First edition of Napoleon book exhausts in England
The first edition of Lord Rosebery’s Napoleon the Last Phase, 10 000 copies, has sold out in England. The Athenaeum criticizes the work as not historical but suited to after dinner speech. A Camden New Jersey man seeking wealth learned to work hard, save, and avoid marriage. Modern science notes Nicaragua canal plans require a waterway nine inches deeper than ocean ships’ drafts to account for fresher lighter water.
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Lord Rosebery
England
Athenaeum
Nicaragua Canal
Ship Vera sinks with Shah’s summer purchases
The Vera sank in a storm in the Caspian Sea taking many purchases and gifts for the Shah of Persia last summer. Among items lost were eighteen carriages bought in Paris. Recovery is deemed impossible as the ship lies at 500 fathoms.
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Persia
Europe
Caspian Sea
Paris
Dalzell Slams French Chamber as Disgraceful Parliament
In the House the other day Representative Dalzell, citing the French Chamber of Deputies, called it the most disgraceful parliamentary body. He argued that for the U S to be a world power, our leaders must practice proper official manners toward other powers.
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Dalzell
Chamber of Deputies
Largest Swiss tree in Melchthal height and girth noted
The largest tree in Switzerland stands in Melchthal on the mountainside at 450 feet high. At its base the circumference is forty feet and twenty six feet at six feet from the ground. A branch is four feet thick and the top diameter reaches eighty four feet. The giant shows signs of age but is healthy.
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Switzerland
Melchthal
Government bonds found in Hermit Smith’s hut near Fletcher Ohio
Forty five thousand dollars in government bonds with coupons attached and running thirty years were found in a chest in a hut occupied by Hermit Ypsilanti Smith who died years ago. He had lived near Fletcher Miami county Ohio for forty years and was known to be penniless. His mind deranged by his wife’s death years ago. Pension vouchers totaling about twenty five hundred dollars were also found untouched.
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Ypsilanti Smith
Fletcher
Miami County
Cat trapped in flywheel at Plymouth Refrigerator plant
In Sheboygan Wisconsin a Maltese cat entered a flywheel rim and was carried for two and a half hours. The wheel, about thirty eight feet in circumference, turned eighty seven times a minute. The car moved roughly ninety three miles. When engines stopped the cat was alive with only a slight limp.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Plymouth Refrigerator Company
Portrait and beer perils in eighteenth century tale
Augustus Hart recalls Sir Thomas Lawrence delaying a portrait of Lady Mexborough until the baby could be brought for another sitting. The baby is in the Guards. Separately, reports warn of arsenic in beer from iron pyrites and sulphuric acid traces, with hundreds of nerve and poisoning cases in Birmingham, Liverpool, Chester, and Salford, signaling broader mineral chemical risks to foods and drinks.
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Augustus Hart
Lord Mexborough
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Lady Mexborough
Birmingham
Liverpool
Chester
Salford
Shark carries Jacksonville surgeon in daring sea episode
The New York Press recounted Dr. Ralph Smith a Jacksonville surgeon who, while bathing with his legs in the surf on the East Coast, was seized by a large shark that swam beneath him forcing him to sit and ride it for about half a minute before the creature submerged in deeper water and he slid off. The ordeal allegedly left him with fearsome hair and whiskers intact.
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New York
Ralph Smith
Jacksonville
Chicago Wife Tries to Speed Divorce by Remarrying Old Flame
A Chicago wife living apart from her husband learned he planned to sue for divorce. She sought out an old sweetheart, agreed to marry him, and then sent $50 to her husband with an urgent request to hurry up the divorce.
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Chicago
Child Saved by Skin Graft After Burns in Matamoras
Four year-old Charles Washer of Matamoras Pennsylvania survived severe burns after surgeons grafted thirty pieces of skin from the arms of two neighbors onto the wound. The operation covered the burned back, aiding recovery and signaling a notable medical achievement for the time.
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Charles Washer
Matamoras
Penn
Farms and gardens update on cultivation and yields
In this up-to-date feature, guidance on soil management, crop choices, and practical yields covers morticulture viticulture and floriculture. It outlines soil preparation, planting schedules, and general farming tips for better productivity.
Worthless Home Fertilizer Formulas Warned By NC College
The North Carolina College of Agriculture warns farmers against buying advertised fertilizer formulas. It exposes a $5 “Home Fertilizer” recipe, noting most ingredients are worthless or prohibited, and top colleges offer better formulas free. The analysis details ingredients like acid phosphate, muriate of ammonia, nitrate of soda, copperas, lime, and new dirt, labeling many as ineffective or harmful for crop growth.
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North Carolina College of Agriculture
Agriculture push in Alaska shows promising cereal and vegetable yields
The Agriculture Department reports Sitka as headquarter base with a Kenai station and Yukon land reservations for experiments. Trials include cereals flax and vegetables, silage, hay from native grasses, and lime treatment to curb soil acidity. Southeastern Alaska and Cook Inlet show oats barley buckwheat and spring wheat with proper drainage. Prof Georgeson endorses Yukon valley potential. Dawson Chamber of Commerce notes wheat barley oats. The department aims to build a substantial agricultural sector to support mining fisheries and lumber.
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Alaska
Secretary of Agriculture
Sitka
Kenai
Cooks Inlet
Yukon
Georgeson
Dawson
Alaska Development Depends on Local Food Production
The passage argues that regional growth relies on sustaining food supplies within Alaska. If all essentials must be shipped from the United States and Canada, development will be slower and less certain than when a sizable share of supplies can be produced locally in the territory.
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United States
Canada
Alaska
Orchard Focus: Cleanups Boost Spraying and Winter Apples
Horticultural notes stress avoiding sod grasses in orchards to preserve tree moisture, with spring cleanup of fallen leaves and debris to destroy overwintering pests. Emphasis on pruning and burning rubbish, and on long keeping winter apples like Ben Davis as profitable investments due to favorable foreign demand after January.
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Ben Davis
Treatment of Bovine Distemper Bulletin 95 Summary
Virginia Experiment Station Bulletin 95 outlines hygienic care for bovine distemper emphasizing fresh air and good digestion, plus symptomatic medicinal therapy. It lists laxatives, diuretics, antipyretics, tonics, salts to start bowels, nitrate of potash for swelling, quinine for fever, iron with tonics for convalescence, steam inhalations, bromide or potash with cannabis tincture for nervous symptoms, iodide of potash, cantharides blister for pneumonia, and cautious use of strychnine. Hygienic care suffices for mild cases. severe symptoms require ongoing treatment as they arise.
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Virginia Experiment Station
Potatoes' brine test links starch to quality findings
The Record quotes Prof B Goff on a brine hydrometer test showing lighter potatoes rise to the top and indicate lower starch and quality. Over two years he tracked light, medium, and heavy tubers, finding surface tubers poorer in quality and deeper ones better. Level culture increases specific gravity. Germany fairs 4000 ass entries near Berlin.
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B. 8. Goff
Developing Native Grasses for Range Rejuvenation
The United States Department of Agriculture reports extensive work by agrostologist F Lamson-Scribner and assistant C L Shear to collect native grasses and forage plants for experimental use. About four tons of seed from roughly 130 varieties were gathered from diverse regions including Silver City New Mexico, aiming to restore depleted western ranges and identify grasses suited to South winter pasturage and high altitude meadows.
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United States Department of Agriculture
F. Lamson-Scribner
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
C. L. Shear
West
Silver City
New Mexico
Proper packing of apples for market in barrels
Guidance from historical industry article urges country shippers to pack apples honestly with uniform sizes, avoid top heavy good fruit and decayed fruit in the middle, use full regulation barrels, place apples stem downward, fill tightly, and ensure good air circulation to prevent bruising and spoilage through warm weather.
Increased Weight of Fleeces in the United States
A writer notes that improved acclimatization feeding management and selective breeding, aided by Merino influence, have raised the average fleece weight from 1.9 lbs in 1840 to 7.21 lbs in 1899. The 1900 US Department of Agriculture reports 41,883,065 sheep in the nation, with Illinois housing 637,719, ranking 23rd among states.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Illinois
A Great Railway Ferry Across Lake Baikal
The Transsiberian route hinges on a British built steam ferry, the Baikal, crossing Lake Baikal in Siberia. Built by Whitworths Newcastle for Russia, it uses three rails on its deck to carry one passenger and two freight trains. The vessel crushes three feet of ice at 13 knots, with bow and stern mechanisms guiding its progress. The Baikal links Baranshiki and Misovaya, though repairs lack a dock, making Russia’s 4,000 mile line dependent on this British design.
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Siberia
Russia
Lake Baikal
London Sphere
English Channel
Dover
Transsiberian Railway
Baranshiki
Misovaya
Baltic
William Armstrong
Baikal
Preferred Lash to Prison Folklore From Fulton
Two young men convicted in Fulton Missouri for stealing clothing chose fifty lashes over jail. The county attorney operatively offered the option, and after a note from the prisoners, Constable Garner applied the lash at the sheriff’s office. Both men bore the punishment and were freed to leave the town.
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Fulton
Garner
Sheriff's Office
Kansas City Journal
The Emperor of China and Court Bride Selection
A description of imperial tea culture and palace rules outlines how tea is grown in a walled garden and prepared with care. It notes that workers must abstain from fish, wear gloves, and bathe thrice daily. It explains that when an emperor reaches marrying age, he may choose from high bred daughters of officials, with presentations at court and parental directives to prepare them.
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China
Man of enviable versatility in Missouri politics and farming
Assemblyman R. W. Maintz of Washington county is described as highly versatile on his letter heads listing memberships in Kansas Medical Society Central Branch Medical Society Southern Missouri Medical Society United States Pension Board roles as president of the board of education and as a farm owner and breeder of livestock including Happy Home farm Admiral Dewey herd hog No 21 809 China swine bronze turkeys and Plymouth Rock chickens.
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R. W. Maintz
Washington County
Kansas Medical Society
Central Branch Medical Society
Southern Missouri, Medical Society
United States Pension Board
Board of Education
Happy Home Farm
Man Shot Through Brain Survives After Accidental Shooting
John Bird of Chattanooga Tenn remains alive after being accidentally shot by a woman. Doctors probed seven and a half inches of the brain from front to back, finding the bullet traversed the brain.
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Braix
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Bird
Oldest Yale Graduate Siliman Dies in Brooklyn Home
Brooklyn Benjamin D. Siliman the oldest Yale College graduate and Brooklyn bar member dies at age ninety six from bronchial pneumonia at his Brooklyn home.
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Brooklyn
Benjamin D. Siliman
Yale College
Anti-Imperialist League Member Faints at Empire Event
A member of the Anti-Imperialist League fainted recently after hearing his wife planned to wear an Empire gown at a function. Eyewitnesses reported a brief collapse but no serious injury.
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Nad Newa
Bacon
Anti-Imperialist League
Egbert
Power of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Asserted
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as stronger than the press in power over disease. It claims the Bitters strengthen the stomach purify the blood cure dyspepsia indigestion and constipation tone the nerves stimulate inactive kidneys and serve as an unmatched appetizer. It urges readers to use the Bitters to get well and stay well.
Diamonds in teeth become useful cutting surface for false teeth
Diamonds once a fad among actresses and actors are being used in dental work as a cutting surface for false teeth. The gems can be positioned invisibly or revealed with a laugh, offering a costly but effective enhancement. Some performers adopt the look to gain stage presence as they flash a diamond when they smile.
Mary E Poole Elected President of Ladies G A R
Mrs Mary E Poole of Whiting Indiana is elected president of the Presidents Association of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. She is praised for veteran service and endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills for Brights disease and kidney disorders, advising 50c per box or 2 50 for a set from local druggists or Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
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Mary E. Poole
Whiting
Ind
Whiting, Ind
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Bright
Dodd
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Unfettered Politencas on a Broadway Car
A laborer on a Broadway streetcar offers his seat to a well dressed woman. She refuses, claiming no deprivation, and he repeats the remark with his hat still tipped. Passengers smile at the exchange as he wonders at the amusement.
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Louisville
Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedies Claim
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from a catarrh inflaming the mucus and Eustachian tube. It claims only constitutional remedies can restore hearing, offers $100 for any catarrh-caused case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and promotes Hall's remedies sold by druggists in Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
P. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Haw Loom Ad Recall Refused Cure for Colds
Fragmentary note from Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a discussion on helium and extreme cold, mentioning Prof. Dewar and a claimed remedy for colds. The garbled OCR repeats a mock advertisement line about Haw Loam and renewing with Hixpyncomne, unclear context.
He Was Right Mr Newlywed and Mrs Newlywed Exchange
A dialogue snippet from the Ohio State Journal presents Mr Newlywed claiming his wife prefers their pet poodle over him. Mrs Newlywed retorts that she would do as much for her husband as for the dog, highlighting domestic humor.
Putnam Face less Dyes Refund Policy Note
Monroe Drug Co announces a 10 cent refund for every package of Putnam Faceless Dyes that fails satisfaction. Includes a garbled poem exchange and assorted ad copy about cures, jokes, and a job notice seeking a permanent general manager for a Minneapolis-based business.
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Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville, Mo
Court Circles Enlivened by England Reception
In England I was enthusiastically received in court circles. The exchange recalls a memorable incident when Bhe is asked about the charge, to which Tit-Bits remarks briefly on the context and reaction.
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England
Wedding Gown Unique and Lovely
A Paris letter to the Philadelphia North American describes a recent wedding at Ste Clothilde. The gown features an ivory velvet train with dull silver rose wreaths and a satin petticoat studded with silver rosebuds in Alencon lace medallions. The dressmaker may attract many Rue de la Paix clients, though this remains unproven.
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Paris
Philadelphia
Church of
Ste. Clothilde
Rue de la Faix
Uncle 8am Arms to buy the best with Carter's Ink
An advertisement style note praising Uncle 8am for seeking quality and choosing Carter's Ink as the best option. It highlights trusted taste and informed purchasing in a compact promotional voice.
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Carter
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors honored with listed patents including Louis G. Clark of Helena for a dust guard for car windows Luther C Farmer of Minneapolis for a kettle or dish cleaner Andrew Olson of Minneapolis for a display rack for piece goods George W Ridler of Minneapolis for a flue cutter Charles Skone of Minneapolis for a dumping box for wagons. Lothrop Johnson tent attorneys based in St Paul Minnesota referenced.
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Northwestern
Louis G. Clark
Helena
Mont
Luther C. Farmer
Minneapolis
Minn
Andrew Olson
Minneaplis
George W. Ridler
Charles Skone
Minneapoolis
Lothrop & Johnson Tent Attorneys
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Whistling Then Thought in School Incident
A boy notes whistling can be quicker than thought after a remark about speed. The tale echoes a wartime chat between a manager and a friend about housing, joking that the war explains the lack of a home. The piece includes a line about White's Yucatan chewing product and a couple of humorous exchanges from Evangelist and Ally Sloper.
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Evangelist
Cauoe
Sloper
Piso's Cure Proves Best Medicine For Throat And Lung Ailments
O ENDSLEY of Vanburen Indiana testifies on February 10 1900 that Piso's Cure is the best medicine ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.
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Piso
O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
Barriers to Education and Hazing Warned
An Indianapolis Journal piece notes a parent fearing college would overstrain a delicate son and contemplates regulated study to prevent overwork while hazing remains a risk. The column also mentions a health caution about drinking water and praises Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frutti as a substitute.
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Indianapolis Journal
Simmons-Household Tales of Accident and Policy
A witty line from Smart Set notes Simmons recounts meeting his wife by accident while quipping about whether he carried an accident policy at the time. The remark blends humor on fate and insurance in a casual social exchange.
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Simmons
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E. W. Grove
Ohio State Journal
Insurance Exchange
Yucatan
Security
Land of
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Interior
Ottawa
W. Ritchie
Graft
Dept
Kory Bieter
Reliable Incubator & Breeder Co
Quincy, Ill
Wwe
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Dex Rm
Tauetn
Kiedy
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