Short Stories From A New Jersey Watchman And More
Edward Thompson reports daily rat visits at Perth Amboy New Jersey with tobacco offered. A Hungarian wedding in Highland Illinois features a parade led by a band and seventy bridesmaids. Beverly Massachusetts shore area shows land held by wealthy summer residents worth over 100 million dollars. Harry B Huott finds preserved oil ice stored long ago in a sand buried house at Rehoboth Beach Delaware. Surgeon General Wyman notes bubonic plague spread from one country in 1895 to fifty one countries by 1908. A white albino robin inhabits Winter Island Salem Massachusetts drawing attention from bird students.
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Edward Thompson
Perth Amboy
N. J
Highland
Beverly
Mass
Harry B. Huott
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Wyman
Winter Island
Salem
Persona
Fly Catches In Baseball Notes And Jokes
Samuel Sheckard is known as James or Jimmy. Moxey Manuel impressed for the Chicago Americans in St Louis under Manager Fielder Jones. Charles Rhodes moved from St Louis to Cincinnati Nationals. Dusty Rhodes, once with Cincinnati, now in Cleveland. George Stone of the St Louis Americans is praised as a hitter and a capable farmer with pumpkins, udders, and potatoes.
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Sheckard
Samuel
James
Jimmy
Moxey Manuel
Chicago Americans
New Orleans
St. Louis
Fielder Jones
Charles Rhodes
Cincinnati Nationals
Dusty” Rhodes
Cleveland
Cincinnati
George Stone
France Limits Dodder Imports Amid Harvest Losses
France banned dodder import to curb a leafless parasitic plant harming hops and peas. Southern France sent over 58 000 tons of fruit to Paris last year and nearly 46 000 tons to foreign countries. A Paris rehearsal incident saw a playwright ejected for commentary. France’s fine arts minister also authorized women to serve as library and museum attendants after passing exams.
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France
Paris
Quoted Epigrams Spark Lighthearted Newspaper Jabs
A string of witty quotes from Detroit News Chicago News Rochester Post Express St Paul Rochester, and Washington Herald poke at travel, manners, and pests. The remarks reflect era humor on end seat hogs air travel nurses seasickness and flies as carriers of germs.
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Chicago News
Pantis
Stochester Post-Express
Kennebec Journal
Washington Herald
German Gleanings Highlights From Westhofen And Prussia
The Westhofen town bans walking with a lit cigar. Prussia warns against ice cold soda and mineral waters as harmful to digestion. In Marburg a widower Niedband marries his late wife’s sister, then her mother dies. The old age pension rule penalizes workers who miss more than four weeks of work yearly.
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Westhofen
Germany
Niedband
Marburg
New York City Growth Surges Since 1885
A Success Magazine page notes New York's rise from 28,000 to over 2,000 millionaires and highlights daily life scales including 45,000 marriages annually, 476 million gallons of water daily, 112 theaters with two grand opera houses, and a birth every four minutes alongside a death every seven minutes.
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New York
Greater
New York City
Bagazine
Dress Goods Sale Alert With Wide Color Range
Fabric highlights include 54 in Batiste at regular 50c now in Cream Gray Tan Navy and Black Taffeta 65c value now in Cream Reseda Tan Navy Black 25-27 in All Wool Tricot 25c in Pink St Blue Gray Brown Black 36 in Wool New Dune 25c later style Plaid Dress Goods 25c to 39c now sale priced.
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Batiste
Taffeta
Tricot
91st Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Announcement
Commencing Friday July 10 we offer a summer clearance of all sale goods with no charges or layaways. Come early while assortments last. Store hours end at 5 30 p m during July August and September with sales on standard nights Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday.
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Detroit News
Will Mak
Crex
E &É
Henley Serge
Percale
Earl Madras
India
Royal Worcester
Axminster
Sansilk
Ig Ai
Ory
Leita
Garey, Ohio
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