Englishmen In Canada And Zealand Prosperity Report
Englishmen in Canada are portrayed as generally well received with a caveat about a few types. A Winnipeg correspondent notes most Englishmen in Canada hold their own, except for a few disreputable characters. The passage also covers a French device enabling remote control of lighting, explosions, and torpedo steering via auto telegraph with check signals. Zealand’s nine months show a profit of 981,500,000 dollars, up 2.4 million from the previous period.
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Canada
Winnipeg
The
Manchester Guardian
Fair
France
Branly
Mores
Chicago Tribune
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proven Benefit
Letter from Mrs. E Hanson of Columbus Ohio testimonials relief from the Change of Life including nervousness headaches and renewed ability to work since using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised as a remedy for a wide range of female health issues. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice and shares success stories from readers over thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Hanson
E. Long St
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs. Pinkham
E.pinkham
Coopers Well Hotel open for summer at Raymond Miss
Advertises Coopers Well Hotel in Mississippi as a first class summer resort with mineral waters claimed to cure multiple ailments. Provides travel details via Little J Rail Road and A V R R connections, plus testimonials about health products and a patient story from Covington Tennessee. Includes product pricing and distributor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hinds $E
Miss
Coopers Well
P. O. Raymond
Little J” R. R
Bolton
Wells
Fairies and belief through the Middle Ages
A reflection on widespread medieval belief in fairies and the enduring childlike faith in Santa Claus and Jack Frost as part of a broader commentary from The American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Jack Frost
Diplomats and Dinner Table Diplomacy Reflected
A dated commentary contrasts stern diplomacy with lavish entertaining in great capitals. It argues the U S should own legation buildings and provide reasonable hospitality to restore prestige and brilliance to its diplomatic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
United States
Legation
Berlin
Courier ‘Board
Boston Transcript
Doctor Advised Use Cuticura For Tor Above Eyes
A fragment notes a doctor recommending Cuticura, mentioning tor above the eyes. The text adds a poetic line about a young girl’s romantic dreams perfumed by angro blossoms, conveying a dreamy, lyric mood around healing and beauty.
Confessed Many Murders Led to Pardons in Idaho Case
The Idaho board of pardons commuted Harry Orchard’s death sentence for the Steunenberg murder to life in prison. Orchard had confessed to hiring in a scheme by Western Federation of Miners leaders, triggering arrests of Moyer Haywood Pettibone. Pettibone later acquitted, Moyer case dismissed. Orchard pleaded guilty to first degree murder.
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Boise
Haho
State Board of Pardons
Harry Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Orchard
Steunenberg
Caldwell
Idaho
Idaho Pententiary
James McPartlan
Western Federation of Miners
Charles H. Moyer
William D. Haywood
Charles D. Pettibone
Denver
John Simpkins
Haywood
Pettibone
American Fights for Flag in Panama Incident
Washington reports say Wayne O. Adams in the canal zone witnessed a foreign firm insult the American flag used to wash its windows. He fought for a flag, pursued by two Panama police and militiaman in full uniform. The episode sparked nationwide boycotts against the offending house.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Colon
Wayne O. Adams
Canal Zone
Army of
Norfolk and Southern Railway Placed in Receivership
Norfolk and Southern Railway Company is placed in the hands of receivers by Judge Edmund Waddell in federal court after a petition by the Trust Company of America and the railroad. The line recently acquired several railroads at a debt of 15 million dollars, with extensive improvements and about 600 miles of trackage from Beaufort Edenton Raleigh to Norfolk and an electric line from Norfolk to Cape Henry and Virginia Beach.
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Norfolk and Southern Railway Company
Norfolk, Va
Trust Company of America
Edmund Waddell
Suffolk and Carolina
Pamlico, Oriental and Western
Raleigh and Pamlico Sound
Atlantic and North Carolina
Trust Camp. of America
New York City
Norfolk and Southern
Beaufort
N. C
Edenton
Raleigh
Electric Inc
Norfolk
Cape Henry
Virginia Beach
Demand for Vigorous Probe of Portuguese Royal Funds
A Lisbon mass meeting organized by the republicans and led by Bernadino Machado passed resolutions demanding a full investigation into funds advanced to the Portuguese royal family and alleged public money misuse during King Carlos's regime. Police surrounded the venue but did not interfere with speakers.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Bernadino Machado
Carlos
Convict Labor Aims at Panama Garden Project
Washington DC reports eleven week trial of convict and total prisoner labor on highway work in the Sanar Zone nearing completion. The special committee on prisoner employment approved in February outlined three goals: improve prisoner conditions, spur development of fertile valleys, and expand government projects at the expense of maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sanar
Simple, Private Funeral for Grover Cleveland at Princeton
At the Cleveland family grave in Princeton Old Cemetery a private funeral honored former president Grover Cleveland. Attendees included governors, lawmakers, cabinet members, university officials, and neighbors. The service featured prayers, scripture readings, and Wordsworth poetry with no sermon per Mrs. Cleveland’s wishes. A national guards escort accompanied the procession to the cemetery.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
United States
Cleveland
Old Princeton
Lee Boypereit
Governors Fort
New Jersey
Hughes
New York
Hakeith
Georgia
Equitable Life ‘Assurance Society
M Bers
Prine University
Sylvester W. Beach
First Presbyterian Church of
Maitland W. Partlett
West Farms Presbyterian Church of
Thessalonians
Henry van Dyke
William Wordsworth
House House
Oysters Planted in Mississippi Sound Boom by Commission
Growing industry report from Jackson Mississippi notes the oyster commission planting reefs in the sound. Over 200 000 barrels of shells will be planted this summer and beds should yield market oysters in three to four years. Recent reefs show strong growth and better condition than in years past with shells planted three weeks ago developing clusters.
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Jackson
Miss
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Oyster Commission
Mississippi ‘Sound
Gulf
Atlantic
Rabbi Bitten by Dog Faces Grim Fates in Cleveland
Rabbi L Friedman, 64, in Cleveland, is gravely ill after a rabid dog bite. He calmly awaits his fate at home. doctors say he may die, though he feels no pain yet and holds faith in treatment. He was bitten on the left hand days ago and has retired as a pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Rabbi L. Friedman
Rabbi Friedman
Movement to honor Cleveland born in Essex county New Jersey
A local movement seeks to raise a national monument to Grover Cleveland, born in Essex county New Jersey. A committee to manage the fund is expected to be appointed in New Jersey.
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Essex County
New Jersey
Grover Cleveland
Clinton
Minn
Mohler
Harriman Lines
Duma
Alabama
Question of Duty in Mexico and a Brass Knob Tale
L O Ellis of Yextco recounts a Mexican merchant who ordered a furniture house to remove small brass knobs from an iron bed. The firm misread the request, leading to a price based on iron weight rather than brass ornamentation, underscoring market value and cleverness in trade.
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Mexico
L. O. Ellis
Yextco
Ing
Anne
Remarkable recovery tale praises Peruna tonic
Mrs Frank Stroebe of Appleton Wisconsin writes of restoring health and strength after months of nervous exhaustion. She says Paruna helped her regain vitality, improved sleep and appetite, and gave renewed will to live, calling Peruna without a rival as a tonic.
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Frank Stroebe
Appleton, Wis
Paruna
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