Politician insists honesty, wife denial sparks clash
In a terse exchange a crafty politician presses for information on his intentions. The spokesman for the committee says she refuses to talk, prompting the politician to insist he must have met someone else. The Chicago papers remark on the scene as a sharp display of political maneuvering and misdirection.
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Chicago Tribune
Evita
Sapleigh
Miss Smythe
Raplegh
Rapleigh
Amusing multilingual tomb notice from Rio Janeiro cemetery
A comic inscription in several languages appears on a tomb in Rio Janeiro, joking about permit requirements for a dog following in the tomb-rard. The clipping adds various stray quotes from The situation and Puck about cures and trains, mentioning J W O'Brien of Minneapolis in 1900.
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Rio Janeiro
Moving Misery and the Liver Beauty Promise
A promotional piece touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for liver laziness and impure blood, claiming they purify the blood, improve skin, and boost health and happiness. It markets tablet forms, prices, a booklet, and mail order availability from Bierling Remedy Co.
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Address Bierling Remedy Co
Chicago
Montreal
Can
New York
British Enter Pretoria After Triumph News
British forces enter Pretoria amid jubilation as war report of the capital’s surrender circulates. Lord Roberts led the assault, with celebrations across London and a sense that major hostilities may end within weeks. Boer leaders vow to stand firm while military control replaces civilian orders.
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London
Transvaal
Nyjr
Lord Roberts
Uretoria
Great Britain
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Transovant
England
Mike
Mansion House
War Office
Mage
Hat Jess
Freteria
Lord Hoberts
Waterval
Botha
Lucas Meyer
Church Square
Predictions of future wars influence linked to Bloch work
R B C Long highlights French writer Bloch's 19th century forecast on future warfare. He cites tactics like fortified positions, reduced frontal assaults, longer wars with equal numbers, scarce decisive battles, riflemen countering artillery, smokeless powder limits, reconnaissance challenges, and high officer losses. An anecdote contrasts second love with a widower.
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Red Cross
Senator Sullivan Endorses Peruna Cure in Mississippi Letter
U S Senator from Mississippi, Lon W V Sullivan, writes to Hartinan of Oxford praising Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy. He claims improving health after using the remedy and endorses Peruna as best with no substitutes. The letter promotes contacting The Potto Medicine Co. for a free book on catarrh.
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W. ¥. Sullivan
United States
Mississippi
Uy. Hartinan
Oxford
Miss
Petuba
Sullivan
Perupa
Peruna
The
Potato Medicine Co
Columbus
Wrecked Safes and Crime Wave Hit Tucson Area
A Mexican burglar Ramirez was arrested while attempting to break into Ball's bottling works, reading issues about unlocked safes shows growing thefts in Tucson. Stories mention a broader epidemic of burglaries and cautionary measures, with bizarre details about reading habits and a Utah governor's past.
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Tucson
Ark
Ramirez
Ball
Cincinnati Enquirer
Portage Bridge Replaced by Iron Structure
The Portage Bridge at Portage XII XX, once the world's largest of its kind, spanned 800 feet and stood 204 feet high. The original wooden framework has been replaced by an iron construction.
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Portage Bridge
Portage
Health and wealth ads blend odd book offers and real estate notices
A garbled front page ad set promotes The Science of Life and The Gold Medal Prize Treatiae with health claims and mail order terms, alongside a Kentucky real estate catechism line. Also a Roebuck twine mail order pitch promises Inside prices and saving money, amid weather chatter and scattered misprints.
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Peabody Motions Institute
Halfinch Street
Boston
Mass
The
Olden
Best Institute
America
Prospectus
Fragmented 19th Century Riff Reveals Era Attitudes
A garbled clipping blends dialogue about regret and study with mock dialogue on Chicago and social snobbery. It references Miss Winday and Mr S8, Carter's Ink used by New York and Boston schools, a weather ad about wind direction predicting rain, a tonic offer from Dr Aline, and Beattie's quip on gossip. It also mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and a warning against bird slaughter.
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Carter
New York
Boston
Subscribing to Every Magazine Proves Impractical
A humorous exchange notes the impossibility of reading and subscribing to every magazine published. The New York World characterizes the idea as impractical, suggesting even a person of wealth cannot feasibly keep up with endless periodicals.
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New York World
Longest Siege in History and Plevna Breakthroughs
The article recalls Gibraltar’s siege from 1779 to 1731 with British defense led by Gen. Eliot as the longest modern siege, noting scurvy, daily garrison shelling, and a governor inviting sealed proposals to fortify. It also covers the Plevna defense during the Russo Turkish War from Sept 7, 1877 to Dec 10, where Osman Pasha’s forces endured twelve weeks without food before a breakout attempt.
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Gibraltar
Eliot
Mocern
Plevna
Osman Pasha
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