Attic Visitation Reveals Grandfather’s Past Portraits
A young girl recalls a haunted attic visit to comfort a gravely ill grandfather. She finds his portfolio among memories of Marjorie and Mistress Anna, uncovers a yellow wistaria gown, and witnesses the aging man rally after a long illness.
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Mother
Grandfather
Marjorie
Grandmother
Magjorie
Anna
Mistress Anna
Annna
Maggie
The Bearded Senate Hopeful in Walt Mason Verse
A satirical poem lampoons J Ham Lewis with his whiskers as the notable feature. The speaker mocks public gaze and the Senate’s focus on his beard rather than arguments. We glimpse parody of political ambition and media attention in 1918.
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J. Ham
Senate
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Stickney & Poor's Spices Keep Aroma After Twenty Years
Stickney and Poor's ground spices retain strong flavor due to quality and cutting methods that preserve oil cells. The list of products includes mustard pepper cinnamon cloves ginger mace pimento sage savoy marjoram celery salt curry powder paprika tapioca nutmeg cassia allspice mixed spice pastry spice turmeric thyme soda cream of tartar rice flour potato flour sausage seasoning poultry seasoning and flavoring extracts. Write for the book of receipts.
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Stickney & Poor
Arbutus Kills Two Women in New York Incident
In Binghamton New York Mrs. Jacob Burrhite is dead and Otto Kinney is critically ill after eating trailing arbutus flowers. Earlier Mrs. Burrhite and her daughter found and ate some blooms. symptoms of poisoning appeared before they reached home.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Jacob Burrhite
Otto Kinney
Germ theory misrepresented in historic editor letter
Charles Page of Boston protests a prevailing germ theory narrative, arguing microbes are not the direct illness cause and praising cleanliness over sensational fear. He cites historical fear shifts from hell to germs and urges a focus on sanitation rather than pest eradicating rhetoric.
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Charles ©. Page
M. D
Boston
Wilsons nominations sent to the Senate
President Wilson sent several nominations to the Senate including Jerry B. Sullivan for general appraisers in Iowa, William W. Roper as customs appraiser in Philadelphia, Robert W. Woolley as Interior Auditor, Henry J. Breckenridge as Assistant Secretary of War, William J. Harris for Director of the Census, Lucius Q. C. Lamar as Recorder of the General Land Office, and Samuel Houston Thompson Jr. as Assistant Attorney General before the Court of Claims.
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Jerry B. Sullivan
Iowa
Philadelphia
William W. Roper
Interior Department
Robert W. Woolley
Virginia
Henry JC. Breckenridge
Lexington
William J. Harris
Georgia
General Land Office
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
United States
Court of Claims
Samuel Houston Thompson, Jr
Denver
Colo
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