Grain-O and other odds and ends in a small town
An assortment of notes on Grain-O a coffee substitute praised for ease on the stomach and price 15 to 26 cents per package. Anecdotes on Phillips Brooks and a Narbonne bank note case. A report from Sumpter Ill about Mrs. J B Flanigan cured of dropsy using Dodd's Kidney Pills and praise for Dr Dale. Also a plug for Defiance Starch and a quip on banker conversations.
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Taikes
Java
Phillips Brooks
Thore
Sumpter
J. B. Flanigan
Dodd
Dale
Mrs. Flanigan
White County
Defiance
Landtacon
Perrony Yitel
Cmed
Gegue Teatuteli
Kidd Drug Co
Bigig. IL
Bus Molvey
Iowa
Baber
New Fast Train to Colorado by Missouri Pacific Railway
Missouri Pacific Railway operates double daily service from St Louis and Kansas City to Colorado Utah and the Pacific coast with through sleeping cars between St Louis and San Francisco. Excursion tickets offered. stops available. rates and schedules listed. contact H O Townsend for information.
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Vie Midearl Pacific Railway
Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Lewis
Kansas City
Colorado
Utah
Pacific Coast
St. Louis
San Francisco
Rathent
Gale
H. 0. Townsend
Boers Seek Peace Terms Denied by British Leader
London and Berlin dispatches summarize British and German positions as tensions rise over the Transvaal crisis. Balfour states no peace negotiations or foundation for rumors exist, while German stockholders seek compensation from Britain for Transvaal railroad losses. Reports also cover social ads in London, Newfoundland shipwrecks, Carnegie’s honorary degree, and other brief items.
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Berlin
Transvaal
Lkely
Germany
Great Britain
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Dory World’s Largest Vessel Built in Provincetown
Provincetown Mass June 1. The biggest dory in the world has just been completed here. Known locally as a normal fishing boat used by fishermen along the Atlantic coast, it is noted for being unusually light, handy, and safe in all weather conditions.
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Provincetown
Mass
Ashermen Ali
At- Tautig
Corn King Phillips Proposes Government-Taxed Corn Elevators
Chicago’s Phillips addresses the National Farmers Alliance in Minneapolis at the West hotel. He urges government taxation of corn to fund elevators with 100 million bushels capacity, paying 40 cents Chicago basis. farmers could borrow 30 cents and hold surplus for seven years.
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Minneapolis
National Farmers’ Alliance
Phillips
Chicago
West Hotel
Ontario ex-premier Arthur Sturgis Hardy dies after operation
Arthur Sturgis Hardy former Ontario premier from 1896 to 1889 died at 10:15 after an appendectomy at General Hospital. Born December 14 1837 he studied law and served as South Brant MPP until retirement due to ill health. Liberal party presented him with 20000 in gold and a silver coffee set. Truman Henry Safford Williams College professor of astronomy died in Newark New Jersey aged 79 after a three year illness. John Wanamaker offered 2800000 for Philadelphia street railway rights and deposited 250000 to secure the bid.
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Toronto
Arthur Sturgis Hardy
Ontario
General Hospital
Legislative Assembly
South Brant
Liberal Party
Henry Safford
Williamstown
Mass
Truman Henry Safford
Field
Williams College
John Safford
Newark
N. J
Safford
Prof
Vermont
Ife
Harvard
Hae Olvin
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Ashbridge
City of
Wanamaker
Trust Company
Johnson Declines Governor Bid Despite Cleveland Push
Mayor Tom J Johnson, faced with Democratic delegates backing him for governor, states in a Hamilton paper dispatch that there is absolutely no truth to rumors he is a candidate. He would decline nomination and refuse to serve if elected, stressing he would honor his two-year contract with the people of Cleveland.
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Fohnson
Cleveland
Tom J. Johnson
Johnson
Hamilton
People of
Deadly Santa Fe collision near Williams Arizona
Fatal railway crash six miles east of Williams Arizona leaves two dead and four injured. Firemen Les Perkins and Jim Monahan die. survivors include M M Mickley J W Cahart C Bludsall Charles Wood with multiple injuries. Also notes across three brief items about Prohibition era crime drops in St Louis and a depot safe robbery by Cravens.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe
Williams
Ariz
Les Perkins
Jim Monahan
Winslow
M. M. Mickley
J. W. Cahart
Chicago
Seligman
Charles Wood
Wlawe Owen
Ryley Coyle
Okla
Ben Cravens
Cravana
Pawnee
Kansas State Penitentiary
Fortune 9 Binning House case in New York
Supreme court hears Bertha Hallenbeck executrix case as she seeks appointment of William C. Reddey as agent to open a vault at Fifth Avenue Deposit Company amid testimony that a minor gambling house proprietor can clear about forty thousand dollars yearly. In London, former Michigan Governor Hazen Pligree is reported ill, though not seriously, via Low's tourist agency cable.
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Fortune
Binning House
New York
Supreme Court
Bertha Hallenbeck
Alfred Hallenbeck
William C. Reddy Ag
Fifth Avenue Deposit Company
Vineree Ty Stok
London
Hazen
Pingres
Michigan
Low
Mr. Pligree
Ty Tie
Diplomatic recalls and a tale from San Francisco
A Yale address recalls John W Foster on Benjamin Harrison and royal birth notices abroad, plus a humorously tense scene during Mrs McKinney’s illness in San Francisco. A policeman laughs off a resident’s claim to “twenty two Blank street,” noting a good hand in the exchange.
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Yale
John W. Foster
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Harrison
McKintey
San Francisco
Western Canada land sales and climate testimonials
A Duluth reader notes Canadian plains offer 25 to 30 bushel wheat yields and thick shock fields while winters are mild due to warm currents and dry air. The letter urges taking early advantage of new districts in the Baketchewan valley and directs readers to government agents for information.
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Duluth
Canada
Duuth
Japan
Aettlera
Buaketchewan
Old Rhacher
Land of Plenty
Nation
Department of Interior
Otter
N. Bartholomew
Shines
Iowa
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Lfe
Epworth League
Omaha
J. Francia
Neb
Sommons
Cota Ialley
London Times
Indy of
Tutle
England
St. Johns
N.ff
Labrador
Cabot Island
Newfoundland
Carnegie
Glasgow
Glasgow University
Andrew Carnegie
Eleot
Paris
Council General of
the Seine
M. Weber
M. Galli
Christine Nissen
Hamburg
Christine Nilsson
Countess de Mirandol
Gothenburg
Wis
Denver
Colo
Fort Washington
Wys
Jesse M. Lee
Fort Leavenworth
Merriam
Scranton
Wyoming
State Geological Survey
Fa'qaos
St. Louia
Duke of Wellington
Louis the Eighteenth
Wellington
Bluing
Susztorbecse
Gagien
Washington,d. C
Star Mail
Rugirl
Richmond
Atal Druggins
Mid-He-Oios
Rocky Mountains
Select
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Denver & R
Royst
Leadville
Grand River
Glen- Marshall Pass
Will 'S. K. Hoofer
General Passen
Duchrande
Rocky. Mountains
Tennessee Pass
Wood Springs
Canon
Gunnison
Simgr Megecro
Aretha
SPR
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