Market day hustle in East Side shops and carts
A vivid account describes a family of three surviving on ten cents in New York's East Side. The narrator watches a Riv ington Street shopper weigh and barter for corned beef, potatoes, bread, beans, and cornmeal, leaving four cents for tomatoes as she buys Sunday dinner. The piece links daily commerce to urban life and mentions John M. Smyth Co and unrelated product notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alea
Croge
Husex and
Hester Streets
Rivington Street
Hssex Street
Wiethropy
New
London Unrestful Report on Boer War Movements and Mobilization
London reports a war news disruption with no details on Lord Methuen casualties or the Ninth Lancers. Berlin and British sources clash over reports of a 100-man loss and possible capture. Britain orders a sixth division of 10,000 men, while Mildyard’s Beacon Hill actions push relief toward Ladysmith and Natal.
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London
Offles
Lord Meethuen
Ninth Lancers
Graf Pan
Daily Mail
Lancers
Methuen
Berlin
Deutsch- Warte
Mildyard
Beacon Hill
Natal
Ladysmith
Buller
Lord Methuen
Colenso
Wee
Tugela
Free Bridge
Tammany Hall to Fund Burial for Sergeant Anthony
Tammany Hall leaders agreed to contribute $300 toward the burial of Sergeant Bill Anthony and to erect a monument over his grave aboard the Maine. The Philadelphia Times instructed the burial company to procure the body and bury it, with the offer prompting officials to coordinate funding and a more imposing ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany' Hall
Richard Croker
Tammany, Hall
Bill Anthony
Maine
Croker
Philadelphia ‘Times
Tammany Hall
Philadelphia
Anthony
Carroll
Burtial Company
Goebel Must Not Serve and Kentucky Political Tensions
Reported Republican fear of federal intervention if Goebel is certified in Kentucky after the plan to exclude Jefferson Knox and Johnson counties. Senator DeHoe Lindsey and Gov Bradley may seek martial law support from President McKinley. DeHoe downplays emergency need but cites possible federal aid. Also notes Kansas law ruling by Judge Hook invalidating the court of visitation over railroad and telegraph regulation. Mention of coke plant plans in Des Moines and Milwaukee, Creeks county cattle action from Washington, Ardmore moonshine clash near Colbert, and Daniel Earl’s loss of a leather pouch in Chicago.
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Deboe
Kentucky
Frankfort
Washington
Goebel
Jefferson
Knox
Johnson
Dehoe
Lindsay
Bradley
Taylor
Harther
McKinley
Daboe
Associa Press
Kansas
Hook
United States District Court of
Topeka
Court of Visitation
J B. Maxwell
Western Union
Electric fan trust forms with $25,000,000 capital
In brief items a world scope note reports a trust organizing among electric fan makers with capital set at 25 million dollars. Other items mention Lady Salisbury’s funeral in London, a ruinous fire in Weston Ohio, Detroit street railway labor disputes, and various political and social notes from across the U S and abroad.
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Lady Salisbury
London
Weston, C
Baldwin & Vetter
Femme prisoner exposed after forged guilt claim
Deputy Sheriff Inno of Illinois town discovers Bilis Glenn alias H F Terry a prisoner from Hillsboro for forgery is a woman. After being stripped for a bath she protests and reveals her gender. She says her brother committed the crime and she took the blame to shield him. She is sent to Montgomery county for custody.
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Inno
Uinois
Faten
Cassidy
Montgomery County
Chester, Til
Bilis Glenn
H. F. Terry
Hillsboro
Tanner
Dowell
Lee
Nation Mourns Its Dead At Hobart Funeral
Nation honors Garrett A Hobart with a state funeral at Patterson New Jersey Presbyterian services attend by President Hay and other officials. The Church of the Redeemer fills with dignitaries and mourners as Hobart is laid to rest with solemn ceremonies and a silent tribute to a statesman and neighbor.
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Church of the Redeemer
Pipist
Bread costs and naval outlook draw reader interest
A Minnesota professor reports on average loaf weight and flour to bread conversion, estimating a two cent per pound bakery cost excluding fuel and labor. Separate commentary discusses Russia's Ekaterinburg seaport opening and strategic naval implications for Britain and the United States. A New York Sun note ponders women as students and coed college attitudes.
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Iad
Boyder
Department of Agriculture
Hany Snyder
Minnesota Agricultural College
Snyder
Minnesota University
Prof. Snyder
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Ekateriniusk
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Ekaterinbei
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Ita
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Sweden
Germany
Haltic
Kiel Canal
C C C Line Opens With Quick Health Route
Chicago report notes the new C. C. C. line is now open to the public, praised for fast routes to health. Casarets candy cathartic advertised as effective and sold nationwide with price lists and a model of fraud warning.
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C.C.C
Chicago
Specia.l
Marlioriana
Rnce
Bend
Addresa
Sterling
Rem- Shores
Montreal
Can
New York
Palimean Palace Car Tour From Chicago to Mexico City
A special vestibuled train tour of Palimean palace cars will depart Chicago for Mexico City and other major Mexican cities, returning to Chicago. Limited first class travel, all expenses included, under the direction of Beau Campbell of The American Tourist Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mexico
Republic
Beau Campbell
American Tourist Association
Mapa
Ticketa
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Ancient Bruges Boat Unearthed From Before Christ
A Brussels correspondent reports a boat dating before the Christian era was uncovered in Bruges near the west basin during excavations. The vessel of oak measures about 40 feet long and 7 feet wide, with a mast once about 24 feet high. The craft likely stranded as the sea covered Bruges before Christ.
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Brugess
Brusgels
London Daily Mail
Agk
Walligenth
Bruges
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John M. Smyth
John M. Smyth Co
Naper
Tata
Colonel Sweet
Army ‘Medical” Museum
Acue Mes, Co
Des Moines
Lowa
Uetor Wiho
W. Grove
M. I. Baldwin
Corea
Conan Doyle
T. Have
Ayer
Edwards
Kilian H. Jeiliie
Union Fuel Company
igin'Des
Moines
For
United Phil
Colo
Ehleage
South‘ ‘McAlester
L. T
Soper
Creek Country
Mormenie
Ardmore
Colbert
Davis
Daniel Earl
Detroit Street Railway
Teix
Lord Ivneagh
Mudkross
Lakes
Killarney
Dave Mercer
Dubuque
Chicago, Dubuque & Omaha
Omaha
Mishawaka
Ind
Harry Turnock
First Methodist Church
Duluth
Kountze Memorials Church
Roberts
Utah
Otsen
Wisconsin
Elect Roberts
Congress
Leslie Carter
Columbus
Republican Caucus Committee
Jienderson
Normandie
Atlantic City
Indian Territory
Scott McAfee
Fountain Park
McAfee
Misa Clara Ropp
Society of
Porto Rico
Whs
Camp Miles No
Joseph Kitchell
Indianapolis
Congressional Library
Benev
Silvera
Chamber of Deputies
Aime
New York Sun
Cee
Munster
Envn
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio River
Newark
Chicago Junction
the Christian
Hearthstone
Te Bey
Madietas
C -Purevill
San Francisco
Hall
Segnal
B.J. Cueney & CO
Pinkham
Mrs. Or ‘Pinkham
Mrs. King
Lydia
Ai Way
Pete
Miles
Giles
Providence
Center Church
Miss S
Episcopal Church
Orde Stone
Madison
P Oa
Mendes Aea
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Tagesteed
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ST Ceh
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