Warren Items parade aflame on Memorial Day crowds
Local notes reveal a parade by Warren’s military groups on Memorial Day with bands, artillery, Grand Army, and schoolchildren. Services were held in cemeteries and an Armory address by Rev. Frederic B. Cole drew a large crowd. Also reported are fires, burns, a tautog catch, and quirky notes on rice paper and Formosa pith paper.
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Kickamail Grange
Harry T. Bliss
F. A. Bliss
Gov. Walsh
Providence
Fanny Pierce
Newport
Mary Goddard
Warren
Warren Brass Band
Warren Artillery
Benj M. Bosworth
Grand Army
Sons of Veterans
Frederic B. Cole
Armory Lab
Temper and the Temperless Rider
A fragment warns that those unable to maintain temper around animals risk harm to themselves and animals. The quip suggests no one lacking self-control should approach horses or cows, implying broader caution against reckless behavior and mischief.
Brooklyn Tabernacle Blaze Sparks Community Debate
The Brooklyn Eagle excerpt laments the Tabernacle fire as a built catastrophe, accusing builders and leaders of recklessness and potential arson, while noting the disaster's impact on neighbors and debt. It questions who started the blaze and hints at broader social tensions surrounding Mr. Talmage and the church.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Talmage
Hla
Hotel Regent
Tabernacle
Brooklyn
Mr. Talmage
Three Tabernacles
Indies
Great Britain
New York
Stonington
Boston
Notch Hill
Narragansett Pier
Noyes Beach
Green Goods Scam Described in Detail by Hartford Times
A Hartford Times report explains a green goods con where a stranger charms a saloon keeper, passes unmarked bills, and arranges an envelope scheme. The victim hands over $100 in five dollar notes and receives a dummy envelope instead of real cash.
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Biten
Kallen
Hartford Times
Grand Cake Wilk at Town Hall Bristol
Auction note from the Committee of ladies and gents invites all to a grand cake walk at Bristol Town Hall on Monday evening June 4. Admission one conte, prize for the best walking.
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Bristol
R.C
Prine
Curious Pledges at Church Mission Drive
Deacon Daniel reads pledges from parishioners for foreign missions. Squire Wood gives $2. his farm valued at 310 000. Mrs. Brown offers $5 with limited means yet strong support. Maria Hill pledges $5 while earning $20 monthly. John Baker gives $1. Cyrus Donning donates $4 despite a crippled hand.
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Squire Wood
Mrs. Brown
Daniel
Maria Hill
John Baker
Cyrus
Missionary Messenger
Mrs Field Denies Millinery Venture Ties
Mrs Cyrus W Field tells a New York reporter she works for Sherman Bank soliciting deposits from women friends. She denies any connection of her name with a millinery firm and says she is determined to recover a loss from her venture.
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Field
Cyrus W. Field
New York
Sherman Bank
Honest Creamery Test Readings And Butter Fat Disclosure
A letter argues milk testing with the Babcock method can mislead equals in butter yield. It urges creameries to publish full statements detailing milk supplied, butter sold, fat content, and net pay to patrons to prevent surcharges and deceptive practices.
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Babcock
A. Schoenmann
Wisconsin Dairy School
Hoard's Dairyman
Butter Truths and Dairy Advice From a 1900s Letter
The article cautions on milking practices to prevent cow tail switching and notes butter’s three points flavor color grain, linking grain to cow feed and buttermaking skill. It warns against wet brewers’ grains and hogs lard imitation, praises Danish wooden shoes in creameries, and urges keen market watching by dairymen and creamery men.
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ald_raven
New Yorker
Denmark
Michigan
Mrs Vanderbilt Keeps Three King Charles Spaniels
A fragment notes Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt owning three King Charles spaniels. It also mentions Mme de Moreau, a Paris physician, reputed to earn $10,000 annually from her practice. The rest is garbled text about age and birthday.
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Frederick Vanderbilt
Mme. de Moreau
Paris
New National Council of Jewish Women Formed
The newly formed national council of Jewish women outlines a broad program to extend its reach with a president Mrs. Henry Solomon and a 10 member board. Local sections are to be organized nationwide with monthly reports and activities in religion and philanthropy. The aim is to unite 60,000 Jewish women for service in Judaism and humanitarian work. biannual national meetings will bring delegates from sections across the country. The New York Sun notes strong rabbinic support and a special Chicago section endorsement.
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National Councils of
Henry Solomon
Aho
National Council
Council
National Board
Israel
United States
New York
Chicago
New York Sun
Princess Clementine Likely to Take the Veil
Antwerp dispatch reports Princess Clementine youngest daughter of Belgium’s king and queen appears set to enter a convent. Engaged to Prince Baldwin of Flanders when he died suddenly of fever three years ago she kept the resolve secret until coming of age last year and has not wavered since. The only concession was postponing the novitiate until after Princess Josephine’s wedding.
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Arthor
Clementine
Baldwin of
Flanders
Europe
Josephine
Antwerp
A Scientific Princess Exhibits Travel Collections
One of Germanys noted travelers Princess Therese daughter of the Bavarian regent, a scientist by training, was elected to the Bavarian Academy of Science for her travel writings. She recently offered in Munich’s old court house a display of her collected works and objects from her journeys.
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Germany
Therese
Bavarian Academy of Science
Munich
Berlin
Women voters question privilege and gender politics
In Duluth Press columnist Hel en Cody Wetmore argues against restricting voting rights for men who claim women do not want to vote. She asserts society should not bar men from voting if they justify exclusion by gender, using a agrarian analogy that cattle will eat corn to illustrate inevitability.
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Helen Cody Wetmore
Duluth
Minnie Sherman Fitch Named Honorary President
Mrs Minnie Sherman Fitch wife of Lt T W Fitch of Pittsburg and daughter of Gen W T Sherman is named honorary president of the managers and committees for the coming G A R encampment.
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Minnie Sherman Fitch
T. W. Fitch
Pittsburg
W. T. Sherman
G. A R
Poor Old Tip and the Lions Roarin For
The poem recounts a zoo scene where animals debate Tip the elephant s fate as the others claim poisoning by the keepers. Lions leopards and a monkey speak of Tip s decline and mock the idea of poisoning with vivid, grim images. Christian Work.
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Tip
How to Make a Maginty Household Toy
An illustrated DIY guide describes crafting a Maginty from a marble, cloth, and wool. It covers sewing a cap, body, legs, arms, and vest, with a yellow felt coat and pearl buttons, plus instructions for operation on an ironing board to cause tumbling and kicking actions.
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Maginty
Misplaced Charity on a May Chestnut Street Walk
A tall girl with smoked glasses and a jeweled pug walks Chestnut Street on a sunny May day attracting local attention. A boy offers a silver dime and proclaims her blind, prompting the woman to decline with a scornful shrug as a bootblack mocks the claim.
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Chestnut Street
Ninth Street
Sonny
Philadelphia Press
Child Discovers Cricket Noise During Bedtime
An 8 year old girl, while her mother tried to settle her, became curious about a noise blamed on a cricket. She observed and spoke with quiet wisdom, noting the sound and pondering its cause.
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Amos B. Sherman
Bugbee V. Brownell
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E. A. Carpenter
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