Public spirited women sculpt town life in Connecticut village
Three Eldridge sisters turn a rural Connecticut village into a model of thrift and civic pride. They built a gym, library, and depot, beautified the public square, and funded a fountain and rail station, creating a culture of home care, art, and education that keeps residents rooted and attracts steady growth.
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Carnegie
Dunfermline
Connecticut
J. Carnegie
Norfolk
Litchfield Hills
Riter
New York Post
Eldridge
Idridge
Jef
Eldridge Sisters
Street Adornment and Shade Trees in Urban Planning
A nurseryman extols planting shade trees in towns to cool air, purify environment, and improve health, urging careful selection of street trees like maples, oaks, beeches, and tulip trees. He criticizes failed efforts and root-pavement damage, urging sustained development and proper maintenance. Also includes a brief, unrelated note on cameos and Greco Roman art.
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Augustus Caesar
Bacchus
Vatican
Paris
Gemma Augesten
Vienna
Constantine the Great
Tales of hunting hero and Emerson cherry stone anecdote
A famed English fox hunter recalls publisher pressure to write a memoir yet admits no publication habit. He recalls Whyte Melville’s hunting poem critique and a quip about wounds. An American visitor recounts Emerson’s cherry stone brooch tale and a joke about his amanuensis.
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Mternature
Whyte-Melville
Valdes
Emerson
Cambridge
New York
Boston
Imerson
Catarrh Remedies Promised Cure and Advice
An advertisement extols Dr Kay's Lung Balm and Renovator as cures for catarrh across body sites. It cites testimonials from Rev W R Peters and offers free consultation, mailing options, and prices for the medicines, urging readers to address correspondence to Dr B J Kay at Saratoga Springs.
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W. R. Peters
A EK
Wood River
Neb
Dr. Kay
B. J
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Missouri River
Iowa
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Los Angeles
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