Old Time Breakfast at Mount Vernon Diary Excerpt
Ohio State Journal recounts Manasse Cutler's visit to Mount Vernon two years after Washington's death. Mrs Washington hosts a breakfast of cold ham cold corned beef cold fowl cold mutton with parsley garnishes and tea and coffee. The piece contrasts early 19th century fare with modern rolls eggs and coffee.
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Manasse Cutler
Ohio
Mount Vernon
General Washington
Washington
Ohio State Journal
Drummer recounts famous knockout near Pittsburg
A Cincinnati drummer recalls a single life changing moment when he knocked out a famed middleweight in a Pittsburg hotel lobby. He fled across the river within ten minutes, then spent three days until fear subsided.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Chicago News
Little Mrs Mataprop and the Hospital Word Play
A seven year old named Bessie Green amuses relatives with odd word choices in letters. While in hospital she shares a playful exchange about being convalescent and later writes I am convulsive, prompting a note of infection. the aunt’s humor highlights their family humor in Tippincott’s.
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Bessie
Moggs Triumphs as Opponent Misses Crucial Putts
Moggs tells Pearson's Weekly he never saw better golf and asserts he won the match. He praises his opponent for missing every drive and brassie, while Moggs himself approached the hole perfectly and did not miss a putt. Wilson asks about the result.
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Moggs
Wilsop
Wilson
Mogga
Pearson'’s Weekly
Weary Pathfinder Quips About Corporations
In a brief quip, the Pathfinder character complains about corporations, joking that they lack actions and calling them cor porations in a humorous dialect.
Hope Still Prompt in Aiding Honest Officials
A fragmentary record shows a speaker insisting no man has bribed him, addressing gentlemen amid a crowd. The line emphasizes integrity and a wary public atmosphere.
Edgerton Finds Solace on Egerton Farm in May Mountain Vision
James A Edgerton recounts leaving New York to edit at Egerton Farm. He describes urban madness, a mountain revelation, and discovering a new life with family on a valley farm, finding happiness and purpose in open country and nature. He likens the shift to Columbus discovering himself and notes repeated journeys to the farm.
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James A. Edgerton
New York
Manhattan Island
Columbus
God
Stomach trouble prompts Kodol remedy call
A medical note urges taking Kodol to prevent chronic dyspepsia and strengthen the stomach. It warns that ignoring early stomach upsets delays recovery and recommends purchasing Kodol today from R. F. Billings.
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R. F. Billings
State School Poll Tax Due to Browning and Randall
Poll tax now due and payable to the undersigned or may be paid to Atty William J Randall at the corner of Sixth and Main Streets. D M Browning Deputy County Assessor.
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Atty
Wm.j. Randall
Sixth and Main Streets
D. M. Browning
Dep. Co
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Liver Pills Ad
Classified advertisement for DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills sold by K K. F. Billings. Emphasizes safety ease pleasantness and reliability as a small item in independent want ads.
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DeWitt’s
Kk. F. Billings
DeWitt
R. F. Billings
Anaheim Firny to Manufacture Crates
Anaheim California folding crate firm receives a carload of machinery and will begin installation at once. The plant aims for a capacity of 1000 crates daily and expects to be in operation within six weeks.
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Anaheim
Cal
California Folding Crate Company
Proper Salute and Etiquette Aboard a Man of War
The San Francisco News Letter non fiction piece instructs landlubbers on naval decorum. It covers saluting the flag upon boarding and leaving, using deck terms starboard port and below on deck, and warns against entering officers quarters or tipping crew. It notes the admiral’s right to privacy and the navy’s pride and modest ladders for ladies.
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Jack Tar
Navy
San Francisco
Medals for Bravery Awarded for Railroad Heroism
The United States Medal for Life Saving on Railroads honors bravery on rail lines. The president, advised by the Interstate Commerce Commission, awards bronze medals with a gold enamel button after affidavits from eyewitnesses and a five-member commission approves. The obverse shows a man signaling a train, the reverse bears a laurel wreath and the inscription within.
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Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Interstate. Commerce Commission
Compositors in Japan and the limits of linotype
Tokyo Asahi Shimbun editor K Sugimura notes the difficulty of using linotype machines in Japan due to forty seven letters and over 3000 Chinese characters. He says compositors must walk the room to fetch a single character rather than work at one case.
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K. Sugimura
Tokyo Asahi Shimbun
Japan
Tokyo
Insane asylum resident requests fashionable sleeve straitjacket
In the asylum a patient in cell T7 objects to her straitjacket. She insists on one with fashionable sleeves just arrived, prompting the manager to insist she cannot have it. The keeper explains the request is for a new style.
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Insane Asylum
Miss Gaddie’s Trade In Gossip Rattles Town
Gossip columnist Miss Gaddie is famed for knowing everyone’s affairs. The Catholic Standard and Times notes her business is in everyone’s business, wholesale in scope but careful with scandal, retelling others’ affairs.
A Sufficient Reason Reflects on Plain Speaking
A Bohemian Magazine quote marks Brooke Gunson for blunt talk while TLynn notes his lack of synonyms. The exchange highlights personal accountability for words and deeds as a guiding principle.
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Brooke—Gunson
Tlynn
Bohemian Magazine
Iowans to Hold Sumter Picnic Tie Town Festival
The Association of Southern California announces the first summer outing to be held at Long Beach on Saturday August 18 1908. Long Beach invites Iowa residents and their families to East Lake Park for a grand annual reunion with free band music tables and a new badge granting coffee.
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Tie Town
Association of Southern California
Long Beach
East Lake Park
Iowa
Hunting tale of a four foot lynx near Hesperia
J T McCain tracked and killed a large lynx after a difficult struggle in the foothills near Hesperia. The beast measured four feet long and two feet one inch high. The skin was sent to a taxidermist for a rug to join McCann’s trophies.
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Hesperia
J.T. McCain
San Bernardino
Mr. McCann
Astronomers Gather at Mt Wilson Before Telescope Opens
World renowned scientists including Prof Kapteyn of Groningen and Prof Baldwin of Australia will visit Mt Wilson Observatory in Pasadena as the five foot telescope nears completion. Prof Kapteyn arrives in October and Prof Baldwin next month, with Dr. Mitchell from Haverford assisting on sun heat radiation studies. Kennedy laxative syrup also advertised for children and adults by R. F.
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Mt. Wilson
Pasadena
Kapteyn
Groningen
Holland
Carnegie Institute
Baldwin
Australia
Mt Wilson
Mitchell
Haverford College
Pennsylvania
S. S. Nichols
Columbia University
California Game Seasons Updated As Open Dates Declared
The dove season runs July 15 to October 15 and deer season until July 15. Current openings and closing times include trout and whitefish by November 15 steel head trout and salmon by September 17 black bass by January 1 and crabs by September 1.
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Egerton’s
Anaheim Firny
Bedlam
Kempis
California
Kennedy
F. A. Perkins
Corona, California
Main Street Livery
W. L. Gray
Prop
S Bus
Fashion Stables
Fred S. Alden Company
W. L. Douglas
Solid Leather Boys
Cameron
Cluett, Peabody & Co
Santa Ana
Eaton Hurlbut
Fred L. Wilkin
Masonic Block
Russ Lumber & Mill Co
Russ
Corona
J. M. Spining
West Sixth ST
Corona, Cal
Queen Colony Garage
Huxsan and Dean
Sixth Street
Glen Ivy
H.p. Reo
h.p.Kissel-Kar
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