History Highlights for This Date
This historical note lists events on this date: 1718 treaty at Portsmouth between Britain and Native Americans, 1780 Cedar Springs battle in North Carolina, 1793 Charlotte Corday's assassination of Marat, 1806 Alexander Hamilton's funeral at Trinity Church New York, 1850 Rufus Choate dies (born 1799), 1861 General Garnett killed at Carrickfergus? Carrickford Va in Civil War, 1863 New York draft riots begin.
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Man
Garnett
Battle of
Carrickford, Va
Chronology Notes From 1864 to 1902 Headlines
The extract lists key historical milestones including the 1864 birth of John Jacob Aator and the 1874 ballot law, the 1878 Berlin treaty creating Bulgaria, the 1890 death of General John C. Fremont, born 1813, and 1902 A J Balfour succeeding the Marquess of Salisbury as British premier.
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Prince Bismarck
Kissengen
Bulgaria
Berlin
Banquet Prepared for Colonial Delegates in London
The London chamber of commerce has arranged an elaborate banquet at the Hotel Cecil tonight honoring delegates to the imperial chambers of commerce congress. The secretary of state for the colonies will preside with speakers from Canada Australia South Africa and other empire regions.
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London
London Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Empire
Scarborough Drug Company Offers Half-Price Introductions
Scarbrough Drug Co. announces a special half-price offer on the Dr Toward Co. fifty cent size for constipation and dyspepsia. The medicine claims to cure headaches coated tongue dizziness gas liver and stomach trouble. Limited supply prompts immediate calls or sending 2 cents to receive sixty doses with a money-back guarantee if it fails.
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Scarbrough Dmg Co
Cial
Village doctor rated for late call by elderly patient
A village physician earned a harsh critique from a troublesome patient, an elderly woman on the free list, after failing to respond to a nighttime summons. She demanded care, noting her money was as good as others, but the doctor replied that he had never seen any of it.
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Lippincott’s
Ople
Bowel complaint in children cautioned in summer
The article urges prompt attention to any unusual bowel looseness in children during summer and endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a quick control. Sold by J. L. Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
Robbery Hits Large Cash Shipment Aboard Ida May
More than 100000 dollars in currency bound for Alaska vanished from the steamer Ida May near Seattle. The consignment from Fairbanks was to be transferred at Nenana and on to Fort Gibbon aboard the Sarah. No suspects have been identified in the aboard theft.
Mosaic Law and Marriage Then and Now
A Currie tailor, warned by the kirk for courting his first wife’s half brother’s daughter, fled to England with her and wed there. The Dundee Advertiser notes a unanimous verdict of guilt and a court order for beheading. The piece muses on Mosaic law permitting marriage to a deceased brother’s widow and the sister-in-law’s status after a spouse’s death.
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Currie
Kirk
England
Dundee Advertiser
American Niagara Falls Put Out the Fire Joke
An English visitor taunts an American about American progress. The American replies with a quip about Niagara Falls dousing the celebrated invention, highlighting American ingenuity with a humorous twist from Ladies' Home Journal.
May Live 100 Years Promise From Mrs Duncan
Mrs Jennie Duncan of Haynesville Maine at seventy claims Electric Bitters cured her twenty year chronic dyspepsia and left her feeling well and strong. The tonic is advertised to cure stomach liver and blood disorders general debility and weakness with a 50 cent guarantee at West End Drug Co Elam Ordway Houser.
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Jennie Duncan
Haynesville
West End Drug Co
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Soaring eagle shot in the air prompts child talk
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt a father explains to Bobbie that he shot a soaring eagle in the air. The child asks about the wing and whether the eagle felt pain, while the tone mixes humor with a rural chat.
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Papa
Bobbie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Diplomatic Young Lady Refuses Dance With Witticisms
A Washington official quoted at a dinner describes a diplomatic young lady as having a full card for dances. When pressed by a persistent suitor she first warns him then, if needed, implies the card is not actually full to discourage further advances.
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Washington
Philadelphia Bulletin
Tincklen Armica Salve touted by Springfield user
Mrs. Grant Shy of 1130 B Reynolds St Springfield Ul endorses Tincklen Armica Salve as a universal cure for cuts wounds burns and skin eruptions saying it is an absolute housekeeping necessity. The product is guaranteed by West End Drug Co and Elam Ordway Houser.
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Tincklen
Grant Shy
B. Reynolds St
Springfield
West End Drug Co
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Chamberlain's Salve Promoted for Chronic Sores
Old Chronic Sores. For dressing chronic sores nothing better than Chamberlain's Salve. It aids keeping sores in good condition and has no superior for sore nipples. For sale by J. L. Wikle.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Evening Star Ad Rates and Paymentnote
An Evening Star listing notes subscription price at 25 cents per month with cash in advance terms.
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Evening Star
A Yellow Journalist at Robison’s Library
Miriam Michelsom presents a profile of a sensationalist writer, detailing methods and influence within a public library setting at Robinsons Library. The piece explores sensationalism in journalism and its cultural impact.
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Miriam Michelsom
Robinson’s Library
Constitution Daily Ten Cents A Week At Robinsons
A notice lists a daily constitution price of ten cents a week available at Robinsons store.
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Constitution
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