Martyr of rubber: Goodyear’s vulcanizing breakthrough
A story of Charles Goodyear born in Naugatuck in 1800 who struggled in debt and pawnshops to pursue rubber experiments. After repeated failures with magnesia and acids, he teamed with Nathaniel Hayward to patent vulcanization through sulfur, a crucial breakthrough that hardened rubber yet kept it flexible.
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Ainslee
Charles Goodyear
Goodyear
Naugatuck
Brazil
New England
Will-O
Jme Goodyear
Nathaniel Hayward
Woburn
Hayward
Unique Missouri town proves prosperity without taxes
Shumway in Effingham County, Missouri, a 300 person village founded 26 years ago, has three miles of brick streets funded by saloon license revenue. The village uses no taxes, officers receive minimal pay, arrests are rare, and residents mostly own homes. A separate note discusses a new insurance concept against being buried alive with proposed mortuary tests.
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Shumway
Effingham County
Missouri
Shumwey
New York
Europe
Massachusetts
Discoveries of War Boats Hidden by Ice Jam
J T Sloan of Toledo reports from Chatham Ont that due to an ice jam the Thames river runs four feet below normal revealing three gun boats from the war of 1812. Cannon balls muskets and several cannons are recovered. It is unclear if the boats are American or British. raising cannons may reveal their identity.
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J. T. Sloan
Toledo
Chatham
Ont
St. Clair River
Thames
St. Clair
May banish the side saddle in Chicago riding clubs
Chicago women push a cross saddle riding movement led by Mrs. E. E. Steele of Mutual Life. She says the cross saddle is an improvement over the side saddle and will appeal to women horse lovers, though men hold sway over adoption. Many women fear prejudice and physical limits now prevent them from riding cross saddle.
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Chicago
E. E. Steele
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Klondike King Alex McDonald Receives Papal Honor
Alex McDonald, once a leading Aspen miner, is knighted by Pope Gregory and honored in Dawson City for his wealth and philanthropy. Mrs McDonald pinned the insignia at St Mary's church after Rev Father Gendreau’s efforts, in a ceremony attended by many in the Klondike.
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Alex. McDonald
Aspen
Colorado
Dawson City
McDonald
St. Gregory
Dawson
Far North
Treadwell
Alaska
Eldorado
Bonanza
Itrich
Dawson Hospital
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Mercier
Chapleau
Quebec
Reverend Hillis Critiques Decline in Attendance
Plymouth church pastor Rev. Dr. Hillis travels nationwide railing against religious decline due to absenteeism. He cites a tired feeling as the reason many Americans skip services and proposes a Saturday half-holiday so workers may rest and attend church on Sunday.
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Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Bridge Named for a Heroine Kate Shelley Bridge
A Des Moines area bridge over the Des Moines River near Boone Iowa is to be named the Kate Shelley Bridge in honor of a 16 year old girl who in a flood saved a passenger train after an engine fell through a bridge. Iowa awarded her a medal and her name has been celebrated in poetry and prose.
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Des River
Boone
Kate Shelley
Moingona
State of
Iowa
London firm plans West African cotton expedition
A London firm and its New Orleans house plan to send two southern US cotton experts to Lagos, Sierra Leone, Bathurst and Cape Coast Castle to teach natives cotton cultivation. The aim is to stimulate the cotton industry and create a new, important regional industry.
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West Africa
London
New Orleans
Lagos
Sierra Leone
Bathurst
Cape Coast Castle
Senator Jones and the nickel holding cane
A Nevada senator famed as a millionaire kept an ebony cane carrying 100 nickels. The idea arose after a San Francisco streetcar fare incident when he wished for a walking stick that could hold a hundred nickels. A gold-headed cane was hollowed to seal the coins and later sent to Washington, where it remains with him.
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Senator Jones
Nevada
2 Bank
San Francisco
Jones
Goodwin
Salt Lakety
Washington
Printing Without Ink Revolutionizes Old Methods
A new company aims to control printing without ink, promising rapid adoption and revolutionary change, while noting one enduring product is Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for digestion and related ailments. Additional notes reference private cards, tonic ads, and assorted humor and consumer goods typical of the era.
Mrs. Pinkham Advice and Now PT Elc Develops in Her System
A woman visits her family physician with unclear symptoms and a medical mystery she fears discussing fully. The narrative explains why many women seek Lydia E. Pinkham’s advice, claiming confidential letters guide diagnosis and treatment offered by Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Pinkham
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