Ex Empress of Brazil Dies in Porto Heart Failure
The ex Empress, wife of Dom Pedro, died suddenly of heart failure in Oporto at age 68 while visiting with Dom Pedro. Messages of condolence flooded in. she lamented not being able to have her children near and return to Brazil. Rio Janeiro reports indicate the death shocked the people. She was deeply beloved and renowned for her charitable works, even more esteemed than Dom Pedro himself.
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Dom Pedro
Brazil
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Gladstone Celebrates Eightieth Birthday Anniversary
London telegraphs report the eightieth birthday of W. E. Gladstone becoming a national remembrance. Messages of congratulation pour into Hawarden as the Gladstone family gathers. The church service at Hawarden is crowded and Mr. Gladstone reads lessons and expresses thanks for health and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
London
W. E. Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
St Louis leaders to appeal for World’s Fair site
A St Louis committee and twenty five delegations head to Washington to press for the World’s Fair site. Governor Francis Mayor Noonan ex Governor Colonel Charles H Jones and RB Rowse named to represent the city before the war World’s Fair Committee. They depart soon with a broad citizen delegation from Missouri joining in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confor
St. Louis
Francis
Noonan
Charles H. Jones
Rowse
Washington
Indication of a Disordered Mind Apparent in His Conduct
Robert Garrett is in very poor health and experiences mood swings from low spirits to occasional excitement. He remains at his Up lands residence near Catonsville Maryland. A consultation of doctors from New York Philadelphia and Baltimore occurred at Uplands two weeks ago. Reports from physicians give little encouragement for his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Garrett
Uplands
Catonsville
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Mr. Garrett
English Capitalists Buy Newark Leather Factories
New York dispatch reports John Bostwick returning from London after presenting propositions from Newark leather manufacturers to a syndicate. Proposals were largely approved and a sale deal is expected to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Bostwick
London
Newark
Magnificent Christmas Present for J Pierpont Morgan
A solid silver dessert service valued at 50000 will be presented to J Pierpont Morgan by Cornelius Vanderbilt and others for services to the West Shore or CPS the influenza at 8. An unprecedented death rate from pneumonia bronchitis and consumption is reported in Boston with many deaths due to the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Boston
Alexander Beck & Son Assigns for Creditors in Philadelphia
Alexander Beck & Son carpet manufacturers of Philadelphia have made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The assignee places liabilities at about 130 000 dollars and assets at barely 100 000 dollars. Morisini's Daughter is dying of consumption. Mrs Victoria Schilling, once eloped with her father's coachman, is near death at her father Morisini's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alexander Beck & Son
Morisini
Victoria Schilling
Schilling
New
Coal Shortage Cripples Belgium Industry
Belgium faces a serious coal shortage due to labor troubles in mining regions. Manufacturing suffers and the government cannot secure its usual coal supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceal
Belgium
Foreign Residents Protest Brazilian Citizenship Plan
Hundreds of foreign residents in Brazil protested a provisional government naturalization scheme forcing them to become Brazilian citizens. They argued the policy would compel naturalization and affect their legal status and rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Republican
Jack Mason Stricken by Pneumonia In Boston
Actor Jack Mason is critically ill at his Boston apartment with pneumonia. He has missed performances at the Boston Museum this season, as the illness worsens and keeps him away from the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Mason
Boston
Boston Museum
Small-Pox Epidemic Among Rag-Workers in Windsor Locks
In Windsor Locks Connecticut a small-pox outbreak has struck women in the rag-room of the Seymour paper mills. The illness is traced to imported rags from Egypt carrying the disease.
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Windsor Locks
Conn
Seymour Paper Mills
Egypt
Christmas dinner for Boston tramps by Mr. George Parker
In Boston area Mr. George Parker organized a Christmas dinner for tramps and after the meal 330 diners signed a one year temperance pledge. The report mentions a Baltimore dispatch about a fatal railroad accident near Dicker son Station Maryland with engineer Ames Reed killed and fireman injured.
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Boston
George Parker
Baltimonb
Chicago Express
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Dickerson Station
Ames Reed
T.L. Harrison
Moyers Station
Scottdale
Johns
Dayton
Wilkesbarre
Plains
St. Leo's Catholic Church
Washabaugh
Greensburg
John R. Byrne
Pittsburg
Edward Sonetafore
Justice Keener
Pittsi
Byrne
Det1a Panveta
Charles Stewart Parnell
Tar furnaces to be put in blast at Chestnut Hill Iron and Ore
The Chestnut Hill Iron and Ore Company at Columbia Pa is preparing to restart its large tar furnaces, idle for three years, and put them into blast immediately as part of efforts to meet future obligations and necessities.
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Chestnut Hill Iron and Ore Company
Columbia
Tragedy in Denver as Three Children Die in Cottage Fire
A fire at 2021 Pierce street Denver killed three children of Mrs. Lens Schipp who locked them inside while she went to fetch clothes. The blaze overwhelmed the cottage before help arrived and a crowd watched.
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Lens Schipp
Pierce Street
Denver
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Fresno
Cal
Carnival Association
St. Paul
Nadean
Los Angeles
Cheyenne
Jack Farrell
Brooklyn
N. Y
William Higgs
Rio Janeiro
Portland
Oregon
San Francisco
Bat
Nanpiezaz
Lieut
Seward Mott
Tenth Cavalry
Gila River
San Carlos Reservation
Globe, Aln
Tar Farmers’ Alliance
Douglas County
Kansas
Southern Incidents and Disasters Across Cities
In New Orleans quarrels led to the deaths of John Schaffer by William Burton and James O Keefe by Gus Seelig. A recent Vicksburg fire ranks among the city’s worst in years. The total goals exceed 160 009. An Atlanta dispatch reports about 9000 raised for Henry W Grady monument with few subscriptions from outside Atlanta. lists will stay open for days.
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New Orleans
William Burton
John Schaffer
Gus Seelig
Siew James O’ Keefe
Vicksburg
Miss
Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
Grady
Ill pension official ill at home in Washington
Commissioner Raye of the Pension Bureau is gravely ill at his Rhode Island avenue residence in Washington. The widow of General George H. Thomas died suddenly at her Washington home on Christmas night. The Secretary of the Navy adopts a new flag design to take effect July 1, 1891, with a rectangular navy ensign and a Union Jack. Proceeds of a sale total $150,000 with listings in Chicago, St Louis and New York.
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Raye
Pension Bureau
Rhode Island Avenue
Washington
George H. Thomas
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Suorp & Co
Ellens
Unprecedented Events Stir News Across Europe and Asia
A cable from Lisson notes dismay in Portu blicans over Brazil's dictatorship decree with a monarchist shift. In Sicily Aci Reale is hit by a damaging earthquake causing collapsed homes and injuries. Chinese authorities buy the steamer Kuling to curb Yangtse opening. Platen Lake in Hungary freezes forcing people to cross by carriage.
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Lisson
Brazil
Aci Reale
Sicily
Tus
Platen Lake
Hungary
Kansas and Nebraska Rate Committee Acts on Alton 18 Cent Cut
The Kansas City meeting of the Kansas and Nebraska Rate Committee approved reductions in cattle and through rates from Kansas and Nebraska to Missouri River points and from Kansas City to Chicago. Piestpext Harrison joined a duck hunting trip to the Potomac with Mr Bateman and notable figures. Navy notices say cruiser Baltimore construction is complete with acceptance conditioned on finishing incomplete work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas and Nebraska
Bateman
Edmunds and Hawley
Justice Cgirray
Supreme Court
J. W. Thompson
Washington
Baltimore
Navy Department
Tracy
Calamity at Hurontown as Eight Children Perish in Fire
A Hancock Mich dispatch reports a village tragedy at Hurontown where Theodore Gross and his family of ten, plus a guest, perished in a house fire after returning from a dance. Eleven bodies were found. only two sons survived. The fire’s cause remains unknown with rumors blaming parental intoxication. The disaster follows another fatal blaze in the past two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Hurontown
Theodore Gross
Theodore, Jr
Huron Stamp Mills
Nicholas
Ther
Fim
Req
Gross
John Gross
Tony Gross
Joseph Gross
Michael Gross
Catherine Gross
Mary Gross
Lizzie Gross
Lenie Gross
Lena Erest
Theodore Gross, Jr
Murdered in Their Bed at Mount Sterling Wisconsin
A double murder at Mount Sterling Wisconsin, claimed by an unknown assassin. Jerry O Neil and his wife were found dead in their bed after two revolver shots shattered windows, as two daughters awoke to alarm and neighbors organized a search. No clues yet. residents fear possible lynching if the killer is found hiding in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry O' Neill
Mount Sterling
Wis
Asteer
Mt. Sterling
Jerry O'Neil
O’ Neil
Eight Negroes Lynched Near Charleston after Jail Raid
Reports state eight African men were shot to death near the town boundary following a jail raid by a disguise party seeking prisoners. Sheriff Lancaster had guarded the jail. tension eased as Ca nwell Court House reports say no further outbreak is feared and threats from black women remain.
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Parnwell
3. C
Heffernan
Martin
Charleston
8. C
Ca‘nwell Court House
Lancaster
Carlos I Proclaimed King of Portugal in Lisbon
In Lisbon on a cloudy Saturday Carlos I was proclaimed king in a ceremony that began at the castle and moved to the palace of Necessidades where he took the oath before the Cortes. He was presented to the crowds from the palace balcony, then attended a Te Deum at Santo Domingo and received the keys of Lisbon from the municipal president before a night of illumination.
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Lisbon
Carlos 1
Portugal
Santo Domingo
Cox's Turkish Decorations Placed in National Museum
Washington dispatch reports Mrs Cox has placed in the national museum the jewels and decorations given her husband the late Congressman Cox. They will be returned to the Sultan later as Mohammedan custom requires returning gifts after the recipient dies. Caantes W. Pierce of New York has been indicted for manslaughter in the death of Henry Harris, caused by an electric shock from a lamp on November 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Washington Dispatch
National Museum
Congressman Cox
Muhammedan
Caantes W. Pierce
Rush Electric Light Company
New York
Henry Harris Ly
Apache outlaw NanDLEZA hanged at Globe Arizona
NanDLEZA an Apache killer of Lieut. Seward Mott of the 10th cavalry on the Gila river at San Carlos reservation on March 10 1837 was executed by hanging at Globe Arizona.
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Nandleza
Lieut. Seward Mott
10Th Cavalry
Gila River
San Carlos Reservation
Globe
Arizona
Appeal Halts New York Death for Japanese Mute Jugigo
Jugigo the condemned Japanese murderer awaits in Sing Sing after an appeal leads to a stay of his execution by electricity. The case pauses while courts reconsider, delaying the planned death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jugigo
New York
Sing Sing
Escaped Convict Frank Ritchie Sought After Charleston Break
Two convicts Frank Ritchie and Thomas Conaty escaped from the State at Charleston Massachusetts Conaty was recaptured Ritchie remains missing a $100 reward is offered. An old soldier Alexander Blackburn murdered at Leavenworth Kansas linked to pension money recently drawn William Green and George Wickerson colored charged with the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ritchie
Thomas Conaty
Charleston
Mass
Conaty
Ritchie
Alexander Blackburn
Leavenworth
Kan
William Green
George Wickerson
Forgiveness’s Divine Manner Embraced by Offense
A meditation on a forgiving impulse that follows harm, suggesting a spiritual tolerance that allows a person to welcome the offender inward. The idea frames mercy as an act that frees both giver and recipient, elevating moral resolve beyond grievance.
Brazil Faces Turmoil as Provisional Govt Sways
Reports from Brazil describe divisions over the new republic with some liberals questioning Da Fonseca. Pernambuco leader Jose Mariano influences secession talk, while fears of inter-provincial unity rise. Private cables note exchange dips and rubber stock concerns amid Brazil’s political shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dom Pedro
Barbosa
Republic
Savona
New York
Santos
Rio Janeiro
Cerea
Fisher
Sirius
United States
Richmond
Rio Grande
Washington
New Republic
da Fonseca
Jose Mariano
Pernambu O
Mariano
Pernambuco
Germany
Brazil
Ruy Barboza
Europe
Fonseca
Constituent Assembly
Alente
Senhor Barbosa
Rio de Janeiro
Govvernment
Para
M. Spuller
Widespread Washouts Close Rail Lines Across Los Angeles
A Los Angeles dispatch reports extensive washouts and floods with seven miles of Southern Pacific track on the San Pedro branch underwater. Bridges damaged on the Mojave and Tehachapi routes cut service, prompting a four week repair timeline. California rivers overflowed, a five mile lake formed on Laguna ranch, and Soledad canyon suffered severe washouts. Congress adjourned for holiday recess as weather halted mail delivery and trains remained halted.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
San Pedro
Santa Fe
San Gabriel River
el Modena
Sept. Muir
San Francisco
San Gabriel
New San Gabriel
Laguna Ranch
Soledad Canyon
Tehachapi
Cal
Santa Clara River
Pratt
Los Angeles River
Atlantic & Pacific
Mojave River
Barstow
Cajon Pass
Congress
Reed
House
Ezra B. Taylor
Ohio
Dorsey
Nebraska
Conger
Iowa
Laker
New York
Henderson
Illinois
J. M. Farquhar
Funston
Kansas
Hitt
Ilinois
Boutelle
Maine
Bingham
Pennsylvania
Payson
Perkins
Struble
McCormick
Carter
Montana
Mulike
Missouri
Pacific
Dalzoll
Missouri River
Burrows
Michigan
O’ Donnel
Wade
Hende
Butterworth
Morrill
Delano
Laidlaw
Thames
Wisconsin
Caswell
District of Columbia
Treasury Department
Atkinson
War Department
Yardley
Navy Department
Sawyer
Post Office Department
Brewer
North Carolina
Interior Department
Banks
Massachusetts
Department of Justice
Sherman
Department of Agriculture
la Follette
Flood
O'Neill
Russell
Connecticut
Lodge
Dunnell
Minnesota
Herman
Printers Strike Threat Hits Philadelphia Morning Papers
Compositors of Union No 2 in Philadelphia vote 2465 to 2 to strike over pay. Demand was 4 percent per 1900 cmts versus 40 cents offered. Decision to strike pending International union approval. International president KE T Plank of Indianapolis attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Typographical Union No. 2
International Union
KE. T. Plank
Indianapolis
Scranton Pennsylvanians Face Major Mine Closures
About 14 900 workers in Scranton area lose jobs as Erie rail mines close and fifteen Delaware and Hudson mines in Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys shut down. Operators, coal companies, and regional outfits will leave 11 000 men and boys without work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Erie Railroad
Delaware and Hudson
Lackawanna and
Wyoming
Ile
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
Death of Henry W. Grady Atlanta Editor
An Atlanta dispatch reports Henry W. Grady famed southern editor is dead from typhoid pneumonia after a period of decline. Born Athens Georgia May 17 1851 he rose from Rome to the Atlanta Constitution and Herald becoming a leading force in Southern journalism leaving a wife and two children. He inspired sensational news and refused political office though offered a congressional seat.
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Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
Athens
University of Georgia
University of Virginia
Petersburg
Twenty
North Carolina Regiment
Grady
Rome
Herald
New York
Atlanta Constitution
Petrolia Town Devastated by Fire in High Wind
A Butler dispatch reports Petrolia Pennsylvania nearly wiped out as a massive fire destroyed about forty buildings along Main Argyle and Fairview streets. Fire plugs failed and little resistance was possible as water ran dry. loss estimated between 85000 and 100000 with no fatalities. principal businesses including Klingensmiths grocery, Cheese Bros dry goods and United Pipeline office burned.
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Petrolia
Klingensmith
Main
Argyle
Fairview
Little Oil Town
Main Street
Argyle Street
United Pipe Line
Bank
Fairview Street
Cheese Bros
Oil Exchange
Western Union
McCall’s Billiard Hall
Klingensmith’s
Doyle’s Hall and Harness
Storrs
Luce’s
Hose House
Episcopal Church
Ervin’s Furniture
Hawks’ Grocery
Warrerman’s Tin
Kirchenstein’s Tailor Shop
Foote’s Drug Store
Campbell’s Grocery
Central Livery
Central Hotel
Borchardt's Clothing
Hausman’s Meat Market
Delhome’s
Chartham’s
Jamison’s
Klingensmith’s Hardware
Foster's Drug Store
United Pipeline Office
Post Office
Raum reorganizes Pension Bureau adds staff and medical examiners
Washington dispatch reports Gen Green B Raum, pension commissioner, reorganizing the bureau by adding eighty clerks to the adjudicating division and placing eighty nine capable men on the board of review. He aims to authorize thirty additional medical examiners to clear a backlog of about five hundred cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raum
Washington Dispatch
Green B. Raum
Pensions
Board of Review
Fort Worth Fire Destroys Cotton Value 150000
Telegraphic updates note a $150000 cotton loss by fire in Fort Worth. Other items include mistaken Sports Giants rumor, Gowen estate letters filed in Philadelphia, Skeels murder acquittal in Spokane Falls, a Cal youth murder attempt, and a British suitor's suicide after a failed marriage proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis I. Gowen
James E. Hood
Philadelphia
Franklin B. Gowen
Irene Skeels
Charles W. Skeels
Spokane Falls
Wash
Los Gatos
Cal
William Eubanks
Capt. Standiforth
Austin
Texas
J. R. Kevan
Indian Education Policy and Silver Coinage Debate
Washington dispatch outlines a Sioux lands report with calls to abolish eastern Indian schools in favor of agency schools and expands on five government run industrial schools and two private contracts. It notes enrollments around 2100 and annual cost about 325 dollars per pupil. The piece also reports the Presidents plan to back Windom on silver bullion notes and expectations of Congress action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington Dispatch
United States
Indian Office
Indian Bureau
Interior Detment
Carlisle
Lawrence
Kas
Genoa
Neb
Chile.co
I. T
Chemawa
Oregon
Normal Institute
Hampton
Lincoln Institute
Philadelphia
Sioux Commission
Windom
Secretary of the Treasury
Republican Party
Treasury
White House
Three Showers of the Queer Taken Into Camp by Secret Service
Secret Service agents in New York arrested three alleged counterfeiters, held by Commissioner Shields on $3,000 bail each for examination. One arrestee Lizzie disclosed a supplier after questioning. officers found few base coins on the women and intended to keep arrests secret to trap the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Chef Brooks
Secret Service Division
New York
Brooks
Commissioner Shields
Old Jack the Confederate War Horse Dies at 40
Lynchburg Virginia dispatch reports the last Confederate war horse named Old Jack or Stonewall Jackson died three days ago on Col. R. T. Craighill’s farm near the city. The horse served from spring 1852 to the war’s end, bore three battle wounds, and will be buried where he died with a monument planned in memory. He carried Lieut. James B. Craighill of Col. William Nelson’s artillery.
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Lynchburg
R. T. Craighill
Stonewall Jackson
Jack
Old Jack
James B. Craighill
William Nelson
Diocese of
Maryland
Seven Convicts Escape Dominion Penitentiary Kingston
Seven prisoners at the Dominion Penitentiary in Kingston overpowered three guards and had two inmates gag and bind them before using ropes and ladders to reach the wall. They escaped by boat across the lake into the United States using a grappling hook and rope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Penitentiary
Kingston
United States
St Pauls Police Nab Six Notorious Burgers and Fences
St Paul Minnesota dispatch reports the arrest of six men and women tied to a burglary ring active since last July. August Holdergren William Crompton John Mann William Durand and Madelaine Frelinghuysen Ellen Bradshaw were taken into custody with raids yielding nearly $5000 in stolen goods including plate jewelry and sealskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pauls
St. Paul
Minn
August Holdergren
William Crompton
John Mann
William Durand
Madelaine Frelinghuysen
Ellen Bradshaw
Ministerial Crisis in Chili Sends Cabinet Resignations
A Chilean ministerial crisis unfolds after six naval school cadets are expelled for hazing like offenses. The marine minister issued a decree. the President refused to sign and accepted the minister’s resignation. Soon after all cabinet members offered theirs, forcing the President to form a new cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chili
Washington
Naval School
Man Answering Description Traced to Ottawa
A man matching Silcott’s description was traced to Ottawa with altered appearance his hair dark brown. He claimed he planned to search for work in the country and may be attempting to flee the country via British Columbia. He had ample funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silcott
Ottawa
British Columbia
Traveling representative carries outlawed bank notes in pocket
A Boston Advertiser report describes a traveling representative showing a pocketbook bulging with greenbacks meant to deter robbers. He claimed he needed large sums west of the Missouri River and admitted the bills were antebellum era “green goods” used to escape theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Machine Works
Alog
Wrier
Boston Advertiser
Missouri River
Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Pills Claim Universal Cure
An advertisement for Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Piasters asserts universal cure claims with testimonials from E Larszelere of Albion Michigan and Mrs. M E Jones of Prairie City Iowa. It promises bottles at $1 or six for $5 and directs readers to ask a druggist or order by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
E. Larszelere
Albion
Mich
Bright
M. E. Jones
Prairie City
Iowa
Rneumatic Syrup Co
Jackson, Mich
Astonished Letter Reports Electric Wire Accident
A Boston observer recounts a singular incident on an electric light wire. A red Irish setter barked at an English sparrow perched aloft until the sparrow touched another wire and fell to the street, startling the dog into wide eyed stillness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Providence Journal
Boston Letter
Stomach Bitters Promises Strength For Frail Readers
In a period voice the ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior tonic for the sickly. It claims the remedy strengthens digestion, boosts energy, and remedies nervousness insomnia malaria kidney and rheumatic complaints, urging invalids to try it.
Cork Industry in Spain and Cork Tree Growth
An overview of cork production noting cork oak growth on poor soils along North Africa and the Mediterranean coast. It describes harvesting stages from age ten to fifty, bark quality, uses for coarse floats, and long tree lifespan, with Spain's limited planting due to transplant neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Day
Africa
Mediterranean
Life of a Steamship Stoker Reveals Grueling Shifts
A New York Journal account describes stokers on a great ocean liner working four hours at a stretch in 12 to 160 degree furnace rooms. Each man tends four furnaces, moves between hot vents, and endures eight hours in the forecastle after sweaty shifts. A 28 year old veteran notes the work is hard but doable with routine and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Russian decorations for foreigners spark social value debate
The piece notes how Russians gift medals to foreigners at courts in St. Petersburg. It cites Dumas pere returning a St. Anne medal after deeming it socially worthless and receiving a second class cross with an apology. A singer mocked for wearing the St. Andrew medal learned its status as an upper servant decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Dumas Pere
St. Anne
St. Andrew
Prussia
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad in Toledo Listing Company Oath
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. promises one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notice dated December 6, 1886 in Toledo addressing sale and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
A. W. Gleasbon
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggis S
Toe
Second Class Postage Complaint Over Newspaper Policy
A traveler laments to a printer or editor about classifying their paper as second class matter. The exchange mocks subscription length and calls out a perceived change in editorial stance. The dialogue reflects tensions between readers and press classification practices.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil Promotes Child Health
Dr W A Hulbert of Salisbury DL reports using Scott's Emulsion with Hypophosphites to treat scrofula and debility in delicate children. He notes gratifying results as young patients take it with pleasure. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
W. A. Hulbert
Salisbury
Judge questions prisoner as sentence begins
A prisoner's answer to the judge before life term is quoted from London Tid Bits. He says the lengthy speech by the young galoot chosen to defend him should be cut from his sentence. The exchange captures a grim humor amid a life imprisonment verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kemp’s Balsam for Throat and Lungs Promoted
To Night and To Morrow hight at all druggists Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs praised as a remedy for coughs bronchitis whooping cough asthma and consumption. Bottle price 50 cents and 1.00 with a free sample bottle offered for readers to keep at home to check colds quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
Hawkinsville man cured by hornet nest remedy
A Hawkinsville, Georgia resident with asthma sought relief from a remedy once used by some in the past. He fed a hornet’s nest and drank the resulting tea, claiming complete cure of his asthma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkinsville
Hibbard’s Rheumatic and Liver Pills Ad
Scientific and uniform pills promise relief from griping pain and common ailments. Suitable for adults and children with safety, they claim to ease headache constipation dyspepsia and biliousness and boast unmatched effectiveness as an appetizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
Exrexpep Porotagrry Promoted for Cough and Throat Relief
Brown's Broxcutat Trocues have long been the popular remedy for coughs and throat troubles, widely used in this period for relief and comfort.
Do Re Me Tory Suggestion for Dorm Motto
A playful remark envisions the sleeping apartments of a musical college as a do re me themed dormitory. The pun links music education with a homey lodging idea, highlighting light humor about campus life.
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women
An 19th century advertisement urges women to seek Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for illnesses described as female weaknesses and irregularities. It claims many lives are saved and offers a money back guarantee if satisfaction is not achieved.
Russia estimates frontier guns for troops
The Novoe Vremya says the government plans to supply about 500000 new guns for infantry on the frontier and suggests a Western boundary force would need 1000000 to 1500000 guns after mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Novoe Vremya
Russia
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di Cesnola
H. W. Grady
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Cork
Plowfield
Waal
Sallers
Teras Siftinga
Hood
Charles Hawent
Christie, Clarke Co
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Hood & CO
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Masa
Legeon
Singita Board
Broncarris
Piso
Tansill
St. Jacobs
Conrad Doering
Deweents
Charles A. Vogeler
Syrup CO
Louisville
York
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N.Y
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Stowell
Mage
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Janesville
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Rochester
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