Americans at Paris Exposition Highlight Peck’s Inaugurations
United States commissioner general Ferdinand W. Peck dominates exposition inaugurations while Sousa’s band may join later. The American Corn Kitchen draws many visitors yet aims to win French interest. Nearby the Red Cross exhibit shows its operations with medical tools, wagons, and bandage making gear, plus a lifelike injured figure.
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Pork
United States Agricultural Annex
Enericans
Peck Hosts German Hymns Aboard Seine Boat in Paris
United States commissioner Mr Peck led a party down the Seine to inaugurate the German building in Paris. Sousa's band played the German hymn on cue, officials bowed, then Peck marched the line to the embassy doors. The stunt drew international notice as night illuminations dazzled the expo while earlier accidents hampered fetes.
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United States Commission
Peck
Commission
Vincennes
United States
Sousa
Seine
Paris
Mr. Peck
The Electric Light Tree In Central America Described
The article catalogs three trees in Central America: the electric light tree that provides bright illumination usable for reading at night. the milk tree with a thick skin yielding sap milky and sweet. and the bread tree whose fruit can be sliced and cooked to resemble bread in taste and texture.
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Central America
The Pompom Gun in Boer War Tactics
A British writer extols the pompom automatic Maxim gun used by the Boers describing its one pound shells fired at about 300 per minute. Each shell fragments into 10 to 20 pieces creating deadly shrapnel, delivering a continuous stream of fire that overwhelmed enemy positions within 3000 yards and earned strong respect from soldiers.
Agonies of Neuralgia Told by Mrs Cotter in Hartford
Mrs. William Cotter of 42 Windsor Street Hartford describes neuralgia relief after years of suffering. A neighbor's recommendation led to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People which she credits with permanent improvement and renewed health. The ad asserts these pills restore blood and nerves and lists related conditions and pricing.
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Ria
William Cotter
Hartford Conn
Reilly
Williams
Williiams
William Corren
Presidents with counties named after them in the United States
A historical note counts 212 court ties named after presidents with most counties carrying presidential names. Washington leads with thirty counties including one Hayes county, Jefferson twenty, Jackson twenty two, and smaller counts for Fillmore Tyler Buchanan Cleveland. Arthur and McKinley are missing from the list.
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United States
Arthur
McKinley
Washington
Hayes
Jefferson
Fillmore
Tyler
Jackson
Buchanan
Cleveland
White ants in Manila ruin furniture and chairs
The text describes white ants in Manila that bore holes from the outside and invade furniture, eating articles until only shells remain. They reportedly devour chair legs causing sitters to collapse as chairs crumble beneath them.
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Manila
Teething Powders Credited for Boy’s Recovery
St Louis physician Professor Chas P. Curd attributes the recovery and ongoing health of his young son to TEETHINA teething powders.
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Chas. P. Curd
St. Louis, Mo
Juices, Remedies, and Quips From a Bygone Advertisement Page
A collage of product pitches and witticisms including Rogers Blue Cure, Yucatan Chill Tonic, and Coke Dandruff Cure with prices and guarantees, interspersed with social observations on marriage, clothing, baldness, mining toil, jealousy, and love.
Dangerous to Trespass on Railroad Tracks
A Pittsburg Post report details a deadly week on the Pennsylvania division with multiple trespasser fatalities near Johnstown Ardara Greensburg and Greensburg area lines. It notes officials blame persistent track trespassing and recalls a scene of contrasting enforcement between American and English rail authorities.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
South- Western Express
Johnstown
George Vance
Aredara
Greensburg
Governor Peck Bids Wisecrack At Upham Joke
Ex governor George W. Peck jokily remarks to Gov Upham during a Wisconsin militia encampment visit. Upham replies with a quiet aside about how long it takes a governor to be noticed once dead. The exchange highlights their long standing campaign friendship and humor.
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Wisconsin
Upham
Wisconsin Democracy
George W. Peck
Wisconsin State Militia
Peck
George
Age of Birds and Long-Lived Species Discussion
The Ibis article by Mr J H Gurney reviews bird longevity with data from books and papers. Dresser notes a raven reaching sixty nine years. Meade-Waldo reports eagle owls aged sixty eight and fifty three in captivity, breeding since 1864 with ninety three young. Other records include a Batelur eagle fifty five and a condor fifty two in Amsterdam, imperial eagle fifty six, golden eagle forty six, sea eagle forty two, and many other birds aged forty or less.
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J. H. Gurney
Ibis
Dresser
Europe
Meade-Waldo
Amsterdam
Cannibal King Seeks Help From Trinket Captive
The captive pleads for mercy crying spare me and offers to serve for life as a cook. The cannibal king ponders the offer noting the man looks capable of making any dish and implies use in a grim plan. The captive remains uncertain until a recent decision clarifies his fate.
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Philadelphia Press
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Commissioner Peck
Friogis
France
Germany
Ferdinand W. Peck
Loubet
Red Cross Society
Chateau d’Eau
Cham de Mars
Eiffel Tower
Sisters of Charity
Hartford
Yucatan
Hall
Prica
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Buckster
Parken
Hate Basan
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