Lowestoft china mystery explored in historic pieces
A long note on the Chase Lowestoft tableware highlights 248 intact pieces from an early 1800s Maryland set, praised for multiple colors and heraldic decorations. The piece traces Lowestoft’s two periods, the Gunton factory tale, and debates over Oriental provenance linked to Lowestoft naming.
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Gay
Lowestoft
Chase Lowestoft
Chase
Maryland
Chase Coat of Arms
Woodward
Metropolitan Museum
Bow
Chelsea
Luson
Gunton
Suffolk
Iit
Bell Lane
China
Ponzi Gave Up Much Skin for Nurse in Alabama
In Blocton Alabama Miss Pearl Gossett, burned handling a gasoline stove, received skin grafts from Charles Ponzi in a landmark operation. Ponzi donated skin from both thighs and later from his back and legs across three surgeries but received no pay. He left the hospital recovered enough to hunt days later.
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Blocton
Ala
Pearl Gossett
Blocten Hospital
M. C. Thomas
Charles Ponzi
Bloden
Thomas
Ponsi
Ponzi
Rome
America
Mayor Fehrman Targets Public Flirtation and Dice Games
In Elgin Ma December 28 the mayor vows to halt two practices seen as offensive to women. The local Woman's Christian Temperance Union alerted him to flirtatious conduct in a public waiting room and to dice games used to win cigars, observed by female passengers.
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Elgin
Fehrman
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Dr Kings New Discovery for Pneumonia Colds and Croup
The ad sells Dr King s New Discovery as the cure for winter and spring illnesses including pneumonia colds and croup. It features testimonials from Mia in Place Rawsonville VI praising its cough and bronchial relief and notes a trial bottle is free at all druggists with prices 60 cents and 1.00.
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Pneumonies
Dr. King
Mia
George W. Place
Rawsonville
Missouri Man Is His Own Horse in Joplin Feats
George Asher known as the Human Horse travels with harness and horse shoes on feet pulling a 300 pound wagon filled with walnuts. The 40 year old, 180 pound man from near Joplin says he can walk anywhere and has pulled wagons since age nine. He once toured with Buffalo Bill and competed in a eating contest in Joplin, winning with twelve chilies and other items.
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Joplin
George Asher
Asher
Buffalo Bill
The Tasteless Chill Tonic That Dissolves in Stomach
An advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic dissolves in stomach acids not the mouth, making it tasteless yet effective. It markets as strong as bitter tonics and suitable for both adults and children with a 30 year standard and a 50 cent price.
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Grove
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Chichester
Bay of
Missouri
Lhd
New York
Paris
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