Bristol's Gold Mine and Fox Hill prospectors form company
The Torrey Mining and Prospecting Company, recently incorporated to work the Fox Hill field where gold was found, held a meeting to organize. The Hasbrouck block office is listed, eight acres were purchased, and officers and directors were elected including Ernest Po Porrey as president and LoS Hoffman as secretary and treasurer, with several others named. Also included is a testimonial for Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrey Mining and Prospecting Company
Fox Hill
Hasbrouck Block
Ernest Po Porrey
Los Hoffman Board of Directours
Torres
LS Hoffman
Jerome Barros
Dank Barros
William H Mitchell
Advertising Pause Risks Loss of Customers and Fuel Waste
A trade note warns against stopping advertising during dull seasons. It argues that suspending campaigns can cost more later, as regaining lost customers is harder than preventing them. The piece cites engine fuel, power reserves, and the need to maintain visibility to avoid long term damage.
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Aboney Maker Magazine
End the cruelty of aigrettes in plume fashion
Audubon Society condemns herons plumes as cruel and deadly to egrets and rookeries. Plume hunters kill adults and starve nestlings, with Florida killings cited and hunts expanding across the Americas. The piece urges women to refrain from wearing plumes to save the birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briety
Florida
Argentine Republic
Dr Kings New Discovery Said To Cure Cough In Philadelphia Woman
A Philadelphia woman at 1125 Howard Street says Dr Kings New Discovery cured a long standing hacking cough. She reports chest pain relief and better sleep after trying the remedy. The ad mentions 3 cent trial bottles at JOH Young & Co drug store with a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Ta Springer
Howard Street
Philadelphia
Pao
JOH Young & Co
Woman Sees Clerk as Irresistible Bargain Counter Find
A quirky note recalls a woman admiring a clerk as if he were a bargain, describing her view of romance and his charm at the counter. The odd quip highlights playful attitudes toward dating and consumer culture.
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People Ad Claim
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People restore vitality and nerve health, listing conditions such as locomotor ataxia paralysis St Vitus dance sciatica neuralgia rheumatism nervous headache and heart palpitations. Pills are sold in packs for 60 cents per box or six for $2.60 from Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordelia Moore
Malone
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
Astronomy for July and the heavens above
July skies spotlight Mars Jupiter and Saturn in evening view Venus appears in the morning Mercury visible in the evening for much of the month Uranus joins the evening sky Neptune accompanies Venus in the early morning The earth reaches aphelion on the 4th extending seasons and mildness of spring and summer The vernal crossing of the equator occurs March 20 and the autumnal crossing September 22 The upcoming interval to March 20, 1900 is 174 days The Moon rises in the morning early month and moves past Venus and Neptune, then Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and completes its phase cycle through July The constellations visible in the evening are set against a less brilliant sky with Leo Virgo Libra and others near the horizon and the Milky Way spanning the eastern sky
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Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Uranus
Neptune
Earth
Odences
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Bootes
Scorpio Sagittarius
Serpens
Hercules
Cassiopeia
Cygnus
Aquila
Sagittarius
Reflections on Friendship by Various Authors
A collection of quotations on friendship from Wordsworth Lipscomb Noble Blessington Warwick and Addison. The selections discuss the value and fragility of friendship, the honesty of critics, and the balance of joy and grief shared among companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wordsworth
Rivard
Lady Blessington
Warwick
Tully
Addison
Feltham
Alpine railway to Gornergrat near Matterhorn near completion
The highest mountain railway in Europe, reaching the Gornergrat between the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa, is near completion. Begun in 1896, it will carry 110 passengers two miles above sea level, powered by glacier water, most abundant in summer when needed most.
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Europe
Gornergrat
Switzerland
Matterhorn
Monte Rosa
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Bristol
Tommy
Chamberlain
GM Law
Keokuk Town
Forsale
Buffington
R. S. Reed Company
Pleasant ST
Fall River
Child ST
Warren
Bradford ST
Itami
Beecham’s
Family
Beecham
Werner
Encyclopedia Britannica
Aatent
Pte Ey Roy
G. W. Easterbrooks
Hope Street
R. I
Audubon Society
Mr Watt
Mrs Watt
Lex
T M. Morris
Astronomy
McClure
Simon Newcomb
Milky Way
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Eliot Norton
Kipling
Mr W . Fraser
Canadian Northwest
Lincolns
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
Edwards Babbitt
State Equitable Building
Office
Providence
R I
James Tobin
Oxford
Childre
Jtown
Jas. Anderson
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