Cuban Patriots In United States Fund War For Cuba
The article notes Cuban revolutionists in the United States rely on a disciplined fundraising network. It profiles key organizers such as Thomas Palma and Benjamin J. Guerra, with details on their backgrounds and roles, and explains the delegate system guiding Cuban efforts from abroad.
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New York
United States
Cuba
Ans
Con
Jose Marte
Thomas Palma
Benjamin J. Guerra
Porto Principe
Spanish-American Literary Society
Spanish-American Benevolent Society
Collecting Fans of Olden Times Attracts Wealthy Ladies
Wealthy socialites collect antique fans from the seventeenth to the present, arranging them chronologically. Highlights include a Venetian dagger fan given to Mrs. Ferner, ivory sticks, hidden steel blades, Watteau motifs, Dutch regional scenes, and a Siamese gift to Mrs. Grant.
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Pelmont
Charles Detaille
de Pene
Chicago Mail
F. W. Ferner
Martin
Louis XV
China
Hercules
Alcestis
Admetus
Grant
Siam
Mirabeau
France
Paris
Lord Cornwallis
A. T. Stewart
William Astor
Decorative Society
Gastronomic Gossip Across Salt Butter and Old Recipes
A column humorously surveys culinary quirks from butter without salt to old soldier tales of baked sweet potatoes. It recounts Gen. Butler describing a dish called Schrod using cod and butter, explains the origin of dodgers and hoe cakes, and notes a Paris dinner with faux boiled eggs using blancmange and quince jelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Georgia
France
Wide Array of Quack Remedies and Promotions
A garbled, ad heavy clipping catalogs patent medicines, tonics, tonics and home remedies, with claims for cures of corns, coughs, asthma, fevers and skin ailments. It mentions Parker's Ginger Towte, Dr Kline, Piso's Cure, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Brown's and other products, plus assorted opinions and a note on real estate speculators in Chicago.
Medium request from customer stirs kitchen clash
The waiter reports to the cook that the customer wants the dish medium, not raw or burnt. The cook angrily repeats the questioning, highlighting a miscommunication in preparation style.
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Cook
Steel protected cruiser Philadelphia details and specs
The steel protected cruiser Philadelphia shows speed 19 678 knots and waterline length 327 feet 6 inches with a 45 feet 6 inch beam and 23 foot draft. Displacement 4 324 tons. Armament includes twelve 6 inch rifles and four 6 pound guns among others. Crew 34 officers and 250 men. Built by Cramp & Sons Philadelphia keel laid 1888 launched Sept 7 1889 commissioned July 28 1890.
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Cramp & Sons, Phila
Giant extinct sea-turtle found near Fort Wallace Kansas
The discoverer observed large bony shields protruding from a bluff near Butte Creek. The fossils were brought to Philadelphia for restoration. The foreflippers measured nearly five feet, and the span from flipper tip to tip was about seventeen feet. The article explains Kansas as former ocean bed during the Cretaceous Period and notes geologists trace ancient shores across the western plains.
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Fort Wallace
Kansas
Butte Creek
Philadelphia
Charles Frederick Holder
St. Nicholas
Grating Traps Young Woman on King Street
A well dressed young lady walked along King street when she stepped into a broken grate. Her leg became trapped above the knee as hundreds gathered. A brave bystander freed her with a crowbar after offers of help were refused. Crowds stood nearby in Toronto.
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King Street
Dees
Jane
Mab
Toronto
Hanson's Magic Corn Salve Offered with Refund Guarantee
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Tek FORR druggist for percent. Price 15 cents.
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Hanson
Death in a bootblack chair ends a 75 year life
Frederick Thompson aged 75 died of a heart attack while sitting for boot polishing in a San Francisco street. The bootblack completed the service without realizing the man had died. Thompson was dead about three minutes before the death was noticed.
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Frederick Thompson
Bootblack
San Francisco
Map of the United States wall map from Burlington Route
The Burlington Route offers a three by four foot wall map printed in seven colors showing states counties towns and railroads. It costs more than a small amount in stamps per map and is available in large quantities from J. Franc, G P T A, Omaha, Nebraska, with supplies limited.
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United States
Burlington
Aron
Supply & Limited. J. Franc
Omaha
Neb
County Map of the South Offered for Free
Advertisement invites readers to request a county map showing principal cities in Kentucky Tennessee Alabama portions of Mississippi and Florida. Send address to P Sid Jones Pass Agent Birmingham Alabama or Co P Atmore Gen Pass Agent Louisville Kentucky. Map folds for convenient use and includes letters from settlers along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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South
Kentucky
Tennessee
Bama
Mississippi
Florida
P. Sid Jones
Birmingham
Als
P. Atmore
Louisville
Louisville & Nashville
R. R
An Unusual Ground for Divorce In San Jose
A San Jose wife files for divorce claiming her husband is mean heartless and exasperating. She notes he throwed her pies out the window instead of eating them.
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San Jose
Cal
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Friends OF Cuba
Thomas Estrada Palma
Trol
Banus of & Junta
Marti
Som
Associated Clubs
Gonzalo de Quesada
Havana
College
City of New York
Theta Delta Chi
Chess Club
Columbia School of Mines
College of the City of New York
Law School
Pan-American Congress
Washington
Saenz Pena
Ezeta
Santa Cruz
Porto Rico
Palma
Nexsexies
Louisiana
Rockport
Hame
Parker
Ginger Towte
God
Joe Keatore
Dr.Kline
Kine
Phila
E. D. Townsexp
Fort Howard
Wis
Mayé
Chicago
Lewis Bates
Mark
Curren
West Duluta
Finn
T. A. Mackey
Etrealars
San Bernardino Co
U. KP
Atteson
Dmx Pernardino
Calif
Orap
G A
Swanson
Lake Wilson
Minn
Perdinand Mehls
Suspension Bridge
Louise Fransen
Plase
Patna
Dearborn Ht
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