Washington Declined Kinghood at Temple Meeting Site
Historical marker near Newburg New York marks the Temple building where in 1782 1783 officers and soldiers sought to pressure the government. General Washington read a powerful address denouncing royalist dangers and firmly declining any move toward monarchy. Col Nicola warned of royal titles but Washington stood firm.
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Newburg
N. Y
Historical Society of
Newburg Bay
Washington
Ellis 0 House
New Windsor
Nicola
Bunker Hill
Concord
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Temple
Gen. Gates
The Swiss Sleigh Types and Racing Tradition
In Switzerland three sleigh types exist the Swiss sleigh the skeleton sleigh and the bob sleigh. The Swiss sleigh mirrors the German sleigh used for work and sport typically carries one rider though races often include a lady passenger. Skeleton sleighs seat one rider who lies and steers with their toes. The Swiss sleigh is steered by hands or short iron tipped sticks used to clear obstacles.
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Switzerland
Lost His Temper English Sparrow Roams Park Row Statue
An English sparrow sought a nest on Benjamin Franklin’s statue at Park Row Nassau Street. It repeatedly brandished a rag into the crevice under the tie wig, sparring with rival sparrows until calm was restored and the bird perched atop Franklin’s head.
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New York Commercial
Benjamin Franklin
Park Row
Nassau Street
Franklin
Mr. Franklin
Verses Grave and Gay in Silent Soldier Themes
A collection of verse excerpts about war duty and home front cheer. Poems reflect a dancer between fear and hope as soldiers go abroad and family life endures. Names include Mary Farrar and John Kendrick Bangs, with period publication in Good Words Chicago Record-Herald and Woman's Home Companion.
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Mary Farrar
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Phyllis
John Kendrick Bangs
Silent Dumb-bells and Hopeful Verses From Youth's Companion
A fragment from Youth's Companion features Amos R. Wells urging fitness and vitality with dumb-bells and wedding imagery, alongside Frank Strickland and Mary F. Butts poems about hope and angelic friendship. The verse promotes health as happiness and endurance through life’s battles.
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Amos R. Wells
The Laughing Girl and a Cradle of Names
A whimsical verse fragment recalls a girl who laughs and light in a home. It references a chorus of poems from Ladies' Home Journal and St. Nicholas with playful lines about Sue Elizabeth Harriet Prue Lucretia Elmiora Ann Agnes Sapphira and her mispronouncing brother Paul. The scene closes with a twilight laugh and a mother’s kiss.
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John Howard Todd
Ladies’ Home Journal
Sue Elizabeth Harriet Prue Lucretia Elmiora
Ann Agnes Sapphira
Paul
Stella George Stern
St. Nicholas
Poem Excerpt from Atlanta Constitution Verses
A brief verse fragment from the Atlanta Constitution expresses simple desires for sunshine snow flowers and strength to toil with faith to go. The lyric tone highlights quiet resilience and everyday natural imagery.
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Atlanta Constitution
Time’s treasury pours new souls in old ways
Grace Richardson writes in the Atlantic about time's Hand filling fresh lives with enduring emotions. Old loves, hatreds, fears and smiles recur as time pours them from time’s vials into new souls.
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Grace Richardson
The
Atlantic
Customs inspector grilling a lady at dock over goods
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a customs inspector questions a woman about her belongings at the dock. He comments on garments and items, joking about handling and packing while declaring nothing dutiable found.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Simnone
Boston Unique Joke Sparks Travel Sketch
A Chicagoan tours Boston and, amid host city heat, is pressed to confess Boston’s uniqueness. The exchange ends with a witticism that Boston is a unique town, prompting a pun on the word unique derived from unus and equus.
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Boston
Chicago Chronicle
Allen's Foot-Bane at 25c from Druggists and Shoes
Advertisement for Allen's Foot Bane claiming to cure swollen aching tired feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Sample available free by mail from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Inquisitive Plant Exhibition at Caught Coakley Budds
The Philadelphia Press notes a curious display by Caught Coakley Budds the florist featuring an inquisitive plant. The item mocks sensational ads and cites Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for cough relief and Pike's Toothache Drops claimed to cure in one minute.
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Coakley
Budds
Philadelphia Press
Hale
Pike
May 13 Market Roundup Across Cities and Commodities
The markets report prices for flour and wheat across New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and East Liberty on May 13 1902. Wheat prices range from 87 to 895 cents per bushel, corn around 62 to 66 34 cents, oats about 441 4 to 51 4 cents, and hay values vary by region. Livestock notes show steady to strong prices with steers calves and hogs trading in the high single digits to mid sevens per hundredweight.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Surgeon's Knife Letter to Mrs Pinkham Describes Ovarian Pain
Dear Mrs Pinkham shares a personal account of six years of ovarian and womb inflammation with persistent pains. The writer describes enduring aches and seeks relief and guidance from the famed herbal remedy advocate.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Laughing Italians disrupt Tosca at Boston opera
The Boston grand opera audience erupted as Italians in a box laughed during Ternina’s aria in Tosca. An usher sought the reason, and a bystander explained the crowd misheard the love song as a joke about torn trousers.
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Boston
Tosca
Ternina
Miko
Washington Star
Elegant dining cars on Iron Mountain Route debut
The Iron Mountain Route inaugurates a dining car service on fast daily trains from St. Louis and Memphis to Texas. Cars are Pullman built, fully equipped, electric lighted with fans, and offer a la carte meals on Haviland china.Libby glassware and silverware. It operates triple daily St. Louis to Texas and double daily Memphis to Texas with electric sleeping cars.
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Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Memphis
Texas
Pullman
Missouri
Arkansas
Obituary Notes of a Kansas Resident
A Kansas obituary records a man born May 3 1875 who died March 19 1902 at 9 30 p m Central Time. The notice reflects early 20th century tone and references distant places and quotes.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
The Prophet's Chamber in The Four Track News
A brief note promoting The Prophet's Chamber story in the May issue of The Four Track News. It highlights its agricultural relevance for farmers wives in New York and New England and mentions a subscription price free in the United States and 50 cents per year elsewhere.
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New York
New England
United States
Geo. H. Dani
Grand Central Station
Polite Man Makes Way For Lady In Photo Studio
A humorous anecdote from the Statesman describes a courteous man in a photographer's shop who insisted a lady sit in his chair for a portrait. The tale highlights his excessive politeness and patient demeanor.
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Patrice
Youkers Statesman
Peculiar to Itself St Jacobs Oil Praised in Ad
An advertisement extolls St Jacobs Oil as unique among remedies for fifty years. It claims unknown ingredients and trusted staff, marvels at pain relief, and asserts widespread cures, dominance in sales among proprietary medicines, and superior efficacy over competitors.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Vogeler's Curative Compound Promises Strength for Weak Children
Advertises Vogeler's Curative Compound as a remedy for weak digestion and general weakness in children. Claims to purify blood, restore color, and add flesh, with small 2 to 5 drop doses twice daily. Offers a sample bottle free from St Jacobs Oil Ltd Baltimore Maryland.
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Vogeler
Propriets St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
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Angel Pain
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Earth
John Vle
Toledo
East Buffalo
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Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ennis Stevenson
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Utah
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Unionville, Mo
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Third Ave
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