Andrew Jackson A Soldier To President Of The United States
The seventh U S president Andrew Jackson was born in Union County North Carolina in 1787. He enlisted as a soldier at thirteen and led American forces at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 earning fame as Old Hickory. He died at The Hermitage near Nashville Tennessee in 1845.
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Martin Van Buren A Democratic Leader Of The Early Republic
Martin Van Buren the eighth president was born in Kinderhook New York. He served as secretary of state under Andrew Jackson and as vice president during Jackson's second term. His presidency saw the independent treasury system established for public funds. He ran for president three times and was defeated each time.
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Kinderhook
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William Henry Harrison’s Short Presidency and Death
William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. president, served about a month before dying in Washington on April 4, 1841 at age sixty nine. Born Berkeley County Virginia, he led in the northwest during the war as a major general and earned fame as a Indian fighter before retiring near North Bend and aligning with the Whigs in 1840 following the log cabin campaign.
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Berkeley
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Tates
Weathered woes and distant wars ripple through city pages
A collage of notices from Aug events reports and ads mentions DeWitt salve Kodol and Orine syrups sold by Riley the Druggist in Los Angeles Boston and Washington. It also covers a bank cashier William Brouse's suicide Raisuli captor news from Alcazar Tangier Lewistown and Portlant Oie rail expansion railroads and a bubonic plague update in San Francisco with health efforts underway.
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William Taft
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Old Chinatown
Profit and Loss Magazine Promotes Mining Investment
An advertorial note extols Profit and Loss Magazine as a growing independent mining investment publication. It offers a free sample by mail and urges readers to subscribe, highlighting 200 pages monthly and clubbing offers while denying stock sales.
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Profit and Loss Magazine
California
Denver
A Valuable Office Boy
An office scene shows a new boy slipping a note to his employer who reads that his pants are ripped. The exchange reads as a humorous anecdote from Ladies' Home Journal about workplace mishaps and admonitions.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
The Speedier Term in Parliament and Congress
A brief quip contrasts British and American political language. In England one stands for Parliament while in America one runs for Congress, highlighting a playful note on national phrasing and speed of action.
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America
Congress
York Praca
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