Government to receive torpedo craft and stamps news
Washington reports several naval transfers including torpedo boat destroyers Decatur Dale Bainbridge Barry Chauncey and ships Lawrence and MacDonough nearing completion. Internal Revenue will issue new tobacco and snuff stamps with a 20 percent discount on July 1. A 16 inch gun at Watervliet is to be tested, capable of propelling a 2370 pound ball 21 miles. Stock brokers Elbert and Samuel Jackson signed on for creditors. Weekly U.S. failures total 187, Canada 26. A benzine smelling petroleum product was found by a Somerset coal firm.
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Decadur
Dale
Bainbridge
Barry
Chauncey
Lawrence
MacDonough
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
War Department
Capt. Wheeler
Ordnance Bureau
Watervliet
N. Y
Elbert Jackson
Samuel C. Jackson
New York City
United States
Canada
Somerset County
American Locomotive Co forms from major firms
The proposed consolidation excludes Baldwin works and yields a new American Locomotive Co with 50 million capital. Other items note mass court upholding electricity execution, Jacksonville relief, Hazelton strike, and a fatal boiler death at Troy brewery.
Multiple Labor Actions and Corporate Shifts Across 19th Century Markets
Reports from 19th century news describe wage strikes by 700 to 800 St Louis workers demanding a 10 percent raise, Fort Wayne belt line plans backed by the Vanderbilts, and US Steel consolidating plants. Fires in New York City kill two women, while ex president Cleveland profits from Northern Pacific stock. Census revisions, rise in Indian government school enrollments, Capron death near Chicago, San Francisco cook strike, Chicago banks sending 20 million to New York, and Williamsport soldiers seeking discharge over labor union rules.
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St. Louis
Fort Wayne
Vanderbilts
United States Steel Corporation
New York City
New York
Cleveland
Northern Pacific Railway
Dan Lamont
Northern Pacific
Maryland
United States
Indian Bureau
Albert Banfield Capron
Winetka
Chicago
Japan
Gen. Grant
San Francisco
Twelfth Regiment
Williamsport
Disorder Flares in Sicily and Southern Italy Amid Revolt
Dispatches report peasant revolts in Messina Catania and Syracuse with daily clashes against police. Snow threatens North Devonshire crops. In Barcelona several killed and many injured. In Ottawa three burned to death in a boarding house fire damaging tenements and Roy Savigniz Hotel with $30000 loss.
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Palermo
Naples
Foggia
Sicily
Italy
Messina
Catania
Syracuse
Devonshire
Dartmoor
England
Barcelona
Spain
Roy & Savigniz
Ottawa
Multiple Unconnected News Chunks From War Dept to Industry
A New York lawyer representing C W Neely reports an embezzlement case involving a War Department employee who offered to sell correspondence. the employee was discharged. A Chicago firewood collapse kills one and injures seven from a rotted two story frame. Moline Plow Co plans a $5 million option to join a $50 million plow combine, creating 1000 jobs if closed within 60 days. New York banks report weekly losses and rising loans totaling 7.27 million. Indiana gas and glass sectors face consolidation and seasonal factory shutdowns. Samuel Flower of Hibernia Bank is arrested for a $36000 shortage but released on $10000 bond. Constantinople reports mass executions of revolutionary Macedonians in Monastir Berra Iating Seres and Uskub. An accident at Latrobe Pa’s Latrobe works injures eight when a cage falls due to an engineer’s misplacement.
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New York City
United States
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Idwin
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Luigi Storti
Michael Calucci
Storti
Lewis A. May & Co
Wilkesbarre
Henry
Lehigh Valley Coal Co
Orange County
Virginia
Robert J. Ross
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Baldwin
American Locomotive Co
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association of
Jacksonville
Fla
Hazelson
Ebervale
G. B. Markle & Co
John Milton
London 4
William Harris Arnold
Adonais
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
East Buffalo
Dover
N. J
Blessing
Albany
United Traction Co
Samuel Bolton
Troy
N. YY
Bolton
Tarrytown
Robert Emmett Hopkins
Titusville
Tidewater Pipe Co
Atlantic Seaboard
Anchor Line
Erie
Buffalo
Lake Shore
Round House
Lackawanna Railroad
Oermanacial Journal
Insular Division
War Department
New York
C. W. Neely
Attorney General
Secretary of War
Neely
Chicago
Moline (Ill.) Plow Co
Associated Banks of
Treasury
Deiterich Syndicate
American Window Glass Co
Indiana
Samuel Flower
Hibernia National Bank of
New Orleans
Constantinople
Monastir
Berra
Iating
Seres
Uskub
Millwood Coal and Coke Works
Latrobe
Foreign Gossip From The Era Of Wandering Facts
English farmer predicts a ton of straw yields fifty bushels of grain. Dutch share fell from sixty percent in 1670 to eleven percent now. Oldest European bridge at Ratisbon, 1135, 994 feet long. Greater Berlin population near 2.8 million. Mexican army of 25,000 paid by about 1 million pesos monthly. Mexican congress costs under one million yearly. British tea use in 1795 pounds smuggled from Canton. Sicilian snow sells for one cent a pound as government monopoly. Wheat from ancient tombs loses germination though albumen remains intact.
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Europe
Ratisbon
Danube
Berlin
Canton
English Channel
Sicily
Palermo
French Academy of Sciences
Cab Ride Leads to London Vaudeville Stunt Tale
A New Orleans clubman recalls a taxi ride in which a mysterious swarthy passenger, later revealed as Bartoni the man monkey, begged a ride to four theaters. The cab change in motion allowed him to arrive on schedule for his vaudeville act, a common practice among London acts.
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London
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Bartoni
Man Monkey
Stuff McGonigle Delivers Late Morning Persiflage Prank
Stuff McGonigle, a Neck potato seller, earns fame for quick wit in persiflage. He rang a wealthy South Broad Street resident at dawn provoking a sharp rebuke, with his quip that he is not the installment man.
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Stuff McGonigle
South Broad Street
Philadelphia Record
English Domestic Service Terms Read by New York Times
There are several designations of servants in England which would mean nothing to the housewife of America. A single handed butler will take a place where a boy is kept in town and an as be tween maid aged 14 will take a position to learn housework.
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England
America
Plain folks honor in a stark call to truth
A plain spoken plea rails at pretenders and those who fool the public with cheap schemes. The Atchison Globe expresses admiration for honest men and women and contempt for insincere hype.
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Atchison Globe
Plan for hog pasture and crop rotation
Arthur Seebach outlines a three pasture system A for June grass and clover B for summer and possible winter grazing and C for corn or green fodder. Seed clover in corn ground, rotate clover and corn yearly, build a cement feeding floor with sun exposure, shelter minimal, water from a barrel fountain, and dry sleeping quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Seebach
Breeder’s Gazette
House for Bantams: Buildable Bantam Coop from Boxes
Webb Donnell outlines a simple bantam coop made from three large boxes placed side by side with a central window and hinged roofs. The middle section serves as scratching quarters, one side as roosting space, the other as laying quarters. The design houses six to twelve bantams and can be moved under shade or into a shed. dry chaff on the floor keeps birds comfortable.
The Balanced Ration for Dairy Cattle
The article argues that a well balanced ration is essential for dairy cows and humans alike. It warns against one sided feeding, notes regional biases toward corn timothy or clover can cause digestive issues, and urges cows owners to combine foods with study and caution to avoid dyspepsia and bloating.
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Corn
Witty Quotations Snippets From Various Papers
A digest of short humor and quips from Chicago Daily News Atchison Globe Cleveland Plain Dealer Indianapolis News Philadelphia Times Philadelphia Record Boston Christian Register Boston Transcript. Each item offers a light jab or witty remark reflecting early 20th century press style and local humor.
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Chicago Daily News
Atchison Globe
Thompson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Indianapolis News
Philadelphia Times
Chicagoan
Philadelphia Record
William Everett
Boston Christian Register
Johnny
Boston Transcript
The Galliera Fortune and Empress Frederick's Interest
German papers say the king's Empress Frederick visit focuses on changes she plans in her will regarding the Galliera fortune. The Gallierias, heirs of the Brignole Sale line, built Genoa and Paris philanthropy, granting millions to Genoa, a Genoa hospital and monastery, and support for old priests.
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Frederick
Duchess de Galliera
Duchess Melzi
Brignole Sale
van Dyke
London Chronicle
Ferrari di Galliera
Genoa
Paris
South Africa
Mexico
Africa
Gallieras
Palazzo Rosso
Galliera
A Famous Old House Walter Baker Co Dorchester Stores
The Walter Baker & Co cocoa and chocolate firm, founded in 1780 on the Neponset River in Dorchester near Boston, has grown into a worldwide producer while maintaining high quality and low prices. The firm warns against fraud and urges shoppers to check for the La Belle Chocolatiere trademark and Dorchester manufacture. Housekeepers may request a free booklet of Choice Recipes by mailing name and address to Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. 158 State Street Boston.
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Walter Baker & Co
Neponset River
Dorchester
Boston
Walter Baker Company
la Belle Chocolatiere
Mass
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
State Street
Fish Sold From Boston Harbor Tastes Like Tea
A country customer complained a village grocer’s fish tasted exactly like English breakfast tea. The grocer replied that the fish were caught in Boston harbor, prompting a humorous remark on the unlikely flavor comparison. The item presents a light anecdote from a western correspondent.
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Boston Harbor
N. Y. Sun
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and jokes
An early 20th century ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable cases and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. as proprietors. It includes testimonials from West & Truax and Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, plus price details and distribution notes. Also features short humor snippets from various papers.
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Hail
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Palmer's Lotion and Soap Promote Barber's Itch Cure
A letter from Dewey of Carrolton Ohio praises Palmer's Lotion for barber's itch after nine years of affliction. The notice claims the Lotion has all needed medicinal properties and should be used with the Soap, or as a temporary replacement, with samples available from Solom er at 374 Pearl Street New York.
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Dewey
8. F. Dewey
Carrolton
Montgomery County
Ohio
Palmer
Solon Mer
Pearl Street
New York
Skeptics Compared to Nearsighted Man At Danger Sign
A Detroit Journal quip calls skeptics like a man who skates toward a danger sign to read it, using an observant but humorous metaphor about caution and perception.
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Detroit Journal
Private Mailing Card from the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway
Private mailing card with scenic views sent for ten cents. Addressed to F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago IN. Also includes a proverb from Atchison Globe and a testimonial about Piso’s Cure for Consumption dated February 17 1900 from N Samuel Ocean Grove NJ.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Chicago
N. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Gentleman Offers Seat as Lady Passes In Crowded Car
A man behind a newspaper in a crowded car spots a lady he knows and rises to offer his seat. A colored man, mistaking the gesture, sits down. The riser protests, the other man bows, and the lady is seated amid smiles.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
New CM St Paul Railway booklet describes Aberdeen to Missouri River region
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues an illustrated booklet on the country between Aberdeen and the Missouri River, a newly reached area with new railway facilities. Send a two cent stamp to F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, IL, to obtain a copy.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Aberdeen
Missouri River
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul B’y
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Credit replaces payment in ad copy
The manager reviews an advertising draft and instructs the word credit be used instead of payment to make the plan more attractive, reflecting a common marketing tactic cited by the Indianapolis Press.
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Indianapolis Press
Free Foot Ease Sample Offer From Allen Olmsted
An offer invites readers to write to Allen S. Olmsted of Leroy New York for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease. The ad claims it cures chilblains sweating damp swollen aching feet and eases new or tight shoes. Also advertised are pills and other remedies with multiple brand mentions and slogan style lines.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y
Discordant Medley Sparks Theatrical Debate
A musician and wife discuss a concert after overhearing Yankee Doodle and Dixie played together. He notes the discords when the two tunes share passages, but she points out omitted notes were left to drums. He admits the dissonance was audible in his mind.
Maundy Thursday origins and name derivation
The London Chronicle explains Maundy Thursday as named from the mandatum novum sung in Roman churches, while also noting it was called Shere Thursday for customs of shaving hair and cleansing the body to prepare for Easter.
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London Chronicle
The Man of Little Business
A short quip from the Washington Iowa Democrat notes that a man with little business rarely earns many enemies, reflecting a witty weekday observation.
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Washington (Ia
Suburbs Coal Dealer-Boggs Slow Pay Questioned
In the suburbs a coal dealer named Boggs is described as slow to pay while a grocer comments on his cash flow, prompting a judge to remark on the cleanliness of the cash.
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4Th St
Richmond
Mise Macerte PoLtuoro
Richmond, Va
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Indianola
Pribi
Lynn
National City Bank of
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South Dakota Farms
St. Louis Star
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Pike
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Nada
Land of Plenty
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