Gas Lights Deliver Cans and Promises at Paris Exhibit
A Paris exposition shows diverse gas lighting systems alongside electric lamps and acetylene. Portable gas boxes, fountains, and inexpensive can installations aim to illuminate homes cheap. A Paris canned gas firm operates from Rue Auber and promotes a three-room battery setup for mid-sized houses.
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Paria
Paris
Seine
New Bridge
America
Auber
Grand Opera
Europe
Asia
Earthquake Strikes Caracas Killing Fifteen and Damaging Legations
A severe earthquake hit Caracas last week causing fifteen deaths and many injuries. The Panthon and churches suffered major damage while the U S legation was heavily damaged yet occupants escaped unharmed. President Castro reportedly broke a leg leaping from a balcony. Reports show widespread effects from the Andes to the region.
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Caracas
Veneticia
Pantheon
United Statew Legation
Castro
Government House
William Henry Doveton Haggard
Legation
Grove's Remedy Drives Wholesale Demand Across Nation
Public demand for Grove's remedy grows since January 1 1900 as wholesale druggists nationwide stock car loads of this chills and malaria treatment. The spread reflects strong belief in its meritorious prescription and pervasive use in areas troubled by fevers and malaria.
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Quai Des Tuilleries
Exhibition
Paris Boulevard
Plaza Bolivar
Prince Christian
Pretoria
Prince Christian Victor
Schleswig-Holstein
Helene
England
Queen Victoria
King’s Royal Rifles
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Omdurmen
Ireland
Austria
Italy
JHR Cnvy OF
Texas
GAR
Texas B Drug “Co
Grove
J. W. Crowdus
Behrens Drug Co
Houston
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