National Congress of Mothers Opens Sessions in Denver
A Denver start to sessions of the National Congress of Mothers is reported with local color about Thomas B. Robertson, a 70 year old man from Macon Missouri who vows not to trim his hair until a Democrat is elected. He praises Billy Bryan but doubts electability this year. He expects to live to vote in future elections.
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Macon
Thomas B. Robertson
United States
Robertson
Bryan
White House
Billy Bryan
Nebraska
Mr. Robertson
Mile High hosts national Congress of Mothers delegates
Mothers from thirty two states gather in Denver to discuss methods of rearing training and education for children. The congress advocates juvenile courts public playgrounds and parent teacher associations and plans an international meeting in Washington next year with delegates from six nations.
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Denver
Colo
National Congress of Mothers
Washington
New York youth Wolter spared by stay of execution
Albert Wolter the young man convicted of Ruth Wheeler’s murder has a reprieve as his attorneys appeal. The Court of Appeals will not decide before autumn and a possible delay into next year is anticipated. Wolter remains in Sing Sing prison.
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New York
Albert Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Wolter
Court of Appeals
Walter
Sing Sing
California Cherry Festival Opens in San Leandro
San Leandro California prepares for the annual cherry festival with an open air dance, a plaza salute from a Spanish cannon, a parade, and a Mardi Gras carnival. Free cherries will be distributed as large quantities have been secured for the event.
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San Leandro
Cal
Fireworks Trade Fights New York City Ban
Fifteen hundred retail dealers in fireworks face Mayor Gaynor's June order banning sale of dangerous explosives in New York City for July. Manufacturers, jobbers, and retailers protest, saying the move will ruin business and may trigger court challenges.
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New York
Gaynor
New York City
Brazil Nut Crop Outlook Reassessed From Manaos and Para
Early estimates of Brazil nut shortages are contradicted by reports from Manaos and Para, Brazil. Over 3,000 tons have already reached New York, signaling a larger supply than feared and easing possible shortages for buyers.
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New York
Manaos
Para
Brazil
Season Advances with Peak Shipments in June and July
The article notes that the season has just begun and that the heaviest shipments tend to be marketed in the late June and early July period, highlighting peak activity later in the season.
The Terrors of Frankness
A playful Exchange quips about frankness and feedback in a playwrights circle. A joke about a bridge drive and a child’s innocent answer highlights how blunt opinions land. The piece reflects on honesty as a vice and a comic miscommunication.
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Bridge Drive
Mi o Na stomach tablets promise quick relief and guarantees
An advertisement touts Mi o Na as a guaranteed cure for indigestion and stomach ailments with a money back offer. It claims relief within minutes from minimal doses and promotes Booths Pills for constipation at 25 cents a box.
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Lemmons Pharmacy
Reader
Lemmon
Booth
Train strikes funeral coach killing five in New City
Four killed and one seriously injured when a funeral coach returning from services was struck by a train at the West Shore crossing in West Side avenue Haverstraw N Y The victims named include Willian Beebe Rev A Rompath Mr and Mrs F E VY Siefred and Mrs Perry Kegsler who died later Rev Romath failed to move after rescue and Mrs Keesler suffered multiple injuries
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Haverstraw
N. Y
Willian Beebe
A. Rompath
Methodist Church of
New City
Mra FE. VY. Siefred
Perry Kegsler
Romath
West Shore Railroad
West Side Avenue
Beebe
Zeifreds
Phreno magnetism and hypnotic suggestion in phrenology
Dr George V. Laidlaw describes phreno magnetism as touching head areas while a subject is in hypnotic sleep to elicit actions tied to brain organs such as combativeness color and caution. The subject may sing speak or react to imagined stimuli, with vivid fear or alarm when caution is touched. Metropolitan Magazine excerpt.
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George IV. Laidlaw
Metropolitan Magazine
Fragmentary quote on resilience and strength from a steel metaphor
A terse line compares human strength to tempered steel, praising elasticity and resilience in a steadfast man. The fragment suggests a sturdy character who endures and adapts like metal under stress.
Ruskin Exhibition Proves Turner's Works Can Be Imitated
In 1875 Ruskin displayed facsimiles of Turner's pictures at the National Gallery London. He explained that after over a decade training a copyist to reproduce Turner's renderings with fidelity, the facsimiles look like replicas and must be signed to prevent being sold as genuine Turners.
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Ruskin
Turners
Turner
National Gallery
London
Bia
Electric Bitters Promise Health Beauty For Women
An 1880s advertisement claims Electric Bitters improve health and beauty for women by regulating the stomach liver and kidneys purifying the blood and strengthening nerves. It asserts clearer eyes fresher breath and a smooth complexion and promotes purchasing at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents.
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J. & Lemon
Lemimon’s
Colored post cards offer for readers of the Journal
A note from C T Johnstone president promotes free colored post cards to 100 Journal readers. The offer insists no advertising on cards and asks recipients to mail a two cent stamp to Rochester New York address to receive ten distinct high grade ecards at manufacturers prices.
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C.T. Johnstone
Pres
Rochester
N. Y
Bucklen's Amnic a Salve for Wounds and Burns
A local ad promotes Bucklen's Amnica Salve as a fast healer for wounds burns boils sores skin eruptions eczema chapped hands and piles. Available for 25 cents at J. E. Lemmon Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Bucklen
J. E. Lemmon
Lemmon's
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