Sugar bounty payments begin as treasury issues checks
The July coinage at the U S mint totaled 2,875,910 pieces worth 4,081,200 with 2,913,200 in gold and 1,062,000 in standard silver dollars. National bank notes outstanding Aug 1 stood at 225,042,455, up 29,495 in July and 14,660,647 since July 31, 1895. The Treasury has started issuing checks for the five million dollar sugar bounty congress appropriated after delays caused by Controller Bowler.
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United States
National Bank
National Treasury
Congress
Robert B. Bowler
Murdered by Her Son in Indiana County Case
Mrs. Henry Webster, wife of a Laporte county official, was fatally shot by her son John Webster after she refused his demand for money. The father intervened and was knocked unconscious. the matricide escaped. A Brazilian tarantula was found in Jacksonville Florida at Church Anderson & Co. store, killed before biting anyone. The spider, three inches across, appeared from a coffee sack shipped from New York and originally from Rio Janeiro, Brazil.
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Henry Webster
Laporte
Ind
John Webster
United States
Brazil
Church, Anderson & Co
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Rio Janiero
Fire Hits Concord Telegraph Exchange and Towns
Fire at Concord village near Knoxville destroys a dozen business houses with a 20000 dollar loss and only 4000 dollars in insurance. Work on Savannah harbor improvements halted as funds run dry, layoffs follow. Forest fires devastate Sault Ste. Marie area with Gladis wiped out and residents fleeing. Drought leaves ground tinder dry. awaiting rain to prevent further timber loss. New field operation aid for typewriters mounts a typewriter on a wheel to follow army movements.
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Concord
Knoxville
Tenn
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Gladis
South Shore Railroad
Terrible Fire in Libau Russia Damages Seaport Town
A major blaze swept Libau Russia burning through several streets as firemen struggled to control the flames. Libau, a Baltic seaport in Courland with 25 000 to 30 000 residents, features a wall enclosing the town and facilities including a theater hospital almshouse and orphan asylum. The harbor is artificial and trade is sizable. a railway links Libau to inland Russia.
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Libau
Russia
Courland
Baltic
Five Star Pets and a Fatal Bridge Accident in Indiana
A Sing Sing dog poisoner killed a St Bernard owned by Michael Hyams valued at 750 after rejecting an 8500 offer. another Hyams St Bernard survived. Separately, a Van der Aal railroad bridge collapse near Crawfordsville, Indiana killed five aboard a locomotive from a rainson accident. engineer Frank Bowman escaped. Killed were Hibber, fireman. Fowler, conductor. McKenzie, brakeman. Road supervisor Brouthern severely injured.
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Sing Sing
Michael Hyams
Vandaalia
Walnut Fork
Crawfordsville
Ind
Frank Bowman
Terre Haute
Brouthern
Hibber
Logansport
Fowler
N. B
McKenzie
Charles
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Trusted Remedy
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is presented as a trusted, long established medicine with 50 years on the market. The text argues for buying from reputable houses, citing grandfatherly trust and reputation to choose a proven product over numerous rivals.
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Ayer
Fox Passes Ssilly Island After Fifty Five Day Row
A dispatch from the signal station on Ssilly Island reports the rowboat Fox reached there after fifty five days from New York. Occupants Herbo and Samuel son were well though exhausted. Masters of Norwegian barks Sito and Fagen inspected the Fox at sea and certified that oars were the sole propulsion used.
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Ssilly Island
Fox
New York
Herbo
Samuelson
Sito
Fagen
Hydrophobia and peril amid a mine fire tragedy in Clarke City
An 11 year old boy in Bay City Michigan dies after hydrophobia following a cat bite. The report blends medical advice for nervous debility with an ad for Ayer's Sarsaparilla. A massive fire at Gardner Wilmington Coal in Clarke City Illinois entombs 300 miners 500 feet underground but all escape unharmed as air supply is cut and workers climb the air shaft.
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Howard Lowe
Bay City
Mich
Gardner Wilmington Goal Company
Clarke City
Ills
Cunard Steamer Etruria Sinks Grain Elevator Ceres
The Cunard steamship Etruria outbound struck and sank the grain elevator Ceres off Pier A on the North River. No injuries were reported. The barge was valued at 50000 dollars and declared a total loss.
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Cunard
Etruria
Ceres
Pier A
North River
Hall's Hair Renewer Gains World Wide Patronage
Hall's Hair Renewer enjoys the confidence and patronage of people all over the civilized world, who use it to restore and keep the hair a natural color.
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Hall
Little Things Worth Knowing From Practical Home Hints
A miscellaneous home remedy list offers instructions for treating eating sores with carbolic salve, fattening poultry with charcoal and meal, mending marble using gum arabic and plaster of Paris, warding off pests with salt and kerosene, and removing stains with fluorides of soda. It also notes using fish in cisterns to deter wigglers and provides several marble cleaning and tooth powder recipes.
Practical remedies and pest control from Southern Cultivator excerpt
A miscellany of homely formulas and folk pest tricks including dental, veterinary, and household practices. Methods cover tooth care with myrrh chalk and water, horse kicking punishment, medicinal mixtures for colic, preservation of meat and fabrics with sulphur alum and carbonic acid, and pest repellent powders. Excerpt attributed to J. L. Moultrie.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Endorsed by Toledo Firms
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo sell the remedy priced per bottle. West & Troax and Walding, Kinnan & Marvin attest to Cheney's honesty and ability. Testimonials are free. Hall's Family Pills advertised as best.
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Hall
FJ. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
West & Troax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
All Druggista
Julia A. Brown
Dr. Miles
Jogists
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Dr. Miles’ Nervine
Hyposulphite of soda for chicken cholera
Prairie Farmer reports a proposed remedy for chicken cholera using hyposulphite of soda. It notes how to prepare the solution, warns not to confuse with sulphite of soda, and explains how hyposulphurous acid forms and how sulphur fumes may affect germs. The notice invites readers to try the treatment and report results.
Poultry Health and Sanitation Notes in Brief
A poultryman emphasizes cleanliness and dry earth or coal ashes in the hen house to prevent sickness. Healthy birds need green food, and foul surroundings can lead to wheezing and illness. The text warns against neglecting whitewash and urges identifying disease causes before resorting to medicine.
Suffered Eighteen Years. Pains Departed and Sleep Came
Mrs. Julia A. Brown of Covington Tennessee describes an 18 year struggle with blindness and indigestion. She reports tried remedies from family and friends and consulted doctors Barret Maley and Sherod without relief before treatment brought change.
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Julia A. Brown
Covington
Tenn
Barret
Maley
Sherod
Selec s Drvggists Everywhe on Ducks and Hens
A fragment discusses duck raising and firing of phrases. It notes large gray lice in the necks of birds and nests, the need to keep laying hens quiet, and that thousands of ducks are raised yearly with limited water. It promotes warm dry quarters for young ducks, placing eggs under hens, and mentions breeders aged one to three years. It also touches feather sales and cleanliness.
Oldest herbarium in the world found in Cairo museum
The London Telegraph reports Egyptology Museum in Cairo houses the world’s oldest herbarium. Flowers are preserved from ancient tombs over twenty-five centuries old, with many specimens still in excellent condition. The collection includes lotus, poppy, larkspur, hollyhock, chrysanthemums, pomegranate, willow, and celery leaves.
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Museum of Egyptology
Cairo
London Telegraph
Europe
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