Watterson Letter At The Latin Quarter Prank
Walter N. Haldeman, proprietor of the Louisville Courier Journal, shows a poor view of Henry Weterson’s business sense. He opens one of Watterson's editorial letters sent from Paris and guesses it is a twenty-cent piece, joking about its long contents and Latin Quarter reference.
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Betitiaas Edttens + Sianging
Bom Coleone
Walter N. Halieman
Leaiville Coarier
Journel
Henry Weterson
Watterson
Dain Paris
Haldeman
Chicago News
Cuba and Havana Shops Show Women in Public Roles
The article notes Cuban shop scenes differ from American manners. It observes women in Cuba occupy public trust in American establishments, with few Cuban women employed outside a single Obispo street modiste. It describes attire, behavior, and shopping habits of senoras and senoritas, contrasting propriety and independence with American fashion and class norms.
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Cuba
Havana
Obispo
Public inquiry targets Franklin County Infirmary scandal
An official Board of State Charities investigation into Franklin County Infirmary near Columbus reveals dire mismanagement. Directors allegedly drink at meetings, inmates are abused, a dead body lies unburied, and store thefts run rampant amid sectarian staffing. Governor Foraker backs the probe. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is widely advertised as a remedy.
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Board of State Charities
Franklin County Infirmary
Columbus
Foraker
Reminiscences of the 1814 Snow and Hard Winter
A man recalls living in Hoventale Pennsylvania as a twelve year old in 1814, witnessing a severe snowstorm on January 17 with ten inch depths in New York, the death of his father during a sheep drive, and a winter marked by relentless cold, famine fears, and harsh summers. He notes Vermont ice, August blizzards, crop failures, and the suicide of James Gooding amid freezing and starvation fears, as New England endured the hottest dry summer to follow.
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Terese
Hoventale
Pennsylvania
New York
Jaseon
Father
Shay
Vermont
James Gooding
New England
European war cloud looms as nations prep for emergencies
The European war cloud is engaged once more in its periodical loom and the air is full of rumors of conflicts. There is no doubt that extensive preparations for emergencies are progressing, but this preparation for war may be the means of preserving the peace or at least postponing hostilities.
Preserve Blood Purifier Promoted Amidst Congo Missionary Link
An old advertisement touts a blood purifier claiming it cures all blood diseases and builds up the constitution. It describes a peach preserve recipe with sugar vinegar and spices and ends with a sales pitch by B. Henderson. A separate note mentions a ship to the Congo carrying 100,000 gallons of rum and a missionary aboard by coincidence.
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Hood
J. P. Thompson
Register of Deeds
Lowell
Mass
Aders Ik
B. Henderson
Congo
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