The Sultan's Heir and Ottoman Succession Norms
The eldest brother of ex Sultan Murad V is Rechad Effendi, the heir by custom though not the sultan's son. He is rarely seen, guarded on outings, and popular in Constantinople for courtesy and politics knowhow while Prince Selim remains outside direct danger. Rechad resides at the Theragon palace and commands wary yet admiring visitors.
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London
Rechad Effendi
Murad V
I Asane
Waredin
Suliman
Prince
Selim
Rechad Effendi Ie
Theragon
Rechad
Armenia
Constantinople
Crete
Wood Mosaic of Sawdust Uses New Molded Floor Process
Yale Scientific Monthly reports a new wood mosaic floor method using sawdust and wood flour mixed with shellac and cement, pressed hot in molds to form durable, temperature-stable floor panels for living rooms and homes.
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Industrial Union
Yale Scientific Monthly
The Trolley Buzz and a Brooklyn Man’s Headache Cure
A Brooklyn resident describes the trolley buzz, the rising and falling sound of speeding and slowing cars. He claims regular riders hear it everywhere, but it helps his headaches, with a three mile ride leaving him bright and headache free.
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Satd
Brooklyn
New York
Electric cabinet and vault alarms protect cash drawers
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat describes an electric lining for safes and vaults that triggers an alarm if tampered with. A time-lock prevents access to the cabinet or vault, while a steel alarm box within a hood resists tampering. heavy lag bolts delay entry.
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Saya
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Scautsma
Bi Leopgard
Eugene Sue
Engichman
Cream by the dish and delivery to any city part
An ad touts Columbus gingered cream delivered by the quart or gallon to any city area. It cites Bell telephone 245 and offers contact via Mrs Andy Efinger. Also promoted are windstorm policies by Kinney & Kinney and Kellar & Co hose products plus Cascara Pills from Teke Carter and druggist M C Dunnington with money back guarantees. A note urges refusing inferior articles and trusting the buyer’s judgment.
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Bellelephone
Stanton Print Co Ad Promises Quality Work
The Star notes the firm fixes to perform job work at consistent prices, using good materials and promising satisfaction with guaranteed results.
Esquimants Defy Dyspepsia With Arctic Diet Facts
Popular Science News notes the Esquimants endure austere eating habits and hard foods like walrus flesh without indigestion. Children bite walrus hide and goods are swallowed in long strips, yet they never suffer from dyspepsia.
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America
Popular Science News
Esquimaux
Loss and Gain The Penny That Hardened Hearts
A Detroit Free Press tale follows a muddy street encounter where a handsome young man rescues a woman's spilled pocketbook and pennies. She offers no thanks, but he discovers a missing penny later, keeping it hidden as a sly token of vanity.
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Detroit Free Press
Gamin
Subscriptions Offer for Two Weekly Papers at Discount
Columbus Morning Star advertises a clubbing deal with Twice-a-Week Courier Journal and the Weekly Star for one year at 1.25, available to renewals paid in advance or new subscribers prepaid. Sample issues of Courier Journal sent on request. Address: Columbus Morning Star, Columbus, Ind. Kinney & Turpin.
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Courier-Journal
Weekly
Star
Curiery Journal
Columbus Morning Star
Columbus
Ind
Kinney & Turpin
Great Southern Exposition News and Voting Instructions
Nashville notices promote the Great Southern Exposition drawing national interest and outline rail routes to Cincinnati from major cities. It also explains the new voting method using a pencil to mark a cross in the circle around the eagle.
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Nashville Tenn
Mastetto
Bic
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
Toledo
Sandusky
Chicago Benton Harbor
Louisville
Zone of Fire in Cuba Describes Matanzas Destruction
The writer depicts Matanzas and western Cuba as ash heaps after reconcentration. A five mile zone around Matanzas city remains untouched, later decreed for destruction by Gen. Molinas. Fires abroad and mass destitution leave families starving, unorganized, and lacking local governance amid looming famine and plague.
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Matanzas
Matangas
Manana
Molinas
Montserrat
Birmingham
Train schedule showing mixed trains from Columbus to Greensburg and back
Daily mixed trains run between Columbus Indiana and Greensburg with west and east bound services. The timetable lists stations including Ewington Burney's Hartsville Crossing Hope Miller's Lambert's and C H and G lines with morning and evening times and notes trains run daily except Sunday. J S Smith Agent Columbus Ind.
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Lv. Cint'i Ar
Greensburg
C.H. & G. June
Ewington
Burney’s
Hartsville Crossing
Hope O
Miller's
Lambert’s
Columbus Ly
Ampm
J.s.smrru
Ag’t
Columbus
Ind
Infallible Science Exposes a Yale Shooting Mystery
A Yale divinity student fires a toy rifle at a lamp missing the target and embeds a ball in a professor of science wall. The professor reconstructs the trajectory with exacting math and points to the innocent colleague. The student confesses, and the pulpit career is spared.
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Ball
Yale
Hartford Courant
Antwerp Lapidary Cracks Ring From Single Diamond
The Antwerp exhibit showcases a ring cut from a single stone, praised by diamond cutters and merchants as a first. The method faces many challenges due to cleavage and vein patterns, requiring careful study to avoid splitting. After years of work, M. Antoine, a renowned Antwerp lapidary, achieves the feat.
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Antwerp
M. Antoine
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M Kellar & Co’s
Teke Carter
M. C. Dunnington
Stanton Print Co
Nienaber
Ighmire” Dress
Guaran
Central—169
Anteed
WM Anderson
Boot and Shoe Maker
Ton and
Franklin
Harrison
Corner-Journal
Sterling Reme
Messinger
Veeder Cyclometers
Morgan & Wright Tires
Brown
Col’ ‘Ar Wheels
Reeves Seward Cycle
Fiegenbaum
Jas.f. Cox
Attorney-At-Law
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Crump’s
Men & Woma
Romanza Agency
Sycamore St
Rogers & Bro
Seth Thomas
H. L. Rost
Washingon St
Cuba
BIG Four
BR. R
C., H. & G. Branch
Funkhouser
6Th and
Washington Street
Winan
Columbs
W. C.rolan
IHON
OFICE
Griffith Block
Fifth’ St
Western Union Telegraph Office
Citizens Phone 21
Eighth and
Chestnut Streets
Bell
Silverman’s
Drake
RON Mfg
Warner- Fifth
Jackson Streete
Irwin’s Bank
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