Overcrowded Medical Field Shows Steady Decline in U S Income
New York reports doctors face shrinking earnings as statistics compare U S physician supply unfavorably with France and England. The article notes 120000 physicians across the U S and Canada for about 90 million people, credit-based payments, and nearly a quarter of earnings uncollected, harming practitioners especially those least able to bear costs.
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New York
United States
France
America
England
Canada
Dreaming of the ranges and a simpler life
A speaker longs to return to the mountains and rivers away from city glare and greed. They renounce urban temptations and hypocrisy, seeking a life of freedom, honest labor, and enduring honor among the ranges and blue skies.
Yucatan Chill Tonic Promoted as Blood Purifier
Advertises Yucatan Chill Tonic as a remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia. Claims to cleanse the blood sharpen appetite strengthen the whole system and rejuvenate the user. Promotes a 50 cent bottle by T C Basye.
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Yucatan
Bradley & Vrooman Absolutely Pure Paint Promise
Bradley and Vroo man advertise Absolutely Pure Paint made from carbonate of lead oxide of zinc and linseed oil. Each can is full measure and offers more real wear protection and savings than competing brands, with a promise of proven superiority after a trial.
Lost The Divid Time Figuree in Montgomery Advertiser
The Montgomery Advertiser reflects on vanished old fashioned rural scenes and characters. It recalls a man with squeaky shoes, a bell reader, a bonneted yard sweeper, a schoolboy using a slate as a shelf, a quilting frame expert, a steel trap setter, a milker, a tree carver, and youths connected to local customs and night outings.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Ostrich Ostrich Egg Leads to Nervous Collapse Complaint
In Bellingham Washington W F Williams of Wildwood complains to Chief Likins that his family suffers nervous collapse from a cackling ostrich that laid an egg and displays itself loudly. Williams says he rocks at the bird and it rammed head into sand. Likins suggests a warrant and court. The ostrich is a plume producer recently imported from California.
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Bellingham
Wash
W. F. Williams
Wildwood
Likins
Williams
The Gibson Girl Quip Attributed To Doctor Stebbins
A Cleveland Leader reprinted anecdote describes Rev Horatio Stebbins of San Francisco legendarily unaware of the Gibson Girl nickname for his daughter. The tale notes his scholarly household and his amused reaction after a visitor likens his daughter to a Gibson girl.
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Horatio Stebbins
San Francisco
Cleveland
A Partnership Joke From a Boy and Father
A boy boasts to a companion that his father knows everything in the world. When asked where Asia is the boy calmly replies that it is one of the questions his father knows.
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Asia
Paris Wedding Links Curran and Postley families
In Paris at the bride's mother Mrs Clarence Postley residence the marriage united Mrs Elise Postley Curran of New York and Guernsey Curran also of New York. Elise Curran was formerly married to Ross Ambley Curran, brother of Guernsey, who later wed Mrs Sterling Postley. Sterling Postley, formerly Ethel Cook of San Francisco, had been divorced in Paris from Sterling Postley Sr. The Curran family ties trace to Marie Harmon Havemeyer’s kin. she had divorced her husband in December.
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Paris
Hlise Postley Curran
New York
Guernsey Curran
Clarence Postley
Commodore Clarence Postley
Elise Postley Curran
Ross Ambley Curran
Sterling Postley
Ethel Cook
San Francisco
Guernsey
Aaron Burr Mansion to Be Torn Down for Apartments
In New York the 140 year old Aaron Burr mansion faces demolition as modern apartments advance. The home, once occupied by James Madison from 1804 to 1806, is being sold at auction to a builder for redevelopment.
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Aaron Burr
New York
James Madison
United States
Curious Shops of Japan Highlight Daily Life and Trades
The article surveys Japanese shops from fruit sellers and flower stalls to a knife skilled meat cutter, a bustling shoe shop, and a green grocer with heavy vegetable loads. It notes a Japanese man buys eight to ten pairs of shoes yearly and marvels at lotus roots and burdock roots enjoyed as food.
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Japan
Christian Herald
Marksman Firing On Burglars At Ostrich Farm
A. Walters night watchman at the Bentley ostrich farm in Melroge fired on two burglars after they tried to break into the office. He said he killed one and chased the other, only to discover the corpse was an ostrich when police arrived.
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Melroge
A. Walters
Walters
San Francisco
Where Rural Schools Attract
A rural country school draws city children to its activities as the teacher turns the building into a social hub. A standout program is a chicken roast with stunts and games, refreshments, and community involvement, fostering lively district participation.
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Journal of Education
The Universal Pet and Bronx Zoo Visitors
Harriet Quimby notes the obsession with pets across lands and cites that 40 000 people visit the Bronx Zoo on a single Sunday. She claims nearly 1.5 million annual visitors view what is described as the world’s finest and largest zoological exhibit.
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Zoological Garden
Bronx Park
New York City
The Oriental Way Dialing Etiquette In China
The article humorously recounts a telephone exchange scene in China where a caller asks for a number in lofty terms and the operator responds with mock deference about the line being busy. It satirizes ceremonial speech used in daily communication.
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China
Hohd
College Leader Brag Turns Real as Son Leads Class Yell
Old Man Bings claims his son in college will make a noise in the world. He asks if signs show he is doing it. The reply: yes, he is leading the class college yell.
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Bings
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