Lenox Library adds colonial era newspapers to collection
The Lenox Library in New York has acquired a rich set of old newspapers dating to early colonial days. Highlights include a 1709 Boston News Letter, Franklin era issues from the Pennsylvania Gazette, and rare mentions of the Stamp Act era and Washington’s farewell address.
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Lenox Library
New York
Boston News
John Campbell
Boston
New York Historical Society
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Philadelphia
British Museum
Thomas Addis Emmet
George M. Moore
Pennsylvania
William Bradford
Pennsylvania Gazette
America
Benjamin Franklin
Gazette
Stephen Hollingsworth
O Cordwainer
Pantanal
Franklin
New Haven News
Hartford
Gaine
Samuel Louden
Fish Kills
Congress
New York Packet
Nathan Hale
Connecticut Gazette
New London
Harlem
Hale
General Washington
Washington
American Daily Advertiser
Washingon
Nitrogen and fertilizing values in feed questioned
Andrew H. Ward argues that farm feeding experiments overvalue manure nutrients and inflate fertilizer costs. He compares nitrogen and potash prices from fish scraps, nitrate of potash, and nitrate of soda with barn manure, urging a shift to soluble nitrogen sources and criticizing state bodies and Grange groups for inaction against farm frauds.
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Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station
U. S
State Board of Agriculture
State Grange
Farmers’ Organization
Andrew H. Ward
Pomona Herald
Olive box hoax and bathing fashion spark Atlantic City buzz
A California planter profits from a prank by placing a box of ripe olives outside a San Diego area station drawing travelers who sample the puckery fruit. Meanwhile six Philadelphia girls at an Atlantic City hotel parade white cashmere robes with black cords and silver whistles, drawing attention on the beach.
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San Diego
Mexicos
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
The Last Cigar at Koniggratz
A German officer recalls a single remaining cigar at Koniggratz. He guards it as victory nears, then gives it to a wounded dragoon who cannot be helped otherwise. He cherishes lighting and placing the cigar for the man's momentary comfort.
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Bismarck
Koniggratz
One Philadelphia Newsstands Cleared of Crime Illustrations
The New York Independent ex claims Josiah W. Leeds achieved enforcement of wholesome laws by removing from Philadelphia newsstands any papers that carried crime illustrations.
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New York Independent
Josiah W. Leeds
Philadelphia
New Brooms Wanted to Clean Up the House
A Washington correspondent urges electing women to the House to reform the foul and dangerous chamber. He argues committees fail to improve ventilation and hygiene and says a dozen women could fix the tainted, crowded space during six to ten hour daily sessions. He calls for fall elections to bring women into Congress.
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Washington
House
18th Century View on Women From an English Magazine
The piece, a 1789 English magazine opinion reprinted in the Boston Transcript, laments women’s shift from reading to embroidery and flirtation while mothers run the household. It contrasts frivolous young ladies with those who favor virtue, noting social graces over solid character and predicting the repetition of history.
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Boston Transcript
Best Way club of New York women discussed
A New York World report outlines the Best Way club a modest yet notable group of well to do women in uptown Manhattan. The club emphasizes mutual help and encouragement and shares findings on efficient ways to perform domestic and social duties while reportedly avoiding any focus on suffrage.
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New York City
Best Way
New York World
Heat and care for children in hot weather
An eminent physician notes in hot weather to give babies 15 to 20 drops of brandy and avoid over clothing. He warns heat illness is more dangerous than colds and urges daily cool baths and ample air exposed to children, comparing heat to past cholera infantum labels.
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New York
Swaggering necktie hatband style sparks suffrage chatter
The summer girl calls for an exact match of necktie and hatband with a dark blue tie featuring diagonal white stripes forming diamond shapes. If both accessories differ from plain colors it’s less noticeable. The Topeka Capital notes vigorous suffrage activity and a favorable trend toward adopting the amendment.
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Topeka
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This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!