Forty-Nine Years of Rent Paid in New York
In New York City a shoemaker and his wife have paid rent for 49 years at No 87 Adams Street enduring neighborhood change from a village to a dense urban setting. They began with 120 a month, rose to 18 during the Civil War, then fell to 7, with gradual declines over time. They praise the landlord as the best in New York and note frequent tenant turnover around them.
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New York City
Fourth Yard
Joseph Osterly
Ahoemaker
Adama Street
Doubledecker
Dimestreet
William David Burns
Klid
Byrne
New York
Man touts Electric Bitters for mother’s strength
P J Daly of 1247 W Congress St Chicago reports his elderly mother gained flesh, overcome insomnia, and grew stronger using Electric Bitters. The tonic relieves stomach liver and kidney complaints. Sold under guarantees at Tallman Co and Pendleton Drug Co 50c.
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P. J. Daly
Congress St
Chicago
Tallman & Co
Pendleton Drug Co
East Oregonian Motto Echoed Across Town
A terse local note proclaims that in this newspaper it is as East Oregonian sees it. Residents recall the paper’s long history of reporting and editorial stance shaping community perspective and daily life.
Theatrical Managers Expect Dull Season
New York theater managers预测 a poor season for 1909 due to weak public demand. Broadway productions opened with few long runs as several shows closed early over disappointing business. Managers fear financial strains will worsen before winter, with many actors left without engagements.
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New York
Corn Belt Invaded by Western Stock Fattener
Portland Sept 21 Missouri river valley is a leading hog fattening region where alfalfa and sugar beet pulp from Colorado is a popular fattening mix. Reports say new mills are rising and Pacific coast expansion by Swift & Company and others spurs investment. A reliable fattening feed could make the West a leading meat producer.
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Portland
Missouri River Valley
Missouri River
Colorado
Pacific Northwest
Tke Swift & Company
Pacific Coast
Porthind
United States
Republic
Portland Stock Show Opens With Notable Livestock Exhibit
Portland, Sept 21 The Portland Country Club Livestock show begins with an exhibit surpassing the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Races are billed as the best here, aided by a new mile track costing 27000 dollars, large barns, and a steel framed amphitheatre. The grounds are praised for drainage and permanence.
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Portland
Portland Country Cink & Livestock Sassooin- Honsevisie
Meeting plan to relieve grounds for seven thousand people
A line mentions relieving the grounds of seven thousand people within the first fifteen minutes after a meeting. The fragment notes a crowd control or flow plan tied to a gathering, with a rough time frame and large attendance referenced.
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Gether
Saree wowmanship course to join New York evening high schools
In a first for public schools, a sareewomanship course designed for retail and department stores will begin this year in New York City evening high schools for women. It will run two years at school No. 27 on Forty second Street near Third Avenue, with lectures practice talks and scientific instruction in selling store organization commercial arithmetic elementary law and manufacture of commercial products.
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New York
New York City
Forty-second Street
Third Avenue
International Congress of Press Associations Opens in Berlin
Berlin September 21 editors from Europe and delegates from America Africa and Asia assemble in the German Reichstag chamber for the 22nd annual session of the International Congress of Press Associations. Delegates receive free railroad transportation in Germany and French railroads offer free passage to delegates only.
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Berlin
Europe
America
Africa
Asia
Reichstae
International Congress of Press Associations
Kaikxer
Rooine
Forelien
Germany
Reclamation Service Brings Much Business to Area
North Woking Sept 21. Chief Clerk Malt states about 800 men are employed on the Treton project with last month’s payroll around 50000 dollars. The Champ section advances the new Steople tunnel spillway, an electrically operated device to relieve the canal during overflow or accidents, releasing water to the river and preventing bank wash.
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North Woking
United States Reclamation Service
Eliy
Republic
Malt
Treton
Champ
Steople
Utah Democrats gather in Logan for state ticket slate
Salt Lake City Sept 21 Unh democrats to the number of 603 will meet a state convention at Logan to morrow to name a state ticket.
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Salt Lake City
Unh
Logan
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Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canadian Pacific
Jonathan Johnston
Canadian Pacific Railroad Land
Bowman Hotel
New York World
Gwhor
James and
Madison Street
Battery Park
New Yort
East Oregonian
Scitool
International Assembly
Reclamation Service
Tinh Democrats
Pendleton
O. R. & N. Washington Division
Spokane
Walla Walla
Northern
Pacific
Pasco
Umatilla Central
Pilot Rock
Northern Pacific Railway
W. Adams
Oregon
A. D. Charlton
Pass
Portland, Oregon
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