Various 1900s New England Industrial and Crime Notes
Reports from Albany and Troy note wee Albany Iron Works resuming work, employing 1,509. Exeter Manufacturing Company informs workers of up to ten percent wage cuts after February 11. Petmecky, murderer of Mrs. Froitzheim, is sentenced to death by hanging. Allentown Rolling Mill resumes after idle period, giving 100 jobs. Gloucester dispatch reports the overdue Georges Dank schooner G. W. Stetson lost with 12 crew. vessel insured for 4000. May and Lawton sentenced to two years for manslaughter of August Dietz. Silver dollar production for week ended Jan 26 totals 109,994, down from 262,999 a year ago.
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Evans
Washington
A. L. Stype
Fifth District
North Carolina
Exeter Manufacturing Company
Exeter
N. H
Petmecky
Froitzheim
Auburn
Archist
Allentown Rolling Mill Company
Little Mill
Gloucester
Mass
G. W. Stetson
Lawrence May
George Lawton
August Dietz
Rahway
N.J
So Help Me God Oath Debate in Maryland Body
A petition in the House of Delegates seeks to expunge the words So help me God from oaths. The piece notes many states and England use only I do swear or affirm. It argues the federal form allows affirmation, and a constitutional change would be needed to abolish oaths entirely. It advocates removing the umprecatory clause and, with it, the Bible kissing ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
Maryland
States
England
Deserve Success The Daily and Weekly News Motto
The Daily and Weekly News touts itself as the best local city paper, built for readers and the community. It emphasizes local intelligence gathering, steady effort, and inviting neighbors to judge and support a strictly local paper for the people's advancement and good.
Ingenious Innkeeper Sees Ten Guests Share Nine Rooms
Ten weary travelers arrive at a lone inn with nine beds. The landlord splits occupants across rooms A to I, pairing two in A and single occupants in the remaining rooms, so that all ten guests find space. The clever ruse lets each room serve two guests except one, yielding a clever nine-room arrangement for ten men.
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Awaful
Puzzies
Board of Trade endorses national bodies and reforms
The national Board of Trade at Willard's Hotel in Washington adopted resolutions for a national railroad commissioners board and a postal telegraph and telephone, a department of commerce, and a repeal of the Bland law bullion purchase. It urged a constitutional amendment for line-item veto and civil service reform, praised reform, and condemned foreign pork bans. The convention adjourned and the executive council will meet in Indianapolis on May 25, 1834.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Trade
Willard’s Hotel
Washington
National Board of Railroad
Department of Commerce
Congress
United States
Executive Council
Indianapolis
Mardi Gras Parade Plans and Key Events Announced
The New Orleans Carnival opens February 21 with record crowds and extensive preparations. Knights of Momus parade on the 21st ending with a ball, February 22 features a military display with the Fifth Maryland Regiment and Detroit troops, Lee statue unveiling, and a Washington Artillery ball. Lex arrives February 25, Proteus crews appear with a ball, Mardi Gras day Rex leads a large parade, and Comus hosts a major night with many balls by comic organizations.
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New Orleans
Knights of Momus
Maryland
Detroit
Lee
Washington Artillery
Lex
Proteus
Ball
Rex
Comus
Swit
Dr King's New Discovery Promoted by Garrett and Steele
Wide Awake Drugglists announce the agency for Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. It is described as the only certain cure for coughs colds hoarseness asthma hay fever bronchitis or any throat and lung affection. Trial bottles are free with regular size priced at 1.00. A cold water cloth is suggested as a remedy for somnambulists.
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Garrett & Steele
Dr. King
Lrial
Equalizing the State School Tax Distribution Bill
Senator Bowlus plans a bill to amend the school tax apportionment to equalize funding for white and colored schools. Currently colored allocations are based on colored population while white allocations use all inhabitants. The proposal was referred to the education committee. A bonnet trend features alligator skin crowns. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup touted as remedy for colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowlus
Committee On Education
Surprise Party for Albert Zimmerman Near Town
A social surprise gathering was given for Mr. Albert Zimmerman on the Manor area, with about eighteen to twenty couples attending from the neighborhood. Sleighs delivered guests from various directions and Corum's string band provided music for dancing. The group left after early morning hours, pleased with the event.
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Albert Zimmerman
Corum
Jefferson District
Origin of Popular Phrases and Their Histories
A compact look at phrases such as vamos tarry and boss tracing origins from Spanish and Dutch roots. It explains bogus from Borghese, rep tare from Carlyle and Dickens, and canteen from a Saxon base adopted through French influence, noting cultural transmission.
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London
Boss
United States
England
Lord Denman
House of Lords
Daniel O'Connell
Carlyle
Dickens
Home Memories Under the Old Elm Tree
A reflective piece recalling childhood days spent beside an elm, listening to the breeze and birds, feeling the bee’s hum and the field views. The voice wanders through memories, noting sensory details and the calm companionship of nature.
How They Meet and Part Fashionable Ladies Conversation
A dated humorous sketch records two fashionable ladies exchanging polite morning banter with slight flirting and mutual well being. Gale Forest adds a closing scene where a man meets a friend, notes a pledge, then departs to several engagements after a quick shared drink and cigars.
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Mary B
Susan CC
Gale Forest
Reflections by an Editor on Life and Belief
The editor muses on memory and what might have been, pondering identity, existence, and the mysteries beyond. He recalls infancy, aging, and human certainty, quotes a remark on American linens, and likens a Christian life to a serene river despite life’s storms.
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Lockport Phoniz Ia
Am Bour
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Frederick
AED
Lord Baltimore
Baltimore Vrivic Association
Yast
Ats
J. W. Morris
First National Bank Building
HWAS
First National Bank
M. B. Cor. Market & Church Sts
Wee Albany Iron Works
Troy
Theo
the Board of Trade
Creft
Steiner Bros
Nicana
the Commercial Bulletin
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