Atlantic not amid typhoid scare says new report
A local note refutes fears of a typhoid epidemic in Atlantic. Only three cases in months, one fatal, two mild, with Atlantic health reportedly excellent. Mentions political chatter about Hull votes, Mack chairmanship, Bryan visits, and Democratic leadership shifts in New York.
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Atlantic
Tammany Organization
New York
Norman I. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Rhinehart and Bryans Backers Shift From Hearst
Questioning why Rhinehart and his group back Bryans this year, the text recalls four years ago when they sent delegates to St. Louis to nominate Hearst and threatened harm to delegates who opposed his bid. The passage hints at past coercion and alienation from Hearst’s camp.
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Rhinehart
Bryan
Hearst
St. Louis
Wise Talk By Office Boy On Good Things And Stransky Ware
An office boy jokes about overdoing good things including Odd Fellows and a nightingale voice. He mentions a minister sermon causing dinner lateness and praises a boss with a square deal, high quality and money back guarantee. He promotes Stransky Four Coated Enameled Ware and granite ware as a top good thing upstairs.
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Jack Robinson
Willie
Truth and Quality in a Gentle Laxative Claim
The ad touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage increase. It asserts physician approval, natural action, and urges purchase of genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Tig Syrup Co
Trivial Cause of a Bloody War Mentioned in 1654 Tale
A Polish nobleman’s crime forced him to Sweden. John Casimir’s demand for surrender led Sweden to war after an error in royal titulature. The 1600 peace followed a bitter conflict recorded by Kochowsky, lamenting missing et ceteras and the inked damage.
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Sweden
John Casimir
Poland
Charles Gustavus
Oliva
Dangiy
Kochowsky
Slonder
Four Time Sections Divide the United States
Harper's Weekly explains in 1883 the four time sections eastern central mountain and Pacific created to aid railroads. It notes the one hour difference between neighboring sections and that true local time varies by position from the standard. It cites Boston as sixteen minutes fast and Buffalo as sixteen minutes slow.
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United States
Detroit
Charleston
S. C
Bismarck
N. D
Rio Grande River
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Pacific Coast
New York City
Chlcago
Denver
San Francisco
Boston
Buffalo
Harper’s Weekly
Winning a Coat The Clever French Thief Scheme
A French thief cut off a tail from a cloaking coat after a night at the Comedie Francaise. He reported the loss to a journalist, prompting a Figaro account. A fake police official then seized the coat to match the tail, a ruse that ended as soon as the coat was surrendered.
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Comedie Francaise
Boulevard Montmartre
Figaro
Monsieur
Bureau of Police
Alice and Bridget Try Alphabet Puzzle Upstairs
A six year old girl named Alice asks for the letters of the alphabet from Bridget the upstairs girl. Bridget slowly provides the letters in order then asks to think until tomorrow for the missing letters.
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Alice
Bridget
Pyense
Cook
London
The Colonies in English Eyes
The average Englishman holds hazy notions of colonies from Virginian plantations to crown colonies where a military man governs over unfamiliar peoples. His conceptions are often fifty years out of date, Sydney Lone Hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Sydney Lone Hand
Oldest Jury Described As Ancient Court Practice
A fragment describes an early jury where an aged Greek poet recalls a primitive court. The community elders voice opinions in rounds and applaud the most accepted view, with applause effectively deciding guilt or innocence.
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Commons
The British Drama and Public Taste
The London Graphic argues that the British public goes to theater for amusement not instruction and resents overt moralizing. A shift in attitude is needed for a renaissance in British drama. A Fliegende Blatter joke about cocoa and hospitality is also noted.
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London Graphic
Pianist replies to music hall recital in Chicago Tribune
A clipped exchange reports a pianist revealing herself after a piano recital, reflecting on social vanity with a quip about fine feathers. The brief item contrasts the idea that appearance does not guarantee merit, noting a playful Dallas remark about fine feathers making a goose.
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Music
Chicago Tribune
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E. P. Chase
R. K. A. Chase
Atlantic News
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BP, Chase
Fhone
William H. Taft
Ohio
James 3. Sherman
William B. Allison
B. F. Carroll
George W. Clarke
Wer Secretary of State
W. C Hayward
John L. Bleakly
W. W. Morrow
H. W. Byers
Wor
Ketchum
Walter I. Smith
A. Meredith
GC. Worthing
Ered W. Herbert
Sherif, H. F. Duval
County
Attocrncy
Goodspeed
B. A. Forsyth
Recorder
A. H. Mountain
B. A. Johnson
George Edwards
Chas
Fulton
George A. Kirk
Pressnall
Nels Jensen
Constable, Co. N, Larue
State of Iowa
Cass County
RE. P. Chase
News Publishing Company
Iowa
B. P. Chase
Eharry Cavenaugh
Cassie
Chamberlain
William H. Stroling
nOarbon Hil
Ala
Atlantic Drug Co
Lake Resorts
Rock Island
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Astern
Sumer
Tita Elt
F. P. Rutherford
Division Passenger Agt
Omaha
Nebraska
A. E. Taylor
Prouty
Hull
Hughes
Winky Dick
Mack
Democratic Nation
Charlie’ Walsh
Mr. Hearst
Hegira
Chicago
Murphy
The
Rotten
Office
N. W.deering & Son
Dallas. News
Franks Drug Co
Green Bay Lumber
B. R. Wasson
Mgr
Pickkard
Pickard’s
Jewelers
Paris
Des Moines
J. A. Gough
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