Alpine social whirl and durban waiting for Baden Powell shield
A gossiping note describes Alpine socialites and Cincinnati belles vying for society favors while Louisville plans to claim its prize in evening dress. The Baden Powell presentation shield, carved from 200 Kruger sovereigns, awaits the gallant officer's recovery and Durban visit for the ceremony. Also mentioned is Charles M. Hays of St. Louis rising from a 40 dollar monthly clerk to Southern Pacific president with a 55000 dollar annual salary.
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Cincinnati
Louisville
Baden-Powell
Durban
Charles M Hays
St. Louis
Southern Pacific Railroad
Persistent Kansas man jailed for whisky sale crimes
A 81 year old man in John Kansas was convicted of violating the prohibitory law by selling whisky. He faced forty nine distinct offenses and received forty nine months in jail plus a $4 900 total fine. He cannot pay and must spend a day in jail for each half dollar of the fine.
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John
Kansas
Scottish Self-Control Society Formed By Sober Scot Group
The Sober Scot Society changes its name to the Scottish Self-Control Society and revises its constitution. Membership terms prohibit drinking before 2 pm and taking or giving drinks as compensation, with the Duke of Sutherland as president and many high personages as members.
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Sober Scot Society
Scottish Self-Control Society
Duke of Sutherland
Man Returns From West With Flour Sack and Secret Fortune
In spring 1884 Mrs. Frederick White of Coventry New York asked her husband to fetch flour. He vanished, later reappearing last week with a flour sack and saying he had not forgotten the errand. He has since traveled west, earned a substantial sum, and plans to take Mrs. White to his western home.
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Frederick White
Coventry
N. Y
Far West
Mra White
Walls of Mount Aspromonte Campaign Against Mugliolino
Italian forces mass 650 troops and police around Mount Aspromonte to capture the brigand Mugliolino hiding in a cave. Authorities plan to blast the rock with dynamite to displace about 10 000 cubic metres of material and reach the hideout.
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Wallan
Mugliolino
Mount
Aspromonte
Gome
Musso Hno
Receipt of Fifty Blows for Calumnies Against the Regiment
An archival note from Hanover details a cannon of Tygisburg receiving fifty blows with a one inch thick stick as punishment for public reflections on the Hanoverian army. The adjutant carried out the sentence after the canon admitted the strokes, recorded in a signed receipt.
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Hanover
Tygisburg
Chasseurs
Appointing Sir Thomas Drew Sparks Irish Arts Funding Debate
The piece argues that Sir Thomas Drew’s presidency at the Royal Hibernian Academy highlights ongoing neglect of art in Ireland. It asserts government and wealthy patrons largely ignore the arts, forcing artists to move to London for better support, while architects and sculptors face the same plight. Scotland mirrors Ireland with talent stifled by poverty.
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Thomas Drew
Royal Hibernian Academy
Ireland
London
Scotland
Peter and His Dog
In Franklin Park a loyal dog defends a drunken master as three attackers beat them. The dog is shot after protecting his owner, and the man, moved by the dog’s fidelity, finds a rebirth of dignity as the dog dies. A resentful lover begs forgiveness, recalling the dog’s devotion.
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M. W. Emerson
Daily Story Pub
Franklin Park
No Escape From the Brute Within
A man confronts his brutal failures and his wife Kate after a fatal act. He kneels beside her, vows to reform, and both pledge a new life beyond their degraded past. They face death and seek forgiveness as they begin anew with a shared resolve.
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Kate
Beggar Kings Rule Chinese Guilds and Leper Systems
The London Express describes powerful Chinese guilds in Nankin Pekin and Tientsin led by a king who collects tribute and blackmail from traders and keeps subjects out of districts. Beggars, thieves, and lepers all have kings who control operations, profit from enforced protection, and drain families through fees and care costs in leper houses.
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China
London Express
Nankin
Pekin
Tientsin
Chines
Australians Embrace Baseball as Inter-Colonial Series Opens
The London Mail notes baseball growing in Australia aided by American settlers. Victoria and New South Wales played in Sydney with the home side taking two of three games. Notables include Victor Trumper M A Noble J J Kelly and Frank Laver among the Victorians.
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Australia
London Mail
Victoria
New South Wales
Sydney
Victor Trumper
M. A. Noble
J. J. Kelly
England
Frank Laver
Donnan
Old bachelor jokes that ideas grow on whiskers
A playful line from an old bachelor claims ideas are like whiskers that women and men never share, using a humorous analogy to dismiss equal creativity between genders.
Grasshopper Invades St. Croix Hurts Crops
Report from the Danish West Indies notes an unfamiliar grasshopper species appearing in St. Croix. Plant growers complain of damage to their crops, fearing a recurrence of a past outbreak once seen in Cuba.
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Danish West Indies
St. Croix
Cuba
The Twentieth Century and the Era of Invention
The passage proclaims the dawning of the twentieth century and identifies Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a celebrated remedy for stomach ailments including dyspepsia indigestion flatulency constipation and biliousness.
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Hostetter
Rise of Steam Navigation Through Ages
The account traces steam navigation from early opposition to initial experiments in the sixteenth century, a 1736 British patent for a steamboat, Fulton’s 1807 Hudson voyage, and the 1838 crossing of the Atlantic by steam ships.
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Fulton
Hudson
Atlantic
Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps Promoted Worldwide
The advertisement touts Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps as universally sold and indispensable in warm climates. It claims the remedy tones the system and quickly dispels malaria and various internal ailments, with physicians recommending it for kidney and bladder issues, chronic rheumatism, dropsy, and general bodily weakness.
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Wolfe
Allen's Foot-Base Powder Ad.
Cure for swollen burning feet corns and bunions asks for Allen's Foot-Base powder. Cures frost bites and chilblains at all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Sample sent free address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Floating machine shop proposal gains momentum
The proposal to build a floating machine shop for squadrons worldwide is attracting serious attention and a definite move could be made soon.
George Washington Soda Biscuits Lightest Biscuits Claim
An advertisement touts George Washington Soda as the strongest and pure product for making light biscuits. It assures purity and superior results, urging readers to seek the brand for better baking outcomes.
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George Washington Soda
Odd Bits From A Fractured Page In Des Moines
A garbled 1900s clip mentions Kentucky Belles, Kis Me Gum, a puppy opening eyes after nine days, and a plea to C H Crabtree. It references Gladiator Gold Mining, Parker's Hain Dace hair hair product, Hindercorns, Russ Bleaching Blue, and a claim about wealth measured by capacities rather than coin.
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C.H. Crabtree
Des Moines
Iowa
Gladiator Gold-Mining Company
Parker
Change of Life Affects Many Women Says Mrs Jennie R
A historic health ad extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for perimenopausal symptoms. It claims hot flashes faintness and nerve strain mark the change of life and asserts the remedy rebuilt nerves and enabled the subject to triumph. The testimonial from Mrs Jennie R of Germantown supports the cure.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Jennier
Keyne, &T
Germantown
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