The Baker's Dozen Babies and a Frayed Matron
A married woman describes her chaotic home with thirteen children and thirteen mouths to feed. She details the daily din as her husband returns tired and hungry, while the children cause a lively domestic scramble and a weary mother aims to endure with patience. The piece closes with a coy request to reveal her name, Mrs John Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Lucy
William
Nelly
Charley
Papa
Harry
Robert
Susy
Baby
John Smith
Danbury Young Man Proposes In Humorous Sleep Questioning
A Danbury youth escorting a Sunday partner placed a humorous, pushy proposal during lunch after a home visit. He asked a string of odd sleep related questions before kneeling to declare love and ask to be her husband and protector, met with a steady, composed reply from the woman. The exchange, reported by the Danbury News, ended with her accepting or handling the moment with poise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Danbury News
Double Team Sets World Mile Record at Bay District Track
The San Francisco Post reports General Cobb and Ellen McCord driven by O A Hickok owned by Charles Crocker set a world best mile in 2 26 in a Bay District track trial. Judges were Grim Shaw Whitney with timers Crittenden Kil lip Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay District
San Francisco Post
Cobb
Ellen McCord
Charles Crocker
O. A. Hickok
A. K. Grim
John Shaw
J. D. Whitney
C. S. Crittenden
J. N. Killip
Mr. Lancaster
Mr. Hickok
Hickok
Crocker
Narragansett Park
Jessie Wales
Darkness
Bruno
Brunette
Bonner’s
Oil Prospectors Report Vast Sespe Oil Flows Wastefully
A prospector writing to the Los Angeles Express from the Sespe district of California describes a wooded canyon where a dark oil stream runs along the eastern slope. He estimates hundreds of barrels daily wasted due to lack of roads or pipes, with around 200 barrels a day flowing freely in the district. He notes a ten by ten foot oil reservoir in the canyon side and claims the oil is high quality and usable without refining, urging capital to develop the fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Express
Sespe
California
Canon
State Boundary Commission Plans Survey of Pennsylvania New York Line
A joint commission of Pennsylvania and New York officials meets at the Geographical Society of New York to fix the boundary, replace dilapidated monuments, and arrange a reconnaissance by skilled surveyors. They seek an astronomical check at four points to locate the forty second parallel and request Coast Survey cooperation.
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Pennsylvania
New York
The
Geographical Society of New York
James Worrall
Robert N. Torry
C. M. Gere
John V. L. Pruyn
Henry R. Pierson
Chauncy M
Government Coast Survey
Procrastination Harms Health and Cancerous Cures Promised
In a Newton Kansas testimonial from July 3 1876 a patient recounts long term illness with live complaint and abscesses cured by Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery after four years unable to work and multiple doctors declaring a grim prognosis. The letter claims the tonic acts as a positive remedy and alters health, with the patient David Thomas endorsing a six month course and lasting recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
N. Y
Electa Sweet
Pierce
Newton
Kansas
David Thomas
My Canned Goods Marketing From The Best Packing Houses
California Bartlett Pears and apricots listed with various weights and several fruits such as egg plums peaches green gages and strawberries. The catalog notes glass quarts for raspberries currants and corn and mentions mixed vegetables including succotash green peas mountain sugar corn and lima beans. Mushrooms French two pounds and a claim that the canned goods are of the best quality packed in extra heavy white sugar syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Oneida
Grocery Price List Items Include Meats and Canned Goods
A list of grocery items appears with corned beef in 2 and 4 pound sizes ham 2 pounds beef tongue 2 pounds roast beef 2 pounds salmon 1 2 and 2 pounds tripe 2 pounds lobster 1 and 2 pounds sardines and condensed milk.
Guava Boxes and Currant Jellies Stock Items
Inventory list shows guava, pure red currant and assorted jellies stocked in boxes, tumblers and quart jars. Indicates retail items available for display and sale at the shop.
Local Pantry List of Condiments and Sauces
A rundown of assorted condiments including Helford Sauce French wine vinegar gherkins mixed pickles chow chow horse radish French mustard in bottles and by quarter gallon olives capots olive oils pepper sauce tomato catsup mushroom and walnut catsup Worcestershire sauce club sauces and more.
Dried Fruits Listed in Alden Processing Mix
A catalog lists dried peaches apples raspberries cherries prunes English currants raisins figs citron lemon peel blackberries prunelles and related items. The brief item reads like a pantry stock update from a local trade ledger.
New Crop Teas with Various Prices and Claims of Value
Advertisement lists New Crop teas including Hyson Gun Powder Japan Oolong English Breakfast with prices 45c to 1.25 per pound. The dealer promotes 50c teas as good as 75c elsewhere and highlights English Breakfast at 1 per pound.
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Young Hyson
Japan
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Warren Mail
Egypt
England
Mediterranean
Hartford
Joseph Dion
William Sexton
Sexton
Dion
Ten Broeck
Kentucky
Green
A. W. Merck & Co
Hazeltine & Davis
S. Burgess
Holesale
Warren
Quarty
ER. M. Pierce
Ruhlman
Warren, PA
G. L. Friday’s
NEW Firm
C. Smith & Son
Deeay
1St National Bank
Second Street
Warren Carriage Works
Aaron
Bridge
Cordie & Koebley
Citizens Savings Bank
M. Waters
Robert Dennison
S. P. Johnson
F. Henry H. A. Jamieson
R. Dennison
J. R. Clark
S. V. Davis
A. Hertzel
G. N. Parmlee
Johson’s Exchange
Johnson, White & Co’s
Clark Johnson
Robert Johnson
Warren Savings Bank
Pas
Savings Bank
Warren County
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmitah
A.J. Hazeltine
O. H. Binntes
P. Falconer
A. J. Hazeltine
E. G. Wood
M. B. Dunham
B. Nesmith
James Clark, Jr
Albert Kirberger
Creeting
Warren Co
Corner 2d
Liberty Lts
H. A. Jamieson & CO
General Hardware
Carver HoUse
Cope Ees
G. L. Friday
Red Front
Water St. Warren, Pa
Will Smith
Warren Pa
Old Exchange
Wendelboe & Pastor
Boots and Shadoes
CEAS
Verback’s
Graham
Java
Maracaibo
Rio
Imperial
Oolong
Crosse & Blackwell
Keystone
GEO. Ball & CO
Beecher & Copeland
Morris, Tasker & CO
T. S. Messner &Co’s
Ring
EE. Rt. Tubbs & CO
Manchester, N.H
Ppc
Walter B. Kinsky
Union School
JAS. Clark, Jr., & CO
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