Beet sugar industry praised as self supporting in editorial
The New York Evening Post editorial of December 12 1901 lauds beet sugar as a self sustaining industry in the United States. Oxnard and Cutting are cited for arguing beet production can beat European sugar and profits per acre, with no tariff protection needed, while criticizing calls for Cuban sugar relief as misinformed.
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Cutting
New York Evening Post
the Evening Post
Rocky Mountains
Congress
Messrs. Oxnard
Mississippi Valley
West India Islands
Seaboard
United Suake
Nebraska
Europe
United States
Washington
Water on Nevis Bathhouse Ruins Offer
A fragment describes Nevis island sulfur spring water from an extinct crater feeding a ruined hotel bath. The writer notes a 144 year old hotel ruined 80 years ago, offers the ruin with a bath and a bathhouse for 1500 dollars, touting it as a cure for rheumatism after a traveler spent 4876 on doctors. The water is described as hellish in odor and taste and the piece urges the government to buy the site for invalids.
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The
Nevis
Caribbean Sea
Avatah
New York
Horses and Gambling Echo in Old New York Scene
A fragment from the New York Commercial Advertiser recalls horse drawn transit on Fifth Avenue where a horse proved unruly and the driver cried whoa repeatedly. A bystander mused about the animal smelling food while others joked about betting a dollar. They noticed a doorway sign reading Corn and oats, highlighting old time street life and betting culture.
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Fifth Avenue
Theriend
New York Commercial Advertiser
Yale adds Book and Snake and The Tombs halls
Yale expands its Sheffield Scientific School with two new society halls Book and Snake and The Tombs both sealed windowless limestone and brick buildings facing Grove Street. Book and Snake features a sunlit interior via a marble shaft and mirrors reflecting daylight into the structure. The Tombs adopts Egyptian style brick facades.
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Yale
Sheffield Scientific School
Book and Snake
Sheffield School
Tombs
Scientific School
Harvard
Grove and
High Streets
Senior Society
Scroll and Key
Grove Street
Temple Street
New England Building Adds Hospital Space at Vassar
The New England building at Vassar College is described as Colonial in style and houses general hospital wards and isolation rooms with private bedrooms and parlors. A bronze tablet in the entrance hall will feature a hand holding Plymouth Rock. The Swift Infirmary, a gift from Mrs. Atwater of Poughkeepsie in memory of her father, Mr. Swift, accompanies these additions. The report highlights the barge farm project in Russia, where a floating farm ferrying workers visits villages, demonstrates plantings, and spreads agricultural knowledge via lectures and seed distribution.
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Swift Infirmary
Atwater
Poughkeepsie
Swift
Taiing
Russia
Stirosta
Mysterious Li Hung Chang Wife Reappears as Officially Dead
A Renaissance era tale recalls Li Hung Chang’s wife vanishing, inquiries failing, and officials declaring her dead. She returns unannounced, but Li refuses reconciliation, keeping her in the role of the deceased. The anecdote highlights intrigue within the Li household and the ruler’s control.
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Li Omotally
Dewa
China
Enoch” Arden
Li Hung Chang
Fig Merchant Converts Scraps Into Art Creations
A fig merchant known as Emereon transforms scraps into unique art pieces. The maker works up every shred into inventive creations, merging craft with repurposed materials.
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Emereon
Prostrate With Rheumatic Fever Case Endorses St Jacob’s Oil
Mr Ell Wiltshire of Lendadown Terrace Caine Wis describes enduring rheumatic fever six times in twenty years. He praises St Jacob's Oil for rapid pain relief and states he has recommended it widely, citing other cures and endorsements.
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Ell Wiltshire
Lendadown Terrace
Caine
Wis
St. Jacob's Ol
Haunting At Asbury Grove Cats Abandoned In Starvation
A Boston Advertiser summary notes that Asbury Grove in Essex County faced a haunting tale as families left their camp meeting pets to starve. Humane agents in Heysby moved to ease suffering with a painless poison, while the summer community’s reputation suffered from the incident and its cruelty.
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Asbury Grove
Essex County
Heysby
Boston Advertiser
Vienna Horsemeat Butchers and their clean shops
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes Vienna has at least 185 horsemeat butcher shops with clean attractive storefronts indistinguishable from regular meat shops except for a sign. It also states restaurant keepers serving horse meat must mark this in a special bill of fare column.
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Vienna
New York Commercial Advertiser
Brigands and Conspirators in Bulgarian History
Leslie's Weekly recalls brigand legends in Bulgaria as the Balkan mountains housed Haidulin brigands from the sixteenth century. They were seen as protectors of the poor and foes of Mohammedans, with legends sustaining their fame and feared safety for those who joined them.
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Bulgaria
Miss Stone
Balkan
Turkey
Haidulin
Leslie's Weekly
Daughter seeks injunction to halt divorce plans
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes Mrs Brimfield Becker saying she needs to ask her father to grant an injunction to stop her husband from starting divorce proceedings. The exchange reveals a desire to block legal action and suggests family involvement in the dispute.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Oath Notice 1884 Toledo
Frank J Cheney, senior partner of F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary Sean A W Gleason. Hall's Catarrh Cures taken internally and applied to blood and mucous surfaces. I J Cheney & Co Toledo O Sold by druggists. The Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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Sean
A. W. Gleason
Hall
I. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Gentlemanly and Ungentlemanly Way
Meadowbrook club objects to Bunker swearing but would accept if he were a bit more circumspect. Hempstead quips that the issue is his use of a megaphone while swearing, highlighting the public nature of the outbursts.
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Meadowbrook
Bunker
Brooklyn
A Wonderful Cure at Wright City Missouri
Medical men debate the Symes case as Joseph G Symes with inflammatory rheumatism improves after using six boxes of Dodil's Kidney Pills. He reports no pain, can work all day and sleep through the night, an outcome doctors call remarkable.
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Wright City
Symes
Joseph G. Symes
Dodil
Adirondack Guide Pop Whittler Turns Seventy Five
The piece praises Adirondack guide Pop Whittler for reaching seventy five years with a charmed life and calls him a steadfast figure in guiding.
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Dude Hunter
Pop Whittler
Large demand for bigger school buildings in western Canada
Population growth across Manitoba Assiniboia Saskatchewan and Alberta drives a push for expanded school facilities. Many new buildings stand half occupied while immigration and rising births support future expansion. Government agents are promoting free homestead laws and railway lands with ads listing agent locations to attract settlers.
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Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
A Dutiful Son
A dialogue from Harlem Life shows a strict father scolding a son about interrupting. The son replies that he was told never to interrupt when the father was reading aloud, highlighting generational tensions and discipline within a household.
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Harlem Life
Allen's Foot-Ease and Kubelik Violinist Noted
Winter Cee Allen's Foot Ease promises relief for foot discomfort cold dampness and chilblains with a powder sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents sample free includes address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York. Jan Kubelik the new violinist draws attention for looks and skill though some note his hair is short for an artist.
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Cee Allen
Allen
Kubelik
Jan Kubelik
Brooklyn Eagle
Garfield Tea and Cure Claims in Awkward Ad Text
An old ad rhetoric promotes Nature's gift Garfield Tea as a health cure for cleansing the system and purifying blood. The passage also includes stray social musings and a random line about a man guessing to knock another man down, all dating to 1900 Minneapolis.
Dropsy treated by Atlanta specialist in ad column
An advertisement from Dr H H Greens ons of Atlanta Ga claims the world’s greatest dropsy specialists are offering treatment. A farm journal notes a local crop issue with a dead quill and about 101 potato bugs found.
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H. H. Green
Christmas Dinner Gone Unate by Indigestion
An odd promotional tale praises Garfield Tea as a universal remedy for stomach liver and bowel issues. The text claims digestion is regulated and the body cleansed, promising long life and health for all ages through this herbal remedy.
Beginning Early and Jealousy Over Secrets
Vermile fears a henpecked future for Doolittle while Brinkerhoff accuses jealousy. Vermilye recalls Miss Nages stating engaged couples should share secrets, a remark that fuels tension in this Brooklyn Eagle excerpt.
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Vermile
Doolittle
Brinkerhoff
Vermilye
Smoothed Teething Aid Endorsed by New York Nurse
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse at the Children's Home in New York. Cure feverishness and teething issues, move bowels, destroy worms. Over 80 000 testimonials. Sold at all druggists for 25 cents. Sampleruts. Address Allen 5S Olmsted LeRoy N. Y.
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New York
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Minister Nears End After Thirty Years Of Preaching
A whispered exchange in a church pew among strangers centered on the length of the minister's tenure. One says about thirty years, the other concludes the pastor must be nearly finished, prompting the stranger to decide to stay.
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Chicago News
Toed the Mark in a Father and Son Exchange
A brief New Orleans Times-Democrat quip features a playful exchange where Tom confesses the joke backfires: he succeeds in making his father toe the mark but admits he himself was the mark.
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Jack
Tom
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Patents Insued Last Week To Northwestern Inventors
A week’s patent activity lists Northwestern inventors including Alvin Buffington of Minneapolis Minnesota for an acetylene gas lamp and Alphonso Doty of Owatonna Minnesota for a jar. Elbert Lansinz of Minneapolis Minnesota is credited for a heating stove or fixture.
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Northwestern
Alvin Buffington
Minneapolis
Minn
Alphonso Doty
Owatonna
Elbert Lansinz
Notice of Redemption Expiration in Emmons County
First publication Jan 3 to Jan 17 notice from Emmons County Auditor Linton ND to T P Herron. Property described is southeast quarter section 136-70 with 11.68 acres, sold for 11.68 for tax year 1897. Redemption cost 835.29 plus service costs. ninety days to redeem from service of notice.
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Nowmar Oee
Emmons
Orvice
Linton
North Dakota
T. P. Herron
Lane ¢ Township
Warship repair funds planned for next fiscal year
It is stated that nine million dollars will be required for repairing our warships during the coming fiscal year.
Bank purchase announced for Oldham Bank transition
Lake Preston D Dec 21. T W Rae of Madison buys the Bank of Oldham and will take possession January 1. Rae has long served as traveling salesman for a Sioux City grocery firm.
Fire destroys new Marshfield church before dedication
A fire in Marshfield Wisconsin gutted the new Methodist church building leaving it almost useless days before its dedication planned for the following Sunday. The structure was reported to be fully insured and the cause was under investigation.
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Marshfield
Wis
M. E
To the Victors, Etc. Feud Over Football Memento Tale
In a chatty sports vignette, Oldfashion notes a piece of the Thanksgiving game foot ball as a memento while Jack Halfback derides the artefact, claiming it is Bob Rusher’s right ear and that the ball ended too damaged to fit in an eye. Brook lyn Ragle adds the sharp quip reflecting the fierce post game banter.
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Mr. Oldfashion
Jack Halfback
Bob Rusher
Brooklyn Ragle
Our Presidents Danger and Unsound Medical Claims
The article warns against presidents mingling with the people and cautions about unknown indigestion medicines. It endorses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe cure for indigestion, biliousness, malaria, and related ailments, urging readers to try it.
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United States
Messages to Teachera in Elementary Schools
A reader provides sample letters teachers received, including a mother opposing physical culture and requests to alter routines. The notes show frustration with exercise, home visits, and illnesses, reflecting parental influence on schooling. The item resembles a brief anecdote from Tit-Bits.
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Frits
Post Office Handy Volume Sells 4.7 Million Copies
The postmaster general reports 4,698,423 Handy Volume stamp books sold last year and demand exceeded supply. The pocket-sized postage aid is described as highly successful and widely used.
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Post Office Department
Hboston Herald
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