Celebration In Lisbon And A Fourteenth Century Quest
Lisbon hosts a national celebration in 1897 marking Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India with a program of scientific congresses sports and naval processions. America is urged to participate with a men of war while debates rise over rights in discovering new maritime routes. A separate San Jose double murder shocks the city as Harvey Allender shoots Miss Wally Fielner and W Crossette before a failed suicide. The treasury shows August deficit projections with receipts at 9.36 million and expenditures at 19.66 million. Clara Barton and Red Cross aides arrive in Budapest en route from Constantinople to Germany. A bizarre burial stunt ends with Wyatt revived after being hypnotized and buried in a grave amid 3000 spectators.
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Lisbon
Vasco da Gama
India
United States
America
Portugal
Harvey Allender
Wally Fielner
W. Crossette
San Jose
Cal
Allender
Crossette
Cattle Traders Fail With Large Liabilities
Dispatch from Rio de Janeiro reports the Frias Hernanos in the cattle trade have failed. Liabilities total 5 340 000 mil reis about 3 000 000 dollars.
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Daily Telegraph
Rio Janeiro
Frias Hernanos
English mills seek US branches amid McKinley victory
The Pall Mall Gazette reports English manufacturers plan branches in the United States due to McKinley’s likely election and tariff rise. Invitations from America target woolen, worsted, cotton, lace, and silk mills, with offers to build and lease mills to reputable firms. Provisional acceptances surface in talks following the St Louis convention.
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Pall Mall Gazette
London
McKinley
United States
America
St. Louis
Ayer's Cathartic Pills Win Medal at 1893 World Fair
Ayer's Cathartic Pills were crafted as a model purgative for those harmed by griping medicines. Carefully prepared with ingredients tuned to the bowels and liver, they gained instant popularity and that fame continued, evident in the medal awarded at the World's Fair 1893.
Curtain Mills Sale Highlights Lace and Textile Firms
A historical snippet notes 50 years of cures and two notable lacemakers, one a lacemaker and the other a worsted man, as a second lacemaker firm purchases the Minneola curtain mills near Philadelphia, signaling a textile industry shift and consolidation near Philadelphia.
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Minneola
Philadelphia
Police seize 10,080,000 francs in counterfeit notes in Tunis
A Paris dispatch reports police seized counterfeit French bank notes totaling 10,080,000 francs from three Tunis houses after bank clerks failed to detect the fraud. Several arrests are noted. Separately, the crew of the Portuguese bark Sereia was arrested under warrants from the Portuguese Consul in Savannah, charged with mutiny and refusing ballast unloading at the quarantine station.
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The
Standard
Paris
Tunis
Savannah
Sapelo
Chevjaria
Duluth Bank Fails as Deposits Sink and Withdrawals Soar
The secretary of Duluth reports the capital of 100000 and a leading bank closed this morning amid heavy withdrawals and failed collect ions. Deposits near 300000. M D Kenyon State Examiner in charge. Other notes include a Cuban play La Cubana by Robert Wiscared, a forger William F. Tushong arrested in Richmond, and early news from Spitzbergen about Prof Andree’s balloon voyage with four rents discovered and ensuing delays. Balancing reports indicate continued uncertainties and related notices.
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Duluth
Capital
M. D. Kenyon
Cuba
Robert Wiscared
Cuban Sanitary Corps
Andree Balloon Sighted Near 55 15, 127 40 In Northward Course
Report notes observations by Agent Lomas of two Indian parties separated by long distances confirming the Andree balloon at latitude 55 degrees 15 minutes and longitude 127 degrees 40 minutes pursuing a nearly northerly path. Queen Victoria expresses gratitude for loyalty as she nears the sixty year reign milestone on June 2 1838 and requests restraint on national celebrations until then.
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Lomas
Andree
Qucen Victoria
Victoria
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Reward Notice
One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio proprietors. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Sold by all druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
Produce at Home for Independence and Profit, Southern Focus
Southern Farmer columnist Natanael Mortenson of Ishpembing Michigan notes the economic value of on-farm production for home consumption to reduce costs and build local markets. He argues farmers should grow and supply meat, bread, lard, butter, and poultry locally, boosting wealth and resilience while avoiding western imports. He credits Ayer's Sarsaparilla for Mortenson's own rheumatism relief years earlier.
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Nebraska
South
Chicago
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Farm Guide on Keeping Fowls in Summer Profits
The article urges farmers to maintain a large flock of fowls for summer profits while noting that proper care is essential. It warns against large flocks without commitment to attentive husbandry and management during busy seasons.
Rczema All Her Life Hall’s Hair Renewer Restores Color
An advertisement proclaims Hall’s Hair Renewer as the best preparation for thickening hair growth and restoring gray hair to its original color, claiming long lasting effects for lifelike vitality.
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Rczema
Hall
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Telegraph
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Miss Barton
Budapest
Clara Barton
American Red Cross Society
Constantinople
Germany
An. Hypnotic Feat
Edwin Boone
Wyatt
Boone
President Polk
White House
Lowell
Doctor Ayer
Mr. Polk
Ayer
le Cubana
William F. Tushong
Richmond
Chicago and
Fort Worth Packing Company
Tushong
Fort Worth
Exporera
Spitzbergen
Prof
Pike
West Spitzbergen
Indian Department
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggsts
Natanael Mortenson
Ishpembg
Mich
Superior Posten
EB. D. Jenkins
Lithonia
Ida
S. S.S
S.S.S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Miles
Chas. la Point
Denver
Mus
la Porn
Humboldt
Chas
LA Point
John F. Stratton
Damporters
Whenssale
New York
uruKs
John B. Stetson University
DeLand
Fla
J. F. Forbes
N.N.U
Jacksonvile
Fiotel
L. Owens
Grudger & Pace
Albany GA
W.B Makinson Company
Kissimmee, Fla
Cs Wintersimith
Ture
Ohi
Lash
Hill Tonic
Wintersmith
Tonia
Arthur Peter & To
Louis, Yille, Ky
Wintersmith's
Bor Uhitts
Agieemthent
Nod Bisiens Levers
Seatlang
All
Praewiens
Arthur Peter
Louisville
Florida Agricultural College
Florida
College Mess Hall
West Point
Clute
Lake Ity
Boston
Hartwell
Pri Elise
P. F. Wilson
Gainesville, Fla
P. P.P
Lippmans
PY. P
Lippman
Lippemans
Clippman
Lippman Bros
Sole Proprietors
Ludden & Bates
Whylesale
New York City
Lunden & Bates
K& Viane
USA
Vannah
Dden & Bates
Fifth Ave
N.Y
Macon
Columbus
Waycross
Mobily
Ala
Mame Bae
E. O. Painter & CO
DeLand, Fla
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