Hampshire Woman Preacher Joins New Hampshire Church
The Rev. Mrs. Nancy W. P. Smith of Medford Massachusetts has accepted the pastorate of the Universalist church at Enfields near Exeter New Hampshire. She becomes the first woman preacher in the Granite State. She was welcomed July 23 and is officially installed. Mrs. Smith is married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
Nancy W. P. Smith
Medford
Mass
Universalist
Enfields
Exeter
N. H
Granite State
Smith
Dr Kline tonics and bitters touted for stomach pains
An 19th century advertisement warns against harsh evacuants for constipation and promotes Hosterler's Stomach Bitters as a gentle remedy. It claims the product strengthens the intestinal membrane, prevents dysentery and piles, and also addresses malaria rheumatism and kidney issues. The text also mentions crab apples as fragrant yard bloomers and references Dr Kline's nerve restorer with a free trial offer from Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Painting the Capitol Come
The government buys paint by the ton to whiten the Capitol dome and restore the Goddess of Liberty atop the 400 foot statue. Albert Porch supervises the rigging and painting crew. Two months of work with six men scraping, cleaning, and painting the dome with white lead. Porch previously climbed the Goddess head in a daring display of nerve before Knights of Pythias crowds.
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Capitol
Liberty
Albert Porch
Knights of Pythias
Washington
Porch
Washington Post
Precious Stones Found in a Natal Volcano Crater
A geologic note from Le Genie Civil reports diamonds embedded in sand at the summit crater of an extinct volcano in Witzies Hoek Natal. The discovery raises questions whether the stones were carried by natives washing operations or indicate a true diamond mine in an unusual volcanic setting.
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le Genie Civil
Witzies Hoek
Natal
Thrifty Kentucky farmer domesticates ground hogs
Henry Singer of near Duvall Station Scott County Kentucky has for two years domesticated ground hogs. He captured 17, built a wire fenced lot, and the population grew to 1,673 this year. He killed 1,000, salted and plans to smoke the meat for future use.
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Henry Singer
Duvall Station
Scott County
Tetterine Ad Promises Comfort With Savings
An old advertisement touts Tetterine as a remedy to soothe the skin while promising savings on SOcents at Crag stores or by mail from J. T. Shuptrine of Savannah Georgia. The copy uses humor about swearing and deck hands to attract readers.
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Crag
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Doll found in trunk sparks family birthday surprise
Pxyuis uncovers a hidden doll her mother kept for a birthday. The next day at dinner she quips that she is trying to forget something she wants to remember and does not feel hungry.
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Pxyuis
Yellow fever reports across Texas and Gulf Coast towns
Beaumont reports a yellow fever case and isolation measures as residents flee. Houston and Mobile note cases and no deaths, while Louisville reports a second case linked to Ocean Springs. Biloxi sees a wave of new infections and a death. Dr. Guiteras travels from Memphis to Cairo to trace fever origins after the tug Minnetonka incident.
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Beaumont
Texas
R. M. Swearingen
Thomas Lovejoy
New Orleans
Houston
Lovejoy
Biloxi
Ocean Springs
Mobile
Louisville
White
Frank DeRumsey
DeRumsey
John McDougall
Nashville
McDougall
Miss
Michael Levy
John Guiteras
Memphis
Cairo
Minnetonka
Convicts Discussed for State Road Work Expansion
The Georgia legislature’s penitentiary committee met in Atlanta and invited Governor to address the session. General Roy Stone urged employing convicts on road projects and forming a state highway commission, citing California and New Jersey examples of improved roads.
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Georgia House
Senate Penitentiary Committee
Atlanta
Roy Stone
California
New Jersey
Steamers collide sinks Austrian boat at Flume port
A Vienna dispatch says the Austrian steamer Ika carrying ten crew and fifteen passengers collided with the English steamer Tyria near Flume on a stormy evening. The Tyria escaped with the captain and seven crew saved. the Ika sank in twenty minutes and many passengers perished.
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London Daily News
Vienna
Ika
Flume
Flumara
Tyria
Biloxi Appeals for Aid From Public
Biloxi Mississippi seeks public help after factory closures leave workers unemployed and many ill without funds for medicine. Mayor and city council urge relief and sign the appeal.
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Biloxi
Miss
President McKinley Acts on Hogansville Postoffice Shooting
The attempted assassination of Hogansville Georgia postmaster Loftin prompts federal action. President McKinley intervenes as District Attorney Angier says he will prosecute ex Postmaster Hardaway for violating postal laws. Officials link the boycott pressure to the shooting and illegal local post office operations.
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Hogansville
McKinley
Angier
Loftin
Meo
Hardaway
Washington
Atkinson Attacks McKinley Over Hogansville Shooting
Georgia Governor Atkinson telegraphs the New York Herald condemning the shooting of the Hogansville postmaster while blaming President McKinley for conditions leading to the crime. He argues appointments offend property owners and white citizens, but says law will be enforced in Georgia without fear or favor.
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Atkinson
Georgia
New York Herald
Loftin
McKinley
Hogansville
Herald
Republican Party
South
Ohio
Bacon voices alarm on colored office appointments
Senator Bacon of Geer is quoted in the New York Herald criticizing appointing colored men to southern offices. He warns such moves would provoke race antagonism and estrange relations, benefiting few Africans while harming the broader Black population and white collaboration.
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South
Bacon
Geer
New York Herald
Refugees Suffer as Quarantine Tightens in Brandon
President McKinley received a telegram from the Brandon Mississippi mayor reporting yellow fever refugees in a dire plight. Quarantines blocked movement and all shelter options. request for tents was made without specifying numbers.
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McKinley
Brandon
Miss
Giant of the Tar Heel State Will Austin A Youthful 6 Foot 9 Man
The Salisbury World reports Will Austin of Stanly County now works at an old blacksmith shop on Lee Street. At twenty one, he stands 6 feet 9 and 3/4 inches, weighs 225 pounds, and appears skeletal yet muscular. He once lifted a 500 pound bale 25 yards at nineteen and recently received a $5,000 offer from three northern gentlemen to train for five years to fight a world champion. He has never smoked, chewed, or drank any intoxicants and is described as healthy.
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Will Austin
Stanly County
Lee Street
Salisbury
Separable Tandem Offers Quick Change To Single Wheel
A Western manufacturer introduces a separable tandem design. By unscrewing four lock nuts at tube joints the middle section can be removed to convert the tandem into a single machine. The front and rear sections rejoin with tightened nuts to form a rigid, race capable wheel.
Largest Creamery Near St. Albans Delivers 10000 Pounds Butter Daily
The world’s largest creamery sits near St. Albans Vermont processing the milk of 12 000 cows into about 10 000 pounds of butter each day.
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St. Albans
Mabel Stevens Recovery Spurred by Pink Pills Story
Greensburg Indiana report recounts Mabel Stevens illness from rheumatic and nervous trouble, its dramatic improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and Mrs Stevens’s letter confirming a return to school. The item notes local gossip and attribution of cure to the pills from Schenectady company.
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Greensburg
Ind
St. Paul
Mabel Stevens
Martinsville
Dr. Williams
Mabel
Aminpa Stevens
Williams
I 4 — Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Mrs Joseph Peterson Recovers After Pinkham’s Remedy
Mrs Joseph Peterson of Warren Pa reports over fifteen years of womb illness including enlargement and displacement. She says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Restorative Wash cured her, enabling daily activity and relief from dizziness heart distress and breathing trouble.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ppham
Joseph Petergon
Warren
Dr Simmons Liver Medicine Ad Claims Superiority
An old advertisement pledges $1 for your photograph to receive a free bottle of Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine and asks for user testimonials on cures. It contrasts Simmons with Zeilin Black Draught and McElree products, claiming legal actions in 1893 and asserting the genuine formula since 1840.
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Dr. Simmons
McElree
Cardus
M. A. Simmons
J. H. Zeiss & Co
Chownooga Medicine Co
Mace
Supreme Cour
J. H. Zeilin & Co
Zeilin
Mississippi Valley
Zellin
United States Court
Knoxville
Tenn
All. Simmons
Asc
Simmons Med, CO
St. Louis
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RH. Keine, Ltd
Arch St
Phila., Pa
Hood
Hood’s Pills
Cra‘es
Hunnigutt Uit & Bellingrath CO
Tlanta
H. G. Linderman CO
Gould Building
T. Whitaker
Norcross Building
Atlanta, Ga
White’s Business College
E. Cain St
Renova Chemical Co
Broadway
Lombard Iron Works
Seevant, Augusta
Georg
Gtr Rich
Edgar Late & Co
Broadway, N.Y
Business College
New Berne N.g
Fooa
Ayer
Fort Fairfield, Mo
Georgia Penitentiary Committee
M’kinley
Misa
Giant of
Tar Heel State
Ee.m
Ee.m. Company
Hall
Caheneyv& Co
Toledo
Emily
Diane Huntington
Noy
Iene
Squaw
FRICK
Compan Eclipse Engines
Avery & McMillat Southern Managers
Forsyth
coLo
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