Potatoes and pastries feature in city sale listings
Local notices from Erie area papers list specials at Steen's and Knowlton's for potatoes, hayridens and various goods. Advertisements note rooms for rent, a pastry cook needed, and a large stock of items including 10 pound baby scales, frames, and glasses. Also reported are travel notices, a funeral announcement, and a motor factory development with local funding.
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Jerome Haight
Steen’s
Wright
Skinner, Jr
Oil City
Capitol
Citienn
Elizabeth Gordon
The Habit Inethold Furni MpeCo Case Notes
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local business notice with scattered names Erle and Pa. The misspelled phrases hint at a furniture company and a possible listing or ad. Readable bits are insufficient for a clear event, date, or outcome.
Local notices and city gossip from Jamestown and Corry areas
The snippet notes price ads for coal from Alden Ragon Co and a park opening planned for Celoton Park on May 28 with theater access on Memorial Day. It reports a mild whooping cough decline while mumps rise, a Greenville chicken ordinance, plus two nonfatal auto accidents, passenger rail flyers to Buffalo around May 1, and pedestrian-safety concerns. It mentions local names Mrs C D Stevens and Miss Cornish in Seneca and West Main streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Alden-Ragon Goal Co. Ltd
Ajax Building
Celoton Park
Jamestown Journal
Warren Mirror
Greenvile
Jamestown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pillsbing
Buffalo
Nawa
Grady Expects to Retire From Public Life
Albany April 11 Senator Grady of New York announces plans to retire from public life after next August. He states there is no possibility of remaining in politics beyond that date and refuses further involvement in a presidency or fraternal order at a large scale.
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Albany
Griy
New York
Tutenda
Roar
Tublte Fe
Sesiatoy Nidy
Poseibiity
Colne
Vables
Hetiealo
Xprvige
Lincoln anecdote and stage salary notes from 19th century periodical
An omnibus extract recounts a perceived and abrupt interview with President Lincoln ending with a sharp rebuke about meddling. It also surveys The Actor's Share, detailing pay scales across roles in a first class operetta including stars, principals, actors, and chorus members with typical weekly wages.
Halley's Comet Sighted in Washington Observatory
Halley's Comet was sighted today by Professor Ashiap Hall at the naval observatory using a telescope. At 4:50 am he noted the comet's position one hour forty minutes west of the kun, with Earth to pass through Halley’s path on May 19 and forecast it would not return for about 50 years.
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Halley
Washinxton
Ashiap Hall
Naval Observatory
Tall Aay
Yerkes Rug Sale Attracts Major Attendants In New York
A damaged archival note details the Yerkes rug sale at the Ardebil masque war site yielding 835 000 with seven large attendees. Bidders reportedly paid strong sums as notable purchasers and early bidders are named. The event tied to a metropolitan museum director and figures like Jedward Rob and Thomas Clark, with Mr Yerkes credited with a substantial donation.
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New Yorke
Yerkes
Ailbethrs
Musninn
Min
Larry) Walrath
Charles Mt
Thomas Blark
Aving
Jedward Rob
Metrorolitan Museun
Bi Tobi
Munford
Patel
Niveeh
Woman suffragists to push plan before Senate and Assembly
In April Alba a delegation of suffragists continues lobbying both chambers. They report their aim to press the franchise measure before the Senate Judiciary and other committees, seeking to secure passage or at least formal consideration for a suffrage proposal.
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Senate
Alba
Guifragiste
Lavoanita
Emal Iminehiwe
Noeler
Georgy A. Doyle
Arnaro
Clateney Mackay
Wife Shoots Husband In Domestic Tragedy
Walter Caldwell was shot and killed by his wife Mary Caldwell in their home. She is jailed claiming the act was in self defense after a confrontation in which she says he threatened to tell her of marriage with another woman Nelle Ardot died earlier that evening. She pulled a revolver from under a pillow and fired.
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Ciominss
Walter Caldwell
Mary Caldwell
Mod
Morence to Amar: Ike Vosnuel Claims Florentine Ancestry
April Countess Amar notes Ike Vosnuel as a direct descendant of a Florentine navigator with nine years of age death attributed to senility. The fragment hints at lineage claims and a political or social naming theme.
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America
Morence
Amar
Ike Vosnuel
The Ladies Furnishing Store Ad Highlights In Store Deals
An old advertisement notes ready to wear skirts at five dollars and rain coats caps serges and rubberized silk priced from twelve to twenty dollars. It touts curtains nets scrim and fabrics from inexpensive tones to upscale yards, with mentions of gowns and chasing white drones in fabric selections.
Umbrella Insurance Return Nears After Ownership Issue
A brief note states the umbrella policy and its name on feature are nearly returned to the owner. It warns that removing name-on would ruin the umbrella and confirms no extra charge for the name-on option.
Cost and yields of Nova Scotia apple growing in 1900s
A Nova Scotia correspondent analyzes apple production costs and outputs, detailing fertilizer types and amounts, labor and equipment costs, and per-tree performance. The piece cites specific prices for inputs like phosphate, nitrate, and basic slag, plus expected barrel yields by age groups of trees and farm labor economics.
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Nova Scotia
New Yorker
Campire
Kore
Ut Ik
Juintnr Wrods
Mountin’ Howe
Epinig
popBble Ca
Paul Im Ane Welver
Pouriesantie
Grafting Tomatoes and Potatoes A Primer From The Country Gentleman
The Country Gentleman advises grafting techniques for tomato potato and similar herbaceous plants. It details saddle graft splice graft paddle graft methods, cut angles stock and scion shaping, and proper securing with soft cloth and gentle coverage to prevent rapid evaporation and wilting.
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A. E. Pettit
Florist
E. Mainst
Ben Tox
Union
F. M. Parkhurst
N. Center St
Corry, Pa
Morris
G. W. Morris
Center ‘Street
Stone
Stone's
Llu
Iook
Eure Hotel
Steen
Pean
Knowlton's
Nes Reir
Europen
First Avenue
Stork
G_N. Roberts
Sag Suauly
Shevly
Main Street
Erie
Columbus
Aldon-Ragon,Coal Cy, Ltd
Weeks
Meadville
Lillian Paddock
Requimr
Corey Men's Federation
M. B. Church
Edward Payson Weston
National Hotel
Lake Shore
Weston
John A. Crook
Jones Bros
Wild Wear
Steward
Raul Wayne
Orst
Inéthold FurnimpeCo
Re Corry Floral Co
Columbus Avenue
Center Street
Otto
Shrock
Propr
Inteauhuran
Kintor Ihnstrom
Linsbago
Toll
Olan Wiiks Parry
C. D. Stevens
Seneca Street
H. D. Arters & Son
South First Ave
Corry, Panis
R. G. Lindsley & Son Chemiote and Grupgiots
Firat Avenue
George Bar McCutchoon
Beverly
Library Theater
Grady
Lincoln
Colywwl
Clire
Tully Dia Hines
Potomac
Priian Donma
Ding
Fango
Show Girls
Everybody' S Magazine
Yerkes Rug Sale
Mer
the Ladies Furnishing Store
Maten
Umbrella Insurance
Gost
TOM Ovens
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