Giant suitor seeks wife amid tall tales and trials
A Chicago man Barth, seven feet tall, recalls failed matches and travels seeking a bride who accepts his height. He recounts meeting two tall women and the challenges of courting while traveling in Europe and America, hoping to find a compatible partner despite public attention.
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Barth
New York
Callege
Chicago
Mr. Barth
Americ
Rosa
Bronz
Jeres
Plainiell
Riverpeed
London
Scotland
Ireland
France
Barih
England
Peebles
Col. Auger
Ium
Col
George Auger
Barnam & Batley
HIVE
Deer in Dry Goods Store Startles Winsted Residents
Two does from a Wakefield lake herd bounded into Winsted’s business district at dawn. They frightened by an approaching team, leaped through a plate glass window at John Mycock’s store, one deer bleeding shortly after, then crossed Main Street and Wind River. Both swam the bay and disappeared toward Highland Lake. Local witnesses M B Hail and W observed the incident near Main and Lake streets. In a separate item, Calcutta mint engineers found a mid 1800s boiler of pure copper, melted and formed into coins due to copper demand rising for electrical machinery.
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Winsted
Wakefield Boulevard
Highland Lake
John &. Mycock
Main Street
Wind River
Main
Lake Streets
Roosevelt Address at Portsmouth and Hampton Institute
President Roosevelt led large ceremonies in Portsmouth honoring fallen servicemen with the Navy Union, Grand Army of the Republic, and Confederate Veterans. He then spoke at Hampton Institute to hundreds of negro and Indian students about education and racial harmony, urging white citizens to support colored progress. Also reports drownings, bank closure, a Guatemala revolution threat, torpedo boat collision, and an oyster boat explosion in New Jersey.
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Old Petrt Comfort
Commonwealth of Virginia
Reese Et
Neva Hospital
Portsmouth
Army and Navy Union
Army and Mavy Union
North Atlantic Heer
Grand Army of the Republic
United Confederate Veterans
Roosevelt
Norfolk Navy Yard
Bear Ad
al P. F. Harrington
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Frissell
Institute
Desident
Seemg
Roosevel
Fou Beyer
Tye
Havpton
Boston Physicians Oppose Rochelle Salts in Baking Powders
At a Massachusetts Public Health Committee hearing, eminent Boston physicians Dr Hartung Dr F B Fostes Dr C O Kepler and Dr G M Palmes testified against Rochelle Salts arguing the health risks and urged passage of a law prohibiting baking powders leaving this dangerous drag in food.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Calumet Baking Powder Promoted By Physicians
Calumet Baking Powder leaves food free from Rochelle Salts Alem and other harmful substances. Recommended by leading physicians and chemists, this product is endorsed for safer baking.
A Matter of Courtesy panel stalls marriage talk
A comic exchange shows a would be suitor informing Mr. Goldrox he plans to marry his daughter. The daughter and her mother are persuaded the choice is fair, while a stern father signals cautious approval in a sharp, humorous scene.
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Anoka
Minn
Henry Pehling
Laws Wen
Nooggs Lake
Battlefilly Grove
Nervey
Goldrox
Mr. Goldrox
Sternir
Philacsiphia Press
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted By Glycerine Use
A 19th century notice extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with glycerine enhancing digestion and ferric nourishment. It claims antiseptic and nutritive properties, aids chronic coughs, bronchial and laryngeal troubles, and supports consumption stages. It invites free letters to Dr Pierce and offers his medical adviser free on request.
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Pierce
Pierse
RV. Buss Bufaie
N. J
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Emi
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Emil
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