Tragic tale of Mrs White and convoy hunted by Apaches
A veteran recounts a Philadelphia sutler's party attacked near Fort Fillmore. E J White, wife, child and servants perished as Apaches slaughtered and abducted others. After a long chase through Florida mountains, Mrs White's baby was found dead and Mrs White herself died at the camp. Survivors buried the dead and returned to the fort. A watch case with the initials E J W was later recovered.
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New Mexica
Southwest
Fort Fillmore
E. J. White
Florida
Chihuahua
Mexico
Eye Couch
Mrs. White
Utica
Expedition to Frans Josef Land Aims to Trace Andree
Capt W Bade Di Wismar, famed explorer, organizes an expedition soon to Frans Josef Land to seek traces of Andree and gather intelligence on the Duke of Abruzzi. Italian writer Cornelio Manzi will join the party. In New Haven a court rules a man who asks for a chew of tobacco cannot be charged with begging.
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Andres
W. Bade di Wismar
Frans Josef Land
Andree
Duke of
Abruzzi
Cornelio Manzi
New Haven
Gome
An Od Church Moves to New Presbyterian Site
An old church group, America’s oldest Presbyterian congregation, relocates to a new site at Syow HL Me. Details on the move and involved leaders are limited in the fragment.
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America
Syow HL
Cremations and wind scattered ashes across history
The article traces early cremation in the United States from Lawrence in the 1700s to Baron von Palm in 1876 and beyond. It recounts dramatic cases of ashes scattered on rivers, in public auctions in Bromberg, and families bringing remains home. It notes costly gowns, mixed motives at wills, and a Pasadena cremation amid boyish brain-collection interest.
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Lawrence
Baron von Palm
Dr. Lemoyne
Washington
Hudson River
Ernest Rosin
Eads
Mississippi
Joaquin Miller
William Petersen Appleby
Fresh Pond
Hempstead
Bromberg
Germany
Robert Arons
Abbie Sage Richardson
Italy
Kate Field
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Whitney
Miss Field
Boston
Bit. Auburn
Emma Abbott
Washington Crematory
J. Z. Davis
Davis
California
Philadelphia
Durant
Pasadena
Pasadena Crematory
New York Sun
De Witts Little Early Risers and a Heard Tale
A jumble of ad like lines mentions De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve curing a facial sore in Portsmouth Virginia and De Witt's Little Early Risers as a remedy for constipation. The fragment references a Greek royal commission and the grave of Hippocrates reportedly found in Larissa Thessaly.
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Hippocrates
Larissa
Thessaly
de Witt
Dud
MacFarlane
Shirt as Deadly Weapon in Pacific depopulation theory
A controversial piece argues that Pacific Island populations decline where missionaries impose shirts. It claims Hawaiians and other groups have suffered depopulation due to constant shirt wear, contrasting with groups maintaining traditional dress. The essay links hygiene, climate, and shirt-wearing to lung damage and death, citing missionary influence across multiple islands.
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Arizona
Pacific Islands
Hawaii
Kamehameha
South Sea
London Missionary Society
Pacific
Salem
Boston
New England
Dorcas Societies
Marquesas
Line Islands
Tonga
Niue
South Pacific
South Seas
Little Japan's Navy Ready for Sea Conflicts
A historical overview praises Japan's naval rise since the 1894 Yalu battle, detailing its modern battleships and cruisers, their tonnage, horsepower, speeds, and builders in Britain, Germany, France, and the United States. It notes the fleet's rapid modernization, armor, and heavy rapid-fire guns shaping potential Far East power dynamics.
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Japan
China
Far East
the Yalu
Chen- Yuen
Hashidate
Hatsuse
Asahi
Misaka
Belleville
Yashima
Fuji-Yama
Majestic
Far Eastern
England
Germany
France
Takasago
Yoshima
Yalu
Kasagi
Chitose
Idzumi
Saigon
Chicago Journal
Northern Wisconsin Development Offers Opportunity for Settlers
The northern half of Wisconsin presents growing opportunity with developing infrastructure and cheap land. Key resources include iron ore marl kaolin clay timber and fertile soil, with the Wisconsin Central Railway providing transportation. Promoters urge capital and effort to realize prosperity, offering pamphlets from Milwaukee offices. Dyspepsia ad notes Kodol Digestive Aid claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Central Railway
W. IL. Killen
Burton Johnson
Jas. C. Pond
G. P.A
Colby & Abbot Bldg
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway Train Schedules Implemented
The Wisconsin Central By Co will start February 1 1900 running trains daily from Bessemer. Train 307 leaves at 5:25 am to Milwaukee Chicago and Minneapolis. Train 301 leaves at 2:00 pm for Ashland. Train 305 leaves at 7:05 pm to Minneapolis Milwaukee and Chicago. Trains 306 302 and 308 arrive at Bessemer at 8:15 am 11:15 am and 4:55 pm respectively.
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Wisconsin Central By.Co
Bessemer
Milwaukee
Chicago
Minneapolis
Ashland
Train Schedule Fragments From Early Daily Lists
A series of partial timetable entries lists train numbers and times such as 6 55 a m No 1S 7 No 22 Daily except Sunday 2 25 p m No 54 Daily except Sun 3 00 p m No 24 Daily except Sun 5 20 p m No 26 Daily 11 45 p m 10 00 a m.
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Sun
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Hudson
James Brown
Portsmouth
DeWitt
HE. S. Pitts
Arlington
Tex
LD. MacFarlane
E. C. Dewitt &Co
D. Mac Faillane
Norris Silver
North Stratford
N. 11
D. MacFarlane
Swin
London
Torsten Eggen
St Ustice Fe
Gigent
John P. Becht
Bessemer Favorite
Sellas ST
A. m
Ventigae
Effeet
Crains
Saxon
Duluth
West
Calumet Houghton
Ishpeming
Marquette
C. M.& Sr Py
Calumet
Houghton
Sault Ste Marie
Montreal
East
Lower Michigan
W. KR Gilbert
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Atlantic R’y
J. W. McPherron
Mich
Ita
Pate Rafti
W. Si Gonrad
ST. Paul
Arie. Ela Oe
I.W. Harper Kentucky Whiskey
Iyi
Addrews Royal Medicine Co
MH. McMahon
Sophie Street
Bessemer, Mich
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