Curious Anecdotes on Punctuations and Bathhouse Etiquette
A collage of short extracts notes social quirks and stage anecdotes. It includes a Parisian bathhouse scene with a quip about excess meat in a tub, a commented scene from Lucas Cleeve’s fiction, a nursery riddle about numbers on hands, Mansfield’s reaction to stagehands, and a note on District of Columbia governance by presidential commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas Cleeve
Mansfield
Quinn
Christian Intelligencer
Taxation Forcing Shellfish Industry From Connecticut
Henry C. Rowe of Groton, president of the Oyster Growers and Dealers of North America, argues in a paper to the American Fisheries Society that Connecticut taxes are driving oyster farming out of the state. He cites a jump in assessed value from 9 000 in 1908 to 128 938 six years later and notes the five mill extra tax for oyster grounds funded shellfish police, now withheld, weakening industry viability despite decades of growth and state commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ©. Rowe
Fisheries Society
Henry C. Rowe
Groton
Oyster Growers and Dealers of
North America
United States
Canada
American Fisheries Society
Connecticut
General Assembly
Rowe
Long Island Sound
Brooks Rupture Appliance Promised Comfort for Hernia
For years the Brooks rupture appliance has been marketed as the only truly comfortable and scientific device to hold rupture. The ad claims trusses offer no real help and urges buyers to discard them in favor of the Brooks device.
Brooks Rupture Appliance Promises Cure and Testimonials
A Pennsylvania man endorses C. E. Brooks rupture appliance, claiming ease of wear and complete healing. The letter from James A. Britton of Bethlehem praises the device and urges others to try the illustrated book and mail-in coupon, noting many patient letters.
Trial to Prove It s Appliance Receives Praise
A letter from H D Banks aged sixty eight and a former Eckle s Artillery member of Oglethorpe County expresses gratitude for an appliance that cured him after other remedies failed. He hopes God rewards the provider for aiding suffering humanity and mentions his three year term. William Patterson of Akron Ohio also endorses the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckle
Appliance Trial Claim Coupon Offer
A shopper asserts they will prove their claim by sending an appliance on trial and invites recipients to fill a free mail-in coupon today to participate in the trial.
Brooks Rupture Appliance Promises Comfort and Cure
An advertisement extols a rupture appliance praised for comfort, concealment, durability, and safety. It includes testimonials from a Dubuque family and praise for Mr. C. E. Brooks of Marshall Michigan, claiming a baby cured in four months.
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Jansen St
Dubuque
Towa
C. E. Brooks
Marshall, Mich
Andrew Eggenberger
Confederate Veteran Cured by Appliance in Georgia
Dear sir I am glad to tell you that I am now sound and well and can plough or do any heavy work I can say your Appliance has effected a permanent cure Before getting your service of the Appliance I was unfit for work and weak from illness and pains and I am now fully restored and able to work again with strength and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Brooks
Marshall, Mich
James A. Britton
Spring St
Bethlehem, Pa
Commerce
Appliance Cured Boy After Extended Trial in Marshall
Letter from Marshall Michigan praises an appliance that cured a boy after about a year of use and three months into treatment. The family reports strong success and completion of the cure.
Connecticut Oyster Industry Urged Tax Reform
A 1910 discussion notes that Rhode Island grounds are state owned while Connecticut grounds are privately held by planters. It criticizes rising assessments, high taxes, and loss of lands, police protection, and capital as lawmakers curb oyster farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Stratford
Rhode Island
Obituary notices from Connecticut towns list several deaths
Died notices from Stamford Torrington Westport Litchfield Danbury Georgetown report names Geo F Wilkins Mary G Birney Michael Donahue Chloe Charlotte Hazzard William Plumb Leonard C Rockwell Mrs Henry Hoffman aged 82 50 61 76 62 and dates in late November and early December.
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Wilkins
Stamford
Geo. F. Wilkins
Birney
Torrington
Mary G. Birney
Donahue
Westport
Michael Donahue
Hazzard
Chloe Charlotte
Henry Hazzard
Plumb
Litchfield
William Plumb
Rockwell
Danbury
Leonard C. Rockwell
Hoffman
Georgetown
Henry Hoffman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Main ST
Bridgeport
Dts
Paris
District of Columbia
National Capital
Congress
HEAD
Shell Fisheries
Pennsylvania
WM. Patterson
S. Main St
Akron
Marshall
Mich
ONCO
State St
R.F.D
George P. Potter
Broad Street
Barnum
Hughes & Chapman
Stratford Avenue
M. G. Keane
M. J. Gannon
Broad
Vine St
Wm. Lieberum & Son, Eanbalmers and Undertakert
Main
5Treeti
Hawley & .Wilmot
Beugeport
George B. Hawley
Washington Terrace
Edward H. Wilmot
Clinton Ave
John F. Gallagher
Fairfield AV
Frank Polke & Son
Emaelmers& Undertakers
State Street
Crescent Avenue
Holmes & Edwards
Bridgeport Chain Co
East End
H. L. Blackman & Son
Fairfield Ave
Conn
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