Bossism in Ohio politics sparks Brice Campbell clash
Ex Governor Foraker defends the party against charges of bossism at the Zanesville convention. He claims Democrats allege Brice bought control and notes Campbell pretended not to run while planning a bid. He criticizes the Monroe doctrine plank and calls the Monroe feud a farce.
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Cleveland
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Moving a town by rolling houses six miles up river
The tale recounts Nauvoo's fall after Mormon exodus and Illinois violence, then Mennonites buying the town's 350 buildings. A Missourian named Boyd reportedly rolled houses onto rollers, slid them along the frozen Mississippi, and founded Fort Madison six miles upriver, leaving about forty houses on the left bank near Nauvoo.
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Joseph Smith
Utah
Russia
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Fort Madison
Tree trunks filter sea water to yield drinkable water
Australian engineer M. Pfister claims trunks retain sea salt filtered through them and, using a pump and a tree trunk filter, can produce potable water for ships. Water appears at the far end after 1.5 to 2.5 atmospheres, initially as drops then streams, tasting free of salt.
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M. Pfister
Cadiz’s White Port Illusion in Caspian Light?
A writer recalls Cadiz as the white coast town seen from a Morocco to Spain steamer. The dazzling sun makes the harbor appear as a floating ice mass with castlelike shapes, a fleeting illusion that confirms Cadiz’s unique luminous appearance.
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Morocco
Spain
Egyptian Lake Moeris: Ancient Water Wonder and Pyramid Center
The ancient Egyptian artificial lake Moeris had a circumference of about thirty three hundred furlongs. Its center housed two pyramids whose apexes stood three hundred feet above the waters. Water came from the Nile via a canal with alternating inflow and outflow. Sand filled the canal and the lake evaporated, though its bed remains among Egypt’s fertile lands.
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Moeris
Herodotus
Nile
Drunk in a Coffin Causes Fright at Paris Hospital
An incorrigible drunkard in Tenon hospital Paris feigned death by slipping into a coffin in the dissecting room. A nurse felt a hand grab her dress and heard a voice asking where she would bury him. When the room was opened, the man sat upright, shocking the staff and leaving the nurse ill from fright.
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Tenon
Paris
Chamber of Horrors
Verdant claims for Lydia E Pinkham remedies in historic ad
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female ailments. It asserts widespread demand from coast to coast and praises associated products Liver Pills and Sanative Wash. It urges correspondence with the Pinkham Medicine Co. of Lynn Massachusetts and notes druggists carry the remedies.
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Lydia E. Pinkhams
Mrs. Pinkhams
Maine
California
Gulf
St. Lawrence
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Codertaker Bee In Suburban Beehive
In a suburban beehive a dead bee is dragged out and left by the edge. The undertaker bee then seizes each body and flies away with it to dispose of it in the grass. Other bees continue their duties, leaving the task to the undertaker after each death.
Castoria Recall Sows Nostalgic Infant Care Recall
Historic ad lines extol Castoria across generations from infancy to motherhood. The jingle traces a mother’s love as Baby, Child, Miss, and Mother all cite Castoria as relief and comfort. A classic product slogan evokes enduring trust across families.
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Humorous Maine factory tale of a discharged worker who stayed on
A former Maine shoe factory superintendent recalls a worker who was discharged for poor effort but returned the next day and kept his job for over a year, with the boss left speechless by the reply. The tale ends with a caveat that the joke does not apply universally.
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Maine
Republican State Platform Endorses McKinley and Foraker
Ohio Republicans in Zanesville endorse 1896 ticket and platform. They back bimetallism with gold and silver, denounce Democrats’ policies, demand protected wool, defend Pension Bureau veterans, praise Gov McKinley, and urge a Republican Senate candidate John Sherman successor Joseph B. Foraker, while pledging unwavering support for McKinley’s national bid.
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Fragrant orris root fans and a cure ad
Franc e women soak wardrobe water with orris root for fragrance a confess or reprimand yields a risque retort about orris scent and hell. Hood s Sarsaparilla is pitched for pure blood and health with Hood s Pills praised for prompt relief. An Ohio Central Lines ad promotes daily excursion rates to Lakeside Park for groups of three or more as fishing improves. tf a ees ao
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