Pension Reform Alters 1890 Law Rating Rules
Washington May 29. The Interior Department issues a pivotal pension decision challenging Order No. 164. It reverts to the 1890 statute requiring disability to prevent manual labor for pension eligibility, affecting Bennett and others and likely reducing payments by millions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Nmmissioner of Pensions
Pension Bureau
Bunsey
Hoke Smith
Pension Board of Appeals
Olney
Lovhren
Commissioner of Pensions
Bennett
Raleigh
Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and Colds
A historic advertisement promises relief for throat chest and lung troubles with Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It offers money back if not satisfied and invites trial bottles at McParland Co.’s Drug Store with sample at the store.
Seattle Tragedy Ties Downtown Suicide to Rejected Suitor
An Elmwood Tennessee native 20 year old B W Burford shot himself through the heart in Port Angeles after following 17 year old Miss Me Donald from Lebanon Tennessee. His infatuation ended when she refused marriage citing youth and lack of funds for a wedding. Burford’s brother served as Lebanon postmaster.
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Seattle
Wash
B. W. Burford
Elmwood
Tenn
Burford
Tennessee
Lebanon
Miss Me
Donald
Port Angeles
Preventing Future Misery with Hostetler's Stomache Bitters
The text argues rheumatism runs in families and that Blight causes may trigger it. It praises Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a depurative that stops the rheumatic poison from spreading and supports health against malaria liver trouble constipation indigestion and nervousness. It claims physicians endorse the remedy for prevention of the initial attack.
Failure at Middlesborough describes business debt shift
Middlesborough Kentucky May 30. Louis Cohn a clothier and gents furnisher on Cumberland avenue assigned today to Edward Reneau liabilities twenty eight hundred dollars assets about three thousand. Gavag notes general low mood of business and bad collections.
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Middlesborough
Touis Cohn
Cumberland Avenue
Edward Reneau
Put Money in Thy Purse Its Cough Cure Ad
An advertisement promoting Dr Hale's Household Cough Cure as the best remedy for early cold irritation. It claims years of practice behind the preparation and offers bottles for 25 cents or 50 cents, sold by McFarland & Co.
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Knoxville
Bird, Dew & Hale
G.w.hyd
G. C. Counts
Reynolds Fails as Tobacco Manufacturer in Winston
Washington dispatch reports H. H. Reynolds, a major tobacco maker of Winston, N. C., failed Monday. Liabilities reach 100,000 dollars with assets at 160,000 dollars, signaling a substantial corporate insolvency in early May.
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Washington
Winston
H. H. Reynolds
Trie
Dr Hale Household Tea Promises Constipation Relief
Advertisement notes Dr Hale's Household Tea cures constipation with one nightly dose. Claims pricing 25 and 500, sold by Melarland & Go at Hollywood near New York. A famed hunter Longstride leaped 4 pond thirty four feet bank to bank. 121 horses attempted the jump, all failed, second longest horse jump ever made.
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Hollywood
New York
Longstride
How Lovers Propose by D. Br McAnally Jr
A reconstructed table of courtship rituals lists behaviors by gentlemen and ladies during engagement proposals. It catalogs actions from kisses and embraces to handkerchiefs, tears, and verbal affirmations, reflecting a formal, period approach to romantic ceremony.
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D. Br, McAnally, Jr
Faotobal
Hmnda
Tientleman
Nove
Uontleman
Pronunciation of Infanta Eulalia Sparks Debate
A World reporter records varied pronunciations of Infanta Eulalia by New York Spanish residents with the Sanpiarde signature pronunciation deemed correct. The piece notes widespread mispronunciations outside the Spanish community and highlights a strong language lesson embedded in social observation.
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Adogzon
Eulalia
Infante
Populr
New York
N. Y. World
Malaria Cure Claims From Louisiana Telegraph Work
A letter from Britton Jackson of Ay, Tennessee, recounts long illness from malaria in Louisiana swamps while working for the telegraph. After many failed remedies, two bottles of Bs B, I, claim to cure fever and catarrh. Readers are urged to inquire by a Athens Georgia merchant about the remedy’s promise.
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Britton Jackson
Tenn
Toon
Louisiana
Telegraph Company
Athens
Iran
Day of birth calendar method and calendar switch notes
A dated explainer describes a method to determine day of week from a date using year division by four, adding year days and 283 February days, then modulo 7. It notes adjustments for leap years, centurial years not divisible by 400, and the 1762 calendar reform after September 2.
Cure-all salve advert promises skin relief and refund
An 19th century style ad touts a salve that cures burns cuts ulcers sores chapped hands chilblains and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Price is 25 cents per box and sold by McFarland & Co.
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McFarland & Co
Hints For The Hours From Household Crafts
Advice on keeping foods and houseware fresh with simple methods. It covers refrigeration habits weekly renewal of charcoal in fridges, skimmed milk for wood shines, wool cloth for floors, and safe handling of apples. It also notes cleaning tea trays japanned items with warm soapy water, dishcloth hygiene, weekly ammonia dishwashing, and using salt to absorb odors from fish or other dissidents.
Princess Eulalie's Forty Costumes Arrive Aboard Transatlantic Return
The Princess Eulalie departs Spain with forty costumes aboard, prompting anticipation that she may unveil them in the United States, as noted by the Detroit Free Press.
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Eulalie
Spain
Detroit Free Press
Summer Girl Remark Sparks Bold Attire Note
A contemporary quip proclaims the summer girl is coming. The remark suggests embracing light fashion without special link to any bathing robe, inviting visibility and carefree style as the warm season arrives.
Positive Remedy Claim For Female Health Marketed
A letter from Dx. BD of Marchigi Urics New York promotes a positive cure for deranged female organs. The author offers to send two bouley of the remedy to any lady who provides her expenses and post office address, signaling a direct mail solicitation.
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Urics
Quickest Time to World's Fair by E T V & G Ry
On May 14 the E T V and G Railway will inaugurate the fastest time ever from the South to Chicago. Their vestibule trains promise comfort for World's Fair travelers. Tickets via B T, WY, G, and Q, C roads. hotel Ingram near Chicago depot.
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Chicago
Ingram
Bishop Joyce Entertained by Local Black Community
Bishop Joyce of the Methodist Episcopal Church visited the city last weekend and stayed with a Black family after being hosted by the presiding elder of the local Colored Methodist Episcopal church. He shared supper and breakfast during his hospitable reception, described in the fragmentary report with praise for the hosts.
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Teno
Joyce
Iliarii
Worth
U.S. Grint Coiverediy
BY. Moke
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hia
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