Protective Plans for Grand Army Encampment in Cincinnati
Cincinnati prepares a large safety and comfort program for the 1898 Grand Army encampment. Police chief Col. Philip Deitsch expands a 350 officer force with 50 veteran detectives. A 300 physician medical staff will treat visitors with district assignment and mobile care at parks, schools, and ferry routes. About 1,000 patrolmen, private watchmen, and rest points will aid crowds with $10,000 set aside for protection and sanitation. Will L Finch reports.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
Philip Deitsch
Deitsch
Dietsch
J. C. Culbertson
Lancet
Clinic
Grand Army
Culbertson
Philadelphia
Coney Island
Lagoon
Chester Park
Larry Hazen
Cipeinnaui
Big Palace
W. C. Johnson
Will L. Finch
The Annexation of Texas and Its Civil War Legacy
The Annexation of Texas sparked the Mexican War, expanding U S territory and reviving the slavery question. The old parties split over slavery in new lands, making it the dominant political issue. In 16 years the nation spired into civil war, and in 20 years slavery ended nationwide.
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Texas
United States
First American Bible Printing and Global Spread
The first Bible printed in America appeared in Boston in 1782 under British imprint due to local restrictions. After the revolution, demand surged and the Bible Society distributed 2 million copies to soldiers and crews. Today the Bible is printed in 97 languages.
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America
Boston
The
Bible Society
Sweden Produces Hollow Steel Billiard Balls
With ivory scarce, Swedish makers cast hollow steel billiard balls to match the weight and feel of traditional ivory balls, offering a practical alternative for players.
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Sweden
Wind Won and Vain Jubilation Amid Storm News
An American town was reported completely destroyed by a cyclone. Distant voices discuss Spanish power and a cantina tale of jubilee in Madrid. The scene features a hidalgo and strangers debating the chaotic event and its implications.
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Madrid
Hidalgo
Camara
N. Y. Or
Calico's Four Hundredth Anniversary Highlighted
Calico first manufactured in India in 1498 and used for over four centuries. William Simpson & Sons, leading manufacturers, offer the finest grade with bright colors and attractive prints. Dealers and buyers favor this brand as timeless quality.
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India
William Or & Sons
William Simpson Sons
Doctor Hosmer Encounters Hale at Public Library
Dr James K Hosmer visiting Boston visits the new public library and meets Edward Everett Hale who in a playful exchange asks about Noahs bees Hosmer replies archiving archives Ark hives. The brief anecdote appears in the Home Journal.
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James K. Hosmer
Boston
New Public Library
Edward Everett Hale
Hosmer
Dr. Hale
Noah
The
Ark Hives
Last Niagara Falls Excursion by City of Erie Steamer
The Last Niagara Falls Excursion will run Thursday August 25 via Cleveland Akron and Columbus Railway with the steamer City of Erie. Rates: 6.00 from Columbus 5.00 from Mount Vernon 4.00 from Millersburg 3.00 from Akron and lower from intermediate stations. Side trips and stopovers available. Inquiries to C. A. C. agents or to C F Daly General Passenger Agent Cleveland Ohio.
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Niagara Falls
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway
City of Erie
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co
Columbus
Mount Vernon
Millersburg
Akron
C. F. Daly
Cleveland
Ohio
Gentleman notes her as one who thinks she can improve the Lord
A Chicago Post quote recalls a man’s tactful restraint as he admits the woman impressed him with ideas that she might improve upon divine creation. The remark frames a humorous take on pride in artistic or moral reform.
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Chicago Post
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Comfort for Feet
An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder claims quick relief for painful swollen nervous feet hot tired feet and bunions. It promises shoes feel easier and says trial packages are free with the product sold by druggists and shoestores for 25 cents.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Politeness On a Cable Car Ends In Nose Joke
Three young women on a North side cable car drew attention in fancy reception attire. They wore identical red noses after Mrs H fell from a bicycle and skinned her nose, prompting a joke about imitation as sympathy.
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North Side
Mrs. H
Chicago Chronicle
Slow Trains Prompt Undertaker Warning Over Flood Delays
A Southwest railroad system faces criticism for slow service amid washouts and floods. A prominent undertaker wrote to the general manager warning that delayed shipments endanger funeral arrangements and risk corpses not arriving before burial.
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St. Louis Republic
Advice on marriage from old newspapers
A Roxbury Gazette quip notes that a woman who marries for love may seek to marry her daughter to a rich man regardless of affection. The Atchison Globe adds that a married man who compliments a pretty woman in his wife’s presence faces rebuke, and if the wife is absent the woman may rebuke him.
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Roxbury
Atchison Globe
John S. Goode
Orrick
Beauty Decline Warning and Lydia Pinkham Endorsement
A column urges young wives to bolster their health for motherhood and to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It features a reader letter from Mrs. R. S. R. of Chambersburg Pa detailing relief from painful symptoms after nine bottles, Liver Pills, and Sanative Wash.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chambersburg
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