New York season bride’s globe trotting social diary
A New York social figure plans a 14 week season with 50 dinners 18 operas 18 balls and dances 30 late suppers 25 theaters 65 teas and 15 formal luncheons. After six weeks at Aiken she tours London Paris and the French chateaux with eight weeks of dressmaker visits and host of dinners and weekend parties before a possible return to Paris and Newport next year.
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New York
Ainslee
Aiken
S. C
London
France
Italy
Paris
Newport
Admiral tells how Japanese adapt through service habits
Admiral Bob Evans recounts an example from his career showing Japanese adaptability. He describes a tutor servant who learned quickly and later served aboard a Marseille battleship with a napkin ready for serving, revealing a shared cultural code.
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Bob Evans
New York
Marseilles
Gang Way
Kato
Capt
the Mikado’s Navy
Penny Problem Creates Legal Quandary for Chicago Dealer
A Chicago man holding 500 mutilated pennies faces legal peril as the coins are deemed bad money. Authorities say he cannot spend sell melt or keep the coins without breaking the law, making the owner liable regardless of action. The dispute stems from guidance by the United States district attorney and the assistant attorney general.
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Chicago
United States
United States Attorney
Smith
Coffee consumption rises but alcohol use grows too
The article argues that high coffee intake in the United States does not replace alcohol or tobacco. It notes about one billion pounds of coffee consumed last year and a per capita rate of 13.64 pounds, contending that increases in coffee, tobacco, and alcohol occur together rather than coffee displacing drinking.
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United States
Omaha Woman Inherits Five Million From South African Miner
Mrs. Mattie Munchoff of Omaha is notified she will receive 5 000 000 from Claude Henderson Heren a South African diamond miner. Heren long knew her from childhood offered marriage but she declined twice. she later married a merry-go-round conductor. Heren became wealthy in South Africa and died recently leaving the bequest.
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Omaha
Mattie Munchoff
Claude Henderson Heren
Heren
South Africa
Roosevelt's Southern Tour May End Extra Session Plan
President Roosevelt appears set to avoid a new extraordinary session by touring the southern states in October. He expects the Fifty-ninth Congress to pass railroad rate reform during the regular session, with assurances from key senators that a strong interstate commerce bill will be reported at the start of the next congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Southwest
Fifty-ninth Congress
Elkins, Cullom
Dolliver
Clapp
Kean
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senate
Eight die in Illinois Central wreck near McHenry Station
Owensboro Kentucky May 19 Eight persons are known dead after a collision of two freight trains on the Illinois Central near McHenry Station. The crash occurred when orders to take a siding at 4 10 were misread as 3 10, sending trains at full speed into a curve. Several others were injured and more bodies may be in the wreckage. The victims include engineers and conductors from Kentucky and Louisville, plus two colored brakemen and a tramp, with the precise toll still under inquiry.
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Owensboro
Illinois Central Railroad
McHenry Station
B. English
Elizabeth
Doc Turney
Louisville
Ben English
Cecilia
Charles St. Clair
Foster Bell
Cordin Smith
George Hollis
Mat Owen
Morton to Leave Cabinet on July First
Washington May 20 Secretary Morton will quit the cabinet July 1 if the president accepts his resignation. He has not fixed future plans and is weighing several offers.
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Morton
Washington
Appointment of Baron Rosen as Russian ambassador
The document from St. Petersburg dated May 17 states Emperor Nicholas signed the appointment of Baron Rosen to be ambassador of Russia. The phrasing reflects the formal issuance by the czar to fill the diplomatic post.
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St. Petersburg
Emperor Nicholas
Baron Rosen
Russig
We Valiad Siatem
Philadelphia Voters Lease City Gas Works to United Gas
Disorder fills Philadelphia chambers as both city council branches approve a 75 year lease of the gas works to United Gas Improvement for 25 million dollars to be paid before 1907 ends. The vote ends hours of debate with 74 to 9 in common council and 37 to 4 in select council amid protests and threats of a veto.
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Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement Company
Common Council
George McCurdy
Weaver
Select Council
Ex-Wooster Bank President Sentenced to Prison
L P Ohliger former president of the Wooster national bank pleaded guilty to issuing a draft with insufficient funds. Judge Taylor sentenced him to eight years in the Ohio penitentiary. Ohliger has held multiple public posts including ex-congressman county treasurer Wooster postmaster and Cleveland internal revenue collector.
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Cleveland, O
L. P. Ohliger
Wooster (O.) National Bank
Taylor
United States District Court
Ohliger
Ohio
Wooster
Cleveland
Railroad Bill Passed Unanimously by Senate
Madison Wis May 20 The senate Thursday night passed the administration railroad measure by an unanimous vote after rejecting several amendments The bill largely remains in its original form and also passed the assembly by a large majority It provides for a three member appointive railway commission with 5000 salary per year to fix rates regulate charges and prevent unjust discriminations in railroad rates
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Administration
Hiram Cronk Last War of 1812 Survivor Dead at 105
Ava New York May 15 Hiram Cronk the last survivor of the war of 1812 has died at age 105 He received a special pen sion from New York state toward the end of his life Under a resolution of the New York city board of aldermen his body will lie in state there and he will be buried at Mount Victory Cypress Hills Cemetery Brooklyn where over fifty fellow war of 1812 veterans are buried
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Ava
N. Y
Hiram Cronk
New York City
Jealousy Causes Murder in Durand Area
Joseph Gaul a Wisconsin farmer shot and killed his wife near Eau Galle. The victim was fleeing when Gaul fired twice in the back. He threatened neighbors with a rifle after the act and later surrendered to the Menominee sheriff.
Shave Money Builds Iowa National Home for Widows and Orphans
A joke sixteenth to buy a Sheldon traveling man a shave four years ago grew into a fund to build a national home for Knights of the Scrip widows and orphans. Iowa will host the home with at least 200000 dollars to establish it and several cities seek the site at the next order meeting.
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Sioux City
Knights of the Scrip
Iowa
National Association
Culminate Remarkable Romance Clinton Marriage
Mrs Polly E Wilson aged 65 and Horace H Raymond aged 70s wed in Clinton marking a romance that began in Vermont nearly fifty years ago. They were married, divorced, remarried, raised families, and after five decades the husband returned to marry his youthful bride again.
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Clinton
Polly E. Wilson
Horace H. Raymond
Vermont
Simpson Wins Debate at Indianola Over Drake University
Simpson College won the unanimous decision over Drake University in the annual freshman debate held in Indianola. A special Des Moines train brought seventy five Drake students to cheer. The query favored popular election of U S senators with Simpson members Frank Bean Roy Curtis and C A Orr on the winning team.
Cedar Rapids Men Elected to Railway Conductor Posts
The Order of Railway Conductors at Portland reelected Cedar Rapids men to several offices: Grand Chief Conductor E. E. Clark. Assistant Grand Conductor A. B. Garretson. Grand Secretary and Treasurer W. J. Maxwell. Grand Senior Conductor C. H. Wilkins. Grand Junior Conductor L. E B Sheppard.
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Cedar Rapids
Portland
Ore
Grand
E. E. Clark
A. B. Garretson
W. J. Maxwell
C. H. Wilkins
L. E B. Sheppard
Philadelphia
Man Survives 25 Foot Fall After Carriage Plunges Into River
Charles McNeely escaped death when his team bolted and drove the carriage off a bridge into the Des Moines river bed. He became trapped two feet underground in soft mud, unconscious until rescued. The accident killed both horses and injured three carriage occupants. He is expected to recover.
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Des Moines
Charles McNeely
Police Protect Wedding as Students Picket Des Moines Ceremony
Police lined the house and kept back a band of several hundred students during the marriage of Miss Helen Longwell, a teacher at Highland Park College, to E. W. Weldy. Des Moines pupils were deterred from interrupting the ceremony.
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Des Moines
Highland Park College
Helen Longwell
E. W. Weldy
Largest land deal in western Iowa closes
A syndicate of Illinois buyers completed the first payment of 110000 dollars for 2200 acres—the home farm of choice bottom land—in Franklin and Belvidere townships Monona county. Local participants assisted in the deal.
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Onawa
Iowa
Addison Oliver
Choice
Franklin
Belvidere
Monona County
Illinois
Close vote on water works franchise in Onowa
Across towns in Iowa a series of terse notes report a narrow victory for the Onowa water works franchise by ten votes. Other items note sheriff account irregularities, census gains, railroad talks, a fatal horse kick near Nevada, a glee club tour, a death in Grundy Center, Rock Island staffing changes, and a jury verdict in Des Moines against Lafe Young.
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Hampton
Board of Supervisors
L. d. Wolfe
Webster City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Crooked Creek
Lehigh
Nevada
John Danielson
Iowa City
Iowa Apollo Glee Club
College of Dentistry
Grundy Center
J. W. Grant
Conrad
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Des Moines
Howe
Lafe Young
Freddy in Hard Luck
Unlucky suitor Cholly recounts a dog bite incident that chilled a marriage prospect. He tells Freddy the intended’s father’s dog bit him and the bride now fears hydrophobia could enter the family, thwarting plans for marriage.
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Cholly
Cleveland
Dodd's Kidney Pills Celebrate Family Health Gains
In Paulding Mississippi Mr and Mrs F Erby praise Dodd's Kidney Pills for backache and female weakness. Mrs Erby says the pills relieved years of pain and weakness and her husband reports recovery from a weak bladder. The ad claims healthy kidneys bring blood and overall health.
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Dodd
Eight Thousand Five Hundred Authors Counted in Nation
The compiler of an author dictionary notes eight thousand five hundred individuals in the country have written books. He says these figures should be accepted as authentic unless a poorhouse is overlooked.
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Denver Republican
Bald Heads Covered and Hair Restored by Cuticura Set
Complete external and internal treatment for every humor from pimples to scrofula includes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills sold as a set for $1.00. The advertisement claims the regimen stops hair loss removes crusts scales and dandruff defeats hair parasites soothes irritated scalp stimulates follicles loosens scalp skin and nourishes roots for healthy growth. A single set is often sufficient to cure.
Berlin scientist claims cure for laziness found
A Berlin scientist announces a medicine that can cure laziness though some individuals remain too lazy to take it. The report from the Cleveland World highlights the paradox of a remedy resisted by the unmotivated.
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Berlin
Cleveland
Excursion Fares from Chicago via Grand Trunk Railway
Excursion fares offered by the Grand Trunk Railway System. Prices range from 12.25 to 21.80 dollars with trips to Buffalo Niagara Falls Philadelphia Toronto and more. Dates include June July and September with liberal stopovers and private literature available from Geo W Vaux A G P T Grand Trunk Railway Chicago.
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Chicago
Grand Trunk Railway System
Ard
Buffalo
Ee. Am
Niagara Falls
Toronto
W. Vaux
A. G. P. & T Grand Trunk Railway System
Hae St
Chicago, Ill
Breeding vs. dollar mark noted by Philadelphia Times
The Philadelphia Times observes a wide gulf between breeding standards and monetary value, highlighting a tension between lineage and economic worth in society.
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Philadelphia Times
Cure constipation with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
When a deep cellar becomes filled with heavy poisonous air it is unsafe to enter until cleaned out. If your body is poisoned by undigested food residues it is necessary to clean it out. Take Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin a pure scientific laxative. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails.
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Dr. Caldwell
In the pursuit of the dollar we find that it is not the speed that pays
A reflective aphorism notes that swift effort alone does not guarantee lasting gain, emphasizing prudent use of resources and steady value over rapid, short term pursuits.
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller After Allen's Foot-Ease
Advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for swollen and sweating feet. Claims shoes fit one size smaller, urges trial with free sample offers and lists A. Olmsted as contact in likely 19th or early 20th century style.
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Allen
Olmsted
Path to the Poorhouse Verse Quotation in O Picayune
An old line from the O Picayune notes that the path to poverty is paved with old bricks and strewn with bargains. The quotation reflects a wary view of thrift turning costly over time.
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O. Picayune
Pusheck's Euro Tonic Advertised by Chicago Doctor
An old advertisement touts Pusheck's Euro tonic as the best stomach and liver aid. It promotes availability from Dr C Pusheck in Chicago or druggists for one dollar.
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Pusheck
Better is an old horse with dinner of herbs than a stalled auto
A Life magazine aphorism contrasts an aging horse fed with herbs against a broken down car with no provisions. The line underscores practical comfort over squandered machinery adventures.
Do Not Believe Piso's Cure for Consumption Equal for Coughs
A reader from Trinity Springs Indiana asserts in February 1900 that Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal for coughs and colds, endorsing its efficacy without reservation.
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J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Epitaph Reflects on Untold Reputation
A Chicago Daily News remark notes that an epitaph often sustains a reputation not yet earned, suggesting narratives outlive lives through tombstone words. The quote frames the power and fragility of public memory and how legacy is constructed after death.
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Chicago Daily News
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