Fulton’s First Fare Sparks Tears and Tribute
In a Harper's Round Table tale, Robert Fulton recalls the moment a passenger paid six dollars for passage on the first steam voyage up the Hudson. The sum moved him to tears as the first monetary recognition of his work, foreshadowing later celebratory dinners and shared gratitude for his invention.
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Robit Fulton
Fulton
Hudson River
Albany
Mr. Fulton
New York
Clermont
North River
Harper’s Round Table
Berry Substitute Passed by Senate for Temple Amendment
The Senate approved a Berry substitute by 25 to 21. The measure allows a injured person to elect within thirty days to accept insurance or other relief in lieu of pursuing action against the corporation, with conditions that such acceptance does not bar further rights under this section. If relief is paid within the thirty days, the case proceeds under the relevant provisions to recover amounts.
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Drs Moines
Senate
AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE PAGE LETTERS AND VOTING LISTS
A scanned passage shows debate on woman suffrage with a Berry substitute vote tally and lists of officials. It includes names Allyn Bell Berry Blanchard Byers Carpenter Carrol Craig Downey Druet Eaton Harper Hipwell Hospers Kilburn Lothrop Mitchell Palmer Phelps Pusey Ranch Riggen Rew in Upton Waterman and others. Also a CANVASS section, Absent or not voting Ellis Hurst Lehfeldt Young, plus commentary from Fritz Saemisch opposing political equality and the paper's note on reader letters and editorial separation.
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Relief Department
Berry
Allyn
Bell
Blanchard
Byers
Carpenter
Carrol
Craig
Downey
Druet
Eaton
Harper
Hipwell
Hospers
Kilburn
Lothrop
Mitchell
Palmer
Phelps
Pusey
Ranch
Riggen
Siemisch
Saemisch
The
Telegraph
Mrs Martin Rites Mark End of 53 Year Life in City
Mrs Andrew Martin died at her home in the west part of the city on Monday March 20 at two oclock after long illness at age 53 years seven months Born in Saxony Germany in 1848 she emigrated to Henry county Iowa in 1858 She married Andrew Martin in 1802 and left eight children seven living H F Small in St Louis Ida Martin a music teacher F L Martin principal of Menlo schools Emma Bertha Alice Herman and others All relatives attended including family from Illinois and Nebraska A farewell poem is dedicated by Earle Pruitt and notes the family loss as a Christian wife and mother The piece ends with a reflection on mortality and eternal life for the bereaved family In addition an advertisement notes prescription services for domestic animals at H G Weber & Co Druggists and promotes Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething babies.
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Andrew Martin
Saxony
Germany
Henry County
H. F. Small
St. Louis
Ida Martin
F. L. Martin
Menlo
Emma Martin
Bertha Martin
Cedar Falls
Alice Martin
Our Country Schools
Herman Martin
Illinois
Nebraska
Earle Pruitt
God
Gabriel
Fortune Follows Barnato's Bold Racecourse Start
A London Figaro piece recounts Sir Barnato’s luck driven by bold bets after arriving in Johannesburg. He buys a stall, gets a peanut seller’s money, and doubles it to stake on races, turning £200 into £12,000 in a day. His diamonds in Kimberley fund his European return and marriage to the barmaid who held them. Their child then rides in a silver perambulator along Brighton’s King’s Road.
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Sarney Barnsto
Barnato
Mr. Barnato
South Africa
Kimberley
Europe
King’s Road
Brighton
London
Figaro
Bargain Hunter's Wife Finds Milwaukee Swindle
In a Chicago Post style exchange a wife complains of local swindles after a Milwaukee visit. She recalls paying $1 for a white shirt in Chicago while finding the same item at 98 cents in Milwaukee and jokes about chasing bargains across cities including St Paul and Winnipeg.
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Milwaukee
William
Chicago
St. Paul
Winnipeg
Chicago Post
Celandine as Cancer Cure At Issue In Journal Reports
The watery extract of Chelidonium majus is described as a cancer remedy by Dr Denisenko with internal and hypodermic use, though efficacy is unsettled among researchers. Some call it unproven, yet the notion persists that it may merit trial in suitable cases as historical references note celandine’s past medicinal claims.
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Denisenko
Leason Prince
London Illustrated News
Rainbows for the Stage Novel lighting device novelty
London Public Opinion reports a new stage effect creating a rainbow using a box with a semicircular opening and two prisms on supports. Strong light passes through the prisms and wire strips to break rays onto a backdrop. rotating prisms in opposite directions yields vivid colors for realism.
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London
Silver plated wedding confuses guests in German quip
The joke centers on Mr Dunkelstein celebrating a silver wedding. He remarks that guests misread the occasion, bringing presents for a silver plated wedding instead of a true silver wedding, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding in social gifting.
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Mr. Dunkelstein
Mr. Dunkelheim
Making Tops by Automatic Turning Machine
Tops are cut from box ebony or other hard wood by a turning machine that is automatic and turns the top complete from the handle at the upper end to the tip The metal point is later inserted by hand Germany consumes 120000 tons of polished rice and 40000 tons of broken rice while exporting 950000 tons of polished rice mainly to Spanish America London’s population grows by 70000 each year
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Germany
Spanish America
Ten Nights in a Bar Room sparks conflict in Wiota church
A letter-laden defense from Wiota Good Templars and Ladies Aid attacks a Telecram critique by Rev Macy S Jameson. It accuses the article writer of falsehoods, defends the church play, and blames the Wiota Ladies Aid for alleged misrepresentations while defending temperance work and lodge members.
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Telecram
Home
Templars
Rt. Rev
Macy S. Jameson
M. EB. Church
Wiota
Ladies’ Aid Society
Hebdon
Lee
Lood Templars
Hiead
Viota
Good Templar Lodge
Benton Center
Observatory
Ex-Governor McCook Injured in Washington Stairs Fall
Ex Governor McCook of Colorado was slightly injured by falling down stairs at the Riggs House in Washington last night. The item notes other brief reports from April 8 including lynching fears in New York and politics in Mangaro Kansas.
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McCook
Washington
Colorado
Riggs
New Yirk
C. T
Caldwell
Ponca City
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise
A testimonial advert claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures female ailments including womb disorders and nervous symptoms. It cites dramatic patient improvement after three bottles and two Sanative Wash packages, with a nurse name and location from Ohio as evidence of the remedy's efficacy.
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Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Annetta Biczurmi
Bellaixa, Belmont Co
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Eorror Telegraph
Fritz Saemisch
H.G. Weber & Co
Methodist Church
Lodge
I. O. GT
Bro. M. J
Wiots
Good Templars
Advent
Campbellite
Mangaro
Kan
John B. Rhea
Jack
Perry
O.T
Cherokee Strip
Doane College
Harrierd
Mass
Samuel H. Dickinson
Crete
Neb
French-American College of
Springfield
American Home Missionary Society
Amercan Board of Foreign Missions
Rejgot Pustan
Louisvile
Omaha
Joe A. Parkers
Louisville
Court of Appeals
Sanguilly
Jacksonville
Fila
Julio Sanguilly
Lachuga
United States
Gary
Baltimore
Ida Catherine Gary
Francis Edward Pegram
Mr. Gary
Gus
Minera
Conorapo Springs
Strickle
Pike’s Peak
George Gordon
Michael Tew
Moreau River
Bellefonte Y Darkness
Belevonte
Fira
Wasuixeron
Senate Republican
Nichols’ Bank
Atlantic
Iowa
Postoffica
John H. Wood
Fifth Street
Postofica
KODAK
Eastman Kodak Co
Rochester, N.Y
Fred Alexander
Avalon Bicycle Co
Grand Ave
Wis
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