Global Resources and Investments Report Highlights
The article notes a new glass roof covering for the Crystal Palace in London totaling about 15 acres. It also reports promising petroleum surveys on Sumatra with leased land and imminent Russian-led workings to supply Japan and China. In North Carolina, an English-backed zinc and lead mine in Davidson County is described, with one copper-containing ore and another copper-free ore at depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Palace
London
Sumatra
Baku
Japan
China
Davidson County
North Carolina
Cuba Soldier Ballots Prompt 31 Polling Places and Inspectors
Only 31 ballots arrived from Cuba to the New York police board and were opened late. Each ballot corresponds to a different election district, requiring 31 polling places and 31 boards of inspectors. The voting cost for this method is $30 per ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
New York Police Board
Boards of Inspectors
Women Hulking Corn In Marshall County Harvest
In Marshall county Kansas a record corn yield faced waste as men were unavailable. Women volunteered to husk the harvest themselves to save the crop, underscoring communal effort and scarcity of labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Kan
French War Office Hails New Civilizing Rifle
The French war office praises a new rifle seen as a civilizing influence. Experiments show its deadly force. at 2000 yards the bullet pierced a horse, and bones in its path were shockingly smashed.
Ring disaster at Augusta mill ends with severed finger
A cotton mill worker in Augusta pulled his hand from a pulley hook catching his ring. The ring was torn from his finger as he fell back, saving the arm though the finger was completely severed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Miss Josephine Drexel Now Entering New York Social Scene
The report that Miss Josephine Drexel would renounce the world and join a convent was denied. Nevertheless she faces pressure over her vast fortune of 310,900,000 as suitors seek a share. She has joined a prominent New York City dancing club.
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Josephine ‘Drexel
New York City
French submarine boat to cross channel by cable traction
A French inventor designs a submarine boat for channel crossing driven by electric cable traction. The craft carries 240 passengers and travels in one hour. If cables snag at the drums the boat can detach, surface, and proceed as a normal vessel.
Maine copper mines to reopen as copper prices rise
Several of the largest abandoned copper mines in Eastern Maine will again be operated after profitable years in 1879 when copper stood around 14 cents. A plying basis could yield 12 cents, but a crash followed when Wisconsin mines cut copper to eight cents. With current highs, mining in Maine should prove very profitable.
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Maine
Wisconsin
Paper teeth may replace traditional dental material
Paper teeth emerge as a new dental material promising easier fabrication and potential durability. While presenting some drawbacks the novelty may dominate dental practice until a superior substitute is discovered.
Diamond Mines Powering Africa's Rapid Growth
The Kimberly mines lie in British territory near the Orange Free State, about 600 miles from Cape Town, supplying 99 percent of regional trade. Discovered after 1867, they yielded $350,000,000 in rough diamonds, which after cutting fetch double that value.
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Africa
Kimberly
Britsh
Orange Free State
Cape Town
Vegetarian boot links to London maker’s vegan shoe
A London boot maker claims to have invented a vegan boot with no animal product in its construction. After years of experiment he produced a boot containing absolutely no paper or leather. The shoe reportedly lasts longer than leather and uses a soft upper material.
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London
Tragic Gas Fire Kills Eight Children at School Rehearsal
At St Francis school in Quincey TL a Christmas rehearsal ended in disaster when a gas jet flame spread through cotton costumes. Four died on site and four more succumbed by midnight, with seven others fatally burned and several injured. Victims include Mary Wavering Alma Middendorf Bertha Freund Josie Roszeweg Miss Hickey Irene Freiberg Josephine Bohne Alvin Timpe Margaret Warner Wilhelmina Cuttendorf Mary Althoff.
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Quincey
St. Francis School
Mary Wavering
Alma Middendorf
Bertha Freund
Josie Roszeweg
Miss Hickey
Irene Freiberg
Josephine Bohne
Wilhelmina Kottendorf
Lena Zeiger
Laura Menke
Miss Loebbing
Alva Timpe
Josie Werner
Andrew Butzkueben
Ludwigus
Rodolphia
Theo
Alvin Timpe
Margaret Warner
Wilhelmina Cuttendorf
Mary Althoff
Terrible Amalfi Disaster Destroys Hotel Row
A massive rock slide at Amalfi on the Salerno Gulf buried the Cap Puccini hotel the Capuchin monastery Santa Caterina and several villas. The debris sank four vessels and crushed their crews as an estimated 50 000 cubic yards of earth slid into the sea.
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Rome
Amalfi
Gulf of Salerno
Steamer Appomattox Tows Nasmyth to Queenstown
A London dispatch reports the British steamer Appomattox towed the Nasmyth into Queenstown after Nasmyth’s shaft broke off Cape Cod bound for Manchester from New York. Appomattox had sailed from London on December 16 toward Newport News and passed Kinshdale en route.
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London
Appomattox
Foall
Newport News
Kinsdale
Queenstown
Nasmyth
Braithwaite
New York
Manchester
Labor Troubles Adjusted in Pensacola Area
John W Hayes and W A Blount arbitrators reach an amicable settlement of lumbermen strikes in Pensacola and Santa Rosa county. The agreement takes effect January 1 with weekly pay for mill workers and monthly pay for logging crews, a 10 percent raise, and Knights of Labor members granted job preference.
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Pensacola
Fla
John W. Hayes
W. A. Blount
Santa Rosa County
Knights of Labor
Boundary treaty extended for one year with Mexico
Secretary Hay and the Mexican chargé d affaires signed an extension of the boundary agreement along the Rio Grande for one year until December 24 next. The renewal keeps the defined frontier operation in force under the existing treaty terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
United States
Mrs Sanderson Acquitted In Oatmeal Poisoning Case
Mrs Sanderson of Marshall Michigan was acquitted by the jury Friday night after a trial alleging she attempted to murder her aged husband by feeding him ground glass in his oatmeal.
Dwight L Moody Dies After Long Illness at Home
Dwight L Moody dies at noon after a prolonged decline tied to overwork. Born 1837 in Northfield Massachusetts he built a vast evangelistic career with revival tours and schools. funeral planned for Monday at 3 PM at the Congregational church with burial at Roundtop on seminary grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight L. Moody
Northfield
Mass
Boston
Chicago
Chicago V. A
Ira D Sankey
United States
Great Britain
Northfold
the Congregational Church
Seminary
Mr. Moody
Publication Suspended by Filipino Advisory Press
Manila December 23. The newspaper Democrat ia, linked to pro American judges and seen as the organ of Filipinos favoring American control, announced it would suspend publication. It began under the patronage of the Philippine advisory commission led by Prof. J. G. Schurman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Democrat@ia
Supreme Court
Philippines
Philippine Advisory Commission
J. G. Schurman
Atlanta Woman Named Honorary President for Paris Exposition
Mrs William R Lowe of Atlanta was informed she is honorary president of the women’s board for the Paris exposition and notified Mme Poquard of her acceptance. A separate Amsterdam note reports a committee forming to protest British cruelties in South Africa and a manifesto to England and the continent outlining cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Wm. R. Lowe
General Federation of Women's Ores
Womans Board
Mme. Poquard
Womens
Amsterdam
South Africa
England
Continent
Burial of Maine Victims at Arlington Today
The Navy Department announced ceremonies at Arlington Cemetery for the Maine’s dead, with a burial today at 1 o clock local time. The service is reported to be held in Washington and attended by military officials.
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Maine
Washington
Navy Department
Arlington
Texas
War's Horrors at Ladysmith Battle Site Told by Correspondent
A Times correspondent at Ladysmith describes the Elands battlefield scenes with Highlanders and mounted volunteers fallen, wounded soldiers buried, and a grim evidence of shell fire on Schiel's last stand. He notes Boers' defense, mourning, and the toll of heavy shelling amid river and kopje positions. The report also cites dispatches from Chevely and Chievely on Roberts, Bullock, and Buller’s repulse. Forty children drown in an ice accident near Frelinghem on the Lys river.
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Don
Times
Ladysmith
Elands
Schiel J
Maner
London
Daily Telegraph
Chevely
Roberts
Lord Roberts
Tugela River
Schofield
Congreve
Rifles
Foster
Baptie
Lieut. Roberts
Devonshire Regiment
Col
Bullock
Col. Bullock
Brussels
Frelinghem
Lys
Hand Fight Ends In Draw In Hot Springs Bout
In Hot Springs Arkansas on Friday night Jack Stelzer and Ed Dunkhor fought to a draw after 20 rounds with the decision declared a draw. The bout was the main attraction at the venue with local spectators watching closely.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Jack Stelzer
Ed Dunkhor
Aspiring Kansas Girl Questions Future Woman Role
The Chicago Chronicle reports a Kansas girl rejects grand schemes and declares pride in a solid education. She aims to marry a capable farmer, value practical skills, and keep romance simple, noting she will use her education for grammar and daily chores, not fame.
Woman in Finance and a torn bill ruse
A Detroit husband sent his wife to San Francisco via Chicago and gave a porter half of a torn five dollar bill with instructions that her other half would be produced at journey’s end. He later learned she had torn a dollar bill in two and handed the halves to the porter, sparking speculation about a new flimflam game and the wife’s reasoning.
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Moon
Mr. Mo
Moody
Osas City
Northfield
Detroit
San Francisco
Chicago
San Francisco Argonaut
The Finest Road
A man visits a railroad ticket office seeking a direct line to New York claiming superiority of service. The agent confirms a direct route, luxurious cars and punctual service, while the man plans to check five other lines for honesty before deciding.
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New York
Cver
Ohio State Jour
Tunable to Pronounce It in Local Tale of Mike and Wife
The Memphis Scimitar relay tells of neighbors noting domestic discord when Mike, often drunk, returns home. His wife chides him asking for medicine, while Mike struggles to say sarasaparilla, revealing tension and humor in a long running quarrel.
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Bekase
Mike
Memphis Scimitar
Extinguisher Incident at Palatial Residence
Percy Stonebroke tumbles down steps at Mr. Goldbonds home causing a dramatic scene. Arabella Goldbonds asks her father why he was in the hall while Mr. Goldbonds replies he was putting out the light of her life. The exchange is set against a backdrop of moral quips and social snips from various sources.
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Percy Stonebroke
Mr. Goldnds
Mr. Goldbonds
Papa
Arabella Goldbonds
Baltimore
Prosperity for 1900 Promises Health in Wealth
The piece links national and personal prosperity to health and stomach vigor. It advocates Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion and biliousness, claiming it makes strong vigorous men and women and supports a prosperous year ahead.
Chemist Mistakenly Receives Cosmetic Firm Card
A traveling salesman tries to impress a chemist by claiming his firm sells the finest cosmetics. The chemist notes the traveler’s nerves and returns a photo the man handed him, assuming it was a mix up, and the visitor departs without a goodbye.
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London
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and testimonials
A vintage advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co as proprietors in Toledo with endorsements from local wholesalers. The cure is described as internal, price seventy five cents per bottle, with testimonials and Hall's Family Pills also promoted.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
A & Truax
Toedo
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Farmer trades bicycle joke at Mulhall hardware store
A Kansas City Journal item recounts a farmer entering a Mulhall hardware store. The manager teases him about buying a bicycle for farm use and offers to cow him into paying 35 dollars. The farmer counters with a quip about milking a bicycle, highlighting the humorous rural exchange.
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Mulhall
Kansas City Journal
Poultry Mixture Sales Offer From Parsons Kansas Firm
Excelsior Mfg Co of Parsons Kansas advertises paid weekly wages of 20 dollars plus expenses for a man with a rig to introduce their Poultry Mixture. Respond with stamp for terms.
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Excelsior Mfg. Co
Parsons, Kans
Christmas Visions in the Times-Herald
A humorous amusement note cites a dialogue about mistletoe and Christmas encounters with a playful tease from the Chicago Times-Herald.
Croup Cure Ad Promises Relief for Infants
An old Philadelphia Times advertisement markets Hox sie's Croup Cure for croup coughs colds and bronchitis in babies. It claims the remedy is best and notes a three day grace period for a note and mentions a price of fifty cents.
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Hoxsie
Philadelphia Times
Coit’s Final Farce Introduces an Automobile Joke
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes Coit explaining he added an automobile to his last farce because he was tired of critics accusing him of horse play. The joke plays on modern speed and mobility.
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Coit
Cleveland Plain Dealer
To Cure 2 Cold in One Day Lake Laxative Ad Claims
An old bachelor jokes that some women are born foolish some achieve folly and the rest marry fools in a Chicago Daily News snippet. The ad promotes Lake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming cure in one day with a refund offer if it fails.
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Chicago Daily News
Short South Line Adages and Vintage Remedies
A collage of 19th century snippets citing travel lines, consumer products, and aphorisms. Includes The Queen and Crescent shortest line to New Orleans, a dye claim for AtTNAM FACELESS DYES, remarks on women and excuses, Hale's Honey of Horehound praise, Piso's Cure for coughs, and a Holland quote on manhood.
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Queen & Crescent
New Orleans
the & Crescent
Perana claims by Mrs Gridley from Manila voyage
Ann E Gridley widow of a Dewey era captain promotes Perana as a grand tonic and women’s friend. She states it cured her catarrh and general ills, promising a free book and home use. The testimonial notes Manila destruction of the Spanish fleet and urges use in every household.
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Dewey
Gridley
Manilla
Perana
Ann E. Gridley
Gatarre
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J. D. Dennis
Carthage
Indiana
Eason
Wnet
Rts Piesse
Elandslaagte
London Times
Ipitheem
Schiel
Kansas
Chicago Chronicle
Woman In Finance
Piel
Tess Atchicon Globe
Sir John Herschel
Sterne
Chicago Times
Grove
Chesterfield
Attnam
Atchison Globe
Hale
Pike
Chicago Dispatch
M.eo Blunt
Sprague, Wash
Holland
Captain Gridley
Emidley
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