Navy plans four harbor defense monitors for twenty seven hundred tons
The navy department invites bids on October 3 for four harbor defense vessels of the monitor type costing not over 1,250,000 each. Specifications include two 12 inch breech guns, four 4 inch rapid fire guns, seven rapid fire guns, steel hulls, armor up to 11 inches, two vehicle expansion engines, four boilers, twin screws, and a speed target of at least 12 knots with penalties for shortfalls.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Department
Secretary of the Navy
Emperor reported dead and Bayard weakening in illness
The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail dispatches from London and Pekin report strong indications the Chinese emperor died around September 21 after issuing the regency edict. Separate item notes Thomas F. Bayard’s illness worsens with Sunday night near death, in semi conscious condition.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Hong Kong
Wiring Sunday
Yang
Chang ¥ En Hoan
Washington
Daily Mail
T. F. Bayard
Depuham
Mass
Thomas F. Bayard
Hazen Son Dies From Turnpike Accident Injury
John McLean Hazen son of the late Gen William B Hazen was thrown from his horse on the Richmond turnpike and died Sunday afternoon in Tompkinsville after sustaining a fractured skull reported from Staten Island on Friday.
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New York
John McLean Hazen
Wm B.hazen
Richmond
Staten Island
Tompkinsville
Death reported from typhoid fever at Camp Wikorr
One death occurred at the hospital on Sunday Arthur L Kauf man of Company M 8th Ohio died of typhoid fever.
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Camp Wikorr
Montauk Point
L. L
Arthur L. Kaufman
Company M
8Th
Ohio
United States peace commissioners arrive in London
The U S peace commissioners landed in Liverpool on the Campania and traveled by special train to London where they stay at the Hotel Cecil. Judge Day reports improved health after sea travel and the group plans a Paris-bound departure on Monday morning.
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LiverPool
United States Peace Commissioners
Cunard Line
Campania
Judge Day
Davis
Peace Commission
United States
James Boyle
London
Cecil
Paris
Officers Made Brigadier Generals of Volunteers
President's appointment elevates officers for Santiago and Porto Rico campaigns. Promotions include Lieut. Col. Charles D. Viele and Col. William M. Wherry among others to brigadier general of volunteers. Hulings named for Porto Rico service. most are expected to be mustered out of volunteer ranks soon.
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Santiago
Porto Rico
Washington
Charles D. Viele
1St
U. S. Cavalry
Wm. M. Wherry
17Th
U. S. Infantry
John, H. Page
G. S. Carpenter
J. H. Patterson
U.S. Infantry
J. H. Daggett
C. F. Humphrey
Quartermaster’s Department
J. F. Weston
Subsistence Department
Willis G. Hulings
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Notables and anecdotes from various public figures
Gov Leedy orders 13 gun salute for peace celebration. Mrs Hetty Green seen with a three pound skye terrier in Bellows Falls. Manuel Tamaya y Baus, Madrid library chief and dramatist, dies. Maryland authors of patriotic songs noted. Mason A Green to write Edward Bellamy biography. Dr Meyer to study Amazon tribes. Henrik Ibsen quits Grand Cafe Christmas tradition. Capt Gillet recalls Grant billiard game before war. Grant strict about business, little to say.
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Leedy
Kansas
Bellows Falls
Hetty Green
Manuel Tamaya Y Baus
Madrid
National Library
Spain
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
Stonewall Jackson
Henrik Ibsen
Capt. Gillet
Gen. Grant
PENCILINGS A Charmingly Wry Somerville Journal Snippet
A humorous Somerville Journal snippet offers observations on manners and timing. It jokes that punctual people often wait for others, the popular man avoids risky talk with soldiers, and a smart wife is hard to manage only when she is yours. The piece wryly notes age estimates and timing in everyday life.
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Somerville Journal
Speed of a wild duck nearly 90 miles per hour
A Popular Science note states that wild ducks can fly at about 90 miles per hour. It also cites Europe’s 4200 plant species used commercially, and world population estimates from ancient times around 54 million to about 1.4 billion today.
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Europe
Augustus
Bilslik
Russia
Autumn Idyls of a Sea Dawn and a Laughing Oyster
A lyrical scene unfolds with Septembers and a talking Oyster as Master Lowry questions fate and art. The long dialogue blends mood, fruit imagery, and exchanges about identity, destiny, and a playful chorus suggesting autumnal reverie in a newspaper-poem voice.
Le Roy man recovers after paralysis via Pink Pills tale
Watertown Herald reports 72 year old Young of Le Roy fell 22 feet from a scaffold while weatherproofing a barn. He suffered paralysis in one side and eye, but after using Williams Pink Pills his fingers moved and he walked again, prompting praise of the remedy.
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le Roy
N. Y
Hon
Herald Office
I Williams
Inventor Proposes Rubber Stamp Interest Method
A man known for constant invention says he is not pursuing large projects. He is now developing a simple method for calculating interest using a rubber stamp as a key tool.
Practical Kindness by The American Tobacco Co in War Time
The article lauds The American Tobacco Co for supplying tobacco to U S soldiers and sailors since the war began. Headquarters established in camps ensure free tobacco and fifty thousand briar pipes, benefiting troops in thirty states and Cuban waters. The piece defends corporate spirit despite rumors that corporations lack souls.
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American Tobacco Co
U. S
United States Army
Sosman
US States
Cuban
Bald Spot Hair Advice From Chicago Evening News
An odd editorial note quotes a warning not to comb hair over a bald spot and then react to a grocer placing large potatoes atop a measuring tool, illustrating a humorous domestic scene from the Chicago Evening News.
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Chicago Evening News
Simpson's Prints: A Guarantee of Quality and Satisfaction
The text praises the William Simpson & Sons name as a warranty of top quality color and finish for their fabrics. It notes tickets bearing the name assure excellence to dealers and to women nationwide, who have long trusted Simpson's prints for perfect satisfaction.
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Wm. Simpson & Sons
William Simpson & Sons
United States
Simpson
His Impression. Brown Isn't Millennium a Latin Word
Puck quotes a debated exchange where Brown questions millennium as a Latin term and Smith suggests a rough meaning related to burning. The fragment captures a mock scholarly dialogue about language.
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Brown
Smith
Puck
Fragmentary captioning from Atchison news note
Scattered lines from a local page show incomplete phrases about trends and coaling stations. The garbled text mentions Atchison Kansas and a misread map or person, with no clear event or named individuals to frame a full summary.
Dyspepsia Relief Promised By Ayer Sarsaparilla
An advertisement extols Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for chronic indigestion and dyspepsia. It cites a Meridian Mississippi patient M S Shields who improved after three bottles, claims lasting four years of relief, and invites readers to request the Dr. Ayer carebook for more testimonials.
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Dr. Ayer
M.S. Shields
Meridian
Miss
Shields
What They Expect A New Woman In Business
A woman in business seeks equality with men but resents lack of courtesy from a male coworker who keeps his seat on the train and later his desk. Her brother cites examples of chivalry fading as men avoid offering seats or jobs, while a counterpoint note hints at harsher outcomes in boxing.
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Chicago Post
A Small Boy’s Scheme Ends With Laughing Farm Tale
A mothertakes her six year old to a country farm where the boy recounts his plan to burn eggs in the stable to make little horses, believing eggs burn into chickens in a chicken house and into horses in a stable. The farmer laughs but the miracle never happens.
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Wae
Mamma
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Paradoxical quips from humorous exchanges recalled
A Chicago Evening News quote contrasts a charming lady with a suitor who mocks Mr. Davis as an intellectual. The rival quips that Davis is a hard thinker on many subjects, leading to a playful exchange about intellectual prowess. A Cincinnati Enquirer joke about an amateur opera performance ends with a remark that it was so poor it was really rich.
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Mr. Davis
Cincinnati Enquirer
Many female ills result from neglect and displacement
A 19th/early 20th century advertorial warns that minor daily slips can cause uterine displacement and serious health issues. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's free advice from Lynn Massachusetts, citing a grateful testimonial from Mrs. Mary Bennett of Bay City Michigan.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Bennett
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