Prominent Lady Praises Peruna as Catarrh Cure
A letter from Mrs. M. A. Theatre of Minneapolis praises Peruna Medicine Co as a lasting cure for chronic catarrh. She describes years of illness, relief after using Peruna before meals, and states her digestion and nerves improved. The ad invites readers to request books on catarrh and women’s health.
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Mrs. M. A. Theatre
Minneapolis
Minn
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Company
Ohio
The Marble Arch’s History From Buckingham Palace Gateway
The Marble Arch was built by King George IV as an entrance to Buckingham Palace and later moved to Hyde Park in 1840. It proved a poor exterior gateway, drawing attention to the palace’s facade and reportedly hiding police during Hyde Park riots.
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George IV
Buckingham Palace
Hyde Park
British Iron and Steel Prices Spark Market Tumble
The piece notes American competition breaking Britain's iron and steel pool with price maintenance in the United States and Britain. Prices for steel rails were held then dropped by about £14 per ton after free competition. The text warns of successive reductions and rising unfilled orders as a result of the pool system.
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British Iron and Steel
Great Britain
United States
Iron and Steel
Fear Causes Death in Chicago Man from Fear of Hydrophobia
John R Beart died after a dog bite left him in terror of hydrophobia. Doctors say fear can trigger fatal conditions even when no rabies is present, illustrating a long debated link between extreme anxiety and death.
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John R. Beart
Chicago
Mr. Beart
Beart
Monument to Ginter and Coal Discovery Told at Summit Hill
A group of Pennsylvania coal leaders plan a monument to Philip Ginter, discoverer of coal, near Summit Hill by Mauch Chunk. The tale recounts his 109th birthday era discovery after a rough cabin life and burned coal embers that glowed roadside. A section later notes Edinburgh debates Sunday streetcars and a lawyer candidate’s clash with Sabbath reverence amid golf.
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Ginter
Pennsylvania
Philip Ginter
Summit Hill
Mauch Chunk
Mauch Chunk Mountain
Carbon County
Monument Planned in Athens to Honor Bradford County Soldiers
Go Sullvan's Men Joseph W Steckler of Orange ND will erect a 20 foot high monument in the center of the old academy lawn Athens Pa to honor Bradford county soldiers and sailors. A pink Stony Creek granite pedestal will support a bronze heroic group titled The Defense of the Flag and mark Gen Sullivan's 1779 march camp site.
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Go Sullvan
Joseph W. Steckler
Orange
N. d
Athens
Bradford County
Old Academy Lawn
Gen. Sullivan
Six Nations
New York
Stony Creek
Sunday Fishing Declared Not Sinful by Local Rector
Rev J N Marx rector of the Protestant Episcopal church at Lake Geneva Wisconsin declares in a sermon that Sunday fishing is not sinful if the fisherman is too busy on weekdays and does not neglect duty or religious responsibilities. The remarks delight summer resorters and sportsmen at the Wlecongin resort.
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J. N. Marx
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lake Geneva
Wlecongin
Guatemalan General Visits San Francisco and Panama Route Claim
General Juan Luis Bueron of Guatemala, now touring San Francisco, once served as a lieutenant colonel on General John C. Fremonts staff during his second crossing of the Rockies. He traveled to Guatemala in 1879 and holds a concession for a railroad line over the Chupe Pache range near the Santa Maria volcano, 14 009 feet high.
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Juan Luis Bueron
Guatemala
San Francisco
Joan C. Fremont
Rockies
Chuepache Mountains
Santa Maria
The Rummage Sale Spreads Across the Nation
The article notes the rise of rummage sales as a large scale house cleaning trend from New England. It describes thrifty owners cataloging usable goods too good to discard and not worth keeping, previously sent to second hand stores or peddlers, now repurposed into organized sales to yield profits.
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New England
Reverend James Gray Appointed Librarian in Pretoria
Rev. James Gray, former Presbyterian minister in Pretoria, is named acting librarian of the Pretoria library by Lord Roberts. Earlier he denounced Krugerism from the pulpit and fled to Durban before hostilities began.
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James Gray
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Durbin
Illinois battleship near completion ready for builders trial
The first class battleship Illinois at Newport News is rapidly nearing completion and is expected to undergo its builders trial in early December. The vessel will be nearly complete for the trial with four thirteen inch main guns, seven six inch guns on each side, and armor riveted in place. The Illinois was launched on October 4 1898 and christened by Miss Daisy Leiter of Chicago.
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Illinois
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Newport News
Daisy Leiter
Chicago
Robert C. Brickell
jJustler
Alabama
South
Hunteville
Methodist Conference of Virginia
Norfolk
Galveston
Mra
Nancy Hollifield
North Carolina
Ellenboro
Braga
Ind
Epworth League
Indiana
Marion
Albert A. Small
Anderson
Roachdale
Cittes
Indianapolis
Charles Caughling
van Cervort
Toledo
Blade
Government Hospital Marine Service
C. C. Morgan
New Court Congregational Chapel
London
Northfield Mass
Dwight L. Moody
Nome City
Seattle
Wash
Ladoga
Fort Dodge
Ohio
J. A. O. Yeoman
Jefferson Davis
Charles Hoyt Dead and Global News Harvest
Obituary notes Charles Hoyt famed playwright dies. Parallel reports cover rising divorces in France, gas explosions injuring Mrs Parker in Tipton, and multiple international shipments of pig iron from Florence to Bremen. Also listed are political and criminal items, including opium theft arrests in Brooklyn and a Confederate raider’s death in Kentucky asylum.
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Charles Hoyt
France
Florence
Ala
Bremen
Germany
Peter Everett
Lexington
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