Fisk Recalling Presentment Praises Forts Progres sive Liquor Laws
Plainfield Mayor Charles J. Fisk, foreman of the Union County Grand Jury, approves Governor Forts message on liquor excise reform. He supports state licensing increases and a state board for license revocation, while urging a $1,000 to $1,500 fee scale and earlier closing hours to curb brewery power and illicit sales.
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Charles J. Fisk
Plainfield
Union County Grand Grand Jury
Governor Fort
Grand Jury
Tate
Fisk
Fanwood
Perth Amboy
Mant
Union Grand Jury
Elizabeth
Frank Sommer
Essex County
Lindley Murray the Grammarian and Botanist
Lindley Murray born in Swatara Pennsylvania in 1745 became a renowned grammarian. He studied law, married, and during the Revolution retired to Long Island then pursued commerce in New York before traveling to England where he died in 1836. His English Grammar became a staple in schools and he later focused on botany at Holdgate Gardens.
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Lindley Murray
Swatara
Long Island
New York
Hudson
England
York
Holdgate
Royal Gardens
Kew
Favorite Prescription for Nursing Mothers and Women
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a potent restorative for nursing mothers and women with weak systems. It claims relief from headaches backache dragging pains and menstrual irregularities and promotes a permanent cure through faithful use. The copy touts medical endorsement and invites readers to request a free booklet on the remedy.
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Ife
Pierce
Nursinganothers
Cohol
Pierze
Odd Climbs in Victorian Ads and 19th Century Notes
A jumble of 19th century curiosities: schoolmasters printed on cakes, Empress Eugenie’s diamond quill pen used in major treaties, a Ward family wedding quill tied to Vienna signed powers, and German brandy monopoly plans with high state profits. Also remarks on Dutch representations on British stages and quill pens linked to treaty history.
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Vaud
Eugenie
Paris
Mr. Ward
Lord Bangor
Vienna
Ward
Germany
Foreign exploration, pets, and oddities in the era
Foreigners of various nationalities explore for minerals in Colombia while a dog bites its owner’s nose in Long Island. A man in St Louis is fined ten dollars after chasing a rabbit across a cemetery. High tide flushes rats from Boston piers as shopkeepers react. Italians migrating to South American ports totaled eighty thousand last year. A Bronx zoo parrot dies after a hemorrhage from loud noises. Reported curiosities include hatless Spain and flower adoptions, twins in Chicago confusing a dentist, Calvi fishermen fearing a sea monster, and a 240 pound hog causing chaos in Brooklyn. Prices rise in Italy with food costs at records, and a Wells cathedral statue resembles Campbell-Bannerman. Other notes mention legal debates on motor car parts, an ancient anchor found in Kennebec, Alaska’s Verden’s fortune after migration, China’s mail sovereignty, and Carnegie School surveying at night in Pittsburgh.
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John Case
Long Island
Case
Wiliam E. Robinson
St. Louis
Boston
United States
Bronx
N. Y
Zoological Park
Spain
Moore
Chicago
Charles A. Street
Calvi
Corsica
Brooklyn
Jones Hill
Enfield
Nhs
North End
Enfield Center
Milan
Italy
German printers weigh American presses against labor costs
An analysis contrasts American and German printing industries, noting higher German labor costs and heavier machines. It discusses press reliability, local warehousing needs, and German typographic practices, with observers citing speed, cost, and maintenance as key factors in adopting new equipment. The piece ends with a New York Press exchange about a bet.
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America
Alan Sbeest
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