Monroe Creates Model Municipal Ownership In Louisiana Town
Monroe Louisiana becomes a pioneer of municipal ownership adding water and electric plants a street railway a park a summer garden and a municipal race track to a new city hall prison market and a modern high school While property values rise and dissent fades Mayor A A Forsythe leads the push to issue bonds tax financing and certificates of payment to fund these projects The project includes Forsythe Park and a two mile rail line to the riverfront with a grandstand track and baseball park plus free schooling for all in Ouachita County
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America
Glasgow
New Zealand
Monroe
Louisiana
A. A. Forsythe
Forsythe
Porsythe
Water and Light
Ouachita County
State of
Tio
Moristhe
Tyeny
Corporte
Amoerien
Ounaehita
Forsythe Park
Red Wing Builds Municipal Theater From Civic Bequest
The city of Red Wing Minnesota owns and runs a theater gifted by Theodore B Sheldon. The $80,000 venue funds artistic development with no free admissions and seats priced at $1. It is aimed as an educational cultural institution and a move away from commercial theater.
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Red Wing
Minn
L. F. Vierce
Theodore B. Sheldon
Smile that wont come off baby’s face after vermifuge
Mrs S Blackwell Oklahoma reports her baby became peevish and fretful but after using White's Cream Vermifage never had a sick day. The advertisement claims the worm medicine keeps the smile on the baby's face and guarantees continued health. Sold by all druggists.
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Baby
White
Blackwell
Okla
Argand Lamps and the Invention That Shaped Lighting
E Forman explains how Swiss inventor Argand redesigned lamp air flow with a chimney and thin wick, creating a white flame and reducing smoke. He notes this breakthrough spurred rapid lamp-making progress and inspired later burners, oils, and wicks.
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Argand
Alee
Argad
S. E. Forman
St. Nicholas
When Stevenson Lived Poor in San Francisco
The passage recalls Robert Louis Stevenson’s early poverty in San Francisco before his fame. He wandered penniless on a lawn later hosting a bronze and marble statue and briefly worked as a theater super in the old California theater on Bush Street, collecting a few quarters during that period.
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Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
San Francisco
Super
California Theater
Bush Street
Liver Regulator Herbine Promises Relief for Digestive Ailments
An old advertisement from Fort Worth Texas touts Herbine as a liver regulator to aid constipation dyspepsia and liver complaints. The testimonial claims family use over years with everyone happy and well. Sold by all druggists and advertised as positive care.
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Orter
Ft. Worth
Texas
Tide Tables 1907 for Astoria Oregon Port Reference
Government compiled tide tables present for Astoria Oregon as the standard reference port. The notice says to use the following table to determine exact tide times.
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U.S
Astoria
Oregon
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