Admirable Crichm among barbers ends six decades of shaves
The Philadelphia barber Gramlich, famed for a 60 year career, tended customers at 1605 Mifflin Street and in shops from Front and Welfare to Booth Fifteenth. He shaved governors and notables, mentored apprentices, and still enjoys steady patronage and painting in his studio.
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Harley Gramlich
Philadelphia
Firat Ward
Gramlich
Mifflin Street
Bayer
Charley
Vertgog
Wharton Street
Familly
Hertzjos
Gus Goebel
Goebel
Lincoln
Curtin
Billy McGrath
Tom Archer
John Edgar Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad
M and
Graplich
Fuis
Chestnut Street
Old Navy Yard
Front
Wederdl Streets
Booth Pifth
Fifteenth
Thomas Taylor
Seventeenth and Diamond
Continental
Union Street Car Line
First Ward
Large Miami fish blocks streetcar line doorway
A fish caught in Miami Florida by Charles H Thompson was so big its tail blocked Thompson's store doorway while the head extended over streetcar tracks. Officials rerouted a street car line to move the fish indoors.
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Florida
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Charles H. Thompson
Thompson
Woman lassoes a horse over missing butter in Baltimore
Mrs Mary Boyle of Patterson Avenue lassoed a stray dapple gray horse using a clothesline. The horse stood on its hind legs as she held it hostage, demanding remuneration for four pounds of butter left to solidify in the yard.
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Baltimore
Mary Boyle
Avenue
Four Great Grandfathers Dying Cherokee? (Note: placeholder due to constraints)
Luther White of Albany dies at Brownsville at ninety nine. His death makes five year old Luther Burnelle White of Harrisburg the first to see all four of his great grandfathers. The boy’s father is Connie F White of Harrisburg, son of ex Sheriff Robert L White. The Bussard and Mackey lines are listed from Harrisburg and Akron, Ohio, with elderly relatives extending into Benton county.
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Albany
Ore
Luther White
Linn County
Brownsville
Luther Burnelle White
Harrisburg
Connie F. White
Robert L. White
White
Jerry Hay
Connie White
D. Bussard
Mr. Bussard
W. H. Bussard
Benton County
Hungry Raccoon Attack Ends in Man’s Injury and Kill
Timothy Carter, living near Meyersville New Jersey, fought a half starved raccoon that trapped in his wood cabin. The animal leaped as he opened the door and attacked for ten minutes before Carter killed it. A local farmer’s physician treated a wound on his arm with four stitches and cauterized other cuts and bruises.
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Meyersville
N. J
Timothy Carter
Carter
How Some Gamblers Are Made
Mrs Anna R Black told the Chicago Woman's Association of Commerce that mothers who play bridge and fathers who indulge in poker foster children interest in games of chance and can make gamblers of them, highlighting parental influence on gambling habits.
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Chicago
Anna R. Black
Chicago Women's Association of Commerce
Woman sues saloonkeeper over whisky ad dispute
Emma Lord sues Peter Hell, a Chicago saloonkeeper, on a promissory note after Hell refused to advertise a whisky in which Mrs. Lord held an interest. The suit seeks redress for the refused advertisement and related obligations.
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Chicago
Emma Lord
Peter Hell
Hell
Mrs. Lord
Milkman Fined for Watered-Down Milk
Chicago judge Newcomb rejected the appeal that damp weather made milk watery and fined milkman Herman Michalski ten dollars for adulterating milk.
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Chicago
Newcomb
Homan Michalski
Daily Wear Cloth Gown by Julia Bottomley
The gown is a simple two piece cut with hip shaping and a high easy waist for free movement. It features a square velvet trimmed neck, double breast front, long shoulders, plaits at the bust, and a belt with decorative buttons. Fashion notes suggest colors from mustard to royal blue and versatile use with colonial slippers and silk stockings.
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Julia Bottomley
Dressing the baby for cold weather in daily outings
Guidelines by Julia Bottomley on dressing a baby for outdoor use in cold weather. Emphasizes thorough protection beyond indoor clothes, with extra garments like a woolen skirt, long stockings, yarn boots, double mittens, a large snug cap, and a fur or eiderdown carriage robe. Describes materials, trimming, and home seaming to keep garments warm yet comfortable.
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Julia Bottomley
Fragmented Ad Style Echoes in a Moral Mocking Phrase
The text reads as a jumbled collage of ad lines and social observations. It references Putnam Fadeless Dyes Ady Mia Winslow branding and a critique of truth telling while railing at vanity and gossip. The fragmentary prose suggests a period voice and scattered consumer phrases.
Precocious Child in Courier-Journal Style Cartoon
A witty dialogue in the Louisville Courier Journal features a child asking why his mother married his father. The humorous exchange centers on curiosity about marriage and family dynamics with a light domestic tone. A cough remedy advertisement interjects with a promo for Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops as a relief.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Curiosity and Boastful Kiss Leave Betty Speechless
Maud questions why she did not protect herself as Jack kissed her. Betty explains she was initially speechless and then decided to observe how many times the insistent fellow would dare to kiss her.
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Maud
Jack
Betty
Cuticura Claim Details Eczema Cure in 10 Days
Mrs Edith Schwartz of Hillsboro Illinois reports her child’s severe eczema on the lower limbs. Pimples with yellow discharge caused itching and sleep loss until Cuticura Soap and Ointment provided relief and cured the condition in ten days after two months of illness. Sample offers and free Skin Book, Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Walnut St
Hillsboro
Edith Schwartz
Postecard
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Orderly Service in California Church
A Methodist minister entering a remote California town pulpit was warned the rough congregation might pull him down if his remarks offended. He produced two revolvers, placing one on each side of the Bible, and led the service with a single brisk prayer.
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California
National Monthly
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Doctor Gessler
Charles Gramlich
Razor and Shears
Oregon
Jersey
Paris
T Hut
Pie Baby
Putnam
Ady
Mia
Winslow
Wind Collegea
Dean
Canada
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottaswa
G. A. Cook
Kansan
J. Broughton
Ala
M.L
T. Hidg
Absorbine, JR
Ty W.E. Young
P.D.F
Temple
Springfield
Mass
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