Origin of the Red Cross and Henri Dunant
Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross Society of Geneva, created an ambulance corps after the Battle of Solferino. Awarded a Nobel prize, he spent his fortune supporting Red Cross organizations while war opponents, including Nobel, sought to prevent conflict. Five years ago he fell ill and required hospital aid, a relief subscription led by Empress Elizabeth of Russia.
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Henri Dunant
Battle of Solferino
France
Red Cross Society of
Geneva
Battle of
Solferino
Europe
United States
Dunant
Red Cross
Nobel
Tive
M. Henri Dunant
Russia
Philippine Units of Sale Explained by French Consul
The French consul in Manila explains key points of the Philippine weight and measure system. Units include the pleul at 129.4674 pounds, the picul split into 100 cates, and grain sold by cavan equals 68.1 quarts. Other measures cover ganta chupas aptanes and the quintal for ramie and tobacco, plus tinaja jars and indigo case grades with specified pound ranges.
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Manila
Phillippine Islands
United States
Gold Dredging in the Urals and Siberian efforts
The article notes long running placer work in the Ural and Siberia with rare dredging attempts below surface water. It highlights heat shoveling by peasants, the introduction of New Zealand and American dredges in West Siberia, and reports the New Zealand unit showing success in 1900. It transitions to unrelated advertisements and generic quotes.
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Urals
Ural
Siberia
Amoor
United States
Mariinsk
West
New Zealand
Growth of urban population drives sanitation reform
A Medical Record essay argues cities attract people from rural areas and must be made healthier through hygiene, water, drainage, and curb on noise. It cites C M Robinson on urban improvement, Paris and Berlin reforms, and calls for aesthetic city planning and stronger civic action to reduce disruptive sounds and improve living conditions.
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Medical Record
C. M. Robinson
Paris
Napoleon III
Baron Hausmann
Berlin
Kaiser
London
Great Britain
Europe
How a Sensational Newspaper Shapes Youth
A Century editor laments early news consumption by children, noting sensational papers push youth toward speed over literacy, threaten virtue, and even help spawn criminal tendencies. The piece calls for decentering sensationalism and promoting decent newspapers magazines and books for youth.
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McKinley
A Musical Staircase Invented with Musical Steps
A staircase that plays tunes as it is walked, with pins pressed by feet to trigger gongs drums and other chambers that blow trumpets. The note mentions social gossip about a woman in a raglan causing jealous remarks from her sisters as cited by the Washington Post.
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Washington Post
Remarkable Case Suits Curative Compound Credibility
A London physician dismisses Vogeler's Curative Compound as rubbish, yet Mrs. Nettleton credits it with saving her life after years of dyspepsia, liver and kidney troubles. She details initial relief, a relapse, and renewed cure, praising the product and its makers the St Jacobs Oil Co of Baltimore. Cod head protection note closes the piece.
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Vogeler
St. Jacobs Oil
London
Swinbank
St. Jacobs Oil Co
Clay St
Baltimore
Nettleton
Brighton Road
Biggest Ranch in Texas Embraces Panhandle Across Counties
The X I T Ranch in the Panhandle claims the title of the largest in Texas. It covers nearly 3,000,000 acres across seven sections, with telephoned links to headquarters and foremen in charge. It operates with industrial precision, running over 106,000 cattle. Its pasture fence spans 210 miles one way and 25 miles the other, totaling about 5,000 square miles. Land parcels have been sold recently as valuations rose from 50 cents an acre to roughly four times that amount.
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Panhandle
Texas
Southern Pacific plans big rolling stock expansion
The Southern Pacific reports year to date gains with 103 locomotives and 5,000 freight cars secured. To meet rising freight traffic driven by Texas oil development, the line will buy 75 more locomotives and additional tank cars, with contracts for 600 tank cars already let.
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Southern Pacific
Texas Oil Field
Kruttschnitt
Toledo Firm Oath on Catarrh Cure Deal Offer
Franx J Onexey swears as senior partner of F J Curxey & Co Toledo that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each incurable caramit case not cured by Hants Catarin Cure. Notary A W Gurason certifies on December 6 1836. Also ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
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Starx
Onto
Crrr
TonEno
Lucas County
Franx J. Onexey
F. J. Curxey & Co
Toledo
Frank J. Chesley
Beal
A. W. Gurason
Hall
F. J. Dunny & Co
Fair Sox
Physician Endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Lansing Michigan physician extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female disorders including ovarian troubles and womb healing. He claims cures for barrenness and urges accepting no substitute while warning of a $5000 forfeit if not genuine. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to sick women via address in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Wanata
Lansing
Mich
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Wanarta
Lydia £. Pinkham
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Origin OF the Red Cross
Kline
B.H. Krin
Arch St
Phila
Tamsure Pino
Tuomas
Maple St
Norwich
Ayer
Chas E. Hartman
Gibbstown, N. Y
Lowell
Cleveland Leader
Railway Gazette
Anonher
Eixteen
Denver Times
Newfoundland and Labrador
Norway
Brooklyn
N. Y
H. H. Gweny
Sona
Atlanta
Moran
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chica
Poxxuam
Capsicum
Cheesebrough Manufacturing CO
State Street
New York City
H. B. Oxlen
Atlante
Louisville
New York
N.Y
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