Old mill landmark fuels Farmington memory in Michigan
In Farmington Michigan a landmark mill known as the Power Mill later the Philbrick Mill sits beside a stream of the Rouge River. Built in 1838 by Baronel Power it was a grand early mill whose costly castings came from Ann Arbor. The venture failed, Power left Farmington for Chand Rapids then rose in railroading, returning later wealthy. The piece recounts local history and one farmer’s rise and fall.
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Portune
Michigan
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Farmington
Chand Rapids
Grand Rapids Herald
Fragmentary crime dialogue hints at missing man case
A garbled excerpt shows a detective pressing a woman about her husband’s morning departure. The text implies the husband planned to travel to a place to read a warning paper in peace, revealing little but suggesting a hunting or pursuit motive.
Animal Fast Cards at Gukee Zoo Colors Theme
Eight attractive post cards depict wild animals at Fashington Park zoo in Gukee city. Five color options offered, mailed on receipt of twelve color shapes. Intended for both grown people and children. Address The Hveaing Wisconsin Compp any Milwaukee Wie.
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Fashington Park Zoo
Gukee
Hveaing
Wisconsin Comppany
Milwaukee
Wie
Aikenside Subplot: Maddy Clyde Joins Household
At Aikenside the Remington family plans a summer arrangement around Agnes Guy Jessie and a governess candidate. Dr Holbrook hints at Maddy Clyde as a possible companion. The dispute over funding and status pits Agnes against Guy who seeks to hire Maddy, promising a steadier future for Jessie.
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Aikenside
Agnes Remington
Jessie
Guy
Agnes
Lucy Atherstone
Lucy
Ellen Laurie
Saratoga
Newport
Boston
Lauries
Dr. Holbrook
Maddy Clyde
Joadie
Maddy
Papa
Phera
Turthy
Mss
Miss Clyde
Paradise
Agpets
Aikeualde
Og Guy
Alkensisle
Red Cottage
Serators
Sand Filled Tire Rescue Across New Jersey Roads
Tourists stranded far from help improvised a tire repair using sand to cushion a damaged tube and protect the rim. On rough Southern New Jersey terrain they packed material inside the tire to prevent rim cuts, sacrificing air for continued motion until safer transport could be found.
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New Jersey
Motor World
Portrait of a Young Englishman At Court
A Baltimore American piece quotes an American self made millionaire discussing his heiress daughter about a visiting English nobleman. He notes the youth’s free manners and tact as he adapts to American style, including his dropped Hs and casual deportment.
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Baltimore
Just Posable A Ittle Learning Is a Dangerous Thing
A quip shows a moralizer warning that too little is dangerous while a demoralizer counters that too much is worse. The fragment hints at a dialogue about balance and caution in learning.
Wheat as food for a Confederate hero and aeronaut tale
An odd fragment recounts Thomas, a New York press author, nearly dying and then revived by chewing wheat. A captain explains Confederate soldiers lived on wheat mush mixed with maize, describing Thomas’s ritual of soaking wheat with water and consuming a spoonful nightly for nourishment.
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Thomas
New York
Neil
Augusty
Guy
Tegvo
India
Conmans
Oui
New Method and Machine Patented to Extract Wool Fat
A Budapest inventor, Rhygiten, patented a multi machine system to remove fat from wool. The apparatus uses a solvent sprayed over wool on a moving apron, with vessels recirculating solvent and capturing wool fat for reuse, reducing emissions and worker exposure while refining wool through repeated passes.
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Hengarton
Err Rhygiten
Budapest
Saya
Philadelphia Record
London peer discovers missing policemen amid household bustle
The London Standard reports a bewildering scene where a titled lord, aided by a servant, searches his grand house for police. A kitchen maid is asked to produce four policemags or two, but none are found, prompting incredulous exclamations about the absence of lawmen in a famous household.
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Imber
Boone
Saskatchewan
Alberta
D. Scott
Ottawa
Canada
Ee T. Holmes
Jacksee
St. Paul
Mion
Maddy
Ittlay Hollow
Agnes
Grandma
Grandpa
Mother
Father
Mrs. Green
Mr. Green
Jessie
Mra. Remington
Guy
Talley Atherstone
Guy Remington
Joseph
Worcester
T. H E
Folke
Cary
Sarah
Sarah Morris
Mantlac
London
Culteura Remedies Claim Healed Bad Weaving Disease
An old testimonial cites Mrs Florence Atwood of Chicago endorsing Cuticura for a severe skin disease after consulting Chicago physicians. The note, dated October 2, 1805, includes witnesses L. Berger and mentions telegraph circuits London to Teheran. It also advertises Pazolntment for piles claiming cure in 6 to 14 days.
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Chicago
Florence HB. Atwood
Urlly Place
Winnesa
Berger
Want Ile Made. Evasion in language in an accident case
A Philadelphia Ledger report shows a Swede witness under cross examination with broken English. The lawyer prompts the witness to reveal his work in a factory and what he makes, highlighting language barriers and misunderstandings in testimony.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Andarsen
Vara Syell
Andersen
Grape Nuts Cited By Writer For Brain Power and Health
A 4 Indy writer and mother praises Grape Nuts as essential for brain work and nursing. She recounts morning appetite loss, fatigue, and reliance on snacks before using Grape Nuts daily. After starting, she reports ample breast milk, renewed strength, and sharper daily focus, claiming the product transformed her energy and work. There's a Reason, Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Indy
Sha
Tam
Postum Co
Battle Crook
Mich
Iba Road
Welleville
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John A. Salver
Wis. N.U
Dodds
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Teheran
Persia
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