Immigration bill debate and Bohemian congressman in Congress
In a heated House session the immigration bill faced discussion with attention on Anthony Michalek of Chicago born in Bohemia who became the first Bohemian-born member of the House after a contested seat proved he is a citizen. The piece also notes Roosevelt era topics, Miss Margaret Haley’s tax impact on school funding, and observations about Senator Morgan and Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois with various biographical details.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Congression
Knotrn Na
Anthony Michalek
Chicago
Bohemia
Michalek
United States
West
Ketow
Asnultonals
Washington
Margaret Haley
Teachers’ Federation
Heresty
Dunne
Living by Music in the Early Variety Scene
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column argues musicians should master at least two instruments one brass and one string to avoid unemployment as seasons shift from brass in summer to strings in winter. It notes embouchure strain from horn playing and compares lip paralysis to writer’s cramp, urging practical versatility for sustaining a musical career.
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Svattag
St Basing Abia
Claveland Pisin Denier
Some New York Firsts In Colonial Times
A summary of early New York milestones including Christmas as a legal holiday in 1654, the first Sabbath law in 1047, and the first surveyor Audries Hudda appointed in 1642. It notes the first interpreter George ter and a 1647 court of justice led by Judge Van Dincklagen, plus the sale of a 30 by 110 foot lot in 1612 and the 1642 first public house at Pearl Street Coenties Slip.
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New York
Audries ‘Hudda
George Ter
van Dincklagen
Alarm Clock For a Coin in Philadelphia Record
A West Philadelphia businessman describes an improvised alarm using a post card mailed to himself and a bell from the postman. He notes rising early several days weekly, a mail routine, and the cheap method to set up morning appointments with minimal cost.
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Tyo
Sam
West Philadelphia
Tust
Philadelphia
Kingsley: A Poet and Chartist Novelist of Note
Charlen Kingsley deserves front rank among nineteenth century novelists for Alton Locke, charting life of the poor and eclipsing Dickens in vivid social scenes. As a preacher he was simple and earnest, whether at Westminster or Byersley, London Standard.
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Kiggaley
Sty
Kingsley
Alton -Locke
Dickens
Westminster
Byersley
London Standard
Washington's Fourth of July Dinner Menu of 1770
A fragment from a July 4 1770 Washington account notes the dinner aboard the independence day, listing dishes such as cabbage, beets, beans, peas, potatoes, and roast meat. The page shows the period’s casual meal record amid quirks and misread scrawls, reflecting daily life aboard.
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Washington
Jopster
Local Land Transfers Reported Around City
A summary of recent farm and timber land transactions shows John Wilts buying the Carl Schmidt 160 acre farm southeast of the city at 4 per acre. Elmer Mossman acquires 200 acres of timber land in Clay township from Jabb Wilts at 612,250. Sam Tidd sells his Oley farm to Johnston for 8116 2590 ware. Herman Gravoet buys 160 acres near Eldora at 840 per acre, a farm purchased twenty years ago for 35.50. F D Peet and A Edwin Soutth buy one fourth section east of Alden for 642 000. Ingvald Halverann sells about 95 acres in northwest Sherman township to G D Newsball for 67 000.
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Hartlib
John Wilts
Carl Schmidt
Elmer Mossman
Clay Township
Jabb Wilts
Sam Tidd
Oley
Johnston
Ware
Herman Gravoet
Eldora
F. D Peet
Edwin Soutth
Alden
Ingvald Halverann
G. D. News Ball
Sherman Towneh
Can You Play Wild Goose Invitations for Children
For the game children receive cardboard slips with a goose and the words wild chase or Come to a wild goose chase. Guests follow a sequence of clues guiding them to various spots, each finding a note directing the next move. Couples pair up when a gentleman finds a matching item belonging to a lady, then continue together through the party.
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United States
Roosevelt
Piatt
Depew
Senate
H Charoberlain
Exchequer
Morgan
Pettus
General Morgan
Jane
Anya
Washingtons Smallpox Chronicle and Odd Notes
Washingtons Smallpox tale notes his early illness during a Barbados visit in 1751 with Laurence Mount Vernon. Diary entry from November 17 1751 records a strong attack and gradual recovery stating the Thursday after December 12. Also covered is a Hartford City fire cat rescuing four kittens and a fragment about the Forbidden Fruit known as Rye's apple from Ceylon.
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Washington
George Washington
John Bell
Maryland
London
Barbados
Laurence
Mount Vernon
Lanahan
Washbington
Chicago News
Hartford City
Tnd
Ceylon
The Power of Squash in a Chicago Garden
A historic note on a poisonous squash plant said to attract rye and urged caution due to its dangers. A curious experiment described a squash eighteen days old lifting weights from sixty to nine hundred pounds as a farmer harnessed it with a lever.
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Anys
Chicago News
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