John Browns Safe Found in Springfield Mass
Col John L Rice of Springfield Mass discovered an antique iron safe hidden in an out of the way spot. The large chest likely belonged to John Brown who kept wool profits in the old building. Rice has turned the safe over to the Connecticut Valley Historical Society hoping to recover the papers once stored there.
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John Brown
Springfield
Mass
Brown
Col
John. L. Rice
Col Rice
Connecticut Valley Historical Society
Teaching Detectives by Fingerprints
Mrs M E Holland teaches police of America how to identify criminals by fingerprints learned after 14 years studying under Detective Ferroparay at Sengland Yard.
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M. E. Holland
Police of
America
Sengland Yard
Ferprey Eho
Wheat and Chaff: The Aye of the Fast Horse
James Arthur of Ryegate Vermont, a cautious Scot, rode Nell home after church in the late 1850s. A younger rider, eager and on a fast horse, sped past and offered an excuse. Arthur replied with the proverb that “the chaff goes before the wheat,” underscoring restraint over speed.
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James Arthur
Ryegate
Nell
Kirk
Towels Replace Roller Towels Amid High Prices
Rising use of individual towels over roller towels drives up costs. Public health concerns over germs influence hotel practices. Nation spent about 4.89 million dollars on towels last year.
Women's Rights Plea and Dr Pierce Remedy Promotion
A historic editorial advocates recognizing women’s rights including the vote and hymns the mother’s role. It also promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe, alcohol free remedy for female ailments, claiming extensive cures and inviting confidential letters to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo.
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Benan
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
St. Vitus
Dr. R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. x
Court Rules Bequest for Masses Legal in Purgatorial Fund
New York courts uphold a bequest of about $15,000 to St Francis Hospital to be used for the Blessed Mary Purgatorial Fund. The court declares it an absolute gift, finding the fund intended for prayers and masses for the dead aligns with the hospital's acts. The ruling overturns lower court decisions that questioned the fund's existence and use.
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New York
Court of Appeals
Joseph Hughes
Hughes
William P. Powers
Tammany Ward
Powers
Henry Hughes
Joseph
St. Francis
Henry
M Henry
Laawyer Edward W.S. Johnston
St. Francis’ Hospital
Joan E. Donnelly
Nassau St
Supreme Court
Sisters of the Poor of
Justine McCall
Justice McCall
McCall
Justice Clarke
Justice Laughlin
Patterson
Ingraham
O’brien
Haight
Cullen
Willard Bartlett
Hiscock and
Chase
Gray
Edward T. Bartlett
Recollections of an Ex Farm Boy Bootsack Memory
A nostalgic reminiscence centered on the old oaken bootjack that hung by the stove in a farm house. The piece recalls winter trudges, numb toes, and the bootjack's multiple practical uses from warming and freeing feet to chores like digging potatoes, cracking nuts, and driving nails.
Courageous Bookkeeper Rescues Papers Amid Inferno
Jeremiah Keane, bookkeeper for Hearn and Keane in Danbury, crawled into a steel vault to save firm books as a fire destroyed a block. Locked doors, collapsing stove, and choking smoke followed. Firefighters eventually freed him, discovering him on the street with the vital ledgers still clasped in his arms.
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San. Danbury, Conn
Jeremiah Keane
Hearn & Keane
Keane
Philadelphia clubwomen convert schools into child clubs at night
Philadelphia clubwomen adopt a new expedient to keep children off the streets by turning school buildings into clubhouses. The children may enter to play games such as checkers and dominos and take part in athletic activities under competent directors.
Physical culture school poster sparks rib injury dispute
A girl from Atlantic City fractured a rib after embracing her father post school. The incident is being used in athletic school advertising with posters about "the bug that settled mother." The family threatens legal action if the campaign continues.
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Atlantic City
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Vitality Boost
An old advertisement warns that fatigue before exertion signals low vitality and touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the tonic to restore energy. Readers are urged to start taking the remedy immediately to dispel tiredness.
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Hood
Accordion dress plaiting found at Odd Fellows Building
Room 8 at the Odd Fellows' Building in Penn and Wash reported buttons recovered. PURO Distilled Water Company lists half gallon bottles at 5 cents and five gallon demijohns at 40 cents. New phone 77. old main 778.
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Odd Fellows’ Building
Penn and Wash
Puro Distilled Water Company
Two dollar bills blamed for superstition spreads widely
A New York Sun report traces the cornerless two dollar bill superstition from racing tracks to bookmakers and everyday life. It recounts a The Big Wind era waiter who popularized clipping corners, spreading to Atlantic City and beyond, with many players and even women shunning or destroying $2 notes as bad luck.
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New York
Treasury Department
Washington
Atlantic City
Jack
Jonah
Hawaii Governor Voices Support for Japanese Naturalization
Honolulu March Gov George R Carter of Hawaii says he would have his daughter marry a Japanese if she wished and favors naturalization for Japanese Americans. He rejects race prejudice and cites Japanese marrying white partners as evidence of good citizenship.
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United States
Applications for License in Indianapolis Ward Ten 1907
Notice that J Henry Soltau will apply to Marion County Commissioners at the April term 1907 for a license to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors in a room at 1037 East Washington Street Indianapolis with pool table privileges.
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Indianapolis
Center Township
Marion County
Washington Street
Williamsons
State of
Indiana
East
J. Henry Soltau
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