Fulton the First and the Rise of the Steamboat
A compact portrait of Robert Fulton from his failed youth in England to his triumphs with the Clermont and subsequent steamboats. The piece notes the mockery he faced, his later success, and his early death in 1815 at age 49 buried near Trinity Church.
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New York
England
Robert Fulton
France
Napoleon
Brest
Europe
Robert Livingston
Watt
East River
Fulton
Atlantic
Albany
Trinity Churchyard
Morse the Man Who Rewrote Time and Space
An American artist turned inventor Samuel B F Morse pursued an electrical theory on a voyage and sought funding from Congress to build a line from Baltimore to Washington The 1844 message What hath God wrought marked a triumph that launched global telegraphy despite initial failures The Atlantic cable and Field s perseverance finally connected continents while Morse united prior discoveries into practical use
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Europe
Samuel B. F. Morse
New
Morse
Congress
Balmore
Washington
Long
Y A. Orerers
England
America
Koved
Heaven and Earth
Penni
Pat
Gress
Baltimore
English
France
Cyrus W. Field
Atlantic
Field
Taft bans politics in census duties across bureaus
President Taft warns that any supervisor or enumerator who uses census employment to aid any political cause will be dismissed. He instructs Commerce Secretary Nagel to embed a strict no politics rule in census regulations, stressing impartial conduct and preventing patronage from shaping the census.
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Beverly
Mass
Nagel
Department of ‘Commerce and Labor
Taft
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Cnsus
Ating
Victoria to Have Creamery in Coming Months
Victoria Texas plans a first class creamery of considerable size. Contracts for milk from about 500 cows have been arranged and all stock spoken for. A meeting will be held soon to perfect the organization and finalize details.
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Victoria, Tex
Victoria
Building a Better Angelton
Angleton Texas residents busy rebuilding homes after a storm. Mechanics can find work at good wages for an extended period as crews repair storm wreckage and repair houses.
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Angleton, Tex
Angleton Country
Idea for Cyclometer Ad Offered by Cycle Dealer
A cycle dealer endorses a cyclometer praised as accurate by Miss de Byke. The device is said to register mileage correctly, contrasting with faulty cyclometers that double or misstate distance.
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Miss de Byke
Cured by Cuticura After Severe Eczema Ordeal
A Newark woman describes months of excruciating eczema covering her body with bleeding scalp sores and hair loss. She credits Cuticura remedies after medical help failed, noting cooling ointment relief, Sleep return, and hair regrowth. Mrs. Wm. Hunt, Newark, endorses the treatment.
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Wm. Hunt
Thomas St
Newark
N. J
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Gompers Responds To Keyboard Attack In Baltic Smokeroom
Samuel Gompers comments on a recent newspaper assault on a wealthy company. He mocks the cruel piece comparing it to the Jonesville Clarion obituary in which Deacon Hiram Ludlow, 82, dies after a joke of matrimonial bliss following a supposed attack by widow Maria Higgins, 37.
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Samuel Gompers
Baltic
Maria Higgins
Detroit Journal
Capudine Headache Relief Ad
Capudine provides fast relief for headaches caused by colds heat stomach or nerves. The liquid remedy is pleasant to take with effects felt immediately and sold in 10 25 and 50 cent sizes at drug stores.
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Ieee
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
MAB
Wrigley Spearmint Ad Echoes Genteel Humor
A vintage ad jingle boasts WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT with lively lines on misfortune and illness. The playful exchange hints at resilience and dignity as a woman muses on halo imagery while the fragrance wafts through a satirical scene.
New County Jail Plans Approved in Bay City
Matagorda County commissioners court adopted a plan for a new jail in Bay City Texas. The five cell structure will cost about 20000 dollars and an election is set for September 11 to authorize a bond issue of that amount.
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New Matagorda County
Bay City
Tex
Commissioners Court
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By Albert Payson
Terhune
Samuel Morse
Time
Dr. Jackson
William Howard Taft
Charles Nagel
Angelton
Eczema
Cutiura
Wrigley
Dodds
Ly Ta
Tayo Aye
Guara
Carters
Res
V’'S
Earth
Cascarets
Ee Dstec
Saader
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