Aprons as Defense and a Humble Encounter
Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus notes aprons defend cleanliness safety and modesty while a builder’s apron and Vutean smeltering sheets reveal social and craft roles. Colonel C L Colqueen of Louisiana calmly asserts his own status when challenged by a stranger asking who is the best lawyer in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Secent
C. L. Colqueen
Louisiana
Grewaterville
California
New York
Fire repair workers at W E Felix dry goods
Edward C Towne Franz Wagner Jan VanOordt and Mme Ragna Lime oversee a crew of carpenters repairing sections damaged by a recent fire at W E Felix s dry goods emporium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Towne
Franz Wagner
Jan VanOordt
Mme Ragna Lime
W. E. Felix
Flock of Crows Attacks Horses in Susquehanna Region
In Susquehanna County Elk Mountain crows swarm daytime barns and nightly treetops. A train blinded birds near Ontario and Western tracks, causing nearly 200 deaths as car riders watched. Hunters failed to curb the roost. a Scranton peddler’s horse was attacked near Forest City, saved only by throwing sheep skins to the birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna
Elk Mountain
Ontario
Carbondale
Scranton
Forest City
Married in Haste Now Wants Divorce in Cincinnati
Maybelle Fayne Lyons a Pike building music teacher asked Judge Caldwell for a divorce from Ar thur B. Lyons of Cave City Ky whom she separated from at their July 28 1898 Bowling Green Ky wedding. An antenuptial contract shows they married for thrill and avoided obligations. She met her husband once after. he later sent $20 for court costs after learning of the divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Maybelle Fayne Lyons
Pike Building
Painless Dental Experience Reported in 1902
Tucson residents note a painless dental extraction with Dre Gray Smith’s Vitalized air at the San Augustine Hotel on Church Street Entrance No 44. J L Powell endorses the method, dated March 8, 1902, claiming no pain and recommending it to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Augustine Hotel
Church Street
Tucson
Arizona
Dre. Gray & Smith
J. L. Powell
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University of Arizona
Richard Starr
Third Avenue
Military Plaza
University Home Addition
R. J. Adams
F.h.lee
Mosse Drachman Owners
Tam
New York Times
Willis P. Haynes
Chicago
San Francisco
Gorse H. Melluish
Congress St
Beeakee Restaurant
OPERA
A. V. Grossetta
Adolph Rosenbecker
Solists
Kindall & Francis
Labor
Kimball & Francis
DRS. GRAY @ SMITH
John I. Reilly
Robert Hennessy REILLY @ HENNESSY
Chicago College of Embalming
Tucson Cleaning Works
W. Congress St
H. Briggs
Baldwin
Charley Waitman
Congress
Opera House
Whitman & Kom Proprietors
Helene
Gamp &T
Tucson, Ariz
Yuma
Yuma Bakery
W.H. Shorey
Prop
Billings & Jimenez
Pioneer Transfer Co
James Fraser
Roberts’ Restaurant
Windsor Hotel
M. Roberts
Brady-Schneider Commission CO
Stone Avenue
Jaeger
Southern Pacific Hotel
Yuma, Arizona
San Xavier Hotel
Bowie Railroad
Bowie Station
Nogales
Kansas
L. J
Yuma County
Geo. C. Williams
Zellner Piano CO
IM Congress
Madam Rose
Wanamakers
New York 8
Dresemaking
Sasanahbiene
Estense Ave
Cafe Goldtree
Investment & Trust
Compan
Laughlin
Los Angeles
Cal
Tele
Goldbaum
Sje Af Oy
Geo. Martin
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