Washington Gateway and Streets Show Capital Pride
A vivid piece praises Washington as the capital city, highlighting its grand gateway at Union Station, marble and granite structures, and a well-kept street system. It notes federal ownership of land, the lack of overhead wires, asphalted streets, and a tree-lined plan begun by Jefferson with Lombardy poplars. The anecdote about an iceboat owner who misread Washington ends with the missed iceboating season.
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Washington
Union Station
Capitol
Washington Street
National Capital
Jefferson
Man on Washington Trip Misreads City, Ends Lost in Snow
A visitor from London, after two days in Washington, asks a trolley conductor for the White House and confuses directions. He wanders toward Capitol Hill, slips in the snow, and is steered to the library by a fellow traveler. He later writes home praising Washington's beauty but faults residents for their secrecy. The piece ends with a light jab about curly headed Irlo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
House
Capitol Hill
London
Nervy 80 year old on summer train to Cape towns
A stormy old man nicknamed Bobby travels from Rockport to the North Shore summer route. A family boards at Pride's Crossing with a poodle a gray cat and a mantel clock in worn leather. Pet antics unfold as the cat scolds Bobby and the poodle seeks attention before Bobby moves to a different car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shore
Massachusetts
Rockport
Seata
Bobby
Tabby
Poderstood
Percy
Robby
Remarkable Thirst for Profit and Odd Thermometers
A historical oddities note describes an unprofitable customer paying a dollar for a shave at ten cents. It then details Otto de Guericke, Magdeburg burgomaster, with a 20 foot long copper thermometer painted in blue and gilt. A large globe swings on a copper tube, alcohol inside, with a weighted float and a pulleys system connected to a decorative angel indicating the scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto de Guericke
Magdeburg
GOOD CHANGE From Coffee to Postum Appeals to Health
An Als young lady shares how switching from coffee to Postum improved her stomach, insomnia, headaches, and sleep. She notes better appetite and energy, and her brother also reports relief after the shift. The testimonial, attributed to the Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich, references the booklet The Road to Wellness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollum
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
West
Money Made in Livestock in Central Canada
W J Henderson, visiting Seattle, reports Canadian agents in Spokane praising livestock profits. He notes yields of 20 bushels per acre wheat and 35 bushels oats, high stock prices, and a strong market for cattle, horses, sheep, pork, eggs, and butter. He mentions homestead prospects and potential land values, ending with a humorous aside about dinner invitation and a suit in hock.
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W. J. Henderson
Seattle
Rites
Spokane
Waeh
Canada
Back Pain and Kidney Trouble Cured by Dean's Pills
An ad style reminiscence details how Thomas N. McCullough of 321 So Weber St Colorado Springs reports lasting kidney trouble and sleep disruption. After using Dean's Kidney Pills relief was permanent and the product sold widely for 60 cents a box.
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Thomas N. McCullough
Weber St
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bays
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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New York
Sayy
Washington Star
Potomac
Congress
Alexandria
Lin
Grrar AL
Irlo
Evan
Perny
Diar
Marjorie
Lee
Saville
Garfield Teo
Woolford
Lewis
Elydna O
Samuel Ther
the Centaur Company
Foodan
Bears
Castoria
Sloan
Price
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Puget Sound
Alaska
Geate
Y,p
Frank. T, Hunter
the Trustee Company
Wash
Ruglet
Mouklot
Special Agents
Spohn Medical CO
Satis Goshen, Inc
U.S. A
Parker
Defiance
Bamb
Thompson
W. WN. U
Kansas City
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