What The Others Say In Republic City
Advocates urge election turnout to nominate a good ticket and support elected officials. Local notes report Ben Delzene trapping an otter, miners headed to Coos Bay, a coal box dynamite warning, and community updates from Republic City, Narka, Cuba Daylight, and Belleville with multiple brief items and social headlines from 1899.
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Republic City News
Ben Delzene
Minna Nelson
Republic City
St. Joseph
May Hansen
Steve Baker
Minersville
Wyoming
Steve
Coos Bay
Oregon
Kansas
Unclaimed letters in Belleville Post Office
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Belleville Kansas post office dated February 14 1899. Jennie Robertson Ethel Paunby C F Anderson Vassar Bradtle Edwin Caldwell John Gage F T Kelly Mitchel Lawhen and Charles P Batpwin P M call for advertised letters at the office.
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P. O
C. F. Anderson
Vassar Bradtle
Edwin Caldwell
John Gage
F. T. Kelly
Mitchel Lawhen
Cnas
P. Batpwin
P. M
Chamberlains Cough Remedy recommended for la grippe in Chicago
Thomas Whitfield and Co a leading Chicago druggist recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy for la grippe. It provides prompt relief and helps counter pneumonia risk. Sold by Armstrong & Co.
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Thomas Whitfield & Co
Wabashaw
Corner
Jackson Sr
Chicago
Armstrong & Co
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Sold by Southside Druggists
Hisgen Bros., popular Southside druggists at 69th Street and Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, say Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sells well and yields satisfactory results, especially for children with severe colds and croup. Armstrong & Co. also carries the remedy.
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Hisgen Bros
69Th St
Wentworth
Chamberlain
Armstrong & Co
Subscription cash ledger prompts corrections
The list shows payments from Fred Elliott 50 William Park 20 J H Rost 210 L Hammond 125 W Westin 100 Mrs Geo Nelson 60 George Mapes 50 J A Cardwell 450 A W Sherbody 250 J C Elliott 150. Review and report any misspelt name or incorrect amount at once. If the paper fails delivery or a name is missing, visit or write. no name is dropped for being behind unless ordered.
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Fred Elliott
William Park
J. H. Rost
L. Hammond
W. Westin
Mrs. Geo. Nelson
George Mapes
J. A. Cardwell
A. W. Sherbody
J.C. Elliott
Mysterious Matrimony Note Found on Socks
An old bachelor buys socks from a merchant and finds a slip claiming a 20 year old spy seeks correspondence for marriage. A reply arrives from an 18 year old woman via the merchant, who recalls her mother’s marriage two decades earlier and hints the letter may suit the bachelor.
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National Advertiser
The Human Hair Trade In Universal Markets
A New York Herald note explains a global human hair trade with a weekly hair market in the Pyrenees region. It cites 12000 pounds used annually, with hair mainly from Switzerland Germany and France. Dealers distinguish cut from combed hair by texture and growth orientation observed on the strands.
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New York Herald
Switzerland
Germany
Lower Pyrenees
Elopement in a Dickson County Cellar on a Mule
Henry Herrell and Jennie Corry married yesterday in Piney Dickson County after fleeing home on a mule. The couple, aged eighteen and sixteen, were married by Squire Fielder in a cellar as furious parents searched above. The ceremony occurred in secret and the newlyweds were left alone until pursuit subsides.
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Piney
Dickson County
Henry Herroll
Jennie Corry
Herrell
Roberts
Musical Criticism Flattery Noted by Kansas City Professor
A Kansas City professor is described as an excessive flatterer in a fragmentary musical criticism piece. The text hints at a caricature of praise, referencing instruments and the notion of flattery within a perfunctory critique.
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Kansas City
Anatomy of Speed Skating Reveals Balanced Fitness Flaws
A discussion on speed skating notes that the typical skater has a compact upper body and long powerful legs, with arms largely unused. Experts warn that this lax arm and chest development creates asymmetry, recommending complementary athletics to engage arm, calf, shoulder, and chest muscles. The piece cites skaters like Donahues and Wilson Breen as examples and mentions McCulloch as a proponent of mixed training. It also references Popular Science Monthly conclusions and notes the value of balanced conditioning with other sports.
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Donahues
McCormick
Wilson Breen
McCulloch
Popular Science Monthly
Red Snapper Cold Storage Hub in Pensacola
The New Orleans Times-Democrat reports Pensacola hosts a profitable cold storage system for red snapper. Sewell C. Cobb, former Pensacola mayor and owner of twenty four fishing smacks, explains how snapper travels from gulf grounds to New Orleans and Chicago, often aging a year before serving.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Chicago
Pensacola
Sewell C. Cobb
Cobb
Gulf States
Gulf
New Orleans
United States
Ants and Aphids as Milch Cows in Tree Nests
The article explains how ants milk aphids for honey dew by tapping their backs, then defend the aphids from predators. Ants guard aphid eggs and even shelter aphids by building sheds or moving them to nests, showing a careful, mutual relationship between ants and their livestock.
The Age of Charm and the Paris Salon Balzac Tale
A Balzac anecdote recounts a Paris salon confrontation with a 17 year old challenger who questions why he favors older women. Balzac offers a theory that a younger lover pleases, while an older woman draws out a man’s best qualities, suggesting power and charm peak around age 40.
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Balzac
Paris
Monsieur
Cleopatra
Helen
Lighthouse Rises Within Ulverston Cemetery
A 23 foot marble lighthouse stands in Ulverston cemetery in Lancashire England erected by Miss Wilson in memory of her father who died over a year ago. The marble structure has a base 25 feet in circumference and 8 feet in diameter and is finished in white Carrara stone.
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Ulverston
Lancashire
England
Wilson
Ladies practice interrupted by mice at club night
The Columbia Turn Verein of West New York, N J hosted a ladies practice night when a package sent by a friend was opened by Proprietor Leppert upstairs. Mice escaped, causing screams as the gymnasts scattered. The girls vow to uncover the sender amid threats of vengeance.
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Columbia Turn Verein
West New York
N. J
Leppert
Paris Lighted City System Aims at Scale
The report praises Paris as the world's best lighted city due to a grand central market installation. It explains the scheme functions for experimental use and as a regulator of charges, with city divisions radiating from a center leased to electric firms for limited terms.
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Paris
Diamonds Hoarded by South African Chiefs Fueled by Fetich
Harper's Weekly reports that many superb diamonds are possessed by South African chiefs who hoard gems as fetishes rather than valuing them. Stones were stolen from Kimberley mines long ago and hidden in kaffir headman establishments, with traders mounting expeditions to recover them. Some traders use liquor and guns, and one agent bought six stones over 200 carats each from a chief, yielding substantial profits.
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Harper’s Weekly
Kimberley
The Largest Cake Ever Baked in 1730 Saxon Camp
In June 1730 the Saxon army of Frederick William I camped near Radewitz on the Elbe. At a massive feast for 30,000 men a colossal cake was served, drawn by eight horses on a platform under a tent. It used 36 bushels flour, 200 gallons milk, one ton yeast, one ton butter, and 5,000 eggs, measuring about 18 yards by 8 yards and a yard thick, cut with a large knife.
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Frederick William I
Radewitz
Elbe
England
Smoke Nuisance in Paris Cleared by Police Order
The prefect of police in Paris orders industrial establishments to cease producing thick black smoke within six months or face action.
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Paris
Beauty of Education in a Puzzling Clip
An OCR clipped item, likely a humorous caption or dialogue about a possum and meat. It shows a playful exchange with stray punctuation and typos, reflecting a light schoolroom or editorial snippet. Names, dates, or places are not clearly readable in the fragment.
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Cuba
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