Independence Day Protests Fireworks Excesses Across Cities
A 1912 notice from the National Fire Protection Association urges moderation in Fourth of July celebrations. It warns against powder explosions and fires, detailing risks to life, limb, and fire departments. The piece calls for city led educational amusements and restricted use of explosives to parks at set times to reduce disaster and promote safer observance.
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National Fire Protective Association
Bottled beer described as crystal clear and pure
A brief note states the product is bottled only at the brewery in crystal clear bottles, emphasizing its clean and pure quality at a glance.
Gorton Twins Born In Eugenic Plan Aimed At Youth
Dr. David Allyn Gorton, Brooklyn physician aged 66, and his wife welcome twins a son and a daughter weighing six and a half pounds each in an experiment described as eugenic. He cites work, education in science, a meatless diet, and continence as core rules for raising the children, who will be reared in a modest Brooklyn apartment and trained in natural science.
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New York
Harvey Wiley
David Allyn Gorton
Brooklyn
Gorton
Eliot (Gorton
Rip Out Your Dress Shields Emphasizes Quick Fire End
An ad style warning promotes discarding dress shields to stop excessive perspiration under arms. It claims improvement in comfort allowing any clothing weight and tolerance for hot, stuffy conditions. The tone imitates a persuasive sales pitch from an older period.
Bank in Butte Opens Saturday Evenings
Het the habit of using our trust department whenever you need advice in the settlement of your affairs. While you live we can act as your agent or trustee, afterward we can carry out your wishes as executor for the benefit of your heirs. Wills drawn free of charge. All interviews confidential. Miners Savings Bank and Trust company, 45 West Park street, Butte.
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Miners Savings Bank and Trust Company
West Park Street
Butte
Mint official testifies in sugar trust dissolution suit
Frank M. Downer, superintendent of the Denver mint and early promoter of the Longmont sugar company, now part of Great Western Sugar, testified today for the government in the American Sugar Company dissolution case. No session will be held on Me.
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New York
Frank M. Downer
United States Mint
Denver
Longmont
Col
Great Western Sugar Company
American Sugar Company
Aged Expert Outlines Wiley Baby Rearing Plan
Washington and May 26 Dr Harvey Wiley former pure food chief and new father at 66 outlines a strict early life for his baby. He endorses mother milk only at first with later cereals and meats, open air sleep, minimal clothing, and restrained fruit until age eight. The child will drink clean cow milk if available and learn thrift with a savings bank and stock in a building association.
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Washington WY. C
Harvey Wiley
City Planners Open Fourth National Conference in Boston
Boston May 27 planners of cities and many prominent men gather for the opening of the fourth National Conference of City Planning. The three day meeting focuses on park and waterway systems including the Charles River basin docks beaches and public baths along with educational buildings such as Harvard College and housing in several districts.
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National Conference of
Charles River
Harvard College
Brides From Scotland And Ireland Arrive In New York
Thirty brides to be from Scotland and Ireland arrived in New York aboard the Caledonia from Glasgow. Most plan to travel to destinations west of the Mississippi and into Southwestern Canada for marriages and new lives.
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New York
Scotland
Ireland
Caledonia
Glasgow
Mississippi
Canada
Coal Rate Suspended by Interstate Commission
Washington May 27 The interstate commerce commission suspended from June 1 to December 1 a proposed 12 percent freight rate increase on soft coal from Illinois mines to various destinations.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Crimean veterans renew friendship in Windsor home
In Windsor Ontario two aging veterans from the Crimean War reunite after six decades. Diet of the Seventy First Highlanders and Mrs Bridget Heeren, once nurses with Florence Nightingale, now reside at the Home of the Friendless. Diet served in Canada for about 20 years before settling near Dresden, then Windsor. Heeren, who tended the sick during the siege, cherishes Nightingale memorabilia and claims a British pension, though her payments have faced delays. The tale blends memory, hardship, and enduring gratitude amid retirement abroad.
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Ontario
Sebastopol
Furser
Florence
Robert Diet
Bridget Heeren
Det
Forther
Himeel
Diet
Seventy First Highlanders
Canada
Canadian Regiment
Quebec
Lambton County
Dresden
Hooran
Crimea
Sebastapo
Florence Nightingain
Miss Nightingale
Royal Patriotic Fund
London
England
Mayor Cotterill vetoes anti red flag ordinance in Seattle
Seattle May 27 Mayor George F Cotterill vetoed the bill known as the anti red flag ordinance passed after the May day red flag demonstration The veto criticizes the four inch block letter rule as banning banners with decorative designs and letters and would prohibit processions carrying foreign flags or visiting uniformed groups unless led by the American flag He submits a draft of an unobjectionable measure to replace it.
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Seattle
Wash
George F. Cotterill
Cother
United States
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