Fortunes Made by a Laughing Steamboatman John D Adams
Feature recalling John D Adams a famed Arkansas steamboatman and planter whose booming laugh reportedly won Government mail contracts and calmed panicked passengers. The anecdote contrasts his genial public persona with a dangerous retaliatory laugh in a riverbank quarrel.
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St. Charles
Sam B. Adams
John D. Adams
Sam
Arkansas
Arkansas River
Kris Kringle
Washington
Adams
New Orleans Times-Democrat
World’s fastest runner Bernard J Wefers new champion
Bernard J Wefers from Lawrence Massachusetts becomes the new world record holder after running the hundred yards in 985 seconds. Described as lean powerful and agile he is six feet tall and 185 pounds with a quick straight start and relentless finishing kick. His temperament and stamina surprise observers as he celebrates with a light jog rather than collapse.
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Bernard J. Wefers
Weser
Lawrence
Mass
Wefers
New York Journal
Light paper cupolas built from many paper strips
The article describes cupolas made from 24 to 30 layered paper strips. Each strip runs from base to hemispherical roof, forming a vault like segment. Strips are moistened and stretched over a wooden model, dried, then coated with oil and varnish to become weatherproof and assembled into a round cupola.
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Philadelphia
Will False Teeth Grow A Russian Claim And Skepticism
A Russian dentist reportedly claims to grow false teeth into gums by drilling into gutta percha or porcelain teeth and jaw bone, allowing a soft granular growth to fuse the tooth. American dentists deny the claim as fraudulent and unfounded.
Gorman Ousted in Maryland Senate Race for Republicans
Maryland Republicans claim control after a near tie election. Five assembly members and one senator shifted from Democrats to Republicans, boosting GOP to 49 in the House and 8 in the Senate with a 17 vote joint-ballot majority. Possible successors named include Alexander Shaw John V L Findlay Gary and Sidney E Mudd.
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Gorman
Maryland
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
White House
United States
Senate
Assembly
Talbot County
Prince George’s
Carroll
House
Tilghman
Alexander Shaw
John V. L. Findlay
Gary
Sidney E. Mudd
Van Wyck to Lead Greater New York With Vast Patronage
A New York dispatch notes that more than 50 000 people will be paid by the city under Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck first administration. Payroll salaries total 33 000 000 dollars with many jobs and contracts forming patronage. Indirect city payments through contracts add about 12 000 earners, giving the mayor power second only to the U S president in patronage.
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Greater New York
New York Dispatch
Robert A. van Wyck
Strong
The
United States
van Wyck
Judge Rules Indiana Garnishment Unconstitutional
Anderson Indiana Judge McClure declares the new Indiana garnishee unconstitutional as a whole and dismisses all cases under it, finding it class legislation that targets wage earners. He upholds the anti waste natural gas law and dismisses related oil field cases.
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Indiana
Anderson
Ind
McClure
Heavy frost at Selma prompts quarantine request
Selma Alabama saw heavy frost with ice in places on Thursday morning. The board of health withdrew objections to returning refugees and, at a committee of business men’s request, asked Governor Johnston to raise the embargo on Selma. Southern railway branches north of Selma resumed normal schedules.
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Johnston
Selma
Ala
Board of Health
Southern Railway
The Fire Patrol and Water Use in U S Firefighting
Mr. Charles T. Hill outlines how annual fire losses reach one hundred million dollars in the United States and how half of that loss stems from water used to fight fires. He praises newer controlled nozzles and the small 1.4 inch hose carried on New York Fire Department wagons for efficient firefighting and reduced water damage.
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Charles T. Hill
St. Nicholas
New York
New York Fire Department
Forests Cover Large Area in Oregon and Fur Details
Recent surveys indicate more than one sixth of Oregon, about 10,000,000 acres, is densely wooded. Chinchilla fur is prized for its fineness and delicate pearly gray tone, with the animal measuring about nine inches, making the skin highly valuable.
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Oregon
Cure skin diseases with Tetterine and names of singers
A blunt ad urges readers to cure skin conditions from abrasions to eczema with Tetterine, priced at 50 cents or four stamps from J. T. Shuptrine of Savannah. The item also notes Jean and Edouard de Reszke being made nobles by the Czar.
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J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Jean and
Edouard de Reszke
Patent cough cure and baby syrup ad
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising to cure a cold in one day with refund. It also markets Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children easing gums reducing inflammation soothing wind colic priced at 35c a bottle.
Beauty, marriage and a tonic aid in 19th century ad
A circulated advice piece warns young wives that beauty fades under strain and urges strengthening with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. R. S. of Chambersburg, praising relief from painful symptoms after nine bottles and Sanative wash.
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Wifch
Chambersburg
Satta
Lydia
Pinkham
Ching Baers
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