Expensive Havana Cigars Stir European Courts Rumor
A garbled report discusses costly Havana cigars made for European courts and linked figures. It mentions a visitor from Cuba and a supposed order from a czarist circle, with warnings about illegal shipments and high priced goods.
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Havana
Cuba
Aenea Grant
Oll Koldier
Geant Ward
Elgary Werd
Algern
Queentithea
Wall Street
Kent
Toyal Bousefield
Sears
Aphee Urtomana
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Claims Cures
A testimonial from Arlington Iowa describes relief from long standing ovarian and pelvic symptoms after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The writer says prior pain and swelling limited movement and required surgery, but after taking the product the patient improved significantly and could walk again.
Conger Message on Chinese Situation Published
The State Department releases a telegram dated July 1 noting Minister Conger’s status and the U S effort to secure his safety in Pelli. It records the Shanghai dispatch and confirms that the secretary of state coordinated with officials to relay Conger’s condition and the government’s response.
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Chien
Cadel Coady
Oransac
Elplur
Shite Spartieat di
Hin Tonth
Asia Udingn
Miniater
Conger
Pat Ste
Gunger Hands
Puiding
Bhate
Shanghai
Yas
Romanian Man Endures Boxer Torture Claims in Petin
A Romanian man named M. de Gilera allegedly suffered severe Boxer torture before execution, including beating, dragging through streets, boiling water, and other cruelties. His spouse and broader accounts describe further abuses amid violent repression.
TIRE OF WAR Amid Persian turmoil and failed peace talk
A London Daily Mail correspondent reports Chincas Aray despondent over ongoing tensions at Tien-T’sba. Officials fear a broader conflict as negotiations stall and military actions threaten to escalate, with warnings of harsh retaliation if talks fail.
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Leo
London
Penee
Tien-T
Dispatches on Conger Cable and Chinese Relief Action
Telegraph lines report Minister Conger’s cablegram to the Secretary of State and cabinet reaction as news from China prompts calls for U S mediation. Accounts describe a bold American assault near Tientsin, Chinese forces retreat, and Allied proclamations denying aggression while urging restraint.
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Sulyy
Conger
Gonger
Tegatian Mieder
Brent
Gutirey
Wanpodewilly
Stree
Sesstat
Mehinles
Canton
Ohio
Associated Drers
State Department
Amy Oulwe
China
Emperor of China cable to France unrevealed in Washington
Dispatches indicate a cable from the Chinese Emperor to France had not reached Washington. It is believed the surtax to the President mirrors that message. U S communication passed via Minister Wu to the State Department.
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China
France
Washington
United States
Wits
State Department
Czar Moves On PewlN War Reports From Russian Front
Fragmented OCR notes describe Czarist forces moving toward Ching with Grout Hussiin Aron Murehea of Culnene Bronutier and Rassivi units. Reports mention early attacks aimed at Vekin and strange Hed Chase formations dispatched to Ching. Censor orders in St Petersburg restrict publication of army movements and preparations.
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Grout Hussiin Aron
Murehea
Geo
Huntion
St. Potsberg
Vekin
Ching
Abescow
Vrince Chakhovsky
Petersburg
Russia
Russi Army Corps
Moscow
Church and Clergy Notes Highlight Regional Appointments
The text notes appointments and changes in church leadership including a new president of a theological group and clergy assignments. It mentions Archbishop Chappelle of de Noyetrbediis under consideration for a Philippine cardinalate and Rev. George Bo Citus asked to give up the pulpit amid public controversy.
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Mo Ularveut
Theohagien
Svumingiy
Norton
Norwich
Com
Oxford
Robert Dh. Burdette
Kareway Whites
Utes
Headington Etywk
Pasadena oCato
Rete
Chappelle
de Noyetrbediis
Philippine
George Bo Citus
Carpenter Boss Filters Applicants by Whistle Tune
A resident recalls a Washington town carpenter preferring workers who whistle fast tunes. Hobart, a boss in Paturmon Nu J, asked applicants about their favorite songs and deemed whistle preferences a criterion for hiring. Those who sang Yankee Doodle or The Fisher's Hornpipe were hired, while slower tunes were rejected.
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Howe Carpenter
Gasper
bin Worknen
Paturmon
Nu J
Ton Washington Stu
Carpentes
Hobart
Printing Presses From Germany and Trade Speculation
Article notes German exports of printing presses and machinery to Porte Bleu over the past year. It claims American manufacture is best but German equipment was sold via aggressive salesmen. Advertisement for Gussonis & Co promising fortune-making plans with small capital and free booklets. Also a short humorous anecdote about a thunderball startling a wife.
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Germany
Porte Bleu
Mie Cchinery
U. B. Warner
Wild 19th Century Ads and Fractured Text Fragments
Fragmentary ad and text mix discuss servants and help in past records, options on remedies like Cascarets, Allen’s foot powder, Hinol catarrh cure, Pleo’s cure for consumption, and a closing note from John F Boyer in Indiana. The passage juxtaposes old household terms with medical and consumer notices.
Bargain Day Notions and Odd Banquet Tales in Scotland
A fragmentary travel sketch notes Scots views on bargain days with humorous exchanges between a London matron and Ser Angig Melver, suggesting Britons’ wary taste for sales. It mentions a banquet scene with a Prince of Wales proposing a tomato banquet joke and hints at megaphones coming to the New York Home Journal.
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Scotland
London
Angig Melver
Melver
Walea
New York Home Journal
Ree tlons and dark humor from a satirical piece
Excerpts from a literary miscellany recount Sir Algernon West on Marwood the executioner and his dramatic suggestion of a quick end. A court scene evokes sharp wit as a plaintiff faces a slander suit and an attorney probes for whispered statements for the judge.
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A.postic Hanzman
Algernon West
Marwood
Billngton
Colliers Weekly
Saya
Bebale
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