Gave Up Switchboard For the Washboard in Mansfield
In Mansfield January 1 the Central Union Telephone Co. ceases wires and runs a laundry on Public Square. A local war with Mansfield Telephone Co. ends with Central Union offering rate cuts and washing soiled collars as workers number them.
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Mansfield
Central Union Telephone Company
Central Union
Manse
Federal Telephone Company
Mateels
Innshries
Central Union Company
Central
Willam Chay Brown Killed In Fleetwood Hill Accident
New York reports William Chay Brown aged 37 died after a youth race on Fleetwood hill when a heavy bobsled overturned at the steepest point. Brown struck his head on the sled and died before aid could reach him. Other runners escaped unharmed.
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New York
Willam Chay Brown
Fleetwood Hill
Brown
Hle
Oddities and customs of China from an early survey
A reflective, period view contrasts China and America, noting foot shaping, tattooing, ear piercing, storytelling on boats, baskets for pigeons, and widespread farming. It describes social expectations, marriage, education, trade, and daily life details, including currency, markets, jade lore, and professional fighters, in a dated observational tone.
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China
Health advice on anatomy and Dr Pierce remedies
Public health commentary extols robust health and clean living, warns against anemia and stomach reflexes tied to indigestion, endorses Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery as plant based, alcohol free cures to improve digestion, blood, nerves, and immune strength. Testimonials from users and offer of free consultation with Dr. Pierce.
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Parobust
Amerson
Giese
Pinas
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
RE. Secord
Hastern Ave
Toronto
Ontario
Galden
Rick
Adina de R. V
The Hot Doughnut Tale and Other Odd China Lore
A fragment from a 19th century miscellany includes notes on Chinese strongmen and straw hats, then recounts a grim fable about a stepmother who burns a child with a hot doughnut. A rooftop workman interjects, sparing the baby and condemning the cruel caregiver. The piece ends with a stern moral about bad stepmothers.
Death by Own Action Startled Newport
A Newport woman, Mrs Melisay BD Goodwin, ended her life after a troubled marriage and divorce. She had sued her husband Frederick Goodwin for cruelty in October. though the divorce was granted, financial hardships followed. She forgave him, became a nurse to him, but died the next morning after crying she was still his wife before a fatal act.
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Erie
Cps
Eee Mora
Dick Woop
Newport
Melisay
Goodwin
Frederick Goodwin
Gog
Poisoned By Sublimate Claims ABE Suicide Verdict
Medical examiner Stewart reported that Abe had ingested corrosion sublimate, quantitatively described as 49 grains. The discovery suggests a lethal dose sufficient to poison a regiment, marking a grave suspected self poisoning incident.
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Abe
Stewart
Pulson
Infantry Sergeant's Strange Predicament
Infanter y Sergeant Raffalovich faces a baffling case as Russia and France dispute his nationality after he enlisted in the Twenty-11th Infantry believing he was French. His father, a Russian banker, fled years earlier. his mother later married a French cavalry officer. Now the military law and international authorities contest his status amid the Japanese crisis.
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Varis
Serer Raffalovich
Count Itely Chine
France
Conrte
Russia
Alum Mountain in China Reveals Purifying Alum
Ancient alum mountain in China is reported to contain vast deposits of alum quarried into massive blocks. The ore is heated, dissolved in boiling water, and the resulting solution used to purify water for residents, with streams carrying thick alum residues downstream.
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Pymbs
Ching
Manitou Grandfather Celebrates New Baby Boy Birth
MENOMI Mich. Dan. Tiane j Marconter hosted a dinner honoring the birth of a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Max Martiwt, his one hundredth grandchild. Mr. Marcoutiier is a father to eight, a brother to five, and great great grandfather to one child. La CROSSE Wic. Jan 19 Andrew Farley, a prosperous farmer in Juneau county, appeared in circuit court as his own attorney in a 61 ge case, citing distrust of lawyers from his home county.
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Menomi Mich
la Crosse
Wic
Andrew Farley
Junoan
Washburn May Seek City Status In Wisconsin
Washburn Wisconsin plans to move from township government to city status. Preparatory measures were taken to submit the incorporation question to voters. Washburn claims to be the largest U S township government town with about 700 residents.
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Washbirs
Wis
Jan Santa Mings
Washburn
United States
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Bears
Castoria
America
Euast
Mathen
Avéry
Sen Behoolboya
Ilmonde
Ivobien
Wang
Pia
Medical Association
Huffalo
Grocer
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Gale
Henry
Nuder
Washington Stree
Armstrong
Bath
LOS Welus
Chemiat
Jersey City
Daly
R Adams
Bew
Hudeon Ateéet
Marvel Ee
Huder
Scatt
H. Huder
Wash
Hyder's Pharmacy
COR, Penn. & Wale
W. Wash
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