The Navy and the New Woman Chapter Opening
Captain Owen Kettle, noted for his neat appearance, dines with Donna Clotilde la Touche in Valparaiso. He is invited to command her future navy to oust Chile’s President Quijarra, as Clotilde proclaims she will be Chile’s first female president. The scene ends with Kettle agreeing to stay close as plans unfold.
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Owen Kettle
Clotilde la Touche
Donna Clotilde
Lion d
Captain Kettle
Kettle
Valparaiso
Miss la Touche
Chile
Silva
Quijarra
Mr. Silva
Acetyline Gas Tiredness Defies Simple Cure
Acetyline gas loses illumination when stored in reservoirs for 12 to 24 hours. Experts call this the tiredness of acetyline and offer no explanation or practical cure for the phenomenon.
Valentines Sentiments From German Comic Card Industry
The article notes that almost all February valentines across the civilized world are produced in Germany where production runs year round. It cites a single factory turning out more than 10,000,000 comics annually.
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Germany
Insinuation. Reggy-Freddy in Chicago News tone
The brief cites a sharp exchange about trust and loyalty, with Edna questioning reliance on the dead boy while a confident defender asserts trust. The item preserves local newspaper voice and colloquial cadence without sensational detail.
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Freddy
Edna
Chicago News
Emery Quarrying on Naxos and Canary Window Caution
The article notes emery from Naxos in the eastern Mediterranean, quarried by about 300 workers who must be married to join the fraternity. It describes burning blocks to expand cracks for removal and shipping, with millions of tons still available and last year’s export around 3,950 tons. A separate item warns against placing canaries in open windows due to drafts, citing repeated guidance from a Berlin Maryland newspaper.
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Naxos
Mediterranean
Paros
Berlin
Ink blot removal on paper with lime solution
Instructions describe removing ink stains from paper using a lime based mixture and water. It advises applying a prepared solution, rubbing with a damp linen cloth, drying between applications, and cautions that rubbing can damage paper texture.
Eton Hat Blown Off Sparks Hen Chase Across Street
An elderly Eton master, shortsighted, loses his hat when it blows away. He dashes in pursuit as a black hen exits the gateway. The sight of a hatless, breathless reverend chasing the hen electrifies the campus in a humorous street-wide scene.
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Eton
Smith
Treasury Statement Shows Cash and Gold Balances
Washington August 12 Treasury announces available cash balance of 273 497 897 dollars and a gold reserve of 245 535 690 dollars in the current statement.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Quota Filled for Thirty first Regiment Recruiting
Cincinnati Aug 12 The Thirty first regiment is practically full with only 20 men needed to reach max. More recruits were rejected than accepted during the enlistment. One company is composed of fighting feudists from Clay county Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Clay County
Kenturky
Beauty Ad Promotes Cascarets for Clear Skin
An old newspaper advert promotes Cascarets as a beauty product claiming clean blood through liver stirring. It promises vanishing pimples boils blotches and a bilious complexion with a ten cent to fifty cent price range and guarantees satisfaction at druggists.
Samoan Taupou Sueina Leads Samoa in Battle Tale
An account of Sueina the taupou leading Samoan warriors against British and American forces. The narrative covers ritual preparations, a decisive moment avoiding harm to a boy, the beheading of officers, and a brutal clash that ends with Samoan gains and Dutch-like ferocity, punctuated by a later anecdote about a misaddressed gas bill.
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Sueina
Joan of Are
Ted
Vaimaunga
Taupou
Maid
Waiala
Samoa
Freeman
Lans
Dale
Taney
Lansdale
Monaghan
Boy
Dog
Johnson as candidate for G A R commander in chief
Cincinnati reports Colonel W C Johnson of the G A R as a candidate for commander in chief at the national encampment in Philadelphia. With the vacancy left by General Sexton, factions favor Johnson and General John C Black. Supporters seek a full one year term starting next month.
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Cincinnati
W. C. Johnson
Philadelphia
National Board of Administration
Sexton
Johnson
John C. Black
Fine Coal Exhibit Aimed at Paris Exposition
New York Aug 11 Ferdinand W Peck commissioner general of the United States exhibit at the Paris exposition in 1900 announced the plan to forward an American coal display chiefly Anthecite. He said the exhibit should be one of the most interesting and prominent at the exposition.
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New York
Ferdinand W. Peck
United States
Monkey Vengeance in Gibraltar’s Monkeys
A Gibraltar colony of monkeys at Alameda gardens is watched by visitors. An odder tale recalls a captured monkey released at the drinking trough, provoking a dramatic ambush as two large apes seized him and cast him over a precipice in revenge for desertion.
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Gibraltar
Alameda Gardens
Balzac reads four act drama with fifth in head
Bend, Balzac promised Limieux a five act drama The Springs of Quinola at the Queen theater Paris The manager heard four acts with pages blank Balzac says the fifth act and two alternative endings exist clearly in his mind, not yet written down The tale appears in the San Francisco Argonaut.
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Balzac
Limieux
Queen Theater
Paris
Springs of
Quinola
Lirieux
San Francisco
Argonaut
Not So Very Old After All Inscriptions Tell Tall Ages
In Bickenhill Warwickshire a tombstone proclaims an age of 708 for a maiden who died in 1701. At Chave Priory Worcestershire a rudimentary 300 appears for a forefather. The engraver’s era used 70 plus 8 or 30 plus 9 to imply ages.
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Bickenhill
Warwickshire
Chave Priory
Worcestershire
No Decision Rendered At Interlake Regatta
Put-in-Bay Ohio August 11 reports had claimed a decision but none was made yet in the interlake regatta for the Hotel Victoria cup. numerous protests have been filed and will be considered as events unfold.
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Put-in-Bay, O
Put-in-Bay
Mayor Sam Jones to Attend Cincinnati Railway Outing
Cincinnati seen a notable visit as Mayor Sam Jones of Toledo plans to attend an outing of Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railway employees next Sunday. He will also hold a long conference with the executive committee backing his gubernatorial campaign.
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Cincinnati
Sam Jones
Toledo
Army of the Potomac meeting moved to October in Pittsburg
J M Bay secretary of the local committee announces the Society of the Army of the Potomac will meet in Pittsburg on Wednesday and Thursday October 11 and 12. The date change from October 4 and 5 respects Admiral Dewey’s New York arrival around September 30 or October 1 and was advised by the local committee.
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Pittsburg
J. M. Bay
Society of the Army of the Potomas
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Admiral Dewey
New York
Skiver’s Corners Social Roundup
Col orado Springs guests Mr and Mrs Carl Whetmore stay with Defiance hosts Mr and Mrs Alfred Ayers. Marion Wells and family hosted Wednesday. Miss Helen McCullough Defiance visited Audrey Welle. Mae McCullough and Katherine Schlosser Defiance were visiting Wednesday. Burnice Cowle and Marion Bell Highland Center guests of Wm Cowle. Wm Cowle on the sic list. Jennie McKibbens guest of Nellie Van Skiver Thursday. Mr and Mrs Dick Manefield Portsmouth guests of George Manefield. Myrtle Mentley and Claud Skiver in Defiance Wednesday.
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Carl Whetmore
Colorado Springs
Alfred Ayers
Defiance
Marion Wells
Mae McCullough
Katherine Schlosser
Burnice Cowle
Marion Bell
Highland Center
Wm. Cowle
Jennie McKibbens
Nellie van Skiver
Mrs
Dick Manefield
Portsmouth
George Manefield
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets Candy Cathartic
Advertises Cascarets candy cathartic as a cure for constipation with a 10 cent price and money back guarantee if it fails. Mentions druggists refund policy and asserts permanent relief.
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C.C.C
Local items note births weddings and a birthday
Reverend Charles Dozer of Philadelphia visits his brother in North Defiance. John Brown and Ada Stevenson wed in Paulding County and will live here. Martin of Clinton Street turns 76 Sunday. A wind storm causes minor damage and alarms residents. An excursion to Detroit for a tri state band reunion offers reduced travel rates. JOC club hosts a picnic at Island Park for Miss Konzer of South Bend with Miss Fry as host. The storm prompts a rush to the steamer Lamrina for safety but no injuries are reported.
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JOC Club
Island Park
Konzer
South Bend
Ind
Mary Fry
Grain-O advertisement promises healthy coffee substitute
An ad touts Grain-O as a delicious nourishing drink for children and adults, claiming it tastes like the finest coffee when prepared properly and has health benefits. It highlights soothing digestion, strengthened nerves, and that it costs about four times coffee, priced at 15e and 25e.
Severe Storm Ravages Dakotas and Minnesota Crops
A severe hail storm swept northern North Dakota into Minnesota causing major crop damage. Reports from Casselton Hunt East Gardner Grandin Hillsboro indicate about 50 000 acres of ripe grain destroyed with losses reaching 40 to 59 percent in some areas. Damage spread over a 10 mile wide track with lingering wind and rain.
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Fargo
N. D
Thraill
Nog
Casselton
Hunt
Gardner
Grandin
Hillsb
Minnesota
Eddy County
Minnecota
North Dakota
Hurricane Rips San Juan and Caribbean Ports
A tropical cyclone swept Puerto Rico and surrounding coasts Tuesday morning causing major destruction. At San Juan four wharves collapsed, many buildings were unroofed, bridges swept away, and communications disrupted. Property damage is estimated around 500000 dollars with stores valued at 50000 dollars destroyed. two natives are reported drowned and many other areas report storm wreckage.
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West Indies
San Juan de Porto Rico
San Juan
Prope
Ponce
Hailstorm Destroys Crops Across Halstead Area
Aug 11 Halstead Minnesota reports hail wrecking crops. Lighted cow lamps faced west as several inches of hail piled in streets. Storm moved toward Kelso North Dakota, sweeping 10 to 15 miles southeast through Malsteg Perry High Wind Hendrum Willville Shelly Georgetown.
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Halstead
Minn
Kelso
N. D
Malsteg Perry
High Wind
Hendrum
Wnville
Shelly
Georgetown
Double tragedy in Arapahoe high school rooms
Aug 12 Arapahoe Nebraska reports a fatal incident in the high school building. Bloodworth 21 shot Grace Cooperth 15 through the temple. A note signed by both declared death by own action, citing parental objection as context. Local authorities investigate the case as a suicide pact scenario with unclear motives.
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Arapahoe, Neb
Worth
Grace Cooperth
Temple
Bloodworth
Claims of Miners Lifted in Atlin District Dispute
Washington Aug 12 Ex Representative James H Lewis of Washing visited the state apartment prep aring to report the case of American miners driven from the Atlin mining district of British Columbia for mis submission to Secretary Hay on his return to the city Mining claims valued at 10,000,000 were taken from these miners and their claims for improvements and personal damage raised the total to about 60,000,000.
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Washington
James H. Lewis
Atlin Mim
British Columbia
Hay
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