Origins and Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Traces the drafting and signing process of the Declaration in 1776. Notes Richard Henry Lee’s resolutions, Thomas Jefferson’s draft, and the committee phase leading to the July 4 adoption with 66 signers including Hancock and others.
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Great Britain
Paul Nevere
Lexington and Concord
Continental Congress
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Bunker Hill
George III
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Mecklenburg County
N. C
Thomas Palme
Paine
Pennsylvania
Colonies
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Philadelphia
Lee
Library of Congress
Massachusetts
Wieress
New York
Congress
Independence
New Jersey
Wise
Jefferson
Roger Sherman
Connecticut
Robert R. Livingston
Adams
Franklin
American Philosophical Society of
Delaware
South Carolina
United States of America
George Washington
New York Assembly
White Plains
John Hancock
Thomas McKean
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire
Money From the Water on Memorial Bridge Rescue
A child dropped a new ten dollar bill into the water after being wheeled on Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth. Four days later a marine orderly on the navy yard ferry recovered the bill from about three feet of water near a floating stage and returned it to the owner. The notice ends with an unrelated advertisement for Cuticura skin products.
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Memorial Bridge
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Wood Best Insulator For Ice Box Keeps Heat Out
The bureau of standards notes wood is the best insulator for ice boxes. It is as hard to keep an ice box cold without melting ice as to keep a stove hot without burning coal. The box should be built to prevent outside heat from entering the interior.
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Bureau of Standards
Bond's Liver Pills Ad Promises Health
Be free from dizziness headaches biliousness constipation fevers and jaundice by keeping the liver active and bowels regulated with Bond's Liver Pills. They aid Nature in removing waste. All druggists recommend Bond's Liver Pills. Cost 25 cents. Ad.
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Bond
Nature
Much Occupied Visitor
Column note from the Lafayette Lyre quips about social visits and marriage chatter as a mother is claimed to be married, reflecting light local humor.
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Jimmie
Lafayette Lyre
California Fig Syrup Touted as Child Laxative
An old advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children of all ages. It states a teaspoonful cleans the liver and bowels and warns mothers to insist on the genuine product with the California spelling on the bottle to avoid imitations.
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California
Notable quotes and ads in Duluth Herald excerpt
A mix of a Duluth Herald quotation about scorn and utility and an advertisement for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills at 872 Pearl St New York. It also notes Adv Women of Paris taking dolls to tea dances and placing them on chairs at the table.
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Wright
Pearl
Paris
Dialogue Exchange Between Children Over Chores
A brief humorous dialogue features two children debating who should ask for money. One suggests asking their mother for a dime while the other insists on asking for a nickel so they both share the request. The exchange hints at sibling bargaining and daily household routines.
Dodson's Liver Tone Said To Cure Longstanding Boils
A vintage advertisement claims Dodson's Liver Tone cleanses the liver and removes impurities to stop years of boils. It asserts the remedy clears sour bile and constipation without griping, promising a money back guarantee if it fails to improve health.
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Willie Hapes
Dodson
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin A Gentle Regular Laxative
Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello promotes Syrup Pepsin as a humane laxative that avoids purges and gripes. He claims it establishes natural bowel regularity, is harmless, pleasant for all ages, and suitable for chronic constipation, sells a 60 cent bottle.
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W. B. Caldwell
Monticello
Til
Dr. Caldwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tellion
CME
Lannk
Iphbeshen
Fade
O of
Mamrerica
Megong Ae
Ayrmoty
Jehan Jdams
Duluth Herald
Bellans
Houston
Galveston
Mitchell
Universal sHer
Birmingham
Ala
Bem
Groesbeck
Texas
Normangee
Ennis
Fred Heinlein
W. Kilpatrick St
Portland
Ore
Ruggist
U. S
Towns Rem. Co., Inc
Milwaukee
Wis
Harold Somers
Moe
Mabel
Joe
Caldwell
Pepsin
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