Treasury Vaults Attract World’s Fair Visitors
Washington notes show eight vaults totaling 874,193,000 with coin about five thousand tons. Primary holdings include Standard silver dollars 149,860,000 gold 11,500,000 fractional silver 383,000 national bank notes 3,500,000 bonds secured for bank circulation 200,000,000 and other items 325,000,000. The piece closes with a home-spun proverb about keeping a cheerful spirit amid life’s ills.
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Treasry
United States
Treasury
Washington
Wold
Beane Ood Bitters and Local Imitations Warned
An old lady notes shifts in taste as she favors a modern girl while warning about fake bitters. The piece calls out imitations of Hoxstetter Bud Bitters and Brown's Tron Bitters, urging scrutiny of genuine labels and firm signatures to avoid counterfeit products.
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Vraud
Hoxstetter
St. George
August Flower testimonial from Elmira teacher
Miss C G McCrair a school teacher at 753 Park Place Elmira New York reports suffering from severe dyspepsia during her first term away from home. After two weeks of dieting with no relief a friend suggested August Flower. The next day she took one bottle and recovered from her indisposition.
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C. G. McCrair
Park Place
Elmira
N. Y
Chease
Wanskak mills resume at Providence with partial loom return
The Wanskak mills in Providence Rhode Island have restarted operations after a period of idleness. About 180 looms are active, roughly half of the facility’s capacity, signaling a cautious revival of production at the mill.
Drift of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Noted
A compact Wednesday round up from Wildwood Ohio to Birmingham and Charleston reports quiet war fronts in Florida. Tennessee names John T Thomson as Weakley county judge and W M Thomas as Chattanooga police commissioner. North Carolina expands convict labor on Roanoke river farm. Jackson, Tennessee, closes Howard case evidence for Thursday’s arguments. Georgia appoints Stovall and Avery to trade and immigration posts. Raleigh hosts NC agricultural college trustees seeking Lt Richard Henderson as military tactics instructor. A Birmingham fire causes about 10000 in damage to a southside cotton warehouse district. Tillman eyes a crackdown on prohibition, with state legislature backing the move. Charleston reports Swan’s whisky case, with three months and costs awaiting payment. Bessemer notes New York and Nashville capitalists backing a rolling mill startup, seeking a capable southern manager.
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Wildwood
Pla
Tampa
Ocala
Turney
Tennessee
John Tt. Thomason
Weakly
W. M. Thomas
Chattanooga
North Carolina
Roanoke River
Northern
Georgia
Thomas P. Stovall
I. W. Avery
North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College
Raleigh
Richard Henderson
United States Navy
Birmingham
Ala
Walli
Columbu
Tillman
Fac
Charleston
Swan
Barnwell
United States
Staréff
South Carolina
Bessemer
New York
Nashville
Rolling
Manner
South
Yellow fever at Rio risks war-torn city
Buenos Aires dispatch reports Rio de Janeiro struck by yellow fever amid war damage. Five deaths linked to the outbreak. officials strive to contain spread despite city’s ruin. Text notes it is the worst form of black fever and laments wartime hardship. In Bolton Ky, Thomas Ransdall’s farmhouse fire kills his wife and three children.
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Buenos Ayres
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Thomas Ransdall
Bolton
Happenings of a Day Chronicle Brief Dispatches
A rapid roundup of brief items from New York and across the nation. Sealed orders send Minutonomah toward Fortress Monroe with Rio de Janeiro believed as destination. Rail changes include receivers for Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern and a million-dollar sale of the New York and Northern railroad. Additional notes cover mint silver history, a major Atlanta exposition decision, fires in Lawrenceville and Hillsboro, and various criminal and public notices.
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Minutonomah
New York
Fortress Monroe
Rio de Janeiro
John Uehels
John Boyle
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company
H. R. Snyder
Consolidated Exchange
Chicago Gas
New York and Northern Railroad
J. Pierrepont Morgan
New York Central Railroad Company
Robert 2. Preston
Mint
Atlanta
South
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrenceville
Til
Lave & Boyd
T, OC
Watts
Grocery
Roberts
Buchanan
Board of Trade of
Salem
Oregon
Pennoyer
Cleveland
Topeka
Sheriffa of
Kansas
Che Sheriffs Oternlly
Girard
Fy Bronson
Asda
National Capital Notes on Government Affairs and Army Tactics
Mrs Alfred Hedberg widow of Captain Hedberg says officials behind the Money trial face trouble. War secretary may order an investigation. The army approves whistle commands for some officers to be used at Springfield armory and Rock Island arsenal. Postmaster appointments include M MacMachen at Denver and George H Wisley as a post office inspector. Tariff debate plans long discussion before a vote, with no fixed date likely before late January. House appropriations may reopen permanent and indefinite appropriations laws. Treasury cash balance expected to dip below 300 million, with a projected calendar-year deficit near 87 million.
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Alfred Hedberg
Hedberg
Army
Port Sheridan
Haney
Washington
Maney
Secretary of War
United States Army
Springfield Armory
Rock Teland
Bissell
M. MacMachen
Colorado
Denver
MacMachen
James A. Small
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Wyoming
George H. Wisley
Pennsylvania
Ways and Means
Committee On Rules
Jin
House
Sayers
Congress
Reserve
Treasury
the Treasury
WILL FIGHT FOR SILVER AT 16 TO 1 IN COLORADO
Six hundred delegates from nearly every Colorado municipality met in Denver for a business men's convention. Governor Waite attended by invitation and pledged to consider arguments against a special legislative session. Delegates adopted resolutions opposing an extra session, arguing it would harm the state, and praising recovery from the panic while noting growth in gold, coal, and agriculture alongside demonetized silver.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
Waite
Tam
Women fight robber in rural Missouri house
Mrs Ellen Kelly and her daughter Eliza fought off a masked burglar five miles southwest of Argentine Missouri after he entered their home in search of loot. A knife wound to the robber's head and blows left the women injured. a large posse pursues the suspect, with lynching feared.
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Ellen Kelly
Argentine
Eliza
Kelly
Facts And Figures From A Distant News Page
A compilation of statistics covers topics from Gatling gun rate and stamps to birds, U.S. valuation, fruit crops, mountains, Florida coconuts, tobacco output in St Louis, and a San Francisco mid winter fair wheel called the Firth wheel. It notes a 150 foot summit view and the wheel’s sixteen cars.
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Unite States
Mulhall
United States
Florida
New York
St. Louis
Kentucky
San Francisco
Wanted a Sleeve From White Dress for Circus Play
A fragment from Streed & Smith's News recounts a child asking for a sleeve of a white dress to use in a circus game. The mother questions the need, while the boy explains several friends want to play under a tent, indicating a playful neighborhood scene.
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Johnny
Willie
Georgie
Alfy
Streed & Smith's
A Grammar Lesson For Boys And Girls On Sit Set Lay Lie
A quick note warns against mixing sit set lay lie in daily speech. It explains proper forms and common mistakes with examples of lying down and placing objects. The guide emphasizes correct usage in everyday language.
Not Much of a Change. Manager and Clerk quarrel at counter
A New York Weekly item notes a manager plans to promote a young woman who has learned the business well, causing friction with a long standing clerk who reveals they married last spring. The exchange hints at office power shifts and domestic details within the workplace.
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New York Weekly
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Miss Ortencta BE
Avon
Wanskak
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Ohio
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Philadelphia
Ingrain
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Banner Brewing Company
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Herman Huzman
Timothy Kane
East Fourteenth Street
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Tracy, & Platt
Parka
Milwaukee
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Whitist Bay Association
Charles D. Stanhope
Phoenix
Otto B. Fink
Northern Pacific Road
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Kendrick
United States Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Secretary of the Navy
Henry ©. Paine
Northern Pacific
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Chicago Dispatch
Chris Smith
Kendall Etables
Yo Tambien
Smith
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Mayer
Homestead
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Africa
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United Cooks and Pastry Cooks’ Association of the
California Fig Syrup Co
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Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlenta
All Druggiste
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A. H. Mays
Friar's Point
Coahoma — Co. Afisietppl
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Sahat
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Rev
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Cardus
IraRi
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Altimoire
Maean
Cook Hennedy Co
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Curtis & Walker
Brashire
Cheater Jersey
Serer
Guerseer
Psa
Ripans
Ripans Chemical Company
Strvce Sr
New Yorx
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