Berlin Housewife Union Rewards Long Serving Servants
A Berlin meeting of the Housewife Union celebrated long service among domestic workers. Prizes included silver pins, certificates, a cookbook, and cash, awarded for five, ten, twenty, and thirty years in the same household. The event highlighted the union’s influence, with many honorees from Berlin and surrounding areas.
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Housewife Union of
Berlin
Housewife Union
Germany
Lina Morgenstern
Lane
Public Sena
Frau Morgenstern
Emer
Frau Morganstern
Po Toworks
Truthful saleswomen and the art of selling
A Philadelphia Times memoir explores a salesgirl who fibs to boost sales while remaining honest in everyday life. The piece contrasts quick exaggeration in shop talk with genuine integrity, highlighting how business tactics blend with character under pressure.
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Celal
Philadelphia Times
Where Rosewood Gets Its Name
A note from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat explains that rosewood does not derive its name from color. The wood is not red or yellow but nearly black and its name comes from an early rose-like scent released when first cut, though dried stock lacks the perfume.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Silk trade regions expand with India China and Japan
The article notes that India and China have long been key silk regions and Japan has joined them, supplying much of the world's silk. It mentions the silkworm tassus moth and a hardy spinner feeding on castor leaves, highlighting their roles in silk production.
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India
China
Japan
Chicago Tribune
Fastest Horse in Sheridan's Cavalry
In a smoking room of veterans a tale unfolds of Gil e’s claim to the fastest horse in Sheridan's cavalry during 1864. A sprint on the Beowar ville turnpike ends when the horse falters and bullets close in, the rider surviving after the foe exhausts ammunition.
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Gile
Ier
Sheridan
Gilx
Gils
Beowarville
Boston Herald
Golden Specific Cure for Liquor Habit Advertised
An old advertisement extols Dr Haines Golden Specific as a powder that cures drunkenness by poisoning the drinker to permanent sobriety, claiming guarantees and a free 48 page booklet. It asserts safe use in beer coffee tea or food without the patient’s knowledge.
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Dr. Haines
Race St
Cincinnati
Castoria's lifelong use in a family’s stories
A historical note reflects a family habit of giving Castoria to a baby sickened by illness and to a child who cried for it. The tale traces Castoria’s role from infancy to motherhood as the remedy passed to each generation.
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Castoria
Gus
First Words of a Baby Behind a Dutch Mystery
A New York Recorder tale recounts a baby in a big town uttering words like goo and poo before saying Dutch. The mystery ends when a loud upstairs shout explains the origin of the first word, revealing the upstairs sound as the source.
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New York Recorder
Dr Sanford’s Liver Invigorator Promoted for Liver Suffering
Advertisement claims thousands suffer torpid liver and cites low spirits indigestion constipation and headaches. It presents Dr Sanford's Liver Invigorator as a reliable remedy and says druggists supply it.
Administrator's Sale of William Howard Estate in Clermont Ohio
Probate Court orders public auction of two tracts in Clermont County Ohio from 1 to 3 pm on an June day. Second Tract includes 110 acres 110 poles with ap$raised value $2,113.75 and third Tract is undivided one fourth of 21 acres 3 roods in Union Batavia area. Payment terms: one third cash day of sale, one third in one year, one third in two years with interest and mortgage on premises.
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Clemont County
Ohio
Joseph Kidd
Batavia Township
Clermont County
State of
James Gray
Deerfield Road
Williamsburg and
Batavia Pik
John Glancy
Lena Smith
George Devine
James Hulick
Smith
Ella Devine
Little Miam River
Benjamin Temple
Mott Titus
Gray
Saul Fitzwater
Daniel Kidd
Aru
Titus
Temple
Hulick
Kidd
Joseph I. Kidd
Hannah R. Kidd
Joseph I, Kidd
de Bonis
Willian Howard
Batavia
William Howar
Williamsburg Fomsehip
Daniel DeBonneville
Batavia and
Williamsburg
William Lytle
John Woods
Union
Batavia Townships
Winlock
John Pfarr
Jacob Laub
Olive Branch
East Liberty
Mead
Tacre
Les
Jacob Ub
Clermont
Weaieavere Township
DeRenneville
Hoes
Lorenzo D. Howan
Song Dingréen
Lorenzo D. Homan
de Dakin
Willian
Ores Swing & Bisnor
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A Housewife Union
Lonion Tit-Bita
New York Journal
New York Press
Philadelphia Record
Miles
John Bunn
Willie Smith
Willie
Buffalo Express
Medical
Boston
Maas
A. P. Ordway & Co
C. F. Motzer
Milford, Oflto
Times
Dayton
Chicago
St. Louis
Islamanca
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis
Ann Arbor
Toledo
Buffalo
Peoria
Cleveland
Gara
Sullivan
Aak
A. A. Bennett
Atau Ira
Carden
Esalean J. Chas
McCullough N.e.cor
Gent's
Bar
Hous
James Julian
Madisonville
A. McAdams
Clermont County Board OF School
Board of Examiners
Byron Williams
T. L. Simmermon
Byron Willtamb
G. W. Witham
Exaini
G.e.mann
Ana Ang Dol
Peioe
Ain Repro
H. G. Hoot
M. Ov
Pearl St
N. Y
Bradford Well & Pump CO
Second St
Han
ALLEN
Administrator's Sale
Mays
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