Hosiery and dress fabrics bargain sale at department store
A department store advertises a spring stock of hosiery for men women and children with prices from 10c to 25c per pair and up to $4.50 for lace and fancy hose. It promotes new men shirts neckties hats dresses ribbons silks and broad goods, plus carpets curtains and trunks with discounts on rugs, drapery and curtains and a full line of clothing and accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mories and Marie Antique
Brussels
Nottingham
Cloak and Inuit
Santos-Dumont Faces Strong Field in St Louis Air Race
The World’s Fair airship contest at St Louis pits Santos-Dumont against American inventors like Ilangon Wood and Alvin W. Van Dorston. Wood touts a novel lifting system claimed to lift 25,000 pounds, with tests in Toledo and a Long Branch gas tank being prepared. Dorston describes a 100 by 37 foot craft using gasoline power and 96 lifting wheels as key to successful aerial navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Santos- Dumont
M. Santos- Démont
Monaco’ Bay
M. Santos-Dumont
Santos-Dumont
Pe Ilangon
Woda
Toledo
Wood
Ste Lotis
Alvin W. van Dorston
South Bend
Ind
Dorston
Airship Builder Leo Stevens Plans St Louis Prize Flight
Leo Stevens, based at 291 Eighth Ave New York City, aims to contest for the big prize at St Louis with a steel frame airship nearly 85 feet long and 15 feet high. His machine features two gas envelopes two automatic wings and a water ballast track to maintain stability. He says the craft will carry one person and resembles a refined Santos Dumont design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Stevens
Eighth Avenue
New York City
St.Louis
New York
Santos-Dumont
Mr. Stevens
Evening Telegram
Stevens
Dumont
Inventor Whitehead Tests Airship at Charles Island
Inventor Gustave Whitehead of Bridgeport Connecticut reports successful trials of a kerosene powered airship at Charles Island Milford. He claims a complete circuit of about a quarter mile returning within fifty feet of the start, steering by differential repeller speeds. He plans a May attempt to fly to New York.
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Gustave Whitehead
Bridgeport
Conn
Santos-Dumont
Whitehead
Charles Island
Milford
New York
German innovator Ganswindt to race airship in St Louis
Berlin inventor Hermann Ganswindt travels from Germany to compete in aerial contests at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He and other aeronauts plan to demonstrate motor driven airships and discuss American aeronautics with Expo officials and authorities in St Louis. Santos-Dumont sails to New York and joins preparations for the fair efforts.
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Hermann Ganswindt
Berlin
Germany
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Ganswindt
German War Department
M. Santos-Dumont
New York
W. A. Smith
Transportation Department
St. Louis
America
Deutsch
Lydia E Pinkham remedy praised by Mormon woman
Letter from Hulda Jakeman of Salt Lake City credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of menstrual pain after using six bottles. The note includes a $5000 forfeit claim for testimonials and invites sick women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda Jakeman
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Hunpa Jareman
Salt Lake City
Utah
Axkeman
Lydia E. Pinkham
Japan cyclone devastates fishing villages killing forty
Oriental reports say a Japanese cyclone three weeks ago destroyed seventeen fishing villages near the coast. Forty people were killed and hundreds injured as scores of boats were wrecked. The storm track was about 200 yards wide and leveled sturdy houses.
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Tacoma
Wash
Japan
Opium Smuggling Alleged at St John Port
General Joseph Wheeler cites large opium imports at the port of St John Danish West Indies. He says articles likely to incur heavy duties are being rushed in ahead of anticipated transfer to U S control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. John
Danish West Indies
Joseph Wheeler
Contested Will Case Upholds Suit in Lafayette
The famous Case of William Case a Spiritualist who died July 28 1900 left $15000 to the National Spiritual Association and editors of Truth Seeker and Commonwealth. The verdict favored the proponents in Lafayette Indiana after April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
William Case
National Spiritual Association
Truth Seeker
Commonwealth
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed by Postmaster
Spring coughs and colds risk serious illness if neglected. A dose of One Minute Cough Cure is described as safe and fast acting for coughs colds croup grip bronchitis and related throat and lung troubles. Postmaster C O Dawson of Barr Illinois testifies it saved him many severe illnesses and recommends it. Houseworth residence note adds popularity among children.
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C. O. Dawson
Barr
Houseworth Res
Fire destroys Cumberland sulphite mill in Maryland
Fire wrecked the Cumberland Paper Mills sulphite mill in Cumberland Maryland causing about 75000 dollars in damage. The blaze left 125 workers jobless as insurance partially covers losses and the plant is a total loss.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Paper Mills
Brooklyn Fire Destroys Masel & Huebner Factory
Fire in Brooklyn destroyed the Masel and Huebner furniture factory and David Binns pipe foundry. Loss estimated at 100000 with ample insurance on the factory and foundry.
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Brooklyn
New York
Masel & Huebner
David Binns
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Promises Rapid Relief
Ancient remedy advertised as a mystic cure for rheumatism and neuralgia claims to eradicate the disease in one or two days. It says the first dose provides quick benefit and removes the cause with immediate disappearance of symptoms. Sold for 75 cents and 1.00 by C. H. Leonard and Houseworth Bros. in the opera house block.
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C. H. Leonard
Houseworth Bros
Opera House Block
City of Men Only on Russia border Limits Chinese Passages
News report states a border city named Mainatchin is inhabited solely by men and Chinese women are forbidden from living or passing the Balkan wall into Mongolia. The city’s residents are described as traders.
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Mainatchin
Russia
Great Wall
Balkan
Mongolia
N. Y
Brick Denial Ties Pittsburg Figure to Story
An April report from Pittsburg notes denial statements linked to H Frick regarding a story about his involvement. No further details are provided in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Frick
Acquittal in Samar Case Triggers War Policy Debate
Major Littleton W. T. Waller of the marine corps is acquitted by a court martial of killing eleven Samar natives without trial, ruling his actions followed orders and military necessity. Gen. Jacob H. Smith faces possible trial for the orders, while Gen. Chaffee contemplates new court martial orders amid discussions of policy in handling natives. The decision spurs Washington interest on the war conduct in the Philippines.
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Army
Marine Corps
Samar
William H. Bisbee
Waller
Jacob H. Smith
Walter
Chaffee
Smith
Philippines
Department of Texas
San Antonio
Washington
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promises Quick Wound Cure
An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a universal remedy for sores burns bruises and wounds with claims of rapid skin disease relief and relief from piles. A testimonial from A S Fuller of English Indiana describes gunshot wound healing after using the product and warns against counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
A. S. Fuller
Houseworth Brus
Life Sentence for Miller in Hatchet Murder Case
In Detroit on April 14 a hatchet murder of Miss Carrie M Jennett by Prof Joseph M Miller led to a life sentence with hard labor. A sanity exam found no insanity and Miller pleaded Guilty before Judge Murphy who called him a demon.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph M. Miller
Carrie M. Jennett
Jackson
Recorders Court
Miller
Murphy
Dra. Emerson, Hitchcock
Miss Jennett
Love-sick Lover Cared For With Rocky Mountain Tea
A woman tended her ailing lover at home without trained help. She kept vigil by his side and offered him Rocky Mountain Tea as he lay ill, in a domestic, quiet scene reported by Houseworth Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Houseworth Bros
Fire delays Easter church services in Evansville planing mill
The congregation of St Boniface Church in Evansville Indiana planned services in a mill yesterdas day after a fire delayed the church by Easter. An old planing mill was leased and its machinery stored in corners as the congregation sought a temporary worship space.
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Evansville
Ind
Boniface
Republic Iron and Steel Fight to Strike Down Wage Law
The Republic Iron and Steel Co. briefs to the Indiana Supreme Court challenge the weekly wage payment law arguing the title omits penalties and that mandatory payment rules could justify legislative wage setting. The brief notes disparities between common carriers and interstate industries and cites Atlas engine works in Indianapolis as contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Republic Iron, and Steel “Company
Chambers, Pickens & Moores
Supreme Court
Haverstick
General Assembly
Atlas Engine-Works
Hach
Beware of counterfeit Rocky Mountain Tea sellers
A reader warns that any vendor selling Rocky Mountain Tea not from Madison Medicine Co. is after their money. The notice cautions consumers to beware of such dealers and notes a price of 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Medicine Co
Houseworth Bros
Strenuous Remarks Spark Train Car Incident
An elevated train halted at Scollan square causing chaos as an old man with a silk hat and three bundles flew along the aisle and collided with a stout young woman who fell. The old man cursed repeatedly and blamed the situation on fate. A fellow rider noted the man might be a church member.
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Scollan Square
Boston Herald
Weather swings from mild to blizzard to springlike
The report notes rapid weather changes from a bright mild day to a howling blizzard and back to springlike conditions. It mentions people suffering colds and sore chests and suggests a remedy, noting Pert as a painkiller advertised for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
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Main and
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Lexington
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Practical Electrician
Goampound
Gen. Smith
Manila
Pacific Express
Boston
Western Express
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Erie
Ittaburg
J.grammer
L. Gotwalt
J. H. Allison
South Man Street
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