Immigrant Shares and Notable Mentions in a Fragile Page
A mixed OCR collage notes Germany supplying 25.8 percent of foreign-born arrivals, Ireland 16.6 percent, and England 8.1 percent. It mentions Smyrna’s trade leadership in wool and rugs, Mother Gray’s powders in New York, and a string of anecdotes from a boy’s accident to a bearded former performer. Other items include a fever remedy and historical church leadership, plus camel teams in Western Australia mining supply.
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Kimitellen
Germany
Ireland
England
Novel Advertising Idea Sends Peanuts as Carded Mails
A Philadelphia tailor uses mailed pasteboard boxes containing six or seven peanuts. Recipients crack the shells to find a poster inside promoting the tailor’s shop and new spring styles. The shells are resealed to hide the ad, a trick praised by the Philadelphia Record as an effective marketing gimmick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Home Women and a Health Cure Advertisement
A Baltimore advertisement promotes Vageler's Curative Compound as a permanent cure for spinal weakness dizziness excitability bearing down and faintness. It claims the tonic directly affects the stomach liver kidneys and vital organs, purifies the blood, and restores strength vitality and vigor. A five dollar bottle is offered by Jacobs Co Ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jecobs
Baltimore
Early West Point teachers Col Jared Mansfield and Capt Barron
Col Jared Mansfield and Capt Barron were the first teachers at West Point in 1802. Mansfield, a noted mathematician and surveyor, later became United States surveyor general and earned a West Point professorship in 1814. He conducted Indiana surveying in 1806 and placed meridian and base lines at Paoli, laying the groundwork for the state’s land surveys.
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Weat Point
Friends' Academy
Philadelphia
West Point
Military Academy
Ohio
United States
New Haven
Mansfield
Jefferson
Mansfeld
West Point Military Academy
Eatihe
Capt
Barron
Engineers
Went Point
Te Weet
Manafield
Marietta
Cincinnai
William Henry Harrison
Invins
Indiana Territory
Vincennes
Clarksville
Indiana
Great Northwest Territory
Jared Mansfield
West
Paoli
Orange County
Col. Manafield
Colonel Mansfield
Quote from Abernethy story on votes and figs
Longmans Magazine recounts Andrew Lang story about canvassing a grocer bailie for a vote. Abernethy asks for a pennyworth for figs, noting the grocer’s dignified pose while preparing to decide on the chair.
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Abernethy
Andrew Lang
Longman's Magazine
Edinburgh
Bailie
Toxlcockasgy
Luxurious New Poughkeepsie Home For Aged Men
The Pringle home in Poughkeepsie, once Col. Beard’s gift for aged men of culture, now hosts a notable group. Residents include Prof. Albert C. Laurience, Casimir Podgoviski, Philip Snyder, James McCluskey, W. H. Foreman, and Spencer W. Conely. Podgoviski, a former music professor who played for the Euterpe Music Club, shared pieces on violin and violin- piano in a warm, homelike setting noted by the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Nooment
Newt
Col. Beard
New York
Poughkeepsie
Pringle
Duncan
Albert C. Laurience
Casimir Podgoviski
Paderewski
Euterpe
Podgoviski
Volkmann
Gounod
Podgovisk
Smith College
Northampton
Mais
Spencer W. Conely
Charles A. Dana
Euterpes
New York Times
St. Petersburg
A Calm Young Woman Inspires Awe in Crime Tale
Brooklyn woman in a sensational murder case is repeatedly described as remarkably calm from arrest to trial. The contrast between her poise and the danger around her sparks debate whether this calm signals innocence or a nerve under pressure, with comparisons to famous peculiarities of public figures and a note on the dramatic rescue scene.
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Brooklyn
Kerr
Cam
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Germany's Economic Methods Reported by Countess von Krockow
In Germany, peasants are encouraged to clear fields of stones and sell them to road repair commissions. Poor men are hired to break stones and learn road work. Revenue comes from auctioning roadside fruit crops planted when the road was built, with local papers publishing the sales.
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Germany
Alida von Krockow
Christian Register
District Road Repairing Commission
When De Wolf Hopper Went to Church
De Wolf Hopper recalls a Rhode Island church visit where Rev. Mr. Whicher struggled with pulpit lines and the audience stifled laughter as he chastised the congregation for lack of interest in the church annex, erupting in a sharp rebuke about children in the pews.
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de Wolf Hopper
Rhode Island
Whichor
Whicher
New York's Latent Amusement Barrel House Planned
A Scotch party arrived in New York and, after confusion over a barrel house, their inquiry leads to plans for a multi story attraction on Broadway. The concept features national village fronts German French Chinese Japanese Scottish and Italian themes with elevators guards booths and a roof garden bicycle path and a vast fountain. Groundbreaking is imminent and completion is projected in eight months.
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New York
Barrel’ House
Barrel House
Cateby
Rathskeller
Weekly Scotsman
Broadway
Walla
Cesing
Boulevard Des Italiens
China
Scotland
Bis
France
Bordeaux
Hungary
Tokay
Ninepaper
The Last Resort Insomnia Cure and Bright Gem Notes
A tale of a patient visiting a specialist for insomnia and being advised many remedies, ending with a bromide prescription that is rejected as ineffective. Then a note on light sensitivity in gems: emeralds, rubies, sapphires resist light changes poorly, with a showcase ruby fading over years. opal shows vivid rainbow reflections but can split with cutting and handling.
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Tatler
Health Dept Seizes Cheap Baking Powder 18 Made
New York Health Department seized large quantities of so called cheap baking powder sold in city stores. Chemists found it to be an alum powder, mainly alum and pulverized rock, unsafe for use. Several thousand pounds were destroyed at the offal dock. High grade cream of tartar powders are the safe, economical choice.
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Health Department of
New York
Health Department
Richest Man in Turkey Named Hagean Pasha
The Turkish official Hagean Pasha is described as the richest and most corrupt figure in the government with an estimated fortune of 40 to 50 million dollars. He wields vast influence with the sultan, who views him as loyal and highly efficient and trusts him implicitly.
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Turkey
Hagean Pasha
Allen's Foot Ease advertisement claim text
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot- Fase and powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cure corns bunions swollen hot and sweaty feet At all druggists and shoe stores 250 Sample sent free Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Value of Pictures Fluctuates in Market
An owner sold a Gerome canvas for 4000 after paying 17000 previously, while a Cage work once 500 has risen to 16000, with the seller refusing higher offers. Also notes railroad rate changes via the Atchison Topeka and Sante Fe for routes from Ogden and Salt Lake City with return limits, and a brief quirky aside about the Pope and chocolate drops.
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Gerome
Muchiow
Cages
Eap
Topeka
Sante Fe Raitway
Ogien
Salt Lake City
Missouri River
St. Louis
Chicago
Apt C. F. Warren
Gen'l & S. F. Ry
Dooly Block
Ity
Hall's Catarrh In taken internally. Price.
A fragmented early 1900s advertisement and news clip describe Hall's Catarrh remedy claims and a sensational crime note. It mentions a widow, a fatal fall, and a city named Milwaukee with praise for its enterprise and electric lights as context for broader advertising.
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Hall
Price
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Winslow
Smyrna Ia
Conatan-inople
Mother Gray
Lestoy
Willie
Severand Tas
Montague, N
George H. Hansell
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of
Sendatp
Javelic Mig Co
Dept
D. Parsons
Kan
Australia
North Cool Garlio
Western Australia
Home Women
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ohio and
Jared Manafleid
Weat Point Military Academy
Scotch Paper
City of New York
Isae
AGA
The
Piso
Vanburen
Ind
Newpa Anstee
Chisago
da States
Milwaukee
St. Paul
America
Omaha
Nest Tinton
L Ning
Hungo
St. Paul Selt Lake Ity
Utah
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