Tweed Origin of Tiger Emblem in Tammany History
W C Montagne a New York coffee and salt dealer claims the tiger symbol for Tammany began in the 1850s when William M Tweed admired a Bengal tiger picture in his father's store. He adopted the emblem for the Americus club and the symbol spread through Tammany. The tiger head was woven into the Americus parlor carpet in its Greenwich Conn club house and painted on the Big Six engine.
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Tammany
W. C Montagne
New York
William M. Tweed
Forman
Big Six" Fire Company
Tweed
Americus Club
All Tammany
Americus Eld
Greeswich
Conn
Big Six
Inheritance Tax Evasion Tale Shifts Bequest to Cash
General Di Cesnola recalls Charles R. Curtis discussing a planned $10,000 bequest to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Curtis then decided to give cash instead to avoid a large inheritance tax, citing a tax bite of $1,500 to $2,000, and handed over the money directly.
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General di Cesnola
New York
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cited For Mrs Griesbaum Recovery
In New Baden Illinois on August 12 Mrs Anton Griesbaum Jr was severely ill with female weakness. After using three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills her health improved drastically and she could again perform her housework. The remedy is reported to aid Bright's Disease Diabetes Dropsy and Rheumatism and is gaining a strong local reputation.
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New Baden, I
Anton Griesbaum, Jr
Dodd
Bright
A Governor's Pet and Various Advertisements
The passage records Governor Odell's fondness for a well trained water spaniel and mentions the dog extinguishing a flame. It also compiles a series of brief advertisements and quotes from 1900, including patent medicines, household products, and promotional lines.
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Odell
New York
Buffalos Pan American Exposition Fares and Rates Shown Low
A Buffalo joint meeting of railway passenger agents hotels and newspapers examined pan American Exposition fares and Buffalo lodging costs. They reported rail tickets at one fare plus one dollar round trip and private house rooms from fifty cents to two dollars per night, with no more than one dollar for first class private lodging. Exposition policing and courtesy services were highlighted along with a free information bureau for visitors. Gratitude doubles the gift and halves the debt.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Publishers' Association
Our Monkey Kinship
A Chicago Chronicle article reports Professor Edward L. Thorndike’s experiments showing that monkeys do not learn by human imitation yet share core mental traits with humans. Monkeys display advanced motor skills, intrinsic activity, and a unique learning method distinct from other animals, justifying their kinship with man.
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Edward L. Thorndike
Zoological Garden
Chicago Chronicle
Drunkenness Tied to Majority of Crimes in German Prisons
Across 120 army prisons in Germany 46 percent of murderers acted under the influence of drink. Sixty three percent of manslaughter, 74 percent of serious injuries, and 77 percent of criminal immorality are linked to alcohol. In the navy 1671 punishable cases over six years show 75 percent of the gravest offenses caused by drunkenness.
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Germany
Navy
Making a Globe Step by Step in Nineteenth Century Craft
The article describes a globe construction process starting with pasteboard forming two hemispheres, then a hollow sphere as the skeleton. A central iron rod creates the axis with pole holes, copper map sections are pasted onto the surface, hand tinted, and finished with a hard white varnish for lasting brightness.
Rails and world ages in nineteenth century science debate
The American Society of Civil Engineers confirms steel rail softness comes from rolling, not composition. A British observer notes young English pheasants swim at 30 hours old and questions whether this is a reversion or adaptation. The piece weighs disagreements between physicists and geologists over Earth's age and coal formation.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
British Royal Scientific Association
Holland Plan to Drain Zuyder Zee and Reclaim Land
Holland proposes to close the Zuyder Zee with a dike from the North Holland coast to Wiering and to the Frisian coast Then recover about 115000 acres of fertile land in eighteen years The project would shave 31 miles from North Holland Friesland railway distance and pay $1809000 in fishermen indemnities The total cost is placed at $38190000 with a 30 to 35 year timeline reclaiming up to 600000 acres valued at $160000000
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Holland
Zuyder Zee
North Holland
Wiering
Frisian
Friesland
Ostrich Ancestors Found Tall in Madagascar Deposits
Fossil evidence from Madagascar reveals ostriches reaching 14 to 15 feet in height in prehistoric times. The discovery shows a genus of birds connected to the modern ostrich as its distant ancestors.
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Madagascar
Island
The Word Is Now Abbreviated to Pan Am in Buffalo
A local language note in Buffalo reports the term Pan-Am used as the shorthand for Pan American World Airways. The change reflects easier reference in city discussions and timetables.
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Pan-Am
Buffalo
Tremendous Bridge Traffic Demand Spurs Rework of London Bridge
Historic estimate placed 200000 daily crossings on London Bridge with footprints by foot and vehicle. Population growth has pushed numbers near doubling, prompting a plan to expand capacity by granite corbels that project the footway over the water on both sides of the bridge, creating space for more pedestrians and traffic.
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London Bridge
Tower Bridge
Salt-water Bathing Adds Costly Proper Dose
Victor Smith advises homeowners to measure salt for sea-water baths. An ordinary tub holds 90 to 100 gallons and many dissolve only a pint or two, thinking it ocean like. Following nature would require 25 to 30 pounds of salt per 100 gallons, costing about 70 cents and yielding around four baths per 760 pounds of salt.
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Victor Smith
Wallons
Tea venture buys 6000 acres for South Carolina plantation
A new tea company, inspired by Dr Shepard, buys 6000 acres in Colleton County South Carolina to grow tea. It paid 20000 dollars for the land and will plant 100 acres this season as preparation is late. Next year over 5000 acres will be planted with output expected above 300000 pounds.
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South Carolina
Shepard
Colleton
County
S. C
Minnesota court upholds will attestation despite room separation
In a will case the Minnesota courts sustain the attestation and subscription even though witnesses signed about ten feet from the testator, out of his sight, as he sat beside his bed. The witnesses could have seen him if they stepped forward two or three feet.
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Minnesota
Yale Graduates Complete Memorial Window Plan at Wrexham
Yale graduates have completed the subscription list to place a memorial window for Elihu Yale in the church at Wrexham Wales near his burial site. Work on the window will begin at once.
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Yale
Elihu Yale
Wrexham
Wales
Frank J Cheney declares sole partnership in Toledo firm
1886 sworn statement from Frank J Cheney asserting sole partnership of J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio with liability of one hundred dollars for each uncured Catarrh cake by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gheason dated December 6 1886. accompanying ads reference Allen's Foot-Ease Defiance starch and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup among other products.
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Onto
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J Cheney
J.cheney &Co
Tam
Hall
Frank J. Colney
A.W. Gheason
I J. Chemney & CO
Velito, Qualea de Neverelce
Wabash Announces Greatly Reduced Summer Rail Rates
The Wabash offers Buffalo round trip $13.00 and New York round trip $31.00 from Chicago, with diverse through trains from Kansas City St Louis and Chicago. Special summer rates with stopovers at Niagara Falls and Buffalo are available. Inquiries to Harry J Moores and 8 Crane, general agents.
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Buffalo
New York
Wabash
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Harry J. Moores
Pass
Dept
Ee Neb
Tsar's Routine Amid Health Reports And Aphorisms
The text notes the czar of Russia rarely reads newspapers or books and spends mornings on official duties with tea and caviar sandwiches. He allocates 1 to 4 pm to family matters, then resumes work until dinner. A typhoid fever left him stronger, with a fuller face and fewer headaches and epileptic fits. English residents hold 110 million in mortgages. Conceded pride can mislead, while ignorance breeds uncertainty.
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Russia
Red Cross Ball Blieg Clothing Ad Promises Clean Whites
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blieg clothing rinse in a large 2 oz. package claiming helps keep whites brilliant. The note adds a playful line about love letters not being tecal documents yet noting they chronicle court proceedings.
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