Madstone Legend Spreads From Soldier to Chicago
A quirky Chicago note tells how Alderman George Newman of Kankakee acquired a porous stone from a Span ish American War veteran. The stone, claimed to cure hydrophobia, was first found after a toe injury and has since been used in about thirty five cases in the past year.
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Chicago
George Newman
Kankakee
Col. Mennitt
Porto Ries
Guaniesa
Newman
Wesw
Strike Hero N e Maud Thomas Leads St Louis Teens
Maud Thomas a 17 year old motorman's daughter in South St. Louis, led strikers in a march to the Carondelet power house after addressing Union crowds. Armed guards blocked the march and she was taken into custody, later returned to her parents who discourage her actions.
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Maud Thomas
Touls
South Twelfth Street
South St. Louis
Carondelet
Posse E Comitatue
Joan of Arc
Miss Thomas
Bryan as a farmer at Col William J Bryan’s Nebraska farm
The presidential candidate Col William J. Bryan tends his garden at his Lincoln area farm. He starts work at about 9 a.m. each day for an hour and a half among onions and beans. His lettuce suffered from hens but he plans wire netting to protect it next season.
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William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
The Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang
Wu Ting Fang remains the Chinese minister in Washington respected as a first order diplomat. He plans soon to travel to Peru and to the court of Spain, while his wife tours the West without him. He is wealthy, well regarded by Washington officials, and known for wit and after dinner speeches.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Chang Yen Huan
Celestial Kingdom
Li Hung Chang
Wut
Peru
Spain
First Order
St Louis Strike Figures and Early Toll
Strike began May 8 in St Louis with 13 killed and 65 wounded by bullets. Another 90 injured in other ways, daily business losses estimated at 100000 dollars, striker wage losses 275000, posse comitatus costs 325000, and 1500 are numbered as on duty with police.
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Posse Comitatus
Nater
Cable Route to South Africa Established via St Helena
The report states cables have been laid from Cape Town to St Helena and from St Helena to the Ascension Islands to St Vincent, creating a complete cable route to South Africa by way of Madagascar and St Vincent.
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South Africa
Cape Town
St. Helena
Wx. Helena
Ascension Islands
St. Vincent
Madilera
Dr Williams Pink Pills Praised By Sufferer Of Nerve Debility
Mrs Gilman of Pittsfield New Hampshire credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health after years of nerve prostration poor blood and weight loss. She says nine boxes revived her appetite complexion and strength and she keeps a box at home as a tonic. The advertisement adds claims of blood rebuilding nerve repair and female health benefits and lists prices and ordering details.
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Mars
Gruman
Natt
J. Cram
Toning Up and Various Patent Remedies Advertisements
An assortment of old advertisements tout tonics and tonics for malaria liver and debility Wolfe’s Aromatic Schieschnapps Allen’s Foot Ease and other remedies claim cures for fever chills loss of skin and scalp diseases foot ailments and ingratitude quotes and notices about a church pastor selection and various household tips and products listed with prices and endorsements.
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Wolfe
Texas
China’s Two Great Cities Tientsin and Pekin
The article describes Tientsin as a major northern Chinese port on the Pei Ho with about one million residents, a trade hub, and nearest to Beijing. It notes Pekin’s population around 1.5 million, foreign ministers stationed there, and the hostile atmosphere toward foreigners. It covers river routes to Pekin, Tung-Chau and port access, and details on tides, river depths, and canal transport.
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Tientsin
Pei-Ho
China
Pekin
Tung-Chau
Conger
United States
Claude MacDonald
England
M. de Giers
Russia
Tientain and
Gulf
Pe-Chi-Lo
Newark
Kempff
Taku
Port Arthur
Tung- Chau
Yuen Ling
Origin of the Boxers and their mysterious rise
A Chinese minister remains unsure about the Boxers who appeared three years ago. Sun Yew Pang offers a theory linking the movement to clashes between reformists aligned with the emperor and the empress dowager's conservatives. The piece notes anti foreign sentiment, Empress restoration, and the Boxer society Yee Ho Chuan opposing foreign influence, with imperial and foreign powers now forming a protective front.
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China
Sun Yew Pang
Progressive Party
Dios
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