The Human Profession and Horace Fletcher’s Chewing Cure
A collage of profiles and opinions on Horace Fletcher the chenologist founder of Fletcherism who claims health through prolonged chewing. The piece sketches Fletcher’s origins in Lawrence Massachusetts his rise as a health guru and his studies at Cambridge and Yale. It also profiles Dr J Riddle Goffe Benjamin Tillman and Baron Tennyson noting their roles and views while recalling Tillman’s political wrath and Fletcher’s jet set life in Venice.
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Horace Fletcher
Lawrence
Mass
America
Europe
Cambridge University
Yale
Fletcher
Palazzo Saibante
Grande Canal
Venice
Newspapers That Fear Democracy Winning
An opinion piece argues that certain newspapers oppose the Democratic party to protect their own power. It claims a primary threatens the so called double machine and urges letting Democratic agencies lead. The author warns against interference by newspapers favoring harmony to preserve Democratic success.
Passing of Col Bob Eaton and Connecticut politics
Col Bob Eaton, former internal revenue collector for Connecticut, is said to devote his time to lobbying with the Snaties and to have shared honors with J Henry Roraback in the state’s infamous invisible government. His successor, James J Walsh, is described as an honorable man who will perform his duties and resist efforts to sway legislation toward predatory interests.
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Bob”? Eaton
Internal Revenue Collectorship
Connecticut
J Henry Roraback
James J. Walsh
General Assembly
Mayor Wilson and His Affection for a Municipal Ice Plant
City Attorney John S. Pullman finds Bridgeport cannot legally create a municipal ice plant under its charter. Mayor Wilson, a lawyer, knew the limit but did not disclose it when endorsing the project to the Common Council. A pending General Assembly bill to grant the city authority died in committee, amid utilities lobbying opposing city water works empowerment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Pullman
Bridgeport
Wilson
General Assembly
Committee On Cities and Boroughs
Buffalo Bill Wild West property set for public sale
Federal Judge Lewin orders the Buffalo Bill Wild West and Pawnee Bill Far East show assets sold at public auction in Denver on Thursday August 21. The action blocks Pawnee Bill and delays by bank proceedings in Trenton New Jersey. Appraisers will classify the property into lots to attract buyers and creditors will be protected from further expense. Telegraphic notices were sent to twenty circus owners.
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Denver
Aug
Lewim Thas
Gorgon W. Lillie
Trenton
N. J
Lewin
Jorge Lewin
Saployes
Dogs Destroy Sheep Industry in Plainfield
In Plainfield Connecticut on August 11 dogs again attacked sheep belonging to H. & Chapman and Charles Starr Hyde. About two hundred sheep were affected with additional losses near North Can. the episode follows similar incidents over the past weeks causing substantial financial damage to farmers and the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Conn
H. & Chapman
Charies Starr Hyde
North Can
Sheep raising in decline due to dogs, county reports
Officials say dog attacks have driven eight hundred farmers in the county from sheep raising. They argue that compensations or tariffs cannot counter the destruction caused by dogs to the sheep industry, noting only a few farmers in each town still keep sheep.
Much Whiskers at Rock Sunday Barbers Closed
West Haven seen a sea of beards as Savin Rock crowds gathered while Orange town authorities ordered all barber shops to close on Sunday. The sudden rule sparked protests from barbers claiming unfairness since others stayed open. No arrests were made as shops complied or closed.
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Rock Sunday
West Haven
Savin Rock
Orange Town
North Carolina Governor Robert Glenn Born Fifty Nine Years Ago
Robert Brodnax Glenn former governor of North Carolina was born in the state fifty-nine years ago today. He rose to fame not as a politician but by a noted railway case bluff against the U S government. A Davidson College classmate of Woodrow Wilson he shared a baseball team with the future president and calls him Tommy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Riddle Goffe
Kenosha
Wis
Goffe
Baron Tennyson
Cambridge
South Australia
England
Lord Tennyson
Browning
the Times
Eaton Place
Robert Brodnax Glenn
North Carolina
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Davidson College
Tommy
Amerique Horte
John Bull
Ecuador
Guayit
Quito
Panama
Guayaquil
Spain
Congress
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Leonidas Plaza
Republic
Don Riz de Castilla
Sucre
Colombia
Simon Bolivar
Guayaquil and
Chimborazo
Cotopazi
Inca Empire
Hamilton Invites World For Centennial Week Celebration
Hamilton, sixth in Canada by size and nicknamed the Birmingham of the Dominion, marks a centennial with an international invitation week. The port city near Lake Ontario, founded by George Hamilton, hosts an industrial exposition and a reunion of "old boys" as part of the centennial program.
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Hamilton
Canada
Dominion
Lake
Ontario
England
United States
Niagara
George Hamilton
Lake Ontario
Catherine
Hannah
Maria
Augusta
James
John
Court House Square
Wood Market
Gore Park
Richard Beasley
Greenwich Observatory and early science history notes
A compact history contrasts early observatories from Alexandria to Greenwich and Paris. It notes Greenwich as the leading English observatory founded 236 years ago, its meridian as a global reference, and cites Williams College and Harvard as early American observatories. It also recounts Ingersoll the agnostic and his debates with Gladstone and Manning, and quotes his stance on immortality.
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Greenwich
Charles II
Flamsteed
John Flamsteed
Paris
Washington
Alexandria
Ptolemy Soter
Europe
Nuremberg
Bernard, Walther
Tycho Brahe
Kent
Williams College
Harvard
Woman and Child Morphine Victims In Hospital
A Worcester man faces a family crisis after his wife and four year old son are found morphine addicted and hospitalized following the wife's suicide attempt by gas and morphine. The mother reportedly learned the drug from a brother and urged her husband to kill her or let her use more. Authorities trace two packages of morphine shipped to the city and pursue the source.
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James Blanchard
Worcester
Mass
J. J. MacDonald
St. Vincent's Hospital
Little Freddie Blanchard
J. H. Finnegan
Bridgeport Hospital
Three in Auto Hurt In Town Crash
Westfield man H Oswald crashed his car on the Boston Post road when a wheel hit a trolley rail. Two women in the rear were thrown out with slight bruises while Oswald suffered minor injuries from broken glass.
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BE. H. Oswald
Westfield
N. J
Boston Post Road
Oswald
Rubber Goods Price List from Local Store Inventory
A historical inventory lists stock items including United States Selected Seconds rubber blankets coats shirts slip-on coats and assorted coats. Rubber accessories cover women's and men's gloves tubing hoses and general rubber products with prices ranging from under a dollar to about fifteen dollars.
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United States
The D M Read Co Store Closes on Weekdays at Five
The D M Read Co Store closes every day but Saturday at five o clock and Saturday at nine o clock.
August Sale of House Furnishings Continues Into Friday
The continuation offers 20 percent discounts in Furniture Trunks Bags Pictures and Ardahan Rugs through Friday at 5 o'clock. Ten percent reductions apply to Carpets Rugs Curtains Draperies Upholstery Fabrics Mattings and Linoleum. The sale closes on Friday.
Sale Aids For Home With Blankets Steamer and Clocks
Opportune sale offers white and gray blankets with various value prices. Steamer and motor bugs priced from five to twelve dollars, appealing for hammock summers, camps, yachts. Also Navajo designs on velvety blankets and grandfather clocks with mahogany casings and Westminster chimes on sale. Fourth Floor.
Palmotor Ambulation Aids Rescue At Seaside Park Beach
Ambulance corps report two near drowning rescues using the Palmotor device. William Lawler of Waterbury regained consciousness after about ten minutes immersion and an hour of artificial respiration at Seaside park bath house. doctors at Bridgeport hospital expect survival. Helen Blanchard also credited for prior救 aid with the instrument. Public concern grows over betting on baseball as funds are tied to game attendance.
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Seaside Park Beach
William Lawler
Waterbury
Bridgeport
Lawler
J. H. Finnegan
Helen Blanchard
Yacht Sinks in Storm Off Island Beach New York Party Rescued
A 40 foot cruising yacht named Creme ed by Curtis Bell and carrying Mr Bell and four others sank near Island Beach, Greenwich Conn, after a rock struck the hull during a storm yesterday afternoon. All aboard were saved by island rescue boats and island authorities.
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Greenwich
Conn
Curtis Bell
New York
Mr. Bell
Island Beach
Captain Island
Stock Market Commentary Signals Possible Corner Turn
The article notes conditions that once deterred investors are easing and prices are rising slightly. It suggests a turning point with improved market sentiment and growing optimism that speculation may gain traction as evidence supports a brighter outlook.
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Benjamin Ryan Tillman
South Carolina
Benjamin R. Tillman
American Congress
Fourth Estate
Senator McLaurin
Tillman
Ben
Society For the Suppression of
Capitol
Col
Bob
Buffalo Bill
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Constantinople
Baldwin 11
St. Louis
France
Robert of
Artois
Sens
Susanna
Susan
Susie
Suky
Sue
Columbus
Pizarro
Robert Green Inersoll
Dresden
N. Y
Prof
Huxley
Ingersoll
Charles Bradlaugh
North American Review
Gladstone
Henry M. Field
Cardinal Manning
THE
Alling Rubber CO
MAIN
D. M. Read Co
Westminster
Rembrandts
Leonardo
D. M. Read ‘Company
Main St
Fairfield
Mason’s Jar
Ambulance Corps
Palmotor
T. L. Watson & Co
Inve Ors
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