Aug 7 In History and Economic Debates Spotlight
Aug 7 notes a Drake birth and death, U S treaty terms for Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines, plus weather and astronomical data. It quotes doctor advice on heat and fireworks sales optimism. A Bellwether aria on tariff policy within the Republican Party discusses free trade versus protectionism and industry influence.
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Joseph Rodman Drake
Ises
Spain
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Dress and Mind Roles in Society by Dr Shaw
The passage argues that dress reflects personal satisfaction rather than rigid gender codes. It suggests psychology will blur gender lines, asserting mind is similar in men and women and that either sex could perform world work.
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Tery
Taft campaign weigh in six feet and two horses killed by fence
Heard in passing notes Taft weighs 297 4 2 and stands six feet in stocking feet while supporters sigh relief at his nomination acceptance. A charged electric fence killed two team horses belonging to James H Clark of Red Lion Hundred Pa, with the road to bear the cost.
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Taft
Washington
Lincoln
Norwich Bulletin
Republican Party
Bridgeport Post
James H. Clark
Red Lion Hundred
Loone
United States
Europe
Groscup
Middletown Press
Clafin
Problehn Party
Debate Over Gender Minds Between Dr Shaw and Suffragists
Fragmented text outlines Dr Shaw arguing mind differences between genders may vanish with education while suffragists face opposition. It discusses alleged female inferiority, brain and psychology claims, and inherited tendencies guiding women’s ambitions and vanity.
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Dr Shaw
Shaw
Ranno
Women Gardeners Learn Nature Study at Swanley College
Swanley Horticultural College trains women as market and private gardeners and as teachers. The 20 year old college spans three acres of flowers and seventeen of fruit with glasshouses, aviary, dairy and poultry. In 1967 over sixty students enrolled and twelve secured teaching or garden positions in 1907.
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Swanley Horticultural College
Swanley
Mente
Ile
British Columbia
Died of Whiskey Aboard Ship on Atlantic Passage
New York reports on the steamship Resday from South amp West Indies where Hams Ole Wilhelm Wind, once a carpenter who won a $15000 Pajama lottery prize, was found dead in his stateroom with three whiskey bottles. Autopsy cites chronic alcoholism. He had entered the saloon trade and was buried at sea. A second shipboard death of a young man was noted with fading medical details.
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New York
West Indies
Frm
Sinasten
Jamaica
Hams
Ole Wilhelm Wind
Penama
Denmark
Trent
Southampton
Sun Never Sets On The Stars And Stripes
The article notes that the sun never sets on the American flag for about half the year from March 22 to September 22, with Porto Rico and Balobe Island as extreme points. It cites the U S Naval Observatory calculations including Alaska and the Philippines and explains the equinox period when sunrise and sunset align between distant eastern and western points.
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United States
United States Naval Observatory
Alaska
Porto Rico
Philippines
Balobe Island
Balobe
Rattlesnakes Teeth Showcased By Zoo Keeper
A Washington Post report describes a zoo keeper presenting a rattlesnake tooth like a horn shaped fang. The tooth, inch long with a needle sharp point and a tubular channel, was found among shed teeth in snake cages. Handle with care as a scratch could cause a bad sore.
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Weill
Zoo
Washington Post
Dexter and Company Coupon Offer at Local Drugstore
George L Dexter and Co advertise a savings coupon at their East North Main Street shop. Present the coupon to receive a regular fifty cent bottle of Dr Ames Pleasant opens the cure of and dyspepsia. The offer promises a full month of treatment at half price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Dexter & Co
Ames’ Pleasant
Cut This Coupon Out and Use It at Once
A damaged ad fragment promises half price cures for biliousness and indigestion with money-back guarantees. It mentions Dr Ames Pleasant Specific and Dexter & Co offering refunds if the remedy fails, targeting liver trouble constipation and sick headache.
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Seeman
Dexter & Co
Ames
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