Ming the molasses and other home tips for women
A collection of household hints on cooking, grooming, and cleaning. Uses include molasses in gerbread, hair root conditioning, lime wash for discolored skin, onion butter for beef, meringue tips, potato doneness, mouth rinses with toilet water, sugar timing in preserves, foot baths, almond meal for skin, olive sandwiches, glass care, washing soda for feet, medicinal powders, stain removal with lard and turpentine, orange peels scenting water, and cautions on court plaster use.
New York Humor and Local Woes Highlight June Oddities
Union Press Special sketches civic humor and toils of the Black Hand as police track outrages in New York. It mocks extortion laws, lawsuits for tiny injuries, and a Mount Vernon rooster fine. It notes marriages, misprints, and New Jersey mosquitoes in sharp, satirical prose.
Medals Rain From Unknown Committees Stir City
A flood of medals from obscure committees spurs unease as residents fear being honored without reason. A traffic squad officer previously arrested a man for running over a cat with a wagon, illustrating the era’s odd enforcement moments.
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John D. Rockefeller
Suspicious Medal for Humane Society Honor
A discharged officer faced rebuke from a magistrate for officious conduct while a Cincinnati Humane Society silver medal was awarded to him for humanitarian services. The medal may be a joke, but it is genuine silver. In New York bread prices have risen to 15 cents a loaf, prompting thoughts of home baking.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals of
Cincinnati
New York
Cure for sore nipples using Chamberlains Salve
The article advises applying Chamberlains Salve to sore Nipples after nursing, wiping off before the next feeding. It notes many trained nurses use the salve with best results and lists Blum, Ordway & Houser as the sellers.
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Blum, Ordway & Houser
Bonds Voted for Jacksonville Waterworks Proposal
Voters in Jacksonville backed a $12,000 bond issue to fund a municipally owned waterworks system. The election turnout was heavy and reflected broad public support for the project.
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Jacksonville
Chamberlain's Remedy Endorsed by Iowa Merchants
Born in Iowa, Ennis Bros. announce use of Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, made at Des Moines, in Narcoose Plaza trade. They credit El Paso life saved by the remedy and report growing favor, with Elam Ordway & Houser selling it locally.
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Iowa
Des Moines
el Paso
Texas
Narcosse
Pla
Ennis Bros
Elam, Ordway & Houser
High Finance on Foreign Railroad
Robberies totaling 15 million dollars have been uncovered on the Moscow and Tiflis railroad. Two high officials and fifteen men are under arrest, part of an organization to steal and resell goods across European centers.
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Odessa
Moscow & Tiflis
Organist’s trick at wedding shocks Boston wedding crowd
The organist Belle left for the aged millionaire played a spiteful prank at the ceremony by switching from the wedding march to Old Hundred, leaving guests startled in Boston.
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Belle
Boston Transcript
Former union leader critiques National Federation aims
The former president of U M W of A condemned the National Civic Federation at a New York convention. He said the National association of manufacturers seeks to reduce labor to slavery.
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Kirby
National Civic Federation
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
U S Steel Ends Recognition Of Tinplate Workers
Pittsburg June 2 The American Sheet and Tinplate Company the last auxiliary of United States Steel to act on union labor posted notices that the Amalgamated Association of Tin, Steel and Tinplate Workers will not be recognized after June 3. This is seen as U S Steel decision to do away with organized labor.
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Pittsburg
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tinplate Workers
Steel Corporation
Aged 73 Broker Indicted for Bigamy in New York
A 73 year old wealthy broker was indicted for bigamy in New York. He pleaded at arraignment that he believed his first marriage had been annulled.
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New York
Political shifts and 1912 presidential prospects noted
The report surveys party strategies and potential contenders from Ohio to Wisconsin, Samuel Taft tour plans, and Kansas delegation opposition. It cites Thomas L.-Thisgen’s Democratic shift, La Follette’s wealth, Shafroth’s national committee role, and timber magnate T. R. Walker possibly challenging Moses E. Clapp in 1911 Senate race.
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T. R. Walker
Minneapolis
United States
United States Senate
Moses E. Clapp
Frank B. Kelley
St. Paul
Political maneuvering hints at 2012 elections and party unity
The report notes potential vice presidential consideration for Governor Burke if Governor Johnson stays out of national politics. It mentions John L. Wilken weighing a 1900s style Senate bid against Senator Piles, and factions in West Virginia GOP moving toward harmony under Governor Glasscock. Ruth Bryan Leavitt plans a Denver convention of Jane Jefferson clubs to promote female perspectives in the Democratic rebuild.
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Johnson
Minnesota
Burke
North Dakota
Republican Party
West Virginia
Glasscock
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
William J. Bryan
Denver
Jane Jefferson
Colorado
Gold Brick Town Guanajuato Mexico Mining Gain
The article reports Guanajuato in Mexico as a historic mining town with adobe buildings containing gold from ore refuse. After a railroad station introduction, old adobe houses holding gold were torn down, yielding assays from $8 to $35 per ton and total gold above $30,000. Newer machinery reduced gold content, sparking regret.
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Mexico
Guanajuato
Scientific American
Use of Pillows Sparks Health Debate
A Germantown doctor retorts that pillows are largely a fad and harmful except for side sleepers. He argues proper sleeping height should be level with the bed, noting back sleepers need none. He says many back sleepers overuse pillows and side sleepers overfill, urging trial of little or no pillow for better morning comfort and deeper sleep.
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Germantown
Chon
Philadelphe
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Anniston Woman
An Anniston resident testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved months of backache weakness and headaches caused by kidney trouble. She bought the product at a local drug store and says she is now free of kidney symptoms. Sold by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's.
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Anniston
Bright
Doan
John Rouse
Eleventh St
J. L. Wikle
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
A Frank Confession in a Jewelers Circulation Snippet
A brief auction style item notes a watchmaker addressing erratic watch behavior and mentions a magnet's influence. A customer replies with a fragment about carriage riding with Miss Beight, reflecting gossip tone from the Jewelers Circular.
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Miss Beight
Jewelers Circular
Fellowship of Virtues Drives Mutual Generosity Says Garfield
A Garfield quotation notes a shared moral surge where one great virtuous impulse inspires another, creating a chain of generous action through collective character. The idea frames civic duty as contagious virtue.
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Garfield
To Keep Knives Clean and Well Presented
A decorative tote improves display but knives must be in good condition. Lean blades with soft flannel and rub rusty spots with wood ashes from a fresh Irish potato. Do not dip ivory handles in hot water. Store the best set in tissue then linen to keep dust and moisture away.
Money Offered to End Street Car Strike in Philadelphia
Merchants push for arbitration as the street car strike cripples business. Chief Ball of the strikers reports a $25,000 offer to end the strike. Car service remains very poor.
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Philadelphia
Ball
Newlywed Grasp of Debt Stirs Family Talk
In a satirical quip, a newly married wife reassures her husband about confessing debt to his father. The exchange underscores financial strain and shared hardship as a comic measure of sympathy from a future father-in-law.
Troops Ready to Quell Lumbermen Strike in Shasta
Sacramento June 2 State troops are in readiness to go to Shasta county to quell disorders of the striking lumbermen. The move signals possible federal or state intervention as labor unrest spreads in the lumber industry.
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Sacramento
Shasta County
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