Baking powders with alum condemned and confiscated
Judge Clarke of St Louis convicts grocers for selling alum based baking powders. New York Health Department seized alum substitute powders sold cheaply and dumped them into the river. Health authorities warn consumers to seek established brands and note prizes with powders as inducements. The oldest steam engine at work near Glasgow dates from 1809.
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Invork
Farme Coll Niery
Rutherglen
Glasgow
Palma’s Enthusiastic Gibara Welcome For Cuban Leader
Gen. Tomas Estrada Palma, president-elect of Cuba, arrived aboard the Admiral Farragut at Gibara from Old Point Comfort to a joyous, flower-filled reception. Tens of thousands filled streets, flags flew from homes, and a Tenth US Cavalry detachment led a celebratory procession to the city hall.
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Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
New York
Farragut
Old Point Comfort
Gibara
Tribune
Havana
Santiago
Palma
Cuba Libre
Wien
Gespedes
United States
Spain
Tenth United States Cavalry
Lieut
Hart
Ile
Gen. Palma
Gonzales de Quesada
Cespedes
Libre
Gen Palma
Shocking Discovery in Chicago Tenement Family Tragedy
Police say seven member Butler family found dead in state street tenement gnawed by rats with advanced decomposition. Victim Jones Butler, upholsterer, allegedly killed wife and children then himself after threats and financial troubles. Despondency over poverty believed to drive the murders and suicide.
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Chicago
State Street
Jones Butler
Butler
Cattle feud ends in double death near Collinsville
Four prominent cattlemen from near Oologah engage in a roadside gunfight west of Collinsville in the Cherokee nation. William Phillips is killed, and William Mayfield Jesse Skidmore and Lige Johnson are mortally wounded. Skidmore dies soon after. Mayfield and Johnson fatally wounded as well. Armed followers arrive and authorities halt further clashes.
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Vinita
I. T
Collitsville
William Phillips
William Mayfield
Jesse Skidmore
Lige Johnson
Oologah
Collinsville
Skidmore
Mayfield
Johnson
Phillips
Skadmore
Dmore
Mill and Sawmill Fire Destroys Gem City Plant
Fire at the Gem City Sawmill Co. in Quincy Illinois yesterday consumed the sawmill and planing mill, damaged over ten acres of stacked lumber, and caused one death by shock. Losses total about 230000 with 60k on the saw mill and 140k on lumber. several structures and properties including bridges, poles, horses and an icehouse burned. The mill employed around three hundred workers and is unlikely to be rebuilt.
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Quincy
Ill
Gem City Sawmill Co
Carthage
Burlington Road
Western Union and
Illinois
A. Cavanaugh
St. Louis
Hannibal
LaCrosse
Wis
Mrs Sophie Binns Praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Sophie Binns of Fruitvale Bar reports relief from ovarian congestion and inflammation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes severe pain before treatment and notes significant health improvement within two months and continued benefit after six weeks.
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Sophie Binns
Young People’s Christian Temperance Union
Fruitvale
Bar
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Sopure Bryns
Odd Fact Fragments Highlight 19th Century Curiosities
A miscellany notes that girls mature fastest at fifteen while boys at seventeen. Germany grew from eight to thirty three cities over 100000 inhabitants. A Amazon palm tree bears 30 to 50 foot leaves and 10 to 12 foot breadth. Danish engaged women wear a plain gold ring on the left third finger, later moved at marriage. ABelgain cow law requires ear rings with numbered tags from age three months.
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Germany
Amazon
Denmark
Belgium
Postmaster's Recovery From Diabetes Links Pills
Lancaster N Y April 21 Postmaster John Remers who had diabetes for four years after trying doctors and Buffalo specialists with no relief used about ten boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He recovered fully and credits the remedy for his health urging others to seek it at local drug stores and to write for guidance.
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Lancaster
N. Y
John Remers
Buffalo
Dodd
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