Dewey At Nice Receives Warm Public Welcome
Admiral Dewey and officers were greeted with an ovation in Nice after a visit to the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture and a landing drill at Villefranche. He thanked officials for port facilities and denied reports of a Trieste slight, noting courteous reception by all aboard the Olympia.
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Nice
France
Admiral Dewey
T. M. Brumby
United States
M. Granet
Alpes-Maritimes
Kings of
Piedmont
O'Farrell
Villefranche
Olympia
Duval
M. Duval
Toulon
Trieste
Vienna
Dewey
Georgia appoints officers for new regiments in Philippines
The War Department completes Georgia’s officer slate for the Philippine service. Thursday’s actions add Captain J. S. Powell and lieutenants John H. Boston Harry C. McCool H. J. Stewart to the roster, with Troup W. Whitehead Paul W. Harrison joining as second lieutenants alongside the previously named J. W. Kendr ick and W. O. Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
War Department
J. W. Kendrick
W. O. Thornton
J. 8. Powell
John H. Boston
Marietta
Harry C. McCool
United States, Volunteer Infantry
H. J. Stewart
Rome
Troup W. Whitehead
Paul W. Harrison
Great August Storm Kills Near Hundred Along Coast
A Norfolk dispatch reports conflicting counts from Albemarle and Pamlico sounds and the coast from Hatteras to Bodys Island. The death toll is expected near 100 with widespread destruction on nearby islands including Portsmouth area where many homes churches and stores were wrecked or ruined leaving residents homeless and destitute.
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Norfolk
Albemarle
Pamlico Sound
Hatteras
Bodys Island
Portsmouth
Workmen Electrocuted Repairing New Orleans Street Car Tracks
In New Orleans on Wednesday two black workers were killed instantly and another saved after coming in contact with a 600 volt rail while repairing the St. Charles avenue line. Eighteen others were severely shocked and several burned in the accident caused by defective insulation.
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New Orleans
St. Charles Avenue
Train Wreck Is Reported On Kansas City Pittsburgh Gulf Line
A northbound passenger train on the Kansas City Pittsburgh and Gulf railroad reportedly plunged into Little River fifty miles north of Texarkana. A switch engine and crew were sent to the scene. The wreck occurred between two stations with unknown casualties and cars derailed or missing.
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H. C
P. & G. Pionges
Little River
Texarkana
Ark
Kansas City, Pittsburg
Labori Attends Rennes Dreyfus Trial Amid Tense Court
The third week of the Dreyfus trial opens at Rennes with M. Labori present and greeted by a standing audience. He enters with his injured arm braced as generals Mercier and Billot meet him. Verdict expected around September 7 after about ninety witnesses. proceedings marked by a clash over judicial partiality as Colonel Jouaust adjourns amid hisses.
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Dreyfus
Rennes
France
M. Labori
Maitre Labori
General Mercier
General Billot
Jouanst
M. Bertullus
Junck
General Gonz
Picquart
Jonaust
Jouaust
Kaiser’s Cabinet Resigns as Berlin Reads the Move
A Berlin cablegram reports Monday afternoon cabinet members met at Prince Hohenlohe’s residence and agreed to resign. Emperor William was absent and is due back Wednesday to preside. rumors claim the entire cabinet may have fallen while others doubt the move.
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Berlin
Germany
Prince Hohenlohe
William
Dr. von Miquel
Prince von Hohenlohe
New Industries Reported From Across Southern States
The Tradesman notes new industries started in the past week across the South including brick works in Texas coal mines in Kentucky cooperage in Arkansas cotton mills in Georgia Mississippi and South Carolina cotton seed oil mills in Mississippi and Texas electric light plants in Tennessee flouring mills in North Carolina and Virginia foundry and machine shop in Alabama furniture factory in North Carolina grain elevator in Arkansas iron ore mines in Alabama knitting mill in South Carolina limestone quarries in Alabama lumber mills in Louisiana North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee a paper mill in South Carolina a telephone supply factory in North Carolina a telephone company in West Virginia tobacco companies in the Carolinas a water and power company in Florida and a woodworking plant in North Carolina.
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Texas
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Louisiana
West Virginia
Tolacco Companies
Carolinas
Floxida
Chattanooga, Tenn
Pension Payments Completed in Southern States
The Knoxville pension office has finished the last quarter's payments. General John T. Wilder, agent for the southern states, disbursed 2 million dollars this quarter with annual southern payments near 8 million dollars. States include Tennessee Oklahoma Territory Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Florida and Indian Territory.
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United States Pension Office
Knoxville
Tenn
John T. Wilder
Wilder
Tennessee
Oklahoma Territory
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Florida
Indian Territory
New Cotton Press at Work in Georgia
In Georgia last Thursday Mesers Wilkins and Jones of Waynesboro started their gunnery equipped with American Cotton Company's round lap presses. A large crowd witnessed the first bale being made and many expressed pleasure with the press's performance.
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State of Georgia
Mesers
Wilkins & Jones
Waynesboro
American Cotton Company
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted for Impure Blood Ailments
An old advertising claim argues that mischief arises from impure blood causing eruptions dyspepsia indigestion nervousness and kidney diseases. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for diseases from impure blood or a weak system.
Ingenious English Invents New Below Knee Prosthesis
An English inventor has created a smart artificial leg and foot for below knee amputation. The device features a hollow rubber chamber inflated like a bicycle tire, a wood skeleton foot with a rubber-faced ankle joint, and rubber pneumatic pads at the limb end to prevent tissue pressure.
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Scientific American
Ambiguity in a Woman’s Betrothal Remark
A girl declares she will marry “in a year or two,” signaling no definite commitment and that she has not yet landed him. This reflects cautious engagement language observed in social notes of the era.
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Sit
Atchison @lobe
Carris M. Lams
Big Beaver
Mich
Czar Mas
Pinxnam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cure all skin ailments and tobacco habits advertised
The passage advertises Tetterine for skin diseases like ringworm eczema and totter with testimonials and a 60 cent mail order to J. T. Shuptrine Savannah GA. It also promotes No-To-Bac to quit tobacco with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and a free sample from Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
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J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
W. L. Douglas
Ogue V. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brookton
Mass
Pigeons and Winter Colds Mentioned in Briefed Note
A short fragment from Sprague Washington dated March 8 references a pigeon and a medicine called Pigo's Cure used for children's coughs and colds. It notes a rate of 1,200 rarde minute and mentions weather conditions and the town.
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Pigo
Tee
Sensory Acuity in the Blind Compared to Sighted
A series of experiments by Prof H Griesbach from Basle, reported in Pflugers Archiv, finds no overall greater hearing or tactile sharpness in the blind. Tactile impressions vary individually with no consistent blind advantage, while fatigue patterns differ between manual and mental work.
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H. Griesbach
Basle
Pfluger
Archiv
Centenarian Bride Weds Much Younger Man in Galena
Mrs Mary Duncan, age around 108, married James Morgan in Galena Kansas amid a remarkable tale of multiple marriages. Morgan, decades younger, has prior experience with matrimony, yet the couple faces the future with notable age gap and shared vigor.
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Mary Duncan
James Morgan
Galena
Kas
Mr. Morgan
Benedict
Philadelphia ‘Times
Fragmented 19th century ads and quotes from various notices
A collage of brief quotes and ads includes a Chicago Times-Herald remark about a son in a company, a literary celebrity blast, a Punch reference, Allen's Foot-Ease shoe powder promotion, No-To-Bac tobacco cure, a railway expense claim in Europe, and an Ohio oath notice for Catarrh Cure. The text also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Tonic with promises of cures and trials.
End without means and end without end
A witty exchange about frugality and hardship appears in a Cleveland Leader excerpt. The man who eats at home notes that Hash offers an example of an end without means, while a boarding house proprietor jokes that his place is mean up without end.
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Cleveland
Counterfeit Ring Busted as Bogus Bills Seized by Secret Service
The Secret Service uncovers a band of counterfeiters and confiscates a large quantity of fake bills. The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as unmatched for indigestion and related ailments, urging buyers to use trusted druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Hostetter
Beauty and health hoaxes with Cascarets and Mulberry Pills
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a beauty cure by cleansing blood and liver, promising clear skin and reduced pimples. It also promotes Mulberry Pills as a liver laxative, offering a sample box for two cents postage and claiming widespread constipations relief.
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Pn Chine
America
Co Muiberry
AnrHun Para & Co
Louisville
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Labori
Kaiser
Emperor William
Southern Progress
South
Aylner L. Hunt
Russell &J
Detroit
Blekitag Remedy Company
Chicergo
Medreal
Whitehall St
Atlanta, Ga
College OF Dentistry
Atlanta College of Physicians
Sasgeene
Foster
Samak Bidg
Atlante
I'rea
Juno
Frrea
Woden
Frea
St. Louis Republic
Chicago Times-Herald
Hedd
Punch
Allen
Adr
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. C
United Mates
Epa
State OF Onto
ITV
Toledo
Voas County
Frank J. Chaney
NEY & Co
Pare O Cuenar
Saal A.W. Py
Dr. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Mre. Winslow
DR. Moffett
C. J. Mofier
Alds
SX. Louis, MO
Servia
Carnegie
J. K. Orr Shoe Company
Irshuug
Oltas
Alteany, Pa
W . l. Nichols & Con
Atlanta
Ayer
Hathie
Kage
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Witchester Avenue
Mew Haven
Conn
Ont - Mobrodoey
Malsby & Company
Solteena
Tabite A. Ee
Bpnenae
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