Boycott urged as Dreyfus verdict looms Paris expo plans debated
A Washington special reports calls for a boycott on both sides and urges Congress to withdraw U S appropriations for the Paris exposition. It notes possible agita tion in Congress over participation while warning a withdrawal would insult France and harm relations. The article cites about 1 2 million dollars already devoted and outlines potential steps and timing. Representative Hepburn of Iowa comments on the Dreyfus trial and says it should not sour U S French ties or affect exhibitors.
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Washington
Congress
Stewart
Dreyfus
France
House
Senate
Commission
Paris
State Cleent
State Department
Exiit
Hepburn
Tews
United States
Cedartown Cotton Company Formed In Local Consolidation
Cedartown Georgia unites The Cedartown Cotton Milling Company South Extension Mill Company Paragon Mills Cedartown Warehouse Company and Cedartown Cotton Gin under one reorganized banner. The move promises greater development and freed ownership of properties.
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Cedartown
Cedartown Cotton Maing Company
South Extension Mill Company
Paragon Mills
Protest Actions Reported Against Paris Exposition
Demonstrations spread across several pension cities in denunciation of a Rennes verdict. In Naples protesters attempted to assault the French consulate, prompting police intervention. Austria and Italy urged cancellation of Paris Exposition space as part of a general boycott.
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Austria
Italy
Maly
Rennes
Penion
Naples
Dreyfus Court Mercy Call Sparks Paris Drift Toward Pardon
Paris reports the court martial has recommended mercy for Captain Dreyfus, sending the plea to President Loubet. Paris calm after rain and Rennes turmoil as public opinion shifts on extenuating circumstances and potential actions against General Mercier.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Lonbet
Rennes
Dreyfue
Dreyfus Party
General Mercier
Loubet
Mercier
Military Court of Revision
Marcillo
Courbehousse
Lagrene
Copp
Allard
Mathieu Dreyfe
William
Britain to Send 15000 Troops for South Africa Crisis
The London Cabinet orders 10,000 more troops to South Africa, joining 5,000 already in Natal. Reinforcements include 5,000 from India, 900 from Edinburgh, a battalion of the Northumberland Regiment, and the rest from the Mediterranean command, all sailing immediately.
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London
South Africa
Natal
India
Northumberland Regiment
Mediterranean
Robbers murder Texas family at crossroads store
Mrs. Joe Barber and her two sons Wiley and Levi were killed with a hatchet in a crossroads store in Itastoke county Texas six miles from Pleasanton and twenty five miles south of San Antonio. Robbers took a sack with 100 dollars in silver. Footprints showed three men fled toward San Antonio.
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Joe Barber
Wiley
Levi
Itastoke County
Texas
Pleasanton
San Antonio
Swell Crap Shooters Raid Lookout Inn Fracas
Chattan dispatch reports stable K P Miller raided a swell night at Lookout Inn a famed southern resort. Pistols drawn but hotel clerks restrained the disturbance. the incident caused a sensation among onlookers and officers feared trouble.
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K. P. Miller
Lookout Inn
South
Counterfeiters in Cuba Send $1 Bills as Samples
Green goods men in Cuba flood the market with counterfeit samples, circulating genuine looking $1 bills with their circulars. Many recipients misidentify the bills but hand them to authorities, losing real American dollars in each case.
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Green Goods
Cuba
Patented Remedies and Beauty Claims in Advertisements
A collage of early 20th century ads touts Ter to cure skin ailments with Tet terine, Cascarets for clean blood and clear skin, and California Fig Syrup Co laxative syrup for digestion. It promotes cheap beauty aids, laxatives, and brand names like Cascarets and California Fig Syrup with guarantees and dealer details.
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Catifornia Fie Syrup Co
Cornea Fie Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
W. Y
Making Excuses For Him Burlesque in Bridget Life Snippet
A brief Brooklyn Life dialogue portrays Bridget venting about a wife, while Von Blumer mockingly agrees. Bridget and the speaker trade quick sarcasms about unsuitable spouses in a lively urban vignette.
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Bridget
Sur
von Blumer
Brooklyn
California Raisin Making a Notable Pomological Scene
In California a vivid raisin making display shows workers clipping muscats, spreading them on trays, and sun drying for two weeks. The fruit darkens from amber to amethyst as they age, then moves to sweat boxes before final grading and packing in shaded rooms.
Beetles as Undertakers and Their Hidden Burials
A reader account from Our Animal Friends explains burying beetles’ method. They dig and cover corpses to protect larvae, moving bodies from stones and even dragging them to suitable sites, sometimes burying a mouse within three hours and showing notable insect intelligence.
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Buchner
Great Bavarian Castle of Ludwig II Unfinished Marvel
The article describes Herrenchiensee between Munich and Salzburg as Ludwig II’s unfinished Bavarian castle. It highlights one room, the bedchamber, valued at at least 1 million dollars, with gold panels, a vaulted allegorical ceiling, and a 60 thousand dollar bed. A disappearing dining-table in the main room is noted for concealing servants and allowing secret discussions.
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Munich
Salzburg
Herrenchieinsee
Ludwig II
Bavaria
Ladies’ Home Journal
Foot Ease and Constipation Remedies Advertise Widely
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet. It makes Tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns Bunions Bwollen Hot Callous Aching and Sweating Feet. Sold by all Dry Goods Grocers and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE. Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy Cascarete Candy Cathartic 10c or 3 1c.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
Hung Up
A humorous line from a Leveland Plain Dealer item riffs on genealogy and a great great grandfather dangling from a tree in a comic exchange, highlighting local wit and newspaper humor.
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Wee
Discovery of Life Plant and Stomach Bitters Ad
Four weeks of hard labor to prepare for a two week summer vacation. Discovery claims a 60 leaf Life Plant yields new growth when a leaf is pinned to a wall. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters touted to revive weak stomach liver and blood. No-To-Bac advertised to quit tobacco with a money back guarantee.
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Hostetter
Poetry and Family Notes From Arkansas Column
Fragmented text discusses poetry about gardens and names Judge Foote and county offices in Ark. It mentions a family scene with long illness, a ministerial or legal figure, and a Louisville Kentucky address. The readable parts reference Wintersmith's Chili beverage and a person named Arthur Petes in Louisville.
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Foote
Wrasse
Ark
Wintersmith
Arthur Petes
Louleville, Ky
Various Patent Remedies and Quack Claims Cited
A jumble of promotional claims and quack cures appears, touting Hall's Catarrh Cure, Hall’s Family Pills, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and No-To-Rac. Includes promotional lines, price hints, testimonials, and advertising copy from 1890s era tissue.
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Nees
Mrs Barnard Praises Lydia E Pinkham Health Remedy
Letter excerpts from Mrs J C Bannanp of Milltown and Mass A P of Assort Iowa attest to dramatic improve ments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. They describe relief from bladder and heart flutter symptoms, menstrual pain, weakness, and severe hemorrhagic flow, with gratitude and recommendations.
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J. C. Bannanp
Millttown, Washington Co
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mass A. P
Assort
Lows
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