Washington Letter On Inaugural Plans And U S Posts
Washington Letter from November 17, 1904 discusses Roosevelt's re nomination prospects, the inaugural ball venue debate, and proposed transfer of the St. Louis Exposition government building for the ceremony. It notes the expanding federal workforce, early departmental sizes, and contrasts past and present administration scales. It also covers stamps for fairs, Indian education, depot construction, and social observations from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Theodore Roosevelt
Trust and Corporation
Pension Office
Congress
Convention Hall
Corcoran Art Gallery
Congressional Library
U. S
State Department
Patent Office
Louis McLane
War Department
Lewis Cass
Army
Navy Department
Levi Woodbury
City
William Jones
Thomas Corcoran
China
Wong Bing
Canada
Brockville
Ontario
United States
Buffalo
Dominion
Gray
Ogdensburg
Post Office Fs
Portland
Oregon
Third Asst
Madden
Better Off at Home Emigration Costs in Ireland
Emigration to the United States is shown as costly for Ireland. Calculations put the per person cost at $200, about one fifth of the U S expense. Since 1851 Ireland spent roughly $800 million on emigration. A Dublin anti emigration society advocates staying to avoid poverty and degradation seen in urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
United States
Irelall
Dublin
Yankee Made Scarabei In Egypt Trade Scams
A Connecticut firm crafts scarabei charms for Egyptian tourist markets. They are carved and machine chipped, colored to look aged, and shipped in casks to Cairo. Arab guides, skilled at finding such trinkets near pyramids and temples, sell them to Yankee tourists for a dollar each, though the cost to produce is under a cent near home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Cairo
Cats Prefer Olives, Say Philly Woman’s Pets
A Philadelphia woman reports six of her cats show a surprising fondness for olives. She says olives unlike milk or fish trigger purring and playful behavior before they eat, and notes other cats at friends’ homes also enjoy olives cut up into pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
A Cheerful View
Dialogue recounts Mr Meekins urged to stay for dinner by Mr Wilson and his wife amid heavy rain. The guest resists, noting the downpour, while Wilson—poor provider—and the wife, accused of poor cooking, try to persuade him to remain.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Heals Ulcer and Burns
A Runaway Bicycle left J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois with a severe leg cut that festered for four years. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured the ulcer and is praised for burns scalds eruptions and piles. 25c at S Kingston's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Orner
Franklin Grove
Ill
s.Arica
S. Kingston
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Satisfies Baby Sleeps
Dayton Ohio Mrs Mary Simpson reports relief from unsettled baby after using Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea in tea or tablet form marketed by S Kingston. Price 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Mra
Mary Simpson
Baby
Hollister
S. Kingston
Farmers Institute Prize Winners Highlight Local Grain Contest
The two day farmers institute in Troy featured a prize contest with cash and goods donated by local merchants. Judges awarded premiums in classes for seed corn, white and yellow varieties, and farm products while readings and musical numbers energized the gathering. Winners included Lester Anderson Eli Bernhardt Edward Brown Samuel Frey Sr and Louis Frey with prizes ranging from shoes and clocks to flour and watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Troy
Madison County Farmers’ Institute
Hostetter
Boone County
Lester Anderson
Eli Bernhardt
Robi.n Anderson
Edw. Brown
J. K. Eaton
Willie Bardelmeier
The
Live Stock Journal
Farm, Field and Fireside
Farmer’s Review
Farmer’s Voice
James Gerstecker
J. W. Garnet
John Bernhardt
J. E. Marsey
Edward Brown
A. H. Krause
Bollman Merc. Co
Samuel Frey, Sr
S. S. Avis
Wm. Dankenbrink
Joe Allen
Canned fruits and pickles win top premiums at fair
Lot 11 displays best canned fruits with at least four varieties. Mrs. M. F. Auwarter wins 1st premium 50 cents. Mrs. F. F. Miller 2nd 25 cents. Lot 12 covers home made butter with Mrs. Jas. S. Watt 1st 50 cents and Mrs. T. A. Riggin 2nd 25 cents. Lot 13 lists blue ribbons for Silver Wyandots and Plymouth Rock chickens, mangels, chrysanthemums, home made molasses, Keiffer pears, quinces, and carrots with various finalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Auwarter
F. F. Miller
F. S. Edwards
Jas. S. Watt
T. A. Riggin
Cass C
John Bernhardt
Plymouth Rock
John Schwalm
Henry Gendler
J.g.schoeck
T.A. Riggin
Keiffer Pears
H. F. Dankenbrink
Troy donors listed for contest prizes and institute expenses
Cash prizes totaling 21.25 were donated by Troy merchants and citizens led by M F Auwarter and Wm H Wild along with Dr F W Zanders and S Kingston. Incidental institute costs required 12.25 from additional contributions including Theo Guenning George Pickle August Peters Louis Bollman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
M. F. Auwarter
Dr. F. W. Braner
Chris. Busse
John Deimling
Phil Eckert
John Feldmeir
Wm. Geers
H. C. Gerfen
W. W. Jarvis
C. E. McKittrick
S. Kingston
Theo. Guenning
Geo. Pickle
August Peters
Louis Bollman
Fred Metzger
Wm. Meiners
C. F. Edwards
Best Liniment on Earth by City Water Works Supt
Henry D. Baldwin of Shuilsburg Wisconsin asserts Ballard's Snow Liniment provides relief for rheumatism and pains. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes, sold by S Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Baldwin
City Water Works
Shuilsburg
Wis
Ballard
S. Kingston
Rocky Mountain Tea Rules the Quiet Fishing Day
A fragment shows a rustic couplet advising persistence in fishing with a Bumble Bee bait and Rocky Mountain Tea as a humorous line. S. Kingston is noted in the partial verse, suggesting a local or regional attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Tea
S. Kingston
Thirty Years Ago This Week In Troy
From The weekly Bulletin November 19 1874 reports a nine pound son born to Mr and Mrs Samuel Millbanks a night school for elocution and penmanship opened by H A Pawley a well sunk by John Neary on Meiners property reached 960 feet with a 43 foot drill shaft Sherman Park town laid out along the Vandalia Line railroad toady workers. John Oberton a mill worker fractured both arms and cheek bone in a depot roof fall recently married to a Pocahontas woman and moved there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Millbanks
H. A. Pawley
John € ‘Neary
Meiners
Sherman Park
John Oberton
Donoho & Brooke
Oberton
Pocthontas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
Post Office Department
Bureau of Engraving and Prining
Indian Bureau
Capital Hill
Payne
Roosevelt
Gen. Black
John W. Foster
Supreme Court
England
France
Yankee
Farmer's Institute
Anna Riehl
Edward Miller
St. Taco
Fred H. Rankin
University of Illinois
W. J. Ruff
Lor
H. Wohswinkel
Perry Nichols
H. T. Sims
C. Seligman
George Liebler
August Droll
E. H. Klein
Louis Frey
Annytte Li
Perry Nichola
A. Kleist
Ohio's
Henry Gindier
J. H. Steinhaus
C.F. Edwards
Bollman Merc. Co. Straw
Fred Hampe
J. .C.gebauer
Wm. Wehrmeier
Jardiniere
W. J. Vetter
Fred Meier
Ist
Geo. Renshaw
Wea
Eee
Schoeeik
Moore’s’ Air
Malleable Iron
A. Heddergott
Hickory Streets
W. Ww. Jarvis
Banker Co
A. Jarvig
Gashieri Buys and
Secs
Foreian
Pand Domestic Excuance
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