Visiting Old South shows Boston’s historic Children’s Hour appeal
In Boston the Old South Meeting-house hosts semi yearly Children’s Hour events for city youths. April crowds hear about William Blackstone with a school orchestra and patriotic songs. The piece links the site to Washington Adams Otis Hancock and independence.
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America
Boston
Old South Meeting-house
Old Booth
William Blackstone
Old South
George Washington
Washington
Adama
Otis
Hancock
Sgt. Nicholas
Sale of Goods in Bulk Law Abolishes Fraudulent Purchases
Portland creditors group backs Oregon statute protecting buyers of bulk stock. Buyers must obtain a sworn list of all creditors five days before purchase and notify creditors five days prior. Vendors failing to disclose or mislisting creditors face perjury charges and fraud findings.
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Portland
Portland Association of Credit Men
Com Jal
Oregon
Remark on Bulk Sale Clause and Public Officers
The text notes that transfers may be treated as bulk sales under the act unless exempted for executors administrators receivers or officers acting under judicial process. A later remark compares a bulk sale to the size of a lion relative to its prey.
Castoria and Zemstvos in Rural Credit System
The Russian zemstvos provide agricultural implements on credit to peasants, illustrating rural administration and financial support mechanisms of the period. The phrase Castoria and signature references appear as an apparent ad-like or branding fragment.
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Zemstvos
Reward offered for HaliT Catarrh Cures in Toledo
A printed notice offers one hundred dollar reward for HaliT Catarrh Cures and lists Cheney and Co Toledo as sellers. The ad claims cures and pills priced 75 cents per bottle sold by druggists with testimonials available.
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Cheney & Oo
Toledo
F. J
West & Treva
C. Saat Kirwan & Ravin
Lesale
Omec
Hall
Seaman Clothing Rights Hardening Penalty Law
Congress strengthened penalties for withholding a seaman's clothing. A new law makes it a misdemeanor to keep a sailor's outfit when demanded, with up to six months in jail or a $500 fine or both. Seamen nationwide may demand gear through a U S district attorney if denied. A closing quip notes a boy's view of greatness.
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United States
Rheumatic Sufferer Praises S S S Remedy
A reader recounts severe rheumatic pain easing after using S S S for about three weeks. He notes prior failures with other treatments, months of misery, and eventual relief with improved mobility and no pain. A nearby neighbor reportedly also found relief from acute rheumatism using the same medicine.
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P. R.B
The
S. Fones
Ras
Toan
War tableau in Manchuria imitates Japan's greenery
A unit celebrating the Yalu victory staged an elaborate Manchurian illusion of Japan with pine avenues lanterns and a lifelike dragon and lion setup. Soldiers transplanted forests built waterfalls and gardens while a bronzelike statue overlooking the scene watched.
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Fujii
Kuroki
Piau-chi-tun
Mukden
Japan
Fujiyama
Manchuria
Music to Him Quar tet Delights Detroit News
Dialog from the Detroit News quotes a passerby expressing delight at a quartet while revealing a rivalry, noting one member is a bitter enemy of a singer.
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Detroit News
Danger of Realism in Belasco's Stage Practices
A fragment from a Belasco discussion notes the risk of stage realism in theater. A manager recalls a snow scene mishap with brown paper snow, while a London setting is cited, and a Philadelphia Bulletin note jokes about soothing remedies for teething children.
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David Belasco
London
Philadelphia Bulletin
Portraits and creditors in the Baron’s rooms
The dialogue notes the Baron’s two oil paintings of his ancestors while another room holds hundreds of portraits. Egbert suggests the large collection may reflect the Baron’s creditors rather than kin, implying financial strain behind the art display.
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Bacon
Egbert
Dust of New York Left Behind in Chicago Exchange
Conversation notes a traveler from New York to Chicago, joking about shedding dust from the Big Apple and settling things for a new start in the Midwest.
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Chicago
Dearborn
New York
Wabash
Sheneheen Oysters Recipe Steps
Pick over more than a dozen large oysters. Strain the liquor and measure a half cup. Add liquor to oysters with salt butter ketchup and chopped peppers. Turn into a flat dish. Bake in a hot oven until edges curl. Serve over buttered toast.
Children should not be obliged to study out of school
An opinion advancing that children need not study outside school grounds is reported as making headway in Germany. A 40 year old claim touts Piso’s Cure for Consumption curing coughs and colds with Abt druggists offering it for 25 quute. In Grimston churchyard Norfolk a gravestone marks a local blacksmith’s grave with an anvil at the head.
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Kuroki
London Times
Japan
Manchuria
Robert Bruce and
the Spider
Germany
Grimston
Norfolk
How Cascarets Aid The Bowels In Constipation
A health note explains that intestinal villi absorb nutrients and that delayed transit causes poison and gas. Castor oil and strong cathartics waste digestive juice, weakening future digestion. Cascarets are presented as the safe bowel medicine, contrasted with harsh laxatives.
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Reierson Machinery Co
Poot
Morrisey Street
Orozea
O. M. Ferry &Co
Detroit, Mion
Dr. G. Gee Wo
Dia
Thomas Lent
C. Gee WO
A.J. Tower CO
Canada
France
Milton
Tia
Moore
Bengal
British India
ELSI
Rtiellc
Castoria
Attacan
Thorhby
E. Greenbrierst. A Gey. Co
S. S
IFT Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Warriors
Moncure Conway
Helen Taylor
John Stuart Mill
Scotland
Mrs. Winslow
Kline
Seeth
Lia Oat
Hood
Cue Pictures
Ayer
Vncdortat Enzatve
Ayers
Lowell, Mas
Sarsapartlla
RS Regul Ayer
St. Jacobs
Lumbago
W. A. Wise
Wise Bros., Dentists
H. A. Sturdevant
T. P. Wise
Cascare
Sterling Remedy Company
Euskal Taseniote
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