Curious Statistics of Boys and Girls in the United States
The article reviews census data on birth ratios and longevity, noting more males born but more females living longer. It cites centenarians by gender, regional trends, and city differences, with exceptions in Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, and North Carolina. It also mentions Massachusetts, the Midwest, and western states as shifting male/female balances by age.
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United States
Arizona
Delaware
Florida
Louisiana
Montana
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Amd
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Idaho
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Ohio
Mintry
New York County
Kings County
Baltimore
Suffolk County
Boston
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Cook County
Chicago
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St. Louis
Philadelphia County
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Orleans
New Orleans
Atlanta Constitution
Electricity and its rising role in daily life
The piece notes rapid electrification transforming cities and homes, powering engines once steam relied on. It predicts widespread lighting and heating, and envisions electric powered country vehicles. It mentions electric pianos as a new, complex development musicians understand but the public does not fully grasp.
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St Louis Globe. Democrat
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Woman asks how to remove husband. lawyer suggests encouraging his death due to life insurance by favor. Conversation implies intent to harm. Source reflects sensational pulp advice from New Yorks Weekly.
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New Yorks Weekly
War veteran Jacob Rogers recalls long life and battles
Chicago News profiles Jacob Rogers, a 1778 New Year’s Day birth in Pittsburg and War of 1812 service. He fought at Lundy’s Lane, earned a pension, and lived a long, devout life across Iowa and Kansas before settling with his son. Now widowed, he faces declining health yet remains lucid and steadfast in faith.
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Jacob Rogers
My. Rogers
Pittsburg
Hany
Strog
Lundy's
J. McChesney
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
Minis
Iowa
Kansas
Rogers
Congress
Chicago
Reading Prize Winners Highlight Child Achievements
A school showcase features Johnnie proudly announced as winning a reading prize. Billy Watlles is cited for good reading, while Johnnie notes playing marbles helped him feel victorious in the moment.
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Johnnie
Mel Brown
Billy Watlles
Harpers Barns
Various Odds and Ends From a Long Fleeting Newspaper
A garbled miscellany reports a million-pound bank note at the Bank of Hovland, a western circus manager decrying the tent show decline, a Hartford worker with forty six trades, and 623 foreign language newspapers. It notes a Greek Latin speaking prodigy in New York, a Providence boy rewarded for returning a mistaken coin, unsurveyed land in Washington Territory, and anti alcohol efforts in Europe. Also listed are popular entertainments, a cough syrup ad, physician endorsements for Brown's Transitters, Mozart manuscript sale in Berlin, a can spout invention, fox hunting by Chester county youths, Scott's Emulsion endorsements, a Queensberry reference, Texas machinery dealers, and a Mississippi bridge plan with a sheriff sale notice.
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Bank of Hovland
Hartford
New York
Blood Balm Company Offers Cure Claims in Old Ad
Advertisement for B B B Blood Balm from Atlanta urges readers to try the remedy for blood poison and ulcers. It claims testimonials from J C Gibson and others in Meridian Macon and Atlanta describe dramatic improvements, including healed ulcers and restored health after failed medical care.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
J. QC. Gibson
Meridian
Miss
T. Hallerton
Macon
Hot Springs
Eskimos Name Children From Sailor Expressions
Report notes Eskimo families naming infants after phrases used by English sailors such as By Thunder and Go to Halifax reflecting cross cultural linguistic influences in naming trends observed in northern communities.
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Halifax
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adends Toledo Druggists
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot achieve. Endorsed by Want & Taxx, Watpis, Kinnan & Mannix, and H. Van Hasen of Toledo National Bank. Claims product is absorbent through blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Want & Tacx
O. Watpis
Kinnan & Mannix
Kinnan & Mannix, Wholesale Drugatets
H. van Hasen
Toledo National Bank
O. O Hall
Don't Give Up Hope with Golden Medical Discovery
An urging testimonial notes that consumption is often misjudged as incurable and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and blood purifier. It claims the remedy benefits or cures consumption if started timely, with money-back guarantees, and cites a 1688 copyright by Worp's Dispensary Medical Association.
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Dr. Pierce
Worp
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