Many Alley Slums Declares City Rotten at the Core
A long critique recalls Jacob Riis and Theodore Roosevelt era efforts to cleanse Washington DC alleys. It cites 286 alleys housing about 20,000 people, with names like Ambush court and Pig alley and describes hidden inner worlds near wealth. Health statistics show high typhoid fever and TB, amid poor water and sewer access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wlite
Jacob Riis
Washington
New York
East Side
Roosevelt
Jacobiis
Shaw Alley
Queen's Court
Eusbasey
Charles JF. Welter
Associated Charities of
Chinch Tow
White House
Dupont Elrcte
Chinch Row
Queen’s Court
Denholdt
Government Bureau of Labor
Taft Sesk
Fearful Catastrophe II Mile High Edifice Proposed by Wiles
The article discusses New YorkNew York architects and geologists clashing over a proposed mile high building. It cites a 516000 ton base weight and 4200000 ton total weight, raising concerns of crust failure. City aldermen ban such a height and stress the need to test foundations. It recalls a Chicago-Womens Temple incident showing elastic bedrock and rebuilding restoring stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel P. Wiles
New York
Mother Earth
Chicago
Gotham
Manhattan
Greater
New York Oy 3
Chicago Building Commission
Women’s Temple
Women's
Ten Years of Backache Relief Promised by Kidney Pills
Mrs. Thos. Dunn of 163 Vine St Columbius Gifa testifies after ten years of backache that Dean's Kidney Pills gave quick relief and a permanent cure. She describes exhaustion from housework, nervousness, headaches, and dizziness, with gratitude for the product sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Dunn
Vine St. Columbius
Gifa
Dean
foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
One Guess About Venus of Milo Proved to Be Wrong
A humorous exchange at a museum reproduction of the Venus of Melos explores imagined poses for her hands and toilet scene. The dialogue speculates on a small mirror and powder puff, with playful quips about how a toilet scene would alter her lips and pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melos
Louisville Courier Journal
Mr. Hardup
Henry
Selkirk Crusoe Firelock Sells in Edinburgh Auction
Hulda B. White of Philadelphia purchased the firelock used by Alexander Selkirk at an Edinburgh sale. The weapon, with an authentic pedigree, had long been in Selkirk kin in Fife Scotland. The hammer price was 160 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crusoe
Hulda B. White
Philadelphia
Alexander Selkirk
Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Edinburgh
Selkirk
Fifeshire
Scotland
Charolies Sulphur Shower Scatters Across French Countryside
A strange yellow dust blanketed roofs gardens and fields around Charolies in a small town 30 miles from Macon France. Peasants reported a suffocating odor and breathing difficulty as rivers ponds vineyards and crops were affected. Local authorities warned residents to avoid exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charolies
Macon
France
Paul Chureus
Distemper remedies and ad copy from old periodical
An OCR fragment advertises distemper remedies and castoria style products, mentioning Spirits, agents, and a medical company. It includes sample lines about bills, gas charges, and moral notices, with brief glimpses of household remedies and branding like Castoria and Lewis' products.
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Taft
Clagence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
William M. Taft
Ges. Edwards
United States
Pubic Exchequer
WREG
Adam
Cheney
Toledo
Csinguey
Die West
Seara Atk
Uis Puerincity
Sao Sratsiy
Walding
All
Mname
T Tree Bank
Spohn Medical Colagious Diseases
Goshen
Ind
Ella
Bella
Steenmake
Sf Druggists
Howard Bros Boltale
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Fany
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