Wedded Without a Preacher in California Quaker Ceremony
William F. Michener and Mary V. Miller of Los Angeles married themselves in Pasadena under Quaker custom with no license, music, or minister. The ceremony occurred after committees ensured no obstacles, yielding a legally recognized union in California's 1900 context. The couple signed a certificate stating their intent and joint names, with Dr J C Michener as groomsman and I N Vail as relatives attendant.
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Pasadena
Cal
Chicago Chronicle
William F
Michener
Mary V. Miller
California
George Fox
Quaker Church
England
C. M. Simpson
J. C. Michener
William F. Michener
Los Angeles
Fowls Attack Hog Island Light In Virginia Coast Incident
Keepers at Hog Island Lighthouse on the Virginia coast battled wild geese brant and ducks for hours. Shots later emptied ammunition and damaged the tower windows. The birds attacked again next morning, overpowering the light and forcing the keepers to shelter inside. Hog Island Light stands 180 feet high and can be seen twenty five miles from sea.
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Hog Island
Virginia
Brant
Who Is The Old Man The Hotel Owner
A guest learns the silent owner is the hotel proprietor. The clerk confirms the old man is the house owner, revealing the guest’s mistaken belief that the guest himself owned everything. The exchange highlights assumptions about ownership and status.
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Detroit Free Press
Banks See Gold Stocks Decline Worldwide
The Bank of the Netherlands the Bank of Belgium the Bank of Italy the Bank of Austria Hungary and the Imperial Bank of Russia all report lower gold holdings than a year earlier.
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Bank of the Netherlands
Bank of Belgium
Bank of Italy
Bank of Austria-Hungary
Imperial Bank of Russia
Curiosity Detects Poison in Package of Quinine
A woman who opened a package marked quinine showed it to a druggist who identified it as arsenic. The incident underscores the danger of unidentified medicines. The note promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion constipation and dyspepsia, noting its five decades of use.
Conductor Status Question Cited in Railroad Cases
The note cites Jackson v. Norfolk and Western Railroad and Norfolk and Western Railroad v. Swaine as establishing that a conductor is a fellow servant with a brakeman and others on a train, not a vice principal. The entry references related authorities on the matter.
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Jackson
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
W. Va
Swaine
Carter Medicine Co Wins Injunction Over Label Simulations
Carter Medicine Company, led by president Brent Good, wins a final injunction with costs against Chicago Label and Box Company over simulating Carter’s Little Liver Pills labels. Case, after two years, assigned to Master in Chancery for final accounting. marks a major step in protecting proprietary trade.
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Brent Good
Carter Medicine Company
Chicago
Mesars
Lowden, Estabrook & Davis
Carter Company
Carter
Master In Chancery
New York Press
Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps Advertisement Claim
A vintage ad touts Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps as a pleasant non nauseating remedy for malaria liver kidney bladder cramps colic and general debility. It claims strength and tone for the whole family and notes doctors recommend it with pharmacists selling it.
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Wolfe
The Victorian cross barred as pawn pledge in Britain
The Victorian cross valued at one penny and one farthing cannot be accepted as a pledge by pawn brokers anywhere in Great Britain under heavy penalties. The cross is made from cannon captured from the enemy and weighs three and a half grains less than an ounce.
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Great Britain
Foot care and household remedies in a vintage ad collage
An assortment of old advertisements promoting Allen’s Foot Ease powder for tight shoes and foot comfort, Rogers blue chill cure, Parker’s hair balsam, Hindercorns, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, Manlove self opening gate, and a Baker recipe book. Includes generic mottos and offers, with sample requests and catalog promotion.
Fragmentary aphorisms on health and law
A compact, pithy fragment cites constitutional cure and uniformity themes. It notes a small boy losing his appetite prompts a doctor, juxtaposing fixed rules with life’s variety. The text blends moral and legal musings without a single narrative.
Health of Young Women and Mrs Pinkham's Aid
Letters from young women describe relief from menstrual irregularities and pain after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Miss Gomes of Aptos writes of improved regularity and reduced cramps, while Miss Jensen of Ogdensburg credits three bottles of the remedies with relief from nervous symptoms and pains.
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Dean
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Matilda Jensen
Ogdensburg
Wis
Grove's Chill Cure Branded Superior Malaria Remedy
Advertises Grove's Chill Tonic as the original tasteless medicine for malaria with iron and quinine. Claims imitators lack transparency, asserts Grove's drives malaria out with tonic iron and quinine, and promises no pay if it fails. Sold nationwide for 50 cents with No Cure No Pay.
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Grove’s
United States
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Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorches
Mass
Hall
Prics
Orde
J. L. Nichol
Austell Buil
Booker T. Washington
Atlanta
Prompson
Grove
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New York
North Australia
Carl Lumbholtz
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ST. Louis
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