Tommy Atkins origin and use as a military sobriquet
The name Tommy Atkins arose from standard recruitment forms used for illustration. It served as a fictitious identity for soldiers, with real recruits addressed by that name until their true identity appeared. Over time Tommy Atkins became an affectionate term for British soldiers.
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Thomas Atkins
Tommy Atkins
Honk Kong
Mandalay
New Zealand
Soudan
Transvaal
John Doe
Richard Roe
Her Majesty's Land Forces
Chicago
Postmaster's Stimulating Stamp Scheme Gets Him Arrested
A small Ohio town postmaster used a plan pairing stamps with drinks to boost stamp sales and wages. Citizens desired stamps, but he lacked a liquor license and was arrested for stimulating people illegally. The note predicts he will be heard from again.
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Ohio
Philadelphia Inquirer
Despatches Hint at Hawaiian Islands Developments
Washington state reports hint at important actions concerning the Hawaiian Islands Government imbroglio while noting a separate health aside. The piece then advertises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and gastric trouble. It advises choosing dissolving salt in butter by testing brands for minimal sediment.
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Hawaii
Japan
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Catarrh Cure Ads and Seeds Promotion Notice
A scattered page item advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a 10 cent stamp offer for Salzer's seed samples. It promotes McKinley era political mentions and seedsman contests with prizes for potato yield and corn and oat varieties, urging readers to order seed catalogues from John A. Salzer Seed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Ohio
Watpina, Kinnan & Marvin
McKinley
America
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Opposition 10 Longstreet Net Positive Senate Vote
A Washington special reports the senate approved General James Longstreet as railroad commissioner after two hours of executive session. Despite opposition from Vest Daniel Berry and Caffery over his Civil War era ties and views on General Lee, supporters including Hoar Candler Hawley Turner Bacon argued for his experience and postwar bipartisanship. The vote was 33 to 5 with Longstreet aged seventy seven.
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Washington
Senate
James Longstreet
Vest
Daniel, Berry
Caffery
Longstreet
Kellogg-Yarmouth
Louisiana
Mr. Caffery
General Longstreet
West
Daniel
Lee
Hoar
Candler
Hawley
Turner
Bacon
Georgia
Senator Bacon
South
White
Eclipse Viewed In India Causes Devotion And Fear
Advices from Bombay state report a solar eclipse seen across India with two minutes of totality and a sudden temperature drop. An eerie air and pale silver blue corona accompanied the event as native astronomers warned of calamities while people fasted and gathered for devotional rites, but no major alarm erupted.
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Bombay
Talmage Weds Again In Washington Cleric Marriage
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage of Washington D C and Mrs. Elore McCutcheon Collier of Allegheny City were married Sunday at the McCutcheon residence. The couple met at East Hampton on Long Island two summers ago and announced their engagement five months ago in secret.
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Pittsburg
T. DeWitt Talmage
Washington, D. C
Elore McCutcheon Collier
Alleghany City
McCutcheon
Talmdge
East Hampton
Long Island
Fifteen Acres Of Factories In Marinette Wisconsin
Marinette capitalists subscribe 300000 dollars and organize a stock company to manufacture farming implements. The A W Stevens plant from Auburn New York will be moved across the river to Marinette occupying fifteen acres with over 300 workers to be employed.
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Marinette
Wis
A. W. Stevens & Co
Auburn
N. Y
Menominee
Senate Keeps In Session Over Cuban Crisis Amid Recess Pressure
The senate rejects a Saturday recess amid grave Cuban situation rumors. Navy torpedo boats await cipher orders from General Lee to rush to Havana if cables fail. A Havana Key West cipher links hourly updates, with ships ready under extraordinary directives. Senator Bacon then seeks anti scalping enactments from Georgia residents.
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Cuba
United Senate
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Navy Department
Lee
Havana
Key West
Washington
Bacon
Georgia
Presidential nominations sent to the Senate
The president sent nominations to the Senate including John W. Griggs of New Jersey for attorney general Selah Morrill of Massachusetts for consul at Jerusalem Syria C Wesley Thomas of Philadelphia Domingo M Pappy of St Augustine for customs collector St Clair A Mulholland of Philadelphia for pension agent Henry B Chubb receiver of public money at Gainesville Fla John Eagan of Florida for U S attorney for the northern district Griggs the current New Jersey governor has been noted as McKenna successor designation
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Senate
John W. Griggs
New Jersey
Selah Morrill
Massachusetts
Jerusalem
Syria
C. Wesley Thomas
Philadelphia
Domingo M. Pappy
St. Augustine
St. Clair
United States
Florida
John Eagan
Griggs
McKenna
Madrid Reacts to US Warships Bound for Cuban Waters
Excitement runs high in Madrid as reports say American warships are ordered to Cuban waters. The Imparcial calls for yankee eagerness to seize Cuba. A palace banquet honored King Alfonso as cabinet officials and diplomats gathered. A manifesto to the country is reportedly under consideration.
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Cuban
Madrid
Imparcial
Cuba
Alfonso
Anti Jewish Riots Renewed in Algiers Quarter
Advices from Algiers report renewed anti Jewish riots Sunday. The mob invaded the Rue Babazoum, plundering Jewish shops and driving merchants into the street. A squad of chasseurs arrived and charged with drawn swords, but the mob re-formed further on and cheered the army. Daggers and hatchets were used.
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Algiers
Babazoum
Chasseurs
Ett
Grover Cleveland Buys New Jersey Game Preserve
A dispatch from Trenton reports Grover Cleveland purchased eighty five acres near Princeton New Jersey for 900 dollars to create a game preserve. He plans to stock the land with quail pheasant partridges snipe woodcock rabbits foxes and hares and build a lodge ready by next fall.
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Trenton
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Merchants Oppose Monetary Commission Plan in Congress
The Merchants Association of New York representing thousands of businesses and millions invested announced after the Indianapolis Monetary Convention that the bill creating the commission will be fought in Congress as written and changes must be made.
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Merchants’ Association of New York
Indianapolis
Keeping Things Hot and Patching Floor Cracks
Household tips advise keeping food warm by using a covered plate over a pan of boiling water. For cracks around skirting boards or rooms, soak newspaper in a flour alum paste and pack into gaps. it then hardens like papier mache.
Ventilating Sleeping Rooms And Home Cookery Notes
Nightly window ventilation advised with a top gap and optional cheesecloth screen to keep air fresh without cold drafts. Also includes simple recipes for pumpkin cakes beet and potato salad chestnut sandwiches roasted onions Spanish potatoes and artichoke sauce with beefsteak.
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New York Journal
Dromedaries Hardened by Tobacco Smoke in Egypt Travel
Travelers in Egypt reportedly control dromedaries with tobacco smoke. Camels travel night and day on long journeys, kept alert by cigars pressed into a wooden holder. The beast puffs through its nostrils, eyes closed, then resumes plodding with renewed vigor.
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Egypt
Cartridge Message Reveals Suicide Attempt and Failed Exit
A New York Journal account reports James Young tried to kill himself with a pistol. He wrote a farewell letter to his wife, but the bullet failed to fire. He then used another cartridge to finish the act, with the first cartridge becoming a paperweight on the letter.
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James Young
New York Journal
England's Wheat Fields as Public Granaries Debate
The essay argues England should rely on its own wheat fields as national granaries rather than hoard foreign corn. It highlights a thousand years of cultivation, Doomsday Book evidence, and Roman-era prominence, noting large uncultivated lands and the enduring place of English fields in the grain supply.
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England
Old
Edward the Confessor
Victoria
Rome
Dr Williams Pink Pills Help Jackson Man With Rheumatism
A 56 year old farmer from Horton Jackson County Michigan suffered thirty years of rheumatic pain and dizzy spells. After trying many doctors and remedies, he found relief using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He reports complete recovery for over a year and praises the product. Postoffice Lorenzo Neeley Horton Michigan confirms the cure. All druggists sell them.
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Jackson
Mich
Tie
Williams
Dr. Williams
Lorenzo Neeley
Horton
Jackson County
Michigan
Fortunetellers Endorse Planned Marriage for Respectable Lady
A highly respectable Pacific avenue resident discusses marriage with her cook. She says she consulted two fortune tellers, a clairvoyant, a sign reader, and an astrologer along with a meejum and dreamed on a hair lock, all advising to proceed.
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Pacific Avenue
Mary
Eczema relief and health claims in old ads
A collage of 19th century medical and consumer ads tout skin cures for eczema tetter ringworm and itching. It lists Tetterine priced 30 cents, mentions Peach stores and Savannah Georgia, and includes other remedies such as Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Piso's Cure for Consumption with various prices and endorsements.
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J. Tt. Buptrine
Savannah
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