Poor Men's Haunts in 23 Cities A Detailed Probe
Philadelphia expert Arthur Buchholtz reports on cheap lodging houses across 23 U S cities. He contrasts Philadelphia with Rochester Buffalo Chicago Minneapolis St Louis Indianapolis Louisville Columbus and Pittsburgh noting conditions coverage ventilation and pricing from five to twenty cents and calling for licensing and stricter supervision. He highlights diverse models from five cent dormitory style beds to supervised work and bathing regimes.
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Philadelphia
Director of Health and Charities
Joseph 9. Neff
Philadelphia Housing Commission
Arthur E. Buchholtz
Rochester
Bucholtz
Buffalo
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Simple prescription to beat winter blues with flowers
The National Council of Horticulture urged Chicago to cheer up through indoor flowers. They advised using winter blooming plants and cut flowers from Dutch bulbs to brighten homes and counteract gray skies, while planning papers on horticulture for public education.
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Chicago
National Council of Horticulture
Desperate Chicago Newsboy Seeks Army Enlistment
Peter Fried rich known as John the Newsboy in Chicago, 52, pleaded at the South State street recruiting office to be enlisted to escape hunger and loss of his German estate. He asked to be sent far away, hoping for duty in the Philippines or Nicaragua, citing illness of the country and his inability to earn past cash. Lieutenant Kinney declined citizenship and fitness, Fried rich grew despondent. Kinney bought him a turkey dinner and sent him home with money.
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Chicago
Germany
Peter Friedrich
Franklin B. Kinney
United States Army
United States
America
Friedrich
South Water Street
Lieut. Kinney
Ancient Egyptian Ring Acquired by Guimet Museum
The Guimet museum in Paris has acquired a ring from the wife of Rameses II of the nineteenth dynasty. Estimated at about 3200 years old, its authenticity is supported by hieroglyphic engravings of Rameses and his wife Qusemara Setera and Nefritarimeri Mout. The ring is cornaline with gold detailing and a distinctive rectangular bezel.
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Rameses II
London
Guimet
Paris
Egypt
M. Guimet
Grenoble
Rue de la Paix
Rameses
Qusemara Setera
Nefritarimeri
Rabid wolves attack keeper at city park zoo
In Denver Colorado a timber wolf leader and fourteen others in the City Park Zoo are infected with rabies. Keeper C E Hill was attacked as he defended himself with a gun and club, escaping after a desperate fight. Coyotes roaming the plains are also rabid, with one thought to have infiltrated the park.
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Denver,Col
City Park
C. E. Hill
Plains
Czar Restores Social Receptions Amid Court Ritual
In St Petersburg the czar orders the foreign office to resume five years of discontinued social receptions. Ministry of the court controls invitations via the master of ceremonies. Foreign minister M Iswolsky may host only after invitation checks. His state department apartment has 60 rooms, including a grand drawing room facing Singers bridge and Winter Palace square.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Barom Fredericks
Alexander Iswolsky
M. Iswolsky
State Department
Singers Bridge
Winter Palace
Mother of 24 Children in Pennsylvania Family
York, Pa. Mrs Rachael Myers of Hobart in this county died at her home aged 80. She was the mother of 24 children but only six survive. Nineteen funerals in her own family occurred in her lifetime. Her husband William Myers died several years ago.
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York
Rachael Myers
Hobart
Cuticura Remedies Said To Cure Child Eczema
A Brooklyn reader reports a long case of childhood eczema that covered the face and body. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent the skin improved and the child has had no trouble since age eleven. The letter includes a before photo and cites Mrs H Kiernan at 663 Quincy St Brooklyn as the notifier, dated Sept 27 1909.
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H. Kiernan
Quincy St
Brooklyn
Fog-Eye Smith's Threat and Hidden Glass Eye Incident
Fog-Eye Smith of northwest Wyoming warned a pallid stranger about changing his liquor drinking while exhibiting a troubling demeanor. Later he was found groaning on the floor under a poker table seeking his missing glass eye and muttering about lacking humor.
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Fog-Eye
Fog-Eye Smith
Wyoming
Mr. Smith
Fog-Yye
Tillman ridicules opponent with Ben Johnson height tale
Senator Tillman dismisses an exaggeration about his foe. He likens it to a tall tale about Ben Johnson and a sheriff candidate, joking that a stump was replaced by a hole for the speaker to stand in.
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Tillman
Ben Johnson
Ben
A Modern Kid Dialogue On Walking Without Mamma
A vignette captures a child asked her age and why she walks alone. The girl replies she is six and that her mother does not go out for exercise, noting they have little in common.
Hard to Drop Coffee But Many Do With Postum
A California wife recounts quitting coffee after starting Postum five months ago. She notes improved nerves and weight, and her husband’s insomnia resolved after returning to Postum. The letter claims a friend also avoided headaches after stopping coffee, and urges reading The Road to Wellville.
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Calif
Postum
Wellville
Wallace Statue Draws Mixed Praise in Statuary Hall
Washington critics fault the Lew Wallace Memorial for lacking a military hat or handgun stance while others hail its vigor and beauty. Architect Glenn Brown and sculptor O Connors two year labor are noted, with Gov. Hanly appointing the commission in June 1907 and Lew Wallace Jr unveiling.
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Wallace
Glenn Brown
Washington
Saint Gauden
Herron Art Institute
Indiana
O'Conner
Hanly
John P. Megrew
William Allen Wood
William Henry Fox
Indianapolis
Weatherwise Birds and Fish Report A Seafaring Almanac
The seagull acts as a living barometer with inland flight signaling bad weather and fair winds when flying seawards. Dolphins are noted by mariners as a cue that a gale or storm is ending when they appear riding the waves.
Nation of Bridge Builders Leads Global Progress
In a Harper's Weekly passage cited by F. W. Skinner, the United States is praised for advanced bridge science and construction. The text notes longer spans, heavier trains, and 100 foot members, supported by steam, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electric tools. It highlights massive derricks, traveling towers, and efficient hoisting to produce durable spans swiftly and cheaply.
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United States
America
F. W. Skinner
Harper’s Weekly
A Model Man Excerpted From Collier's Weekly
This piece lists a celebrated figure's life milestones from age 20 to 60, noting early habits like healthy bathing, sleeping with a window open, an early marriage at 256 and later virtues such as temper mastery, reserved judgment, kindness, moderation, and neighborly respect, framed as a model for readers.
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Colller'a. Weekly
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John
Czar
Nelly
Ned
Gen. Wallace
Lew Wallace
Statuary Hall
Denver
Ings
Concord
Mammoth
Blake
Holcoms
Pianos Weat
Est Music House
B. E. Burlingame & Co
Fhee
Coloesde
Bampire
Lawrence St
Deaner
Strong
Old Linestock Company
Exr. Cos
P. M's
Geo. A. Stough
Blag
Howard E. Burton
Leadviele
Colorado
Carbonate National Bank
Vogeeler Seed CO
Salt Lake City
Utah
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