Higher Than Woolworth Building
The Woolworth Building in New York City towers 792 feet, the highest US height. Advert reads Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with letters from users praising relief and health improvements, including Mrs. Daugherty of Muscatine, Iowa and Mrs. P. W. Cana of Muncie Indiana, endorsing the remedy and Sanative Wash.
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Woolworth
New York City
United States
Lydia B. Pinkham
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia
B. Pinkham
Mars
Eo, Davenrrtt
Orchard Avenue
Muscatine
Owa
Muncie
Indiana
Pinkham
P. W. Cana
West Powers St. Muncie
War Town Sold to Wrecking Firm After War Boom
In southern Missouri a thriving iron town named Midea with 3000 residents grew around iron mines. After the war the mines closed, miners left, rents vanished, many houses empty, and the remaining few families paid no rent. The townsite has now been sold to a wrecking company as nature reclaims the land.
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America
Midea
Missouri
Iron Company
Vormally
Nature
Vapper
Werkly
The Man With Three Names chapter four continues
Mansfield seeks information and leverage by contacting police and a New York detective agency as his daughter Betty endures political fury. Cathene’s affair with Betty deepens while Mansfield plots to preserve control over his political opponents and a rival newspaper empire.
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Mansfield
Brandon Cathene
New York
Betty
Mansfeld
Boudoir
Sle
Herald
Manfield's nocturnal stroll and late garden theft
George Cottar, in Chapter V, watches Manafield retreat from the house after a heated moment. He steps into moonlit gardens, breaks a pink bloom with a penknife, and removes his cigar before continuing outside. The scene hints at mounting mental turmoil and a tense private episode.
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George Cottar
Manafield
Strange Wedding Traditions Drawn From Coal Dust
The Manchester Guardian Weekly notes odd wedding tributes such as coal dust thrown at a St Pancras ceremony. It recounts a past confectioner couple pelted with “hundreds and thousands” and muses on extending the gag to tea leaves and other goods.
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Mansfield
Herald
St. Pancras
First American Gas Lighting Used in Newport Home
The first American house lit by gas was David Melville's Newport Rhode Island residence. Baltimore Maryland became the first city in the United States to use gas for lighting, with introduction in 1817.
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David Melville
Newport
R. I
Baltimore
United States
Jinxed Wedding Joins Henrietta Wool Smith and Henry Howard
A Camden ceremony ends in three failed tries over a week. First, no license. second, best man delayed. third church with no pastor. fourth attempt disrupted as the bride’s daughter did not appear.
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Henrietta’ Woolsmith
Henry Howard
Camden
Sunday School to Win Funds From Will Offer at St Louis Church
A St Louis church faces a bequest condition offering $30000 if its Sunday attendance averages 30 adults for five years. The pastor cites current membership 200 and average attendance 100 and expects to meet the terms, noting a capable man often lacks drive.
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St. Louis
Prince's Unlisted Nickname Revealed Amid Oxford Days
The Prince of Wales has a nickname not in official lists. Among his titles is an informal tag tied to his Oxford undergraduates days, known as the Pragga Wagon. Its origin remains unknown, with only the plain moniker carried since Oxford.
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Hannister Morning Herald
Prince of Wales
Oxford
Pragga
Royalty Honors Parents in Belgian Village Visit
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium paid a royal visit to a village in Flanders to honor two villagers noted as parents of twenty children. The event highlighted local lineage and community ties during the special visit to Rust.
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Albert
Lizabeth
Rust
Flanders
Our Colleges Professor Bierot on American universities
A French professor after visiting America remarks that American higher education is mixed with concern. He praises some learning but notes that many classrooms are unfocused and that the system shows both studious intent and distracting gaps.
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Bierot
France
America
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