Items of Interest From an Early 20th Century Page
This column surveys diverse facts from Russia to England and Egypt including glass coffins in Russia and railways with ladies cars, touches on inscriptions and epitaphs, legal taxes on funerals, and burial customs among ancient and native peoples. It notes gallium value, teaching methods for Japanese children, and various burial beliefs.
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Connecticut
England
Pyramids
Egypt
France
The Harm of a Hand Mirror on a Young Girl
A Chicago Times critique warns that a hand mirror fuels insecurity about freckles and aging. Ignorance grows with vanity as costly, ineffective remedies appear. The girl fixates on flaws, grows unhappy, and habits harshen her temper and posture.
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Chicago Times
German quip on Washington horse flesh prices
In Washington two men discuss cheap horse flesh. a German bystander responds that his horses are cheap because there are many infernal shacksasses in Washington, a line reported by the Richmond Star.
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Washington
Tere
Ichmond Star
Swamp Root and Stomach Bitters Advertisements
An omnibus of mid century ads tout Hoteller's Stomach Bitters and Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root promising cures for kidney and bladder issues with free pamphlets. The text mentions cold sliced potatoes with flour, Syrup of Figs as a permanent laxative, and a line about the bison's original home in the Great Salt Lake Valley.
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The
Great Salt Lake Valley
Trials Open In Atlanta Murder Case And Civic Strife
News items from Southern papers include the Fulton county superior court in Atlanta trying William J. Myers for Forest L. Crowley’s murder. Reports note major fires in New Orleans destroying the Hasetin hatch and a huge cotton wharf, with losses over half a million dollars. The JacksonMississippi grand jury declines indictments on state warant printing. Evans leads in Tennessee gubernatorial unofficial returns, while Rev Thomas M Beckham dies in Richmond. Changes in labor and church leadership also appear along with South Carolina damages awarded for Florence County riot losses.
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William J. Myers
Forest L. Crowley
Fulton County Superior Court
Atlanta
New Orleans
Federal Grand Jury
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Nashville
Tenn
Evans
Thomas M. Beckham
Richmond
Mr. Beckham
Lexington
Davidson County
North Carolina
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Saunders
West India Steamship Line
Labouisse
Cotton Exchange
W. T. Gains
H. B. Cochran
W. I. Edwards
Gains
Cochran
Edwards
Cleveland
Holston
Methodist Episcopal Church
North
T. C. Carter
J. J. Manker
Chattanooga
American Methodist Church
South Carolina
Florence
Timmonsville
Florence County
Darlington
Florencetown
Georgetown
Townsend
Georgia Congressional Vote Count and Boston Church Congress
The governor will proclaim the Georgia congressional results within twenty days after vote counts show Democrats leading in all ten districts with populists trailing. The sixteenth annual session of the church congress opened in Trinity Church Boston with bishops and lay churchmen in formal ceremony. In Washington DC, Judge Cole overruled a demurrer to an indictment of stock brokers McCartney and Chapman, allowing questions from the Senate sugar investigation to proceed.
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Atkinson
Georgia
Candler
Lester
J. F. Brown
Russell
W. E. Smith
Crisp
G. W. White
Moses
Thornton
Livingston
Todd
Bartlett
Whitaker
Maddox
Felton
Lawson
Carter
Tate
Twitty
Black
Watson
Turner
Johnson
Boston
Mass
Great Church Congress of America
Trinity Episcopal Church
Washington, D. C
Cole
McCartney and
Chapman
Senate Sugar
Tripoli
Mexico Tuesday Unlucky Day Folklore
A Boston Herald item notes Tuesday births carry bad luck and ill omens with examples of mishaps from starting work on Tuesday. A separate advertisement touts Tet terine for skin ailments with a price and supplier in Savannah Georgia.
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Mexico
Acapulco
Boston Herald
Promise-Teased Youth Cited By Parents In Quip
A Chicago Tribune quip notes a boy shown as wild but promising, with his mother asking not to be hard on him and his father sighing that he pays six percent on most of his promises.
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James
Chicago Tribune
Hypochondriacal Men Offered Home Treatment By Buffalo Institute
Hypochondriacal, despondent, nervous men troubled by backache fatigue memory loss dizziness melancholy and discouragement due to exhausting diseases or drains are treated by correspondence at home with uniform success by the Specialists of the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo NY. A 136 page book on these maladies can be mailed sealed for 10 cents to the World's Dispensary Medical Association at the hotel for postage on the book. For over twenty five years physicians at this renowned institution have focused on these delicate diseases, and their experience has improved methods and cures.
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Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dispensary Medical Association
Useful Recipes and Household Tips from a 19th Century Page
A compilation of kitchen instructions and home care tips including orange pie jelly, cracker dessert, and various cake methods. It also lists rust prevention for iron and brass, cleaning methods, and a short dialogue about hiring a dressmaker versus a modiste, reflecting everyday domestic concerns.
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Jackson Buggies
Engate
Fennesses
J. R. Carmichael
Mallary Brothers & CO
Macon
Geis
Dalors
Mls
Mallary Bros. & CO
Macon, GA
E. G. Gilmore & Hencely
Third Street
Black Front
Hanes
Gilmore & Hencely
Jackson, Ga
J. ©. Blasingame
Capital Female College
Lyoxora Beox
Russia
Hoteller
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Karl
Mr. Winslow
Hood
Ures
P. J. FitzGesaup
Ninth St
Hiood
Asre
Beneft
Sycamore St. Cincinnati
Mirzo
Mile Ghey
Barrigburs
Church Congress
ROYAL
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Riage
Jer Gu
Wall &T
Jack
Nassau Street
New York
Scott
Scott & Bowne
N.Y
Walter Baker & CO
Cochis
Tai Ih
Fuei Aner
Dorchester, Mass
Ripaus
W. L Douglas
WL. Douglas
Brockton
W. L. Douglas
Seni
West East
Oym
BROWN
South
N. D. McDonald
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