1953 was elected president of the Montana School Board association at the annual convention of that organization in Havre last Friday and Saturday Denny was vice president of the group the past year When he completes his current term next spring he will have a record of 15 years of service on the local School Board He says he has only missed a meeting or two of the state association since that tmei Last May he was Mon tanas delegate to the convention of the National School Board as sociation in Philadelphia The new state president has been active in many other community affairs in Big Horn county He is Jbl Sam Denny a director of the Big Horn Soil Conservation district and the Fed eral Land Banks Wyola district He is also currently a member of the Federal Home administra tion committee and is a past ASC committeeman He is also a Past Master of Sts John Lodge No 92 A F and A M Mr and Mrs Denny returned Sunday from

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Library of Congress1903

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 4, 1903

founty Correspondence Deferred from last weekJ 1 Thayer of Belfast ere idayState Lecturer oliire at Victor Grange buiar1 veiling June 3dMiss i as arrived home for the lieasant reception was 1 Mrs Beebe at the par lay evening About one resent The evening was ntercourse and singing r mi were servedMrs seriously ill Mrs It i t last is in town Memo 1 observed at the M E miber of veterans were f ip u m arrived home from 1 i siia_Iapt W CHard days last week with his ids barge the George charging coal in lrovi J lieagan and Mrs ted relatives in Winter i Mrs Mary Smith enter i nb May 20thGeorge me sick with asthma 1 the Misses Maud and uikfort were the guests last Saturday and Suu i rusts here last Saturday did a lot of damage to frud trees Mrs Mary Ilufns I land man called in Stockton Springs II Clarke have gone to j _selden Clarke has l where he lias employ i Clarke visited her j 1 in Butter City Sun il and Raymond How n Bucksport last week j i has returned home j he lias had employ rant visited friends p

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Library of Congress1891

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), June 6, 1891

4GENTS for Dr TALMAGES 4 i New Book coveriag ANTED his lifes woe Ahro San From the ChristLaud en tleod ho FROM MAN4ER TO TIHltDE E Embracing a new Life of Christ and a Story of Palestine and its People illus trated with over 400 wonderful engrav ings of scenery in Holy Land copies of old masters and famous pictures from the Land and 1imes of the Savior also a grand picture of Jerusalem on the day of the crucifixion in 12 colors and ton feat in length This is Dr Tslmages life work and his greatest book Orders are now pouring in from all parts of the civilized world You will never havean other like it 1000000 copies will be sold the first year Agents should drop allelse and secure terriVory Such chanceseome only once in a life time Exclusive ter ritory givenfull protection The most remarkable and wonderful of all books about the Land Time and People of the Bible Go to work Now and von will make hundreds of dollars Territory goirg with a rush act now no capital needed Name territory ymi want and write at once for particulars to ND McDONALD CO 81 Oarondelet Street

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Library of Congress1875

Image 4 of The Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, La.), March 10, 1875

ALEXANDRIA PEOPLES NEW ORLEANS and Grand Ecore Packet Compy Weekly Tiesday Packet TIIE FINE AND FAST PASSENGER STEAMJER BRADISH JOHN SON JOHN IIIENN Mastel ED BURKClerk WILL MAKE REGULAR TRIPS tkingfreight for Fomt DeRussy Barbins Nornlt s Pineville Alean dria Grand Ecore and all interntediate landings For freight or passage hay ing supexior accommodations APPLY ON BOARD ECLIPSE STABLE NELS TAYLOR Proprietor CORNER OF THIRD and DESOTO STREETS AIESANDRIA LA S BUGGIES and IIORSES TO LET hORSES iEPT by the DllY WEEK MOINTI The STABLE is the LARGEST and MOST COMFORrABLE in the STATE trParticular tattention paid to HORSES loeft on KEEP or for SALE To Drovers SPLEJNDID ULE PENS Will rent STALLS by DAY or WEEK FOR HORSES H1OIRSES CARRIAGES BUGGIES nud HARNESS L A T1 on I P iO SALE MILLINERY STORE IISi 1 SillY t AOMlPI HAVING PURCHASED THE MIL linery Store of the late Mrs C Sullivan situated on SECOND corner ofJOiNSTON St respectfully inform the public and pa trons of the establishment that they will continue to carry it on in the same stylo and line of business They have already replenished the stock of goods and materials and continne to keep LADLES FASHIONABLE DRESS

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Library of Congress1875

Image 4 of The Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, La.), March 3, 1875

ALEXANDRIA PIOPLES ZWv ORLEANS and Grand Ecare Packet Compy Weekly Tuesday Packet TIE FINE AND FAST PASSENGER STEAMER BRADISH JOHNSON JOHN HIENNMaster ED BURKClerk UTILL MAKE REGULAR TRIPS TV taking freight for Fort DeRassy 3arbins Nprnmns Pineville Alexan drln Grand Ecore and all intermediate landings For freightor passage hav ing superior accommodations APPLY ON BOARD ECLIPSE STABLE NELS TAYLOR Proprietor CORNER OF THlIRD and DESOTO STREETS ALEXANDRI LA tARRIAG an V GBUGZGI S and HORSES TO LET IORSES KEPT by the DAY WEEK MONTH The STABLE is the LARGEST and MOST COMFORTABLE in the STATE SParticular attention paid to HORSES left on KEEP or for SALE To Drovers SPLENDID MULE PEVNS Will rent STALLS by DAY or WEEK FOR HORSES HORSES CARRIAGES BUGGIES And HARNESS trt r7r8 on H JY 2 FO l S4ZLB MILLINERY STORE Sll STIIly COlIAIY HAVING PURCHASED THE MIL linery Store of the late Mrs C Sullivan situated on SECOND corner of JOHNSTON St respectfully inform the public and pa trons of the establishment that they will continue to carry it on in the same style and line of business They have already replenished the stock of goods and materials and continue to keep LADIES FASHIONABLE

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