85th Annual G. A. R Encampment Train to Cleveland
Special trains depart Fort Wayne for the 85th annual G. A. R encampment in Cleveland with schedules from Fort Wayne on Sept 30 and Sept 10. Tickets cost one cent per mile traveled with a return limit Sept 15 1901. Inquiries to Fort Wayne agents C A Asterlin or R J Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
McComb
Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
Holding Him Guiltless Harpers Bazaar Dialogue
A brief Harper's Bazaar dialogue scene shows a man asserting love and a woman replying she cannot be sure. A father figure says the actions are not answerable, reflecting domestic tension and social tone of the period.
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Papa
Harpers
Bazar
Self-made man and critical gaze in Brooklyn Life
A pompous man boasts of being self-made while another criticizes him. In a separate note, Brooklyn Life reports German gas and water workers earn about 194 dollars annually.
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Brooklyn
Germany
French Ottoman tensions rise as Constans leaves Constantinople
A Paris semiofficial note states the Porte failed to meet undertakings with France over disputed questions. M. Constans, French ambassador, departed Constantinople after prolonged delays, signaling possible rupture in Franco Turkish relations. The Turkish ambassador to Paris remains abroad, and diplomatic channels are suspended pending new developments.
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M. Constans
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Paris
Porte
M. Conustans
France
M. Delcasse
M. Noustans
Turkey
Muro Key
Prance
Ile
AL Constants
Dam
Mo Connistaus
Therapia
Vestteur
Atagben
Orient Xpress
Air Court Ehatiberain
Stainbeg
Pestituste
Theratin
Corrupt Officials Nabbed Over Smuggling Chinese Mine Across Border
Authorities in Nogales, Arizona, and Clifton, Mexico, arrested William M. Koey, B F P Jossey, Frank How, and two other Chinese residents on charges tied to smuggling Chinese across the border for payments. Secret service and treasury agents gathered evidence, showing insider involvement and bribes within the Nogales customs and immigration offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Arizona
Wiliam M. Koey
Nogales
B. F P. Jossey
Frank How
Clifton
Mexico
Treasury
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Guce
Noma
Flagler Marries Miss Kenan in North Carolina Nuptials
Henry M. Flagler the Florida magnate and Standard Oil founder wed Miss Mary Lily Kenan at the Kenan home in Kernanville North Carolina in a small ceremony attended by family and friends. The groom gave a $1,000,000 gift and $3,000,000 in government bonds to his bride. The house was lavishly decorated with plants and flowers for the event.
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Henry M. Flagler
Standard Oil
Mary Lily Negin
Florida
Standard OU
Kenanville
N.C
Kenan
Peyton H. Hoge
Warren Memorial Church
Louisville
Miss Kenan
First Presbyterian Church
Wilmington
N. C
Wlagler
Texas farmers starving in drought and cattle deaths
Reports from Zacatapate County Tes as confirm the poorer classes face starvation as range water fails and cattle weaken and die. The country is burned with no green vegetation except cactus plants. Zacatapate County sits fifty miles from the nearest railroad.
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Zacatapate County
Tesas
Anestapate County
Dearest
Big State Notes: Accidents, Oil Wells, and oddities
Readable items report severe incidents across Indiana towns including a Pennsylvania brake man killed under a train at Valparaiso and a daughter strangled by peanut fragment in Elkhart. Oil wells, gas finds, lightning deaths, and a 40000 acre wildlife event add to local drama.
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Richard Darling
Pennsylvania
Valparaiso
Warren
Loogootee Prospecting Company
Cannon Farm
David Ferguson
Fountain County
Elkhart
David Boese
Elkyart
William Young
Kokomo
Gustav Messner
Georgeu
Middlebury
New Paris
Perry Deardorff
Paul McNeill
Charles Whelan
George Wallingferg
Penn-American Bigte Glass Company
Alexandria
Kenry Leachman
Chas. Leachman
Clayton
Brazil
Washington Ogden
Laketon
Ogden
Oldest Egyptian mummy found in British Museum gallery
The Sphere reports the discovery of a neolithic Egyptian mummy housed in the British Museum. Found by a wandering Arab and guarded by Egyptian soldiers, the body shows bitumen coating and lacks inscriptions. The mummy links to late Stone Age Egypt and predynastic cultures, with auburn hair noted and burial on the western shore.
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British Museum
Rameses II
Nile
Elizabeth
Europe
Rome
Greece
Menes
Mariette
Egypt
SonCare: Oscar Swanson Helps Mother With Kidney Pills
Wallace Michigan August 26 A devoted son Oscar Swanson cared for his mother suffering Kidney and Urinal Trouble and Female Weakness He obtained every possible remedy until buying Dodd's Kidney Pills led to her rapid recovery, leaving him joyful at her restored health.
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Wallace, Mich
Oscar Swanson
Mr. Swanson
Dodd
A Fortunate Delay
Horate A. Vachell recounts a close call from Life and Sport on the Pacific Coast as a cousin, camping in a desert valley, mistakes a blanket stripe for a rattlesnake. He describes the tension of a night ride and how a six shooter remained unused after the apparent threat proved harmless.
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Pacific Coast
Horate A. Vachell
Paradise Valley
Drama Excerpt Sparks Heated Foreplay in Falsetto Tones
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item quotes a stage scene where Mrs. Austin is told not to act until she sees her. The dialogue features a dramatic confrontation with the hero and heroine yelling falsehoods and challenges in falsetto style.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Stamps and Printing Outfit Ad Offers Custom Prices
An old classified notice advertises air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits with a reply address LockBox 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. It includes a quip about a fat lady preferring a living skeleton and a joke about a racing husband attributed to B Jones in Smart Set.
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Jones
New Rates After Aug. 19 Five Day Ticket Plan
Announcement of a five day limit ticket at one cent per mile with weekly Tuesday Buffalo trips and return. Advise visiting the nearest ticket agent or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana or R J Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Indiana No 158 for details.
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Buffalo
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Hamlton
Telltale Lines and the Wrinkles of Time
A Tem ple Bar writer reflects on a woman aged by life and sorrow. He notes deep wrinkles, naming lines as family or fault lines. He blames moral neglect and urges charity and benevolence to prevent such marks on faces and lives.
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Temple Bar
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised powder for tired feet
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet cures swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and in growing nails corns and bunions. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. 25c Sample mailed FREE Address Allen 8S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Revival of Business Amid Slump and Prices Cut
A bicycle shop owner notes a slim sales outlook and orders a 25 percent markdown on wheels. He then halts further price drops after spotting news that King Edward has returned to wheelings. The scene underscores cautious measures in a struggling retail era.
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Boston
James
Edward
Nickel Plate low excursion rates to major western cities
The Nickel Plate announces low excursion fares to Denver Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs Ogden Salt Lake City Hot Springs St Paul and Duluth Tickets go on sale June 18 through September 10 and are valid for return until October 31 Contact nearest agent or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana or R J Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Indiana
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Glenwood Springs
Col
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hot Springs
St. Paul
Duluth
Minn
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
Mr Austin and the past campaign in Brooklyn Life note
A fragmented dialogue references Mr Austin and a victorious campaign tied to a marriage. An advertisement touts Eagle Linen Paper and Swiss net appliques for curtains with August specials for rail travel via Nickel Plate Road. A blacksmith in England earns about 9 dollars weekly from steady work.
Britain Exceeds European Navies in Tonnage by Narrow Margin
Britain’s naval strength tops France Germany and Russia combined in built and building ships though by a small margin. Britain remains first in total tonnage, with France next, then Russia, and the United States follows, surpassing Germany by about 2,000 tons displacement.
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Britain
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
United States
Twenty Day Limit Tickets to Buffalo via Nickel Plate Road
Tickets valid twenty days for travel to Buffalo and return priced at one and one third fare. Purchase through nearest agent or contact C. Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana or R J Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Indiana No 156.
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Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hamilton
R. J. Hamilton
All She Took in Gowanus Affair
Gowanus residents recount a petty theft where a woman claims to have taken one dollar ninety eight cents from a neighbor, leaving the purse with only a penny or two and prompting astonishment from Mrs. Gowanus.
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Gowanus
Arabella
Intrigues Over Mrs Austin’s Dress At Train Station
A witty exchange follows a question about Mrs Austin's new dress, then a remark about studying the timetable to avoid missing a train. The respondent explains the delay came while attempting to translate the timetable as the train departed.
Piso's Cure Promoted for Coughs and Colds
An 1900 testimonial from N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey endorses Piso's Cure for coughs and consumptive symptoms. The claim presents an infallible remedy praised in a dated advertisement-like notice.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Parades Bring People To Her Home, Witty Exchange
In a brief exchange the visitor notes that parades pass near the maiden's home and asks why the person visits her if she is disliked. The reply affirms the traffic of parades near her residence and offers a witty, social observation.
Air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits offered
Fort Wayne advertisement lists air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits from Datera and similar suppliers. It invites readers to write prices to Lock Box 219 and mentions interest in reducing travel time between London and Paris as a topic of discussion.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
London
Paris
LockBoz
Suffolk farmers seek dairy tips in Denmark
A party of Suffolk England farmers travel to Denmark to secure hints on dairy farming. A Vermillion Ohio notice announces train No 2 will stop at Vermillion to let off Bellevue and western passengers, with excursion tickets to Buffalo after Aug 19. Fort Wayne agents advertise fares and travel details.
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Canada
United States
F. Pedhey
Ottawa
Ar c FE
Holmes
Big Four Bidg
Indianapolis
Ind
M. W. McInnes
Merrill Block
Detroit
Mich
Joseph Young
Columbus
Ohio
Government of Canada
Buffalo
Suffolk
England
Denmark
Linwood Park
Vermillion
Nickel Plate Road
Bellevue
Mrs Saunders Runs Boarders in Boston Herald Ad
An old Boston Herald ad features Mrs Saunders asked what she does for a living and replies boarders. The scene includes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children and gum relief priced at 2 cents a bottle.
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Mrs. Saunders
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George Cowger
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Samuel Conda
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Parker City
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New Oil Territory
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Island
Sarah A. Wendell
Scott Towres
Harrison County
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Charles E. Adamson
Muncie
George Bird, Jr
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Union City
Earl Graves
A. Myers
Cincinnati
Edgar J. Licks
Charles R. Wadson
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South
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Sidener
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The
Selama
Penang
Mr. Austin
Binnleigh
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