Beau Brummell Hobo Hops West By Car Lift Method
Colgate student Charles Paradise travels 1600 miles from Miami to New York by hitching rides and plans a San Francisco round trip this summer. He meets governors and socialites, averages 150 to 200 miles daily, and funds his trip with early earnings from a news stand while living with his mother in Albany.
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Beau Brummell
Charles Paradise
Colgate College
Miami
Fis
New York
San Francisco
Lincoln Highway
Bot
Manning
South Carolina
Craig
North Carolina
J. W. Paynter
Palm Beach
Vincent Astor
Paradise
Florida
Augusta
Wilson
Congress
Albany
Ashurst At The Bar A Deputy Sheriff Of Arizona
Henry F. Ashurst, U S senator from Arizona and former deputy sheriff, kept busy arresting desperadoes. The key to the jail lockup hung behind a bar at a prominent liquor merchant’s shop, a setup that led to a famous photo and years of misimpressions about his drinking.
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Henry F. Ashurst
United States
Arizona
Grand Old Man of Medicine Dr. Abraham Jacobi Turns Eighty Six
Dr Abraham Jacobi the Grand Old Man of Medicine and defender of infant health recently marked his eighty six birthday in New York. A practicing physician for 63 years he is an authority on infant diseases and has served as president of the American Medical Association. Born in Hartum Westphalia he earned his M D at Bonn and later came to the United States in 1850s. He has aided the rich and aided the poor while pursuing better milk babies living and conditions and remains a beloved figure in medicine.
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Abraham Jacobi
New York
Doctor Jacobi
Tie
American Medical Association
Hartum
Westphalia
Bonn
Berlin
Cologne
Betancourt Buys Hat After Wireless Warns of Loss
Senor Don Julio Betancourt minister to the United States from Colombia rushes to New York after a wireless message warns his wife aboard the Almirante has lost her hat overboard. A revenue cutter and Colombia embassy attache escort him with a hat box as he awaits her ashore arrival wearing the new hat.
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Senor Don
Julio ‘Betancourt
United States
Colombia
Senora Betancourt
Alimirante
New York
Fifth Avenue
Metropols
Don Julio
Almirante
Senor Betancourt
Denmark to cede Virgin Islands to United States if sale proceeds
A London Times report describes the long battle over transferring the Danish West Indies St Croix St Thomas and St John to the United States. It notes earlier failed bids in 1867 and 1884 and explains the islands current status and geography while contrasting Denmark's remaining colonies Greenland and Iceland.
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United States
Denmark
West Indies
Antilles
Russia
Alaska
United States Senate
National Geographic Society
Virgin Group
St. Croix
St. Thomas
St. John
Porto Rico
Christianstad
Frederikstad
Knights of Malta
Louis XIV
France
Islands
Coral Bay
Cruxbay
Greenland
Iceland
Old Town Mozambique Shows Early Portuguese Settlement
The London Chronicle notes Mozambique as the earliest Portuguese stronghold in East Africa. Built 1508 to 1511 with imported stone, the town preserves four centuries old houses with bolted doors and windows. The harbor is dominated by the castle of San Sebastiao, its massive walls rising above the water.
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Mozambique
East Africa
London Chronicle
Portugal
San Sebastiao
East African
Desperate Escape Through Ypres Shellfire in Ambulance Car
William J. Robinson recalls driving a wrecked ambulance turned car through bombardment at Ypres during the early bombardment before the second Calais battle. With shells bursting, he sped 30 to 40 mph, executed a risky hairpin skid to clear a deadly turn, and survived.
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Ypres
Calais
William J. Robinson
Atlantic Monthly
Heine and Ramsgate in 1827 Visit and Love Interest
The passage notes Heinrich Heine visiting Ramsgate in June 1827 to restore his health. Heine was impressed by the town and planned a long poem titled Ramsgate. In Ramsgate he reportedly fell in love with an Irish girl connected to the Reisebilder.
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Ramsgate
England
Heine
London Chronicle
Mose Seeks License for Grog Shop in Town
Mose desires to open a grog shop and asks for a license. The commissioner sets a fifty dollar fee and requires consent from seventy five percent of the block. Mose questions the threshold noting only six residents named Jim Sallie and the four Joneses, far short of seventy five percent.
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Mose
Jim
Waste Beyond Recovery Declares Cities Waste Worth Fortune
A figure claims seven million dollars a year vanish in garbage from about two hundred ninety nine American cities. The text argues waste itself holds value and should be redirected to scientific uses rather than discarded in trash.
By-Product Made of Value in Hawaii
Water and fireproof barrels will be manufactured in Hawaii from bagaase a sugar rail by product for exporting sugar and importing potash.
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Hawaii
Help for Working Women from Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
A testimonial from Mrs. James of Frankfort Kentucky praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness. The letter notes relief after three bottles enabling her to resume all work. It urges others to try the remedy and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts. A second piece cites a humorous magazine story about a circus band delivering joyful noise with orderly timing.
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Frankfort
Lydia EB. Pinkeham
Mrs. James Coney
St. Clair St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Impractical Viewpoints From Early California Citizen
A Sacramento Star quote contrasts a Californian’s wish for comfortable surroundings with a Jose resident’s caution that mass relocation would crowd the state. The exchange highlights tension between personal comfort and regional capacity.
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Jose
California
Sacramento Star
Fisherman’s 13 Luck Ends in Witty Courtship Exchange
Dialogue playful line about marriage and luck on fishing, with banter on catching a husband. Courtesy opens doors while its absence leaves them open. A joked flood tale recalls a proud wife who supposedly drowned in the flood, illustrating social irony.
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Paix
Concentrated Satisfaction Tea and coffee alternative praised
Former tea and coffee drinkers discover a pure wheat beverage with a delightful flavor. It avoids sleeplessness heart flutter and headaches commonly caused by caffeine in coffee and tea, offering a calmer drinking experience.
Postum marketed as caffeine free instant drink
Advertises Instant Postum as a caffeine free soluble coffee substitute. Claims mild java flavor with no harmful ingredients and convenient use at home, for picnics, or travel. Encourages switching from tea or coffee if these interfere with comfort or success.
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Betancourt
Holland
Zuider Zee
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Enyksluis
Amstyl
Wieringen
Piaam
Friesland
Charlotte Amalie
London Times
Grande Place
Heine and Ramsgate
Henry Wallace Phillips
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