Boys as White Wings in Philadelphia Cleaning Brigade
A Philadelphia Sunday feature praises Miss Cornelia Hancock and her twenty five young Black boys from 922 Locust Street who sweep alleys in the White Wings program. They work Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays between Walnut and Broad streets, earning five cents per alley plus a cent per kilo for broom replacement. They learn civic pride and thoroughness, overseen by Hancock, proving an effective if informal aid to city street cleaning.
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Charles Lamb Jamenta
Cornelia Hancock
Philadelphia
Locust Street
Hancock
Philadelphia North American
White Wings
Walnut
Spruce
Ninth
Broad Streets
Miss. Trancock
London
Charles Lamb
Bureau of Street Cleaning
Interior reforms at Washington spark clerk layoffs
A Washington letter reports Secretary Garfied of the Interior pushing modernized bookkeeping and typewritten records, planning to dismiss many long-serving clerks. The move, praised by reformers, faces opposition from retiring workers and echoes through Capitol society, with summer migrations and talk of a new Hammerstein opera house in the capital.
Modern child toys draw stern, critical gaze abroad
A London writer laments the new child's mood toward toyland, saying children refuse to "make believe" and demand exact likenesses. He notes toy makers hire scientific experts and French milliners to meet these discerning tastes, while the child is described as a cynical, emotionally detached spectator seeking parental approval.
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London
Boleton Herald
Pays for Own Improvements
Mrs Frederic Schoff speaks at a Philadelphia mothers club on training children. She compares parental responsibility to landlord rent raises, noting blame and credit for outcomes. A Cleveland quote about smallpox parallels are referenced from the Minneapolis Journal. A man credits Bucklen arnica salve for healing a long sore, as sold by S Kington at 25 cents.
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Frederic Sehoff
Philadelphia
John Garrett
North Mills
N. CC
S. Kington
Mr. E W Goodloe praises Dr Kings New Life Pills
A Dallas man testimonials that in the past year he has become acquainted with Dr Kings New Life Pills and that no laxative he tried before disposed of malaria and biliousness as effectively. The pills are advertised as 25 cents at S Kingston's drug store. Wedding invitations at Tur Catt.
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E. W. Goodloe
St. Louis St
Dallas
Tex
Dr. King
S. Kingston
Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
Mr. Barber
DeWitt
Thirty Years Ago This Week in Troy
From The Weekly Bulletin June 7 1877 Miss Matilda Cornman opened a six weeks summer school in the public school building. The ladies of the Baptist church announce an ice cream festival for July 4. The Hessian fly damaged local wheat while breath is blamed for more loss. Rural contributed an article replying to Pro Bono Publico on Town Improvements. Corn price fell to 32 cents per bushel with little shelling or hauling. Tramps increased prompting Festina lente. General improvements were planned as lumber was hauled out of town. Moses L Morgan a veteran of the War of 1812 and a Mason for over fifty years died at Carlinville aged 89. Mt Carmel tornado on the 4th destroyed the court house M E church and main business houses with sixteen killed and about twenty five injured. property loss around half a million dollars.
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Washington Ng
Garner
Garfeld
Keep
Interior Department
United States
Congress
Baltimore
Garfield
Washington
Society
Europe
Sto Newport
Lenox
Matilda Cornman
Asix
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Bulletin
Mt. Carmel
Court House
M. E. Church
Nigereta the prize fighting cat obituary and gentlemans quip
A 1906 Carthage obituary of Nigereta Spitfire, a 12 year old cat born 1904, noted as a prize fighter who was peaceful by day but quarrelsome at night. The piece attributes his death to possible poisoning and blends a tale of lineage with remarks on what constitutes a gentleman. The column also includes jokes on sugar and a call to DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and a delivery note for the Post-Dispatch.
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Nigereta
Carthage
Cory
Spitfire
Nigger Heels
Nigereta Spitfire
Dentist Dr F E Linder Opens Troy Office
Dr F E Linder, dentist, announces permanent location on Market Street in the Rieder Building opposite the post office in Troy. Office hours are 8:30 to 12:00 and 1:30 to 5:00 with office phone 54 and residence phone 84.
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Market Street
Rieder
Postoffice
Troy
Kinloch 71
DeWitt's Little Early Riser Pill Ad
When you feel the need of a pill take a DeWitt's Little Early Riser. Small pill, safe pill, sure pill. Easy to take pleasant and effective. Drives away headaches. Sold by S. Kingaton.
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DeWitt
S. Kingaton
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Illinois
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Von
Kinloch
Jones
eNon
Minneapolis Journal
Tur Catt
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Phancy
Gentleman
DeWitt’s
Oy S
Dan Petraman
Post-Dispatch
F. E. Linder
OW. Zanders
Risser Residence
Kinloch 17
FL. W. Braner
R. L. Dawson
Alfred Peats
Park Place
Sivas‘f. Brrdwick
Grougr Neudeckek
Shadwick & Neudecker
Hampton Building
Main Street
June Sallee
Litchfield, Ill
St. James Hotel
Edwardsville
Monde
Opera House
H. Schmacker
Prop
A.B. CO
Public Square
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Outfit
Thompson Publishing Co
St. Louis
Peters
Main
Serta
Riebold's
H. F. Kueker & Son
Lillie Mossmann’ S
Kiesel
Calt
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