Chancey, Washington Fixture, Celebrates 52 Years at Capitol
John T. Chancey, longtime House floor employee with ties to presidents and lawmakers dating to the Buchanan era, marked his 52nd year of service. He recalls Andrew Jackson as his first president memory and recalls organizing Washington’s first fire company.
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Washingston
John T. Chancey
Capitol
Cannon
Congress
Buchanan
Jackson
White House
Chancey
Washington
Manghet
Chancey Hoag
Linscoln
Garfield
Henry Clay
Willam Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Mr. Chancey
Benjamin Harrigan
McKinley
Roosevelt
Bin
Costly monstrance melted from church jewelry for St Francis Xavier
Jewelry valued above 25000 dollars from St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Brooklyn was melted to form a large 14 carat rose gold monstrance. It stands three feet high, weighs 124 troy ounces, and features 80 large diamonds eight rubies four sapphires and two pearls. Work began last September with donations from parishioners and the piece will be the church altar’s chief ornament.
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New York
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Brooklyn
United States
St. Praucis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier
Father Hickey
Corpus Christi
Robert
Liege
Honor Florence Nightingale Presented Freedom of London
Florence Nightingale is honored with the freedom of the city of London in a formal civic ceremony. Local officials praised her humanitarian work and enduring impact on public health and nursing.
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Lontor
Wiss Mlorence Nightingale
City of London
Her
Angel of the Crimea remembered in nursing tribute
The piece recalls Florence Nightingale, revered for organizing the British hospital service in the Crimean War and earning the title Angel of the Crimea. It notes a £50,000 subscription for a nurse training school and her refusal of a ceremonial city casket, instead directing funds to hospitals.
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Crimea
England
City of London
Oldest Man Alive Claim Names Hadji Raouf in Constantinople
Report says Hadji Raouf of Constantinople may be 132 or 133 years old and still works as a middleman. He has never left his birth home, and his father is believed to have lived to 142.
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Hadji Raouf
Constantinople
Spring Kidney Trouble In Duncannon Woman Seeks Relief
Mrs H Mutzabaugh of Duncannon Pennsylvania describes prolonged illness with kidney pain and sediment in urine. She credits Dean’s Kidney Pills, bought for 50 cents a box, with restoring her health after eight boxes. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York markets the remedy. A second item notes a professor and son translating a farmer’s vernacular clarification of a line about rainfall.
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Foster-Milburn, Co
Buffalo, N
Hand Mixed Paint Declared Most Scientific By Painter
A painter defends hand mixed paint as superior and scientific, insisting it is made to suit each job with genuine white lead and pure linseed oil. He argues factory mixtures are prepackaged and uncertain without a tester from National Lead Company offering free testing. The piece ends with a Bliss Carman quote on friendship and solitude.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
N.Y
Canada
Saaketchewan
Alberta
Snn
Naugheter
Broiher
Howesteader
C.J. Brodgaton
Ream
Quincy
Wil
Rogers
Currie
Reo
Adi
T. Fae Block
Milwaukee
Wis
Pettits Eye Salve and Other Quack Remedies Advertised
A garbled 19th century advertisement page touts Pettit's Eye Salve for 25 cents claiming relief for tired inflamed eyes, generic health claims, alongside references to various tonics, patent medicines, and aphorisms about marriage and fortune. It mentions Howard Bros., N.X., and a dubious mix of products like laxatives and cough cures, with faint hints of poetry and proverbs.
New Arrivals in Granada Near 200000 in 1907
The article discusses large westward migration to Canada by Americans, noting about sixty thousand moving north yearly. It cites Grants of 160 acres, cheap land, good crops, favorable taxes, and improving social conditions as pull factors. It compares Canadian cities to American hubs and mentions education, agriculture advances, and livestock exhibits.
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United States
Canada
Republic
Winnipes
Winnipeg
Chicago
Ldmontez
Omaha
Calgary
West
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Credited
A Norristown Georgia woman reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to avoid surgery. The letter promotes the remedy as a standard cure for female troubles including displacements, inflammation, ulcers, and period pains, urging others to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Lyila E. Pinkham
Lena V.he
Norristown
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
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OLD House
Groquet
St. Louis
California
T. Chancey
Florence Nightingale
Angel of
FONE
Tate
Harper’s Weekly
Bliss Carman
Garfield Ten
Amiel
UePamder Cigars
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Tara
Winslow
Abharen Leeming
Woriou the Gurue
Lee Pamnration
Alleys Darn
Cures
Windcolla
Dea Bottie
Grnada
The
Dodds Kidney Tae
Homer
W.L Dow
Moore &Biwet
Hnid
Putnam
Monroe Drug
Gulney
Mechanize & Stock Company
Law Mall
Tampany
Airtel
Mark Siote
TolloDlitz
Bouinoss
Adres
W. B. Crabtree
Uplane
Whelewale
Gunther
State Stree
Lyle Calley
Colo
Dino WE Pasu Gouney Kel Bet
Ay Tite Taste
Boul Mandhly Instal Giants
Highta
Bolt Investory
Ibererinwil
Prowation
Ouray Bolling
Masnie
Ptlon Tavie
Drtive
Dave Dnl
Bode
Bhat
Ulligiveetrry
Chyee Ele Oom
LaSalle St
Chicad
Tee
ALN. K
Great Twin Falls
Jerome
Great Snake River
America
Jf. A. Stroud & Company
Wdabo
South Dakota
Low RR
New Empire
Ralington
Lebanon
Poturn
Elwosehn CO
C. T
Low Angeles
Cal
Sloan's
Earl S.sloan
Boston
Maas
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