Quirky Mailbag Odds and Ends on Food and Industry
A collection of witty observations on meat prices eggs and poultry plus notes on coal copper and bananas. It questions beef cuts telegraph use weather forecasts and the Behring district coal wealth while highlighting Cuba New York mineral wealth and the banana trade through New Orleans with a tone of satirical commentary.
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United States
New Orleans
Chicago
Backwoods Romance Behind Andrew Jackson and Rachel Donelson
A compressed portrait of Andrew Jackson arriving in Nashville in 1788 and becoming confidant to widow Rachel Donelson, her stormy marriage to Capt. Lewis Robards, their elopement, divorce missteps, and Jackson defending Rachel’s honor through duels and political rise, ending with her death in 1831.
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Andrew Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Donelson
Rachel
Jackson
United States
Rachel Donelson
Kentucky
Lewis Robards
Robards
Robardsll
Tennessee
Natchez
Mrs. Robards
Avery
Gov. Sevier
Charles Dickinson
Dickinson
New Orleans
Speech by Col. Gordon Stirred Senate With Reconciliation Call
Col. James Gordon, recently seated after 60 days in the Senate, delivered an address praised by Sen. Depew as a historic moment. He spoke of his Civil War past, urged unity, and called for obliterating the Mason and Dixon line with the inscription Our Country, condemning sectionalism and stressing mutual respect between former foes.
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James Gordon
Abraham Lincoln
United States Senate
Depew
Congress
Saya
Senate
Senator McLaurin
Gordon
Sherman
Coronel
Mississippi
Col. Gordon
North
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Confedera
Union
Taft's daily trainer Dr Charles Barker at White House
Dr Charles E Barker, Tafts trainer since 1905, enters the White House each morning for private full body exercises. He explains the routine aims to engage all muscles, improve circulation, and strengthen the abdomen and chest, with increasing intensity over time.
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Washington
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Charles E. Barker
Mr. Taft
Taft
Barker
Dr. Barker
Jealousy and Endless Quarrels in Carlyle and Welsh Marriage
The 19th century biographical sketch recalls Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh, a stormy union marked by frequent quarrels and mutual devotion. Carlyle’s abrasive temperament and Welsh’s nerves collided from courtship to years of conflict, ending with Welsh’s death in 1856 and Carlyle’s overwhelming grief.
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Miss Welsh
Carlyle
Jane
Ashburton
Hyde Park
London
Carlyles
Frisco Mayor McCarthy Endorses Gambling and Fistic Sports
San Francisco mayor Patrick Henry McCarthy, a liberal union party candidate, defends gambling under strict rules and supports boxing and racing as harmless if properly conducted. He argues for personal freedom and questions efforts to clean up the city, drawing praise from sports supporters and criticism from reformers. Andrew Carnegie later criticized San Francisco as a prize fight center, saying talk of the Jeffries Johnson bout harms Pacific coast business and would not want to live there.
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Patrick Henry McCarthy
San Francisco
Patrick Henry
McCarthy
Andrew Carnegie
Santa Barbara
Laird
Skibo
Jeffries-Johnson
Pacific Coast
Commissioner Neill Under Fire in Labor Department Row
Dawley a former labor bureau special agent accuses Commissioner Neill of altering and suppressing reports to fit preconceptions. Neill denies most charges and says some were mistakes. Dawley cites plans and dismissals affecting investigations into woman and child labor funded by Congress.
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Pinchot-Ballinger
Charles P. Neill
Neill
Dawley
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonials
Sabattus Maine resident Mrs H W Mirc reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before childbirth. Graniteville Vermont resident Mrs Carts Barclay says the remedy restored health during the Change of Life. The notice promotes the compound as a standard treatment for female illness for thirty years.
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Sabattus
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Myrysician
H. W. Mirc
Graniteville
Carts Barclay
R.F.D
Granite. Ville
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