Rats and Immigrant Farm Exposition Face Plague and Labor Needs
An auspicious rat signals caution against imported rats to curb bubonic plague risk. Cities like New Orleans and San Francisco show strict quarantine and elimination efforts. A Chicago plan proposes an lakefront agricultural and industrial exposition to steer immigrants to farming, aligning with national labor needs and boosting rural production.
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Tropics
Vessela
Philadelphia
New Orleans
San Francisco
Asia
Chicago judge hails plain beauty as a new matrimonial asset
A Chicago judge, likened to Solomon in wisdom, rules that marrying a beautiful woman requires the husband to provide adornments and maintain elegance. The decision is seen as boosting the market value of plain girls as a prudent economic investment in marriage.
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Chicago
Solomon
Hobble Skirt Decline Prompts Public Unease
Repeated announcements predict the hobble skirt’s end while the garment remains popular, causing public unease as talk of abolition continues to surface. The tone suggests a fashion trend nearing its decline despite ongoing use.
Women seek Seattle police jobs amid mercenary age
A report notes lighty-one women in Seattle taking the police examination to join the force, with one candidate saying she works to support herself and her husband. The piece also mocks proposals and societal debates about marriage, aviation, and heat records.
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Seattle
Pennsylvania man jailed daughter to stop wedding
A Pennsylvania man imprisoned his daughter to derail her planned marriage. The case highlights controlling behavior and the clash between parental authority and personal autonomy amid familial tensions.
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Pennsylvania
Lock
Bui
Bedbugs a subject of official study at Vienna farm
Washington scientists seek bedbugs for experimental purposes at the Department of Agriculture farm near Vienna. A public notice offers five cents per bedbug delivered to the Vienna station as researchers test bug interactions with fruit-tree pests and consider future use in orchards.
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Lewis
Vienna
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ufe
Uncle Sam
Lewis Farms
Michigan Happenings: multiple Michigan incidents roll in
A compilation from Battle Creek to Grand Rapids reports arrests linked to Pere Marquette employees, near-fatal earache chloroform scare, a house moved by trucks, a fatal hospital marriage, a mother’s suicide, a son’s disputed death, and other local accidents. Includes Mrs. Ross, Fred Stoddard, Mary Toker, Stephen Guile, Tot James, Thomas Armstrong, A C Beach, and Grover Guile.
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Battle Creek
Pere Marquette
Harry Wells
St Joseph
Cers
Wells
John Ross
Nichols Hospital
Grand Rapids
Fred P. Stoddard
Grand Trunk
Emma J. Stelton
Holland
Marshall
Stephen Guile
Grover Guile
Marshalle
Marengo
Brarelly
Guile
Michigan and Bay City Leper Case in Washington Dispatch
Dr Summers demands 800 dollars from Michigan officials over the detention of Herman Hirschfield Bay City leper now held at Buffalo N Y Doctors Nixon and Goodwin of Michigan seek settlement in Washington to resolve the dispute Evart farmer seriously injured in sleepwalking accident at a threshing scene in Michigan Donald Reed saved from drowning by E P Platt Grand Rapids wholesalers embark on four day southern Michigan tour for business Coldwater man found dead near Coldwater Lake Accidents claim a Hungarian youth shot in Muskegon with two men involved in a rooming house incident
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Lansing
H. Summers
Iowa State Board of Health
Michigan
Herman Hirschfield
Bay City
Centerville
Hirschfield
Tekoo
Nixon
Michixan Board
Goodwin
Ray City
Washington
Samuel Iven
Buffalo
N.Y
Evart
John Arndt
Mr. Arndt
Sears
Arndt
Petoskey
Donald Reed
E. P. Platt
Grand Rapids
Bell Telephone Company
Will B. Reed
Detroit
Toledo
Sad Day in Washington as Count Perreard Skips Bastille Day
The Count of Perreard in Washington laments Bastille Day to mark the French national anniversary on a Sunday. His cafe remains quiet with the tricolor in a window while memories of past celebrations fade. He keeps a low profile and sips green tea from sugar loaf as France’s day passes.
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Fan Perreard
Paris
Cafe de Perreard
Bastile
Washington
Chateau de Perreard
Marseilles
Thirteenth Street
Perreard
France
House of Perreard
Whittemore Bros. & CO
Agriculture department aids housewives through food studies
Secretary Wilson Baldwin notes the agriculture department extends to home life by studying how agricultural products are used in the home. He cites nutrition research at experiment stations improving good living at reasonable cost, linking farm output to household needs.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Office of Experiment Stations
Turkey Trot Legend Dated Back Five Hundred Years
A lecture by Prof Edward Davidson claims the turkey trot originated in northern Borneo where a rain god is praised by a tribe. He describes ancient nocturnal dances around a god’s image. The piece traces later adoption in Europe, Rome fashion, and eventual spread to San Francisco and New York.
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Borneo
Washington
Edward David
Davidson
Turkey
Haly
Portugal
Italy
Spain
Rome
Switzerland
France
SSS
Giovanni Casini
San Francisco
New York
Marriage Bargain Traditions in Ireland Tale
A humorous Irish tale recounts a cottage marriage barter where a bride is exchanged for sheep a yearling bullock and a mahogany chest. The bride follows the old peasant custom asking which girl is to wed and ends up contentedly married.
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George A. Hirmingham
Snys
Ireland
Treatment for Pimples and Blackheads with Cuticura
Learn a simple routine using Cuticura Ointment applied gently to affected areas, washed off after five minutes, followed by Cuticura Soap for baths to prevent inflammation and clogged pores. The routine targets pimples redness and rough skin and promotes clear skin with daily use.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Remark on European tour and French pheasants in mayonnaise
A woman described a seventy day European voyage and said the most enjoyable moment was hearing the French pheasants sing the mayonnaise. The remark was shared with friends, as reported in Youth's Companion.
The Case How Jopps Lost His Good Position
In the exchange the narrator questions how Jopps failed to keep a favorable post. The crucial incident involved a blow to the head which caused the loss. The dialogue implies a decisive event ended his standing.
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Jopps
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Michigan Federation of Retail Merchants
Pontiac
Mary Duart
L. C. Lindsey
Lake Shore
Wolverine News
Flint
Helen Gresia
Owoseo
Frank W. Evans
William Leitch
Leitch
Monroe
S. DD. Pepper
Continental Suear Company
Blissfield
Lenawee County
Vassar
Charles O. Spencer
Gilford
James Cline
Akron
Austin Hartnell
Coldwater
Francis M. Redmond
Fremont
Led
Coldwater Lake
Ann Arbor
Muskegon
Joe Kondon
Hackley Hospital
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Kondon
Pepel
Muskegon Heights
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