Powder Room in Beverly Unitarian Church Stored Ammunition Safely
History notes Beverly Unitarian Church on Cabot Street housed powder storage in a 18th century powder room to protect town ammunition. No fires were ever lit in the meeting house. The building evolved from 1656 to its present form with multiple enlargements and a stout oak frame surviving.
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Meeting House
Beverly
Mass
Unitarian Church of
Cabot Street
Salem
Beverly Parish
Roger Conant
Hale
Society
Dr. Hale
General Court
Canada
Thomas Blower
Cambridge
Accuracy and Publicity Roars Through Western Union Deal
The Western Union purchase by AT&T prompts a new era in corporate finance as transparency becomes a standard. Theodore N. Vail leads a bold move to publish an eight month appraisal reducing surplus from 18.9 million to 5.1 million. Public reaction turns optimistic as stock rises, signaling a potential industry-wide shift toward openness and accountability.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Vail
Purchasing Corporation
Gould
Western Union
Telephone Company
Telegraph Company
Vail
Harper’s Weekly
Engineer James Cummings Receives Long-Awaited Medal
Washington reports that after 32 years James Cummings of Custer Michigan was awarded a gold medal by the treasury department for saving 44 lives during the 1878 wreck of the grain barge Rutler near Ludington. He manned the throttle in a dangerous hold as Capt Frederick Kendrick towed a lifeboat and rescued the crew under heavy seas.
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Washington
James Cummings
Custer
Mich
Treasury Department
Rutler
Ludington
Cummings
Graham
Frederick Kendrick
Kendrick
James McLaughlin
Chinese Wedding Is Solemn in San Francisco
A Chinese marriage is all ceremony with no talk and much crying. The bride is dressed with care after presents are exchanged. The ceremony features a quiet feast, a mother’s cry, and a procession that carries the bride to the groom’s home while guests toss rice.
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San Francisco
Soothed Boston Babe by a Tree Top Lullaby
A Boston infant restless and peevish resisted nurse and familiar cradle songs. The mother sang softly about the vibrating atmosphere and the loft arboreal cradle. Instantly the babe relaxed and slept with a contented smile.
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Boston
A Modern Problem Rebuffs An Old Judge Parable
A witty note questions a circulating paragraph about a judge who ruled a man need not support his mother-in-law. It ponders whether impecuniousness tight-waddedness or simple cussedness drives such tales.
Complimentary References in Campaign Rhetoric Spark Debate
A heated exchange highlights sharp language used by opponents about each other during a tense political campaign. The remarks draw attention to cultural and regional stereotypes as candidates clash over policy and tone.
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el Diario del Hogar
Cure All Remedy Discovery Gains Worldwide Acclaim
Vienna physician Dr Ehrlich and collaborators after years of study unveil arsenical drug 606, said to target disease germs directly. Reports credit 606 with curing blood disorders and aiding typhoid fever malaria and sleeping sickness. praised at Koenigsberg congress and Paris hospitals. A second brief notes divorce for Mrs George Childer in Cleveland citing neglect and habitual drunkenness amid reports of his loud snoring.
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Vienna
Ehrlich
Frankfort
Germany
Abertheim
Hata
Andrusson
St. Petersburg
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Hatta
Japan
Kitasato
Tokio
Koenigsberg
Cleveland, O
George Childer
West 65Th Street
Childer
Penny Lunch For Chicago Schools Plan
Mrs. Isabelle C. O Keefe proposes a penny lunch room system for Chicago public schools. Six schools would pilot hot vegetable soup with bread and butter served by students from manual training and cooking schools. A committee will study feasibility and organize experimental lunch rounds for the program.
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Chicago
Isabelle C. O’keefe
Board of Education
Manual Training
O'Keefe
Utopian Colony Planned Near Livermore by Farmers’ Group
A Farmers' Protective and Benevolent association plans a model town two miles east of Livermore with 200 acres. White men may join, buy five acres each, and live in a cooperative community featuring own electricity, auditorium, music conservatory, playgrounds, and moving pictures. Members will raise all supplies on site and share profits, with governance and a businesslike, utopian aim.
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Oakland
Cal
Charles Street
London
Dingee
Piedmont
Farmers’ Protective and Benevolent Association
Livermore
R. N. Scoville
Scoville Iron Works
Miss Scheere
Farmers’ Protective Association
Flower is given new hue
London reports Prof J H Priestley of Bristol University shows electric current accelerates plant growth and may improve health. Wheat under electrical cultivation yields nearly one third more and greens appear darker due to increased air nitrogen. Current is raised to high voltage at fields and passes through plants. weather affects leakage. Greenhouse use grows. Private Sussex pond also shows quicker fish growth, but results are inconclusive.
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London
J. H. Priestley
Botanical Laboratory
Bristol University
Sussex
Fire in School Cloakroom Sparks Panic Averted
A cigarette started a blaze in the Allison school cloakroom in Philadelphia. Miss L. E. Allen, a teacher, sent pupils to the yard for early recess, averting a potentially worse disaster. A boy smoking dropped the lit cigarette into a coat pocket when the janitor arrived.
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Philadelphia
Allison School
L. E. Allen
Record Year For Yarmouth Fishing Sees 10000 Girls At Port
London reports a record fishing year at Yarmouth with more Scottish boats than ever. An estimated 10,000 girls have arrived to clean and pack the fish, boosting local activity and employment.
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London
Yarmouth
Boston Shark Fishing Tames Fifty Taken From Matiana
Capt. Fred Chetwynd of the schooner Matiana recounted a method to deter sharks plaguing his channel grounds. He baited deck gear with fish, lured sharks, and after a dramatic haul used a knife to sever the heads as crew hoisted the prey. He ended the trip having killed fifty sharks, yet the others persisted around the vessel.
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Boston
Fred Chetwynd
Matiana
Channel Grounds
Chetwynd
Polite Youngster Seeks More Candy From Generous Gentleman
A child asks for more candy after receiving a treat from a kind man. The moment captures polite street manners and generosity, reflecting everyday acts of kindness reported in brief.
Old Time Remedies and Market Quips in Town Column
A collage of ad blurbs and anecdotes features patent medicines like Hamlin’s Wizard Oil and Pettit’s Eye Salve praised as cures and attractors. Quick quips include a joke about a swelled head and a chestnut vendor exchange about worms, ending with a reader’s mail joke about changing paper delivery to Strong’s Corners.
Innocent on One Count in Dinner Talk
A terse exchange features Mrs. Farmer-Say denying work for a dinner while Boston Billings insists his use of double negatives is a solecism he has never committed. The dialogue carries a humorous courtroom or social setting tone with sharp back-and-forth between the two speakers.
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Boston Billings
Rheumatism Cure Claims From Kidney Function
A claimed simple remedy targets rheumatism by improving kidney filtering of uric acids. The formula mixes Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. take teaspoonfuls after each meal and at bedtime. The text states ingredients are harmless and available at prescription pharmacies.
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Old Beverly
Unitarian Church
Uncle Sam
Kingdom OF
Uganda
Mwanga
Daudi
Kampala
Mengo
Rey
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Standard Oil Company
C. A. Bartol
Pettit
Award Bros
Buffalo
N.Y
Strong’s
Mary Strong
Strong
Innocent
Carter
Benes
Western
Lloydminster
Western Canada
raishig @ ai dairy
Sra
Bestoe West
Immoration
Ottawa
GEO. A. Hall
22Nd St
Milwaukee, Wis
FOX Sales Dept
Grand Avenue
Milwaukee
Ners
W.pee
Metallic Mfg.Co
89Th St
Consin
Reliance Novelty CO
Wis
Thompson
Foe
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