In History August Twenty Second Highlights
August twenty second history notes mark the deaths and events: Philip of Valois dies in 1350, William Whiston dies in London in 1758, John Fitch’s steamboat trial on the Delaware in 1787, Warren Hastings dies in 1818, George Washington De Long born in 1844 and dies in 1881 after the Jeannette expedition, Hien Fung dies in 1861, and Lord Salisbury dies in 1908 born 1830.
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Philip of Valois
France
William Whiston
Josephus
London
John Fitch
Delaware
Warren Hastings
India
Daylesford
Worcestershire
George Washington de Long
New York City
Siberia
de Long
United States Naval Academy
Juniata
Palaris
Idieutenant de Juong
San Francisco
Geesel
Hien Fung
China
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Dandruff Germs Linked to Baldness Cure Promoted
An advertisement claims a single germ causes both dandruff and baldness and that Newthra poise and Newhro's Terpicide can prevent and treat by eradicating the germ. It promotes samples from The Hemicide Co. of Detroit and agents Bouseworth Bro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhro
Hemicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Bouseworth
Elkhart Gas Co Offers Installment Plan For Ranges
May interest notice to Elkhart residents on gas mains extensions and a gas range purchase price of $17 with free connections. Customers may pay $5 on order and $5 monthly installments thereafter until paid. By order of board of directors Seitz.
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Elkhart
Seitz Elkhart Gas Coq
Elkhart Gas Co
Ldti
Cheap Lands Along the Cotton Belt Route Offered
Low settlers rates to points in the west and southwest via the Cotton Belt Route. On the first and third Tuesdays each month round trips to southeast Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas at one fare plus $2. Stops allowed on the going up for 21 days to return. Trains depart St. Louis both morning and evening with sleepers chair cars and parlor cafe cars. Write for literature maps timetable and rules. L. O. Schafer T P A Cotton Belt Route Cincinnati Ohio.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
St. Louis
L. O. Schaefer
Cincinnati
Nothing on the Market Equal to Chamberlains Cholera Remedy
A Joplin Missouri merchant circular promotes Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as equal to the bestbowel complaint medicine. The dealer cites customer trust and states they sell and recommend the preparation. Houseworth Bros. sells it.
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Chamberlain
Ow. Witmer
Joplin
Aberlain
Houseworth Bros
Excursion Rates to Denver and Nearby Cities Offer
G A R excursion and Lake Shore Railway announce exceptionally low round trip rates to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo for sale August 24 to September inclusive with return via different routes until October 7. Also mentions Big Four excursion to Marion and Soldiers’ Home August 24 and a Niagara Falls trip via Lake Shore Railway dates. Includes real estate and gas coke price notices and local business notices.
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G A. R
Denver Lake Shore Ry
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Lake Shore
A. J. Smith
Cleveland
Marion
Soldiers
Elkhart
Wabash
Tale of French Lick not Governor Hanly's Work
Terre Haute paper disputes claims that Governor Hanly ordered the closing of the French Lick Monte Carlo. A Terre Haute source relays a private account linking Thomas Tageart to pressure on Brown, a lease holder, and recounts a sequence of shutoffs and a $30,000 payoff to end gambling. The piece notes local opinion supports gambling and questions gubernatorial reach.
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Terre
Lante
Ind
Perre Haute
Monte Carlo
Thonas Tagsart
Hlankly
Terre Hitute
Tehty
Terre Tarte
Didarmin
Pegle
Terre Ernute
Prenel Lick
Pbuece
Lupelis
Preuch Lick
Brown
Tageart
Ballard
Verre Heute Uni
Brow
Preach Lick
French Lick
Cravernor Tiny
Many Disappearances Reported in Indiana Towns
A string of four week disappearances, including Gis Perrage Toma and two women, Nellie Abbott and Cory Mwt, trigger searches. Nellie Abbott was found in Chicago and returned. Cory Mwt remains missing. Additional notes mention the Schaefer and Schutter cases with arrests unlikely and a noted actress Leah Russell denied admission to St Mary's of the Woods.
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Phoarsdhig
Frank Tillimehast
Nellie Abbott
Cory M
Tuchihapolis
Ad Bis Veen
SG Mary's
Torre Traute
Ind
Leah Russell
Young Women's College
St. Mary's of the Woods
St. Mary's
Sisters of Providence
Findings Of Court Of Inquiry On Bennington Explosion
Secretary Bonaparte releases the court of inquiry findings on the Bennington explosion. It blames excessive boiler pressure from closing the valve to the steam engine and accuses fireman D o Holland of shutting the valve. It faults engineer Charles Theade for not ensuring safety valves were properly maintained and calls for a court martial.
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Washington
Court of Inquiry
Bennington
Bonaparte
D. O. Holland
Hnsign
Charles Theade
Cait Gieboilerr
Death of Mary Mapes Dodge in New York and related notices
Death of Mary Mapes Dodge editor of St Nicholas Magazine reported at her summer cottage in Community Town New York after months of illness. Also brief note of a reception for Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks in Manchester Wisconsin and a public test for Ogdensburg New York.
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Mary Mapes Dodge
New York
Mary Mapes Jlowie
St. Nicholas Magazine
Cinteora Tirk
Yoomersville
Dodge
Heart
Manchester
Citisens
Piirlaniks
Fairbanks
Ogdensberg
N.Y
Chicago Grain and Live Stock Quotations Report
Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade show oats wheat and corn prices with futures for May and Sept. Live stock receipts at East Buffalo and Dunning Stevens are listed with bids for hogs cattle sheep and lambs. Prices span hogs 5.60 to 6.30 dollars, cattle 2.00 to 5.75, lambs 5.25 to 7.85, and colver cattle to 8.00.
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Chicago
Short Hills
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Stork Commission
N. Y
Best
Cork's Ancient Use and Rise in Spanish Cork Industry
The article traces cork as a bottle stopper from antiquity with Horace noting cork stoppers for amphorae, through uncertain Greek and Egyptian usage, to regular Spanish production beginning in 1700. It highlights the Tarragona-Catalonia region as a principal center and describes cork’s growth to a major industry.
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Europe
Horace
Beekmann
Tigueras
Muge
Spain
Catalonia
Teacher Must Do Wisdom Beyond Knowledge
The article argues knowledge alone fails without wisdom in teaching. It warns against rote Greek and Latin drills and strict discipline. A true teacher guides students to discover truths, inspired by Koersaa u and the example of Agassiz and 19th century educator ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Koersseau
Agassiz
Arthur Gilman
Atlantic
Niagara Falls Excursion Offers August 24 Trip
Tourism promotion advertises an August 24 excursion to Niagara Falls over Lake Shore By with tickets valid for 12 days. Readers are urged to ask ticket agents about the deal and note a sequence 1 4 11 15 18 22.
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Niagara Falls
Lake Shore
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Elkhart Review
Elkhart National Bank
Hall
Kelvin Grove
Allendale
S. Maxon
Udts
J. W Fieldhouse
Lexington Avenue
Toronto
Alexandria Bay
Montreal
Turnock’s
Hanly
Terre Haute
State News
Schafer
Schutter
Robert Owens
S. 2
Lowerank Evans
Bulmer
Rushville
Carcher
Cook
Bankert
Elwood
O. Longerlone
Psthamer
Wastington
Ais
Isthmian Canal
Pata Canal Zone
Commission
Ander
United States
United
Roman Catholic College
Las Heer
Cardinal Gibbons
San Princisco
San Broicises Gas and Electric Company
Rockefeller
Puateo
TRE Markets
Hossick
Turnock
R. Turnock
Auf
Leonard & Bentz
Ivory
Golden Gate
Victor
Pride of
Anna
American Cigar Company
Patton Brothers
Indianapols
ST. Joseph Valley
Highland Park
Scott Hershey
Gov. LaFollete
W. J. Bryan
Geo. R. Wendling
D. F. Fox
Sam Jones
Frank Dixon
Father Kelley
P. M. Pearson
Wallace Amsbury
Mrs. Bingham
Dunbar Co. and Orchestra
M. M. Parkhurst
Katherine Ertz-Bowden
Roland D. Grant
Edmund V. Cook
H. W. Seara
E. C. Bickel
St. Joseph Valley Chautauqua Association
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