Ties Just Been Established for California Fig Syrup Co
San Francisco court grants permanent injunction against Clinton E Worden Co and others barring use of Syrup of Figs or Fig Syrup names. Court recognizes protection of a merit based article’s reputation from advertising and affirms California Fig Syrup Co.’s title to Syrup of Figs.
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Nia Fig Syrup Co
San Francisco
United States
California
Clinton E. Worden & Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Etiquette on the Street Car
A woman recalls rushing hour transit when a polite young man offered to hold her traveling bag. She accepted, noting street car etiquette is evolving, and he kept the bag while she stood, reaching her destination safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Seed catalogs compared by gardeners in Boston Transcript
A pair of amateur gardeners debate seed quality. One asks why to buy Spade seeds over Barrow seeds, suggesting better quality. The other replies the choice isn’t about quality, but that Spade’s catalog pictures look finer than Barrow’s book.
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Barrow
Boston Transcript
Isnt McCorkle Thin Since Return at Club
Fragmentary quote from the Cleveland Plain Dealer noting whispers about McCorkle after a return, asking about his appearance and teasing a nickname used at the club referring to him as the valet of the shadow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCorkle
Shadow
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Engagement Secret Sparks Hall Kiss Question
A Boston Traveler line reports a witty exchange where Aunt Hannah-Mabel and Mabel-Well confirm their engagement moments after a kiss in the hall last evening, prompting playful intrigue about their betrothal.
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Hannah
Mabel
Boston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Extends Train Runs
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad extended passenger locomotive runs on through trains. Engines were previously changed every 100 or 150 miles. The experiment reduced locomotive use by 24, freeing engines for other branches and saving motive power purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Baltimore and Ohio
Short-sighted Parents Dispute Dental Future
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune imagines future humanity lacking teeth while debates about Tommy becoming a dentist spark a witty confrontation between a man and a woman. The quip reflects light social commentary on careers and evolving needs.
Anti trust fever spreads nationwide in Columbus State Journal
The Columbus State Journal notes the anti trust movement is spreading across the country while a playful vignette shows a tailor catching the fever and a character Slimpurse remarks on it. Another line mentions a man who overcomes a stout enemy and his own anger.
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Slimpurse
Columbus State Journal
Chilo
Greater Exposition Opens July 1 in Omaha With Vast Resources Exhibit
The Greater America Colonial Exposition arrives in Omaha July 1 for four months of sight seeing. It promises a grand display of national resources industries and manufactures across continents, with the Libby Prison War Museum trophies from the Philippines Cuba and Porto Rico. The event features a grand Electric Illumination Grand Court Fine Art Indian Congress and a Midway recreating the Merrimac Dewey and San Juan Hill battles with a large British Grenadier Band engagement.
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Omaha
United States
North American
Libby Prison
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Indian Congress
Pain Fire Works Company
Dewey
Manila
Cervera
Santiago
Merrimac
San Juan Hill
Grenadier Band
Dan Godfrey
Figurehead of a Yankee frigate arouses sailor lore
A French maiden figurehead, once aboard a captured frigate, has long fascinated Boston sailors. Believed to have been on the Caroline, built in Maine, it was later displayed on a merchant ship and is now in the care of veteran rigger Albert Low after being removed from its old corner display.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Omaha
Washington
Boston
Constellation
France
Maine
Albert Low
Antene Brace
Lore Rae
Wateenge Roma
Roberts
Minneapolis
Mien
Nurse Returns From Cuba Refuses Unintelligible Language
An army nurse recently back from Cuba vows not to return to any country with a language she cannot understand. A Cuban laundress visited her in unsettled times, but the nurse could not grasp the speech and feared a violent scene hinted by pantomime.
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Hlers
Cuba
Washington Post
Figurehead of the Maritana Story and Shipwreck Lore
The article recalls the Maritana wreck off Shag Rocks near Boston forty years ago and the salvaged figurehead that drew sailors and visitors to a Lincoln Wharf store. The tale ties luck, hoodoo rumors, and the figurehead to local folklore and the ship’s doomed voyage. A Cuban nurse and a sick officer hint at a separate wartime scene.
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New England
Shag Rocks
Boston Light
Boston
Constitution Wharf
McGlynn
Lincoln Wharf
Mechanical applause devices used in European theaters
The inventor Herr Zimmerman has devised electric triggered leather air sacks to imitate hand clapping. Hidden in theatre wings and wired to a regisseur panel, these devices can summon applause from the gallery pit or stalls at a button press.
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Paris
Berlin
Herr Zimmerman
Regisseur
Ambassador’s Cigar Banter Angers Court In Jest
The American ambassador shared a new cigar and playful chatter with the British court. The queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India smiled wryly at the envoy’s quip about doors. Court lords laughed uproariously at the exchange.
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Great Britain and Ireland
India
Detroit Journal
Microscopic Wonders Revealed By The Microscope
The microscope uncovers the caterpillar with 4000 muscles, drone bees with 1300 mirrors in each eye, and dragonfly eyes with 28000 polished lenses, highlighting astonishing creature anatomy.
No man after missing a target can heartily congratulate another
A succinct maxims-style line states that anyone who misses a goal should not loudly praise someone who succeeds at it. The proverb stresses restraint and fairness in reactions to others' successes.
No Sign of Progrescasion in a Jocular Exchange
A humorous exchange cited from the New York World shows Mr Darley teasing his wife about a progressive woman in St. Louis who uses the telephone for social calls, while the wife counters that no progress is shown because she has no new clothes to wear.
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Mr Darley
St. Louis
Patents Insuch Lant Work to Northwestern Inventors
List of patentees and inventions including grain separator by Paul W. Amlle and Clarence W. Carter painting apparatus. Johnston Menley check rein hook. James H. Nagle dustproof casing. Allen W. Powell miners candle stick. Edwin C. Washburn off box and draft rigging. George W. Youmans pump piston. Patent Attorneys Merwin Lothrop Johnson.
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Northwestern
Paul W. Amlle
Cooperstown
N. B
Edwin C. Washburn
Minneapolis
Minn
George W. Youmans
Rochester
Merwin
Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Discrimination over Tom’s limited affection noted
Lizzie laments Tom has never told her she is his only love while admitting he has told other girls the same. She voices personal discomfort at being singled out as not special, in a Boston Transcript style dialogue.
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Lizzie
Tom
Bessie
Boston Transcript
Anti Trust Bicycle Wheel Named by Capitalists
A Cincinnati Enquirer snippet shows two capitalists debating naming a new bicycle wheel. The first asks about forming a trust for manufacture and the second reveals the plan to call the wheel the Anti Trust.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Dear Friend Letter From Mrs Pinkham Improves Health
A reader at 253 Grand St Brooklyn writes that after a year of female weakness she suffered headaches dizziness and nervousness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and plans to recommend it to friends and her daughter who is improving.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
Grand St
Brooklynn
Letters to Mrs Pinkham Prove Her Aid to Women
Over eighty thousand letters were received by Mrs Pinkham during 1897 indicating widespread demand for her guidance. The excerpt highlights the perceived success of her remedies and outreach to women seeking help.
A Georgia Bill of Fare With Monster Alligator
An item from Southwest Georgia reports a man caught chopping a monster alligator into steaks. When asked if he planned to eat it the reply was he aimed to, describing the meat as tough but “fillin” once salted and peppered.
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Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Hat Disappears Overboard as Sailors Search Deck
In a nautical quip from the Boston Transcript and Tit-Bits a lively exchange recalls a missing hat aboard the Steamboat. One sailor insists he wore it when boarding, another recalls the moment the hat skimmed into the water as a hat detective and a running joke unfold on deck.
War drama stalls after act one in war investigation
A New York World note says a playwright’s war drama collapses after the first act, with the claim the five acts include a prolonged war investigation. The critic suggests the fighting portion ends early, leaving four acts to explore inquiry and aftermath.
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New York World
Quote Exchange Over Rubicon and Teething Dentists
A fragment from the Philadelphia North American presents a mingled scene. Caesar’s shade admits a grave error about the Rubicon while a dentist’s wife jokes about her husband’s irritability during teething. The piece ends with a note that the ice man is always needed regardless of season.
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Funston
Caesar
Alexander
Shade of
Julius
Philadelphia
North American
Great Tammany Leader Catarrh Appeal and Testimonial
A 1898 letter group from Amos J. Cummings praises Peru na for catarrh relief and urges sending a free book on summer catarrh. It notes various catarrh effects including dyspepsia liver and kidney issues and frames Peru na as a universal remedy. The letter requests another bottle and an informational pamphlet from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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Amos J. Cummings
Cuba
M. C
Peru
No, He Did Not Kiss Me After All
A Chicago Post item reports a woman recounting an insult and an alleged threat while she was alone with a man. Her friend asks what happened, and she confirms nothing physical occurred despite the alleged threat.
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Chicago Post
Chapple Threats Prompt Averted Tragic Clash
A Chapple man warned of violence demanding payment of half a crown but the threat was avoided. Local reports note the exchange involved a plea for payment and a denial of harm, with authorities reportedly alerted to the incident.
Supreme Court Upholds Foot Ease Trademark Infringement Ruling
Justice Laughlin in Buffalo orders permanent injunction with costs and accounting of sales against Paul B Hudson maker of Dr Clark's Foot Powder and a Brooklyn retailer for infringing Foot Ease. decision affirms Foot Ease as valid mark, bans imitators and grants relief to owner Allen F Olmaied of Le Roy N Y who first advertised broad foot powder. Similar suits to follow against other infringers to protect trade mark and common law rights.
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Justice Laughlin
Supreme Court
Buffalo
Paul B. Hudson
Dr Clark
Brooklyn
Dr. Clark
Allen
Olmaied
le Roy
Nee
FonteBase
Robbery held by footpads in tight rope note
A facetious thief declares a robbery while aiming a revolver at the victim, with a second man rifling pockets. The Chicago Tribune quotes the scene and mocks the danger faced by the slender line between law and lawlessness.
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Chicago Tribune
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