Grandmother Deal, Pioneer Of Monroe County, Dies At 92
Mary Nelson Deal born October 31 1808 at Mt Bethel Penn died May 2 1901 in Monica Illinois at age 92 years six months and one day. Widowed since 1880 she lived in Monica with son Robert L W Deal and his wife Belle cared for by family through long illness. She traced roots to Reuben Deal and Mary Shannon Nelson in New Jersey and endured a long migration from Belvidere to Peoria County Illinois over 1848 1853 with six children all but Robert L V Deal now gone.
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Warren County
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Erie Canal
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Fought For His Life With King’s New Discovery
The Wyandotte Michigan man J T Westher recalls his father and sister dying of consumption and credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving him from a severe pneumonia induced cough and lung trouble. He states the medicine cured him, aided weight gain, and promotes bottles free on offer and guaranteed prices 50 cents and one dollar at Wm Robinson & Co.
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J.T. Westherwax
Wyandotte, Mich
Wm. Robinson & Co's
Farm loan offer at 5 percent with flexible payments
Money for farms at 5 percent with privilege to pay at any time in multiples of $100. Funds available immediately. Address F. W. Reed & Co. Peoria Illinois 540 Woolner Building for details.
Fragmented Public Health Notice Or Cautionary Tale
A fragmented line of cautionary verse advises that ruin can strike any life. It urges wise restraint and warns against reckless self-harm or escape. The text references journeys to the Rocky Mountain and a late night tea, and ends with a prompt to consult a druggist.
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Rocky Mountain
Volunteer Surgeon's Name Among Acting Assistants
A fragment notes an acting assistant surgeon in the volunteer army service named Najd Tariy-ud-Deen recently ordered from Washington to the Barracks at Columbus. The incomplete text preserves the names and assignment context without further details.
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Najib Tariy-ud-Deen
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Columbus
Work By Schoolboys From Portland's Eastern Argus
Ten Wilton schoolboys, during holiday break, visited a poor widow's home and cleared her woodpile using saws and axes, sticking with the task until it was completed, as reported by the Portland Maine Eastern Argus.
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Eastern Argus
Americans Move in on Nicaragua Industries and Lands
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat correspondent reports rising American influence in Nicaragua as troops or garrison presence grows. The writer notes a peaceful conquest pattern with Americans meddling in politics and, notably, the Matagalpa district where eighty to ninety Americans oversee coffee plantations and a larger American company dominates tobacco, transportation, and other sectors in Jinotega.
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United States
Nicaragua Canal
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Old Liberty and Imperial Tulip Tree Chronicle
The article recalls Annapolis and Annapolis Liberty trees, Washington and Lafayette legends, and a 1652 treaty canopy story under the imperial tulip poplar. It notes 1840 gunpowder accident, decay, partial rebirth, and a surviving shell. It then shifts to debates on women’s inferiority with cross‑national labor examples, and ends with James Russell Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes in a London address tribute.
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Annapolis
Samuel Chase
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Lafayette
College
Association of Patriots
Chicago Journal
World Parliaments Benchmarked by Member Counts
A New York Sun summary lists legislative body sizes: Britain’s House of Commons 670, France 684, Italy 508, Hungary 453, Spain 431, Austria 425, Germany 397. It notes the U.S. House currently 367 with next Congress at 390, four territories adding delegates. It also cites state legislatures in Albany 150, Harrisburg 204, Springfield 162, Columbus 110, Massachusetts 250, Georgia 184, Canada 213, Greece 202, and Brazil 212.
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British Commons
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Gereichstag
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Illinois
Springfield
Ohio
Columbus
Massachusetts
Georgia
House of Greece
Chamber of Deputises
Brazil
New York Sun
Dogs Trained to Catch Rats at Chicago Academy
A Chicago education novelty trains street dogs to hunt rats. Fox terriers are preferred. timid pups are expelled after rat fright. Training classes produce brave rat catchers ready for sale in a market eager for skilled hunters.
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Chicago
Canine College
Chicago Record-Herald
Governor Dietrich Declines Lincoln Mansion Sale Proposal
Nebraska governor and widower Dietrich will not occupy the governor’s mansion in Lincoln. He suggests selling the property or maintaining it at state expense, stating it should not remain public property otherwise. No decision on alternative public assets is indicated.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Valuable gem collection bought for American Museum display
The American Museum of Natural History prepares a major exhibit of a $200,000 plus gem collection donated by J. Pierpont Morgan. The set includes four standout diamonds from Wisconsin and Oregon, and meteorite gems from Arizona. Turquoise from New Mexico dominates, with sapphires from Montana and North Carolina, and a large Yogo gulch find.
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United States
J. Pierpont Morgan
Waukesha
Wis
Dane County
Oregon
Canyon Diablo
Arizona
New Mexico
Las Cerillas
San Domingo
Montana
North Carolina
Yogo Gulch
Fergus County
Chicago Journal
Cooking by Electricity
The piece extols electric cooking utilities in the modern home. It highlights an electrically heated griddle for breakfast, an electric tea kettle for five o clock tea, and the chafing dish as a seductive aid to meals, noting how convenience and safety replace alcohol use and elevate kitchen craft.
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Harper’s Bazar
Barbers Demand in Paris Shave Dogs
Barbers who shave dogs are in demand in Paris. Some animals appear fantastically shorn with rings of hair around their bodies alternating with bare strips, creating striking patterns.
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Paris
Dogs Love Music and Dog Whines Show Delight
A Kent dog owner named Robert Wickles kept a kennel and hosted a canine orchestra with accordion and violin. Dogs crowded the kitchen door, whined with approval, then lingered to enjoy the music, especially during lively tunes like Fisher's Hornpipe. Different dogs respond to different sounds with pleasure rather than discomfort.
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Robert Wickles
Kent
Bank officials found guilty in Douglas bank failure
The director, manager and auditors of Dumbell's bank at Douglas Isle of Man have been convicted of falsifying the bank's books after the lender failed for over £100000. In Chicago the Chengan Army of Teachers notes pay roll growth to over $500000 monthly with 6200 staff on the rolls.
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Isle of Man
Chengan Army of
Chicago
Dust in London Air Surprises City Scientist
A London scientist found 20 000 dust particles per cubic centimeter in an open suburb air while central city air contained 500 000 particles per cubic centimeter. The city air carried about 900 percent more dust than the suburb, equating to roughly 0.061 cubic inches per particle and a striking density difference.
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Consumption Claims Large Paris Death Toll in 1899
In Paris during 1899 a total of 46,988 deaths occurred with consumption causing 12,314 deaths. About a quarter of victims were aged 1 to 20 and 87.2 percent died before age 20. An additional 60.2 percent died between ages 20 and 40.
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Madison Volunteer Soldier Loses Sight After Lightning
Charles Kernen of Madison Indiana, a member of the Twelfth United States Volunteer Infantry, was reported en route home to tally blind after a bolt of lightning struck his gun during a march in the Philippines. He was not seriously hurt otherwise.
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St. Louis Republic
Charles Kernen
Twelfth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Philippines
Testing Fast Trolley Reaches Chestnut Hill Line
In Philadelphia a fast trolley car is tested carrying newspapers to Chestnut Hill fourteen and three-quarter miles away. It runs at thirty five miles an hour with a stop at least every three quarters of a mile. It has at times run a mile in a minute and eight seconds and completed the distance in twenty five minutes, matching express train times.
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Chestnut Hill
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