Notable Figures Involved In Political And Social Disputes
Rabbi Wise denounces the Emmauel movement in New York. A Hungarian band to play for Harry Thaw at Matteawan, N Y. Timothy L Woodruff withdraws from the New York Senatorship race leaving the field to Secretary Root. President Castro arrives at Basse Terre to discuss diplomatic questions in France. Dr Howard H Russell reports a plot to steal Anti Saloon League secrets. Old time telegraphers honor Andrew Carnegie on his seventy third birthday at the Hotel Manhattan New York City. Admiral Bowles says last year was the best in American shipbuilding. Dr Goodell says moving pictures in church frightened children. John H Wright and George A Bartlett die in Cambridge. John Burns shifts from socialist activist to conservative Liberal Cabinet member. Joseph C S Blackburn and wife depart Panama for New York.
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Rabbi Wise
New York City
Harry Thaw
Matteawan
N. Y
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Root
Castro
Basse Terre
Guadeloupe
France
Howard H. Russell
New York State
Anti- Saloon League
Labor unions federate efforts across regions and trades
The report notes the federation push by Sydney building trades unions, the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners listing 65 310 members, and various union activities in Memphis, Enerville, and San Francisco. It cites wage and welfare provisions in Europe, labor patterns in Germany and Austria, and punitive measures in Luxemburg with prisons reportedly thinning.
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Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
Memphis
Tenn
Bakers’ Union
Enerville
San Francisco
A. F. of L
Omaica
Trinidad
Barbadoes
British Guiana
Austria
France
Germany
Manchester
England
Luxemburg
Battleship Alabama Completes Globe En Circling Voyage
The battleship Alabama arrived in New York City marking the completion of its world encircling voyage. The crew's historic journey showcased national naval strength and global reach with the vessel last seen completing the round-the-world itinerary.
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Alabama
New York
Cause and Effect of Right Food for Digestion
A letter from a New York woman describes indigestion from rich food. Grape-Nuts foods relieved her symptoms and strengthened digestion, allowing normal appetite and freedom to eat what she desires. The ad closes with the slogan There’s a Reason and notes ongoing reader letters.
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AN. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Ville
Death at Morning by Harlhs Hanson Towne
A poetic memorial chronicles dawn as blessings and a farewell to a beloved singer who departs this world singing toward God. The verse laments the loss of beauty at light’s coming and honors a quiet singer who leaves behind mortal grief for celestial brightness.
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Ain
Godjs Place
B. W. Dodge
Midnight Encounter Misses Rat Fear and Toilet Folly
Mrs Harry Brown wakes her husband by fears of a rat as a dripping water sound proves to be a leaky faucet. They locate the leak in the bathroom and when she steps on the dressing gown tassels a shriek erupts, shocking Mr Brown.
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Harry Brown
Withal
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Harry
Mary
The Great Bathroom Rat Fiasco at Mr Brown’s Home
Mrs Brown fears a rat in the bathroom but the feared creature is only a tassel attached to a tassel. Mr Brown chases with a stick while Mary bolts into the tub. After a frantic scramble the “rat” is captured in laughter, revealing the tassel as the culprit.
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Harry
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mary
The Useful Iceberg and Its Economic Role
Alfred Sidney Johnson argues that iceberg deposits enrich seabeds off the Atlantic coast forming banks that support cod and herring fisheries. He says bergs indirectly enable North American climate patterns by their erosional and depositional effects.
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Labrador
Bay of Fundy
North America
Alfred Sidney Johnson
Coal and Prosperity
In 1840 US coal use averaged a quarter ton per person and rose to half a ton in 1860 one ton in 1880 and five tons in 1890. While population surged, total coal production and consumption grew far more, paralleling expanding manufacturing and industry per the Philadelphia Record.
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United States
Philadelphia
An Attractive Offer by a Genial Clerk
A humorous Puck remark touts a piano sale offering delivery with a twist. The clerk promises not the piano’s tone or case but that each unit contains 1000 different souvenir postcards of New York and vicinity inside the wrappings.
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New York
Vicinity
Puck
Household Bath Tub Scrubbing Brush Endorsed
A ten cent small sized scrubbing brush is praised as the nicest tool for washing out a bath tub. The item is described as a sensible aid to men of the household facing a dreaded duty.
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New Haven Register
Sunday Roast Dinner Menu from Boston Post
The Sunday menu features roast chicken with dressing and gravy, creamed potatoes, squash, turnips, peas, cranberry jelly, white bread, pickles, coffee jelly with whipped cream, and tea or coffee. Chicken can be nearly cooked Saturday and finished Sunday as vegetables cook.
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Boston Post
Iron Rust Removal Method From The Boston Post
A 19th century tip recommends mixing equal parts oxalic acid and water to soak rust spots then expose the cloth to steam from a teakettle to lift the rust. Rinse in cold water to prevent acid from eating the cloth. If the color is delicate, dilute acid or repeat the process as needed.
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Boston Post
Cleaning Leather Polish Process for Leather Chairs
A leather cleaning method from the New York Evening Post instructs mixing French chalk Fuller's earth and powdered starch with yellow ochre, adding boiling water to form a paste, then sweet oil. Apply cool and dry, brush away residue, polish with melted wax and turpentine, and darken by adding oil to the wax if desired.
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New York Evening Post
Uses for common saleratus in household care
A Boston Post item lists practical uses for saleratus: relief for sore skin from a pbunion bandage, drawing out fire from burns with turpentine, drawing out throat soreness via a heated vinegar and soda solution with damp black silk, whitening lamp wicks by boiling in water with soda, polishing glasses and silverware by adding soda to dishwater, and removing kitchen grease by adding soda to floor wash water.
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Boston Post
Tomato Soup And Toast Recipes From The Era
A collection of kitchen instructions detailing Tomato Soup with stewed tomatoes and croutons, Tomato Toast with onion and parsley, Tomatoes Au Gratia layered with bread crumbs, Broiled Oysters and Celery with cream sauce on toast, and Vienna Chocolate made with grated chocolate milk and cream boiled briefly and beaten.
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Vienna
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad in Plain Terms
The Well Informed demand a simple pleasant liquid laxative with known value. The California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna trusted by physicians for family use and gentle prompt relief. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product only at leading druggists for fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Canal Traffic Totals 52 Million Tons in 1907
Sault Ste. Marie canal traffic for the 1907 season reached 52,217,214 tons, up twelve percent or 6,466,134 tons from 1906, signaling strong activity for the era and the waterway’s importance to commerce.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Minimal Emphasis on What We Can Do
A reflective note urges contentment with present effort and warns against fretting over small aims as quoted by Mrs Browning. It stresses doing what one can and avoiding unnecessary worry about unmet goals.
Proved by Time No Fear of Further Trouble
David Price of Corydon Indiana describes severe kidney trouble with back pain and weakness. After a week on Dean's Kidney Pills he walked without a cane and health gradually returned. He claims seven years later he remains well. Sold by all dealers 60c a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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David Price
Corydon, Ja
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Ships with storied careers from Gould to a sunken gunboat
History of ships notes vessels with thrilling pasts. Jay Gould's yacht Atalanta, once bought for 140 000 dollars, recently sold for 1750 dollars. The gunboat Presidente of Santo Domingo had been plundered and abandoned in a southern harbor.
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Jay Gould
Santo Domingo
Washington Times
Rheumatism Cure Promoted With Whiskey Mix
Medical debate grows over whiskey based remedy for rheumatism claiming high success when paired with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Recipe suggests taking tablespoonfuls before meals and at bedtime, with Toris Compound manufactured by Globe Pharmaceutical Co. of Chicago.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Curious Florida herb insectivorous plant found in South Florida
The Punta Gorda Herald describes a tiny annual red herb that traps insects with a fluid at its leaf tips. It grows on low sandy lands and appears in late winter and early spring. The plant’s cups form when insects disturb the fibrillae, capturing prey before the leaf returns to its normal shape.
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Florida
Punta Gorda
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Labor World
Building Trades Unions
Sydney
Australia
Harlhs Hanson Towne
Mattie Dyer Britts
Mercy
Coal and Prosperity
Epigupee
History of Ships
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