Canadians Unfriendly They Refuse Chicago Visit for Corner Stone
Mr. F W Fitzpatrick, assistant US architect, returned from Ottawa after Chicago invited Governor General and cabinet of Canada to lay the corner stone of the post office yet Sir Wilfrid Laurier declined due to harsh press tone over the Alaska boundary. He fears trouble in Chicago and will not advise the visit, though he will consider it.
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F. W. Fitzpatrick
Treasury Department
Washington
Ottawa
Committee of Citizens of
Chicago
McKinley
Governor General
Cabinet of
Canada
Fitzpatrick
United States
Henry Ives Cobb
Wilfrid
Sir Wilfrid
Underwood Sues Over Libel From Confederate Veteran
General John OC Underwood of Covington Kentucky filed in the U S circuit court in Nashville Tennessee a libel suit for $50 000 against L A Cunningham editor of The Confederate Veteran and the publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal Church South The suit claims false and malicious publishing about Underwood who serves as superintendent and secretary of the Confederate Memorial Association
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Nashville
Tenn
John Oc, Underwood
Covington
United States Circuit
L. A. Cunningham
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Confederate Memorial Association
Confederate Veteran
Cunningham
Governor Saves Mullens From Lynching in Newnan
Georgia Governor Candler traveled to Newnan to direct the sheriff and the militia as a mob formed outside the Newnan jail. John Mullens, charged with an attempted assault in Coweta County, was kept safe and sent to Atlanta jail under the governor's protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
John Mullens
Coweta
Atlanta
Candler
Newnan
Dewey Leaves Trieste After Cold Reception
Berlin press reports Admiral Dewey departed Trieste earlier than planned due to a chilly reception. The London Standard’s Berlin correspondent notes he did not meet the favorable audience he anticipated. The Kolnische Zeitung questions Netria's ties with Spain and potential consequences.
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Berlin
The
London Standard
Dewey
Trieste
Kolnische Zeitung
Netria
Spain
Storm wreaks havoc. fifteen vessels beached in Florida
Extensive Gulf storm damage shocks Florida towns Carrabelle McIntyre and Lanark Inn annihilated. Nine houses survive in Carrabelle. railroad washed away for thirty miles. Fifteen ships at Dow island cove high and dry. five bodies recovered. fifty destitute sailors taken in. One million-dollar loss. insurance scant.
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Florida
Carrabelle
McIntyre
Lanard Inn
River Junction
Lanark Inn
Gulf
Tallahassee
Lanark
Dow Island Cove
Upper
Anchorage
St. George's
Dog Island
Corteria
Oila
Capitola
Yaqui Uprising Grows Across Mexican Towns
Dispatches report the Yaqui insurrection expanding along the Yaqui river towns with Indians arming and retreating to the woods. Frontiersman Jack Ramsay and photographer Ed Miller were killed en route to Alamos by attacking tribes.
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Chicago Tribune
City of Mexico
Guayamas
Jack Ramsay
Ed Miller
Alamos
Yaqui River
Mesaro
Aurillo F. Pareides
Romero
Pareides
Mayo River
Angel Garcia Pena
Don Carlisle
Candedo
United States
Arizona
Mexico
Mormon Church Demolished in Kentucky Mob Threat
Elder L M Figgins reports that a mob in Fleming county Beechburg Kent cut a Mormon church to pieces with axes to prevent rebuilding and deny fire insurance. Ben E Rich in Chattanooga confirms the incident.
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Ben E. Rich
Southern
Mormons
Chattanooga
Tenn
L. M. Figgins
Kentucky
Beechburg
Fleming County
Figgins
Blind Chaplain Milburn Improves After Sunstroke
Lincoln dispatch reports Rev. W. H. Milburn the blind chaplain of the United States Senate recovering from sunstroke. He had a fairly comfortable night and showed marked improvement.
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Lincoln, Neb
W. H. Milburn
United States Senate
French Ambassador Cambon Heads to Europe on Touraine
French ambassador M Cam bon departed Washington on Friday night and plans a four months visit to Europe aboard the ship La Touraine starting from New York.
Actions of the Just Smell Sweet
The fragrance of life is vigor and strength not found in impure blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and makes the weak strong.
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Hood
Keep Your Temper and Seek Good Will in Life
Short ad style, promoting good temper as profitable for employers and employees. Includes testimonials and product pitches for Allen’s Foot-Base and No-To-Bac with claims of foot relief and tobacco cessation. Ends with proverb about faith.
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Allen
Adr
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Mosquito Perfume Promises Welcome Relief in Summer
The ad promotes a fragrance labeled “Mate Mosquito” famous in American circles. It claims a few drops rubbed on bands face and arms will keep mosquitoes away and directs readers to mail to a Louisville Kentucky address for a receipt of the retail price.
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America
Arthur Meter
Louisville
Where the Compass Came From in Ancient China
A historical note traces the compass origin to Huang ti in 2684 B C who built a southern needle to navigate fogged plains. It cites a Chinese dictionary from A D 121 describing loadstone as giving traction to a needle. It suggests Chinese navigation extended to India with the compass.
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Huang-ti
Tchi-yeon
Tchoulou
India
Penarson
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Promoted For Dyspepsia Cure
An advertisement claims wealthy doctors and patients suffer weak stomachs. it touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as the sure remedy to restore vigor to the stomach. The copy warns to watch for private revenue stamps on bottle necks.
Devious plot to care for baby exposed in two magazines
A scene shows Gassoway pressing Crumble with advice about parenting then proposing to replace Crumble’s wife with himself for a month. The exchange hints at a larger scheme regarding the baby. A second joke notes dogs punished for sofa behavior, with a Windsor Magazine twist.
Beauty and health ads blur in cluttered 19th century page
A jumble of patent medicine claims fills the column, touting Cascarets for beauty and bowel health, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, Teething Powders, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and No To Bac tobacco cure. It cites endorsements, prices, and guarantees amid scattered addresses and dates.
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Nees
Dr. Kline
R. H. King, Ltd
Arch St
Phila
Detecting a Famous Forgery in the Potter Gibbons Case
A handwriting expert explains how a forged figure altered a receipt from three hundred to eighty three hundred dollars. The added word eighty was written later by a different hand, revealing the misorder and aiding proof of forgery in the Potter Gibbons mortgage dispute.
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Daniel T. Ames
Potter-Gibbons
New Jersey
Gibbons
Potter
Ainslee
Curious Travels of a Singaporean Polygamist
A Singaporean man described as Tuan Syed Mahamed bin Abdulla al Hadad arrives visiting fellow followers. The report notes he is about seventy eight years old and accompanied by four wives and two slaves, claiming he never exceeds his stated wife count and has contracted at least 117 marriages. The item reads as a period gossip snippet with sensational details.
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Gassoway
Crumble
Harper’s Bazar
Tuan Syed Mahamed bin Abdulla al- Hadad
Singapore
Terak
India
Mrs Richardson Saved by Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs Richardson credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after eighteen months of illness from leucorrhoea and ovarian inflammation. Bedridden, she regained strength and mobility, praising the product as life saving and life renewing. Her testimony aims to help others seek the same relief.
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Ereka
Mas
Pinkham HO
Lydia E. Pinkham
Con E
Richardson, Rhinelander
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