Rio Grande Western Rails Inaugurates Dining Car Service
The Rio Grande Western Railway started dining car service on June 1, offering meals on all through trains. The feature aims to ease long journeys to California and the Pacific coast with top Pullman quality cuisine and a la carte options for breakfast coffee and rolls or a full menu.
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Utah
Colorado
California
Pacific Coast
Rio Grande Western Railway
Pullman
The Cheerful Woman as Household Statesman
A portrait of the cheerful woman who handles household emergencies with calm skill. She wins over grim relatives and sickly cousins with infectious good cheer, earning servants' alliance and extending her influence through kind words and steady disposition.
Railroad passes allow stopovers on passes with station ink endorsement
General Manager Unetwood of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces an order permitting holders of passes to stop at any station. Conductors will note the station name on the back of passes in ink or pencil, and this endorsement will be honored on subsequent trains.
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Unetwood
Baltimore, and Ohio, Railroad
Swiss Genéva uses electric postman for mail lift
In Genéva a substitute postman uses an electrical bell and hydraulic lift to move letters between floors. Letters dropped into the box trigger the bell, lift the mail to the desired floor, and return for the next delivery.
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Genéva
Advertisers Promise Reliable Bargains In This Publication
The note urges readers to study the advertisements to enjoy the publication and find excellent bargains. It asserts advertisers are reliable and deliver what they advertise, inviting readers to develop a habit of reading ads for value.
Lighthouse on Armish Rock Shines by Mirror Reflections
In the Hebrides a lighthouse on Armish Rock stands five hundred feet from shore. A shore light projects beams to the rock where a mirror reflects them toward the lighthouse, making its illumination possible despite the distant isolation.
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Armish
Hebrides
Scotland
Allen's Foot Ease Powder Ad
Do Your Feet Ache and Bare Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 28c Sample sent free Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York People who are down on gossip don't usually say so until after they have heard the gossip.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, Ni Y
Allen S
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Mock Patent Medicine Advertisement Fragments
An assortment of vintage ads touts Cascarets Candy, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and Poultry Compound from Javelle Mfg Co. Lies about life extension and teething relief mingle with promises of easy cures and loyalty rewards.
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Riga
Slamp
Javelle Mfg. Co
Postmaster and Trade Talks Highlight June Congressional Brief
A post office is established at Perry in Boyd county with Nathan E. Gardner named postmaster. British chargé d affaires Mr. Tower may start Bermuda reciprocity talks. Nebraska patentes issued to Howland, Koch, Mouser, Schlaebitz. Census supervots named for districts one, three, four, five and six. Mercer still to choose for the second district.
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Perry
Boyd County
Nathan E. Gardner
Tower
Bermuda
J. W. Howland
Lincoln
H. E. Koch
Hartington
I. D.mouser
Imperial
Theodore A. Schlaebitz
Lincgoln
Nebraska
F. W. Miller
Falls City
W. E. Peebles
Pender
T. E. Hibbert
Adams
I. D. Evans
Kenesaw
J.T. Mallalieu
Kearney
Congressman Mercer
Insular Commission Drafts Porto Rico Laws During Delayed Peace Talks
The insular commission remains busy drafting laws for Porto Rico as the peace conference nears a July adjournment. Spain plans another offer to negotiate with Aguinaldo for prisoner releases. Thomas F. Lyons of North Carolina is appointed first lieutenant in the U S Marine Corps, a rare rise from non commissioned officer.
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Insular
Porto Rico
Aguinaldo
Thomas F. Lyons
North Carolina
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Jamaica Commission Arrives in Washington on Trade Mission
The Jamaica United States commission arrives in Washington to bolster commercial ties. Retired Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby, a Farragut era officer, dies in Washington at seventy six. Col Tasker Bliss to arm Havana revenue cutters. Admiral Watson assumes Asiatic squadron command in Hong Kong. President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley depart for Holyoke Mass to attend Mount Holyoke College exercises. Grace McKinley to graduate. Coast artillery to receive more ammunition for practice. war department orders boost gunnery targets and rounds.
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Jamaica
United States
Washington
Pierce Crosby
Farragut
Cuban
Tasker H. Bliss
Havana
Admiral Watson
Hong Kong
Asiatic
Barker
Oregon
Dewey
Manila
McKinley
Holyoke
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Grace McKinley
War Department
Nebraska Regiment Orders Sail Home Early Next Week
The war department received General Otis’s dispatch reporting repulse of an insurgent attack at San Fernando. Rebels led by Aguinaldo attacked payroll Our troops repelled the force with heavy losses and fourteen American wounded.
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Nebraska
Philippines
War Department
Otis
San Fernando
Aguinaldo
Ex Senator Harding of Cottage Grove Dies
Ex Senator Benjamin E. Harding of Cottage Grove Oregon has died. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1892 to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Baker. The May imports exports report shows merchandise exports exceeded imports by 76452131 dollars in the last eleven months. Text mentions Governor General Davis of Porto Rico appointing a provisional court and officials in San Juan. Generals Hale Funston plan to return regiments home. Utah artillery to ride with Nebraskan troops on Hancock. Pennsylvanians to sail on Senator. Indiana’s 600 discharged soldiers sail. unit to dock at Nagasaki. U S Consul Winslow at Stockholm notes trichinosis risk in American pork and market prospects. Nash Hawk of Willow Springs Missouri to attend Bland funeral with delegation list including Joy DeArmond Lloyd Clark Farris Bailey Lanham Pierce Henderson.
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Benjamin E. Harding
Cottage Grove
Ore
United States
Senate
Baker
Bureau of Statistics
Davis
Porto Rico
San Juan
N. B.C. Pettigill
J. M. Keedy
Hale
Funston
Utah Artillery
Hancock
Manila
Senator
Indiana
Nagasakd
Nash Hawk
Willow Springs
House of Representatives
Washington
Bland
Joy
DeArmond
Lloyd and Clark
Missouri
Bailey and
City of Battle Returns Klondiker Cargo Voyage
The steamer City of Battle arrived at Port Townsend yesterday afternoon carrying about 1,200 Klondikers. Reports say the voyage included 500,000 in gold dust and 500,000 in drafts, and the vessel’s first installment was noted.
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Ticowa
Wash
City of Battle
Port Townsend
Hawaii election delayed by presidential directives
President directs continuation of native officers and postponement of the Hawaii republic constitution election to be held on the last Wednesday of September. The transport Sherman with 1800 soldiers reaches Manila. one private dies. California troops relieved. Grant and Bates poised for roles with volunteer generals returning home.
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James 8. Bennett
Omaha
Interior Department
Honolulu
McKinley
Fred. D. Grant
Manila
Negros
California
Bates
Grant
Monument Fund Gathers Support for Bland Memorial
A movement seeks a $10,000 Bland memorial with contributions from Wm. J. Bryan and others totaling about $1,000. Navy officials promise a medal of honor for all named officers from Manila harbor actions. Porto Rico franchise moves await congressional action as maps for ports are prepared. The Treasury notes currency legislation prospects align with Atlantic City Republicans.
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Massachusetts
Bellamy Storer
United States
Spain
Richard Parks Bland
Wm. J. Bryan
Navy Department
Olympia
Boston
Baltimore
Concord
Raleigh
Petrel
McCulloch
Manila
War Department
Porto Rico
Congress
Army
Porto Rican
Insular ‘Commission
Paris
Treasury Department
Senate
Atlantic City
Railroad hero dies of injuries saving rider at track
Blase Patrie a railroad section man tried to save Mrs Jennie Price from an oncoming train at Gordon park Cleveland. He and the woman were struck. she lost a leg and an arm with skull fracture while Patrie suffered a severe head wound and remains insensible. Doctors fear both will die.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Blase Patrie
Jennie Price
Lake Shore
Gordon Park
Patrie
Drouth Strains Cobar District Water Supply
The people of Cobar mining district in West Australia suffer from failed water holes and artesian wells. May deaths due to thirst reported as mines close, hundreds unemployed. Water price now twenty cents a gallon at reliable sources with delivery adds about one dollar fifty.
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Australia
Victoria
B. C
Cobar
West Australia
Dreyfus affair dominates Paris meeting and cabinet talk
General Mercier publicly repeats belief in Dreyfus guilt at a French Patriotic League gathering. In Paris Waldeck-Rousseau informs the president of a cabinet list, with a hard line against the conspirators. In Leavenworth a Topekan inmate prints a self produced pamphlet on prison life.
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Faris
General Mercier
Dreyfus
Court of Cassation
French Patriotic League
Rennes
Paris
Waldeck- Rousseau
Loubet
Wal‘deck-Rousseau
Leavenworth
Kan
John Collins
Topekan
Lansing
Kansas State Prison
Tornado Devastates Pineville Area Killing and Wounding
A delayed Pineville Wisconsin dispatch reports a Monday tornado sweep through the county causing multiple deaths and injuries as extensive property damage occurred. Local authorities assess casualties and continue rescue and recovery operations.
Early prosthetics credited to ancient Egyptian priests
Fragmentary notes indicate artificial limbs were used in Egypt around 700 BCE, crafted by priests who acted as physicians of that era. The text attributes early prosthetic work to religious leaders, suggesting medical role in ancient times.
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Egypt
Dynamite Found on Southern Railway Track Near Burssicho
A parcel containing dynamite was found on the track of the Southern Railway near Burssicho in the capital Buenos Aires. It is believed the object aimed to blow up the train carrying President Roos returned from Neuquen.
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Buenos- Arnxs
Argentine
Bursscho
Pesident
Roos
Neuquen
Reconnoitering Force Surrounded by Rebels Near Imus
General Otis reports Wheaton's force at Imus Cavite with four guns and four battalions repulsed a 2,000 strong rebel marching on Imus. American losses were five killed and twenty three wounded. reinforcements from Ninth infantry arrived. Das Marinas was attacked. troops held and retreated in good order before reinforcements.
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WasHinaTon
Otis
Manila
Washington
Wheaton
Imus
Cavite
Nevada
Cos Marinas
Jenemy
Ninth Infantry
Marinas
Mari
Perez “Das Marinas
Robinson
Fourth Infantry
Budd
Peréz Das Marinas
Das Marinas
Perex Das Marinas
Amet
Death by Own Action Feared Yellow Fever Expert Commits Suicide
Dr. Thomas Osmond Summers a renowned yellow fever expert and former major surgeon in charge of the San tiago fever hospital shot himself in his St. Louis lecture room. Despondency over perceived government ingratitude during the Spanish American War is given as the cause. Summers authored medical works and earned a national reputation for treating yellow fever in the Memphis epidemic of 1878. He was a professor of anatomy at the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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St. Louis
Thomas Osmond Summers
Santiago
Summers
Memphis
St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons
Negroes seek national music academy in Washington
A group of representative African Americans from San Francisco have moved to secure a national music academy to be located in Washington. The effort aims to establish a formal institution to advance black music education and foster prominent national talent.
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San Feayotaco
San Francisco
National Academy of Music
Washington
Boston Fruit Company Steamer Admiral Dewey Arrives
The 3 Steamer Admiral Dewey arrived yesterday with passengers including Major General Leonard Wood governor of Santiago Cuba. Wood reports quiet conditions in Santiago province and notes that all US bounties are being paid though some agitators seek control.
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Boston Fruit Company
Dewey
Leonard ,Wood
Santiago
Cuba
United States
Lord Compton on Transvaal War Feasibility and Boer Defenses
English captain Lord Cecil Douglas Compton surveys the Transvaal conflict, warning Britain would face formidable obstacles. He cites difficult terrain, long supply lines, need for thousands of mules, and skilled Boer marksmen, arguing 60,000 troops would be required.
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Cutcaco
Lord Cecil Douglas Compton
Lancers
Chicago
Lord Compton
South Africa
Transvaal
Great Britain
Dom Paul
Cape Town
Vaal
Natal
South America
Republic
Steady flow to Manila reaches Otis by September 1
War department officials estimate nearly 10,000 regular soldiers will reach Manila by September 1. The Pacific transport fleet is expanding with four added vessels Zealandia Valencia Wyefield and City of Paris joining. Transports Sherman and Hancock with volunteers to sail from Manila soon and depart San Francisco by August 7 arriving Manila by September 7. General Schwan and staff to sail July 12 on City of Paris to join General Otis’s staff.
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Waemneray
War Department
Manila
Quartermaster's Department
Pacific
Zealandia
Valencia
Wyefield
City of
Paris
Department
Otis
Corbin
Sherman
Hancock
San Francisco
Schwan
Taif
Dreyfus Court-Martial Arrives in Rennes Amid Hotels Rush
Paris June 21 The pending Rennes arrival of Dreyfus triggers a flood of foreign visitors renting rooms at premium prices. Precautions prevent sightings in Brest or Rennes as ships take him to his destination. The Figaro notes he may land elsewhere than Brest.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Rennes
Brest
The
Figaro
Artificial India Rubber Efforts Reported in Europe
France and Germany trial new artificial India rubber methods with partial success. France uses a compound called reginoline derived from oil and metal carbonates then nitric acid. The German approach relies on oxidized linseed oil and jute refuse. The inventor names the result TextHold, noting the analogy to a rubber monopoly.
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France
Germany
India
Portrait of the Khedive of Egypt as a stout, horse-loving prince
The Khedive of Egypt is described as a short, round-faced, dark and serious ruler who favors long drives. He owns magnificent horses and maintains vast stables near Cairo, including a prized specimen given by the late Col. North and a winner of numerous queen’s prizes.
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Egypt
Cairo
Col. North
Water hardness and dental health claims in Bavaria and Sweden
A report notes researchers Rese and Foerberg suggesting hard water in Bavaria and Sweden reduces tooth decay. The theory links chalk and magnesium salts to better teeth and possibly stronger bones, though phrasing is uncertain.
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Herr Rese
Bavaria
Herr Foerberg
Sweden
New Orleans Cemetery Sexton Receives Public Approval
Mrs Elizabeth Donnel serving as cemetery sexton in New Orleans has earned full satisfaction from authorities through her work.
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Sexton
Elizabeth Donnel
New Orleans
Faultless Starch Makes Washing Day Easier
Advertising copy notes Faultless Starch reduces labor on wash days with the claim Once tried, always used. Promotes a 10 cent package and a free Book of Wit and Humor with each purchase from grocers.
Down on His Luck Jones and Kickerton Fortune
A fragmented item notes fortunes of Jones and Kickerton with phrases about luck and response. The tone suggests a casual column or humorous aside on people and mood. No clear events or dates are identifiable.
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Jones—Fortune
Vegetable Compound Praised By Mrs Guxrer For Recovery
Anna Eva Guxrer of Hidersvicee Missouri writes that after a year she was near death from womb ulceration and confined to bed ten weeks. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after four bottles plus Liver Pills and Sanative Wash.
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Pinkbam
Anna Eva Guxrer
Hidersvicee
Mrs Barnhart Regains Health After Seven Years
Mrs Barnhart of New Castle Pennsylvania reports relief after seven years of illness following marriage. She describes four births two miscarriages and multiple health issues including womb prolapse leucorrhea back and leg pains dyspepsia and nervous stomach trembling. She credits the medicine with restoring her health and enjoyment of life.
Bear on the road prompts call for stricter laws
The narrator recalls meeting two men driving a large bear through a New Hampshire town a few days ago. The bear was frightening for the horse and rider, and they escaped harm. They mention a Massachusetts law that stopped bearing displays on public roads and advocate its adoption elsewhere.
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New Hampshire
Wooda
Horce
Massachusetts
Allen's Foot Ease and Piso's Cure Noted in Early Ads
An 1890s clippings mix foot powder promotion for Allen's Foot-Ease and medical claim praise for Piso's Cure, featuring a testimonial from Mrs. Mulligan in Plumstead England. The fragment also hints at legal adage about delays in law and a note on brave lawyers.
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