Tweed Tiger Emblem Adopts Tammany Heritage
W C Montayne, a New York coffee and spice dealer, traces the tiger emblem to the 1860s when Willand Tweed, a leader of Big Six fire company, favored a royal Bengal tiger picture in his father's store. The symbol spread to the Americas club and became a Tammany mark, woven in the Americas club peijor corner and painted on Big Six’s old rand engine at Greenwich Connecticut.
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Tweed
Tammany
W. C. Montayne
New York
Willand M. Tweed
Forman
Big Six’ Fire Company
Americas Club
All Tammany
Greenwich
Conn
Big Six
Pardonable Evashenn Inheritance Tax Evasion Tale
General Di Cennola of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art recounts Charles R. Curtis’s plan to bequeath ten thousand dollars, then changing to cash to dodge taxes. Curtis says the inheritance tax would consume about fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars, so he hands over the money now to the museum.
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General di Cennola
New York Metropollitan Museum of Art
Charles R. Curtis
Curtis
Mrs Anton Griesbaum Jr Illness and Cure Story
In New Haden Illinois on August 12 Mrs Anton Griesbaum Jr suffered severe female weakness keeping her from housework. Dodd's Kidney Pills touted as a cure for Bright's Disease and other issues allegedly improved her health after three boxes. She reports no remaining symptoms of female trouble and can work as before. The ad claims the medicine is gaining a strong reputation locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haden
Anton Griesbaum, Jr
Dodd
Bright
A Governor's Pet and Noted Remedies Featured At Length
The item compiles various notices and anecdotes including Governor Odell's fondness for his water spaniel and product pitches for Allen’s Foot-Ease and Defiance Starch. It also includes a Pan-American Exposition fare note of Buffalo July 30 with railway and hotel rate details and a stray editorial-style sentence about virtue and honesty.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Publishers’ Association
Ploper
Suine Ithent
Torlat
Prisoners Titled Prisoners In English Nobility
English nobles and relatives of the king face long prison terms for forgery deceit and theft. Lady Gunning and Gwynette Maude receive years of hard labor while the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland and others face jail for fraud perjury and misconduct. Italian dukes under Villarosa family rulings hold ten year sentences for murder and related crimes. The piece notes royal connections fail to shield offenders.
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England
Gunning
Sir Henry Gunning
Lord Churchill
London
Osborne
Gwynette Maude
Earl of Monlalt
Vienna
Marchioness of
Donegal
Countess Waldeck
Italy
Villarosa
Catarina
Maddalena
Naples
Caracciola
Pennsylvania
Clever remark marks Guthrie’s blunt bedside manner
Fifty years ago Dr Guthrie, famed military surgeon, was brusque yet kindly. Sir Joseph Frayer recalls a hospital ward walk with visiting dignitaries when Guthrie rebuked the dresser. The student replied he did not feel clever, and Guthrie quipped that he was, indeed, clever.
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Guthrie
Joseph Frayer
Natural Tunnel A World Wonder for Virginia Railroad
The Natural Tunnel in Virginia served as a key route for the Virginia and Southwestern railroad through the Alleghanies into Tennessee. About 1000 feet long, the tunnel required only sixty feet of blasting. Limestone formation and 400 foot high cliffs characterize the surrounding scenery near Indianapolis News.
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Virginia and Southwestern
Alleghanies
Virginia
Tennessee
Indianapolis News
Navy to reestablish European station under Cromwell
Secretary of the navy orders Rear Admiral Cromwell to Europe to assume command with the squadron of the Chicago Albany and Nashville. The Chicago sails from Rio to Gibraltar while Albany and Nashville head from Cavite to Suez to receive orders. A newer battleship may be sent to the European station this fall, likely the Kearsarge or Alabama. Also notes Benguet governor H Phelps Whitmoren’s investigation and two ironclad test targets at New York navy yard for ordnance experiments at Sandy Hook.
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Secretary of the Navy
Cromwell
Europe
Chicago
Albany
Nashville
South Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Gibraltar
Cavite
Suez
Navy Department
Kearsarge
Alabama
Spain
H. Phelps Whitmoren
Benguet
Luzon
Manila
Canada
Philippines
Ordnance Department of the Army
New York Navy Yard
Sandy Hook
Oddities and Observations From England to Sicily
A mosaic of antiquarian notes spans Norwich brine springs lifting streets, Stonehenge sunrise customs, and a fenced modern museum. It recalls Sicily’s fertility, orange groves, and crops with vast, historic parallels alongside curious Portland mushrooms and parasols.
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Norwich
England
Stonehenge
Tremendous Bridge Trade Drives London Bridge Upgrade
London Bridge handles about 200000 daily travelers, 130000 pedestrians and the rest by vehicle. With population growth the load has nearly doubled despite Tower Bridge relief. Granite corbels will extend the footway projections over the water to increase capacity.
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London Bridge
Tower Bridge
Footway Ag
Balt Baths at Home by Victor Smith
Victor Smith advises on home salt water baths. He warns that an ordinary tub holds 90 to 100 gallons and warns against dissolving a pint or two of sea salt. He recommends using 25 to 30 pounds of salt per 100 gallons for natural balance and notes cost and yield.
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Victor Smith
Tea venture to plant 6,000 acres in Colleton County
A new tea company inspired by Dr. Shepard’s success has purchased 6,000 acres in Colleton County, D C, with plans to plant 100 acres this season and over 5,000 acres next year. The land cost $20,000 and the expected output may exceed 300,000 pounds.
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South Carolina
Will attestation upheld despite distant witnesses scene
In Minnesota a queer will case was decided with witnesses signing at a table about ten feet from the testator while he sat on his bed. The court sustains the attestation and subscription as proper though the witnesses were not in the testator’s direct line of sight.
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Minnesota
Yale Graduates Complete Wrexham Window Subscription
Yale graduates have finished the subscription list to place a memorial window for Elihu Yale in the church at Wrexham Wales near the site where Yale is buried. Work on the window will begin at once.
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Wrexham
Yale
Elihu Yale
Wales
Hall's Catarrh Cure Romance and Patent Medicine Ads
An 19th century Toledo advertisement fragment offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 promise per cured case, statements by Frank J. Cheney, notes on notary, and testimonials. It mixes medicine pitches with other product lines and odd moral quips, typical of era trade cards.
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City OF
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
I. J.cheney &Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
J. Charney & CO
Drugeists
Greatly Reduced Rates From Wabash Trains
Wabash announces greatly reduced fares with round trips starting at 3.00 to Buffalo and 13.00 to New York, and 41.00 for Chicago. Daily sale through trains operate from Chicago, with through routes from Kansas City and St. Louis, plus summer stopover options at Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Contact nearest ticket agent or Harry S. Moores, General Agent, Pass Dept, Omaha Neb.
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Buffalo
New York
Wabash Irom
Chicago
Wabash
Kansas City
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Harry S. Moores
Dept
Gmaha, Neb, Or Co
Crane, G
Czar of Walesia Maintains Ordinary Routine
The czar of Walesia rarely reads newspapers or books, spends mornings handling official duties and tea, then afternoons with family matters before dinner. After a bout with typhoid fever he is stronger, with a full face and fewer headaches or epileptic fits. English residents hold substantial investments, while a proverb about knowledge and doubt circulates.
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Walesia
Red Cross Ball Blue Promotes Bright White Clothes
A small notice touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a cost effective 4 cm package at 5 cents for whitening clothes. The fragment mentions love letters and court proceedings as nonlegal, noting their chronicling of legal processes.
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Red Cross
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Piso
Joan F. Borer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Heven
Oen
Defiance
Hamlin’s
Wizard Oil Co
Abyssinia
Army and Navy Notes
Irvington
William S. Woodward
Sweetner
Forest Grove
Portland Oregonian
Sicily
Ieat
Plano del
Imoney
Shoa
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Vie Wabash
Krre
Czar
Phelps Broch
Phelps Nromn
Thompson
Britteh Depot
B. Muwueny
Song
Charterhouse
E.G
PorTen
Boston
U.S. A
Wall & Rucker
New Yorks
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