Child Labor Exhibit Details Grim Toll on Youths
National Child Labor committee tours reveal harsh realities in mills and mines. Photographs and affidavits document undernourished, sickly, and overworked children, many unable to attend school, with fatalities and crippling injuries tied to factory labor in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, and New York.
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United States
National Child Labor Committee
New York City
Statistica
Fourth Avenue
Twen Heth Street
Elizabeth McM. Dinwinddle
New York
North Carolina
Providence
Women’s Welfare Clubs
Alabama
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Bagaball
Trout Brooks
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Lea
Indiana
Michigan
Massachusetts
In Defense of Beef Tea and Its Accepted Reign
In defense of beef tea and meat broth the article traces its long use in sickrooms as comfort and a staple of prescribed diets. It cites Dr Thomas Darlington and Pawlows experiments noting broth stimulates gastric secretion aiding digestion with or after real food and asserts beef tea can be used with confidence as a valid digestive aid.
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Invalida
Thomas Darlington
New York Medical Journal
Armamentarium
Pawlow
Brighton Railway’s Excursion Trains and Nontransferable Tickets
The Brighton Railway company long experimented with cheap excursions and regular low fare services. A day trip to Brighton cost half a crown in the early 1870s, but losses on returned halves led to prosecutions of those selling or buying them. The case established that a ticket expresses a personal contract and is nontransferable, per the London Chronicle.
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Brighton Railway Company
Brighton
London Chronicle
A Good Risk in a Courtship Plot
A junior partner questions a traveling man about his treatment of goods while the senior partner defends him. The man’s aim to marry an heiress is stated as having strong prospects, framing the risk as a favorable social move. The dialogue hints at themes of ambition and potential fortune through marriage.
Stolen Love Letters Trigger Burglary Arrest Case
Archibald N Campbell was held in 1000 bail by Magistrate Butts in Yorkville court after being charged with taking a love letter from Miss Adelaide Lander, leader of the orchestra in the St George apartments. Detective Taczkowski kept the two dozen letters hidden as Campbell stood silent through the brief hearing. The janitress Mrs Louis Guyer testified they were good friends and that Campbell often visited. Campbell gave his address as the St George apartments. he is described as tall and slender, about thirty.
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Bob
Anly
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Charlie
Fairmont
W. Va
Savannah
Bosa
Savanah
Éellara
Adelaide Lander
St. George
Archibald N. Campbell
Butts
Yorkville
Miss Lander
Camp
Bell
Taczkowski
Cotor
Mra
Louis Guyer
Campbell
Mra. Guyer
Hye
New York
Matt
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Cited In Testimonial
A testimonial extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing numerous female ailments after two bottles. The ad highlights safety, natural roots and no narcotics, inviting readers to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. It also contains a humor piece about a talkative bull terrier and a Georgia voter anecdote.
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Lydia
Pinkhani
Pinkham Laboratory
Ati.mn
Lydia E Pinkham
Grape-Nuts and Postum Affects Blood and Skin
An Ohio woman credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with restoring health after years of stomach trouble headaches and a blotchy complexion. She reports weight gain from 90 to 120 pounds and a renewed constitution after removing coffee and other foods, praising the products and noting a doctor’s endorsement for gastritis treatment.
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Ohio
Pontum
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
Canada’s Census Shines On Growth Across Provinces
Canada’s ten year census shows population 7,081,869 with strong growth in prairie provinces and British Columbia. Alberta rises to 372,919, Saskatchewan 453,508, Manitoba 464,691, BC 362,768, while Winnipeg, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton emerge as thriving cities. Western development driven by fertile lands and new farms signals a bright economic future. Canada invites industrious citizens and highlights an upcoming Chicago land expo exhibit.
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Canada
Dominion Ia
United States
Republic
British Columbia
Alberta
Gasketchewan
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Heglua
Saskatoon
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Moosejaw
Chicago
Echo in the Valley: Gales, Cliffs, and a Vanished Spirit
A fragment from Puck tells of a silent valley where a playful Echo mocked those who broke its quiet. A group of Amart women sat nearby to play progressive whist, prompting the Echo’s disappearance as the Heho fled in consternation.
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Puck
Doan's Kidney Pills Ad With Local Testimony
A regional advertisement warns that kidney disease is deadly if ignored and urges readers with backache or bladder irregularities to try Doan's Kidney Pills. It cites a testimonial from G H Tuttle of Broken Bow Nebraska claiming complete cure after using the product from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
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G. H. Tuttle
Rogers Street
Broken Bow
Nebr
Mr. Tuttle
Dean
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Early Training and Proud Ancestral Tales
A fragment from Harper's Weekly notes a claim about ancestors who tortured with red hot punchers and a tongue in cheek belief that a woman can fit a much smaller size and still look happy. The quotation calls into question social norms of appearance and lineage with satirical tone.
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Harper's Weekly
Castoria Advertisement Claims Safe Remedy for Infants
An old newspaper ad touts Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It cites over 30 years of use and urges readers to provide Castoria for their children, phrasing “Children Cry for Pletcher's Castoria” and promoting a long-standing signature.
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Castoria
Pletcher
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