Scott's Emulsion Ad Endorses Health Recovery
A vintage advertisement argues that a weak, thin body breeds illness and that Scott's Emulsion can break the cycle. It claims the product improves digestion, enriches blood, strengthens flesh, and promotes self sufficiency once the body grows. The Niha Trade Mink image of Scott's Emulsion appears on every bottle wrapper, with ordering details for Scott & Lawne at Pearl Street New York.
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Scott
Niha
Scott & Lawne
Pearl St
New York
Soe
Gas Explosion Kills Ten at Jones & Laughlin Furnace
A gas explosion inside the Jones and Laughlin Sohu furnaces in Pittsburgh on December 20 killed ten workers at the top of a blast furnace. Three were badly injured, two seriously, and a $20,000 plant loss was projected. Names listed among the dead include Andrew Seth, George Shisul, George Semago, Michael Mud, Michael Gazovitz, John Mesey, John Merecke, Joseph Frankowitz, Joan Knocanks, and George Valigo. Bodies were mangled and burned as molten metal and debris rained down. The workers, filling at the top 120 feet high, faced no escape as the elevator failed and the platform offered only doom.
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Doe
Pitteburg
Sohu
Jones & Laughin
Ansrew Seth
George Shisul
George Semago
Michael Mud
Michael Gazovitz
John Me
Explosion wrecks mill in Pittsburg kills three
Terrific blast at Blac Diamond steel works Par Bros on Thirtieth street at 4 16 pm killed John Welyik Patrick O Conner and an unknown man and left one missing John Wilts probably among the dead. Twelve injured in hospital, William Steinbaugh may die as debris wrecked nearby buildings and sent boilers through roofs and walls.
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Pittsburg
Blac Diamond
Par Bros
Thirtieth Street
John Welyik
Patrick O'Conner
John Wilts
William Steinbaugh
Mall
Armitt No. 3
Park Bros
McNeil
Ne Lagua canal bill set for January debate in House
Washington December 20 The House adjourned for the holiday recess agreeing to a special order on the Ne Lagua canal bill beginning Tuesday January 7 and continuing until disposition. The order will not interfere with revenue or appropriation bills. The session saw DeArmona prominent as Hepburn defended the rural delivery extension and urged committee support for the canal bill noting its large financial implications.
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Washington
Urles
DeArmona
Hepburn
Settlers in Distress as Gold-Country Cold Bets Oklahoma
Guthrie O K Dec 21. Homeseekers moving to the new country suffer dire hardship. Poor financially, they travel with families into sparsely settled regions facing starvation and freezing with deaths among children. Reports say the cold wave reveals widespread smallpox in towns across the two territories.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
O. J
Tevery
Yola
Philadelphia Ships to Panama in Swift Navy Move
The U S cruiser Philadelphia departed the Pacific port under Captain Meade to reach the Isthmus of Panama with orders to make all speed. Officials expect a record-setting run. the vessel is described as in high trim despite unclear details remaining from the report.
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Philadelphia
Pacific Port
Meade
San Francisco
Bec
Navy Department
Panama
United States
Warship Call Signals Possible Chile Coast Mission
Reports indicate a Philadelphia warship may receive orders from Washington to move toward the Chilean coast and possibly join the North Atlantic squadron. The news accompanies other late December items from Pittsburg and Jeffersonville.
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Uttis
Washington
Philadelphia
Chile
Corpse Prank Backfires On Schoolboys In River Joke
A shocked schoolboy watches a prank with a corpse unfold as laughter erupts among clubmen. He seizes the body by the ankle, drags it, and hurls it into the river, ending with the group realizing the joke is turned on him.
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de Castellano
Ras
The Colossus of Rhodes and Its Bronze Splendor
A compact account of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders, noting its bronze construction begun by Chares, completed by Lysippes pupil, its height about 15 feet, its position over Rhodes harbor, a stair into its head, and the eventual destruction by an earthquake after 64 years, with remnants sold to a Jewish dealer. The cost cited around 600 talents, and Pliny’s note of 1,000 colossal statues adorning the port.
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Rhones
Phas
Chares
Lysippes
Rhodes
Tracy
Tim
Jolie
Syela
Pliny
St Louis Politician Shot on a City Corner
St Louis reports John J. Ryan a well known local political figure was shot last night while on a main city corner. He was seriously injured with a bullet entering the left abdomen amid a feud tied to a ward vote months earlier. Excitement in Lima Peru and Buenos Aires cables add international tension.
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St. Louis
John J. Ryan
Ryan
Walls Fall on Firemen in Huntsville Fatality and Injuries
In Huntsville Alabama a commercial row fire destroyed the Alabama Feed and Implement building and ten other stores. Fireman Hanen Cochran died while John Colbin survived with serious injuries. Wall collapse trapped both men for minutes. Colbin escaped after a thunderous block shielded him. Property loss estimated at 40000 dollars.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama Fedl End Implement Company
Commercial Row
Hanen Cochran
John Colbin
Fend
Cochran
Colman
Four Die in Jefferson County House Fire Ashbaugh Family
Fire destroyed the Ashbaugh home near Ummerville in Jefferson County, killing four family members William Mabel Harry and James Ashbaugh. One injured is Herman Ashbaugh in critical condition and two youngest children May and Mrs Ashbaugh expected to recover.
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Dubois
Um Merville
Jefferson County
John L. Ashbaugh
William
Mabel
Harry
James Ashbaugh
Kay My
Mrs. Ashbaugh Ane
Herman
Sweatshop Fire Kills Two in New York on Clinton Street
A four story sweatshop building on Clinton Street burned last night killing tailor Jeaac Gill and an unidentified man. About 40 workers were inside when the blaze began in the basement. many escaped by leaping from windows and several others were injured. Boers Plan Summer Campaign in South Africa despite reports of surrender efforts.
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New York
Jeaac Gill
Clinton Street
Wreck on Union Pacific near Cheyenne derails trains
A derailment occurred on the Union Pacific at Cheyenne Wyoming when a 23-Aght engine taking water at Duford was struck by a fast freight pulled by two locomotives. All three engines suffered heavy damage and derailed, several cars left the rails, and the track was torn up.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Duford
Duel and a Joke at the Club Scene on the Seine
Count Roni de Canteliane and de Castellane engage in a youthful duel after a provocative discussion at a club. Tad, shy and green, arms with a sword and pistol. a joke weaponized with blackened bread crumbs leads to a fatal volley as seconds intervene.
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Roni de Canteliane
de Castellane
Hite
Seine
Dylag
Ground breaking at St Louis World’s Fair site in Forest Park
Governors from Minnesota Nebraska Arkansas and Missouri along with members of Congress World’s fair commissioners and other dignitaries attended the ground breaking ceremony at the Forest Park site amid zero degree weather. Three historic shovels were used including an iron shovel loaned from the Massachusetts arsenal and a replica ebony steel shovel. remarks by Corwin H. Spencer and President David R. Francis framed the event.
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St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase
Minnesota
Nebraska
Arkansas
Missouri
Congress
John C. Bates
Department of the Missouri
John D. G. Oglesby
Yates
Illinois
Fin Forest Park
J. Niccolls
Corwin H. Spencer
David R. Francis
Edocational
Exposition Company
Massachusetts State Arsenal
Boston
Meade
Some Indian Ways and a Wichita Judge
Judge Museller, working with the Wichita Indians in southwest Oklahoma, reflects on wife accompaniment influencing native women and childlike behavior. He notes squaws bathing, children in the river, and camera work with his wife present, while denying immodesty among the Wichita. The piece also mentions a blaze breaking into a home and a medical ad touting Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles.
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Indiana
Halloran, Schulter & Praader
Oldest Greeting tree on Mount Kisco farm noted
The 125 year old tree sits on James Wood's Mount Kisco farm in Westchester esuniy TR. It has a fair crop this year as apples were scarce nearby. Wood is a practical experimental farmer who succeeded his father and grandfather in the family firm, making the tree the oldest Greeting tree in the country. A nearby stump measures at least four feet across.
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James ‘Wood
Mount Kisco
Westchester
Esuniy
Mr. Wood
Roosevelt Works and Health Advertisements Collage
A clipped fragment shows Roosevelts literary efforts from 1886 to 1889 plus a stream of health ads. It mentions The Winning of the West in four volumes, then shifts to remedies for skin and bowel issues, praising Dowltts Little Milly risers and Perry Davis Painkiller. Names, places, and dubious testimonials appear amid ad copy and garbled OCR text.
Patience with Him Strikes a Nerve in Bride and Mother
A fragment shows a mother urging patience with a man who insists on control. The Bride responds that it will take time for him to learn he cannot have his own way. The exchange hints at family tensions and evolving relationships.
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Fam
Uek
Patent medicine claim for skin and bruise cures
An OCR fragment touts a 14 mile route to Bucklee’s Arovica Salve offered by Halloran Seaults and Plander. It asserts the salve wholly cures a horrible soreness on legs and a range of conditions including bruises ulcers felons burns corns and piles and guarantees the remedy for 28 cents.
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Solrey
Walton Fornsee
Bucklee
Arovica Salve
Halloran
Seaults & Plander
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