Ridgway and Booth in a Nation of Leaders
ERMAN J RIDGWAY publisher of Everybody's Magazine is praised as a well rounded leader in letters clubs and outdoors with a Montclair home. General Booth is celebrated after an Oxford honorary degree and a British tour in a Salvation Army motor caravan. Also noted are William Finley’s rise in rail leadership and a Selkirk firelock relic in Philadelphia through Mrs. Huldnah White.
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Everybody's Magazine
Erman J. Idgway
Erman J. Ridgway
Rod
Eltixen
Montclair
N. J
Commonwealth Club
Upper Montclair
Mr. Ridgway
Muskingum County
Northwestern University
Yale
Frank A. Munsey
Chautauqua
N. Y
Ridgway
Yellow Journal
Yellow Press
William Booth
Salvation Army
Oxford University
Muni Twain
Salvstion
Nin
Elvil Law
Halleluah
Booth
British Isles
Rome
University of Oxford
Geneval Booth
Great Britain
Huldnah B. White
Philadelphia
Juan Fernandes
Alexander Selkirk
Daniel Defoe
Mrs. White
Nominson Crusoz
Edinburgh
Guy
Old Masonic Halls Highlight Virginia's Early Lodge History
The article traces America s first Masons from Virginia sites in Williamsburg and Richmond to Washington s era. It notes the oldest Masonic building in Virginia, the Williamsburg hall, and the Richmond lodge completed in 1787 where Washington s memorial services and Lafayette s honorary membership occurred. It also recalls McKinley joining Virginia Masonry, Washington s Freemason ties, and other presidents linked to the craft.
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Masonic Order
Williamsboro
Jamestown
Virginia
Francia Street
Masonry
Patrick Henry
Grand Lodge of
Williamsburg
Tord Botetourt
Washington
New York City
Arthur
Yorktown
Richmond
America
Richuot
George Washington
General Lafayette
McKinley
Winchester
Lodge of Masons
Canton
Stonsevelt
Oyster Bay
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Fredericksburg
Rappahannock River
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Garfield
Pentalpha Lodge
The Ascensor Failed Cunning Assessor Mockery
A Boston Transcript item quotes a wife joking about her husband’s value and the assessor’s antics. The remark spins a sardonic take on municipal appraisal culture and personal spat, casting the assessor in a petty, theatrical light.
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Kreesus
Boston Transcript
Country girl and boarders spar over appetite remark
A Washington Star quip captures a playful exchange as two summer boarders discuss appetite and a humorous mosquito joke, reflecting lighthearted social banter in a coastal town.
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Washington Star
Cities Against Municipal Ownership Across Several States
Municipal ownership programs were rejected in multiple towns and cities. Colorado City, Bryan, and Lake Forest defeated bonds for electric light plants or water works purchases. South Sharon and Waterloo opted against municipal plants, while Strawberry Point pursued a franchise. Rutherford halted plans for gas or electric light ventures after a yearlong study noted more failures than successes.
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Colorado City
Withishide
South Sharon
Lake Forest
Lake Forest Water Company
Pittsburg
Kan
Waterloo
Strawberry Point
Muncie
Ind
Hecht
Bryan
van W. Welsh
Boy‘Orly, C
Valley City votes to sell its electric light plant
Valley City North Dakota voters approve selling the municipal electric plant by a nearly three to one margin. Poor service, rising costs, and competition from private lighting options are cited, with earlier failed sale attempts and injunctions noted.
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Valley City
N. D
Souderton
N. C
Electrical World
Borough Electric Light Plant
West Telford Electric Company
Covering Up Wastefulness in Municipal Ownership
An editorial warns that municipal ownership hides wastefulness by shifting costs to taxpayers through borrowing and general revenue use. It cites British provincial cities as examples, showing debt growth and ongoing losses funded by taxation until city credit is exhausted.
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Kaukauna
Wis
Bellefontaine
Columbus
Richmond
Reeseville
Evansville
Martin
Minneapolis Tribune
Kenedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Promises Quick Cold Relief
A vintage ad promoting Kenedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a pleasant maple flavored remedy for coughs and colds that works via laxative action. It claims no opiates, strict FDA conformity, and availability at H C Schultz Co, Nix's old stand, plus mentions DeVite's Little Risers pills as a safe digestive aid and IXodol stomach relief by H G Schultz & Co.
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Kenedy
H.c.schultz, & Co
Nix
DeVite
H. C. Schultz & Co
H. G. Schulta & Co
8, C, Schultz & Co
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Kinley
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Federal Court
Minnesota
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Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Jourmal
Duluth
Wisconsin
John A
St. Peter, Johnson
John A. Joanson
Castoria
What Is
New York
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Illinois
Courter-Journal
Coarter-Journal
Aala
Merv
DeWitt
HQ. Schalla& Co
HUM
Phreys
Humphreys' Med. Co
William
Wiliam & John Streetig
Kennedy
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DyWitt
Syre
Scott
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