New York Sets Aside $600000 for High School Athletic Fields
New York has allocated 600000 dollars to buy athletic fields for high schools and has opened the first on Staten Island for Curtis High School named after George William Curtis. The program aims to equip every city high school and now every elementary and new high school building in Greater New York with exercise facilities.
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New York
Staten Island
Curtis
George William Curtis
Newark
Cuban Itch Cured by Cuticura Remedies for Infant
A mother recalls her three month old son suffering Cuban itch with relentless itching. After doctors failed, Cuticura Remedies including Soap and Ointment soothed him, the sores dried, and within two weeks he was well. She paid 15 cents and would have paid more but for the low cost. May 17, 1906. Mrs Zona Miller Dolon City R F D No 1 Braveli Co Mich.
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Cutburg
Itudy
Cade
Zona Miler
Dolon City
R. F. DB
Braveli Co
Mich
Miscellaneous notes and ads with scattered historic ads
The page blends odd anecdotes and promotions including a cosmetic eye salve ad from Howard Bros Buffalo and fragmentary references to a French scientist M. Bertin on Jersey Island, plus a misread family notice about Mrs Pickham and Arthur Pinkham traveling to Naples in May for a wager.
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IM. Bertin
Jersey
Europe
Prance
Paw
Tone
Sten Mans Shot Email A Aa Pi Mi Of Ye Hig One
Sten Mans reports sending an email related to a high level issue as investigations note a possible error. Officials confirm receipt and are reviewing the message for relevance to the incident.
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Sten
Emai
Ye Hig One
New Danger in Coal Mining From Superstitious Filipinos
A mining crew in Cebu reports locals fearing the mine lore that blood drops reveal coal beneath. Engineers describe distrustful villagers hiding children and mustering guards after a rumor spread. Officials explain the myth and calm the situation, while readers are urged to learn more in a book offer.
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Philippines
Cebu
Ond
Tarchmont
Inn
West Camp
Debates Over American Ambassadors and Social Plums
The piece condemns German and American diplomatic missteps over appointing an American ambassador to Germany. It contrasts social splendor and expense with traditional, scholarly diplomacy, citing Tower, Reid, Bancroft, March, Bayard, and Lowell as examples of austere or merit based service, urging a return to non lavish overseas representation.
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New York
Dr. II
Ambangador
Germany
Foreign Office
Tower Haa Dene Thla
Berlin
Kalver
Moltke
London
England
Mr. Reid
Dorchester House
North Sea
United States
George Bancroft
George P. March
Italy
Lowell
Bayard
Kindergarten in Cambridge and Capitol Luxuries Spark Debate
The Boston Transcript urges Cambridge to keep kindergartens open, praising the program as a modern, indispensable form of education that bonds children to family and state. It contrasts this with a Brooklyn Eagle note on the Capitol’s planned luxury rooms, describing a vast royal suite for the Ways and Means Committee and ornate design plans for a Turkish rug like setting.
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Boston Transcript
Cambridge
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Krocbal
Capitol
Brooklyn Eagle
Mittee
New York
Thls
Gulphtheater
Paving the Way from the Hadelphia Tear George
A garbled OCR fragment notes a person nicknamed George blushing and a leap year reference. The readable bits hint at a playful dating scene or social aside, with whispered lines about bashfulness and a misheard phrase. The text remains fragmentary and context is unclear.
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Hadelphia
George
Temperance talk and Harriman system update headline
A混iew excerpt from New York features a temperance stance likened to a tan whore in a lapel joke and a 3 percent bonus plan to encourage sobriety among yacht staff. The Harriman rail project advances on the Snake River cut-off, promising a water level corridor from Portland to Pocatello.
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Tamparanas
New York
Ione
Snake River
Huntington
Lewiston
Snake River Canyon
Harriman
Tidewater
Portland
Pocatello
Idaho
Pacific Enast
Chicago
West Texas
Knox Prairie
W. M. Sandifer
Knox City
Texas
Veteran of three wars pioneer of Colorado cites kidney relief
Matthiaa Campbell a Civil War and two Indian wars veteran now at 218 Last Nebraska Street Blair Nebraska says Donn's Kidney Pills cured his back pain and a near stoppage in his kidney troubles after doctors diagnosed advanced disease. He and his wife used the pills and were completely cured, sold by all dealers at 80 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Colorado
Nebraska
Matthiaa Campbell
Nebraska Street
Blair
Neb
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
An Old Texan Judge Relates Odd Cow Tale
A veteran Texan tells of a cow that has given milk since 18 months old yet has never calved, noting the cow’s stock peculiarities passed down from the mother. In New York a clubman recalls a teedroom pin incident where a waiter jokes about a pin ending a worker’s job and diners chewing ice cream.
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Tellie
New York
Irish saloonkeeper wins naturalization after joke
In Philadelphia a saloonkeeper newly arrived from Ireland delighted a judge by answering for who would succeed the president and, when pressed about the line of succession, quipped that the undertaker would get the job. The judge granted the citizenship.
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Philadelphia
Heland
Dhen
Guety
Ragged OCR Bits Note Local Social Scene
Fragmentary text hints at widow pensions and fashion. includes brief dialogue about health tips and anecdotal gossip. Lacks clear events or names. readable bits mention Miss De Witt and a claim of a new law granting pensions to widows.
Still Having Fun With Mian Percy Rei Palsy
A fragmented note reflects a focus on an individual and a long health or condition, suggesting a local interest item. The readable parts hint at a personal update or obituary style notice centered on a named recipient and a timeline.
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Percy
Tole High
Woman Recovers After Seven Years With Pinkham Remedy
Sallie French of Pancanna Ind Teresa writes of seven years with female troubles. She was run down and unable to work. Doctors offered no help. After consulting Mrs Pinkham and taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she became strong and well.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancannla
Ind
Ter
Facts for Sick Women Advertises Pinkham Compound
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured thousands of women with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and various pains. The advertisement invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free confidential advice based on her experience.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
The Slot Machine Does Not Always Pay Out
A reader notes many slot machines fail to deliver returns on first try. The observer recalls people bungling the plunger, chasing gum and candy, and watching the pan for a stray piece, while claiming machines seem unreliable and often don’t work as intended.
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Pier Diariot
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