Cruelto Animals Report Details Labor Cruelty Cases
The annual Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals report lists numerous cases from New Rochelle, Brooklyn, Oneonta, and beyond. It details horse abuse, a man jailed for pickaxing a resisting horse, an ice wagon driver injuring a horse, and a woman throwing a dog from a window, plus a stabbed St Bernard tied to a driving club kennel. One offender received three months in prison. another paid 108 in fines.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York Press
Fleming
Italy
America
New Rochelle
Brooklyn
Oneonta
St. Bernard
Last Birkenhead survivor dies in Liverpool
J. Johnson, the final survivor of the Birkenhead wreck, has died in Liverpool. The troop ship went down at Simon's Bay in February 1852 with only 184 of 638 men reaching shore as troops stood under arms on deck until the vessel sank.
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J. Johnson
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Simon's Bay
The Pains of Colic and a Curious Phrase
A fragmented line notes pains of colic and an odd expression about apple cooning. The cryptic wording suggests a medical or editorial aside without clear context or names.
Whale Size Facts From an Old Tale Told
A historical note compares a full grown whale to 224000 pounds or 48 to 80 elephants. It recalls 110 foot giants in tales, but today 70 foot whales are considered large. It also mentions a ton of oil drawn from a whale tongue, with figures around 50 tons.
New York’s Road Rules Proposals For City Right of Way
The New York Sun reports impending revisions to the city ordinance on right of way. Fire and police vehicles ambulances and police permits carrying physicians will have priority over other traffic. Streetcars and bicycles face specific rules including speed and stopping requirements near schools and fire stations.
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Municipal Assembly
New York Sun
Fire Department
Fire Patrol
Police Department
United States Mail
Aly Street
Still a Century Behind a Philippine Modernization
The piece notes that Philippine society lags behind the twentieth century, adopting American advances after occupation. It highlights steam power, new tools, and steam shovels transforming agriculture, roadbuilding, and labor, replacing old methods and showing rapid modernization since Magellan. Chicago Chronicle.
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Coston
Philippine Islands
Russia
Chicago Chronicle
Fainting in School: Symptoms and First Aid
Fainting may result from shock or pain with the heart momentarily suspended. Symptoms include faintness shallow breathing a pale face and weak pulse. Place the person flat on the back loosen clothing fan the face provide fresh air and stimulate respiration with cold water or a wet towel. Use smelling salts or pepper briefly and avoid dangerous measures.
Demand for More Battleships Moves Congress
Text notes that Congress considered recommendations favorably and authorized construction of powerful warships to strengthen seaports and defenses. Mentions various ailments and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an adequate remedy.
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Congress
Hostetter
Bond for Brooklyn Rapid Transit conductors set at $500
Every BRT conductor must post a $500 bond backed by a surety company to assure honesty. Annual cost for each man is $1. Action comes after widespread fare reductions forced the railroad to tighten safeguards.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Wolfe's Aromatic Schied am Schnapps Worldwide Saline Remedy
In every part of the world travelers find Wolfe's Aromatic Schied am Schnapps indispensable for warm climates. It claims to tone the system and dispel malaria, torpid liver, cramps and related ailments.
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Wolfe
Quote from Robert Burdette on friendship and hospitality
The speaker notes that visiting a friend is about companionship and welcome rather than the meal. He contrasts hotel meals costing 60 cents to one hour of personal company and the quality of the friend's hospitality.
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Robert Burdette
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Cure and Reward
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an uncured catarrh and touts testimonials from Toledo druggists. It asserts internal efficacy and direct action on mucous surfaces and claims endorsements by West & Triasx and Walding s Kinnen & Marvin Druggists.
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J. Cheney & CO. Props
Toledo
Flof
Cheney
Frm
West & Triax
Wholeante
OO Waldings
Kinnen
Margie Misunderstands Duct and Canary Deduction
A child mishears duct as to carry away and proclaims to her mother that the cat has deducted her canary. The humorous vignette plays on a child’s literal interpretation of a word.
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Little Margie
Allen's Foot Ease Ad for Foot Comfort Powder
Promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to relieve swollen smarting burning and sweating feet corns and bunions. Claims it can be shaken into shoes with a 25 cent price and offers free samples by mail to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Yale to Honor Alumni with Bicentennial Ode and Oration
Edmund Clarence Stedham chosen by Yale to write the commemorative ode for the bicentennial next October. Justice David J. Brewer of the U S Supreme Court selected to deliver the commemorative oration. Both are Yale alumni.
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Edmund Clarence Stedham
Yale Corporation
Yale
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Wolseley Says His Command Is Like a Fifth Wheel
In a memorandum to Lord Salisbury the prime minister General Lord Wolseley declares his position as commander-in-chief of the army lacks supreme authority and proper administrative powers. He compares his role to a fifth wheel to a coach, noting he has neither the authority of the secretary of state nor the powers of subordinates.
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Lord Salisbury
Lord Wolseley
Harrisburg YMCA receives $25,000 gift for new building
H C Fahrenstock, former Harrisburg resident and vice president of the First National Bank of New York, offers 25,000 toward the new YMCA building in Harrisburg PA. The project including furnishings totals 65,000. The donation supports the erection of the facility.
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H.C. Fahenstock
First National Bank of New York
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Harrisburg
Fahrenstock
Women of Emanu El gift UC endowment for Semitic fellowship
The Congregation Emanu El of San Francisco presents the University of California with a 15000 dollar endowment to establish a Semitic studies fellowship in memory of their Jubi lee.
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Congregation
Emanu-El of
San Francisco
University of California
Putnam faces dye claims and wildlife warnings
Arizona newspapers warn deer antelope and mountain sheep may be exterminated unless preservation steps are taken. Other aphorisms caution against false science and pride, noting cheap advice costs dearly and suggesting practical tips against mold and anger.
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Arizona
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Lydia E. Pinkself
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Sony Publishing
City Bank
Law
Mass
Lupia E. Pinxnam Mediccine
W. L. Douglas
Goodyear West
Todgny
W. F. Douglas
Ituiee
Brockton
Anada
Land of Plenty
Roek
Department of Interior
Ottawa
Canada
J. S. Crawford
W. 9Th St
Kansas City
E. Barrett
Houston
Tex
Western Canada
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W. N. U. Houston
Eliza R. Parker
New York
George Washington
Putnam
Alice
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