Major Kramer Plans Additions to Indiana Mineral Springs Hotel
Major H L Kramer oversees a $20,000 expansion at Indiana Mineral Springs in Indiana, adding a two story 80 by 160 foot building with forty guest rooms, a bath house, dining hall, music room, billiard hall, and offices. Completion is in 90 days, with further plans for a 160 room structure and total investment near a quarter of a million dollars.
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Indiana Mineral Springs Company
Indiana Mineral Springs
Indiana
H. L. Kramer
United States
Kramer
Ajor Kramer
Indiana Mineral Springs Enterprise
Attica Daily Ledger
Monument to a Sculptor Death Follows Bolivar Statue Controversy
A New York Sun account details Italian sculptor Giovanni Turini dying of a broken heart amid the Dewey Arch project after the Venezuela government canceled the Bolivar statue commission. Turini faced debt and rejection from the park board and an art trust, leading to his collapse before completing the work.
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Central Park
Elghty-fourth Street
Gen
Simon Bolivar
Uberator
Colombia
Giovanni Turini
Dewey Arch
Bolivar
Turini
Venezuela
National Sculpture Society
Park Board
Tadolini
Caracas
Wall Street
Gen. Sucre
Gen. Paez
President Diaz Climbs Rope at Mexican Military Academy
After dining with President Diaz at Chapultepec Castle, Gen. Powell Clayton watched the Mexican leader climb a 40 foot rope in the academy gym with ease. Diaz laughed as General Clayton assisted him down, showing vigor unusual for his age.
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Diaz
Mexico
Powell Clayton
United States
Castle of Chapultepec
Military Academy of
President Diaz
Gen. Clayton
Harvard Student General Walker Excels in Running and Walking
General Jim Walker and General Leonard Wood noted for athletic prowess while students at Harvard. Walker’s training yields an average stride over 40 inches, far longer than the army’s 28 inch step, enabling him to cover more ground in a day than any other man in the army.
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Jim Walker
Leonard Wood
Harvard
Finest Hampden watch plant in the world showcased
The Pusher Watch Works Canton Ohio claims twin factories dedicate all effort to high grade watch movements and cases. Hampden 17 jewel movement praised for accuracy, with Special Halfway 24 Jewel and The Four Hundred models highlighted. Dueber Hampden factories shown as supreme in machinery and craftsmanship. Sold by first class jewelers nationwide in July 190.
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Canton
Hampden Watch Co
Ohio
America
Dueber-Hampden
Aupreme
Bucherampden
Coatent
Thene Goode
Hampden
Triad World
Patents and Catarrh Cure Advertisements Consolidated
A mixed snippet shows patent listings from Northwestern Inventors and a Maine style ad. It mentions inventors James Burke Jake Fredlander Frank Kremer Henry J. Lawrence Oscar Mygren Bengt Peterson Hubert Roeger Merwin Lothroy Johnson and a Toledo druggist promotion for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a price. It includes a note on local applications being ineffective for catarrh and Hall's Family Pills as a recommended remedy.
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Northwestern
James Burke
Minneapolis
Minn
Jake Fredlander
N. D
Frank Kremer
Duluth
Henry J. Lawrence
Elmore
Oscar Mygren
Lake City
Bengt. Peterson
Duaswel
Fluc-Cleimer
Hubert @oeger
Bt. Paul
Allen's Foot Evac powder advert shows for shoe relief
Ladies use Allen's Foot Evac powder to ease tight new shoes and cure swollen hot sweating feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c package free trial by mail Allen 5 Olmstad Le Roy NY. Likely notes on Platonic friendship.
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Sisea Maller
Allen
Olmstad
le Roy
N.Y
The Bed Chamber Of Stephen S Marchand In London
Stephen S Marchand, an American millionaire, boasts the world s finest bed chamber in a seventy six by twenty two foot elliptical apartment in London. Elaborate Louis XV panels, white enamel background, and ivory inlaid carvings drive the cost into the hundreds of thousands with a total suite price near 487 700 and overall cost about 968 700 dollars including chairs, doors, and fittings.
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Stephen S. Marchand
Millonaire
London
Philadelphia Record
Lyons
Marchand
Paris
France
Uyanyembe
Africa
Mare
Fat In the Fire and the Forged Checks Tale
In China, Lord Charles Beresford’s servant Tom Fat forged checks totalling over £2000 in two years by mimicking his master’s handwriting. When asked about the servant’s fate, Beresford reportedly replied that “that fat will certainly be in the fire.”
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Charles Beresford
China
Tom Fat
Charles
New York Tribune
Spectacled Maltese Cat Receives Eyewear in UK
An English woman’s Maltese cat has been fitted with spectacles to aid failing vision. A photograph of a mouse shown to the cat by the oculist prompted the eye test and spectacle fitting.
Wisconsin stockmen report weak sheep market and rising needs
The report notes light average weights of sheep received in the yard, with over 76 percent of first week stock unwanted by buyers. It cites low prices driving Wisconsin shippers to risk losses, while Prof. Mumford urges Michigan farmers to expand sheep herds due to wool and mutton prospects.
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Gaya
Wisconsin
Herbert W. Mumford
Michigan
Farmera
Plana
Bridge Building
Denver & Rio Grande
Tangéa
Montana
Mississippi
la Crosse
Wool cleanliness and fowl management in farm practice
Professor Mumford explains that wool value hinges on cleanliness, not just weight, urging growers to minimize litter by controlling burrs seeds and dust and to keep weeds down. He notes that proper management reduces costly fiber damage and improves price. Fowls fare best on a large or free range, with confinement suitable only when care is assured. Molasses feed demand rises as cane crop short, with Britain importing molasses for horse and cattle feed while Americans underutilize this by-product.
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Herbert W. Mumford
Michigan Agricultural College
Hamuat
Milla
Molaysee
South
England
Enduring Claims in Humorous American Working Man Debate
The excerpt contrasts American workers with Chinese laborers on endurance. A Smart Set note parodies drink marketing by comparing Mostetter's Stomach Bitters to other remedies and to malaria prevention. It mentions a Dear Girl in a humorous talk and a playful exchange about listening.
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America
Mostetter
Allen's Foot Ease advertised as foot cure powder
An old ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease to cure swollen burning feet corns and bunions. It urges shaking the powder into shoes with 25-cent price, sample requests to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y, while a local joke notes a census enumerator slowed town growth.
Beware of Cascaret Substitutes and Worldly Endorsements
A fragmented London style ad copy extols universal approval for Gagenreta Candy Cathartic and Carter's Ink, warns against substitutes sold by unscrupulous retailers, and urges caution about fake endorsements and cheap replicas. It notes Cascarets are sold only in metal boxes with a long-tailed C on each box and stamped CC.
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Cabcarets
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Cures Women
An ad touts Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female health issues. It asserts the tonic balances the female body, eases backaches, regulates menstruation, and treats inflammation and displacements, urging readers to rely on its proven record.
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