Hazardous Employment Ruling Lets Claim Stand
A Brooklyn jury ruled that paying attention to another man’s wife is not a hazardous employment. Mrs Mary A Sullivan sued an insurance company after her son Arthur Sullivan was killed in 1907 by Antonio Maximini. The firm refused to pay on an accident policy claiming Arthus engaged in a flirtation. The company was instructed to pay the claim.
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New York
Brooklyn
Mary A. Sullivan
Arthur Sullivan
Antonio Maximini
Sullivan
Maximini
First American newspaper in Germany debuts at Adenau
Volume 1 number 1 from Adenau with 4% mark price about 12 cents. Two editorials warn of type shortages for the sheet while gossip and short news fill columns. Published for the Seventh infantry brigade and attached units. Editors are Ivan L. Gaddis and H. G. Mulligan.
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Germany
Adenau
47Th Infantry
Ivan L. Gaddis
H. G. Mulligan
Seventh Infantry Brigade
How Women Fought the Liquor Traffic
A historical account of women leading anti alcohol crusades from 1872 onward. It chronicles early roots in Auburn New York and Hillsboro Ohio, Dr. Dio Lewis speeches, Frances Willard’s framing, and the 1874 formation of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union as a coordinated national effort.
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Nebraska
Bas
Prohibition
Auburn
N. Y
Delecta Barbour Lewis
Lincoln
Fathers and Sons of America
Three Places
Dio Lewis
Delecta Lewis
Lewis
Fredonia
Hillaboro
Washington Court House
Frances Willard
Hillsboro
Mia
Eliza Jane Trimble Thompson
Ohio
Mrs. Thompson
Presbyterian Church
Osborn
Woman's Union
Jamestown
Pennsylvania
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
California Syrup of Figs Promoted for Children's Digestion
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a first treatment for children's constipation and minor illnesses. It warns of counterfeit syrups and promises gentle, effective cleansing within hours, with dosing and usage clearly printed on the bottle.
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California
California Vig Syrup Co
Bottl
Purim Observed Brightly Amid St Patrick's Day
The New York board of aldermen recognized March 17 as a Jewish holiday. Purim began at sundown March 16 and lasted through St Patrick's Day, marking a festive period across communities.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Very Exceptional Savings on Desirable Spring Apparel
A catalog of heavy weight tub silk garments and accessories in rich new patterns. Includes sizes 14 to 161 for dresses, 33 34 35 inch sleeves, Onyx label silk items, and multiple lots of shirts, pajamas, gloves, bathrobes, hose, suits, and silk ties. Limited runs with precise counts and sizes listed.
Corncob commodity fetches high prices in city demand
Harry Sanderson, a Geary county farmer with a good fall crop, sells cobs to city dwellers who need corncobs to prime fires. Purchasers drive to his farm, pay $2 a load, and demand far exceeds supply as corn crops fall short this season.
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Harry Sanderson
Geary County
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