Polk Biography and Presidency Summary
The eleventh U S president James K Polk was born in Mecklenburg County North Carolina and spent much of his life in Tennessee. He served fourteen years in Congress and was Speaker for two terms before governing Tennessee in 1839 and winning the presidency in 1844. He helped settle the Oregon boundary dispute and direct the Mexican War, dying in Nashville in 1849 at age fifty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mecklenburg County
N. C
Tennessee
Congress
Henry Clay
Polk
Oregon
Nashville
Tenn
Simple Egg Salad and Quick Baking Powder Biscuits
A plain method for hard boiling eggs for salad with twenty minute cooking and cold water shock. Instructions to peel and cut into eighths atop lettuce with French dressing. Also a biscuit recipe using baking powder flour salt butter and milk or cream, kneaded and rolled, baked hot, served warm.
More Dead Letters In September 1907 Dead Letter Office Report
The September 1907 report shows mail matter received and 235 961 pieces returned to senders compared with 994 029 received and 209 564 returned in September 1905. Circulars and non returnable letters numbered 407 193 were destroyed, down from 554 247 last year. Five thousand two hundred fifty one dollars and seventy four cents found in dead letters, four thousand three hundred seventy one dollars and sixty four cents returned to senders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
How to be happy if married by Elbert Hubbard
Mrs. Elbert Hubbard argues for married happiness through financial independence and personal liberty for wives. She urges wives to work with men, gain financial freedom, and value their home services, criticizing traditional duty and praising participation in politics and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Hubbard
Chickering Pall
Moses
Adam
Rye
Bostin
Where Fathers Fail Teach Children to Seek Simple Knowledge
An article from Berlin Deutsche Monatschrift argues fathers today neglect their role as educators. It urges fathers to learn alongside their children, focusing on natural science and practical techniques to bridge the gap between home, school, and real-world needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Name Choice Sparks Family Debate Over Baby
A father reflects on naming his child and contemplates the outcome of the christening dispute with his wife. He weighs his preferences for Anne and a mother-in-law's name against practicality, urging acceptance of the chosen name and restraining divorce notions.
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Dee
Mary
Mae
Mai
Marie
Maisie
Anne
Annie
Oll
Ante
Elizabeth
Elisabeth
Elysabeth
Lispeth
Lyspeth
Beth
Bessie
Lisa
Elizabeths
Evening Bulletin
Providence
Water Resources of the Kennebec River Basin
The Kennebec River and its tributaries offer prime water power and development sites. A USGS Water Supply Paper No. 198 compiles flow data and storage prospects from cooperative surveys with the Maine State Survey Commission, detailing 1026 feet of fall with only 153 developed, plus hydrology, geology, and sanitary notes.
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Kennebec
Maine
United States Geological Survey
Maine State Survey Commission
Kennebew
Skowhegan
Natoonal
State Commission
United States Survey
Moosehead Lake
H. K. Barrows
George Otis Smith
George €. Whipple
New York City
Washington, D. C
Sugar making origins traced to China and India
The article traces sugar making to ancient China under the Tsin dynasty 200 years before Christ and notes India’s claim while suggesting Indian knowledge came from China. It mentions Nearchus reporting Asiatic cane honey on the Indus, early use by Galen as medicine, slow progress, and Britain’s 18th century rise in consumption before refining arrived in 1659 via a Venetian merchant who bought the secret from the Saracens for 100,000 crowns.
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China
India
Nearchus
Alexander
Indus
Great Britain
England
Poultry and pigs for sale in Marlboro notice
Wanted live poultry in large or small lots. Bring them Thursday or drop a postal and I will call. Geo A Dyer dealer in live and dressed poultry. Special roaster price this month. For sale a nice lot of young pigs Marlboro Mass Eager court Tel 213 4
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Geo. A. Dyer
Marlboro
Mass
Eager Court
Marlboro in Title Sought for Boston Marlboro Waltham Line
Promoter Charles Stevens visits to push a proposed Boston Waltham and Western street railway. He favors naming the line Boston Waltham Marlboro to help Marlboro's townspeople and advertise the Highland City. The hearing before railroad commissioners is set for Oct. 24 in Boston.
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Charles &. Stevens
Boston, Waltham &Western Street Railway
Stevens
Railroad Commissioners
Boston
Widermen
Waltham and Marlboro
Boston, Waltham & Marlboro
Boston, Waltham & Western
Marlboro
Highland City
Waltham
Fitness for Citizenship and the Judges’ Role
The Kansas City World argues naturalization should test applicants’ grasp of citizenship duties over mere knowledge of American history. It condemns shallow answers as signs of poor fitness and urges judges to assess responsibility, judgment, and civic spirit in addition to tests of intellect.
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United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Concord Maynard Hudson trolley timetable 1901
Concord Maynard and Hudson streetcar schedule effective March 8 1901 details trip times between Concord Hudson Maynard Stow Center Gleasondale and surrounding points with connections to Boston Lowell Acton and Worcester rail lines. Includes hourly and half hour patterns Sunday variations and charter options. John W. Ogden superintendent notes.
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Concord
Hudson
Concord Junction
P. m. Maynard
A. m
P. m. Stow Center
Aya
de Gleasondale
Tech
P. m. Gleasondale
Maynard
Sudbury St. Maynard
Clinton
Worcester
Leominster
Fitchburr
Lexington
Boston
St. Ry. Co
Lowell
Waltham
Acton
Acton & Maynard
RY. CO
Lowell, Acton
Maynard-roeartt
So Acton
John W. Ogden
Mass
Taunton Division Train Schedule Corrected Oct 6 1907
New timetable for N Y N H R railroad Taunton division lists limited stop routes from Marlboro to Boston Southboro South Framingham and back with multiple daily departures and arrivals including Sundays. Other connections run Boston to Marlboro Northboro Clinton Fitchburg and Lowell with numerous times and flag stops indicated.
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Taunton
Marlboro
Boston
Southboro
South Framingham
Framingham
Northboro
Clinton
Fitchburg
Fayville
Leommeter
Ithy
Lowell
South
Lowel
South Sudbury
Concord Junction
Framinghethe
Boston Board schedules hearing on electric railroad line
Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners announces a hearing on the Atherton Rogers et al petition for the Boston Waltham and Western Electric Railroad Company. The proposed line would run through Waltham Marlborough Weston Wayland Sudbury and Maynard with service notices to the involved cities and towns.
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Beacon Street
Boston
Waltham Evening News
Marlborough Enterprise
Sudbury Enterprise
Maynard Enterprise
Wayland
Waltham
Marlborough
Weston
Sudbury
Maynard
Charles B. Mann
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Japan
Standard Oil CO. OF New York (Incorporated
James Knox Polk
Kennebec River
Kansas_ City World
Standard Oil Co
Ivers«Pond Pianos
Sv Eo Eee
Sametepe
Robt
C. Mains
Market St
Amenburg
JOSN
Adama House
A. Somer
4Th
G. M
Difice
Fred Arvidson
Avon
Kreast
Joseph Grady
Tremont Bt
Monro
Sun
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Story CO
N. Y
N. Ho & H. Railroad
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Ieudealagh
Munn & Co
New York
St. Washingon
D. Cy
Marlborough Savings. Bank Marlborough
William D. Burdett
Charlés—F.—Holyoke, Tedder
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