Harrison Genealogy Traces President to Virginia's Early Governor
Washington correspondent notes claims the president is not descended from Cromwell. B. E. Blackford presents a partial Virginia lineage from Master John Harrison, governor in 1623, to Benjamin Harrison, and finally to William Henry Harrison, president, with heraldic crests cited. A separate item describes a trapped hawk captured near Gettysburg.
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John Harrison
Virginia
Cromwell
Harrison
Washington
Chicago Tribune
United States
B. E. Blackford
Fredericksburg
America
John Smith
Virginia Company
Benjamin Harrison
Surrey
Westover
James River
Blackford
Berkeley
Benjamin
Robert Carter
King Carter
Miss Bassett
Carter
Congress
William Henry
Randolph N. Wilton
John Scott
John
Cleveland
Jonn Harrison
Benjamin Harrrison
William Henry Harrison
Jonn Scott Harrison
Hugh Griggsby
Harrisons
Tynemouth
Sheep Jiggers Drive Man to Count Forever in San Francisco
A San Francisco Examiner tale reports a young buckaroo nicknamed Sheep Herder Joe who counts people as sheep to cope with a six thousand-strong flock. The afflicted man shifts counting jiggers between hands, marking each thousand with a hat notch while hours pass. The piece recalls a Siskiyou range shepherd who counted constantly until drunken relief.
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San Francisco Examiner
Joe
Pine Creek
Madaline Plains
Siskiyou Range
Dan Wheeler
Letting Bad Enough Alone
A humorous exchange imagines a patient protesting mustard plaster treatment. The doctor reassures and the patient objects, preferring local relief over a long distance remedy in a playful dialogue.
Engagement Ends Over Hole In Stocking
A Wabash avenue shoe clerk and a Rhodes avenue girl ended their engagement after the man discovered a hole in her stocking during a slipper fitting. He sent a blunt note breaking the match citing perceived character flaws, and suggested selling the engagement ring. The incident emerged after the girl fainted and was revived.
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Wabash Avenue
Rhodes Avenue
Chicago Tribune
Franko
A Nice Place to Leave in the Florida Keys
A Florida Keys letter laments the mosquitos sand-flies deer-flies red-bugs and ants make some keys uninhabitable. Humans must wear thick canvas and guard hands face and neck when venturing outside. Lost Man's Key reportedly cannot sustain domestic animals and penned wildlife may die overnight.
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Keys of Florida
Lost Man's Key
The masculine heart grows larger than the female heart
The American Queen cites German investigations claiming the male heart weighs more and is larger than the female heart. It notes rapid growth in early life, doubling size between ages two and seven, with continued growth past age fifty. In childhood sizes are similar, but males outgrow females by about two square inches in old age.
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Germany
Abia
Eurface
Why US Cannot Make Cheaper Toys Across The Board
A New York Times interview analyzes why American toy makers struggle against German and French rivals. Sonneberg and Nuremberg in Germany dominate cheap doll and toy production, while France leads in fine dolls and rubber toys rise in the United States. The piece notes high duties, freight costs, and reliance on imported materials as limits to U.S. leadership.
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America
New York Times
Germany
Sonneberg
Thuringen
England
Nuremberg
Saxony
Potteries
Europe
France
Paris
A Little Foresight Not Afterthought Says Sunday School Times
The article argues foresight outranks afterthought for planning and avoiding regrets. It notes building, scheduling, and duty conflicts benefit from deliberate preplanning, while afterthought criticizes what already happened. It emphasizes disciplined foresight over spontaneous critique.
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Sunday-School Times
Men and Clothes in Booming Woman’s Column
Kate True writes in the Detroit Free Press that women discuss dress at a Boston meeting while men are pictured as fussier about clothes. She recalls party dressing, tailors, laundresses, cosmetics, and the masculine vanity from neckwear to cuffs, arguing men “bother more about clothes” than women.
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Kate True
Detroit Free Press
Kate
Boston
Tom
Ottar
Cologne
Diamonds and democracy in American taste and folly
Max O Rell s ideas critique American style and money obsession, noting diamonds as a social sign and hospitality gaps. It compares American charm to British and French tastes, recounts a Paris fashion anecdote, then cites Dr F Park Lewis on eye care and proper lighting for reading, urging sunlight and proper posture.
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America
F. Park Lewis
Buffalo Courier
Standing Maidenhood in Teens and Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
A vintage advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for adolescent girls entering their teens. It portrays nervousness and “delicate organization” and claims the remedy prevents or cures female diseases. The ad stresses maternal and social responsibility, claiming the medicine is purely vegetable, harmless, and sold by druggists for $1 per bottle or six for $5.00.
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