Population and crops noted in early reports and biographies
The article lists New York colored population at 25 978 in 1790. It mentions the Baldwin expedition needing 50 000 dollars for food. Russia grows sunflowers as staple crop with seeds eaten raw or roasted and oil used in cooking. John Owen, once a mill hand at Oldham, becomes Pembroke fellow after Balliol education and honors.
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New York
North Pole
Russia
John Owen
Oldham
Pembroke College, Oxford
Balliol College
Narrow Escape for Owosso Woman Warned by Kidney Pills
Mrs. Julia A. Mallahan of Owosso Michigan nearly died from kidney disease after neglecting cold symptoms. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with full recovery and urges purchasing from local druggists or Dodds Medicine Company Buffalo NY, with prices listed as 50c per box or six for $2.50.
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Owosso
Mich
Rebekah Lodge
No. 2
Julia A. Mallahan
Dodd
Michigan
Ruggist
Dodds Medicine Company
Buffalo
Paris Fashions Signal Violet Still Dominant In Summer
Paris trends show violet and lavender fading from mourning use as summer arrives. Vibrant fabrics and bold color schemes return, with musk blues purples and bright yellows in cottons and de luxe fabrics. Notable gowns feature guipure appliques, velvet lines, and silk poplin street dress designs.
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Paris
England
Summer dress fashions and wardrobe notes from 19th century gloss
The article describes canary yellow muslin gowns trimmed with white lace and black velvet, with tucks and lace appliques, and a second white fabric dress with black velvet ribbon and ecru guipure. It also notes matching petticoats, Liberty satin trends, and tailored boleros. It closes with war dispatch summaries from Berlin, St. Petersburg, and London about Tientsin, Russia, and Britain.
Two Businesses, One Water Company Doom Investor
A man recalls advice to buy two businesses to grow riches. He did so by purchasing a linseed oil factory and then the local water supplier, only to go broke within a year. The anecdote ends with a quip about oil and water not mixing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spudlong
Chicago Tribune
Foreman of Quarry Gang Suffers Tragic Pocket Watch Loss
In a tongue in cheek notice from Tit-Bits, Mrs. McGinty learns her husband’s pocket watch was crushed when a ten ton rock fell on him. The humorous distress at the accident highlights a grisly mishap in a quarry.
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Quarry Gang
M’ginty
Memory and debts, a wry Yonkers quip
A brief Yonkers Statesman quip defines memory as something a man forgets with when he owes you money, delivering a dry, tongue in cheek joke about memory and repayment.
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Pat
Yonkers Statesman
Deed Of An Insane Woman In Mass Slays Six Children
In Cold Brook Massachusetts Mrs Lizzie Naramore in a fit of insanity killed her six children with an ax and a club then attempted suicide. The bodies were laid on two beds and she cut her throat but survived with deep wounds. She appeared rational later and could not explain the deed. Nearby Clinton Missouri farmer Jacob Dearborn Marr killed his three children with an ax after breakfast while despondent. the family learned of his distress but saw no warning signs.
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Cold Brook
Mass
Lizzie Naramore
Clinton
Jacob Dearborn Marr
Alice M
Elwin
Helen
Peruna Praised by Thousands of Fair Women
A flood of testimonials extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh and nervous debility. Letters from Miss Katie Klein of St Louis and Miss Anna Prescott of Minneapolis praise its quick relief, while Mrs St. J. Taynach and Miss Marie Conts recount renewed health after use. The ads claim Peruna cures systemic catarrh, throat and stomach catarrh, renewing digestion and nerves, urging readers to write Dr Hartman for advice.
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Katie Klein
Bartmer Avenue
St. Louis
Anna Preasacott
Anna Prescott
Peruna
St. J. Taynch
Perriny
Marie Conts
Perinen
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Call for National Assembly in Chicago May 1
The United Christian party executive committee led by William R. Benkett calls for its second annual assembly in Chicago on May 1 to unite Christian patriots and reformers for direct, state and national governance guided by the Golden Rule. The movement seeks a people governed ballot and nonpartisan reform.
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Chicago
United Christian Party
William R. Benkett
Davenport
Jesus
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Ladie Merritt
Waldersee
Berelin
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War Office
Count von Waldersee
Wogack
Barrow
St. Petersburg
Peking
London
House of Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Great Britain
Foreign Office
East
Japan
China
Corea
Maine
South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minn
Mary Coats
Appleton
Wis
Appleton Young Ladies’ Club
Peruna Medicine Company
Ohio
ITiss._ Viarle Coats
Fej-Lynch
CALL
National Assembly
Havana
Senor
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Isle of Pines
Cleveland
Hollenden
Grand Army of the Republic
East Randolph Street
R. Williamson & Co
Georgia
Atlanta
Elbert County
Candler
Liberia
Everybody’s Magazine
U. S
Everybody's Magazine
John Wanamaker
New
Dr.Bull
Dr. Bull
Pullmart
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