A Woman's Burden and a Health Remedy Story
A Detroit woman recounts years of ovarian trouble and failed treatments until she used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She reports relief from headaches, twitching, nerves, and weight gain, claiming renewed vitality and happiness after treatment. The article promotes the pills as a blood and nerve tonic restoring health.
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New
Detroit
Mich
Alexander B. Clark
Michigan Avenue
Aly
Telegraphers Ball Crowded As Thirteenth Annual Dance Draws 1500
The Telegraphers held their thirteenth annual ball in Odd Fellows Hall, drawing about 1500 guests including city officers and telegraph company staff. Grand march led by M. F. Hart and Miss Josephine Toomey, with over 20 couples on the floor and many attendees listed by name.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Waltham
Joseph F. Hickey
Kelley
East Boston
Ellis Gordon
President Connolly
Common Council
McCarthy
Ward 17
Pillsbury
C. E. Bayley
The
Postal Telegraph Company
T. T. Clark
M. Egan
J. M. Sullivan
W. E. Hasty
M.C. Harrington
T. C. Devine
M. Warren
P. J. Molloy
J. T. Hart
C. M. Callahan
D. Carter
R. J. Smitwick
E. Bagley
R. E. Tobin
J. B. Clancy
G. H. Patterson
W. T. Sheridan
A. W. Austin
William A. Hazelboom
D. J. Connell
A. D. Brewer
L. Long
A. J. Bunyon
H. J. Reilly
Charles R. McWilliams
Thomas J. Lawrence
W. H. Sullivan
J. T. Franklin
A. V. Mann
F. Shirley
H. N. Barrett
W. M. McCurdy
W. K. Moore
J. W. Wescott
A. K. Saunders
J. J. O’leary
James Irwin
C. C. White
T. J. Lawlor
Maria A. Phillips
Grace Grey
Harriet C. Connor
Stacia IL. Hayes
Mary Steele
Lizzie Manning
M. Jd. Devine
Therese Doherty
Mamie Callan
Annie O’brien
I. F. Spear
Edith Mason
Josie Sanders
Mattie Murray
Anna
Maggie McKenna
Tenth annual A O H Division 1 concert and ball at Norwood
The tenth annual concert and ball of Division 1 A O H Norwood was held in Village Hall with a large audience including guests from Walpole Hyde Park Dedham and Canton. Greenwood's Orchestra provided a promenade concert from 8 to 9 under President William J Sullivan and aides. Prominent attendees included County President William Smith O'Brien Hyde Park D J Reidy James O Dowd John F Crowley D E Callahan F B Flood James E Slavin John Keohone Dr D N Hurley Eugene M Murphy M J Murphy John F Kelliher John F Kiley President Downing Division 13 Walpole Thomas J Casey Patrick Walsh Thomas Arune y Thomas H Logan and Thomas Flood.
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Division 1
Norwood
Village Hall
Walpole
Hyde Park
Dedham
Canton
Greenwood
William J. Sullivan
John M. Fitzgerald
Aids
William Smith O’brien
D. J. Reidy
James O’dowd
John F. Crowley
D. E. Callahan
F. B. Flood
James E. Slavin
John Keohone
D. N. Hurley
Eugene M. Murphy
M. J. Murphy
John F. Kelliher
John F. Kiley
President Downing
Thomas J. Casey
Patrick Walsh
Thomas Aruney
Thomas H. Logan
Thomas Flood
St Josephs T A Ball Celebrates Thirty Second Anniversary
Berkeley Hall hosted over 1000 attendees for the St Josephs Total Abstinence Society thirty second anniversary reunion. A promenade concert opened the event with the National Guard Band, the grand march led by P F McKenna and wife, then 300 couples. Notables included J F Coppinger J A Sheehan M H Cuddy M M Lomasney W E F Donovan Connolly Horgan Kiley D D Rourke and many civic and religious figures along with numerous couples and guests.
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Berkeley Hall
St. Joseph’s Total Abstinence Society
National Guard
P. F. McKenna
M H. Cuddy
J. F. Coppinger
Joseph A. Sheehan
Union Lodge
P. F. McDonald
C. E. Bonnig
Middlesex County
Martin M. Lomasney
Louis Sonnabend
W. E F. Donovan
Connolly
Common Council
Francis J. Horgan
Daniel J. Kiley
Daniel D. Rourke
John Brady
John Sullivan
Rose Crowley
Annie Gargan
Annie Walsh
Delia Walsh
Hannah Gleason
Mamie Gleason
Nellie Driscoll
Agnes Fpenter
Les Harrington
Kate Gillespie
Anie Hinckey
Anna Sullivan
Misa Kate Sulivan
James Wall
Ed Shaughnessy
Joseph Whalen
W. ©. Carpenter
Mrs. A Draper Buried in Jamaica Plain Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Albert Draper were held at 4 Chauncy Place Jamaica Plain at 2 pm yesterday. Rev. Ellis Mendell officiated with the Ruggles Street Quartet singing her favorite hymns. Pallbearers were Deacons Fowle Broughton Kinney and Dawson. She was laid to rest in Forest Hills family lot after a brief service at the grave. Members of charities Draper supported were represented.
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Albert Draper
Chauncy Place
Jamaica Plain
Ellis Mendell
Boylston Congregational Church
Draper
Ruggles Street
Sixty-Eight Years Later Chauncy Hall Alumni Gather
Seventy members of the Chauncy Hall Alumni Association held a banquet at the Copley Square Hotel marking the seventieth anniversary of the school’s founding. The event included re-elected officers, memories of founder Gideon Thayer, and reflections on changes from the school’s early decades to 1898.
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Chauncy-Hall
Copley Square
Gideon F. Thayer
Benjamin C. Clark
August N.sampson
Alvin F. Scriwell
Curtis Guild, Jr
Joseph H. Beale, Jr
Albert G. Frothingham
Arthur S. Leland
Clark
Chauncy
Thayer
Nickerson
Shakspere
Association Hall
Faneuil Hall
James B. Taylor
Chauncy Hall
Professor Cushing
Providence House
Chauncy Hall Opens Its Doors in 1828 Then Coeducational
The article recounts Chauncy Hall’s 1828 opening on Aug 18 with plans by Mr Thayer. It notes September start, 120 pupils by May 1829, and 22 in the primary, with notable alumni Horatio Hall and Rufus Elliot. It cites a shift to coeducation after 1858 and mentions alumni events and speakers.
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Chauncy Hall
Thayer
Horatio Hall
Harvard
Rufus Elliot
Simeon Butterfield
A. F. Sortwell
Cambridge
Mayor Sortwell
William F. Kurtz
J. H. Beale
E. S. Evans
J. L. Faxon
A. G. Frothingham
J. R. Prince
A. S. Leland
Hawaii
United States
Midyear Exer cises at Chauncy Hall Highlight Alumni
The seventieth annual midyear exercises of Chauncy Hall were held in Association Hall with many alumni and friends present. The program featured recitations declamations gymnastics and elocution by pupils. Benjamin C Clark and A N Sampson gave addresses on old days true manhood and womanhood. Joseph H Beale Jr spoke on Athletics urging regular exercise as essential to the race.
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Chauncy-Hall
Association Hall
Benjamin C. Clark
A. N. Sampson
Joseph H. Beale, Jr
Popcorn as Health Aid Versus Coffee in Constipation Treatment
The piece advocates eating a double handful of popped corn as a remedy for obstinate constipation and suggests replacing coffee with Postum Cereal Food Coffee for nerve and muscle restoration. It links coffee to weakened intestinal nerves and claims health improves after a month off coffee.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Blood Medicine
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as economical due to concentrated extract and expert preparation. It praises Hood's as the best blood medicine and claims it cures diseases arising from impure blood, asserting it as the greatest remedy of the age.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Blood Ailments
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal remedy for scrofula eruptions indigestion and debility claiming cures thousands of times. Includes testimonials from Nelson J Kilcup of Dorchester Mass and George Vickers of Marlboro Mass praising appetite sleep weight gain and relief from blood impurities.
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Hood
Nelson J. Kilcup
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
Mass
George Vickers
Hudson Street
Marlboro
Senate Debate on Silver Parity and Gold Bond Payment
The Senate considers a resolution on currency parity with speakers including Cannon and Jones criticizing the deified dollar and urging equal gold and silver privileges. A Nelson amendment to maintain parity was tabled 43 to 37, and the Lodge gold payment amendment failed 53 to 24 as voting began at the hour.
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Cannon
Utah
Mr. Cannon
Grover Cleveland
Aldrich
Reed
Nelson
Yeas
Interest in Vote on Lodge Amendment Sparks Senate Debate
Intense interest surrounded a key Senate vote where Republicans Chandler Carter and others broke party lines against the amendment. The tally showed 47 yeas to 32 nays for the Teller resolution as the session adjourned at 7 pm with no public demonstration.
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Chandler
Carter
Mr. Quay
Yeas
Mr. Hoar
Mr. Spooner
Caffery
Senate
Anti Annexation Resolution Noted In Debates
Debates open with Mr Pettigrew introducing a resolution opposing territorial acquisition and naval protection. Mr Burrows and Mr Fairbanks question Republican aims on gold standard and free silver amid Teller Cuba and China remarks.
Foraker Defends Clarity on Silver Coinage Resolution
Mr. Foraker of Ohio argued that the resolution needed clear meaning and opposed covert free coinage of silver. He suggested Senator Teller should have introduced a free coinage measure to bring the issue to the Senate. Foraker favored international bimetallism or sticking with the current financial system.
Tillman Attacks Eckels in Debates on Currency
Senator Tillman from South Carolina denounces the Republican gold standard plank and attacks Comptroller Eckels over Chestnut Street Bank actions. Other senators debate free coinage and bond payment, signaling partisan divides on the monetary question and the parity of metals.
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Tillman
S. C
Eckels
Chestnut Street National Bank
Philadelphia
Gallinger
N. H
Warren
Wyo
Cullom
Butler
N. C
Rawlins
Utah
Campaign Opening in 1998 Debated as Monetary Clash
Mr. Aldrich argued the declaration by Mr. West signaled the start of the 1998 campaign. The dispute framed a clash between silver monometallism and real bimetallism with Republicans pushing currency strengthening while the resolution was called absurd and a concurrent measure the House would not concur.
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Aldrich
West
Republican Party
Gold Reserve Tops Seven Year Peak In 1930s Burden
The gold reserve reaches 163,670,000 dollars the highest in about seven years. Authorities acknowledge the rise is a burden and the government no longer encourages further gold deposits.
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Washington
House committees push free Barnum & Bailey show entry
The Ways and Means Committee favorably reports the entry free of duty for the Barnum and Bailey show. A free homestead bill granting over 20 000 000 acres of public lands to settlers is ordered favorably reported. A Republican caucus for campaign organization is set for Thursday evening. Secretary Long receives a special board report on preventing spontaneous fires in coal bunkers on warships, noting fires are less frequent than believed. Failure to act on a 162 000 dollar postal appropriation risks delaying letter carrier reductions in major Eastern cities.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Republican Congressional Committee
Long
Special Board
Congress
American Wringer Co Promotes Clothing Wringers and Sweepers
The American Wringer Company lists addresses at 77 and 79 Franklin Street and 80 Arch Street as manufacturers of clothes wringers man gies and carpet sweepers. Wringers and sweepers repaired. Orders by mail or telephone will receive prompt attention.
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The
American Wringer Company
Franklin Street
Arch Street
Ohio Senate bribery case details emerge in testimony
The testimony recounts bribe offers to secure votes for Hanna in Ohio. Boyce allegedly offered $1500 per vote and increased sums, with Campbell Otis and others negotiating. A telegram pledging to vote for Hanna was forged, with receipts and partial payments discussed. The case ends with plans to resume Monday.
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Boyce
Campbell
Columbus
Otis
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Morgan
Ohio
C. C. Shayne
Shayne
McKinley
Garfield
Hollenbeck
Daugherty
Major Rathbone
Hanna
M. A. Hanna
Hamilton County
Four German Sailors Murdered in Shanghai Disorder
Shanghai despatch reports Chinese mob killed four German sailors on Monday. Schulz’s headless body found during patrol. Guard attack left twelve Chinese natives dead after a stubborn clash. German admiral vows strong measures.
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London
Shanghai
Schulz
Petition urged action to safeguard American rights in China
A petition to the Chamber of Commerce committee on foreign commerce asks the body to urge President McKinley and the Department of State to promptly protect American commercial rights in China. It warns these interests, secured by treaty, face threats from aggressive European powers.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Foreign Commerce
Chamber
McKinny
Department of State
China
Bill Seeks Receiver for Bay State Gas Company
Two complaints filed in Delaware district court ask for a receiver to manage Bay State Gas assets and uncover fraud tied to J Edward Addicks. Weir and Morse suits seek discovery of stock issuances, bond redemptions, and company ledgers, plus dissolution if warranted. hearings expected before Judge Bradford.
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Wilmington
Del
Bay State Gas Company
S. R. Smith
United States Court, District of Delaware
James B. Weir
James B. Weir, Jr
Godfrey Morse
Boston
Weir
J. Edward Addicks
J. Edward Adaicks
Delaware
Weirs
Addicks
George B. Roberts
Bradford
Missing Tebbit Linked to $20,000 in Firm Deals
Police seek Abrah. Tebbit missing leather dealer accused of ties to firms in the city totaling about $20,000. Authorities monitor ships from New York, with possible plans to halt government securities bought via Harvey Fisk & Co. The bonds totaling $20,400, issued 1975, remain unsold and unhalted by legal action.
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Abrah
Tebbitt
Dacen Een
New York
England
Majestic
Liverpool
Harvey Fisk & Co’s
Cold wave chills coast to coast with light snows forecast
The nation faced a deep cold spell with Boston reporting six degrees above zero at dawn and nearby towns even lower. Forecasters expect a gradual rise with light snow flurries possible today and Sunday, mainly from lake regions to New England, not severe.
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Atlantic
Pacific
California
South Atlantic
Mercury
Boston
Somerville
Medford
Bostor
Smith
Northfield
New England
Lake
Bangor Sees Coldest Night Of Season At 15 Below
Bangor Maine reports a record cold night with the temperature dropping to 15 degrees below zero at 11 pm marking the coldest spell of the season.
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Bangor
Mercury
Kentucky to christen ship with water at launch
A Frankfort dispatch says the Kentucky's launching will feature a silver water vessel, filled from Lincoln's spring in Larue county, ceremonially sealed and later presented to sponsor Miss Christine Bradley, who will guard it until launch day.
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Louisville
the Times
Frankfort
Kentucky
Newport News
Christine Bradley
Larue County
Abraham Lincoln
Bradley
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T. A. Ball
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Chauncy-Hall School
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Lowell
Aeener
Mr. Stewart
Europe
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Ark
Gray
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Tom Reed
Pettigrew
Burrows
Stephen M. White
Mr. White
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House Committee
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Ind
Teller
Colorado
Cuba
Foraker
Washington Notes
Parsons
Johnson & CO
Custom House St
Edi Ile
A. Johnson
Johnson
H. Ingalls
Mase
Detroit Free Press
Givorce
Easant
Graveyard Insurance
Syracuse
N. Y
William C. Rodger
Life Insurance Company
Rodger
Joseph DE Forrest
Howard House
de Forrest
Furniture Salesman’s Benevolent Association
Charles D. McInnis
Station 14
Board of Police
John Edward Addicks
Bay State Co
Waterville, Mo
Peter Lesser
Fred Libby
Lesser
Virginia
Richmond
General Assembly
McCune
Luke
Or, Philadelphia
Lincoln
Saratoga
Lincoln Spring CO
Saratoga Springs, N. Y
Cornhill
Labor Notes
Bricklayers’ Union
Quincey
Bath House
Michael A. McCarthy
William McAlleny
Alfred Farle
C. C. Dyeckman
KE. Rodgers
Hl. Green
J. Cosgrove
D. McAleer
P. Connell
J. Cooney
D. J. McDonald
EK. Smith
J. A. A’hearn
Allied Printing Trades Council
Alfred Earle
H. Greene
F. Pollar
FE. Smith
C. C. Dyckman
E. Gateley
M. Cooney
A. A.hearn
Central Labor Union
Boot and Shoe Workers
Eaton
George M. Gunther
Building Trades’ Council
Prescott & CO
Chicago
J. E. Detchon
GEQ
C. Goodwin & CO
Hanover St
Ash
William E. Ash
Francesco Avenue
Flowers
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont
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