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1904
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From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
advocated
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
all
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
analyses
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
available
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
badly
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
Banner
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
bill-board
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
bill-boards
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
bought
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
came
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From this reading The turmoil came from the contest over the purchase of the town's water system.
change
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
Citizens
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
city
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
clean
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
coming
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
contest
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From this reading The turmoil came from the contest over the purchase of the town's water system.
covered
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
decide
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
drainage
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
election
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
fight
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
forces
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The turmoil came from the contest over the purchase of the town's water system.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
hall
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
Hendricks
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
hired
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
Index
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
infected
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
knew
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
leading
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
League
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
leased
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
mill-pond
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
months
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
municipal
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
newspapers
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
night
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
only
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
opened
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From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
outlet
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The turmoil came from the contest over the purchase of the town's water system.
page
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
pages
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
polluted
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
preceding
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
president
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
purchase
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From this reading The turmoil came from the contest over the purchase of the town's water system.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
Ridge
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From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
Robert
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
sewers
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
Six
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
source
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
spring
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From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
supply
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
surface
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From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
Sycamore
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From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
system
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From this reading The turmoil came from the contest over the purchase of the town's water system.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
town
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
town's
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From this reading The turmoil came from the contest over the purchase of the town's water system.
turmoil
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From this reading The spring of 1904 in Sycamore Ridge opened in turmoil.
two
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
vacant
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From this reading Six months before he had leased every bill-board in town, and for the two months preceding the city election that was to decide the question of municipal purchase he had hired every available hall in town, for every vacant night during those months, and had bought half of the first page of both the _Banner_ and the _Index_ for those months--and all of this long before the town knew the fight was coming.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
water
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From this reading The turmoil came from the contest over the purchase of the town's water system.
way
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From this reading Robert Hendricks as president of the Citizens' League was leading the forces that advocated the purchase of the system by the town, as being the only sure way to change the water supply from the polluted mill-pond to a clean source.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He covered the bill-boards and the first pages of the newspapers with analyses of the water in the mill-pond--badly infected from the outlet of the town sewers and its surface drainage.
