Removing Dirt in Santiago Aimed at American City Standards
A Santiago de Cuba dispatch reports dire sanitation and street filth amid a besieged town. American enterprise grows as McKinley Proclamation reaches Cubans and locals seek businesses, hotels, and cheaper bread under new rules.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Santiago
Espectador
McKinley
Cuba
New York City
Central Park
United States
Pemveresis Infantry
Company F Enterprise
New York
Medical Heroes Under Fire in the Last War in India
The account recalls Gen Woodhouse wounded by a bullet that shattered during an Afridi assault while surgeons fought under fire. Surgeon Lieutenant Hugo halts a fatal bleed by lighting a match in a bullet-splashed tent and, under three hours of pressure, saves a dying officer by gripping the artery until aid arrives.
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India
Woodhouse
Beyts
William Lockhart
Hugo
Lieut
Ford
W. Hugo
London Lancet
Kentucky Toast Tale Ends With Man Under Table
A Louisville Times report recounts a Kentucky banquet tale where the guest speaker, the “gentleman from the state,” searches for Kentucky during a toast. The toastmaster asks for the reply to the toast Kentucky. The guest asks where Kentucky is and learns he is under the table, resting peacefully.
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Kentucky
Louisville Times
Guidance on infant feeding from Ladies' Home Journal
The article notes no starch in breast milk and cautions farinaceous foods as unnecessary before one year. It suggests six month olds drink three and a half ounces of milk, half an ounce of cream, and two ounces of water per feeding with a touch of sugar and salt, sterilized. Feed every three hours and adjust quantity if needed while keeping proportions.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Nebraska
Union
P. S. Eustis
Chicago
Impudent Visitor Reported Aunt Bess Receives Letter
In a Stray Stories vignette, a young man who visited the Broketons last summer sends love letters to Bess. The family, alarmed by the notes, face a sharp reprimand from the mother and the old gentleman vows to cut off the acquaintance if such conduct continues. The scene ends with a tense breakfast and the patriarch’s health scare.
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Bess
Broketons
Beautiful Home Decor Plaques Offered free by Hubinger Bros
Moville’s four porcelain game plaques American Wild Ducks American Pheasant American Quail and English Snipe are showcased as elegant dining room art. J C Hubinger Bros Co offers a free plaque to customers who buy three ten cent packages of Elastic Starch before September 1, with plaques produced from the original designs and finished in gold trim.
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Moville
J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Messrs
J.C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Bere
Barbers Prompt Philosophical Quip on Scrape and Cut
A quirky quote from Norid reflects on barbers and the moment they begin to shave a stranger. The philosopher notes the irony that familiarity leads to cutting.
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Norid
Try Allen's Foot-Ease for tired swollen feet
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cool and ease tired swollen feet, relieve smarting or tight shoes, prevent blisters and callouses, and provide comfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25c, trial package free. Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
The Englishman Kicked and Fare Clash
A brief gag exchanges in Puck about a New York to San Francisco fare. The ticket agent asks one hundred dollars while the English traveler protests that England travel costs twenty dollars, highlighting price indignation.
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New York
San Francisco
England
Puck
Cure a Cold in One Day Adverts Dr Kline Restorer
An Iowa newspaper carries a sensational pill ad claiming Tro Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The ad promises a free $2 trial bottle and treatise from Dr Kline of Philadelphia and refunds if it fails to cure.
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Dr. Kline
Kline
Arch St
Phila
Mrs Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Restores Ailing Woman
A letter from Mrs Bupp praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from severe headaches chills weakness and sleeplessness. She declares she feels like a new woman and cannot thank Mrs Pinkham enough for the treatment.
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