Continental Congress Chronology and Presidents
The article lists session locations from 1775 to 1788, noting no executive head under the articles. It cites the “Committee of the States” and the President of Congress as near executive leaders, with the Board of War and other committees enforcing laws. It also provides a timeline of presidency elections: Randolph, Middleton, Randolph again, Hancock, Laurens, Jay, Huntington, McKean, Hanson, Boudinot, Mifflin, Lee, Gorham, St. Clair, and Griffin, with dates from 1774 to 1788.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Lancaster
Tork Pa
Princeton
N. J
Annapolis
United States
Congress
Board of War
Peyton Randolph
Virginia
Henry Middleton
South Carolina
Peston Randolph
John Hancock
Massachusetts
Henry Laurens
Ste Jay
New York
Sam Huntington
Connecticut
Thomas McKean
Delaware
Hanson
Maryland
Elias Boudinot
New Jersey
Thomas Mifflin
Pennsylvania
Richard Henry Lee
Nathaniel Gorham
Arthur St. Clair
Cyrus Griffin
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Promoted as Malaria Remedy
An 19th century endorsement highlights Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a vegetable elixir that eradicates and prevents fever, ague, bilious remission, and stomach bowel disorders. It claims physicians' endorsement and superior efficacy to quinine, noting benefits to liver function, circulation, and overall vitality against malarial and related diseases.
Amazing Tinto River Turns Sand to Stone in Spain
A Spanish river named Tinto bears yellow waters like topaz that harden sand and fuse stones after a year. It withers plants and tree roots along its banks and supports no fish in its stream.
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Spain
Tinto
Be Turkey Thanksgiving Trouble Prediction
A Detroit Free Press quip notes potential trouble with Turkey despite the holiday not near. The column uses light humor to reflect ongoing concern about events affecting Thanksgiving expectations.
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Detroit Free Press
Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedy Claims
Claim states deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, insists only constitutional treatment cures it, promises $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, Toledo, Ohio. Includes stereotype humor about poker players and petitions.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Beetle Grubs Invade Carpets Warned By Prof Lintner
The article warns that carpet beetle grubs cause damage before becoming beetles and advises quick action. Benzine is described as the most effective remedy to destroy grubs, with cautions against steaming and other methods. The grub is tiny and hides in carpet fuzz, feeding on fibers and resisting barriers.
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Lintner
Delicate Girls and the Value of Physical Training
A.H. Mayhew argues in Evangel that fragile girls without disease can gain strength through proper exercise. He notes misused weights harm beginners and cites ignorance fostering prejudice against physical training for delicate women, though he sees growing acceptance of exercise as knowledge spreads.
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A. H Mayhew
Proper piano care from James Thomson in Ladies Home Journal
The article advises keeping the piano room near seventy degrees with moist air, away from direct sun, and covering during dusting. It recommends testing the atmosphere with a thriving plant, cleaning the case with tepid water Castile soap, drying, and applying piano polish with a soft cloth.
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James Thomson
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Money matters for women should be taught in schools
Harper's Bazar argues that girls should learn about money management and investments. It notes boys encounter money through life, while girls risk being dependent without education. The piece urges integrating financial literacy into female education for a rising century of women workers and earners.
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Harper's Bazar
Mars
Kaiser's Dress Sense At Home Highlighted In Article
Arthur Warren profiles the German royal household noting the Emperor is fastidious about attire but credits Empress Augusta Victoria for meticulous care of his clothes. She personally manages garments, buttons, and socks and runs the Imperial household with the diligence of a meticulous German housekeeper.
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Kaiser
Arthur Warren
Germany
Ladies’ Home Journal
Augusta Victoria
Irish Women Break Barriers in Science and Education
The article highlights Irish women achieving recognition in science and academia. Dr Letitia Walkington and Miss Alice Everett, both connected to Belfast Methodist College and Greenwich Observatory, are noted for their scholarly distinction and astronomical work.
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Great Britain
Padua
Letitia Walkington
Gray
Belfast Methodist College
Designed by Women Thistle Wallpaper Designs Described
A description of wall papers highlights a thistle motif with prickly leaves and soft pink purple flowers on a pale olive ground. A country house paper features a pale cream ground with yellow wild roses and floating ribbons, while a third design shows pale pink double roses and brier-set stems used in leaf scrolls.
Wedding Floral Displays Feature Ring and Bell Arches
Decorators craft distinctive touches for ceremonies as brides seek originality. Two large wedding rings of golden flowers hang from white ribbons over the couple, while greens form a back screen with a roses knot. Another wedding uses an arch of white floral bells at the doorway with metal bells in the center.
Teeth a Century Hence
A 1910s Cincinnati Commercial Gazette forecast imagines dental advances by 1993. Dentists will prevent decay with armor for teeth, possibly gold plating or silicate coatings, and artificial substitutes will replace lost teeth. Painful nerve work will fade as anesthesia advances while preserving conscious patients.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Prayer and reflection versus needy approach to God
The piece contrasts approaching God as beggars with a friendship mindset and emphasizes gratitude, adoration, and meditation. It notes Jesus’s nights in prayer as communion and urges daily quiet time with God amid modern busyness. It ends with a biographical jab about UmaronTunATe Eve’s marriage and lack of compliments.
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Jesus
God
Dog Soldier Wins Legion of Honor for Bravery
In a desert skirmish, Captain de Picardon and Colonel Noiront reward his loyal poodle Jacquot who warned of ambush and saved a fight. The dog is awarded the Legion of Honor as troopers cheer the animal’s brave act.
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Jacquot
de Picardon
Col Neirmont
Capt
Morel
Barbot
Notrmont
Col. Noirmont
Legion of Honor
Harper
Hoax Targeted New Minister Moves Through City
Albert W Morris recalls a harmful hoax about a young minister named Smith who was supposedly offered free marriage ceremonies for Smith or Smythe families. Several papers picked up the prank causing many local Smiths to consider marrying the new preacher before he began his duties. The minister arrived unaware of the notoriety he had gained.
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Albert W. Morris
Smith
Smitha
Smythes
Mysterious Cyclone Tale Sparks Laughter At Hearne
A Kansas bar tale recounts a cyclone dropping an elephant and other beasts on a town, supposedly true despite skeptics. The drummer jokes about shipments of cocktails by cyclone, while the quiet storyteller insists the event happened during a summer week.
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Kangia
Ator
Wagg
Kansas
Legal Drama Over Estate Case Ends in Motion to Reopen
In a San Francisco Examiner report an attorney asks to set aside a judgment and reopen a case after claiming the estate has been settled but may still have remaining value. The judge questions the grounds as fees and charges are reviewed and the motion is taken under advisement.
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Adleree
San Francisco Examiner
Ancient US Facts and World Ifs from a Curious Almanac
A collection of quick, odd geographic and demographic claims. It asserts Canada’s population under New York, Manitoba’s Indian pronunciation, California olives, the Dakota River as the longest unnavigable river, Alaska’s 80 degree below zero interior, and the US geyser count near two hundred.
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France
Brazil
Gulf
Amazon
Mississippi
Manitoba
California
Dakota
United States
Alaska
Canada
New York
Minnesota
Dakotas
Bean Pot Find Nets Hawthorne First Edition
An Lewiston Maine auctioneer bought a 10 cent bean pot and found Hawthorne Farnshawe inside. A Boston dealer offered 100 dollars for the find after learning in a paper a copy recently sold for 131.50. The pot hunter accepted and may have secured more.
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Lewiston
Farnshawe
Boston
Brooklyn Opens To Novel Window Cleaning Chair
A new patent window cleaning chair projects from the sill and lets a maid sit to shine glass. It has found favor with Brooklyn residents and, in a city block where an agent operated flats, is used constantly by some domestics creating a notable sensation.
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Brooklyn
A Fashion Model Emerges From Curious Occupation
A young woman earns bread by being photographed in fashion pictures. Demand grows for life like fashion images, with models posing on a divan and in evening gowns. The professional fashion model is seen as a future institution, raising standards for fashion illustration.
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Academy
Parisian Joke Highlights A Dead Mother-In-Law
A Parisian publication recalls two friends reuniting after years. One asks about the other’s mother in law, who is praised as a heart of gold until it is revealed she was dead before the marriage, delivering a dry punchline on in law relations.
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Herman Broering
Nowahe
California Fig Syrup Co. Laxative Promoted for Ladies
Advert says Syrup of Figs offers pleasant effect and safety for women in all situations and warns to buy only the true article from the California Fig Syrup Co. by checking the package bottom.
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California
California Fig Syrup Co
Insect Breathing System Through Spiracles
Insects do not breathe through the nose and mouth. Two main tubes run down the body and branch to the limbs and appendages. Each tube draws air in through nine or ten spiracles along the sides, protected by a water and dust tight fringe of hair guarding the openings.
Carbonized Pepper inquiry links pepper firm to graphite use
An Iron Trade Review excerpt notes a Western inquiry into a price on Boum or araghite and its用途. The investigation traced the graphite’s intended use to a company tied to a large pepper jobbing house, amid shifts from sugar and coffee to carbonized pepper commerce.
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Iron Trade Review
New Year Celebrations In Germany Mark Midnight With Toasts
Sylvester Night in Germany is spent with family gatherings and music. The evening features a musical family entertainment, New Year’s punch, and cakes on the tabla. At midnight glasses are clinked and wishes for the coming year are exchanged.
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Sylvester
Germany
Prelates of Humble Origin Across German Sees
The New York Tribune notes that several bishops and archbishops come from modest backgrounds. Cologne's archbishop is the son of a butcher. Geissel's father was a vintager and his mother a washer woman. Posen's archbishop is the son of a shoemaker. Breslau's prince bishop hails from a weaving family. Strasburg and Muenster bishops were peasant boys. Olmutz's archbishop is the son of a tenant farmer.
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Cologne
Cardinal Geissel
Posen
Breslau
Strasburg
Muenster
Olmutz
New York Tribune
Teacher's liberal lesson ends with a child's grateful reply
The Philadelphia Press recounts a pupil's witty take on generosity. Johnny explains he shares candy with everyone but his mother, because she always thanks him and returns the piece.
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Philadelphia Press
Johnny
Bewitching Counter Angel Stirring Husband and Wife
In a brief Puck dialogue a wife plans to stop at Lacey's to compare goods, prompting the husband to remark with enthusiasm that the counter girl is the most bewitching and sweetest angel. The exchange hints at playful domestic tension over shopping.
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George
Lacey's
Angel
Puck
Tadpoles In Pool Inspire Talk Of Butter Miea
Gladys from Wellesley exclaims to Uncle Rufus about tadpoles in a pool and the idea that someday they could become butter mia. Puck notes some people do nothing but talk encouragingly.
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Wellesley
Rufus
Buttermiea
Puck
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