A Thorough Investigation by a Ladies Club Member
Annie Stone Sykes recounts a covert probe at a lunatic asylum in Allington suburb. She interviews the managing physician Dr G Y Scarborough gardener Timothy Boumin and a housekeeper Eupin Chandler uncovering alleged patient neglect and theft. committee letters name Scarborough Boumin and Chandler as patients aiding exposure efforts.
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Tam
Allington
Asglum
Asylum
Fat Last
G. Y. Scarborough
Alington
Dart
Asyvloni
Chalmman
Gh Yo Scarborough
Timothy Boumin
Eupin
Chindler
Ian To
Tpot
Alwiass
Annie Stone Sykes
Ely's Cream Balm Sets A National Household Standard
Ely's Cream Balm is a trusted remedy found in thousands of homes nationwide. It is kept in the family medicine closet for immediate relief at the first signs of a cold and sneezing. A day or two of use is said to prevent a lingering catarrh by stopping the cold early.
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Ely
S.S.S
S S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Old rail station sold to the government for 1.5 million
The former Sixth Street rail road station in Washington is sold to the government for 1,500,000. A Maryland Belair area farmhouse once home to Ed win Booth and his brothers now serves as a summer boarding house. An ancient Dutch Bible with Cain and Abel depictions found near Hu mansdorp Cape Colony. A 14.5 pound lobster arrives at the New York aquarium with a 14 inch claw circumference. Southern Pacific bans hats and white shirts in lumber yards sparking labor complaints. Captain Kaneo, a Japanese officer, arrives in Springfield to study rifle production at the US armory. Grand pines on Bryant lot near Newcastle Missouri survive for generations, rumored to be original Pun kin pines.
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Washington
Maryland
Edwin Booth
Belair
Humansdorp
Cape Colony
Cain
Abel
New York Aquarium
Southern Pacific
Kaneo
Springfield
Mass
War Department
United States Armory
Newcastle
Plays and Players in Fall Theater Plans
Berth Galland has secured a new play by Bronson Howard for possible season production. Paul Armstrong wrote a farce "Going Some" to be staged in Chicago in the spring. Signor Ermete Novelli leaves for home, vowing not to visit this country again. "Love's Lottery" with Mme. Schumann-Heink will be revived. Stock companies revert to old plays like The Cherry Pickers and Charley's Aunt.
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Berth Galland
Bronson Howard
Paul Armstrong
Cbhierago
Signor Ermete Novelli
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Flippant Flings in Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of quotes from Chicago Record Herald Cleveland Leader Cleveland Plain Dealer and Galveston News humorously noting attitudes toward work romance transportation and fashion. It references inter national marriages shrinking violets New York ideas and Senator Gore s bill restricting mail and telegraph use for speculative proposals of marriage.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Cleveland Leader
New York
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gore
Galveston News
Pithh and Point Sayings For Everyday Life
A collection of aphorisms from the Atchison Globe debating lines people should draw, personal shame guiding better conduct, listeners not hearing sympathy, self-satisfaction as a path to pleasing others, and the busy pursuit of new troubles.
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Atchison Globe
Home Hints and Practical Cleaning Tips
A borax or ammonia mixture cleans windows and paint without soap. Boiling water makes it effective. glass cleans with fewer streaks and polishes well. Using woven rugs from carpet rags with bright warp yields durable kitchen rugs. Do not put rock salt in traps as it can corrode brass fittings and porcelain components while drawing moisture.
English Etchings and Army Recruitment in Britain
Recruits for the British army show regional patterns with London and Dublin supplying a third. Treasure trees are crown property and noncompliance carries punishment. British railways employ about 1,000 men with 4,403 mechanics and 67,168% engine drivers firemen and cleaners, 9,? permanent way, and 66,098 clerks. Lord Curzon argues entering the Lords would strain him, fueling calls for reform of the upper chamber.
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London
Dublin
British Railways
New York City Charity Spending and Real Estate Activity
New York City will spend 2,287,944 for charity this year and 62,202 for Bellevue and al Hed hospitals. Manhattan averages 57 mortgages daily, totaling about 2,000,000. The city has 652 letter carriers delivering mail, paid up to 1,200 a year.
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Manhattan Island
New York City
Bellevue
al- Hed
New York
Daily Journal delivery price listed
The Daily Journal offers home delivery to any city area for 10 cents a week.
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the Daily Journal
A Maudlin Courtship of Margaret Parke
Margaret Parke, portrayed as superior for intellect and dignity, rejects social jealousy. Emerson Falkner courts her through shared literary interests and lectures, then faces a silent love that becomes friendship. A summer illness and violet gifts lead to a betrothal, revealed letters, and a hidden romance tale from Louise Farrell.
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Margaret Parke
Emerson Falkner
Falkner
Beethoven
Wagner
Miss Burke
Palloner
Tutet
Miss Parke
Parkner
Miss Clarke
Fadkner
Ife
Miss Sarke
Sone
Toomie
Heart
Louise Farrell
Sever Stars Hotel at Willace Green Public House
A fragment notes the Sever Stars Hotel at Willace Green Pit.tas serving as a public house for dold Vermie Pt with headquarters of Greneral Cortwallis in 1777.
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Sever Stars
Willace Green
Pit
Dold Vermie
Greneral Cortwallis
Training the Young Vines: Short or Long Pruning
F T Biollett of the University of California explains stake selection and pruning for grapevines across seasons. Details cover stake size from 1.25 to 2 inches square, driving depth, placement, and wind alignment, plus winter and spring pruning methods for short and long pruning strategies and cane development.
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F. T. Biolettt
University of California
California
Greenhouse tomato forcing and spray guidance in the south
In eastern Virginia cheaper winter tomato forcing is possible due to abundant sunshine and mild spells, while cold frames demand high gardener skill. The North Carolina lettuce frames show steam use as a step toward winter work and lime sulfur spray must thoroughly cover each scale to kill San Jose scale.
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Virginia
Atlantic
South Atlantic
North Carolina
San Jose
When does a little to his wife asks no woman writer
Duluth Herald reports a cryptic remark about a husband’s conduct toward his wife, reflecting on social attitudes toward marriage in the local area. The snippet hints at gender expectations and literary commentary without detailing events or individuals.
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Duluth Herald
Hair thin but proud lawmaker spares Hamlin in Maine history
In the forties Maine House stories recount a well dressed but hair sensitive member who distrusted Hannibal Hamlin after a joke about a hair crossing. Hamlin later ran for US Senate. the man refused to vote for him, lost then won a later vacancy. Lives of Twelve Illustrous Men.
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Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
House of Representatives
Meghechivas
Pfamlin
Hamlin
United States Senate
A writer’s life stages laid out in seven-year spans
A writer outlines life as seven year blocks: at three times seven a man gains legal competence. at four times seven he has full strength. at five times seven he can do worldly business. at six times seven he becomes grave and wise if fate intends. at seven times seven he reaches apogee and then decays. eight times seven marks first climacteric. nine times seven marks grand climacteric. and ten times seven reaches the allotted life span.
New Orleans Man Proves Chicken Survives 23 Days Without Food
A New Orleans man swore an affidavit that a chicken left in a box in a cellar endured twenty three days without food or water. The tale says the bird was forgotten by former tenants during a family move and found alive though emaciated by the time the cook explored the cellar.
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New Orleans
Time Tables for Rail Numbers and Routes
R R time schedules show arrivals and departures for Omaha St Paul Dubuque Ft. Dodge Sioux City and Omaha lines with listed numbers and times. It notes south bound arrivals from Decatur Freeport and connections via Rock Island Milwaukee Janesville Madison and Kenosha with agent J B Swehatt.
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Omaha Lim
St. Paul Lim
Dubuque
Ft. Dodge
Sioux City
Omaha
Dodge Fx
Omba Lian
St. Pauium
Decatur
Wavenport
Chicago
Rock Island
Milwauke
Janesville Madison
Kenene City
Cedar Rapids
Poate
North
South Dakota
J.B. Swehatt
St Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Afarshall Town
Des Moines
Kansas City
Paul
St Joseph
Kansan City
WM. Nedle
Agenc J. P. Elmer
G. P
Peul Mies
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