Liberty Bell in Danger Delays in Exposition Bid
Panama Exposition and California seek to borrow the Liberty Bell for an exhibit as the crack in the bell widens a third of the way around its original fracture. Philadelphia curators report the second crack has extended slightly since its last journey, reinforcing debate over whether the relic should travel again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ince
Commonwealth of California
Philadelphia
Wilfred Jordan
Independence Hall
Jordan
Republic
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
Assembly of
Pennsylvania
England
State House
Province of Pennsylvania
Thomas Lester
White Chapel
London
Isaac Morris
Budden
America
Herman Pass
Island of
Malta
Jacob Stow
Charles Stow
Assembly
Pass
Stow
Bisa
Tdes
Delaware
Polly
Boston
Lexington
State House Yard
Carpenter's Hall
John Nixon
Old State House
Lord Cornwalls
Washington
Great Britain
Walt Whitman’s winter work for W Childs in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia editor recalls Walt Whitman in Camden in December. The poet as a courier for W Childs reports on winter needs with a $50 monthly wage. Whitman rode horse cars to gauge drivers’ coat sizes and notify Childs for uniform fittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Whitman
Alfred Noyes
Philadelphia
Walt
Mickle Street
Camden
W. Childs
Childs
Cure for skin disease and aviation dam warning tale
An old advertisement features a skin disease cure claim for Cuticura Soap and Ointment by P John Dumrauf with a 1912 date, plus a Mercy of Aviators warning about Panama Canal dam vulnerability by aviator Robert Glowler. The piece also includes vignettes about a boy named Willie, Castoria bottle safety, and a quip about public gathering demand and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straubs Lane
Pittsburgh
N. S. Pa
John Dumrauf
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Robert G—lowler
Panama
Gatun
Shoes and feet relief powder ad and satirical legal note
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for smaller shoe size fit and instant foot relief at dances. A Kansas judge's ruling on marital wardrobe ownership is satirically noted, suggesting a husband may wear his wife's bonnet if costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Kansas
Complication of Woman’s Ills in Athens Texas
A testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief of long standing female illnesses. The letter from Mrs. Saran R. Waitney notes improvement and a younger appearance after use. The ad touts nationwide success over 30 years and invites confidential correspondence to the Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Saran R. Waatney
R. F.D. No
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Masas
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Liberty Bell
Willie
Wille
User Y
Fletcher
Stevens-Duryea Webb
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Broadway
New York
Donto Smith
Locust Valley
Bright
Vaughan
Park Place
Brooklyn
N.Y
W. N. Y. New York
Carter
Ackerman
A. Ackerman
14Th Street
Mewark
H. 2
Harold Tech
Shaveinee
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J.S. Crawford
Genesea Street
Syracuse
H. Y
Ottawa
Daisy Fly Killer
Express
Warold Bomerb
Defalb Ave
Alestate
Ume
F.w.greshan Selling & Buying Agency
Liberty St
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