Unusual Advertisements and Public Notices in Local Paper
A collage of classified items and notices includes second hand items for sale, rental offers, and business promos from Mealey’s and George Brust. Householders are urged to consider new baked goods, while Washington DC reports discuss civil service reshuffles and transport innovations amid long excerpts on the Lowe Water Gas exhibit and a grim cholera burial scene.
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Wasuixeron
Gregory
Civil Service Commission
Eaton
Thoman
Pew
Homewood
George Wesingtonse, Jr
Iiat
Washington County
West
Ben Butler Predicts Communist Era Ahead
In a published interview Ben Butler argues that paper money will replace coinage as people reject hard currency. He predicts bloodshed to topple wealth power, cites Gould and Vanderbilt as targets, and claims public voters pled for money over wisdom while misjudging the labor movement. Butler laments voter folly and personal wealth shielding leaders.
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Ben Butler
Vanderbilts
Goulds
Gould
Butler
Christ
Jerusalem
New Republic
Presidents Good Risky Lives Insurance Meet Discusses US Leaders
New York October 4 meeting of life insurance officers and actuaries from major firms debated insuring the lives of US presidents. About ten percent risk, citing policies on Washington era leaders. Instances include Lincoln Garfield Arthur Cleveland, with policies and new applications noted. Discussion deemed speculative but risk above average. Also reports on Philadelphia carpet trade with steady prices and rising wool costs.
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Ara Presidents Good Riske
New York
United States
Arthur
Lincoln
Garfield
Cleveland
Washington
The Short Hair Craze Reaches Women Nationwide
The piece notes a widespread shift toward short hair for women, sparked by high profile figures such as Miss Cleveland and the First Lady in the land. It cites comfort convenience and health as reasons for adopting the style while marking the change as general across the country.
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Miss Cleveland
Woman charged with burning her illegitimate newborn
Ottawa Ontario October 5. An unnamed eighteen year old woman, Pequette, was arrested yesterday on a charge of burning her illegitimate one day old child. She placed the child in a cooking stove where it was found partly burned before discovery.
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Thea
Shrewsbury
Rieber Inerton
Ottawa
Ont
Pequette
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