Local merchants urge Chester buyers to shop at home
CrosBY and Hill at 17 West Third Street urge residents of Chester to buy dry goods locally to boost home enterprise and city prosperity. They argue Chester buys far less dry goods at home than similar sized New England towns, suggesting shoppers prefer spending outside the city.
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Bridgeport
Marcus Hook
Chester
Billingsport
Philadelphia
Marcus
United States
Chesters
New England
O Leary Wins Walking Match In San Francisco
A walking match in San Francisco ends with O Leary ahead at 516 miles 2 laps to Weston 490 miles 2 laps. The report notes heavy rains in Georgia and a general strike threat among iron workers from Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh. A San Francisco courtroom case involving Dennis Kearney ends with a guilty verdict on vulgar language, while a Sand Lot speech features Kearney urging dialogue with Citizens Protective Union leaders.
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O'Leary
Weston
San Francisco
New York
Steinway & Sons
Kalloch
Citizens’ Protective Union
Georgia
West Chester and Philadelphia
Angora
Media
J. Edward Faroam
Lorenzo Beck
Marshal Hi
C. M. Bailey & Co
Mick & Co
J. Wister
Harrisburg
Potts Brothers’ Iron Company
Pottatown Iron Company
Pottstown
Friedenaville
Allentown
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Rix
Dennis Kearney
Kearney
Citizens’ Union
Liberal allegiance declared by Lord Derby in letter
Lord Derby announces via a letter to Lord Sefton that he has become a Liberal. Lord Hartington denies Beaconsfield's claim Liberals aim to alienate colonies from the British empire. Cassagnac elected deputy for Mirande. A fire in Barre Ont destroys several businesses and offices. Boer leaders delay meeting while planning a mass gathering in the Transvaal. Basutoland faces crisis as Cape government insists on disarming natives.
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Lord Derby
Lord Sefton
Chatte
Lord Hartington
Lord Beaconsfield
Empire of
Great Britain
M. George de Cassagnac
M. Granier de Cassagnac
Chamber of Deputies
Mirande
Department of the Gen
Barre
Ont
Bigelow
Singer
Warniast
Penton’s Fruit and Wood
Express and Telegraph
Transvaal
Basutoland
Cape
Large Hop Bitters Sale Domination Across Papers
Advertisements promote Hop Bitters as a universal remedy, claiming strong plant virtues and noting the Bitters’ market dominance over other medicines. A fragment mentions Lowell in England receiving refined cordiality and references the Queen showing favor, with garbled wording about invitations and notable ill fated events.
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Lowell Ia
England
Wing anecdote of Horace B. Claflin and a desperate son
A short tale from a New York daily shows Horace B. Claflin offering a struggling son ten thousand dollars after learning the father had previously lent him five thousand. The young man refuses wine cigars and smoking and gambling, prompting Claflin tearfully to grant the loan threefold for the family’s sake.
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New York
Horace B. Clafiln
Claflin
Gap
Blue Haze of Indian Summer Debated by Joel Benton
Joel Benton challenges the view that the blue haze of Indian summer is ordinary smoke from fires. He argues smoke behavior cannot explain the haze’s patterns from Arctic to Torrid zones and notes autumn fire statistics don’t align with a smoke origin. He cites vast, continent-wide reach and improbability of iceberg conflagurations as alternatives.
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Joel Benton
Benton
Hudson River
Arctic Circle
Vitality plus work sustains health and purpose in old age
A reflective essay argues that wealth alone does not guarantee happiness or health. It asserts that sustained, disciplined work trains a man’s powers and preserves vitality, while unneeded leisure leads to discontent and a hollow life. It cautions against stopping pursuits too late.
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Boyle West Third Street
John V. Rice
Jay
No. S34
Market Street
Plumley
M. W. Plumley
Edgmont Avenue
Cheater
Apis Ly
Joseph Cornog
George Bottomley
Edgmont Ave
Haif
Rae
Lumber and Coal Yard
Jonathan Pennell
Chester, PA
Paren Schuyleiss
Edge Tool Works
Second Street
Market
Edgmont
Wil
Jeez
H. B. Black
Mary Morgan
Stobe & Co
Portland
Maine
Anis Ballet’ Oaaaw
Crosby & Hill
West Third Street
Forestdale
Phila. Price
Lonsdale
Continental C, Bro
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