Rio de Janeiro Sinks After Fog Bound Collision Near Golden Gate
San Francisco reports the Pacific Mail steamer City of Rio de Janeiro struck a hidden rock outside the harbor in dense fog and sank within 20 minutes. Many passengers and crew perished or were rescued. a long casualty list includes Consul General Wildman and his family, other officials, merchants, and travelers from Manila, Santa Barbara, Honolulu, Yokohama, and Shanghai as authorities tally the dead and saved.
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San Francisco
City of
Rio de Janeiro
Ward
Pacific Mail Steamship Co
Orient
Honolulu
Golden Gate
Franke Jordan
Sud
Jordan
Serasabe Jing
San Francino
Pacifc Mai
City
Rio de J Janeiro
Rock
Ibid
Ibid 122 Perso Pn
Rounsevelle Wildman
United States
Trove Roney
Rounsevelle Wildman, Jr
Dorothy Wildman
Kate Reidy
Wildrman
Sarah W. Wakefield
Mateland
Naomi Wakeflel
Wakefiehd
Rowens Jehu
Alamerta
Alfred Mart
Manila
Los Angeles
Win. A. Hendall
Attormey
Hoopul
Harry Guyon
Petaly
Tras
Wa. E. Dodd
Butte
Mont
Angelo Gussoni
Lowry Sugar Plantation
Nava
Charles Dowdall Farrister
Shanghai
Santa Barbara
Wan
McPhee
W. A. Woodworth
Denver
H.C. Matheson
Yokohama
PF. Seymour
Masayilae
Oukawara
Fom Honolua
Unkawara
Gambling in homes sparks crusade against parlor games
At a Portsmouth Ohio Second Presbyterian church meeting a converted gambler exposed the dangers of home card games. He argued gambling starts when parlor games teach prize rewards and lead players to saloon rooms. A second ex-gambler endorsed the warning urging families to burn decks and stop house games.
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Social Board
Jess
Ard
Christian Observer
An Eloquent Speaker Improves Speech Speed Confusion
A dialogue notes that Johony-Pa sometimes speaks so fast that the sonographer cannot keep up and people admire his eloquence. Pa- Yee asks why Johans melts, while a remark about Mr. Hierde being mentioned in a paper report is added.
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Johony
Johans
A Successful Capitalist Schwab Selected Manager
Charles M. Schwab has been formally chosen as manager of the great steel combination. He is about forty years old and rose from a grocer's clerk to president of Carnegie Steel. He holds substantial stock and bonds and is valued at roughly 400000, all earned in twenty years.
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Charles M. Schwab
Great Steel Combination
Carnegie Steel Company
Concentration Course for Hard to Focus Minds
A concise promotional piece for a Concentration course claiming focus is a learnable habit. It argues concentration is essential to success, easily cultivated, and suitable as a school text. It touts benefits for children and adults, calling the guide a reliable comfort and lasting gift.
Headlines and Notices From an Early 1900s Paper
A patchwork of notices and brief items includes a libel suit in federal court over the Confederate Veteran, an Arkansas state flower proclamation, stray letters in an inbox, a promo for Grove’s Tasteless Chill tonic, and assorted clippings on politics, Mardi Gras costs, weather almanac notes, and a Beecher anecdote. Names, places, and dates appear sparsely across scattered items.
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Nashville
Geo
Cough and Cold Relief Pills Promise Quick Cure
Tangled OCR claim touts Dromo Quinine tablets as a one day cure for cough and cold with no cure no pay. Vague price and efficacy notes raise questions about legitimacy and sourcing in a dubious medical advert.
The Aftermath
A fragment from Chicago Daily News features a quotation about cutting a cherry tree, reflecting reflective or literary tone on consequence and memory. The lines evoke a dialogue where future action is linked to present choices and a symbolic tree.
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George
Albaeteene
Chicago Daily News
How to Help Yourself Exclaims New Thought Course Demand
Many students seek practical self help through stated rules and formulas to unleash inner power. The piece notes the demand for guidance, the sales success of the course, and urges readers to obtain a copy and test its claims.
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Wright
Tennessee
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Cuhone
RHONE
Dobbins & Ewing
Wisti
Rio Janeiro
Consul Wildm
G. Hechts
California
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Heebie
Fargl
Point Bonito
J. C. Holland
J. K. Carpenter
Oakland
Carpenter
Nisa
Eerie Ent” Ey
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Uradfield Regelator CO. Atieste, Ge
Hamasuke
Hikinseki
Yoko ‘Hama
Mine
Hamanaki
Toumure
Kobe
W. Ward
J. C. Johnon
Rus Finn
Rooney
Owen View
Mac
Fved
John A. McArthur
Watehy Man
Teleran Goa
Sa Francisco
J. W. Smith
H. M. Lewis
Fred J. Greenway
Walter Stith
Steamexhip Company
Bears
Gastoria
New York
Prader Star
Columbia Herald
Atlanta Constitution
Sunny South
American Boy
W.E. Bostick
Akin
Minnie Armstrong & Pickens
Anderson Mason Bennet
Maggie Crodly
Will Coffer
Addie Crawford
Atway Embry
Hanna Erwin
R. H, Koster
Walter Frierson
Mattie Viray
Rhoda Holman
Anni
Kay
Faniss
Ling
Heise
Eva Jones
Martha Luar
Ed Leweler
N.W. Morris
Jim Moore
Ella Slatten
Preshin Stevenson
Wm, Sharp
Lula Smith
M. R. West
Lingie White
Custer Wilson
Melange
Arkansas
Union
Shotly
Detroit Journal
New Orleans
Texerkuna
Ark
Yeao
Kentucky
Royal Baking Powder Castle
DeVoe
Galveston
William St
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beechero
Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Ladiee
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