Annuity Listings by State and Recipient Names
The document lists multiple annuity recipients across states including New Jersey Pennsylvania Georgia South Carolina Wisconsin Florida Montana Wyoming Ohio Indiana and more. Names such as Arthur W. Madden J H Lachlane Jr Mrs J McNaugh Julia Gill and Mrs C H Carter appear alongside stated payments or values like 25 and 50 dollars with various city or town references.
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New Jersey
Arthur W. Madden
Philipsburg
F. Randolph
Burlington
J. H. Lachlane, Jr
Montana Boys Girl and a Rainy Day Revenue
A Montana boy offers three blocks for five cents to a single customer. He earns a neat sum on rainy days and speculates he could sell rubbers for more, but varying foot sizes would require carrying a shop with him.
Syrian Coin Found in Pernambuco by U S S Atlanta Officer
James W. O Bannon chief yeoman on the steamship Atlanta reports discovering a silver ancient Syrian coin in Pernambuco Brazil. The coin bears Demetrius Soter king on one side and a woman spinning with a distaff on the other. Greek inscriptions and eighth year marks suggest a date before Christ.
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James W. O'Bannon
United States
Atlanta
Pernambuco
Brazil
Demetrius Soter
Mr. O'Bannon
Demetrius
Syria
Herring as Weather Prophets
The article notes herrings hint at approaching storms by scent not sight and describe their behavior during tempests. It cites fishermen who rely on the fish to indicate safe swimming zones and recounts a bay community witnessing a shoal during a storm event.
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Boston
Anna C. Boyd
Seattle
Washington
Lelia EK. Cuthbert
Toronto
Canada
J. M. Conolly
Punta Gorda
Florida
C. L. Baker
Ristol
R. I
Edwin J. Seward
Worcester
Mass
Edward C. Griscom
Birmingham
Ala
Samuel W
Bootblacks by Appointment in New York Circle
A new enterprise in New York proposes sending bootblacks from house to house like historic chimney sweeps. A circular promises a responsible boy to clean shine and replace shoestrings, with payment by coupons sold in books to subscribers.
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New York
Rainy Day Money Maker Boy Offers Umbrella Rentals
A New York Times story describes a boy who profits on rainy days by offering umbrella use to pedestrians at an elevated railway station. He positions himself at the foot of the stairs when school ends and rents the umbrella at a stated rate.
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New York
The
New York Times
Lesson in character as security for a loan
A 12 year old boy asks a lawyer for a 15 cent loan to buy out a crying papers boy. He offers a pledge against alcohol and tobacco as security. The lawyer approves the moral guarantee, praising the boy’s determination and clean conduct as real collateral.
Trade and Teeth: Hazards of Quicksilver Miners
The piece warns that mercury mining causes constant salivation and systemic absorption, leading to tooth loss, loss of appetite, and rapid decline. It also notes lime chloride used by bleachers damages enamel and dentine, and phosphorus in matches harms many, including women and children.
Dental decay risk for bakers from flour exposure at work
The report notes soda factory workers and bakers suffer tooth decay as flour enters the mouth during work. Dr Hesse of Leipsic warns flour residue on teeth decomposes to acids that erode dentine and soften and translucence teeth near the gums.
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Hesse
Leipsic
Cleaning Pressing as a Townsmen Business
In Morristown New Jersey Wesley B Gould started a clothes cleaning and pressing service. He used attractive circulars and yearly contracts to win customers and offered dress suitcases for collection and delivery by a staff.
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Morristown
N. J
Welsey B. Gould
Uniformed Messenger Boys Sell Bright Future on Push
The text highlights weekly calls and a low capital barrier to entry in a messenger business, noting that any energetic boy with drive can find success. It portrays a pragmatic path to earnings through disciplined routine and customer service.
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Fihe
No Clocks in Liberia Time by Candle Kernels
Natives in Liberia use candle kernels threaded on a palm leaf rib to mark time, lighting each kernel in sequence to measure minutes with cloth markers. In Singar, Malay archipelago natives employ a different device with two necked bottles and sand to measure intervals.
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Liberia
Africa
Singar
Malay Archipelago
Pours Itself Into the Other Bottles on a Reversible Schedule
A fragment notes a process where liquid pours into the opposite bottle every half hour as the bottles are reversed. The line hints at a timed, alternating transfer without broader context or identifying details.
Where the Cat's Tail Was
Margaret, five, drew a cat missing its tail. Norman asked where it went. She answered with a sly look that the tail was still in the ink bottle.
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Margaret
Norman
Bright North Wales Girl Learns 2996 Verses
A Sunday school pupil in North Wales named M. A. Pritch has memorized and repeated 2996 scripture verses during 1901. At age 12 she had already learned the entire Book of Proverbs by heart.
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North Wales
M. A. Pritchand
Howard Wonders at Pigs and Family Farms
A boy named Howard hesitates to visit a neighbor with his father. The father urges him to come as the neighbor has many little pigs. Howard responds that even more pigs await at Cogswell's home.
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Howard
Cogswell
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