Mount Vernon and Washington Relics Inspire Visitors
A tour of Mount Vernon reveals Washington’s home and ghostly chambers once slept in by Mrs. Washington. The Library of Congress houses Washington’s diary detailing weather, crop yields, and daily movements offering insight into his methodical mind. Elsewhere notes mention a printing telegraph in Montgomery county and arsenic production records for 1907 along with practical tips on drying blankets.
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Home of George Washington at Mt Vernon museum notes
Description of the Mt Vernon estate as preserved from Washington's era. The article tours the bluff grounds, gardens, and rooms filled with relics, including Washington's writing room, music room with Nellie Custis piano, and the bedchamber where he died, all to evoke the general's life. A stray quip about Washington as a poor businessman ends the piece.
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Washington Star Children Echo Classroom Pride Exchange
A Washington Star snippet features a sturdy boy recalling class rank and football prowess. He admits not being top of his class but emphasizes strength in football and echoes pride in athletic achievement.
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Washington Star
Curative Claims for Catarrh and Contemporary Inventions
A collage of medical claims and tech notes reports catarrh seen as constitutional, Hall’s Catarrh Cure offered with a $100 cure guarantee, plus notes on Danish steel ingot bust pedestal, Paris street sweeper water use, a Philadelphia coffee urn spigot, Sahara sand staining a steamer, and rising women in medicine in France. It also mentions Carnegie’s tariff stance, formaldehyde controversy, staircase safety whitening, and Japan’s silk plant at Seattle expo.
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Copenhagen
G. A. Hagemann
Polytechnic School
Paris
Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
Wiley
Washington
Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad See
The California Fig Syrup Co. markets Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a genuine product made from pure medicinal plant principles. It warns buyers to avoid imitations by checking for the full company name on the front of the package. Australia has caught attention with a note on a dingo incident.
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Bromo Quinine Leot and Teething Syrup Ad
An old advertisement fragment cites Bromo Quinine Leot for a signature by E. W. Grove and mentions Vic Am international Colonial Exposition at Algiers in 1912. Also promotes Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and a PAZO ointment claim promising cures for piles within days with money back guarantee.
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E. W. Grove
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Algiers
Reptiles’ narrow hearing ranges noted by Washington zoo
Zoological park researchers in Washington report many reptiles show extremely short vision and hearing ranges. Other items mention Carnegie’s return to steel funding Schwab’s Bethlehem works, Chicago rail electrification plans, Ampere tablet in New Jersey station, a Union City night rider trial escort demand, and electric mine locomotives hauling heavy loads faster than mule teams.
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Zoological Park
Washington, D. C
Wall Street
Andrew Carnegie
Schwab
Bethelehem
Illinois Central
Chicago
Andre Marie Ampere
Science of
Electric Dynamics
New Jersey
Union City
Tennu
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including irregularities pains and nervous tension. It features a Baltimore testimonial from Mrs. W. S. Ford and invites readers to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Also mentions Danish artificial butter and a France population estimate of 40 million.
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Baltimore
Lydia K. Pinkham
W. 8. Ford
Lansdowne St
Lydia E. Pinkham
France
Coffee to Postum heals stomach and sleep disorders
A reader letter from Indy describes relief after switching from coffee to Postum. The writer claims improved sleep, fewer headaches, better digestion, and appetite without discomfort, and notes a brother also benefits. The ad promotes Postum by Battle Creek, Mich. and references The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
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Wellville
Pligs
Way It Was Punishment Prompted Cherry Tree Cut
A father orders his son to cut up a cherry tree as punishment and promises a home visit afterward. The fragment presents a domestic, disciplinary moment with no broader context.
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Pop Washington
Fascinating Speaker Von Buelow Praised for Wit and Tact
The piece extols Von Buelow as a witty and persuasive diplomat in Berlin politics. It notes his courteous manners, ironic humor, and Parisian wit, contrasting him with doctrinaire German Teutons while highlighting his opportunistic realism and artistic tastes.
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Maria Mather
Berlin
Prince von Buelow
Gerainy
Europe
Bie
Feason
John Bright
Gladstone
Gambetta
Gur
Paris
Teuton
Siefehstag
Friveler Mensch
Baelow
Alexander von Humboldt
Germany
Dancellor
Supreme Court rules on removal and corporate nonresidents
The Patch Va Wabash case holds a corporate consortium cannot remove a state suit to federal court if not all constituent parts are in the same state. Rhode Island contempt inaccuracy resolved by publishing the opinion. Stegman v Electrical Vehicle Co. expands creditor rights against corporate misaction. Richardson v Shaw clarifies broker pledges as common law. stock certificates are tokens. A wagging tongue opens the way to trouble.
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United States Supreme Court
Patch Va
Wabash By. Co
Supreme Court Reporter
Newspraper
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Providence Journal Co
Atlantic Reporter
Court of Errors and Appeate of
New Jersey
Stegman Re Electrical Vehicle Co
Parkruptcy
Richardson Va. Shaw
Supreme Court
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Sahara
Seattle
Japan
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W. L. Douglas
Spark St
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Cascarets
Spohn Medical Company, Chemists
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Union
Wisconsin Agricultural Station
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New York State
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Ian Marvel
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