Air jets aid polishing as water substitute in shop work
An article notes that small air jets from a 1/16 inch orifice can finish soft steel shafts similarly to water with sal soda, preventing crowding of the tool and yielding truer shafts. Air jets also clean benches, machines, and drill areas, outperforming dust brushes in the shop. The text cites the Globe-Democrat and Swiss botanists on Caucasus flora and mentions a Protestant Episcopal Almanac showing 26,163 new communicants.
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Louis Globe-Democrat
Caucasus
Messrs. Sommid and
Sevier
Mount
Washington
Trenton
N. J
New Year Outlook and Industrial Worries Prompt Caution
The piece notes national business tied to politics and tariff changes, predicting a cautious year for manufacturing and imports. It urges against nerve-wracking worry and promotes St Jacobs Oil for neuralgia, Kilmer’s Swamp-Root for kidney and bladder issues, and other remedies. It mentions pine beetle damage in West Virginia, a cough remedy, and the Battled Texas on trial. It also offers medical notes on deafness caused by catarrh and an elixir syrup from Fig Syrup Co. It closes with a dog care book offer by H Clay Glover and a publishing house.
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Congress
St. Jacobs Olt
Girike
Ohio
Souths California Fig Syrup Co
H. Clay Glover
D. V
Leonard St
Electric blaze in Grand Banks sinks into legend Mercedes frail escape
The British steamship Mercedes, arriving from Bilbao, endured a deadly December gale off the Grand Banks. A massive south-southwest storm tore loose a deck derrick, flooding the ship and tipping it seventy degrees. Electric fire raged for two nights, with fireballs lighting the night and aiding last contacts with port. Captain Tait praised crew effort amid one of the voyage’s most trying hours.
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Ihs
Tait
Mercedes
Philadelphia
Queen Victoria Rebukes German Attitude Over Transvaal Troubles
Reports describe rising anti German sentiment in London's East End with German shops damaged and clubs closed. A royal letter from Queen Victoria rebukes Kaiser William amid British fears of war over South Africa. Officials move to reinforce Cape Town while Berlin cautions editors and presses for a restrained stance.
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East End
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War Office
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Pretoria
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Theo St. James's Gazette
South African Republic
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Devonport
Chatham
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Aldershot
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Berlin
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England
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Gereman
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Coluchowska
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Foren
Free States
South Africa
Oime
Germany Supports Boer Victory and Boer War Donations
Berlin reports the German emperor congratulated Paul Kruger on restoring peace and independence amid Boer invaders. News notes German calls for sympathy meetings for the Boers, plans for tens of thousands of volunteers, and Hamburg and Berlin fund drives raising around £137,009 for wounded Boers and supporters of Dr Loyde and Jameson’s troops.
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British South Africa Company
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Dr. Jameson Shiall
Pr. Jameson
Krugersdorf
European papers judge Emperor William over Transvaal stance
The London Standard and others portray William as unfriendly or ready to aid the Transvaal, while London papers hint at armed assistance or war prospects. German, French, and Russian presses align with Boer sentiment, urging Britain to respond, with U S noted as already entangled. The Times, Chronicle, and Post echo concerns over German influence and Monroe doctrine implications.
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Transvaal
Great Britain
Britain
London Chronicle
London Times
Lenton Morothee
Great Beitein
Mediterranean
Levant
Janeson
Johannesburg
Germany
United States
Europe
Tenterce
Fall of the Transvaal in the Boer Republic Era
A historical overview of the South African Republic, its Boers, and the leadership of Paul Kruger. Describes the two chamber system, immigration and naturalization rules, and tensions with the English, noting the 1880 Majuba Hill defeat and ongoing power struggles between conservative Boers and British interests.
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South African Republic
Art
Cape Cotony
Natal
Vatherweten
Republic
Paul & Kruger
Dom Paul
Baal
Baghah
Faeteresta
Krier
Ore Fest
Thor
Majuba Tin
Ty Bagigud
Submarine Torpedo Boat Under Construction for U.S. Navy
In Baltimore Maryland the John P Holland Torpedo Boat Co builds a submarine torpedo boat for the United States Government. It is designed to outmatch England's naval craft and was slated for an April launch but Venezuelan tensions have hastened completion.
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Columbia
Baltimore
England
United States
John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Company
New Naval Destroyer Promises Record Submarine Performance
Reported design outlines a destroyer with 80 foot length and various displacement figures, claiming 70.5 percent greater performance than any submarine. It describes armament including mobile torpedoes and eight inch expulsion tubes, plus a periscope camera tube for surface viewing while submerged.
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Loworth
Rae
Japan
China
Battle dispatch from Cape Town reports rebels clash
A Cape Town dispatch describes nightfall amid fighting between Chimpson allies and the Bours, details uncertain as scouts report Seyreandihits and Ge plot around Jameson’s forces, with terse mentions of leaders and units.
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Cape Town
Dr Chimpson
Jameson
Fire Claims Six Lives in Ohio Family Tragedy
A Baltimore Ohio blaze killed J Hibbard his wife and children, two Meron residents, plus Mrs Charles Low and Miss Foy Habbard. The Hamilton County fire started from a gas leak at 10:30 pm, gutting the Hibbard home and leaving the family of editor Charles Gee mournful. Firefighters and neighbors reported the scene, with details tying the loss to a gas explosion and subsequent structural collapse.
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Awibbard
Columbus
Qing
John WE Wibbard
Tae Wilt
Dorothy
Alen Hibbard
Charles Low
Mise Foy Habbard
Burgeovilly
Ohio
Me Hibbard
Pinsion
Hibboard
Mad
Abana
Low
Chirk Gee
Barnesdte
Dring Te Laine
Lee Uy
Fireworks Blast Destroys Printing Block in Luula Mo
A series of explosions devastated Second and Vine in Luula driving a fire that wrecked printing houses. Initial reports say over twenty injured and nineteen missing. Grubbs Wagon works blamed for the blaze amid heated speculation of a lighted cigarette caused near giant crackers. Rescue crews remove debris at Anchor Peanut Building and nearby shops as families mourn and printers’ homes vanish.
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Dt. Luula
Tragay
Nineteon Perony
Grubbs
Cuban insurrection nears Havana as insurgents close in
Dispatch from Havana reports Maximo Gomez Antonio Maceo and Quintin Bandora approaching the capital from multiple directions. Spanish authorities cite a large bond issue to fund the government, offering one hundred million dollars in four percent bonds payable after thirty years, with payment in gold and staged purchase milestones.
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Antonio Maceo
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Santiago de Cuia
Spain
Martinez de
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Providencs Nombre de Dios
Julia
Gist
Mercedith
Gaines
Alairy
Gomez
Carlisle
Morgan
Forites
D. C
United States
Treasury of the
Washington, D. C
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Boston
Philadeipht
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Cincinnati
Chicago
B&j
Souls
New Orleans
Rad Francisco
Cat at Home Party for Baltimore Cats and Guests
Mrs R Dorsey Coale hosted a feline gathering at No 866 Park Avenue Baltimore with Angora Tigers Phoebe Ann and Tiger and Tabitha chaperoned by Miss Nellie Howison. Visitors included cats owned by Graeme Turnbull and Hunt Mayo as the home filled with Elizabethan paper ruffs and festive treats.
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R. Dorsey Coale
Park Avenue
Baltimore
Dorsey Coale
Angora
Tiger
Phoebe Ann
George B. Coale
Tabitha
Nellie Howison
Dorisy Coale
Mia
Frank Redwood
Graeme Turnbull
Angora John Murdoch Turnbull
Hunt R. Mayo
Thomas Rita
New York World
Poet McLean of Terre Haute Writes Shipwreck Verse
Colonel William McLean, once in Drake's Arkansas brigade and now a Terre Haute state senator, famously wrote a vivid shipwreck verse after a Wabash barge wreck. He also quipped Arkansas poetry jests, crafting rhymes about Arkangayo and its rhyming woes using brisk frontier humor.
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Drake
Arkansas
McLean
Terre Haute
Colonel McLean
Pike
Arkangayo
Strange pumpkin yields living vines in dark cellar
A Wabash indiana couple reports a freakish pumpkin growth as seeds sprouted inside a sealed pumpkin. Leaves two inches long appeared, vines grew in darkness, and the interior flesh remained sound. Visitors inspect the fruit while the vine is preserved for as long as possible. In a separate note, Fred Walker a moonshiner from Stevenson Alabama was captured after years as a fugitive. The posse used ambush tactics and signals, believing he will soon escape again.
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H. Russell
Wabash
Ind
Russell
Mia
Chicago Times- Herald
North Alabama
Fred Walker
Stevenson
Ala
Walker
New York Sun
Treasury Statement Shows Monthly Deficit and Six Month Gap
The Treasury Department reports December receipts of 26,288,937 and expenditures of 25,814,317, creating a monthly surplus of 474,620. For the first half of the fiscal year receipts total 167,589,053 and expenditures 164,962,760, yielding a deficit of 15,073,709. Comparisons show declines in customs duties and internal revenue, with war expenditures down and interest earnings reduced. A debt statement details interest-bearing debt and the nation’s finances as of December, with notes on the mint, reserve, and government accounting.
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United States
Treasury Oferal
Nutrition reformers warn sugar and fats raise body weight
The article notes that excess sugar, starchy foods, cream, and some fats can increase body weight. It states cod liver oil also raises weight as a fat producing food but adds it changes nutrition processes and restores normal function of organs and tissues.
Scottish Emulsion Endorsements and Cod Liver Oil Claim
An advertisement extols Cod-liver oil with hypophosphites as a digestion friendly tonic. It argues weight gain from Scot's Emulsion comes from fat-building oil and restored health. It claims permanent improvement, endorsement by medicine for twenty years, and notes uniform composition with Norwegian cod and hypophosphites. Sold in six cent and two dollar sizes, with a warning small size may cure cough or help baby.
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