Noted Legal Adage and Cotton Trade Figures
The Daily Eagle reports an unusual legal remark that a woman need not disclose a glass eye during courtship. It then analyzes Treasury data on cotton exports, highlighting 7,373,382 bales shipped by the South and $840,000,000 potential export value if cloth were counted as raw cotton, with $19,000,000 cloth export value and $220,000,000 raw cotton value.
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The
Arkansas Gazette
Treasury Department
South
June brides outnumber June grooms, boarders note
A witty exchange with a boarder highlights that society pages boast many brides but few grooms. The cross-eyed boarder asks how a wedding happens without a man, while the observant boarder points to June headlines lacking groom mentions.
Priest Heldmann Considers Congress Run
Rev Father George D Heldmann a Chicago Catholic priest with German parishioners says he sees no reason not to run for Congress if a majority wishes it. He would seek to represent all people and deliver what they have asked for, not run as a reformer.
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George D. Heldmann
Chicago
Congress
Father Heldmann
New Hamlet Business by Sarah Bernhardt Prompts Censorious Response
In a Hamlet act Sarah Bernhardt presents a novel approach to the role. She uses her real manner with her company and conceals her face behind Ophelia’s hair while caressing it. At the finale she holds a torch to the king’s face to study his expression and declares originality, asserting she has not seen Booth or Irving in the part.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Hamlet
Ophelia
Booth
Irving
No New Cases Reported in Mississippi City Fever Zone
New Orleans reports no new fever cases beyond a mild Thursday case. Health officials from Louisiana, Mississippi, and federal services assessed 12 suspicious cases at Mississippi City, confirming local confinement and no broader spread. Texas and Alabama maintain quarantine. Algiers and New Orleans each report additional yellow fever notes with ongoing suppression efforts.
Mild yellow fever case reported in New Orleans area
The board of health lists a mild yellow fever case at 1402 Polymnia street marking the third this season. It is isolated and no quarantine is advised by health authorities while 75 physicians report no suspicious cases in their practice. Mobile quarantines Mississippi City due to fever cases, with Alabama health officer Dr. W H Sanders examining the sick and noting uncertainty about yellow fever.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Polymnia Street
Mobile
Mississippi City
Miss
Louisville and Nashville
W. H. Sanders
Alabama
Good Customers and Horse Dealer Jokes in Puck Style
A humorous quip about a horse dealer and matrimonial ads from Puck. The dealer claims they sell many horses through marriage ads, noting that a man advertising for a wife is a sign of a good purchase.
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Puck
No charges filed over Bedloe bribe rumors
Third Assistant Secretary Cridler says no charges affect Dr. Edward Bedloe consul at Canton. Only charges concern American registry to a vessel that carried arms to the Filipinos. Bedloe claims papers issued before war prospects. administration unlikely to recognize his claim.
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Washington
Cridler
Edward Bedloe
Canton
China
Bedloe
America
Consul Bedloe
Spain
Manila Bay
Manila
Abbey
Admiral Dewey
Dr. Bedloe
Secretary Day
Smallpox Reports Reach Houston and Galveston
The state health department reports smallpox developing in Houston and Galveston with immediate efforts to contain the outbreak. In Vincennes Indiana, brakeman Charles Williamson was killed when crushed during a railroad coupling.
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Austin
State Health Department
Houston
Galveston
Vincennes
Ind
Charles Williamson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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