Willard Re-elected At National WCTU Convention
The National WCTU meets in New York with Miss Willard receiving 260 votes out of 244 as President. Governors and officers are reappointed amid grand scenes in the hall, banner gifts, and memorial services for departed state officers.
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Jonsh
National Press
America
Alaska
New York
S. M. S. Henry
Milneis
Ura
Miss Willard
Judge Thompson
New York City
General Fisk
Kurt
Fisk
Bartholdi
Naonal Woman
Christian Temsperance Union
Elisabeth Thiynpean
Mother Thompson
Dakota
John Cable
Gaia
Mongomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Ill
New York Ledger
Het
Joan G. Saxe
Hanuer Lewis
Exiza A. Dupuy
Adulterated wines and beer spark French concern
A French inquiry warns against salicylic acid and other adulterants in beer and wine. It notes widespread use of salicylic acid as a preservative, the rise of strong, alcoholized drinks, and police actions to curb adulteration. The Academy of Medicine recommends banning alcoholized wines, restricting high alcohol content, and tightening cabaret inspections.
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Achetes
Herves 5
Academy of Medicine
Paris
France
French Senate
Artist Edward Gay and the Meandering Cow
Edward Gay, a Mt. Vernon artist famed for landscapes and storytelling, set up under an apple tree to paint a meadow. A cow from a neighbor’s yard wandered over during lunch, licked off the greens, chewed the leather strap, and refused to leave. A friend wondered if the meadow looked real to the cow, who, Gay joked, might eat almost anything and belonged to an Irishman who fed scraps from the house.
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Edwart Gay
Mt. Vernon
Gay
Tam Lange
Mr. Gay
Weill
Curious Brittany wedding custom and blue lobsters rise
A Parisian swindle of marriage rite is described with a Brittany custom where the groom lightly strikes the bride then kisses her to test temper and future conduct. Reports of a blue lobster in Portland, a Georgia wedding spontaneous, and a Canada Ontario clipping about Braxauer’s pills mix with varied oddities and adlike notes from the era.
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Brittany
Brent
Pall Mall Gazette
Portland
Alpharetta
Unclear historical ad fragments on health and devices
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Bitters cures and health remedies, a reference to an early sewing machine patent by Elias Mowe Jr, and a crude drugstore line about eye water. Text contains garbled phrases and miscued words, offering little coherent story beyond scattered product claims and historical allusions.
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Elias Mowe, Jr
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