Townsend pushes claim to Agricultural College in legislature note
The Old Hickory Day January 8 legislative session is noted with Townsend pressing for the Agricultural College. Advertising rates are listed as $1.50 per month, and the paper is entered at the Townsend post office as second class matter. It is published every Friday morning under editor J C Krerny.
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Roses Send Shopper Into Silk Shopping Wilds
A couple threads through a busy 23rd Street morning as flower boys push roses at shoppers. A frustrated husband resists cloaks and linens until a sudden turn of romance softens him and he buys for his partner, restoring harmony.
Woman Eats Like A World Record Candidate At Hotel
A Philadelphia Times profile mocks a woman who "systematically" consumes an entire hotel menu from oysters to desserts. She arrives, surveys each course with zeal, then leaves with crumbs and untried items, prompting the waiter to recall her as a potential eating-contest performer.
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Ph Ladelphia Times
India
Arab courtship and sailmaker banners in campaign craft
A New Orleans Times-Democrat essay notes Arab courtship practices as seen through a poetic lens and explains how campaign banners are made. Sign painters and sailmakers craft two sided banners on muslin with mottos, costing seventy five to five hundred dollars depending on size and complexity.
Dogs Won't Bite Drunk Man in Wagon Trick
A drunken man bets he can conquer a watchdog with bare hands. After a clumsy, songful stumble into a wagon, the dog stays still and the owner notes dogs won’t bite a man when he is drunk. The tale unfolds with crowd ridicule and a twisted moral.
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Rich Man Russell Sage Gifts Ten Dollars for Two Years
A New York Times tale recalls Russell Sage’s sudden generosity toward a lifelong friend. After years of five dollar gifts each birthday, Sage offers ten dollars and a two year receipt when his friend asks for more.
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Russell Sage
New York Times
Seecy
Mr. Sage
Magistrate stripes two boatmen for delay in Calcutta harbor
A Calcutta native paper reports three Englishmen on an excursion in a steam launch discovering a native craft moored nearby. When asked to move the boatmen were slow. A magistrate ashore had two boatmen arrested and sentenced them to ten stripes each, applied by police at the launch.
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India
Calcutta
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Relief in Sharpsburg Ad
It Shou s we in every revee J B Wilson 371 Clay street Sharpsburg Pa says he will not be without Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds that it cured his wife threatened with Pneumonia after La Grippe when other remedies and physicians failed Robert Barber of Cooksport Pa claims New Discovery did him more good than anything for Long Trouble Nothing like it Try it Free Trial Cuttles at J R Weston s Drug Store Large Cattles 59c and 1
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Clay Street
Sharpsburg
Dr. King
Robert Barber
Cooksport
J. R. Weston
Rare old relics aboard City of Clinton ship to world fair
The City of Clinton schooner arrives in Chicago carrying war relics mineral and wood products from several states. Highlights include a 1754 Daniel Boone inscription, Joe Williams pistol with thirteen holes, and specimens of granite onyx iron ore and southern hardwoods.
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Chicago
Tennessee
Ilinois
Mississippi
Anderson County
Daniel Boone
Noah's Ark
Chickamaura
Joe Williams
Bettes
Joe Coyle
Wealth and costs stretch across 19th century America
The article notes saloon glass replacement in New York costing $500,000 yearly, race horse upkeep around $1,625 annually, Niagra Falls bridge facts, Arion sale price $150,000, Chicago banks with $2,223,000,000 capital, and U.S. wealth totaling $63,648,000,000 vs Great Britain.
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Arion
Stanford
J. Malcolm Forbes
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United States
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Prisons Exhibit Highlights History of Corrections at World’s Fair
The liberal arts exhibit directed by Superintendent Rosenau showcases the evolution of punishment and charity from ancient to modern times. Visitors are faced with stark contrasts between capital punishment and reform, including illustrations of Siberian prisons alongside Joliet and Sing Sing.
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Liberal Arts Department
Rosenau
Houses of Correction
Victor Hugo
Universal Brotherhood
Rosenan
Chala Eikke
Kemmier
Siberia
Joliet
Sing Sing
Japanese Village Workmen At World’s Fair Impress Visitors
Eighteen Japanese mechanics and a civil engineer work on the village display at the fairgrounds. A central pole with rice paper strips is part of a ritual to ward off evil spirits. The head carpenter tests a level device by placing chips under a box to prove its accuracy. A Denison, Texas dispatch reports Mrs. Madden rescuing her two year old daughter from a blacksnake using the bells on a tin hoop to charm the serpent before tossing it away.
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Dr King's New Discovery For Coughs And Colds
It will cost you nothing and surely do you good if you have a Crash Cold or throat chest or Langs. Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds guarantees relief or money back. La Grippe sufferers found it beneficial with speedy recovery. Trial bottle offered at J R Weston's Drug Store. Large size 50c and $1.
Ice shipments to Philadelphia mark Canadian export milestone
Canadians have begun shipping ice to Philadelphia with several cargoes arriving and matching the top Maine product. Canada exported 516,464 horses since Confederation, 505,470 to the United States, while imports stood at 33,760 head mainly for studs. NewfoundLarp stamps feature seals codfish and a Newfoundland dog. Passings humor and jokes fill the rest of the column with light quips and anecdotes.
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Hudson's Bay
Philadelphia
Maine
Sault Aux Recollnts Bush
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Canada
United States
NewfoundLarp
Prince of Wales
Unusual Factoids and Stats From Distant Lands
Reported curiosities include tar used from old horseshoes and antistax borings in Sahara. A British ship Berean faced a dust cloud after rounding Cape Morn. Bolivia builds the world’s highest viaduct over the Lea river. Immigrant totals to Manitoba and northwest territories rise sharply in the first half of the year. India remains a major market for various diamonds and other gems.
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Berean
Cape Morn
Bolivia
Lea
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
India
Notiives
Military notes and overseas troop formations
A cannon fired seven miles from an eighty ton gun in Dover England. St Louis plans a first Italian regiment in the United States. Germany spent about £6000 to build a Spandau factory to provision the army with 550 workers. Carr Vanscts Moone, recently promoted, has led troops in the Ninth cavalry. The Ninth and Tenth cavalry are regular army units composed of colored troops for about a quarter century.
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England
St. Louis
Spandau
Carr. Vanscts Moone
Ninth Cavalry
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Tenth Cavalry
Unclear Note on Language Tones and Odd Facts
An eclectic set of statements covers Chinese pronunciation diversity for the letter i, a bear skin glut near Moosehead Lake, suicide in warm vs cool weather, heat increasing melancholy, Yale athletic committee sending footfalls for next season, and a Smithsonian taxidermist denying the peacock has ugly feet.
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Oue Athletic Committee
Yale
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Washington
Electric Bitters Leads In Pure Medicinal Tonic Claims
A historic ad notes Electric Bitters as the leading pure medicinal tonic free of beverages or intoxicants. It promises cures for Sick Headache Indigestion Constipation and malaria removal with a money back guarantee. Price 50 cents per bottle.
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