East Indian Dinners and A Long March Recall Memoir
A fragment recounts B Battery, Second Brigade’s 829 mile march from Meerut to Calcutta via Simla and major stations. It notes shortages after Benares, a Christmas dinner at Balloon 4500 feet up, and eight men sharing a bullock dish with porter amid wild hills and songs. Signed B Smith, Brighton.
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East India
Simla
Meerut
Calcutta
Grand Trunk Road
Agra
Allyghur
Allahabad
Benares
Raymore Hills
B. Smith
Burrey Street
Brighton
The Homecoming Dinner of a Hunger Year
A nostalgic poem recalls a long absence season on a farm and the feast that followed. The speaker remembers a mother’s blue apron fragrances and a supper of fried ham cucumbers taters cake and pies. The vivid memory centers on six years ago when he returned home to Lewiston Maine.
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A. A. Howes
Bates Street
Lewiston
Famine to feast in Vermont humane scene descends
A humane agent recalls a harsh morning at Laporte’s home in Dummerston Vermont when a sick horse was ordered killed after a delay. Four meals later a neighbor’s dinner of steak and coffee restored dignity, ending with payment to end the ordeal. The account is signed by Jennie B Powers, Exchange block Keene New Hampshire.
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Laporte
Dummerston
Jennie B. Powers
Keene, N. H
Keene Society
Dinner on the Plans In 188 The B Cattle Company
The fragment notes the B Cattle Company with headquarters in Garden City Kansas during 188 era. It mentions dinner on the plans and implies organizational details of cattle industry activity in that period.
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B Cattle Company
Garden City
Kan
Hard Trail Diary From a Missouri Driver
The narrator describes a sweltering journey to a home ranch with settlers supplies bound for Section 26. A taciturn Missouri driver leads a four-horse team and wagon, offering rough fare and blunt byways on a hot day. William A. Johnson from Plymouth signs the account.
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Missouri
Southwest
William A. Johnson
Plymouth
Cock a leekie in a blizzard on Lake Erie
A traveler recalls skating above Niagara Rapids in the eighties when a fierce blizzard left him lost and cold. A Scottish couple offered warmth and a basin of cock a leekie with carrots and leeks, followed by hot punch, to restore him.
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Lake Erie
Niagara Rapids
Are You Free From Headaches and Indigestion Again
A historical ad advises readers to use a desert spoon of Figs and Elixir of Senna laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co to relieve headaches colds indigestion pains constipation and sour stomach. It emphasizes gentleness and natural strengthening without stressing the system and urges buying only the genuine product with the company name on the front.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Diet Promise With Cock-a-Leekie and Scotch
E P Scott of 26 Vine Street Roxbury pledges a vow to eat cock a leekie with hot Scotch as his permanent diet, signaling a quirky personal commitment from a local resident.
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E. P. Scott
Vine Street
Roxbury
Curious Features in News of the Day
In Housatonic a long school hill hosts children sliding daily with Nelson Shaw 77 enjoying the sport. Shaw radiates youth as he rides his aged bobsled built 556 years ago, a family favorite passed through generations while others zoom by on newer sleds.
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Pittsfield
Housatonic
Nelson Shaw
Ohio women’s suffrage clause favored in convention hearing
Ohio delegates hear advocates for equal suffrage as committee chair Kilpatrick says 18 of 21 members support reporting the clause granting women the electoral franchise. The hearing follows passionate speeches by suffrage proponents in Columbus on February 9.
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Ohio
Columbus
Rooster Stops Train Between Beacon Falls and Seymour
On a 5 05 passenger train from Win sted to Bridgeport and New York a rooster escaped its crate and sprawled on the signal cord to the engine cab near Beacon Falls. The weight pulled the cord causing an abrupt stop by engineer Wilson Burns as conductor Timothy Dailey and express messenger Arthur Bennett checked the rope and learned it was not pulled.
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Winsted
Conn
New Haven
Bridgeport
New York
Beacon Falls
Seymour
Wilson Burns
Timothy Dailey
Eggs Have Seven Cent Drop At Produce Exchange
Philadelphia February ninth. Eggs at the Produce Exchange fell seven cents a dozen within thirty minutes of trading. Brokers cite a housekeeper led boycott as the main cause. Consumers will not feel the drop until retailers dispose of their earlier purchases at top prices.
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Philadelphia
Produce Exchange
Snob Schoolmates Cause Viola McGuire Death
Viola McGuire 19 drank carbolic acid and died after an hour of agony in Denver after schoolmates mocked her shabby clothing. She left a note to her father saying she could not stand life any longer. Her last words were Tell my teacher. Viola, housekeeper for her father and two brothers, had long sought education.
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Denver
Col
Viola McGuire
Goodby
Viola
Spouse Wins Divorce Suit Over Conduct at Rail Station
Pittsburg newspaper reports Mrs. Spanhred sued for divorce from Dr. Herbert L. Koehne, a noted physician, alleging he barred her from social events by ejecting her from his car in front of the Pennsylvania railroad station one night, prompting the legal action.
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Pittsburg
Herbert L. Koehne
Roosevelt Named Front Runner in Christian Endeavor Voting
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt has been nominated for 1912 by the Christian Endeavor convention, with 104 votes. William Jennings Bryan trails with 79 votes, Woodrow Wilson 40, and William H. Taft 39, as second choices for their parties.
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Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
Robert M. la Follette
Charles E. Hughes
J. Frank Hanly Champ Clark
United States
Christian Endeavor
Roosevelt
Bryan
New Jersey
Delegates Choose Presidential Hopefuls at Christian Endeavor Meeting
The nominating convention drew 345 delegates from across the country and asked which man should be next president based on character and ability. Maine backed Mr Bryan as the lone New England preference, while other states offered varied viewpoints. The report favors a railroad plan extending from the old Park Square station site as the city’s best option, likely funded by property taxes. The committee included leaders from the Chamber of Commerce and Boston Real Estate Exchange.
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Christian Endeavorers
United States
New England
Bryan
State
Maine
Chamber of Commerce and Estate Exchange
City Oil
Leslie C. Weed
Chamber of Commerce
Edward H. Eldredge
S. W. Sleeper
C. E B. Wyzanski
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Divorce Granted After Alleged Spanking and Ring Theft
Mrs Grace Jacobs Koehne of Duquesne was granted a divorce yesterday after recounting that her husband spanked her and tore the engagement ring from her hand. The blue diamond ring valued at 2800 dollars was not returned, with Koehne claiming the act followed a minor quarrel.
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Grace Jacobs Koehne
Duquesne
Morse denies stock rumors in New York
Harry Morse, son of a former financier released from Atlanta Federal Prison, stated firmly that his father has no plans to return to Wall Street. He dismissed ongoing reports and rumors as untrue.
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New York
Harry Morse
Atlanta
Wall Street
Arlington extension urged to Columbus Avenue plan
Boston's City Council is urged to provide for the Arlington street extension to Columbus Avenue under terms offered by the New Haven road. The appeal comes in a report submitted to council members by a joint chamber of commerce and Boston Real Estate Exchange committee yesterday.
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Boston
Arlington Street
Columbus Avenue
New Haven
Chamber of Commerce
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Red Cross Sends $2000 More to China Famine Relief
The American National Red Cross Society sent $2000 to famine sufferers in China, bringing total aid to $5000 from the organization.
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China
Washington
American National Red Cross Society
Morse's Friends Debate Gary Morse's Fate After Bank Collapse
Friends of the former banker Morse say health trips to Germany are his only plan, while others expect a Wall Street return if he recovers. They dispute rumors of fund lack, with one close associate insisting Morse is comfortably fixed and others guessing a million dollars saved from a 22 million fortune.
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Morse
Germany
Wall Street
National Bank of North America
Ice Trust
Dock Workers Strike in Manchester Over Non-Union Labor
Dock workers in Manchester went on strike today after shipping firms continued to hire non union labor. A general strike by transport workers is threatened if the dispute remains unresolved.
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Manchester
England
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