Birthday of George Washington Echoed Across Nations
The piece reflects on Washington as liberator and founder, noting his enduring legacy in the United States. It recalls the first observance of his birthday reported in the Pennsylvania Packet on February 17, 1784, with a New York correspondent praising celebrations of American independence and constitutional liberty.
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America
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Pennsylvania Packet
New York
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Sons of Freedom
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
Alleghenies
Washington kept meticulous ledgers and vast lands described
The article recounts George Washington's land holdings valued at thousands of acres across Ohio River, Great Kanawha, Little Miami and Green River country. It notes his marriage to Mrs Custis, wealth, and ownership of Great Meadows. It cites his precise account books and details from 1760s to 1799, plus anecdotes about cherry tree legend and Lafayette’s Bastille key gift.
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Great Kanawha
Little Miami
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Washington
Great Meadows
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Alexandria
Virginia
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Lafayette
America
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Pearls of Thought from Sis Hopkins Sayings
A collection of humorous aphorisms about women, art, manners, and life. The quotes critique stereotypes with witty lines about politeness, beauty, intelligence, and daily habits attributed to Rose Melville in the New Haven Register.
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Sis Hopkins
Rose Melville
New Haven Register
Rabbit Lures Dogs to Death at Colorado Quarry
Trinidad correspondence reports a clever jackrabbit near the Colorado Wyom ing stone quarry luring dogs to chase it toward a 100 foot precipice. The quarry edge hides the drop from the dogs, and six dog skeletons were found at the bottom by a keeper, solving a local mystery. The behavior has drawn concern among residents of Jansen.
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Colorado and
Wyoming
Trinidad
Jansen
Denver Times
A Stalwart People of Tonga Islands
E A Powell of Cleveland praises the Tonga or Friendly Islands off New Zealand as the finest in physique. He reports average male height five feet ten inches, many over six feet, weights 160 to 300 pounds, women taller than American women, 120 to 160 pounds, copper color, straight hair, and Greek-like features. Powell calls them likely original Maoris with peaceful life, coral crescent islands, no wealth or poverty, virtue, cocoanut-based diet, and coconut milk as the sole drink. Portland Oregonian السلط
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New Zealand
E. A. Powell
Cleveland
Powell
Australia
Pacific Islands
America
Portland Oregonian
Exclusive Privilege A Civil War skunk tale
The late General Shafter recalled a Civil War night in the Virginia valley when wounded officers and privates hid in a schoolhouse as rain forced shelter. A skunk under the floor finally announced itself. a German private groaned in German, exclaiming the odor as others pretended sleep.
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General Shafter
Virginia
Lippincott
Mississippi Valley Pearls Value in 1906
The Mississippi Valley pearl trade, difficult to quantify, is estimated by one major dealer at 381000 in 1306 with pearls selling from 1g1 to 2000 each and slugs priced 1.50 to 60 per ounce. The U S Fish Commission places U S pearl value in 1906 around 600000.
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Mississippi Valley
United States Fish Commission
United States
Washington Correspondence
Boston Transcript
Old Mistress and Mont Blanc Aerial Plans Featured
A visitor recalls a Virginia stately home encounter with a servant claiming the phrase that the woman shown is not the old mistress. Geneva pursues Mont Blanc aerial excursions to view the summit. Advertisements mention a nerve restorer cure trial, a laxative quinine product, a physician’s signature, and a removable boat top novelty.
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Geneva
Mont Blanc
E. W. Grove
Baby cured of eczema after Cuticura remedy
An account by Alice L. Dowell from St. Louis Ill shows a baby suffering severe eczema all over the body and on the face and hands. After years of doctor care the child slept poorly and would have worsened without aid but used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and was cured in three months.
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Cutiura
Alice L. Dowell
Easton Ave
St. Louis
Rescue at water’s edge prompts noble duty remark
A grateful mother thanks a modest rescuer who saved her daughter from a watery grave. The noble young man deflects praise, saying he acted from a sense of duty, as recorded by the judge in the scene.
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Maddy
Deafness Cure by Constitutional Remedies Promoted
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure for deafness claiming nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any uncured case. Promotes related Hall's Family Pills for constipation and urges readers to send for circulars from P. J. Carney & Co Toledo.
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Hall
P.j.carney & Co
Toledo
Country-Made City Man and Rural to Urban Exodus
Grover Cleveland comments on rural depopulation and the flow of young people to cities. The piece notes 1122 golf clubs in the U S with $20 million in facilities, rapid auto industry growth with $288 million capital in 1899 1900, 7000 auto licenses in New York by August 1903, and a jump from $2 million to $10 million in sporting goods sales over two decades.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
America
New York
Sporting News
Caesar Refuses Crown on the Lupercal
A Louisville Courier-Journal remark reports Caesar declining a kingly crown during the Lupercal ceremony. A quoted line attributes a witty reply to Marc Lee about easing pressure from supporting factions.
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Caesar
Marc Lee
Louisville Courier-Journal
Coffee Drinking Warned by German Doctor
A German physician warns coffee weakens the heart and causes undernourishment. He promotes Postum as a healthier beverage, citing personal and patient experiences and referencing the Postum Company slogan.
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