Arctic Steamer Hope Sails From Sidney On Northward Voyage
Peary’s Arctic expedition aboard the steamer Hope sails from Sidney, D.B., with Profs. Tarr Burton and Albert Operti among the party. Peary expects return by late September as the crew heads toward exploration goals. Distilleries in decline suspend mashes. Monarch resumes for a special line, others shut down. Also reports a fatal stabbing in Mitchell Indiana as John White kills Thomas Field while resisting arrest after stabbing his sweetheart. National League of Colored Women elects officers. Heavy Cayenne rainstorm floods city, damaging property and darkening streets for days, with losses around $25,000.
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Peary
Arctic
Hope
Lieut. Peary
Sidney
D. B
Cornell University
Boston
Mitchell
Ind
Tingley Ridge
John White
Thomas Field
White
Misa Nettie Atkinson
Field
Train crew attacked by hoboes on Illinois Central run
A Chicago to Louix City via Illinois Central passenger train was seized by tramps between Fort Dodge and LeMars. Fifteen hoboes fought the crew with clubs and coupling pins, injuring Baggageman Williams and forcing a new boy to hide. The clashes at Remson and Oyens ended only after LeMars officers arrived and the tramps were driven off. Also reported is the death by lightning of Miss Adeline Tillman, daughter of Senator Tillman, and Rev. Robert Lee while an excursion group sheltered from a storm thirty miles from Asheville. The bodies were sent to South Carolina. Miss Tillman had been a Hollins Institute graduate.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Louix City
Iowa
Fort Dodge
LeMars
Williams
Newaboy
Remson
Oyens
Adeline Tillman
United States
Tillman
South Carolina
Asheville
Hollins Institute
Virginia
Immigrant Totals Rise At New York Port Report
Dr Joseph A Senner US immigration commissioner released a draft annual report for the fiscal year ending last week via the New York World showing 265 709 immigrants brought to New York port up 72 781 from the previous year. Italy supplied 64445 entrants Austro Hungary 52085 German empire 24880 while 2624 were denied admission or deported. Immigrants brought in about 3534399 with per capita averages ranging by group from 71 62 for Spaniards to 589 for Hungarians. Over half of deportees were Italians with 756 sent back as contract laborers and 1756 as paupers.
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Joseph A. Senner
United States Commissioner of Immigration
New York World
New York
Italy
Austro-Hungary
German Empire
United States
Preserving Hair as Youthful as It Appears
A promotional line asserts that hair preservation maintains youth and cites a saying that a woman’s age shows in her hair. It claims you can prevent hair fall, restore natural color, or revive gray or faded hair using a hair product or treatment before detailing the specific agent.
Oddities and headlines from a late 19th century daily
This column blends curious notes on Ayer's Hair Vigor misuse by a Garrard county youth, a ship Curfew lost with all on board in the Red Sea, a Cleveland ferry disaster with multiple drownings, West Africa’s first Sierra Leone railway opening, a hog cholera peach leaf remedy tout, and a biographical quip about President Hayes gaining a sister’s estrangement after his Civil War service.
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Curfew
Dundee
Red Sea
South
Hayss
Mra
Marvin
Kirkwood, Mo
The South as a Growing Field for Investment
The South offers substantial investment promise with new cotton mills and iron and steel industries. Climate, abundant natural resources, and rapid municipal improvements support continued growth. Native-born population high, stable government, and lower living costs foster profitable opportunities, with migration confirming permanence. Hall's Hair Renewer ad appears among the text.
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Mason and Dixon
South
New York
Preventing Egg Eating in Hens
Guidance from Poultry Keeper on curbing egg eating in hens. Notes include creating an elevated nest from a soap box, limiting nest size, and preventing broken eggs. Suggests mustard paste as a deterrent and avoiding feeding fresh eggshells to avoid teaching others.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Praised as Blood Purifier
Testimonies repeat the claim that Ayer’s Sarsaparilla fights disease and strengthens the weak. Advocates describe it as the blood purifier that makes the weak strong and surpasses other remedies.
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Ayer
Tobacco Nesting Material Tips for Hens
In warm climates a mother hen need protection from lice during incubation. Tobacco stems, obtainable from fertilizer dealers, form a helpful nest material. Slightly dampen stems when laying the nest so the hen can shape it easily and remain comfortable while sitting.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward
An 19th century style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice quotes F J Cheney Co of Toledo and lists West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin as endorsing parties. It touts internal action, price of 75 cents per bottle, and free testimonials, with claims of sale by all druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Size of Flock and Public Insurance Debate
A discussion notes that a man may keep multiple flocks if he can manage them well with space air and roosting room. Ohio Farmer cites Revnolds on flock size. The Swiss government contemplates compulsory insurance for those earning under 6000 a year with a 52 20 22 percent funding split and government subsidies for private insurers.
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Reynolds
Ohio
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Tarnoreemepenets Parte ‘of the
Ghort Breriss Keild
Merms
Traim Bebbers
Bre
Great Western and
Woolner No. 8
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
Manhattan
Hanover
Monarch
National League of Colored Women
National League
Helen A. Cook
Washington
J. F. Yates
Kansas City
Julia F. Jones
Philadelpe
Lorence Barbour
Cayenne
Ed Jenkins
Garrard County
Kentucky
Cleveland & Pittsburg Railway Company
Cleveland
West Africa
Sierra Leone
A. H. Crausby
Kerr St
Memphis
Tenn
S.S.S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Enna Kowrz
Miles
Crugcger & Pace
Albany GA
W. B. Makinson Company
Kissimmee, Fla
Jacksonville
Frotel Geneva
Corner
Forsythsand Cedar Sts
Jacksonvil
Flel
Anenger
Owens, Proprietor
Iure
John F. Stratton
East 9Th
Sudden & Bates
Amsess
Ashanti
Wateroome
New York City
Ludden & Bates
Huahek Piano
Taey
Uip
Sivannah
Udden & Bates
Fifth Ave
N.Y
Savannah
Pacar
Columbus
Waycross
Gnile
Pin
M Ala
Newt
Raleigh
LAS
TIMES
DeLand
Ammu
Acta
Painter & CO DeLand
Fla
Florida
State Horticultural Society
A. H. Manville
Glen St. Mary
John B. Stetson University
Tur
J. F. Forbes
P. P.P
Lippman
Binpiman
Lippman Bros
Sole Proprietors
Savannah, Ga
Wintersmith
Colon
Wintersmith's Tonic
Arthur Peter & Co
Louisville, Ky
Wintersmith’s
Louisville
N.N. U
Haldeman
Coarier-Jourge
Hanpeman
Loufg
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