Ammonia and alum powders rivaled by Dr Price choice
The piece notes that competing baking powders are often adulterated while Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is praised as a pure, physician-made product. It includes a long anecdote on diplomatic etiquette in Washington during the Civil War era and ends with a Chinese textile note about towels sewn into coats and possible tailored clothing imports.
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Dr. Price
Swatow
China
London Times
Goels
Ife
Atlantic crossing by trolley and cable proposed
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette discusses a future steamer operated by a shore powered trolley with a submarine cable. It argues this would eliminate on board engines and fuel, reduce weight, and enable much faster transatlantic travel. It notes repair steamers would handle cable issues and that submarine navigation challenges persist but trolley systems offer greater speed potential.
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Atlantic
Europe
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Midget the dog knows days, trains and romance
A Louisville railroad man's dog distinguishes weekdays and trains. On regular trips the dog stays on the platform. on other days he boards suburban trains to Parkland or Pewee Valley. He swears like a pirate and hides when angered, later earning a beautiful collar from his master.
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Louisville
Parkland
Pewee Valley
Midget
Louisville Courier-Journal
Woman Publishes Daily Newspaper Pearl Rivers Name
Mrs E J Nicholson is described as the only woman in the world to own edit manage and publish a major daily newspaper. She began as a poetry contributor to the New Orleans Picayune which she owned under Pearl Rivers and later served as literary editor. After Col A M Holbrook died she inherited the paper and rebuilt it from debt. She later married Col Holbrook and then George Nicholson the paper’s business manager.
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E. J. Nicholson
New Orleans Picayune
Wnder
Pearl Rivers
Col. A. M. Holbrook
Urs
South
Col. Holb
Self‑Serving Table Invented To Wait On Itself
A New York Evening Test report describes a circular dining table with a 1 inch wide gap for individual plates and a revolving disc raised two inches above the base. By turning the disc, diners access bread, butter, olives and cream without staff, making the waitress obsolete in a whimsical invention.
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New York
Teething Remedy Advertised by Mae Winslow’s Store
An old advertisement promotes Mae Winslow’s Teething Soothing Remedy for babies. It advertises relief from teething discomfort and claims suitability for children. The note mentions using the remedy off and on as needed.
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Mae Winscow
The Face That Brightened a June Picnic at Dene Hall
Lady Rosedene, famous as the county matchmaker, hosts a grand picnic at Dene Hall for Miss Vane showing a charming debutante and a shy courtship with Francis Vane. The widow’s control of social unions drives hopeful marriages, while she shelves personal romance to preserve freedom and joy.
Hyacinth Vane Drawn Into a World of Change at Dene Hall
Hyacinth Vane grows enchanted by Lady Rosedene who promises a month at Dene Hall. The plan unsettles her father as memories of his late wife loom. Lady Rosedene, aware of her prestige slipping, seeks a new beauty while Hyacinth’s life shifts from bright home to a world shadowed by loss.
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Lady Rosedene
Hyacinth Vane
Rosedene
Hyacinth
Elsie
Papa
Sweetbriars
Dene Hall
Chapter IV Dene Hall a Picturesque English Home
The residence described as a charming English manor named Dene Hall offers diverse rooms, varied architectural styles, and views of the countryside. It features ornate and simple furnishings, hidden nooks, art gems, and provisions for study, music, and outdoor leisure. Lady Rosedene never experiences solitude.
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Dene Hall
England
Rosedene
North Star State Doings Recap for Week
A daily summary covers a Minneapolis bank teller’s disappearance with $15,000 missing, murder charges against Charles White of Mankato, North Dakota registering 219 at the world’s fair, Duluth grain grades, a threshing accident near Slayton injuring an elder, a Litchfield blacksmith shop burglary, county auditor Norum recovering from shotgun injuries, a Malta township house fire, and a Barnesville romance ending with a jail escape.
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Minneapolis
Charles White
Mankato
Harry Walraven
North Dakota
Duluth
C. Christianson
Slayton
Big Stole
Maikien
Eldridge
Barnesville
St. Cloud
T. McNearny
Fires and Burglaries Mark Monday in Minnesota and Nearby
Burglars blew a Cannon Falls depot safe but left with no loot. A Danewood house burned for a $1500 loss, $850 insured. Ida Johnson, a Red Wing hotel worker, vanished after a Sweden-born arrival. An eight year old Jardine boy died from an accidental self inflicted heart wound. A Rochardson county rider, O Erickson, died near Warren when a team ran away. Forest fires threaten Hinckley with timber damage. A Montevideo barn owned by R S Harter burned, his team perished. loss about $300, no insurance. Fire set by playing children with matches.
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Bath
Red Wing
Ida Johnson
Sweden
John Jardine
Shakopee
O. Erickson
Rosseau
Nicittson County
Ili Dalquist
Marshall County
Warren
Stillwater considers streetlight save plan with contract
Stillwater city council votes to save street lights and signs a contract with Stillwater Gas and Electric Light Company. Multiple nearby incidents include a hall of misfortune with a fatal well incident near Buffalo, a barn fire at Winthrop Loss, and robberies at Rochester and New Richmond. A tragedy near Cannon Falls ends with a fatal stabbing, while Wells and Brainerd report injuries and a hazardous accident.
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Stillwater
Stillwater Gas and Electric Light Company
Harry Stokes
Ellen Shehan
Buffalo
John Lundquist
Winthrop
Weber & Heintz
Rochester
Wright
P. O. Sunde
New Richmond
George Baer
Wells
Cannon Falls
John Dordan
Parole for Convict Olof Peterson and Bank News
Olof Peterson, released on parole from a state prison, hails from Minneapolis and was imprisoned for assault for two and a half years. Mankato banks reopened after suspensions, with deposits exceeding withdrawals amid bank turmoil.
Sunday Accidents and Crimes Reported in Brief
Sunday incidents include John Olson of Brunswick killed and his son injured when a hay load tipped. William Heller of Wisconsin hurt at Pine Tree Lumber mill. Madeira fire damages PF stock. Dr A G Aldrich shot. 75 buckshot removed from leg. Great Northern car shops at St. Cloud run full shift. discharged workers rehired. Henry Jackson in Brainerd jail confesses to poisoning Edwin Peck. Burglars blow open J L Strout store at Fairhaven. $325 taken. Vague notes on Duluth incidents and a dissipated husband.
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John Olson
Brunswick
William Heller
Wisconsin
Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls
Madeira
PF. E. Sherman
A. G. Aldrich
Anoka
Louis Smith
Great Northern
St. Cloud
Henry Jackson
Brainerd
Edwin Peck
J. L. Strout
Fairhaven
Morte Kasper
John
Duluth
Blg
ESPF
Fires-destroyed Montrose dwelling and two deaths reported
On Tuesday Sept 12 the Isaac Stevens house at Montrose burned heavily with contents lost valued around 200 dollars and no insurance. Rev C K Austin died at his home near Dundas aged 68 from heart disease. August Lokken and Pascal Vought lost fingers in threshing machine cylinders, amputation needed. Mrs G E B Martenus of North Branch attempted suicide by cutting a vein and injuring her leg, despondent over her child's illness.
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Isaac Stevens
Montrose
C. K. Austin
Rice County
Dundas
Windom
August Lokken
Pascal Vought
G. EB. Martenus
North Branch
Freeborn Society Reports Receipts and Local Incidents
The Freeborn Agricultural society shows receipts above expenses totaling 600 dollars. A man named Charles White was discharged in the Harry Walraven murder case at Mankato for lack of sufficient evidence. A collision near St. Joseph injures John Long and his elderly wife, parents of a Great Northern yardmaster in St. Cloud. A Morrison county railroad bond scheme gains strong local support. A gasoline fire injures Mrs. Warner and a servant girl at Mankato. Henry Paulson is arrested near Swan River for criminal assault on Mrs. Looma and sent to Duluth. Cranberry Lumber’s south shore mill burns, with dock and 1,000,000 feet saved. the will valued at 5000 dollars, insured 4200. Thieves break into several Cannon Falls buildings. safes opened but contain no money.
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Freeborn Agricultural Society
Charles White
Harry Walraven
Mankato
John Long
St. Joseph
Great Northern
St. Cloud
Morrison County
John Looma
Paulson
Duluth
Cranberry Lumber Company
P. N. Allen
Nick Fieder
Bosch
Cannon Falls
O. F. Peters
Cows as Currency Among Chewsures in Tiflis
Imperial Geographical Society of Rus sia notes that the Chewsures, 7,000 people in Tiflis, use cows as money. Valuations assign horses at three cows, stallions at six, and various injuries incur penalties from three to sixteen cows. doctors tally grain payments with cows. The account claims no hoarded wealth among them.
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Imperial Geographical Society of Russia
Tiflis
Asia
Where Three Empires Meet A Himalayan Farce
The narrator recalls inland Indians in the gorges reacting to money and hunger in a southern city. An amused Kafir questions paying for food and imagines a moneyless starvation, sharing a laugh at the notion as the trio ponders the unfamiliar market system.
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Himalayan
Sahib
Minnesota Leads at World Fair Stock Show in Chicago
Minnesota exhibitors have secured fifteen first prizes and forty two premiums, outranking all but Illinois and Canada. The Northwest dominates livestock displays with 210 Minnesota head, and plans for a Minnesota stock day including a parade, banquet, and reception as the show continues.
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Jackson Park
West Point
Rome
United States
Chicago
la Due
Canada
Germany
Kentucky
America
Cleveland Bays
Minnesota
Illinois
Northwest
Vermont
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Russia
Iliness
A. P. McKinsky
Mr. McKinstry
Doctor’s arithmetic prescription stuns patient in tale
A doctor in Harper’s Bazar claims he can diagnose and prescribe by numbers. He tallies pulse, tongue, temperature, and symptoms on a slate, sums to 496, then states a $10 bill. The patient, skeptical, leaves impressed by the doctor’s claimed mathematical certainty.
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Harper's Bazar
Diverse Trades and Occupations Listed in 19th Century Census
The passage catalogs a wide range of jobs across industries including agriculture, manufacturing, milling, canneries, and crafts. It notes women working as butchers, market vendors, and various skilled roles, while men fill clerical, medical, legal, educational, and artistic positions. It also mentions roles in religion, politics, and public service.
Death Roll Fueled by Neglect and Health Claims
A reflective piece condemns ignoring minor illnesses and promotes Hostetter s Stomach Hitters for dyspepsia nerves and related ailments. It also notes Montgomery Ward opposing the silver bill and predicts farmer discontent as he maintains dual roles among grangers and big interests.
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Montgomery Ward
Grange Supply House
Congress
Montgomery
Dr. Jekyll
Hyde
Paris
Portraiture Gambit Ends With Lapse In Duty
A photographer’s office gets entrusted to a newly engaged boy who fails to secure a customer. The dame’s beauty proves dubious and the boy’s judgment falters. She seeks photos and jokes about the eventual misfit of the shots.
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