Pure English League forms to rescue English tongue
A Pure English League is formed in Hornsey England with about two thousand members pledging to curb cockney speech. George Bernard Shaw serves as a leader urging schools and theatres to promote flawless English and correct pronunciation across the nation.
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League
England
Shakespeare
Byron
de Quincey
Macaulay
George Bernard Shaw
Ibsen
Shaw
Brandl
Biby
Jimes
Plin Jimes
United Kingdom
James
United States
Uncle Sam
Edward
Hornsey
London
Lyceums
Congress
Gypsy Camps Targeted as Berne Conference Looms
A European plan at the Berne conference next June aims to eradicate gypsy camps across the continent. Authorities seek a universal policing system though gypsies number around 750000, with populations in Austro Hungary Turkey Greece and more. The gypsy way of life and horse dealing persists despite prejudice and occasional thefts. Some may seek refuge in the United States Mexico or South America as the drive to move them intensifies.
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Europe
Berne
Hiss
Austro-Hungary
Turkey
Greece
Bosnia
Russia
Italy
Portugal
Spain
France
England
United States
Mexico
South America
Lfe
Noman
Lincoln Memorial Highway Bill Aims At Gettysburg Route
Representative Daniel F. Lafean of Pennsylvania urges Congress to fund a 700000 dollar Lincoln Memorial Highway from the White House to Gettysburg. The plan ties to Lincoln’s centenary on February 12 and seeks support from notable backers for a grand memorial connecting the capital to the Civil War battlefield. Road development may begin around Lincoln’s birthday with signature of the bill anticipated.
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Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Dan
Iel F. Lafean
Pennsylvania
Congress
White House
Republic
Lincoln
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Lee
Meade
Elbert Hubbard
New York
Washington
Maryland
John Hay Library Memorial at Brown University
Brown University plans a 250000 dollar John Hay Library to honor alumnus John Hay. The Indiana limestone edifice fronts College street with 250000 volumes in stacks and 300000 total, housing reading rooms, cataloguing, and specialized collections on multiple floors.
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John Hay
United States
Brown University
McKinley
Mr. Hay
Jim Bludso
Andrew Carnegie
Corporation of
University
Hay
College Street
Christopher Wren
Prospect Street
College
Harris
Brown
National Lead Co. promotes safe paint purchases with Dutch Boy mark
The National Lead Company explains how to avoid lead paint fraud by using the Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guaranty and offering a free blow pipe test kit and booklet to consumers. Buyers are urged to request the test outfit from the Woodbridge Building in New York.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge
New York
Dialog from a police court scene in dialect
A character argues that people always want more, while another insists not in a police court. The exchange highlights tensions over desire, restraint, and justice in a courtroom setting.
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Edmund
Drather Sitdown
Death Loves a Mining Shark, Nevada Adage Recast
Western Christian Advocate notes a Nevada twist on a familiar proverb, replacing Death loves a shining mark with Death loves a mining shark reflecting local mining sentiment and humor.
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Nevada
Dated Patent Medicines and Miscellaneous Ads Across Cities
A collage of 19th century advertisements touts patent cures and household goods. Claims include marine eye remedies, nerve restorers, teething syrups, and broad healing promises. Additional lines push gun sales, fur trading, and dairy prompt pay offers from Minneapolis and St. Paul vendors.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised By Woman
Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri testifies that after twelve years of female ill health and eleven doctors she found relief by following Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and advice restoring health and strength. The ad invites other suffering women to seek the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. Bt
Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
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Statesman
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Sinclair
St. Vitus
Kline
Arch Street
T. T. Lynch
Allen
Olmsted
Lelioy
Coleridge
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Miller & Holmes
St. Paul
Minnesota
Milton Dairy Coo
Paul, Minn
Marcus Aurelius
Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Company
PWR
Bears
Eber
Seis
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Asbury Park Ut
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