Swift's Specific Promises Blood Cure for Rheumatism
An advertisement argues rheumatism stems from the blood and claims Swift's Specific is the only real blood remedy that reaches deep into the disease. It cites a Washington, D.C. case of Mrs. James Kell, who allegedly recovered after using the product, while criticizing doctors and other treatments as ineffective or harmful.
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Swift
James Kell
Ninth Street
S. E
Washington, D.C
Washington City
S.S.S
Diamond Fields in Russia and Purely Vegetable Ads
Purely Vegetable products are advertised as mercury and mineral free with free mailed books from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta. The article notes Count P. P. Schuvaloff holding 300000 hectare diamond estates in Russia with 150 discoveries since 1880. It mentions his wealth and link to the Russian ambassador to Berlin. Lake Erie is claimed to yield more fish per square mile than any other water.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Russia
P. P. Schuvaloff
Berlin
Lake Erie
Els
Broadway of the sea plan by French capitalists unfolds
A syndicate of French capitalists proposes a 3000 mile, safe Atlantic passage by anchoring 60 to 73 ships across the ocean from Sandy Hook to Fastnet Light. Each ship, built of steel tubes with concrete coating, would be lashed with eight large steel cables and anchored at 50 mile intervals, creating a stationary, well lit sea lane to guide vessels and aid disabled craft.
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Sandy Hook
Broadway
Carvello
Lemieux
Seine
Sig
Havre
France
New York
Atlantic
Brooklyn Bridge
Carnivorous Equine Captures San Francisco Headlines
A bay horse named Billy, owned by A Decour tieux & Son, a Pacific fruit market butcher, allegedly prefers meat to all foods. The beast draws the delivery wagon on Merchant Street, exhibited chewing meat, and once tried fish until a crab pried into his lip, ending in a painful lesson.
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Billy
A. Decour‘tieux
Rare Manuscripts to Be Used at Congressional Library
Librarian Young reorganizes the national library to place the Library of Congress among the world’s best. Hidden manuscripts from an old locked room will now be utilized for literary value. Dr. Herbert Friedenwald of Philadelphia is appointed manuscript department superintendent at 1500 dollars yearly. Mrs. Milton T. Harrison of Chicago named assistant cataloguer.
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Congressional Library
Young
Library of Congress
Herbert Friedenwald
Philadelphia
Friedenwald
Historical Society of Philadelphia
John Bach McMaster
Milton T. Harrison
Chicago
How Cyclones Affect Bicycles in Storms
French researchers studied bicycle resistance in tempest winds and captured a striking photo of rider and bike amid a furious whirlwind. Recent storms trapped cyclists on highways. many cheap machines wrecked, while top makes bent yet did not break. The German emperor owns 359 carriages for personal use.
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Kaiser
Himself
Blagourt
Remarkable Intelligence Shown by New Zealand Dogs
New Zealand relies on dogs for pastoral work, with sheep dogs handling duties of many men. Last year 16 million sheep produced 80 million pounds of wool, mustering through four annual events from November to May. Dogs act in defined roles from heading to handy, trained for precise tasks. Sheep dogs in New Zealand are sourced from Scottish and German collies and Smithfield varieties, with farm sizes dictating price from modest to £10-£15 for top stock aboard big backcountry stations.
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New Zealand
New York Mail and Express
Smithfield
How a Spider Disappears The Florida Spider Trick
A Florida Citizen story describes a yellow spider near the Everglades using a hatamock web and rapid vibrations to create the illusion of disappearance. When threatened, the spider's web trembles, creating a blur and multiple images before the spider rests in view again, a defense tactic trusted by the arachnid.
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Everglades
Florida
Longest Day He Remembered
An Irish anecdote recalls a blustering Blake who boasted of a six-glass daily whisky habit. His nephew writes urging a change, and the uncle replies that giving up drank lengthened the day itself, calling it the longest day he remembers. A magazine foresees language dominance by English Russian and Chinese in 300 years.
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Blake
Canada
South Longford
Rey
North American Review
North
South America
Australia
India
New Zealand
Pacific
Europe
Great Britain
Asia
China
Echo at the Pyrenees Frontier Delights French Journal
A French journal reports at a watering place in the Pyrenees a remarkable echo heard far on the Franco Spanish frontier. Locals note the voice leaps rock to rock and, once it crosses the frontier, takes on a Spanish accent.
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Pyrenees
Garonne
Ech
Cat in a Pipe Organ At Chicago Hotel
The Great Northern organ misplayed the wedding march as a hotel cat hidden in a pipe caused a loud yowl. Proprietor Eden climbed a ladder to reach the pipe and pulled the cat from its enclosure, delivering it to the baggage room.
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Great Northern
Chicago Chronicle
Eden
Mr. Eden
Kentucky Judge Frees Starving Mother In Theft Case
A Washington Post report recounts Judge John R. Grace of Kentucky who overruled a jury verdict, discharging a starving mother who stole a neighbour's bacon to feed her four children. He declared that it should take 13 men to convict such a woman, describing theft to feed offspring as not a crime and earning applause from onlookers.
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Kentucky
John R. Grace
Court of Appeals of
John 8. Rhea
Washington Post
Grace
Fourteenth Judicial District
Victoria's Hallucination and the Carriage Fear
A long retrospective on Victoria's long battle with hereditary insanity. After her husband’s death, she retired for years and suffered recurring hallucinations whenever alighting from a carriage. A steadfast Scottish footman John Strown calmed her with firm reassurance, masking a wider public misunderstanding known as the John Brown scandal. Over years her malady lessened as grief faded.
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Victoria
Chicago News
Quinine and Exports From the Port of New York
John Stutte of St. Louis suffered insomnia after a quinine overdose in 1872, describing intolerable ringing in the head likened to cataracts and sawmills. A separate note catalogs curious New York exports, listing cash registers to Africa and various goods shipped globally in a brisk, humorous roundup.
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John Stutte
St. Louis
Stutte
New York
Africa
Russia
New Zealand
Denmark
Berlin
Boulogne
Portuguese Africa
Belgium
Florida Pineappler Pineapple Shade Study
A Florida note claims pineapples grow finer under partial shade and reach eight to ten pounds. The best Florida pineapples sell for one to three dollars each.
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Florida
Sunday School Theme on Be Ye Therefore Sober and Prayerful
The lesson set in Nero era Babylon discusses living dead to sin and alive to Christ, urging Christians to arm themselves against sin, cultivate righteous living, and practice steadfast self control and fervent love. It outlines the deeds of the flesh, the gospel’s purpose, and the near kingdom, urging abstinence from wine and vigilant, charitable conduct.
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Fpelouhet
Nero
Babylon
Rome
Christ
Paul
God
Sharps and Plats and The Lord's Coming Reflections
A brief reflective note titled Ham's Horn offers aphorisms on pride blame and hopeful waiting for the Lord. It contrasts worldly shine with importance and urges active world improvement while awaiting divine arrival. The piece presents moral maxims on self judgment longing and the divine timeline.
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