Notable Townsmen and Notable Feats Across the Nation
A collection of brief notices honors diverse figures from Justice Brewer praised as a top speaker to a Kentucky senator who boasts he never wrote a speech. It notes young Everett Mower, a seven year old express agent, and Cr. Brown of Cincinnati who, though blind, is a traveling salesman. Other items cover a Seattle will funding a mausoleum, Yale graduate Frederick A. Woodson in Denver, Montpelier fence viewer Captain J. O. Livingston re election, Detroit stenographer Fred Treland's likeness to Senator Smith, and a fourteen year old Byron Melad building a small saw mill. J A N Waddell of Kansas City is elected to a Russian founded society for Transalaska-Siberian rail plans.
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Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
United States
Pinckburn
Kentucky
Luther Taymond
Clarksburg
W. Va
Express
Everett M. Mower
Augusta
Express Company
Cr. Brown
Cinemshenati
Yale
Scroll and Key
Denver
Frederick A. Woodson
Fred Treland
Detroit
House of Representatives
Washington
William Alden Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Ireland
Leon Dunn
Byron Melad
J. A. N. Waddell
Kansias City
Ola
Eimperor Nicholas
Russia
Society of
Bowie Knife Demand Hits Texas Decline
A Dallas cutlery man reports no current demand for the Bowie knife in Texas while global gold production continues to rise with 1905 at 375 million, 1906 near 400 million. Government customs in New York yield about 668 thousand daily.
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Dallas
Texas
New York City
Carolinas
Oregon
Arizona
Argentina
Carnegie Library
Pittsburg
Kingston
Jamaica
PITH AND POINT An Atchison Globe Motto
A compact moral from the Atchison Globe argues counterfeit value when one gives more than they receive and notes how trouble is the only thing borrowed that isn t returned. It jokes about secret knowledge turning stale and imitators getting credit behind backs.
Early coinage milestones and legal tender dates
The text traces English coin minting from 1257 and legal tender in 1216, notes American coin creation in 1812 for Virginia company, mentions milling edges to prevent clipping in 203 percent, and covers the 1874 to 1878 cornage of trade dollars and intended use in ecommerce with China India and Japan.
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England
Virginia Company
China
India
Japa
Me, Jim and I leads three comedians in new Arlington show
Watson Arlington and Whitelaw headline the new production of Me Jim and I. East Broadway in New York hosts the first Yiddish school of acting. Joseph and William W Jefferson joined the Independents. Belasco’s current project targets David Warfield and a Studgeount theater debut. Margaret Drew succeeds Grace Filkins as Bella Crosby in The Daughters of Men. Dicky Bell closes his season and starts a new Augustus Thoms comedy rehearsal.
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Watson, Arlington and
Whitelaw
Jim and
East Broadway
New York
Joseph
William W. Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Phelan
Lemon Street
Belasco
David Warfield
Studgeount Theater
Margaret Drew
Grace Filkins
Bella Crosby
The
Daughters of Men
Eleanor Stobson
Pany
Dicky Bell
Augustus Thoms
Mr Pipp
Mr. Bell
Augustus ‘Thoms
English Etchings and Notable Facts from Derbyshire and Beyond
A Derbyshire sub terranean road links two mines seven miles long. The Bank of England spans three parishes with buildings covering two acres three rods. Rhodes scholarships tablet at Oxford unveiled by Lord Rosebery. Woolwich Royal Artillery museum displays an eight chambered matchlock revolver from Elizabethan era. Five boys became baronets before age fifteen, Sir Coleridge Kennard the latest in 1891 at age five. From 1792 to 181? there were about six million pounds of outstanding Bank notes lost, profit to the bank.
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Derbyshire
Bank of England
Oxford
Cecil Rhodes
Lord Rosebery
Royal Artillery Museum
Woolwich
Coleridge Kennard
Model Of The Moment In Summer Fashion
The article notes buckles on belts at front and back and a trend toward larger hats. Pongee cloaks will pair with thin frocks, and crab crape appears in dressy and street looks. Three piece suit models gain traction with cutaway and blazer coats and jumper waists in varied detail.
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Eton
New York Post
Million Envelope Sale Stuns City Stationer
A young clerk recalls selling a single envelope for a cent to a man with a letter and the day’s biggest sale, a million envelopes, to a casually dressed buyer who paid cash with large yellow banknotes and disappeared after delivery.
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Philadelphia Record
Tramp Seeks Patch Kit From Housewife for Old Suit
A Progressive quip shows a tramp asking for needle and thread patch material then a bit of cloth and even an old husband’s suit. The housewife agrees to give items and a meal, humorously noting the patch would fit with the larger old suit.
Facts From France on Wines Coal Heads and Servants
France clarifies wine usage and reports 0 000 000 eggs yearly. Coal imports in 1906 exceed 1905 by 16 000 000 dollars. A Paris professor owns a collection of 920 human heads reflecting globe races. French papers have directors who set political lines. The servant shortage is acute with 200 000 fewer domestic workers in ten years, though remaining servants are said to be more efficient.
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France
Ex-New York Barkeeper Hires Politically Prominent Man
Andy Horn, once a prominent New York saloon keeper on the east side, hires a former political figure as barkeeper. The man balks at ten dollars a month, but Andy cites easy till and abundant pickings in New York. The ex-bartender accepts the job without argument.
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Andy Horn
East Side
New York
Andy
Origin of customs explained through ancient gestures
The piece traces how bowing the head, keeping the head up, and shaking with the right hand arose from chivalric, protective, and defensive practices. It links modern etiquette to ancestral fears and the need to reveal or conceal strength in social encounters.
Prairie dog eaten on the plains tastes like young chicken
A zoo keeper defends prairie dog as a fine taste while plainsmen avoid it due to superstition about predators and scavengers. The New Orleans paper notes the superstition but includes the claim the meat is likened to rattlesnake or owl. Dr Kehrer from Munich advises three to four hours after eating before sleep and avoiding heavy meals and alcohol to prevent nightmares.
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Plains
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Kehrer
Munich
Editorial Flinging and Quips Across Papers
A trio of sharp quotation snippets from Philadelphia Telegram Baltimore American and Leavenworth Post humorously critique weather luck railroads and plumbers tools. The lines hint at satirical takes on infrastructure governance and everyday annoyances.
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Philadelphia Telegram
Baltimore American
Leavenworth
Iigsn
Do not Neglect the Children This Season
A health notice urges immediate care for a child’s belly pains and recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by Castor Oil. Evans Drug Co advertises the remedy for sale.
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Chamberlain
Evans Drug Co
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Patterson & Locke Co
South G St
Geo. el. Harris
Cedar Grove
Kaufman Elk
B. F. Cauthorn
Aberdeen, Wash
Elma
Ernest Herman, Eima
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Herald
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Chenslis
Aberdeen Herald
East Wishkah ST
First Street
Broadway Hill
E. Wishkah
Herald Office
Salz
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First
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South F St
W. Wishkah St
Col. Broadway
Grays Harbor Hospital
Just
Studebaker
Portland
Seattle
Griggs Hardware Co
E. Heron St
Aberdeen, Washington
Grays Harbor Business College
Gregg
Pitman
Herald Printery
KH. L. Cook & Co
E. Heron
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