The Faubourg Chronicle Advertisements and Notices
A collage of 19th century items including patent remedies like Hos titer s Stomach Bitters and Grain O coffee substitute. Mentions The Faubourg on the Chine s Situation and Joseph Cowen of Newcastle s heirs running the Weekly Chronicle. Notes a warning on coffee injury and Grain O price. Ends with a quip on women deceiving men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iWather
Joseph Cowen
Newcastle
England
Mise Cowen
Chronicle
Allen's Foot-Ease Free Sample Offer
An old advertisement invites readers to write Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease a powder claimed to cure sweating damp swollen and aching feet and to ease tight or new shoes Also promoted as a cure for corns and bunions Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 26 cents A stray note mentions people looking for a fierce dog when they see a cat in the street.
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Ato
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Oklahoma Colony Plans Attract Farmers In 1800s Appeal
An advertisement promotes a new colony in Oklahoma Territory backed by Mr H Fitzgerald of Indianapolis aimed at housing thousands of settlers. It offers free information on securing good farms and appeals to farmers to relocate.
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Oklahoma Territory
Georgia Colony
H. Fitzgerald
Indianapolis
Women Must Sleep and the Doctor’s Quieting Role
An old health commentary urges sleep as the first duty of a physician for dangerous illness. It explains the nervous system is calmed, pain dulled, and sleep restored, noting how insomnia grows from nervous prostration and night after night of wakefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xen
Frightened Couple Survives Narrow Escape Near Plattsmouth
Mark White and his wife were injured when their car veered on Rock Bluffs road. The vehicle wrecked and the occupants were thrown out as they fled in fright. Mr White suffered a severed ear while Mrs White was bruised but not seriously. They were taken to the home of Mrs Stadleman for care.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Mark White
Rock Bluffs
White
Queen of Portugal Rescues Boatman at Cascals Beach
A Lisbon dispatch reports the queen of Portugal saved her boatman Catalo Croom after a large wave capsized their boat near Cascals. The queen, an expert swimmer, dived from shore in her dress to reach him and kept him afloat until rescuers arrived. Croom suffered a broken arm and was carried to the royal palace.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Cascals
Royal Palace of
Catalo Croom
Croom
Royal Palace
Springfield Post Office Robber Held on Federal Charge
John Schmidt alias August Miller, arrested in a saloon, was shot by Officer Bretze while escaping and is held in $500 bonds before U S Commissioner Kidd. He admits robbing the Union Hill post office in Kankakee county and selling stolen stamps. he previously served two Joliet penitentiary terms and is wanted for parole violation. The Farmersville post office was robbed Saturday night. investigators believe Schmidt is the culprit.
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Springfield
Ill
John Schmidt
August’ Miller
Bretze
United States
Kidd
Schmidt
Union Hil
Kankakee County
Joliet Penitentiary
Farmersville
Falls Fatal Fall in Bay City Library Building Stairway
Frank McPhillips editor of the Bay City Tribune Bay City Michigan died after falling from a stair banister in the old library at midnight fracturing his skull He died about ten minutes later The piece notes his prominence in Michigan newspapers and recalls other fatalities from a November 5 dispatch including Eliza Magee Tennie Theckel George Shaughnessy and Charles Taylor and mentions ceremonies in Lyons France with Carnot Memorial ceremonies and a Red Cloud Nebraska report about a barn fire and other details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stantly
Frank McPhillips
Bay ‘City Tribune
Bay- City
Mich
Library
McPhillips
Michigan
Toronto
Eliza Magee
Tennie Theckel
George Shaughnessy
Charles Taylor
Queen’s Hotel
Chicago meeting on Culver students dismissal outcome
About fifty parents gathered at the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago on Sunday evening to seek a resolution after Culver Military Academy students from Culver Indiana were dismissed for disciplinary breaches. A five member committee left for Culver to negotiate with the superintendent. a telegram stated the boys were dismissed and would not be readmitted. The group planned to reconvene upon the committee's return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grand Pacific
Culver Millitary Academy
Culver
Ind
War Department tests emergency rations at Ft Reno
A board of officers from the war department departed Ft Reno Oklahoma on November 4 with twenty five men from troop A Birth Calvary for Ft Sill to test emergency rations. The seven day trial mirrors active campaign conditions as the troops observe standard routines. Capt S W Fountain and Capt S W Foster head the board testing two different rations.
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War Department
Ft. Reno
Okl
Ft. Sill
S. W. Fountain
Eighth Cavalry
W. Foster
Fifth Cavalry
Price on their heads as outlaws in New South Wales
The Australian reports a Beeling ban on police amid a string of murders near Sydney seven months ago. Desperadoes Jimmy and Joe Governor, half-breeds, fled after the killings and have since killed two officers and a woman. A proclamation by the New South Wales chief justice declares them outlaws to allow lethal pursuit if capture fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Jimmy
Joe
New South Wales
Smallpox Found in New Holand Village Ill
A genuine smallpox case is reported in New Holand a village west of Lincoln Ill Mrs M Rice recently back from Oklahoma is the patient exposed villagers face alarm quarantine rules set and the state board of health notified
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Holand
Litcoln, Ill
M. Rice
Oklahoma
State Board of Health
Peoria votes to annex North Peoria and Averyville follows
North Peoria residents vote to petition for annexation to Peoria raising the city’s population by over 3 000. Averyville with about 2 000 people is poised to become the next annexation within months, marking a third village added in four months.
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Peoria
Averyville
Lincoln rider returns from European trip on same wheel
E. D. Bowen of Lincoln completed a Europe trip starting May 2 and riding about 6100 miles on a wheel. He traveled mainly along railroad tracks and brought back the same wheel and front tire he began with.
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E. D. Bowen
Lincoln
Europe
Fort Worth Council OKs Hat Removal Ordinance in Public Shows
Fort Worth passes an ordinance forcing women to remove hats at public entertainments with fees. Violations carry a $5 fine or expulsion. A separate item notes a medical operation on Senator Cushman K. Davis and reports a law case involving Kellogg Co appealing a Dawes county judgment for 8 787 in favor of Reynard E W Spargut. The Texas case against Waters-Pierce Oil Co. is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Weppeatedt
Charles P
Kellogg:& Co
Supreme’ Court
Dawes County
Reynard E
Steamship St Paul Arrives in New York Late After Propeller Loss
The steamship St Paul of the American Line, Captain Roberts, arrived in New York on November 4 twenty four hours late with its starboard propeller and part of the tail shaft missing and the machinery damaged. Officials differ on cause but damage may reach hundreds of thousands. The ship had departed Southampton and Cherbourg October 27 with 316 cable passengers and 245 steerage.
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Bt. Paul
Amex Ica Line
Roberts
New York
St. Paul
Southampton
Cherbourg
James A. Wright
International Navigation Company
John Hunter
Cramp’ S
Friesland
Antwerp
Twelve Die In Barrysburg Mine Explosion
An explosion at the Southern Coal and Transportation Company mine in Barrysburg, 84 miles from Phillippi West Virginia, killed twelve men and injured many others. Mules died at the mine mouth. the blast likely resulted from dynamite discharge. Two-year-old daughter of John McKelvie was killed in Geneva area from a barnyard accident involving a horse. News notes relief funds have raised several hundred dollars.
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Southern Coal
Transportation Company
Barrysburg
Phillippi
West Virginia
John McKelvie
Geneva
Fragmentary note on crew departure from Boston
Incomplete OCR shows a fragment about a crew member leaving Boston and related departures. The readable words reference a potion, a date, and travel context, but no clear names or concrete events are established. Further text is needed for a fuller summary.
Missing Mont Clair man linked to fatal blast
Moorehouse, a clerk last seen outside the Mont Clair building after the New York fire disaster, remains missing as authorities, including the county prosecutor and fire marshal, investigate. Testimony by Louis Patterson and George C. Thomas identified Moorehouse as knowing the building's contents. Dr. Lederie found seven drums contained analyne oil, highly explosive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sakenones Police
Moorehouse
Persis’torney
Mont Clair
N. J
Mont*Ultr
New’ York
Tire Fire’ Department
Louis Patterson
George C
Lederie
Health Department
Believe He Is a Swindler Edward Orth Arrested in Baltimore
Edward Orth, an Englishman, was arrested in Baltimore as police flag a major capture. A letter from Orth to Edward Jones of Perth Ontario claims deceased relatives left him securities to forward for a fee, with certificates from the Newfoundland Pulp and Land Co. Orth alleges American representation for Alt house Van Dyke Co but authorities doubt the firms exist. If no other charge arises, he faces prosecution for using the mails for fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Edward Jones
Perth
Ontario
Orth
United States
Canada
Newfoundland Pulp. and Land Company
London
River Head
Althouse, van Dyke, & Co
Lorenzo Marquez
South Africa
Orthhé
Arrest of Rustlers Ties David Mackley to Cattle Theft
Sheriff Eliott of Weld County Colorado credited for the arrest of David Mackley alias J A Johnson and Ed Club in a rustling ring amid reports of long running thefts across southeastern Wyoming northeastern Colorado and western Nebraska. Cattle stolen near Cheyenne reportedly traced to St Joseph and ties to 50 head owned by L P Reilly of Grover Colorado. Mackley was captured at Tie Siding as he prepared to ship additional carloads of cattle believed stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dispatch
Eliott
Weld County
Colorado
David Mackley
Wyoming
Nebraska
L. P. Reilly
Grover, Colo
John
St. Joseph
J. A. Johnson
Elliott
Greeley
Ed Club
Indictments in Patterson Grand Jury Case Named Four
In Patterson New Jersey the grand jury, guided by Judge Dixon, returned true bills of indictment for rape and homicide against Walter McAlister Alexander Campbell William Death and George Kerr in the Jennie Ross chief death case. The panel's work extended late with court adjournment and no immediate report of the findings.
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Patterson
N. J
Land ‘Jury
Dixon
Walter McAlister
Alexander
Campbell
William Death
George’ Kerr
Jennie Ross
Ad Tisen
Pixon
Hamburg America Steamer Aground Bound for New York
A Hamburg America line steamer named Fuerst Bismarck is reported aground while traveling from Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. Reports mention distress and potential delays as the vessel remains stuck with rescue efforts underway.
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Hamburg-American Line
Fuerst
Bismarck
Hamburg
New York
Southamton
Cheyboure
Preto i
Pear
Rats de Schulau
Assia
Notable Small Dutch Republics in Africa and South Africa
A historical note cites Englishmen observing three in the small Dutch republics in Africa and none in South Africa, reflecting racial and colonial contexts as reported by The Christian Intelligencer.
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United States
Africa
South Africa
The
Christian Intelligencer
Ridiculed Health Ads and Patent Nostalgia Claims
A fragmentary OCR page promotes patent medicine and candy cathartics with testimonials and pricing, referencing Cascar ets and broad health claims. It also mentions firms in Paris and a quip about trust in Job.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised cure for foot ailments
Classic 19th century patent medicine pitch urges readers to use Allen's Foot-Ease powder for swollen feet corns bunions and burning feet. It directs shoppers to ask druggists and shoe stores for the product and offers a free sample by mail from Olmstead LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Imree
Allen's. Olmstead
LeRoy, N. Y
Oklahoma lands open to settlement in eight million acres
An 8,000,000 acre tract is opened for settlement with the KIOWA CHIEF promoting information and subscriptions. A one year subscription is $1, including an illustrated Oklahoma book. Advertising inserts urge cleansing the system with Garfield Tea and other tonics while noting various patent medicines.
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Oklahoma
Dick T. Morgan
Taxation and land rents across centuries discussed
A rough excerpt debates taxation on land, noting pale rents and a "35 per head yearly" figure. The fragment references Chinese people and state ownership, hinting at long historical taxation trends and economic theory.
Profitable home employment offer from Fort Dearborn Pub Co
Advertisement promises a permanent paying position for gentlemen at or near home. It invites readers to obtain details at once by sending their address to The Fort Dearborn Pub. Co. in Chicago. Mentions Paris periodicals with increased inventory.
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Fort Dearborn
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Rons
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Crook
Handa
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France
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Wes Jimmense
Red Cloud
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McIntosh
Australia
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St.paul
Virginia
Chan
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Cheney
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Eagle
Dobls
Paris
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Cascarets
H. H. Green
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Fordinaren
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Beeman
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Nepee
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