Rival Golf Clubs Open In Singapore
Germany invests nearly 3 million dollars in North Africa. A ukase bans Baerareat in Russia including private homes. Berlin faces high crisis reports and a large postal card volume while Palestine trade grows with a Jerusalem Jaffa railroad. Belgium reports 6,744,532 population and hospital aid for alcohol victims.
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Singapore
Germany
North Africa
Russia
Berlin
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Palestine
Belgium
Trouble in Terre Haute County Home Reported Cruelty Against Orphans
In Terre Haute twenty county orphan children were removed from Mrs. McKenzie amid charges of extreme cruelty. Allegations include forcing a child into a well and making others sleep on the floor to save laundry. McKenzie claims she warned about the well and that the children chose on the floor in warm weather.
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Terre Haute
Benbow Family Reunion Held in Maneie With Elections
A Benbow family reunion gathered 156 of 212 members from across the United States in Maneie. A committee report on a STOC estate sought to identify Welsh descendants. Elected officers include President Frank Benbow of Muncie, Vice President Mrs. Join Stoker of Vining Wan, Recording Secretary Minnie Bentow of Muncie, and Treasurer EL Benbow of Muncie.
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Benbow
Maneie
United States
Wales
Frank Benbow
Muncie
Join Stoker
Vining
Wan
Minnie Bentow
EL Benbow
Man Ends Life at Wife Grave in Osgood Cemetery
Versailles William von Juvenitz, an aged widower, went to Clift Hill Cemetery in Osgood and killed himself at his wife's grave after previously being fined for assault. He crept near the grave, swallowed poison, then shot himself. The incident follows a prior fine for assaulting Seth Johnson.
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Versailles
William von Juvenitz
Clift Hill Cemetery
Osgood
Seth Johnson
Various Indiana Local News Snippets From Early Times
A fragmented Indiana page reports a skeleton found in a Manine gravel pit, sheep killed by lightning near Laporte, a Dub lin farmer buying an automobile, a 57th wedding anniversary in Vincennes, and Cornelius Dilley dying near Sullivan. Other items note a Christian church cornerstone in La Grange County, an oil well near San Pierre, a fatal fall in Evansville, and thefts in Union City.
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Plainfield
Laporte
Oliver Thornburg
Dublin
Jaros Miristy
Shelbyville
Plymouth
Dolor
Sarah Keep
Vincennes
C. E. Green
Crawfordsville
Sugar Creek
Mary Bank
Allen County
England
Waterton
Strop
la Grange County
A.B. Porter
Chisago
Richmond
Frank Ambrose
Evansville
Samuel Thomas
Daleville
Charles Smith
Willam Terry
Kokomo
Georg Grahs
Union City
Central Union Telephone Company
J. W. Clokey
First Presbyterian Church
New Albany
Messrs
Rogers
Kaupke
San Pierre
Edward Huffman
William Huffman
Brazil
Curious diners and a salt habit at a downtown eatery
A head waiter recalls a string of odd customers from a large downtown restaurant. A salt-scooping man, a mayo on apple pie devotee, and a woman who ate three meals in one, then returned to eat again after her bill. The tale ends with excess veal and endless croquettes the next day.
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Donovan
Russia's New Calendar Proposal Seeks 13 Months of 28 Days
A report notes Russia may adopt a 13 month calendar with each month having twenty eight days. The feature claimed is stability, likened to a tonic remedy. The piece urges readers to obtain the genuine product, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, for ailments.
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Russia
The Maid and the Handkerchief Tradition
The London News describes a Welsh Tyrolean custom where a bride receives a new pocket handkerchief before her wedding. She uses it during the ceremony to dry tears, then places it in the linen closet for life. After death the handkerchief is passed to cover the face of the deceased.
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Tyrol
London News
New Method Claims High Pressure to Crystallize Carbon
An Italian, Quivino Majorana, reports to the Roman Academy of Sciences a method to crystallize carbon by heating in an electric arc and then rapidly compressing it with gases generated by explosives to about 5,000 atmospheres.
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Molssan
Quivino Majorana
Roman Academy of Sciences
Woman fined for dog pulling baby carriage in New York
Mrs. Austin remarks on a fine English woman fined for letting two dogs pull a baby carriage. Mrs. De Fashion condemns the act calling it cruel and questions why the baby did not pull the dogs.
Diamond Stud Exempt From Creditor's Claim In Kentucky
A Kentucky youth facing a creditor's bill kept his diamond stud in his shirt bosom. The vice chancellor ruled the stud exempt as necessary apparel, noting shirts button in front and that removing the diamond would expose the wearer. The tailor's lawyer lost the argument as the court upheld the exemption.
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Kentucky
Cascarêts Candy Cathartic Ad Promises Quick Health Boost
Best for the bowels. No matter what ails you from headache to cancer you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature cure you without a gripe or pain produce easy natural movements cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic genuine put up in metal boxes every tablet has C C C stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
Why Trinity, Texas Got Its Name
A traveling group on a Southern Pacific train discusses Trinity Texas naming. One man asks about the town, and another replies the name comes from there being three residents. The anecdote appears in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Trinity
Texas
Southern Pacific
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Grain-O dietary drink replaces coffee for all ages
Advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from grains with Mocha and Java color. Claims it is gentle on the stomach and safe for children, selling at 15 and 25 cents per package through grocers.
Drawing a Fine Distinction
A milkman tests his new helper James by pouring milk into water to prove honesty. James answers that the milkman is pouring water into the milk and the elder insists on telling the truth and condemns cheating and lying.
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James
Janes
CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY WITH LAXATIVE BR0 QUININE TABLETS
Advertisement copy notes a cold cure using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a 25 cent price and refund terms. It cites E W Grove’s signature on each box and urges refunds if ineffective. It also discusses mirror light causes and cautions against at home silvering. Monroe Drug Co advertises Putnam Faceless Dye with a 10 cent refund.
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D.Y
E. W. Grove
Ladies’ Home Journal
Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville, Mo
The Costliest Drug and Escurial Wonders
A London specialist ranks physostigmine as the costliest drug with an ounce priced near £200 000 produced from the Calabar bean for eye diseases. The Escurial in Spain boasts a vast complex with a cathedral monastery 200 cells two colleges three chapter houses three libraries and about 3 000 other rooms. Mrs Thomas Robbins of Maple Street Norwich New York testifies in 1900 that Piso's Cure for Consumption saved her life three years earlier.
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London
Spain
Retreat for Beavers In Rio Grande Canyon
The last safe beaver retreat in the United States lies in the Rio Grande canyon between Eagle Pass and El Paso about 300 miles. Jen-O The New Dessert eases all the family. Four favors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry at your grocers ten cents.
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United States
Canyon of the Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
el Paso
Jen-O
Kidney Troubles of Women
Miss Eva Frederick of Troy Ohio describes chronic kidney and uterine symptoms and fatigue. She cites relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and credits renewed health and energy to the treatment.
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Lydia
Pinkham
EpNa Frederick
Troy
Ohio
Backache Cured by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Magy Bailsghinger of Windsor Pa reports sixteen years of back pain weakness and nervousness eased by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after doctor visits in New York failed. She cites irregular painful menses and leucorrhea and urges other suffering women to try the remedy.
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Magy Baigshinger
Windsor, Pa
Greatest Railway Terminus of the Great Eastern Company
The London city terminus is the largest in the world spanning about fifteen acres with eighteen platforms and twenty lines. Over 1000 trains operate daily in summer and about 125,010 passengers enter or leave daily. In 1897 total passengers reached about 101,000,000 plus 30,000 season-ticket holders, estimated to travel twelve times weekly, totaling about 128,720,000.
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Great Eastern Railway Company
London City
Americans Lead In Coffee Consumption Worldwide
The United States uses more coffee than any other nation with annual consumption near 450 million pounds. American importers pay about 90 million dollars to growers for this coffee.
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United States
What Shall We Have for Dessert Jell O Pleasure
A family question answered with a quick Jell O dessert. No boiling or baking just add hot water and chill. Flavors include lemon orange raspberry and strawberry. available at grocers for 10 cents.
International Dam Plan and Rail Excursions Highlighted
The notice mentions a proposed three million dollar international dam above El Paso to redeem the Rio Grande valley and details Nickel Plate Road excursion tickets to Fort Wayne for the National Encampment, with one fare round trip on select Express Trains and valid return to Sept. 18. Also notes promotions for air cushion stamps and Winslow teething syrup.
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el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Fort Wayne
Ind
Union Veteran Legion
C. A. Asterlin
London’s Army of Policemen in the City
The city employs 13 564 police officers about nine teen to the square mile. Sixty per cent of the force works night shifts, highlighting strong round the clock coverage.
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London
Carter's Ink Marketed as Superior Compound
The ad proclaims Carter's Ink as scientifically compounded of top materials and promises dealers can obtain it if not stocked. The piece notes Mrs. Hetty Green's fortune heavily invested near New York City Hall and mentions Valencia fans made by Spanish girls earning about 25 vents daily.
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Carter
Hetty Green
City Hall
New York
Valencia
Grain-O promoted as coffee substitute for children
An advertorial touts Grain-O as a nourishing grain drink for kids, claiming it tastes like coffee when prepared properly and costs about the same. It urges replacing tea or coffee with Grain-O to distribute health, noting it is sold by all grocers for 25 cents.
One Statesman's Start in Life Told by Renfrew
Governor Renfrew of Oklahoma recalls his unusual beginnings twenty years ago in Arkansas when he exhibited a petrified child. He says he recognized the now grown figure and notes it is being exhibited as a petrified woman.
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Gov. Renfrew
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Lane's Family Medicine and Odd Mercury Cures
A dated ad blends humorous and factual claims for Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel movement relief and health benefits. It also includes quirky notes on ear hearing corrections and a jab at hair color longevity while urging readers to choose Eagle Linen for letter heads and envelopes.
Nebraska The Land of Plenty Advertisement Card
Advertising note from Nebraska paper urging readers to mention seeing the ad in the paper. Includes fragment referencing New York firm FW.N.Y. and issue number 38 1900. No further details or context available.
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Hiuehu
Laekiang
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Patrel
Nicholas Breago
Tie
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Cleveland
Seers
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Centerville Town
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Memphis
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Chattanooga
Charleston
Madison, Wis
Omaha
Scquish Border Societies
James Thompson
Brussels
German Empire
Lucy Travens
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Utica
Cornelius Dilley
Sullivan
John Locke
Anderson
Sam Sanders
Christian County
Iliness
Indiana
Thomas O’fazzio
Logansport
Wabash River
D'Fazzio
Misa Frederick
Rope
America
Asia
Australia
Africa
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T. M. Roberts
Minneapolis
Best
Egeade
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Gsalor
Deere Fe
Jens
Feni Oro
Rene Ieee
Spee
Minnesota
T.M. Roberts Supply House
Minas
Lane
Eagle Linen
Dr. MU. J. Green’s Sons
Box
Atlanta, Ga
Chicago
Rockford
Dubuque
Waterloo
Dodge
Council Bluffs
A. H. Hanson
Nebraska
Land OF
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S. Eustis
Chigaco, Ill
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