Rural Free Delivery Sparks Madness Fears Among Wisconsin Farmers Wives
A Sun article from Madison argues rural free delivery raises insanity risk for farm families. It claims isolation increases as mail delivery reaches country homes and gossip at stores and neighbors declines, leaving wives more secluded and vulnerable to mental distress per state assertions.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsi
Ufe
Hermes
Thiaut
Tudligiipolis
Bicycle Industry Rebounds and Declines Through Cycles of Fashion
An 1890s census showed bicycles worth 2.5 million dollars produced in the United States, rising twelvefold in a decade then shrinking to one sixth in five years. The craze peaked in 1894 with many riding, racing, and fashion fueling roads, but abuses faded as motor cars grew. the author foresees a potential renewed, steadier use as makers improve quality and cut costs.
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Hater
Unwritten Law and the Call to Enforce Order
The Chicago Journal argues against private vigilante justice and mob rule, saying no man should wield death with impunity. It condemns the idea of the “unwritten law” as undermining a civic, orderly society and urges strict legal enforcement to protect innocent lives.
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Sandern
Noyan
Chicago Journal
Youths Companion Fitness Movement Gains Public Demand
A concise passage notes principles and stable public demand for a healthful, agreeable form of exercise and movement, endorsed by Youth's Companion as a guiding source.
Defects in Navy Urge Inquiry into Fleet Readiness
A Washington periodical accuses the navy board of serious failures in the Atlante fleet including lack of coal ammunition and fire-control devices. It asserts turrets and armor are vulnerable with deceptive wooden shields and misplaced water lines. Rear Admiral Brownson concedes many points, calling for a congressional inquiry to reveal all facts. Kansas City World supports scrutiny.
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Naval Board
Navy
Washington
Pacific
Rojestvensky
Kearsirge
Kentucky
Saya
Amthral Brownson
Kansas City World
Girl Heroine in Columbia Disaster
Miss Maylulle Watson, seven, from Berkel Cab Bue, becomes a noted heroine after aiding others during the Columbia wreck. Despite not swimming, she wore a life preserver and urged a drowning companion to secure a seat in a lifeboat, risking her own life to help others.
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Columbia
Maylulle Watson
Berkel
Cab Bue
Miss Watson
Robert Hans
Hawse
San Pedro
Balancing Courage Across Armies in Colonial Context
A wartime observer notes women showing greater gallantry than men as death looms. He compares colonial forces, saying Germany’s colonies are five times larger than Germany, France eighteen times larger, and Britain ninety seven times larger than Britain herself.
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Germany
France
Britain
Sermon on Lard Inspires Courageous Lucy Ellen
A neighbor recalls Lucy Ellen in a kitchen where lard and pepper are used on a sore throat. The girl endures mistreatment and hardship, finding strength in a childhood sermon about lard and flannel that spurs her to face life’s trials with resolve.
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Lucy Ellen
Lucy Euet
Chevrily
Lucy
Lucey Filen
Lacey Ellen
Lucy Teas
Rome
Lucy Glen
Luce Ellen
Lucy Hien
Supreme Court Rules wife’s nonjoin in deed bars dower claim
A Pierce county case holds that a sale under a trust deed without the grantor’s wife joining is a judicial sale and thus bars her dower rights. Other cited rulings cover marriage promises amidst illness and attempted larceny under complicated trespass issues in Wisconsin and Washington courts.
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Supreme Court of Town
Pierce Vy. O'Neu
Northwestern Reporter
Grover
Zook
Pacific Reporter
Supreme Court of Washington
Imeeny
Topoleysakt v. State
Northwest
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Nnce
Walking and manners in urban life prompt old reflections
The fragment discusses how men and women should walk with grace and vigor, noting women appear despaired and repeatedly describe varied gaits. It laments mechanical joy in walking and hints at social judgments affecting behavior and perceptions of the broken heart amid high death rates.
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London
Baby Cured Rapidly By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Hattie Currier of Thomaston Maine reports a nine month old baby with rash on face and feet suffering nightly. She used Cuticura Ointment and claims rapid improvement within hours and complete relief after a box. She also says it removed cradle cap leaving scalp cleansed and healed.
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Cuttenora
Hattie Currier
Thomaston
Temperature Changes With Altitude And Foot Care Remedy
Atmospheric temperature drops about one degree every 800 feet climbed and rises the same amount when descending. North Pole near zero while equator varies between 80 and 100 degrees. In travel, one degree colder per seventy to eighty miles north, and two degrees warmer per seventy to eighty miles south. Allen's Foot-Ease powder soothes feet, cures corns, bunions, swollen and sore feet, and ingrown nails. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents, samples free.
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North Pole
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Identifying U S Animals and Hoof Brand Systems
The Army branding rules identify public animals with U S on the left fore hoof and horse units by hoof brands like CB9 for band 0th Cavalry or A5 for Troop A 5th Cavalry. Branding irons are issued by the quartermaster and letters precede numbers on one hoof.
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Bennding
Uncle Sam
Washington Post
Quartermaster’s Department
Newport News
Casey
Army
U. S
Sth
Battalion of Engineers
BEA
Postum Claims Sleep Boost by Dropping Coffee
A California woman says quitting coffee and using Postum improved her sleep and energy. She notes sleepless nights after drinking coffee and credits Postum with waking refreshed and vigorous. The account references a brother who stopped coffee after trying Postum and avoided sour stomach. The piece cites home testimonials about caffeine withdrawal effects.
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Calif
Postum
Andy
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