Dream of the News highlights global fever cases and politics
The report surveys several items including thirty new yellow fever cases and two deaths at Key West Florida, outbreaks in Mississippi City, naval and military estimates, and the Philippines governance plan. It notes a San Antonio letter about Dreyfus and Alaska earthquakes, Diaz’s Chicago trip expense, Mexican political context, and a mix of local ads and college notices.
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Key West
Fla
Mississippi City
Miss
U. S. Naval
Snyder
Philippines
San Antonio
Tex
Dreyfus
Sarah Yeager
Emporia
Kan
Gov. Stanley
Methodist Missionary Society
Alaska
Yakutat
Cape St. Elias
Khantaak Island
Mexican Congress
Diaz
Chicago
The
Mexican Herald
New Minn. Military Songs and Molly Donahue Debut
W J Dyer & Son in St Paul publish two marches dedicated to the 18th Minnesota and Senator C K Davis. Finley P Dunne joins The Ladies Home Journal to create Molly Donahue, a 19 year old woman chasing clubs and high society in Chicago, with Mr Dooley as a frequent family friend providing guidance.
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Minnesota
C. K. Davis
W. J. Dyer & Son
St. Paul
Mr. Dooley
Finley P. Dunne
Ladies’ Home Journal
Molly Donahue
Molly
Chicago
Saturday Evening Post to Expand to Twenty Four Pages
The Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia will enlarge from sixteen to twenty four pages weekly with a double issue every fourth week. The Fall Fiction number will feature a colored cover and thirty two pages of stories and articles by noted writers. It goes on new stands September 28. price remains unchanged.
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Aun
Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
St Gall's College Plans and Courses at Devils Lake
St Gall's College connected with St Gall's Monastery and located on Devils Lake two miles from the city. Built 1894 5, first term 1896 97 with 29 boys. Winter session 1899 1900 from Nov 1 to Apr 1. Offers public school branches, a commercial course, and a classical course preparing for law medicine theology and other university or seminary studies. Continuous rules and discipline.
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St. Gall’s College
St. Gall’s Monastery
O. S.B
Attend College This Year at Grand Island Normal College
There is a strong call for educated youth as Grand Island Business and Normal College promotes its fourteen year leadership in the western states. It offers business, normal and shorthand courses with low board at $1.50 per week, one year tuition credit if desired, and a free college record or a catalog for six cents. Address A. M. Harees, President, Grand Island, Nebraska.
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Grand Island Business and Normal College
Western States
A. M.harees
Grand Island
Neb
Crookston College Announces Fourteenth Term Opening
Crookston College will open its fourteenth term on September 11, 1899 in Crookston Minnesota. It is advertised as the best and most practical school in the Northwest. For catalogues and information write Crookston College Crookston Minn An eight room house on East 5th Street will be vacant September 1 inquire of Wm Hurst.
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Northwest
Crookston College
Crookston, Minn
East 5Th Street
Wm. Hurst
Onions and Vegetables for Sale or Exchange
Edgar Palmer, a Chautauqua market gardener, offers fine onions cabbage and various vegetables for sale or exchange for feed for winter use. Leave orders at Co Operative store.
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Edgar Palmer
Chautauqua Market
Gardner
Co- Operative
Farm for Rent Near Town in Rolla ND
240 acre farm for rent near town with easy terms for three years possession after threshing. Contact Joan Warp Rolla North Dakota for details.
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Joan Warp
Rolla, N. D
Free Hairdressing For All At NYC Salon
A New York Herald reader recalls entering a Third Avenue shop offering free ladies hairdressing each afternoon from 1 to 5. Inside, a middle aged woman receives a dread head treatment while several white coated men assist, illustrating how apprentices gain experience and clever patrons receive free service.
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New York
New York Herald
Third Avenue
The Prig and His Cane in The Tatler 1709
In The Tatler issue of October 6 1709 a note observes that a cane is part of a prigs dress and discusses the old belief that priggishness is a modern term. The remark illustrates contemporary fashion language and social satire.
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Tatler
Amusing 18th Century Cane Fad in Gentleman's Magazine
A November 18 sketch describes a rural squire in town as a pavement nuisance with swinging canes, making walking unsafe within yards. A December 5 entry adds a lively colored youth seeking licensure to carry canes, glasses, snuffboxes, and scents, described as an Oxford scholar at the temple.
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Hiearts
Isaac Bickerstaff
Oxford
The
Temple
Gentleman's Magazine
Quicksand in India Traps Major Then Freezes Water
A narrative recounts a lone camping episode on the Ganges where the speaker steps into quicksand. He fears being pulled under as the sand grips him and causes teeth to chatter. He suddenly realizes he has stopped sinking and claims to have frozen the water in the quicksand.
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India
Ganges
Had It Hadn T Been Sunday Perthshire Hay Market Tale
A Perthshire preacher and an elder banter about the Sabbath day affecting hay sale. On Monday the elder arrives with carts and finds the preacher s haystack vanished, the market price discussed and the haystack gone.
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Perthshire
Perth
Anid
Geome
George Washington's dental history and ivory dentures
The American Journal of Dental Science 1843 notes Washington lost most teeth early, relied on John Greenwood a premier New York dentist to craft replacements. The artificial teeth were made from elephant tusk ivory, the era's sole material for denture construction.
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George
American Journal of Dental Science
George Washington
John Greenwood
New York
Washington
Oxford bishop’s tale on an occasional monitor
The Isis recounts a joke about the bishop of Oxford at a meeting auditing a sectarian school. When asked what an occasional monitor was, the bishop allegedly replied that it was the nonconformist conscience.
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Isis
Oxford
A Lost Advantage Grility Pokes Fun at Deaf Man
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript features two characters, Hicke and Wicks. Hicke laments a fine looking man who is deaf and dumb, while Wicks argues the dumbness is fine but imagines how agreeable he would be if he were not deaf.
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Hicke
Wicks
Boston Transcript
Wisdom on youth and age from Addizon and Bones
A fragmentary ad and quotations column notes: a maxims line about aging with dignity attributed to Addizon and a line about love and a kiss from Bones. It also advertises Estes hardware store offering tin or galvanized iron work, roofing and eavestrough hanging on short notice by an experienced man.
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Estes
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