Washingtons Death Account by Obtu y Lear
Obtu y Lear records the final days of George Washington from his Mount Vernon diary. The narrative details Washingtons illness from December 12 to his death on December 14 1799 including bleeding consultations with Dr Craik Dr Dick and Dr Brown, various treatments, Washingtons final instructions to arrange papers and his expressed acceptance of death. Congress adjourned on news. a marble monument and national mourning were proposed.
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George Wishington
United States
Lear
WDS
Washington
Mount Vernon
Frank
Caroline
Mr. Rawlins
Rawlins
Doctor Craik
Craik
Doctor Brown
Tt Mint
Doctor Dick
Dooctor Craik
Tam
Oral
Lis
Mrs. Washington
Christopher
Molly
Charlotte
Congress
Philadelphia
Notable 1919 Elections and Social Facts Across Regions
Miss Mabel Gillespie of Boston elected vice president of the Massachusetts State Federation of Later. North Dakota council addresses surplus labor by assigning workers to farms. Every English prison has a library, but those condemned to month or less can not borrow. Iceland marks third year of enfranchisement for women. Columbia river Indians make bread from spruce berry. New Zealand debates postwar employment for returning soldiers. Japan’s top wrestlers descend from ancestors with wrestling lineage.
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Mabel Gillespie
Boston
Massachusetts State Federation
North Dakota State Council of Defense
Iceland
Columbia River
New Zealand
Japan
Worth Knowing on natural products and trade notes
India rubber trees yield sap for over 20 years with tapping every other day. Trade in human hair in the Far East is declining toward extinction. South Africa’s diamond production in the first half of 1938 reached 1,410,886 carats valued at 19,080,002 dollars.
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India
Far East
South Africa
Sleep and Spies in a Troubled Night Tale
A World War I vignette recalls doughboys returning to a German evacuated chateau. Private Stevenson seeks shelter and finds a spring bed, white linens, and a hidden danger below the bed. A German count once occupied the room, with a danger of discovery looming as the night wears on. The narrative blends military life with wartime humor and peril.
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Stevenson
Gray hair remedy and a rural Washington anecdote
An advertisement outlines a hair darkening remedy with Bay Rum Harbo Compound glycerine and water, claiming it darkens gray streaks without staining the scalp and is inexpensive to make at home. A senator shows a constituent the Washington monument, who quips that the tallest one story building is the darnedest sight he has seen.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Bhatt
Praquely
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root
The advertisement proclaims Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a trusted kidney liver and bladder medicine used with physician prescription for strength and natural support. It claims widespread pharmacist support and urges readers to start treatment or order a sample bottle by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton New York and mentioning the paper.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Proving It and the Real Estate Agent Quote
A wry saying contrasts actions over words by noting a man is engaged to a man of deeds and that a real estate agent may be the chosen partner. It hints at the value of alertness and timely speech in social cleverness.
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Coast
Canada
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Inchewanaramigration
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Detroit
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Chigago
Buffalo
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