Food For The Poor In London Charity Meal Scheme
Sir Thomas Lipton funds a London meal house offering meals from a halfpenny to 4 pence with a hot meal and two vegetables. The Alexandra trust branch serves up to 1 500 daily, with hot-water carts for the sick and bedridden. Officials include Hon Charles Russell and Lady Foudel Phillips aiding the project.
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Thomas Lipton
America
M@skarorock
Alexandra Trust
Wales
Sir Thomas Lipfem
Has
Alek
Covernora
Ospital
Princeus of
Walee
Charles Russell
Thomsa Espeen
Foudel-Phillips
Ooumit‘a
Long-Lost Sweetheart Reunited in Waterbury Marriage
Thomas Con ters, Chicago recluse for years, reunites with Margaret Fitzmaurice after correspondence. He writes for forgiveness and they marry in Waterbury. Brought by news, Drisen wanderer with unknown whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Conters
Chicago
Flo
Margaret Fitzmaurice
Tieinga
Margaret
Patrick Tirtsrut Water
Driscel
Ceveral
Kriseall
Driscel Wed Ling, Ant the Prisst Mind the Sexton
Hundreda
Pepers
Beth
Waterbury
Connors
Drisen
Faint in Religious Fervor at Mount Olivet Baptisms
A revival at Mount Olivet Baptist church culminated in 194 baptisms amid fervent worship. The service featured a baptismal tank in the pulpit, 144 white robes and 4 black-clad candidates, and several faintings as converts expressed strong emotion.
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Mount Olivet
Weber
ble ae @stuat
Deseon Webb
Department Store Tax Provisions in Prussia Spark Debate
The Prussian landtag considers a tax system for department stores dividing retailers into four classes by goods sold. Exemptions exist for single class shops, while mixed清unten stores face graduated taxes rising with annual sales. Commercial reform aims to curb cross selling and obscure exemptions.
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Germany
Landtag
Wales
Annind
Mass of Patches: Man From Philadelphia In Winona
George Burna, 60 to 70, from Philadelphia visiting Winona Minnesota, is described as one of the most patched-up men. A former Annapolis graduate and Atlantic liner chief engineer, he suffered severe injuries when a steam fault crushed ribs fractured his skull and shattered limbs. He bears a seven-ounce silver plate in his head and a chest plate, with many bones missing or altered and the heart displaced to the right side. Despite extreme wounds, he remains able to use his left arm and limb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burna
Philadelphia
Winona
Mint
Lurns
Annapolis Naval School
New York
Dogs Save Boys From Drowning On Improvised Raft
In Norwood Park Chicago three boys aged six to eight were capsized on a raft in a pond at Peterson and Caldwell. A Newfoundland dog and a Skye Terrier were washed in with the children. the Skye Terrier swam to shore and led the family to the scene. The Newfoundland dragged Walter Hendricks ashore while Alfred Jordan and Edward Carfield were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood Park
Chicago
Peterson and
Caldwell Avenues
Walter Ilenfricka
Alfred Jordan
Edward Carfield
Ted
Walter Dordricks
Hendricks
Enjoined Economy Directed for Navy Yard Repairs
Assistant Secretary Allen orders strict economy across navy yards with repairs to vessels to be limited. He informs Rear Admiral Philip at Brooklyn navy yard after Massachusetts repair recommendations. Further repairs total about 14 000 dollars. Indiana and Massachusetts must be finished rapidly or laid up at League Island.
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Allen
Navy Yards
Philip
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Massachusetts
Board of Survey of the Massachusetts
Department
Hmiral
Indiana
Wassachusetts
Teague Island Navy Yard
Tt Ia
League Island
Vara
Chinese Doctor Wins Railroad Parlor Car Suit in Missouri
Mon Fung Young, a Chinese doctor, was awarded 9 927.40 by a circuit court jury in Kansas City Mo against the Kansas City St Joseph Cornel Bluffs Railroad after a negro porter barred him from the parlor car on four trips. Damages totaled 21 000 with separate awards of 1600 50 2 505 50 1404 and 4109. The report also notes ancient Roman war vessels and crew numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mon Fung Young
Kanena City
Kansas City
Dr. Young
Sea Lion Capsizes Fishermen’s Boat Off San Pablo Bay
Two Italian fishermen John Bartini and Joe Lafranky narrowly escaped death when a sea lion capsized their boat off McNear's Point in San Pablo Bay California. After three hours in frigid water a rescue schooner arrived and the sea lion was shot. The net was wrecked and the animal weighed about 1000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dartini
Joe Lafranky
Bartini
Lafranky
Patent
San Pablo Bay
Prosperity Of The Farmer Gains In 1804 to 1906 Comparison
The American Agriculturist reports a marked rebound in agriculture with farm produce valued at over 1.6 billion dollars higher than the depressed period of 1894 to 1896. Livestock value up 100 million, staple crops up 400 million, other crops up 300 million, and total livestock related products up 370 million, signaling a 25 to 40 percent rise from the low mood years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Farma
Talues
Streets Paved With Gold In Denver Bet Mines Merkury
A miner and a New York merchant tested placer dirt from a sewer excav and claimed 80 cents could be found in an hour. The miner washed gravel with mercury at Bitterath and Blake, yielding 62 cents from the amalgam. Mark Watson testified to the claim amid the Denver streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mark Watson
Ghero
W. P. Ptnley
New York
Denvers
Bitterath
Blake Streetea
Brazil to Celebrate Founding of Brazil Anniversary
Elaborate preparations are underway for the anniversary of the discovery of Brazil on May 8, 1500 by Pedro Alvares de Cabral. Celebrations extend over May 7 with military reviews grand mass regattas processions and galas from Pará Bahia Pernambuco and other cities. Compressed air motors replacing mules in Michigan mines march to industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Pedro Alvares de Cabral
Io Charge
Para
Bahia
Pernambuco
Ben Paulo
Bello Horizonte
Rio Grande de Sul
Michigan
Klondike Auto Tourists Reach New York from Havre
Janne de Lamare sister of the Kiondike Revue of Paris arrives in New York from Havre with Raphael Merville. They brought a five horse power automobile and a three horse power motorcycle to Lake Bennett and plan to reach Dawson City via Atlin. De Lamare believes the road can be traveled as well by car as by horse, and will stay two weeks in Atlin before continuing 660 miles to Dawson City. He has a sleigh conversion device for snow and will use the auto to power gear on a float. A Klondiker woman aboard the L Aigui taine, Frau Phillthecek, also plans to try the automobile on her return germ.
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Janne de Lamare
Paris
Atlin
New York
Havre
Raphael Merville
France
Lake Bennett
Klondike
Dawson City
de Lamare
Fhiltchecek
Klondiker
Salary for Substitutes in Postal Service
Postmaster Cordon backs placing substitute letter carriers on the regular roll with a salary. He cites 1,270 regular carriers and 196 substitutes, noting vacations require 60 substitutes and heavy mailing periods need trained backup. He urges Congress to authorize regular salaries for carriers and clerks.
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Cordon
Mann
Gordon
Congress
Hetty Green’s candid Boston interview shocks peers
The famed heiress criticizes lawyers doctors and relatives while discussing the Molineux case and Jay Gould. She jokes about punishment for cheaters and declares plans to live long, denying a Paris exposition visit amid family feuds and a temple fame roll dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Green
Boston
Texas
Nore
Jay Gould
Temple of Fame
Mra
Russell Sage
Helen Goulé Forward
Helen
Torpedo Contract Awarded For Maine Class Ships
Rear Admiral O Neil head of the ordinance bureau placed a contract with E W Bliss & Co of Brooklyn for 0 Whitehead torpedoes at 146000 dollars. The torpedoes will equip Maine class battleships with underwater discharge tubes and provide five torpedoes per vessel. Additional contracts for New Jersey class ships and Georgia class armored cruisers are planned, needing sixty torpedoes after construction starts.
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O’neil
Todinance Bureau
E. W. Bliss & Co
Brooklyn
Elisa & Co
Maine
Department
New Jersey
Georgia
Morgan buys New York plot for manuscript store
Pierpont Morgan acquired a 75 by 100 foot site on Thirty sixth street near Madison avenue for 300000 dollars. He plans a one story building to house and catalog his vast manuscript collection, some kept in London safes. Architect Whit ney Warren notes the Morgan manuscript house will resemble his residence.
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Pierpont Morgan
New York
Thirty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
James Brown
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
London
Whitney Warren
Long traveling letter circles globe for 27 years
A letter between Edward L. McKee of Indianapolis and W. B. Fenton of Chicago has wandered the world for decades. Initiated in 1873 in Indianapolis the note crossed continents via Manila Bombay Cape Town St. Petersburg and back to Chicago never spoken of by its two senders.
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Edward L. McKee
Indiana National Bank
Indianapolis
W. B. Fenton
National Bank of the Republic
Chicago
McKee
Manila
Fenton
Madison
Ind
Friedersdorf
E. L. McKee
Bombay
Cape Town
St. Petersburg
Skipper's Wife Saves Crew From Sinking Ward
Captain John Kesey and nine sailors of the New Haven schooner Ward owed their lives to Mrs Kesey who urged the crew to pumps for five days as waves battered the ship. The Themis rescued the exhausted crew near Philadelphia after the Ward began to founder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kesey
New Haven
Conn
W. Wallace Ward
Mra. Kelsey
Themis
Philadelphia
Dr Caldwell's Lyrup Pepeln Adver Teed For Months
Advertisement text promotes Dr Caldwell's Lyrup Pepeln as an ideal stomach remedy. It claims benefits for constipation indigestion and sick headaches. A sample bottle offers 10 doses for 10 cents while regular sizes cost 50 cents and 1 dollar at Ward Jemison's with free samples for subscribers via Household word promotion.
Brownsville Notes From The Quarter Correspondent
Rev A R Jones conducted meetings in Boston and Merlin Robing filled appointments in Robinsons chapel and Locuer Grove. Eighteen pupils from Brownsville township took the eighth year examination as school closes in three weeks. The German Medicine company drew large crowds by weeklong entertainment. Wm Woods and Mrs. Woods plan to reside in Indianapolis. Thomas Garvin to represent the nursery in Connersville with orders fulfilled promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Jones
Boston
Merlin Robing
Robinson’s Chapel
Locuer Grove
Clara Watt
Connersville
Albert Bailey
Hulda Trembly
Greenfield
Indianapolis
Nathan Brown
Ezra Bush
George Funk
W.C. Blum
Brownsville Township
D. Bennett
Edith
Anna Cully
Emery Scholl
Fayette County
George Showalter
Rev. Beach
Elmer Schell
Bert Roth
Carrtown
Ohio
Bert
Combraville
Elmer
C. F. Douthit
School closes with pleasant gathering and local updates
Bentley correspondence reports the Courier School closed last Thursday after a pleasant day with baskets. Claude Trusler will spend vacation at Danville school. Blooming Grove protracted meeting closed with many joining. Attendees included Elisha Myere and Jane Sneider at the I O C F meeting in Connersville. Will Erb attended a Cambridge horse sale. Clem Grist and Lina Fielda visited Ely's Creek daughter. Aunt Polly Campbell injured falling from a door Sunday. James Weere traveled to McWhorter’s for feed and Walter Fielda plans to move to the McKenny farm near Connersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Trusler
Will
Danville School
Blooming Grove
Elisha Myere
Jane Sneider
Connersville
Will Erb
Cambridge
Clem Grist
Lina Fielda
Ely’s Creek
Merion Smith
W. J. Erbb
Polly Campbell
James Weere
Egypt
McWhorter’s
Walter Fielda
McKenny Farm
Medical and poultry ads from Lingaty Indiana 1898
A dated notice from Lingaty Indiana lists testimonials for Pepsin Syrup Co and a poultry incubator sales pitch. It promotes relief claims for constipation indigestion and stomach troubles and invites readers to order incubators and cure products. Additional items include dyspepsia cures and local advertisement names.
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C. K. Slonneger
Lingaty
Ind
Pepsin Syrup Co
Monticello
Dr. Caldwell
C. K. Sloxnecer
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