From Richest Man to Vegetable Peddler in Somerville
Once the wealthiest resident of Somerville Massachusetts with an $8 000 000 fortune Charles H North is now described as a vegetable peddler lacking a hat He dwells in two rooms of his Prospect Hill mansion while a large park packing plant dominates the valley view once part of his wealth.
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Somerville
Mass
Charles H. North
Prospect Hill
University of Vermont
Nova Scotia
Omaha
North
Mr. North
Charley
Boston Market Pioneer Builds Start in Quincy Stall
At eighteen he left home to work in a Wal tham bakery then studied at French's Academy. With John P. Squire he learned pork packing and within a year opened his own stall in Quincy market Boston. He achieved early success.
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Waltham
Academy
John P. Squire
Quincy
Boston
Prosperous Somerville Pioneer Turns Peddler After Fortune Fades
Charles H. North once built a vast pork packing business in Somerville and became a high society figure. Now at 68 he works as a provision peddler, carting goods through the streets by day and keeping meticulous ledgers at night. His family ties and grand house fade as neighbors recall the rise and fall from wealth to cheerful hard work.
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Somerville
Charles H. North
J. M. Merriam
S. H. Skilton
Newman Conant
North
Charles H. North Packing & Provision Company
The
Swifts
Wichita Commissioner Complains About Paris Fashion Rules
James Allison, a Wichita man serving as Kansas commissioner at the Paris exposition, writes home about the burden of official duties forcing him into fashionable attire. He laments wearing a plug hat a Prince Albert coat patent leather shoes and white gloves as part of his role.
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Wichita
James Allison
Kansas
Allison
Women dentists emerge as a growing profession nationwide
The article notes 400 to 500 women dentists in the United States led by pioneers from Germany and the United States. It traces early entrants from 1869 and 1874, highlights schools admitting women, and compares progress in Germany, France, England, and Russia while linking entry to medical study and helpers in dental offices. It also discusses early German and American graduates and rising popularity in many cities.
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New York Evening Post
New York Dental School
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery
Michigan University
Washington
Prau
Hirschfeldt-Tiburtius
Penn
Sylvania College of Dental Surgery
New York
Germany
Althrough
France
England
Russia
Automobile horse moves by electric motors with flexible steering
An inventor patents an automobile horse that can be hitched to a carriage or ridden. It uses two electric motors in the hind legs, cross bar drive chains, and a ball bearing neck to turn the forelegs via a vertical spindle. Reins guide the animal from the driver, and it is said to be sound and kind.
Under Current Weakens Mucous Membrane Across Body
A description notes how an unseen subside in the mucous membrane can suddenly weaken a spot in any organ from lungs to stomach. The passage asserts all such illness stems from a common cause and manifests at varying sites.
Pe-ru-na Promoted as Sole Cure for Catarrh
An advertisement claims catarrh tempers the system in winter raising risk of pneumonia grip and colds. It asserts Pe-ru-na is the only true cure that reaches the disease’s source and fixes the weakened lining, urging readers to stop dosing and try Pe-ru-na now.
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Minnesota
Baker Drug Company
Fergus Falls
Minn
Youthful Stratagem Involving Water Prank Draws Attention
In a New York World clipping a speaker describes youths staging a risky water prank. Jones notes boys lift a peer into water while Jims explains the victim joins willingly, defying his mother’s warning, to gain status among the group.
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Jones
Jims
New York
Pepain Tutti Frutti Chewing Advice Spotted
Ad copy fragment promotes Mhams Pepain Tutti Frutti claiming it aids digestion while urging chewing to curb appetite in a dated ad style.
Not Important if True Muriel and Marriage Proposal
A fragment notes a brother proposing in a church during a Sunday service and a message to Muriel about not minding him. The tone hints at a personal, domestic entry from a period newspaper.
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Muriel
Zoe
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Henry HM. Copp
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