Editorial envisioning a utopian United States in 1908
A satirical Harper's Weekly editorial from March 14 1908 imagines a transformed nation. It envisions a world with no saloons, universal pensions, abolished duties, and leaders like Jack London Bryan in power, critiquing excesses of wealth and reform movements.
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Methodist Church
United States Army
Jack London
Bryan
Congress
Arthur Brisbane
Upton Sinclair
Supreme Court
Harpera Weekly
Rabies Control Measures Prompt Action Across Cities
State health officials warn of a rabies outbreak spreading from Maine to New Jersey and Delaware. Thousands of dogs are being slaughtered or muzzled. homeless dogs to be killed. New York ships preventive virus to physicians at $25 per dose, with rapid dispatch and payment expected. East 16th Street health department staff work day and night to prepare the virus for inoculations.
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State Board of Health
Alsw
State Board
Maine
New Jersey
Pennayavada
Delaware
Amr
State Health Department
New York
Department of Health
East 16Th Street
Pneumonia scare ends with King's New Discovery praise
Skippers Virginia resident Jesep Morris recounts a 1906 pneumonia scare and rapid recovery after using Dr King s New Discovery. He credits two and a half bottles for his recovery and hails it as a world beating cough and lung disease remedy sold at N F Clayton s drug store 50c and 100 trial bottle free. Corroborating testimonials praise Electric Bitters and Bucklen s Arnica Salve with guarantees at the same store for various ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesep P. Morris
Skippers
Dr. King
N. F Clayton's
Leap to Fame Cat of Smithsonian Curio Draws Crowd
A Smithsonian display in Washington presents a tale of a fearless cat that climbed the unfinished Washington Monument, leaped about 500 feet to land on all fours, and was later killed by a terrier. The preserved skin was mounted and placed under glass in a Smithsonian exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution At Washington
Washington Monument
Sound Waves Deflected by Atmospheric Causes
A Washington scientist explains wind and temperature differences bend sound waves, reducing reach from expected 1500 miles to about two miles. atmospheric deflection explains the discrepancy. Also notes cough types, underdog psychology, Marquesas tattoo art, a London court intoxication quip, and light humorous exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Washington
Minnneapolis
They Were Good Eatera and Other Fragments
A collection of quaint anecdotes and early culinary notes. It recounts a Scottish hostess with hearty hospitality and a minister’s ironic exchange about baskets of fragments, a political quip at Brooks on government powder, and a brief history of the sausage from ancient goat stomachs to 1500s German spiced links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman McLeod
Mrs. MacLaren
Brooks
Coke
Fox
Adam
Prince of Wales
Fitzgerald
London
Homer
Germany
Frankfort
Strassburg
Gambetta's Lost Eye and Other Tales in Contrivance
A collection of brief anecdotes and vignettes from Contrivance including the Gambetta tale about losing the second eye, a boy who wanted a watch, a tender memory of a wife's face, and a quip about a magistrate misnaming a sentence. Also notes a wasp capturing a fly and a stray meditation on childhood education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fynne
London Reader
Auction Notice of Bennett Estate in Middlesex County NJ
By order of the Orphans Court Middlesex County New Jersey Andrew Bennett estate administratrix Emma J Bennett offers the Andrew Bennett property for sale as the highest bidder on April 22 1909. The sale covers multiple parcels totaling about 26 acres in Monroe Township including tract numbers and described boundaries. Proctors George & Patterson of New Brunswick oversee the proceedings with taxes and assessments due.
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the Orphana' Court
Middlesex
New Jersey
Antrew Boonett
Monroe
County of Middlesex
Ingay
Zevo
Andrew Bennett
Janenburg
Rhode
Jumenburg
Lylaw
Bulnga
Mapine
John Barnickle
Luoda
Johanion Bannan
Mey Ake
Atuke
Alehty
Thanco
Thaney
Ithone Hall
Jamesburg
Daniel Bennets
George Bennett
Neorper
D & F. L. Buckylew
Jamon Buckalawe
Emma J Bennett
Woodbridge & March
Proctors
Proctors For Administratria
George & Paternon Bt
New Brunswick
N.d
Notices to creditors of Magee and Cruger estates in Middlesex
Barvey B Dey and Alonzo Magee executors of Benjamin Magee deceased, by the surrogate of Middlesex County, notify creditors to present debts demands against the estate within nine months or be barred. Also Mary A Cruger executrix of Charles Cruger deceased, by order of Middlesex County, calls creditors to file debts demands against the estate within nine months or be barred. Dated March 19 1908 and March 12 1908 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barvey B. Dey
Alonzo Magee
Benjamin Magee
Middinex
Benjam O Magee
Hamer
Mary A. Cruger
Charles Cruger
Middlesex
Mary A, Cruger
James Conover
John A. Doncan
John
Duncan
Notice to Creditors of Benn Osborn Estate
Mary E. Osoror administratrix of Benn Osborn deceased, by the surrogate of Middlesex County, gives notice to creditors to present debts and claims against the estate within nine months under oath or affirmation. Dated February 4, 1908, Mary E. Oszoka Administratrix.
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Mary E. Oaboro
Benn
Ta P. Osern
Mlddlesex
Benjamin F. Osborn
Oszoka
Georges R Thomas
Abijah
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Bucklen
Dr. Woolever
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Washington Herald
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Orien
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Ceneral
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R. P. Stilwell
W. M
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Tam
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Iron Age
Evava
Columbia
Crepair Spray Pumps
Target
Thomas Peppler
Hightstown, N. J
O’neils Cash Crocery Store
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Reeper
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Brooklyn
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
N. Y
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Chicago
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Portal
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Ill
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Normal School
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Trenton, New Jersey
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