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Library of Congress1901

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 31, 1901

AN ENTIRE CITY EXCITED OYER A SEEMING MIRACLE John Hunter Blind and Helpless from Paralysis Now Sees Walks and Works FACT5 VERIFIED BY THE HAYOR AND OTHER PROiTINENT MEN An Investigation by the San Francisco Examiner Demonstrates the Absolute Truth of a Cure that Almost Parallels the Miracles of OldIts Full Significance to all Nervous Sufferers The town of Chico in Butte County i al in in a state of excitement over a racle so marvelous as to be almost beyond belief The local papers have given columns to the discussion of a case that with all reverence might justly be nupared with the miracles of old for here a man who was blind and lie sees speech es and he talks powerless to move and he nlks and works Pronounced incurable i later than the spring of last year he is is week shingling a roof and repairing a building So widespread became the fame of this miracle of modern times that a Sail Fran sco Examiner representative visited Chico ml made a thorough investigation of the ise Every scrap of evidence was sifted i id the most searching Inquiry served only establish the truth of a cure that

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Library of Congress1919

Image 5 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), July 18, 1919

r National Newspaper Advertising How When and Where to Use It BY WILLIAM H RANKIN President Wm H Rankin Co New York Washington Chicago COMPETITION to secure na tional markets has become so keen that individual business firms are eagerly searching for new methods by which to domi nate the attention of the public and to dominate it first searching for methods that will give more intensive sales results that can be obtained by any usual form of advertising This method has been found it is National Newspaper Advertising As is invariably the case the new method was found not only to be an acceptable substitute for the old but to have certain superiorities over the old meth od of magazines plus newspa pers The ability of National news paper advertising to create large volume national sales has al ready been demonstrated Many million dollars have already been spent for the United States Government in this way helping to bring to the Government bil lions of dollars in return Mil lions more have been spent in this sort of advertising by com mercial firms and the results they have obtained have been highly remunerative The thing has been tried out

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Library of Congress1899

Image 19 of The Anaconda standard (Anaconda, Mont.), April 30, 1899, (Morning)

BURIED CITIES LAYER UPON LAYER Rev J L Thomas M A F R G S Describes the Remarkably Interesting Discoveries Made by Explorations in Palestine London April 20The search for the hidden archaelogical treasures of the Holy Land goes on with unflagging en ergy and with the earnest support cf the sultan who so far from opposing the work that Christians are prospect ing in his territory regards them with favor Since the issue of the last fir man the agents of the Palestine explo ration fund have continued with fresh vim the work that they have so muc cessfully carried on during the past few years Their explorations have proved conclusively the important fact that a great mound that has been un der cultivation for centuries and which is called TellelHesv is identical with the Amorite city of Lachish Dr Bliss has demonstrated that TellelHesy consists of the debris of several cities many times destroyed and rebuilt The first town was built it has been proven as long as 2000 B C and the last it is supposed was erected in the fourth cen tury before the birth of Christ The remains of some nine cities in all exist

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Library of Congress1922

Image 1 of The Aberdeen weekly (Aberdeen, Miss.), March 31, 1922

THE ABERDLEIi VEEKLY av OUR JOB DEPARTLiEilT 75 COMPLE1E rv i in IS IS8UED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING 4 f II V X L A L I I 1 1 i is X M r 1 v Service the Best Price Ritht iii 1 1 1 1 1 ii Delivery Prompt Subscription 100 a Year Commercial Wetldinpr uix Society Printing Kxeeutr MAIL ORDERS SOIICITKI Try Cs for Oood Work ami Low PtiiM Advertising rates on application VOL 46 ABERDEEN MISS MARCH 31 1922 NO 40 3 i V Y 0 timv iluliil TV to buy Simmons Beds Mattresses and Springs Chairs and Porch Furniture at greatly Reduced Prices These prices will be in effect during the week beginning APRIL 3rd ONLY Tlie Simmons Label appears on each piece A genuine Simmons Bed Spring and Mattress at prices all can afford Simmons Outfits cost no more than you are prepared to pay or honest comfort and service To demonstrate the notgenerallyknown fact that genuine Simmons Beds can be purchased at popular prices we are featuring the bed and bedding outfit illustrated at the price below including a Simmons Bedstead continuous poits of steel tubing in any standard width strongly constructed light in

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Library of Congress1914

Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), January 23, 1914

VOL XXV III COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY JANUAIRY 23 1914 NO 5 TO SATE COTTON GROWERS MILLIONS THIS IS OBJECT OF BILL INTRO DUCED IN HOUSE BY CON GRESSMAN LEVER WOULD DETERMINE GRADES Appropriation Asked to Provide for Investigation and Spreading of Information Among Farmers Westrn Newspaper IIton News Scrvice WashingtonThe saving of mil lions of dollars now lost annually by cotton farmers and small manufactur ers is the object of a bill which Rep resentative Lever of South Carolina chairman of the house committee on agriculture has introduced The measure would appropriate 50000 to be used by the secretary of agricul ture in determining relative spinning values of the different grades of cot ton as already standardized by law and for demonstrating the results of this word to producers and consumers of cotton The department of agriculture al ready has standardized the nine grades of cotton and is concluding its first investigation for testing the waste tensile strength and bleaching qualf ties of these grades The house committee on agriculture has been advised that Texas alone is losing 40000000 because neither buy ers nor sellers have any appreciation of the value of this years offcolor cotton in that state Buyers

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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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