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The New York park commissioner recently made a requisition on the civil service commission for candidates from which to select a city apiarist. A woman heads the list sent down, with a rating of 97. Being a woman she will probably not get the place, but the incident calls fresh attention to a new... Read MORE...
Boston Evening Transcript - Boston, Massachusetts - March 2, 1905
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1905 - "Likely to excel"
The New York park commissioner recently made a requisition on the civil service commission for candidates from which to select a city apiarist. A woman heads the list sent down, with a rating of 97. Being a woman she will probably not get the place, but the incident calls fresh attention to a new... Read MORE...
Boston Evening Transcript - Boston, Massachusetts - March 2, 1905
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"The Woodbury Soap Company is an American manufacturer of personal care products such as cold cream, facial cream, facial powder, after-shave talc and ear swabs. Founded in Albany, New York in 1870, the company was sponsor to popular radio programs in the 1930s and 1940s.
The John H. Woodbury company was established in 1870 in Albany, New York by a dermatologist. The company was still in New York in 1901, making and retailing soap, when the Andrew Jergens Company (now a subsidiary of Kao) purchased the company which owned the soap brand, and moved the headquarters to Cincinnati, Ohio." wikipedia
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Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville)
Gang Had Attacked Him in His Office at Unionville, Conn.
Unionville, Conn., March 2 - A. A. Burnham, station agent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in this village, shot and killed one of a gang of burglars who had broken into the station early today. A complete burglar's git was... Read MORE...
Boston Evening Transcript - Boston, Massachusetts - March 2, 1905
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1905 - March 2 - STATION AGENT KILLS BURGLAR
Gang Had Attacked Him in His Office at Unionville, Conn.
Unionville, Conn., March 2 - A. A. Burnham, station agent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in this village, shot and killed one of a gang of burglars who had broken into the station early today. A complete burglar's git was... Read MORE...
Boston Evening Transcript - Boston, Massachusetts - March 2, 1905
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Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Mrs. Garret A. Hobart at Head of Relief Committee
One Life Lost
Water Starts to Recede
PATTERSON. N. J., March 2 — This city, so recently swept by fire, is now overwhelmed by flood. Three weeks ago, the greater part of its business section was burned out and to-day the quarter occupied by... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 2, 1902
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1902 - HUNDREDS HOMELESS IN PATTERSON FLOOD - Armory Opened and 110 Families Sheltered There
Mrs. Garret A. Hobart at Head of Relief Committee
One Life Lost
Water Starts to Recede
PATTERSON. N. J., March 2 — This city, so recently swept by fire, is now overwhelmed by flood. Three weeks ago, the greater part of its business section was burned out and to-day the quarter occupied by... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - March 2, 1902
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Baked Potatoes - Raw potatoes pared and sliced very thin, put into a pudding dish and covered with milk, sprinkled with pepper and salt, and a tablespoonful of flour previously mixed smooth with a little milk, baked until nicely browned from...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., March 9, 1881
A. K. Hawkes Company glasses
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
The hotel was originally built in 1903 as a residence for women and was named after Martha Washington, the wife of the first U.S. President, George Washington.
Over the years, the Martha Washington Hotel underwent several transformations and renovations, eventually becoming a hotel that catered... Read MORE...
March 2, 1903
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1903 - March 2 – In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opens.
The hotel was originally built in 1903 as a residence for women and was named after Martha Washington, the wife of the first U.S. President, George Washington.
Over the years, the Martha Washington Hotel underwent several transformations and renovations, eventually becoming a hotel that catered... Read MORE...
March 2, 1903
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Never repeat to a person with whom you converse, any unpleasant speech you may have heard concerning her. If you can give her pleasure by the repetition of a delicate compliment, or token of approval shown by a mutual friend, tell her the pleasant...Read MORE...
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Tampa, Florida, USA
Blaze Fanned by Strong Wind Wipes Out Many Buildings; Cuban Woman Drops Dead From Excitement
[By Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.]
Tampa, Fla., March 1.—The entire extreme northeastern section of this city was destroyed by fire which broke out in a boarding house early today and raged... Read MORE...
Albuquerque Journal - Albuquerque, New Mexico - March 2, 1908
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1908 - TAMPA FLAME SWEPT; LOSS $600,000. MILLIONS OF CIGARS MAKE AROMATIC BLAZE.
Blaze Fanned by Strong Wind Wipes Out Many Buildings; Cuban Woman Drops Dead From Excitement
[By Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.]
Tampa, Fla., March 1.—The entire extreme northeastern section of this city was destroyed by fire which broke out in a boarding house early today and raged... Read MORE...
Albuquerque Journal - Albuquerque, New Mexico - March 2, 1908
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Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Special to the Journal.
SHERBROOKE, Que., March 2. - There are fifty cases of typhoid fever here now and the health authorities attribute the cause to impure drinking water. The disease is of a very malignant type and a number of deaths have occurred. In one family, father, mother and two sons... Read MORE...
The Ottawa Journal - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - March 2, 1917
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1917 - Typhoid Breaks Out At Sherbrooke, Que. Fifty Cases of Most Malignant Type Attributed to Bad Drinking Water.
Special to the Journal.
SHERBROOKE, Que., March 2. - There are fifty cases of typhoid fever here now and the health authorities attribute the cause to impure drinking water. The disease is of a very malignant type and a number of deaths have occurred. In one family, father, mother and two sons... Read MORE...
The Ottawa Journal - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - March 2, 1917
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Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Bayonne, N.J., March 2. - The breaking of an axle of a gondola attached to a coal train on the Central railroad of New Jersey caused a serious wreck and the loss of two lives at Forty-sixth Street, this city, at 6:30 yesterday evening.
Engineer WILLIAM H. THOMAS was so badly injured that he died ... Read MORE...
Evening Bulletin - Maysville, Kentucky - March 2, 1895
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1895 - BROKEN AXLE. TWO MEN KILLED AND ANOTHER BADLY INJURED IN A RAILROAD WRECK.
Bayonne, N.J., March 2. - The breaking of an axle of a gondola attached to a coal train on the Central railroad of New Jersey caused a serious wreck and the loss of two lives at Forty-sixth Street, this city, at 6:30 yesterday evening.
Engineer WILLIAM H. THOMAS was so badly injured that he died ... Read MORE...
Evening Bulletin - Maysville, Kentucky - March 2, 1895
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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
New York, March 2. - The accident occurred about 3:55 o'clock in the afternoon. Without the slightest sound that might have warned the 50 men that worked near it, the central wall to the four double tenement houses being erected at 151 to 157 Orchard Street, crumbled and fell. With the wall went... Read MORE...
Evening Bulletin - Maysville, Kentucky - March 2, 1895
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1895 - BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSES.
New York, March 2. - The accident occurred about 3:55 o'clock in the afternoon. Without the slightest sound that might have warned the 50 men that worked near it, the central wall to the four double tenement houses being erected at 151 to 157 Orchard Street, crumbled and fell. With the wall went... Read MORE...
Evening Bulletin - Maysville, Kentucky - March 2, 1895
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Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
The greatest property damage was done at a fire that destroyed the Merrimac Chemical Company's plant in North Woburn, late yesterday afternoon, the company suffering a loss of $200,000. One young man was seriously burned by falling into a pool of sulphuric acid and all of the firemen were slightly... Read MORE...
Boston Morning Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 2, 1915
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1915 - Woburn Chemical Works Burned
The greatest property damage was done at a fire that destroyed the Merrimac Chemical Company's plant in North Woburn, late yesterday afternoon, the company suffering a loss of $200,000. One young man was seriously burned by falling into a pool of sulphuric acid and all of the firemen were slightly... Read MORE...
Boston Morning Journal - Boston, Massachusetts - March 2, 1915
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1905 Record Cold
The city engineer's office at Worcester reports last month as the coldest February of which it has any record, the mean temperature being only 18.36 degrees above zero. Las year the month was regarded as a pretty stiff proposition, but its mean was 1.3 degrees higher than this. The highest mean...
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Boston, Massachusetts
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1848 Bleeding at the Nose
A physician of extensive practice tells us that a prompt and effectual remedy for violent bleeding at the nose, it to soak the feet in warm water. Lay this up "against the time of need."
Palmyra Weekly Whig
Palmyra, Missouri
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1929 March 2 – The longest bridge in the world at this time, the San Francisco Bay Toll-Bridge, opens.
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The city engineer's office at Worcester reports last month as the coldest February of which it has any record, the mean temperature being only 18.36 degrees above zero. Las year the month was regarded as a pretty stiff proposition, but its mean was 1.3 degrees higher than this. The highest mean...
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
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1848 Bleeding at the Nose
A physician of extensive practice tells us that a prompt and effectual remedy for violent bleeding at the nose, it to soak the feet in warm water. Lay this up "against the time of need."
Palmyra Weekly Whig
Palmyra, Missouri
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1929 March 2 – The longest bridge in the world at this time, the San Francisco Bay Toll-Bridge, opens.
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1923 March 2 – Time Magazine hits newsstands in the United States for the first time.
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1927 March 2 - Raleigh, NC, was buried under 17.8 inches of snow in 24 hours, a record for that location.
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1846 March 2 - A great storm hit Virginia and the Carolinas. The storm caused half a million dollars damage, and in North Carolina drowned fifty families and a thousand cattle on Notts Island.
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1927 March 2 - Raleigh, NC, was buried under 17.8 inches of snow in 24 hours, a record for that location.
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1846 March 2 - A great storm hit Virginia and the Carolinas. The storm caused half a million dollars damage, and in North Carolina drowned fifty families and a thousand cattle on Notts Island.
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1899 March 2 - Mount Rainier National Park established
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1872 German
Of the 7,000 school children in Milwaukee, 2,761 are of German parentage, and 3,585 are studying German.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1872 No School
The citizens of Ogdensburgh, N.Y., having refused to vote the money required for schools, the Board of Education has determined to close the public schools at the end of the present term, dispensing with the usual spring term.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1872 German
Of the 7,000 school children in Milwaukee, 2,761 are of German parentage, and 3,585 are studying German.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1872 No School
The citizens of Ogdensburgh, N.Y., having refused to vote the money required for schools, the Board of Education has determined to close the public schools at the end of the present term, dispensing with the usual spring term.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1872 Bad Disguise
The hotel-keeper at Millerton, N. Y., was recently going to a masquerade ball and made an unannounced call on his aged mother to see if his disguise was a good one. She gave one scream, broke a blood vessel and died in five minutes.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1872 Physician Proposition
A physician in St. Catharines, Ont., has made an innovation which has driven his copractitioners of the healing art almost crazy. He has offered to take charge of the health of the town, or as many families as chose to bargain with him, at the rate of five dollars per family, per annum.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1938 March 2 - Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles California)
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The hotel-keeper at Millerton, N. Y., was recently going to a masquerade ball and made an unannounced call on his aged mother to see if his disguise was a good one. She gave one scream, broke a blood vessel and died in five minutes.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1872 Physician Proposition
A physician in St. Catharines, Ont., has made an innovation which has driven his copractitioners of the healing art almost crazy. He has offered to take charge of the health of the town, or as many families as chose to bargain with him, at the rate of five dollars per family, per annum.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
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1938 March 2 - Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles California)
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1917 Fire in Oklahoma City Courthouse [sic]
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 2. - Water which flooded the city hall building while a fire burned through the hallways did $10,000 damage early today. Records of the city treasurer, city clerk and other documents were soaked.
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Kansas City, Missouri
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1922 OVER MILLION LOST IN FIRE. PUEBLO OPERA HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH LOSS OF $700,000.
By The Associated Press. Pueblo, Colo., March 2. - The Grand Opera house block, one of Pueblo's landmarks, was destroyed by fire early yesterday. The loss was $700,000.
The Davenport Democrat And Leader
Davenport, Iowa
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1931 Oil Blast Kills Three
LONG BEACH, Cal., March 1 (AP) - Three oil workers were dead Sunday victims of an oil well gas explosion in the Signal Hill district. The dead were E. H. and H. H. Hanley, brothers, and H. S. Clark.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
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OKLAHOMA CITY, March 2. - Water which flooded the city hall building while a fire burned through the hallways did $10,000 damage early today. Records of the city treasurer, city clerk and other documents were soaked.
The Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Missouri
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1922 OVER MILLION LOST IN FIRE. PUEBLO OPERA HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH LOSS OF $700,000.
By The Associated Press. Pueblo, Colo., March 2. - The Grand Opera house block, one of Pueblo's landmarks, was destroyed by fire early yesterday. The loss was $700,000.
The Davenport Democrat And Leader
Davenport, Iowa
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1931 Oil Blast Kills Three
LONG BEACH, Cal., March 1 (AP) - Three oil workers were dead Sunday victims of an oil well gas explosion in the Signal Hill district. The dead were E. H. and H. H. Hanley, brothers, and H. S. Clark.
Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas
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1896 Carried All Before It.
WESTBROOK, Me., March 8. - There was a foot of snow on the ground here, and this melting caused the Presumpscot river to rise very rapidly. The ice in the river began to go out yesterday, and in an hour's time the water had risen 10 feet. The bridge at W. K. ? went, and then followed a railroad...
The Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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1902 LOSSES BY FIRE.
CALAIS, Me., March 1. - A fire in the Calais National Bank Building early today destroyed the upper story, while the entire building was damaged by smoke and water, the total loss aggregating $55,000. W. M. Woods & Co., dry goods, lose $35,000: Odd Fellows and affiliated lodges, $4,300: Calais...
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New York, New York
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1915 BROOKLINE WOMAN RUN OVER BY CAR Quick Work of Motorman Saves Life of Mrs. D. P. Lovejoy.
Mrs. D. P. Lovejoy, an elderly woman residing at 1589 Beacon street, Brookline, is suffering from severe injuries sustained yesterday when she was struck by an inward bound car on Beacon street, opposite Jordan Steps, shortly after noon. It was the quick work of the motorman that saved her from...
Boston Morning Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
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WESTBROOK, Me., March 8. - There was a foot of snow on the ground here, and this melting caused the Presumpscot river to rise very rapidly. The ice in the river began to go out yesterday, and in an hour's time the water had risen 10 feet. The bridge at W. K. ? went, and then followed a railroad...
The Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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1902 LOSSES BY FIRE.
CALAIS, Me., March 1. - A fire in the Calais National Bank Building early today destroyed the upper story, while the entire building was damaged by smoke and water, the total loss aggregating $55,000. W. M. Woods & Co., dry goods, lose $35,000: Odd Fellows and affiliated lodges, $4,300: Calais...
The New York Times
New York, New York
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1915 BROOKLINE WOMAN RUN OVER BY CAR Quick Work of Motorman Saves Life of Mrs. D. P. Lovejoy.
Mrs. D. P. Lovejoy, an elderly woman residing at 1589 Beacon street, Brookline, is suffering from severe injuries sustained yesterday when she was struck by an inward bound car on Beacon street, opposite Jordan Steps, shortly after noon. It was the quick work of the motorman that saved her from...
Boston Morning Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
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1915 Lowell Loses Memorial Hall. $100,000 Fire in Lowell
Fire started at noon yesterday in the Memorial Hall Building, Lowell. A geenral [sic] alarm called out every piece of fire fighting apparatus in the city, but the building was almost wholly destroyed despite the efforts of the firemen. Three firemen were painfully cut by falling slates when the...
Boston Morning Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
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1896 Dam and Bridge Gone.
Manchester, N. H., March 2. - The Merrimac and Piscataquog rivers, swelled by the continued rain of the past 36 hours, have risen nearly to the highest mark. The Kelly’s Falls dam broke yesterday flooding the electric light plant and causing several thousand dollars damage. Two boys, who are...
The Fitchburg Sentinel
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Fire started at noon yesterday in the Memorial Hall Building, Lowell. A geenral [sic] alarm called out every piece of fire fighting apparatus in the city, but the building was almost wholly destroyed despite the efforts of the firemen. Three firemen were painfully cut by falling slates when the...
Boston Morning Journal
Boston, Massachusetts
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1896 Dam and Bridge Gone.
Manchester, N. H., March 2. - The Merrimac and Piscataquog rivers, swelled by the continued rain of the past 36 hours, have risen nearly to the highest mark. The Kelly’s Falls dam broke yesterday flooding the electric light plant and causing several thousand dollars damage. Two boys, who are...
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Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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America - Did you know?
1858 - Abraham Lincoln comes to national attention in a series of seven debates with Sen. Stephen A. Douglas during Illinois state election campaign (Aug.–Oct.).
Quebec - Did you know?
Quebec has a rich, distinctive French-Canadian cuisine. Popular dishes include tourtière (a meat pie), and ragoût de boulettes et de pattes do cochon (a stew made from meatballs and pigs' feet). Other favorites include French onion soup, pea soup,...Read MORE...Countries and Their Cultures - French-Canadians (www.everyculture.com)
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Oronoque Dam, 1907
"Cuticura soap, manufactured by the Potter Drug and Chemical company, is an antibacterial medicated soap in use since 1865. Noted Boston philanthropist George Robert White (1847-1922) was once the president and owner of Potter Drug and Chemical. Cuticura contains triclocarban instead of the more usual triclosan. These two antibacterial agents have very similar molecularity. By themselves they kill 99.99% of bacteria and microbes (like fungus spores) on contact. Cuticura soap has been in use, and is relatively unchanged, since 1865." wikipedia
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