Appreciation of Affection and Aqueduct Force
A Goshen Daily item blends a moral reflection on marriage with a note on New Yorks water works aqueduct police force. It discusses affectionate marriage dynamics and warns wives to keep the domestic flame while recounting civil service recruitment among college men for the New York aqueduct patrol and its impact on city policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
New York City
Civil Service
Catskills
Civil Service Commission
Aqueduct Force
Pathos of Fate and other 19th century public notices
A summary of diverse notes: Madrid plans to dismantle the Pantheon of Spanish colonies and disperse its collections as a symbol of past imperial waste. A Quebec cantilever failure prompts calls for better theory. English Liberal suffrage moves gain support. London police worry, Asquith wobbles. Labor shortages plague farmers and New York’s multilingual payroll swelled by parades and notices.
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Spain
Madrid
Boston Herald
Greece
Rome
Carthage
Holland
London
Berlin
Presa
Asquith
National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies
Independent journalism and partisan bias in the press
A South Bend Round Table discussion by F. A. Miller surveys the evolving role of newspapers from 1690 to the present, stressing truthfulness, independence, and the balance between party and independent lines. It argues high character, fair reporting, and cautious educational aims guide journalism amid partisan pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Miller
South Bend Round Table
Independent
Miller
Washington
Party
Independent Party
Democratic Party
Republican
Ozark National Forest Created in Arkansas
President signs proclamation creating the Ozark national forest in northwestern Arkansas. The 920000 acre forest spans Johnson Newton Searcy Hope and Van Buren counties and includes the Boston mountains. Timber valued at up to five million dollars with 500 million feet of hardwood saw timber. forest will be managed under scientific forestry with Samuel J. Record in charge at Fort Smith and additional guards.
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Ozark National Forest
Arkansas
Ozark
Arkansas National Forest
New Forest
Johnson, Newton, Searcy
Hope
van Buren
White Rivers
Boston Mountains
Ozark Range
Missouri
New Ozark Forest
Samuel J. Record
Fort Smith
Ozark and
Mississippi Valley
Buffalo Fork
White River
Little Red River
Ozark Forest
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast Region
Mississippi
How the Trick Was Turned by the Cornell Widows
An account from Bohemian Magazine explains how the Cornell Widow board changed its breakfast ritual from morning meals to evening “breakfasts” and how jokes and sketches were produced during these sessions. The piece reflects on the evolution of the paper’s style and the impact of increased page size on its lively spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
University
Bohemian Magazine
Rapid Bricklaying on Birkenhead Chimney Stack
In Birkenhead England a bricklayer crew averaged 1976 bricks per man per day while building a chimney stack. The site used double platform lifts with two brick carrying barrows per platform to move bricks up 150 feet in 16 seconds and raise 20 000 bricks per hour.
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Birkenhead
England
Bloodhound Smith Returns to Work at McNeil Island Penitentiary
Tacoma hundred years ago reports recount Albion H. Smith known as Bloodhound Smith. After a six month illness he resumes duties as chief guard at the U S penitentiary on McNeil Island. He trails fugitives with unmatched woodcraft and has long hunted the Olympic Cascade mountains. Deputy Frank Crosby praises his trail following skill.
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Tacoma
Wash
Olympic
Cascade Mountains
Smith
United States Penitentiary
McNeil Island
Thurston County
Puget Sound
J. F. Cooper
Herman Wendt
Reif
Seattle
Wendt
Albion H. Smith
Olympia
Albion
Olympic Mountains
United States
Frank Crosby
Crosby
Pierce County
Bear
Living room design emphasizes muted walls and lighting
An illustrated guide advocates solid alabaster walls and light reflecting colors to create a harmonious living room. It notes that high contrast wallpaper distracts from decor, recommends warm tones for north rooms and darker hues for south and west rooms, and stresses durable materials and tasteful texture. Political mass meetings forbidden in China is briefly cited amid other ad copy and quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oine
Cash Hidden 100 Years Found In Family Bible
Belleville story unfolds as Walter Kraft discovers nearly 1000 dollars in colonial notes tucked inside a family Bible once owned by John H. Dennis. The notes date to the era of George II with printers’ imprints and a “To Counterfeit Is Death” warning. Kraft stores the money in a safety deposit box.
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Belleville
Walter Kraft
Pine Street
Kraft
John H. Dennis
Illinois
George II
England
Benjamin Franklin
Dances At 96 In Rutland Reunion Of Vermont Volunteers
Joseph St. Peter 96 entertained comrades at the annual reunion of Company D Seventh Vermont volunteers in Rutland. He is the oldest of 28 survivors, 14 attending. Eben Bishop 60 the youngest present. The unit went out 46 years ago, serving four years.
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Rutland
Joseph
St. Peter
Vermont
Eben Bishop
Sign at Lydia E. Pinkham Plant Calls for Public Scrutiny
An attached sign at the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Mass invites public inspection of the laboratory and business practices. It declares openness of all statements in advertisements and asks skeptics to verify whether the vegetable compound truly relies on roots and herbs without drugs.
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St. Lawrence
Quebec
Royal Commission
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Troian. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia HK
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goshen Daily Democrat
JOS
Goshen
Indiana
Routh
New York
IO Topic
South Bend (Ind
Tribune
Province OF the Press
Camden Argus
Noas
GANG
Bright College
China
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Peoria
Socrates
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