Girls Break Records On Typewriter At Exposition
Miss Bessie Friedman of New York set a 30 minute speed record at 127 words a minute while Miss Margaret Owen of Underwood captured the professional class with 124 wpm. Sarah Rosenberg of Brooklyn posted 2569 words in half an hour with one error. George Hosfeld won novice class with 75 wpm as Underwood, Donner, and Kimball machines were used.
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Bessie Friedman
New York
Mechanics’ Building
Margaret B. Owen
Underwood Company
Owen
Sarah Rosenberg
Brooklyn
George Hosfeld
Underwood
Doon
Rose
Vritz
Emil A .Trefager
Gus R Trefager
Fast
Rose Blom
William F. Oswald
Josephine Carty
Food Quotations From Cobb's Fine Creamery Butter
Advertises Cobb's Creamery Butter at 6 cents per pound and 4 pounds for 1 dollar New laid eggs 23 cents a dozen Pure lard 12 to 2 cents per pound Sweet oranges 10 cents a dozen Rice 5 cents a pound Pure coffee 20 cents a pound All kinds choice pure teas 28 cents a pound at Cobb's Big Grocery House Hanover at Union Street ad shows local grocery bargains from a small town newspaper.
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Cobb's Big
Hanover Cor
Union Street
Boston Bar Association pushes plan for new federal building
A Boston movement seeks a $1,000,000 federal building to house the sub treasury and United States Courts. Committee members Charles F. Choate Arthur D. Hill and John Lowell urge civic and congressional aid, citing cramped post office quarters and fire risks.
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Boston Bar Association
Sub-Treasury Department
United States
Charles F. Choate
Arthur D. Hill
John Lowell
Postoffie
Boston
Post Office Building Remodel Feasibility Discussed
An expert constructor reports on redesigning the post office to ease overcrowding but warns it would only offer temporary relief. William N. Collier states a new building is needed as the entire facility is devoted to postal service. A Sub-treasury vault on the Federal building’s second floor risks failure as cast iron columns support the structure above. The vaults hold up to 50 million in gold and could fall if the vaults fail.
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Bar Association
Collier
Sub-Treasury
St. Louis
San Francisco
Morton
United States
William N. Collier
Bar Association Committee
Post
Post Office
Tea and Coffee Ads Highlight Local Store Offerings
An old advertisement notes Cobb's and Seollay Square teas near New England. It mentions Oolong Mixed at 28e per pound and Pekoe Tea at 25c per pound. Delivery within 50 miles of Boston with orders to be placed at the store in Cornhill, Boston.
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Cobb's
Seollay Square
Ter
New England
Cornhill
Bet
Boston
Ture
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