New York State Holidays Debate and Columbus Day Proposal
The article notes Governor Hughes slower approval of a Senate bill to rename a feral holiday as Columbus Day and lists nine established state holidays plus banking Saturdays as legal holidays. It calculates about 26 working days lost to holidays and rest Sundays, totaling 58 holidays after signing the bill.
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New York State
New York Times
Hughes
Timothy J. Sullivan
New York
Lintvoln
Washington
DODDS KIDNEY SCENE AND 14 STORY PITTSBURG CHURCH PLANS
A tramcar dispute over change ends with a gas meter collector revealing himself as an automatic collector. The Pittsburgh case describes First United Evangelical Protestant German church planning a 14 story combined church and office building on Sixth Avenue and Smithfield Street costing at least 1.6 million dollars with a bell chime and a distinctive facade.
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Wittsburg
New York Herald
William Penn
United States
Pittsburg
Sixth Avenue
Smithfield Street
Smithfield
Board of Trustees
Coffee Secrets From A Believer In Postum Health
A reader swears coffee caused chest and stomach trouble and credits Postum with restoring health after a ten day trial. She claims quitting coffee and using Postum let her eat normally again and questions why others don’t switch.
Yankee Beans and Love Amid Squire Hartawick’s Orchard
Jim Farthing prowls the Hartawick farm for a glimpse of Rose Hartawick while rival postmaster Karl Kelchline courts her. Tensions rise as old resentments flare and Rose floats at the center of kitchen wit and farm life. The Squire confronts Jim, warnings and threats fuel a mounting, doomed passion.
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Wil
Connecticut
Alle
Allus
Krumrine
Ilke
Saharay
Ule
Washington Irving
Pennsylvania
Ulle
Amos
Ulie
Widder Kuhn
Hern
Old Ezra
Jim Farthing
Rose
Sigas
Young Jim
Ulley
Jim Mare
Dan
Walt
Gum Run
Rose Hartawick
Squire
Karl Kelchline
Karl Keichilne
Squire Hartawick
Tadid
Aleste
Tina
Corbyne
Soulee Hartawick
Nnn
Byuke
Immne
Jim
Squire Hartswick
Firing of Heller's Cabin in Snowbound Seven Mountain tale
In a white April world the Seven Mountains lie blanketed in five inches of snow. Tom Farthing treks from Wild Meadows toward Heller's Gap, hungry and soaked, tracking a path through the rugged terrain before a tense encounter with danger at Poppy Miller's rock ledge.
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Heller
Seven Mountains
Tom Farthing
Tom
Raccoon Ridge
Ike
Plum Run
Heller's Ridge
Hell Bottom
Heller's Gap
Poppy Miller
The Cullinan Diamond Cut and Its Vast Fragments
A historic account details the Cullinan Diamond cut at Amsterdam from the stone sent to King Edward VII in 1907. It describes the split in February into two principal parts and the subsequent grinding, polishing, and display of the resulting gems and their sizes.
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Ron
Kohler
Wella, Gadi
Bremio Dhonond Company
South America
Bold Buccaneer Still Flourishing Across Distant Seas
Long before gunboats patrolled the Red Sea and Aden, pirates seized ships for silk opium tea cotton and gold. Modern buccaneers raid Indiamen and tramp steamers from Tangier to China, fighting with rifles and boarding tactics as crews struggle to survive.
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Joey
Matt Peised
Sys Sie Saturday Journal
High Seas
Hut
Inner Chinn
Dawn
Aden
Arabian
Vicen
Toopen
Algeria
Illefalter
Tangier
Anjera
Britain
Spain
Gibraltar
Stem
Stearn
China
Wulehau
Plrietes
Wiberg
Fong Chaten
Bone
Kong
Singapore
Munyon's Cold Remedy and Rheumatism Cure Ad
Munyon's products claim rapid relief for head throat and lung ailments and coughs with Pneumonia prevention at 26 cents. Rheumatism remedy promises quick cure for stiff joints while a Kidney remedy and a Vitalizer boost vitality.
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Munyon
Chewie
Duchargea
Colda
Misunderstanding Over English Leads to Chaos in Hotel
A South American woman with limited English came to New York and asked for the chambermaid. A waiter misheard and a comic exchange ensued, ending with the guest demanding Susan and the waiter fleeing in fright.
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New York Times
South America
New York
Susan
Indy
Walter
Beware Mercury Ointments and Catarel Cure Warning
A long column warns against ointments containing mercury for catarrh and promotes Wall's Catarel Cure from F. D. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free. It urges buyers to ensure genuineness and notes internal use for mucous surfaces. The text also tangentially mentions Doan's Kidney Pills and a humorous editorial aside about typography and poetry.
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F.4d
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. . Cheney & Co
Price
Yakefall
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