Vast world statistics and curious facts from 1900 era
A survey of global data notes milk consumption, post offices, apples, and various records. It covers Greece to America including numbers on gold production, population growth, education, transportation, and technology. Notable points include railways in British India, roads in the United States, and proposed steamship propulsion advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British India
Lee Golles
United States
Lus Auilles
Faith in Drugs Sparks Elderly Doctor’s Cautionary Tale
An aged physician opposed to lay dosing recounts a patient with arm pain who relied on a nightly liniment. One night she accidentally used black ink instead, mistaking it for the liniment, and afterward slept better. The tale underscores caution about self treatment and trust in medicines.
Died bravely under court martial in Japan
A Japanese deserter Zenzo, 24, of the Fourth Regiment in Sendai, was executed for desertion and arson. He faced the firing squad with courage, composing a farewell poem, apologizing to his Emperor, and bidding farewell to his parents before the rifles cracked. Citizens watched as priests prayed and Zenzo was cremated with his ashes sent to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwamatea Zenmo
Zenzo
Second
Sendai
Japan
Anange
Zenza
Nakamuna
Zenze
Goeber
Numerous Historical Fact Blurbs on World Subjects
A collection of brief historical notes covers diverse topics. Suppressed pays in 1683 Puris, Japan recruiting 188000 yearly for regular army, electric light exhibited outside Gaiety Theatre in 1864, Osaka and Kobe motor omnibus impending, carat defined as a grain of Indian wheat, flies of forty eight kitals classified, growth spurts in teens, German Emperor's coffee preference, Erie script on Dublin carts, Inigo Jones scenery in 1006, School for Scandal debut in 1777, top buggies vs autos, Konduras pine lands and railroads, Uncle Tom’s Cabin operetta, sapphire in crown, Bernhardt American debut in 19th century, first melodrama at Covent Garden, Chinese remittance over 50 million, Die Meistersinger in America 1890s, Berlin doctors wear white hats, ruby procession in Burma, moon mountains tall, bear in Europe, British soldiers in India use American rifles, Bolivia’s population, Paris fire via sunlit celluloid, execution rope auction in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Gaiety Theater
Osaka
Kobe
Joseph Ronechett
Ornavasse
Novara
Europe
India
Bolivia
Paris
London
The Money Makers Nevel Professions Of Late
The article outlines new money making trades that have recently emerged. It highlights a waxed variety of unusual jobs such as a music academy for birds in Boston, a Chicago street hat cleaner, New York table designers, a Paris artist selling painted stockings, and a seaside resort woman who packs luggage for travelers at hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Bestonlan
Academy of Music
Chicago
New York
Paris
Bedir
One Honest Man and the Cow Ruse Yet
A man with two watch chains recounts a trolley line bribery scheme in which he tried to buy votes with a cow. He recalls a councilman’s humorous response and the eventual removal of the cow by freight, praising the honest official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New England
Lee
Restorative claims spring buoyancy and energy
An ad describes Dr. Shoop's Restorative as a genuine tonic to tired nerves and sluggish bowels. It argues a few doses restore vitality after indoor winter life, noting the season's impact on circulation, liver, and kidneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths Ad
An 19th century style health ad touts kidney disease as the hidden killer. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal remedy for kidney liver and bladder problems claiming it prevents nocturia and painful urination. The notice offers free sample bottles and a brochure by mail from Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Angler Marion Story Memoir Recalled By Broker
A New York broker recalls Marion Story, Julian Story's brother, praising him as a great sportsman and angler. He retells a Florida tarpon tale where a Florida cracker fell overboard after a big bite. Story sped the motor to rescue, quipping about the cracker’s fishing prowess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Story
Julian Story
New York
Mr. Story
Government wages war on vagrants in Norway
The Norwegian government campaigns against vagrancy, targeting tramps and idlers. An able bodied man who refuses work is warned and guided to employment sources, with a policy that obtaining work is easier than supporting idleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Order for Defendants to Appear Published in Bessemer Herald
Michigan court orders defendants to appear within five months and directs publication of the order in Gogebic County’s Bessemer Herald weekly for six weeks or personal service twenty days before appearance. Samuel S. Cooper presides. Ball & Stone represent the complainant with offices in Houghton Michigan.
Nonresident defendant ordered to appear in Michigan chancery case
Goornie LuabEer Com pany sues Patrick McNamara and James S McNamara in Gogebic County Chancery Court at Ironwood Michigan. James S McNamara resides in Johannesburg South Africa and must appear by appearance within five months or be served. Publication of the order in Bessemer Herald for six consecutive weeks is required or a certified copy served at least twenty days before appearance. Signed Samuel S Cooper Circuit Judge. Ball Stone solicitors for complainant. Attest true copy John Luamore Jr registrar in chancery. April 7 1808, to June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Stone
Bessemer Herald
Gogebie
Samuel
Cooper
Ball & Stone
Houghton
Mic
John Luxmore, Jr
Chancery
James S. McNamara
Michigan
Johnnesburg
South Africa
Jamess. McNamara
Gogebic
Samuel 8. Cooper
John Luamore, Jr
Andrew Rudberg
George Nugent
Contestoo
Vimy
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Spain
United
Circuit
Govelne
Hessemer
Mich
United States Land Office
Marquette
Joh
James Donovan
Joan Jones
Regiamr
Notice of Probate Hearing in Andrew Olson Estate
State of Michigan. At a Probate Court session in Bessemer on April 20, 1908 Judge Curtis Buck presiding. Joseph A. Vogtlin petitions for administration of the Andrew Olson estate. May 1, 1908 at 10 o clock in the forenoon, probate office, is set for hearing. Public notice of the hearing will run for three weeks in the Bessemer Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Curtis Buck
Andrew Olson
Joseph A. Vogtlin
Bessemer Herald
A. D. Dyas
Dudge
John Hetherington
Mary J. Hetherington Haying
Bessemer 4
Sa County
Tax Lands In Gogebie County To Be Sold At Auction
State of Michigan notices lands in Gogebie County bid off to the State for taxes of 194 and prior years. Statements will be sent to the County Treasurer and may be viewed at the office before sale. Lands will be offered at public auction on the first Tuesday of May at the County Seat if not redeemed or canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Michigan
Auditor General's Department
Lansing
Gogebie
James B. Bradley
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Germany
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Borneo
Africa
England
France
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Adriatic Sea
Suez Canal
Jessy
Great Britain
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Cape Colony
Government of
Campo
Cal
Mehes
Palmetti
Nev
Tridespala
W. Va
Lusitania
Mawlern
Zemzo
Pays
Dublin Corporation
Erie
Inigo Jones
Drury Lane
Konduras
Music Hall
Lynn
Mass
Edward the Confessor
Sarah Bernhardt
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Hoath’s Theater
ISN
Covent Garden Theater
Inc
Wagner
Metropolitana Opera House
Berlin
Burmah
Moon
Mt. Everest
THE
Money Makers
King
Edwin Bayliss
Fire & Life
Agency
Bessemer, Mich
TEL
Bessemer Lumber Company
Milligan Paints
Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit
Goexsie Lumpher Com
PANY
Comsplainant
Patrick Ryan
Poneacey
Duenemian Ryan
A.D
Goornie LuabEer Company
Patrick McNamara
Jammes
Mecnamara
de Peni
County of Chancery
Albers
Ironwood
Gogeric
United States Health Bulletin
Bessemer Brewing Co
Department of the Interior
Manguarie, Mion
Chamberlain's
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