Wandering tale of St Jacobs Oil miracle and old advertisements
A fragmentary London era reminiscence recounts J Pope of Ferrar Road recalling a man Bowman who shared half a bottle of St Jacobs Oil after an accident. The speaker claims rapid cure from rheumatism and urges belief in the remedy, while a string of dubious old-time advertisements closes the excerpt with product pitches and moralizing notes.
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J.pope
Ferrar Road
Sireabham
England
St. Jacobs
Bowman
Pope
California Travel Gains as Rail Lines Plan Excursions
California travel is rising with three The Chicago Burlington and Quincy excursions slated weekly for winter. Through routes via Colorado and Utah highlight mountain scenery, making coast trips cheaper and easier. Also notes a Toledo legal notice and marketing pitches for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Allen’s Foot-Ease amid miscellaneous promotional items.
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Chicago, Burlington& Quincy R. A
Chicago
St. Louis
Colorado
Utah
Tragic Train Wreck Near Malvern Kills and Injures Many
A head on collision between two trains on the St. Louis Iron Mountain Southern near Malvern results in three deaths and thirty eight injuries. The crowded negro emigrant car is destroyed and many victims die or likely will. Injured passengers are cared for as officials investigate the crash.
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Art
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Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad
Otte
Little Rock
el Dorado
Staion
Mulyearn
Robert Heriot
No. 14
McCampbell
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Doctor Rextea'by a Burglar
Dr G H McCal of 479 Forty-fifth street was beaten into insensibility by a burglar and dragged into a bathroom as thieves ransacked his home Then they fled after the doctor lowered an alarm rope down a light shaft The burglars escaped with no property loss due to the doctor’s cries and prompt action
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Rextea
Chicago
Dee
G. H. McCal- Hater
Forty-fifth Street
Nelson Base in Puget Sound Towed to Port
The British ship Nelson, last reported on the Golimbla River, was towed into Puget Sound today by the steamer Walla Walla. The hull appears bitten, cargo damaged, lifeboats and rigging gone, and the hold contains three inches of water. Cargo wheat damage unclear.
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Puget Sena
Portland
Oregon
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Puget Sound
Walla Walla
Bankruptcy Court Ruling in Macon Supersedes State Insolvency Laws
In Macon Georgia on December 7 Judge Hinary Speer ruled that bankruptcy laws supersede all state insolvency statutes. Receivers appointed by state courts in insolvency cases lose authority and are not required to surrender to the bankruptcy court’s authorized officer when requested.
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Ie Virut
Macon
Hinary Speer
Disputed report on St Prancis Navier feast crowd tragedy
A garbled dispatch from London dated December 7 claims a crowd celebration in an unnamed city led to a drowning incident after a collapse or collision. The text is unclear and partially unintelligible, but mentions a fatal event affecting residents and attendees.
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London
Daily Express
Hombiy Saya
Aurlug
St. Prancis Navier
Hoventhey
Artemieal
Gaa
Lau
Eight Murders Charged On Henry Brattan Farm Skeleton Unearthed
Rock Island Illinois December 7 A human skeleton possibly Fred Kremsen, missing seven years, found on Henry Brattan’s Milan area farm. Brattan, who died by hanging in 1896 after a life of crime, allegedly killed farm hands who challenged him. Eight men named Kuschman Lauderbach McCafferty Lewis Sternberg Miller Johnson Kreingen said to have died at his hands.
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Henry Brattan
Rock Island
Fred Kremsen
Milan
Henry Bastian
Bastian
Fred Kuschman
John Lauderbach
Hugh McCafferty
Marshall Lewis
Axel Sternberg
Ernest Miller
August Johnson
Kreingen
Lord's Prayer Baned In Public Schools Ruling Declared
Minnesota Attorney General upholds former ruling that the Lord's prayer cannot be used in public schools due to state constitution provision protecting freedom from compulsory worship. The question arose from a Pierz Morrison county request to the Department of Public Instruction. A second item notes Booker T. Washington denied hotel accommodations in Springfield for alleged bias, and a Boston case reports James Buck seeking a quick trial and hanging after the alleged murder of his wife with a brutal autopsy findings.
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St. Patl
Minn
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H. W. Childs
Olson
Department of Public Instruction
Pierz
Morrison County
Boston
Mass
James Buck
Hardwick
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Diaz Surrenders as Colombian insurgent force d Prospects shift
New York Bee reports Gen. Domingo Diaz and ten followers surrendered to government troops at Girgona Colima dispatch. Remaining Diaz forces join Gen. Porras to resist government troops under Gen. Alban. US naval personnel aboard reembark at Colon and Panama.
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New York
Bee
Domingo Diaz
Gdrgona
Colon
Colombia
Herald
Diaz
Porras
Alban
United States
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Mrs Date Allowed to Attend Inquest in New York
Mrs Elizabeth Date, jailed in Hoboken for allegedly poisoning her five year old daughter Hmeline, seeks permission to attend the inquest into the child s death at Goyle s hall on Monday night. Dr Kudlich says she can leave St Mary s hospital by then.
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New York
Elizabeth Date
Hoboken
Hmeline
Cgoyle’s Hall
Kudlich
St. Mary’s Hospital
Man frozen to death near Rutland in December snow
Michael Huber of Wear Rutland wandered in a severe snowstorm and collapsed on the Pittsford road near Miss Mary Murphy’s home after an evening intended with her. He died from the cold, exhausted and benumbed, near his destination.
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Michael Huber
Wear
Pittsford
Mary Murphy
Navy Yard Improvement Plans Put Forward for 31 Million
Washington December 7 Rear Admiral Madleott chief of the bureau of yards and docks urges rapid navy growth to justify estimates for maintenance of navy yards stations and improvements totaling 31520389 in the current program providing scope for shipyard work and dock upgrades across the service.
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Washington, D. C
Madleott
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Stock Exchange Seat Sells For Seventy One Thousand
New York reports another sale of a Stock Exchange seat at 71000, $400 below the record high. The buyer’s name to be announced next week. Explosion at Ishpeming powder mill kills two workers and damages nearby homes. Widows within six blocks affected.
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Stock Exchange
Ishpeming, Mich
Dee 7
Chicago Market Report Summary
May wheat quotes drifted with limited clarity, closing near unsettled levels. May pork and other grains show erratic figures amid financial names and local mentions, with fragmented terms suggesting market activity and firm tone in Chicago trading.
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Chicago
Siuseys
Taytay town officers hanged amid insurgent revolt details
Manila December 7 military authorities hanged the presidente and the chief of police of Taytay along with the vice-sergeant after their conviction for stabbing and burying seven natives alive. A priest’s death sentence was commuted to twenty years for hearing confessions. The article recounts the attack on American lines, a heroic private losing an arm but firing with one hand, and the church led uprising that killed officers in bed. It also notes leper-colony plans and other assorted items on crime, marriage, and piano ads.
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Frick Buys Auto Then Coffin In Cautious Purchase
Chicago December 7 W C Frick, nephew of H C Frick and a steel industry figure, bought an automobile but added a $216 padded coffin. He said autos are unreliable and the coffin is a prudent last resort, noting its quilted lining and comfort.
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Carl
Chicago
W. C. Frick
H. C Frick
United States
Annex
Rockefeller Gifts 250000 to Bryn Mawr College Near Philadelphia
John D. Rockefeller donates 250000 to Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia for a new dormitory and a new health and hall plant. The gift carries a condition that 250000 more be raised to augment the donation, with most of that amount already pledged.
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John D. Rockefeller
Bryn Mary College
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Socialite Cabanne Injured in Street Altercation
In St Louis on December 7 a public fight occurred on a street involving Mrs Cabanne a leading member of the fashionable set and a conductor and motorman. Mrs Cabanne received a blow to the face that damaged her jaw and left her in a weakened condition as onlookers hurried to assist.
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Iabteusie
St. Louis
L. Db
Casbanne
May
Veteran Naval Officer Dies in Stamford Home
Joseph Perry Sanford aged 86 a veteran naval officer died at his Stamford Connecticut home. He served with the Wilkes exploring expedition around the world in the 1840s and distinguished himself in the Civil War. His long career connected him with naval exploration and public service.
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Stamford
Conn
Joseph Perry Sanford
United A Navy
Sanford
Parsagut
Noted Physician Declares Medical Ethos Beyond School Ties
A respected physician argues that honesty and intelligence define medical practice, not school affiliation. He asserts that conscience guides care and that the best method should be used for each patient, regardless of training background.
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