Five Year Old Jessie Maud Laird Lifts Heavy Spool
In Sullivan County a 5 year old girl Jessie Maud Laird impresses onlookers by lifting a 62 pound barbed wire spool with stones atop it, totalling 82 pounds, as her Civil War veteran father and family watch. The father believes the spirit of a strong ancestor inspires her feats. The scene at Hard's Settlement includes neighbors and the child walking miles to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
John F. Laird
Libby
Andersonville
Jessie Maud Laird
Jessie Mand
Hard’s
Samson
Maud
Palmer Laird
Miss Hercules
Cal
Hercules
Laird
New York World
Stores For Barter and Exchange A Labor Movement
A San Francisco labor exchange promotes a voucher based barter system that replaces money with certificates redeemable for goods. Leaders claim thousands of dollars in value circulated, with plans to employ artisans and expand stores statewide while denouncing legal tender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
New Society
The
Labor Exchange
Carl Glosser
Henry Warfield
Glesser
G. R. de Bernardi
Independence
Michael Flurscheim
Switzerland
Germany
Valencia Street
San Francisco Examiner
Bishop Potter Sets Example by Working in City Slums
Clergy figure Bishop Potter spends midsummer at the Cathedral mission in Stanton Street to model active philanthropy for Episcopal clergy. The move follows his advocacy for hands on social work and serves as a practical demonstration of religious charity in urban slums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Brittany
Levant
Potter
Philadelphia Record
Stanton Street
New York Sun
Potter —Lostum
Four-Cent Fee Wins Capitol Honor for Albany Lawyer
Daniel J. O'Brien of Albany received a four cent check from the navy department for twenty eight years of service as his attorney in a prize money case from the Civil War era. The sum marked attorney fees for aiding Richard W. Allen, who also served with O'Brien on a northern navy cruiser. Allen had earlier been paid eighty five cents for his prize money, which he framed and hung over his chimney.
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O'Brien
United States
Daniel J. O'Brien
Albany
United States Navy
New York
Mr. O'Brien
Richard W. Allen
Allen
Navy
O' Brien
Navy Department
Albany Argus
New Woman Miss Maguire Redefines Civic Style
Miss Constance Maguire, secretary to the newly appointed city counselor Marshall, embodies the era’s new woman. She bicycles in bloomers, wears a sweater and jockey cap, and balances athletic feats with books and finery, challenging prejudices with poise and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Constance Maguire
Marshall
Miss Maguire
Plucky Cooke City teacher crosses river on single beam
Minnie Hickox arrives on time to take her teaching post in Cooke City after crossing a swollen river on a lone bridge stringer and riding 60 miles over rough mountain roads to reach the hotel exhausted but triumphant. The journey followed a dangerous river crossing and an uphill trek to keep her Monday appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Hickox
Cooke City
Livingston
Ganiier
Cooke
Gardiner Bridge
Mrs Hickox
Gloved Congressman Reed and Civic Tales of Courage
A profile notes Tom Reed’s uneasy alliance with his silk hat and gloves as he debated tariff bills in Congress. It recalls President Cleveland’s warmth, Sickles’ wartime dinners, and ends with Cincinnati Enquirer recounting Miss Jackie Williams’ feat saving two sisters from an alligator by improvising a rifle-driven rescue in Titusville.
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Tom Reed
Congress
Reed
Baker
New Hampshire
Boutelle
Bontelle
Tom
Bangor
Charles
Bull Run
Sickles
Army of the
Jackie
Miss Jackie Williams
Titusville
Pla
Miss Jackie
Cincinnati Enquirer
Annual Hydrophobia Attacks in Pittsburg Man
A Pittsburg man, John Alles, experiences annual hydrophobia every July following a dog bite years earlier. The case, described by the Philadelphia Press, includes frenzied barking, frothing at the mouth, and forceful resistance before being restrained and treated at Mercy hospital. Doctors cite possible psychological imprinting as the trigger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John Alles
Alles
Mercy Hospital
Philadelphia Press
Convention excursion rates and meeting notices
Excerpt lists excursion rates for American Pharmaceutical Association events in Denver and annual meetings in Boston and Louisville with agent contact for details. Also includes consumer testimonials praising Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for dysentery and diarrhea with local drugstore availability and a salve claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atercan Pharmaceutical Association
Denver
Cole
Kilits Templar
Boston
Mass
G. Ao KK
Louisville
M. M. Onis
Baldness cure advertisement and travel memoir fragment
An odd 19th century notice touts Prof. G Birkholz of Chicago as a baldness expert offering free examinations to assess cure potential. It mixes medical claims with a travel tale detailing a trip to Yellowstone and a sales pitch for remedies, eye salves, and horse tonics, ending with a stamp-based offer from Cracres S. Fee in St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Birkholz
Chicago
Ile
Kirkholz
Birklolz
Eseh
Masonic Temple
Chicayo
Mny
Dr. Cady
Sam
Polly
Ham
Northern Pacific Railroad
Cracres S
Mississippi
Alabama
Mobile and Ohio
Mobile & Ohio
St. Louis
Mobile
W. Greene
Mibile and Obie Railroad
Ala
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Thomas Joles
Fishing Creek Township
Danville Asylum
Coles
Philadelphia
Nashville
American
McKinley
Wichita Eagle
Chicago Dispatch
Ohio
Columbus Call
Thomas B. Reed
Brooklyn Eagle
Foraker
Morton
Joe Sibley
Sibley
Philadelphia Times
Bishop Potter
France
Tarbes
Jonathan Rowe
South Atkinson
Canada
Mother Buglund
Chicago Post
Louis
W. H. Castner, Jr
St. Paul
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Eiffel
Hiffel
Samuel
Mark Twain
New York Record
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Chicago Tribune
Ieee
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Butte
Mov
Fred O. Anderson
Ien News
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
PV. J. Cheney & Co
Hmall
Ald
A.W. Gleason
Sear Notary
F. J. Cheney & Co
Denygiats, Te
Freeport
Sith
M. M. Oran
Apt
Dogart
Westimoreland
Chamberlain's Main Hall
Bom
Preye
Boquet
Wi Hogan
City Drug Store
Frederickatown
Wm. Uogan
Bucklen
Peterbaug
Rhodie Noah
Tome
Mary Sibley
Sidney
Mich
Brofessor
Birkholz
Tie
Lovillard’s
Old Reliable Tailor Shop
J. G. Sheller
Lower Proud Street
Lanark
Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing Company
la Crows
Wisconsin
Aise Reay
Depot
Wilbur Lumber Co
W.H. Ritter, Mer
Con. Cotes
TEP
Poiletek Abe
Warrant Cin Ware Ty FT Hatlreson & CO
Clerk
Columbus
NEW Howe Sewing Machine CO
Onicor
Mast
Borrowa
Bimmerigoane
Omeado
Fiat
Drinas
Thea
Han Paestins
Aylanta
Dia
John Peters
Fia
Gerosire
U.S
Washington
Eliinge
Elise
Lo May &Co
St Paul
Phillip Ripper
Philip Ripper
Csuaty Court of
Tyne
Mary
Ricpem
Sinino
E. E. Dubbel
Borden
Be “ BO
Valenciennes
Point de
Bho. Mitts
W. Mt Aearie
Jackson
Chieves
Thor
F 1
Warring
GY &T
St Pani
WM. Walton
Srnrielson
Low Prines
Sherehane
Monena Lake Assembly
Monona Lake
Madison
Wis
M. M. Oui
Agt
Illinois
Eld
Carrill County
Henry J. Howe
Carroll County
Tileois
Orlando Boilowe
Henry D. Thowe
Teatark
Carrall County
Te Erty
Lange
Car
Pupehaners Tyrol
Carroll
Orlando D. Howe
Conservator
Iiwa
Rewnen & Cava
the Lanark Steam Laundry
Gordon & Gelwicks
South Broad Street
Crosby
Zullinger & Gordon
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