Thos Cale of Alaska in Congress and distant notes
Thos Cale of Alaska, member of U S Congress, is well known on the Pacific slope where he has resided. His Washington address is 1812 9th St N W Washington D C. Other items mention Perma tonic, Dr Klines nerve remedy, a joke about a latch key and a Garfield laxative. Caterpillar nests and hibernation habits are described with the American tent caterpillar and related species forming winter sleep hibernaculums.
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Pacific Slope
Hee
Washington
6Th St
Washington, D.C
Thos
Cale
Congress
Alaska
9Th St. N. W
Washington, D. C
Color rooms aid treatment in mental hospital study
Paris reports experiments on color therapy in a mental hospital. Blue rooms calm agitated patients, red rooms lift melancholic moods, violet rooms restore calm, suggesting color's influence on mental states. A New York Press note calls attention to ongoing art and museum pieces including a lemon glass ornament from the sixteenth century. The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes the phrase about vast waterway plans, noting America’s billion-dollar perspective.
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Paris
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edward ©. Moore
New York
Philadelphia Inquirer
Trade review notes brighter outlook amid seasonable weather
R G Dun and Company reports a cautious but improving trade scene with more iron and steel plants resuming and demand for railway equipment rising. Prices overall down yet key industries hold value, though textile markets remain unsettled and many buyers delay commitments. Jobbers report limited road sales while leather goods retain strength. some heavy goods producers may close shops.
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R. G Dun & Company
Boston
Sympathetic Victim Story From Pittsburg Stock Scandal
A Pittsburg man once a stock broker reportedly lost thousands in early season speculation. Waking to a hoarse warning voice at night, he replies with irony about rising to help search for the money, a tale told in Harper's Weekly.
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Pittsburg
Harper’s Weekly
Cows for the Baby and Practical Farm Notes
A collection of farm notes and advice from the era covers choosing pure bred dairy cows, preventing and treating diseases, feeding practices, and preserving posts. It includes tips on clover seed quality, Hampshire sheep breeding, and general dairy management practices for improving milk yield and cow comfort.
Quaker Parents and Glass Breaking Experiments Highlighted
A quirky 1908-era clipping notes a doting parent praising Quaker virtues and a child’s quip about being called a Quaker. It also mentions a note on shattering a wine glass by voice, a La Blache anecdote, and a John A. Salzer Seed Co promotional offer mailed free seed catalogs with various vegetable varieties. The clipping ends with a remark on pistol carrying laws in Alabama and South Carolina.
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Lablache
Singular 1811 wager coats in one day start to finish
An odd bet of 1,000 guineas claimed Sir John Throckmorton could have a coat made in a day from the first sheep shearing to the final stitch. Two Southdown sheep supplied, and by 6:20 pm the tailor delivered the complete coat to Sir John before 5,000 spectators as the wool was spun, woven, dyed, and finished.
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Sir John Throckmorton
John
Southdown
Coxeter
Sir John
Metropolitan Magazine
Environment and a writer in old New York city fragment
The clipped text notes Parker, a writer of nature and garden books, never leaving a large city for twenty five years and mentions a rare 60x90 lot at the northeast corner of South Avenue and 1st Street in older New York. It also lists era ads and facts about medicines and a statistic on sudden deaths among women versus men.
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Parker
New York City
Sth Avenue
1Éth Street
The Roosevelt Collar and a New Look in Nods
The New York Tribune shows 103 congress members, many newly elected, with fifty eight clean shaven and twenty seven turndown collars. The New York Mail says the country drifts from whiskers toward smooth faces and low collars, echoing a fashion shift from high collars of the past century.
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Roosevelt
Congress
New York Tribune
New York Mail
Springfeld Republican
Colonial land area compares to mother countries
The colonies of Great Britain have nearly 100 times more area than the mother country, of France eighteen times and of Germany five times.
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Reports Save Women
Sizable testimonials claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored health and avoided surgery for women with femal e troubles including tumors and inflammation. Letters from Mrs A Williams of Garding Maine and Mrs Alvina Sperling of Chicago recount life saved by the remedy after doctors recommended operations. The ad touts 30 years of use, lists ailments, invites letters for advice, and directs readers to Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkeham
A. Williams
Garding Maiia
Lydia D. Pinkham
Alvina Sperling
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Iil
Lydia E. Pinkham
Violence And Government Integrity
A Chicago Record-Herald opinion argues that violence as a tool for private aims under an organized government yields greater losses than gains. It notes suppression of violence by authorities at a cost of eight dollars per act, citing injury to victims and to the aggressors.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Eczema Cures Told In Letter From Condlewell Green
A reader from Condlewell Green details a son Gwen’s severe eczema from infancy to age fifteen and a dramatic recovery after Calieura Remedies. The letter claims prior hospital diagnoses of incurable, with repeated discharges. Also notes a Canada fuel-supply concern and a Florence palace purchase by Eleanor Duse.
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Gwen
Lily Hedge
Condlewell Green
Hageland
Canada
Ontario
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Thos, Cale
U, 8
Staten
Virginia
Madagascar
Dr. Kline
Dri & Bline
Arch St
Phila
Garfield Tes
Peruna Drag Co
Columbus, Onto
Thomas Cale
Union Stock Yards
Epeeras
Elgin Creamery
Ohio Creamery
Qhio
New
York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Creamar
Rere
gee—State
Cennsylvania
Sean Epeney Boide
Eave Atenee
Farmers Home Journal
Robert £. Dulaney
Middle West
Indiana
Hampshire
P. W. Artz
Ife
New York Press
J. W. Grove
John A. Salter Seed Co
Crosse
Wis
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crouse
Alabama
South Carolina
Earch
Brown
Woolford
Eleanor Duse
Capponi
Florence
Italy
Whale
BORAX
Sremiplo
Lucent
Constornx Ga
Thompson
Wales
Bate
Chese Brough Mfg
W.l.douglas
Shoeen
Jane
Rocktow
Ags
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