Relation of Railroad Rates to General Business
A chronicler urges business leaders to accept higher railroad charges to improve operating and financial conditions. Citing Interstate Commerce Commission data, the piece notes rising taxes and costs, warns that weak rail service harms the broader economy, and argues investors must fund upgrades to sustain growth and employment. It emphasizes the link between transportation, food prices, and national prosperity.
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Htieni
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
St. Louis
United States Supreme Court
Consolidated Gas Company
Poor's Manual
New York
Maine
Minneapollis
Poston
New England
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Comet Phraseology Sparks Editorial Debate
The New York Tribune criticizes vague terms like "clos tial wanderer" for comets and mocks phrases such as a "dash to the pole" when actual orbits are known and progress slow. The fragment underscores editorial caution in scientific references.
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New York Tribuine
Irish woman builds a 28 foot wide flying glider
Miss Lillian Hand, an Irish woman, designed and built a 28 foot wing biplane glider for herself. The craft has completed several satisfactory glides and is controlled from the ground by ropes. The set and propellers will be fitted later.
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Anl
Lillian
First Fourth of July Letter by John Adams
John Adams writes to a friend on July 5 1776 declaring the unanimous passage of independence for the United States and predicting a grand future. He calls for a nationwide celebration with devotion to God and public displays while acknowledging the costs of liberty and the promise of posterity.
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John Adams
W. S. McCrea
Chicago
America
Entertainments for the Honored Day Parade Menu
The article outlines Fourth of July celebratory foods with breakfast and luncheon courses including salmon croquettes, crab rolls, and lobster sandwiches. It adds a patriotic table setting with red, white, and blue decorations, candlesticks, and Uncle Sam ornaments, plus suggestions for songs recitations and readings about the flag and Union.
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Lowell
Uncle Sam
Patriotic Program on the Lawn Narrows History to Children
A civic suggestion urges staging a patriotic program for children on the lawn. Build a small green backdrop with flags, invite a Civil War veteran as a seat of honor to share experiences, and involve an aged veteran from the Old Men's home if needed.
Home First Aid for Wounds and Burns
People receive guidance on treating ordinary wounds and minor burns at home. Instructions cover cleaning, applying oils or starch, binding large burns, using a tourniquet, controlling bleeding, and safely handling clothing fires with blanket or rolling techniques.
Skin Humor and Cure Prompts 1909 Testimony
A Boston man A. S. Keyes writes that Cuticura cured a years long skin disease after six months of doctors and hospital care failed. Another Philadelphia resident William J Sadlier reports pimples clearing in ten days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The note ends with a zoological aside about animal reproduction.
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S. P. Keyes
Congress St
Boston
Masa
Cuticira
Wm. J. Sadlier
Susquehanna Ave
Philadelphia
Third Operation Prevented by Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs Avlena Sperling of Chicago testifies she avoided a third operation and was cured after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges women to build up the feminine system and treat displacements inflammation and related pains with the root and herb mix.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frien
Lydia
Alvena Sperling
Clybourne Ave
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Berrien
South
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Longfellow
Union
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Miss Careless
Wellington
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Carter
Tick
Mion
Defiance Starc Ane Hing
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