Women in Ohio Onion Beds Wear Blue Overalls
A Northern Ohio traveler describes Lake County onion farms where women do much of the weeding. They earn 1.50 a day while skirts hinder narrow rows, so workers adopted blue overalls as practical attire amid a flourishing crop and scarce labor. Miss Wallace promotes her school at 1707 P Street, Washington, after returning from St Louis Worlds Fair study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Ohio
Groy-Teller
Lake County
Connecticut
Miss Wallace
Margaret Wallace
St. Louis
P Street
Washington
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New York
Mullionaire
Central News and Press Exchange
First Japanese Embassy Arrives in Washington in 1860
The first embassy from Japan to the United States lands at the Washington navy yard in May 1860. Ambassadors and retinue travel from Potomac shores to Willard's Hotel, presenting the Perry treaty as a ponderous box. reception includes Dahlgren Battery salutes, large congressional attendance, and a formal East Room audience with President Buchanan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Navy Yard
Commodore Perry
Commodore Dupont
Daylad D. Porter
Sydney Smith Lee
Robert E. Lee
C F. Macdonal
Post-office Department
Philadelphia
Washington
Georgetown
Congress
Dahlgren
Willard
Goddard
Auxiliary Guard
State Department
President’s Mounted Guard
Peck
Washington Light Infantry
Davis
National Guards
Tait
National Rifles
Montgomery Guards
National Blues
Georgetown Light Infantry
Marine Band
Buchanan
Cass
San Francisco
Pony Express
White Horse
White House
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Winfield Scott
House of Representatives
Kow-tows and
Salaams
Perry
William 4. Seward
New York
National Senate
Nagasaki
Gregory XIII
Rome
Spain
Portugal
Society of Jesus
School Day Memories And Schoolboy Soap Tales
A nostalgic reminiscence centers on boarding school days and the rivalry over soap and towels. The narrator recalls strict youth, shared bath items, and the scramble for toiletries as supplies ran low, revealing playful yet revealing highlights of teen life.
A Plentiful Menu for Orang Laut Pirates
A traveler returning from the Melay Peninsula notes the Jakuns or Orang Lauts have one of the world's most varied diets. They eat all kinds of fruits and a poisonous yam requiring lime, and their flesh choices range from monkey and deer to wild pig birds fish and snakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melay Peninsula
Sea
Heat From Arcturus Measured With Delicate Instrument
Professor Nichols at Yerkes Observatory used a highly sensitive heat detector to measure faint warmth from the stars Vera and Arcturus. The instrument detected heat from Arcturus, equating to candlelight heat six miles away, a feat previously thought impossible. Separate note discusses Newport magistrate sentencing a chauffeur for repeated speed violations, highlighting road safety and private wealth affecting justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Yerkes Observatory
Vera
Arcturus
Prof. Nichols
New York World
Newport
R. 1
Jasl
St. Louis
Duty of Millionaires: Markham Urges Charity for Slum Children
Edwin Markham argues that American millionaires must act to relieve tenement misery, starting with children. He praises a New York boys club as a model and calls for widespread housing improvements, fair wages, and labor cooperation to lift the slums and guide the nation toward humane progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melionaire
Edwin Markham
Mr Markham
New York City
Mr. Markham
New York
Alre
Despond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington House
Childs
Outing
Baer
Toomorrow
WM. Hahn & Co.’S
Reliable Shoe Houses
Seventh and K Streets
Penna. Avenue N. W
Penna. Avenue S. E
Kandell
Eugene
Eugene D
Charles Francis Carusi
Columbian
van Doren
Woashington
Wolf & Cohenbee
Rew
Fourteenth Streets
Fourteenth Street
Sigel
Gurley
A. D. Hutterly
7Th St. H.W
Gses
Floyd E. Davis
Routh
ESW
R. P. Andrews & Co
la. Ave
D St. Beg
Heiskell & McLeran
D'striact
Columbia
Fesh
Heiskell & McLeray
Alexandria
Mt. Vernon
Tennessee
Shoemaker CO
Ian E
Baughman
O C
Nanny B. Ball-Baughman
Pope
Maiosha
Paterson
Wilbur L. Smith
Atlantic & Pacifice&s. Cor
and & Sis
Heh
Hiebbard
OFEOY
Rene Senes Ve
Geo. E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Seccor
Hebbard & Wineman
Miss Bright
Capital
Potomyc
Virginia Hills
Stimson
D. Evans
Holston
Lincoln
Adonis
Tommy
Great Bear Spring
Great Bear Spring Co
11Thst
N. WW
Hoeman
Ellis Island
Milionaire
Philadelphia Press
Hussel
Dabster
The
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Crocker's
Crocker
Crocker’s
Pa Ave
Mabhogany
Hird’s-eye
Bigelow Body Brussels
Portieres
Heurich
Ing
Senate
Heurich Brewing Co
Nhead
Washington, C
Hubbard Heating CO
F Street
N. W
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!