Washington Letter highlights a Roosevelt era notebook
The article surveys White House life from the Second Roosevelt boy’s school entrance attempts to Mrs. Roosevelts linen orders from Porto Rico. It covers river and harbor bill prospects, Clara Barton at Red Cross, Choate social rounds, Frye’s senate leadership and subsidies, plus Mrs. Roosevelts informal reception style and child-centered greetings drawing a large, varied crowd.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Force School
Massachusetts Avenue
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congress
Clara Barton
The
Red Cross
Choate
Senate
Frye
Maine
William Pierce Frye
Lewiston
United States Senate
James G. Blaine
Senate Alway
Commerce
Hitt
Mr. Hitt
K Street
Senator Chandler
New Hampshire
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mrs Roosevelt
Europe’s Small Fire Loss Compared with New York
European cities report far lower fire losses than New York. Paris with 2,500,000 people posts minimal fire damage, Budapest loses under one-tenth Boston’s, Milan about 150000 yearly, Venice around 20000, and London roughly one fifth of New York’s. Building design, more brick and stone, limits fires rather than police fire forces.
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Europe
Paris
Boston
Budapest
Massachusetts
Milan
Venice
London
New York
Emperor Francis Joseph's plain tastes at meals in his library
London columnist reports the Austrian emperor rises at dawn for breakfast of cold meat coffee and fresh bread, takes lunch between 12 and 1, and dinner at six at his writing desk with no tablecloth. He drinks beer, smokes Virginia cigars costing five kreuzer, and receives dishes via his valet.
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Francis Joseph
Francis Joseph of
Austria
London
Havana
Virginia
Poor Boys in Japan's Army Enlistment Burdens Families
The passage notes that poorer families face financial embarrassment when sending sons to Japan's army due to lack of funds for allowances. Neighbors, moved by concern, plan a private allowance fund to support privates from their quarters, addressing honor and duty.
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Japan
Army Service of
The Ganges Delta as Birthplace of Global Plagues
The passage describes the Ganges delta as a swampy, vegetation rich region where cholera and plague persist year round. It asserts that every major cholera outbreak in Europe and every plague visitation originated from the Ganges mouth.
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Ganges Delta
Europe
Ganges
Statue of Gaul Hero by Bartholdi to rise at Clermont Ferrand
The sculptor of Liberty, Bartholdi, unveils a colossal statue of Vercingetorix the Gaul to be erected at Clermont Ferrand, 2560 miles from Paris. It stands fourteen feet high and sixteen feet long, weighs four tons, and will be moved by automobile wagon one block from Paris since rail transport is impractical.
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Hero
Gaul
Bartholdi
Vercingetorix
Clermont- Ferrand
Paris
Heiress to millions claims Lady of Dumfries title in Scotland
New York socialite Norma L. Munro travels to England to press a claim to the Hume estate in Dumfries and the local title Lady of Dumfries. The Munro fortune, cited at around 200 million dollars, would make her one of the wealthiest women if recognized. Her father Norman L. Munro, a New York publisher, pursued the inheritance after the last Lord Hume died intestate, triggering a protracted dispute among heirs and crown restoration provisions.
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New York
Norma Ll Munro
England
Scotland
Norman L. Munro
Hume
County
Dumfries
Solway Firth
George
Norman Munro
Lord Hume
Edinburgh
Norma Munro
House of Hume
Butter and cream as natural remedies against illness
The text argues fresh unsalted butter is more digestible than cod liver oil and can be eaten freely with bread. Cream, fresh milk, and even butter help rebuild tissues after sickness, with butter favored for nourishment and rapid recovery. It notes four ounces daily as tolerable for delicate individuals and praises butter for growing children, while advising moderation with alcohol.
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Pittsburg
Relic Burnses Glass Auctioned From Burns Ancestry Tumbler
A Burns relic surfaces in an auction room. An ordinary tumbler, in an oak case with velvet lining and a Brahmin key, bears an inscription attributing it to Robert Burns and tracing the gift chain through Jean Armour to Maj. James Glencairn Burns in 1840. The box uses London Bridge timber and Royal George remnants. Also brief notes on a clever anecdote about ex-Congressman Cable of Illinois and a penny-wise lesson on reading great authors.
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Robert Burns
James Robinson
Inlaw
James Glencairn Burns
Jean Armour
Sunderland
Burns
London Bridge
Royal George
Cable
Illinois
France
Washington Star
George's Weekly Subscription Offer Notice
An old notice offers George's Weekly at half price for a year if paid in full at the paper's office and 50 cents extra for mailing. It describes the weekly as discussing initiation and referendum, socialism, single tax, mental science and balanced arguments. The piece references a shoe maker, Wizard Oil for pain, and a vague Italy romance note related to Bonanza.
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Herbert George
Times
George’s Weekly
Putnam Faceless Dyes Color More Goods Per Package
The ad notes Putnam Faceless Dyes color more goods per package than any other brand and are sold by druggists at 10 cents per package. A stray quotation about a whale and Jonah interrupts the text, stating he was a stranger and took him in.
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Putnam
Jonah
Salzer
Tejos
Ferry
D. M. Ferry & Go
Detroit
Psloh
Mercury free catarrh cure and insurance pitch
An assortment of old time medical and insurance advertisements. Mercury warned against in catarrh remedies, Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as mercury free and internal. Also quotes on insurance savings by Farmers’ Alliance Mutual Fire Insurance and assorted anecdotes and teas.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Laxative Cough Remedy Ads and Snow Shoe Fit Clash
An old newspaper fragment shows ads for a laxative branded product priced at 25 cents and a rheumatism remedy promising a dollar-back guarantee if it fails. A light column tone follows with a social quip about fit, noting a snow shoe size debate between a guide and a woman.
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Marshall
Life of Morphy and notes by Fiske in Florence
A brief note on Willard Fiske planning an authentic life of Paul Morphy and his chess circle in Florence. The item mentions Cuban education reforms spotlighted at Pan American Exposition with medals, plus various patent medicines and a Santa Claus quip. Also references Dr Kline nerve treatment and Marshall's Rheumatism remedy, with local ads for a fruit farm near Grand Junction Colorado and a stray joke about a barber’s election.
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Paul Morphy
Willard Fiske
Villa Lander
Florence
Jessor Fiske
Murphy
Cuba
Hostetter
Mrs Hulda Jakeman Recalls Using Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A reader letter to Mrs Pinkham describes prior dread of her menstrual period and relief after starting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The correspondent notes transformation in her symptoms and appreciation for the remedy.
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Jakeman
Elders of the Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Woeman
Mrs. Pinkham
Hulda Jakeman
Hunpa Jakeman
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Bureau of Statistics
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Andrew Carnegie
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Maple Street
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