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Sheridan Road News-Letter (1889), 4 Jun 1904, p. 2

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Published ave-7M margins I! High. had M “1-. b! the Sheridan Road Pubhshin! C9 Neva-Loner Bonding. I'll Cemnl Avenue. HWWPut. A. E. DOISIY) Enacted It ihe Pou- once u “13th Park a second- class m. Advonlshx nus undo known on mllauon Wegle predicts that England at! Améflu will oventunlly be one up uon. but full to an unvhich «no. A skillful mechnnic who has had troubles of his own with the gas monop- oly, finding it impossible to obtain reâ€" dress by ordinsry means, has invented a smell device'which. when attached to a meter, absolutely controls the register, ‘ reperte the New York Press. it can be so set u to show any percentage of the consumption from five mine. [He can mnke his bills as snail n he pleases. or as large, and any other person having a like device can do the same. It can he applied or removed inwthe traction of s minute, 'does‘not injure or deuce the meter .in any way (except to nuke it lie for the consumer rather than for the company). and can demoralize a water meter with equal facility: Unfortunate- ly for the inventor it cannot be patented. A m o! Noah Snore hazelnut-cc. . Senator Quay ”sad 2. friend were dis: aussinz the rather meaty life which is being led by a young man of their ac- quaintance. The senatorjnsiawd that the boy was all right at heart,- “and l have no doubt," he added, "that Tom will bulk up When he reaches the age of discretion.” Yes,” rejoined Mr. Quay’a friend, “but. what would you call the SEEM)“ IMO INN age. of diacreuon?" “As a rule,” an- swered the senator, "I should say that a young fellow m reached the age of “scretton when he removes from his walls the pictures of actresses and sub- smutes therefor a portrait of his wealthy bachelor uncle. " It was recently noted that New Brunewick has few divorces, and the reason, says the Kennebec Journal, is not far to seek. In Aroostook county 57 divorcee were granted in 1903, and a lerge percentage of these were oi! per- tiel married in New Brunswick. The law require: that ptrtiee married in New Bron-wick. not inning e resi- dence in this state, must reside here in good teith for one yeer prior to the commencement of proceedings betel-e they con procure 'e divorce. Bury veer e number have here from New Brunswick end an “Mme on}. 112m 83... pan van Sue IF PAID IN ADVANCE SATURDAY. JUNE 4. Telephone No. a. 3!:th Put. (weonrmrm) 073K338: manger lob mm. has none “flee to: you: men. s. an. Min; to the A um. ha»- 2:” 11:11:; 3:: " “M m- vorm :- older than you an by noun! yous; um to: thousand: 01 you: it has been I0 tul‘ of m an! better young men um. youml! an M! tut stuck out o! the dormer 'lndo'e; thnt when they dled‘ the old globe vent whlrrlu on. end not one an to 10.000. 000 went tothe tunernl. I Don'the too lorry unnamed-he! eeuee he know: no much leee then you' do. Remember the reply 0! Dr. Wny- lend to the student 0! Brown university, who and It the an only enough thlu to nuke proverbs such on Solomon wrote. ‘Knke n 10'; tenely replled the old m. The world has neuter need'ot young ‘ men. but no greater need then the young men hue tor lt. Your clothes llt better then your tnther’e fit hlni; they cost more money end they are more etylleh; ‘ your muttohe ll neeter; the cut of your heir to better. But, young men. the old gentlemen gets the blgseet enlnry. and his honestly ecnmbllns signature on the ’huslneu end of n check will drnln more money out of 1 bank to five mlnutee then you could get out with n room of paper end n copper plate elgnntnre ln ell months." There appearato be a methodical and recurring character in the manner in 'which the “under- taker joke" in prac- ticed on unsuspect- lug St. Louis nmmu um displays a cunning monomania, can the Globe- Democrat. There must be a “Jack the Telephone.” who telephone: to mor~ tnary concern: calling emhalmere or comn measurera to certain home v'vhere there is no one dead. The trequency or this hoax show: that its perpetrator ill extraordinarily motive, and that the edge or ltahumor in his contorted imag- ination never wears on. What can be more ludicroul than the backing up ,0! ; an undertaker: wagon at a house where every one is in good health, W” it wouiu no the bringing ot a dummy figure up the from step: on a shutter? You can feel the amusement of it clear down to your heels. It is an irresistible spur to ehuckling. Queer Inflo- 0! a Joke. . Mark lla'l‘izue has been sexton a! Crown Point cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.) for '35 'yeara and has dug over 4,000 graves fix his time. Mark says thtt the only time he ever felt creepy in a grave- Jard was once a. good many years ago when be buried a. victim of smallpox st midnight. A tramp smoking in a granary at Zaarnoe, Hungary, set fire to the place. The mhabitami;fimi T5 mama it, threw the tramp into the names. whence he was rescued by the polloojn : dying condition. Here In how a. Kansas paper identlnc: I multimillionaire nllrood magnate: "George Gould, who u o brother of Helen Gould, paced through here word” on hln specm cor." Lita in the country In the ideal 01m mmhumwomuchlm I! unkind via-41d axon!!!- :- an: an in finding something to plus thom :- they do for came: of disconunt. tho world would be t plenum" plan. In which. to dwell. HIGHLAND PARK Plumbing, Heating and fiasfitting Company. Pnosl: Ofico 1153. **%%********W**WW*§ ___..._-â€"- A ‘7“ i um Wm. III! “Agents for Abana Spring Water F. M. EVANS. SANITARY PLUMBING Keep. the Ingest “so Ctnned Goods on the lake shore French Oil, in any quantity. “A Tgble Belhhea. Fruit tn Veg HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. Ingest unortment of Importqd ind Dome-tie beluke shore. Alwahrgo stock of Italian and gusting." “A Inge variety of Quun Olives sud .- lm}. ‘m A.” 273 W. Central Ave.

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