From Slavery to Bank President in Richmond Woman
A Richmond Virginia woman, Maggie L Walker, rose from former slave descent to become America’s only female bank president with a capital exceeding sixty thousand dollars. She leads a department store and the Independent Order of St Luxe, organizing 45,000 members across seventeen states while urging Black entrepreneurs to invest and expand beyond the shore.
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Maggie L. Walker
Richmond
Virginia
America
Independent
Order of St. Luxe
Confederacy
Walker
St. Luke Order
West Virginia
Bet
Greatest of Volcanoes on Samoa’s Savaii Island
In August 1905 a massive volcanic eruption on Savaii Island Samoa has produced a lava flow hundreds of feet deep, extending over seven miles of coast. The lava pours into the sea creating a Niagara of fire as villages vanish and a new coastline forms. Scientists estimate 300,000 tons of lava flow each minute, building a molten lake advancing four miles per hour and driving steam clouds and brine rain that damage vegetation and roofs across miles.
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Savaii
Samoa
Apia
Upolo
Ato Apia
Wrater
Harvey the Terrapin Chef and the London Dinner Feat
George W. Harvey, famed steamed oysters inventor and restaurant beeper, died recently in Washington. He once journeyed six thousand miles to supervise a single course at a dinner in London. An English client paid a stiff fee for his terrapin expertise and he returned to New York with $1,000 honorarium and expenses.
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George W. Harvey
Beeper
Washington
Lucullus
Rome
Weeghington
Harvey’s
Terrapin
Maryland
London
Harvey
England
New York
Poor Fellow Turns to Work After Proud Begging
A brief note remarks that when a mat is too proud to beg, the only remaining option is to seek work, highlighting a fall from idle begging to employment.
Taxing Deep Coal and Britain's Hidden Resources
A British tax proposal on the capital value of undeveloped coal raises questions about the extractability of deep coal. Experts weigh the 5.2 billion tons below 4,000 feet against practical limits with high temperatures and ventilation challenges for miners.
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England
Great Britain
Baby Health Advice for Hot Weather Dangers
Warns parents that diarrhea dysentery and cholera infantum rise in hot weather and dehydration risks are severe. Promotes Baby's Own Tablets as preventive and curative, citing Mrs. O. Moreau of St Tite Que and offering mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
Whitewash Brushed Marks in a Rainy Exchange
Hicks apologizes for a misunderstanding about umbrellas on a rainy day. Wicks dismisses the quarrel noting both men swapped hats to avoid getting wet and kept the peace.
English Banquet Etiquette Through Ages and Napkin Lore
A historical note traces English banquet customs from 1660 to Tudor and Stuart periods. It recalls guests carrying knives and forks, regs for dignitaries at royal tables, and Mary Queen of Scots influence on refinement. It cites Napkin use in France under St Beuve and a brief reflection on vanity in love.
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Berlin
London Chronicle
Pepys
Mary Queen of Scots
France
St. Beuve
Tuileries
Odd Customs and Advertisements from a Dated Page
A collage of notes on cultural quirks such as Sunda toothblacks and blackened teeth in Japan, plus comic exchanges and multiple old ads for remedies and household products. The fragment includes playful dialogue, quick kitchen-table anecdotes, and promotional mentions of Parmelee's Vegetable Pills and Dr. Thomas' Eclectric.
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Sunda Islands
Sunda
Macassar
Japan
Advertising in the Candor Advertiser Declines
A faded memory notes CANDOR WOULDN'T PAY and a timid child avoiding a threat of punishment. The fragment hints at a local paper urging advertisers to write in. The source mentions the Candor Advertiser in a cautionary social anecdote about paying debts and communication.
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Riadly
Odd Clippings From a Curious Page of Ephemera
A haphazard mash of 19th or early 20th century ad language and dialogue features snippets about lax remedies, household pest control, and satirical vignettes. It includes mentions of Vegetable Pills, Perry Davis Painkiller, and Holloway’s Corn Cure, plus a faux dialogue with a doctor and a professor imagining envy studies.
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Maggie Walker
Young
Negresses
Mackereth
London Lancet
London County Council
Europe
Doczi
Vienna
England and Wales
James Kaye
West Riding
Germany
Eemk
Fcar
Vesuvius
Cook
Ter
Baby
Dodds
Sciatica
Pilas Ortsnen Oro Napaces
Toothblack
Hub
Tam
U.S
Wilson
Dayling
Parmelee
Mary
Merithol
Silas
Thomas’ Eclectric
Candor
Western
Wones
Ty Orgones
Perry
Davis Sc
Sec
Jers
Hobbs
M.D
Quezcen
J.D. Kelloga
Torentg
Holloway
Red
Indly
Wartsk
Warikers
the Ve'r, Company
Limi Rinary Remedy Ited
Bua
Telaidest
Ecada Vrei
M.C.A
Fall Tora
Battle Way
T. M. Watson
Pancrran
Ontario
Alleg TE -Perance
Tororto
Can
Arsia
Perstee
PS A Guange
VSM
Privital
Central Telegraph School
Cerrard
Torbnto
Selisonite
Merita
Dearest Express
Sean
Canada
Sex Tailoring Co
Toronto
Merchants Portrait Co
Gents
Mai
Spec Canada Silverch Co
Dept. B
Royal Commission
Mutual Life, Temple Building, Toront
Devree Samad
Devane
Tar Howe Barry Co
Dept
Toreato
Garpet
Montreal
Geitbuay
Remington Business
Coliexe Street
Spadina Avenue
Tagirti, Ortaro
Gukcu
Ak Pdse
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