Plans for school bath facilities in Indiana cities
Reports note Indiana districts in South Bend Elkhart and Mishawaka are drafting plans to equip school buildings with bathing facilities while unrelated items discuss US cable sales to Glasgow, opposition to altering the Philadelphia president’s residence, and commentary on Pacific athletic competition and early electric canal travel.
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Indiana
South Beni
Elkhart
Mishawka
Glasgow
Pension Increase for Mrs Gridley Wife of Capt Gridley
Capt Groulleyts Webher ADM advances in Congress for higher pension for Mrs Anne Gridley mother of Capt Charles Gridley who served aboard the Olympia at Manila. Though aged she long worked as Land Office clerk. pension plus $20 monthly nurse service kept her from need. Now unable to work. The Providence Journal notes a future when most homes have telephones.
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Groulleyts Webher
Congress
Anne Gridley
Charles V. Gridley
Manila
Land Office
There Are No Pockets in a Shroud Poem Note
An excerpt from the Dover Post laments wealth's vanity and worldly gain. It echoes moral warnings about riches vs. eternal life, warning that death leaves no pocket space for money. The piece frames social critique with religious imagery and a somber tone.
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Earth
Heaven
Tlaye
Ntuy
Porget
Douver
Mary Fairchild Faces Change as Career Opens in West
Mary Fairchild, struggling with debts after her husband Faribird’s death, leaves home to take a department store job in a Western city. She rises from lace counter clerk to head of lace department, then purchaser, amid workplace friction and an unwanted admirer, Mr Mullen, who schemes to humiliate her.
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Mary Fairchild
Washington
Mary
Mrs. Fairchild
Bairchild
Fairchilds
Ince
Buatshe
Toorwalker
Mr. Bray
Mr. Harper
Miss Fairchild
Mullen
Miss Pairchild
Five Ways to Reach Bolivia and the Coming Rail Link
A historical article outlines five routes into Bolivia and envisions future growth. It details Antofagasta, Arica, Mollende, and riverine uppaths via the Amazon Madeira, plus a southern Argentine corridor. It predicts faster travel as railway links expand, reducing six weeks to four days from Buenos Aires and opening Europe to Bolivia.
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Bolivia
Antofagasta
Oraro
la Paz
Arica
Tacna
Mollende
Arequipa
Puno
Lake Titicaca
Amazon
Argentina
Salta
Jajury
Cochbamba
Potosi
Buenos Ayres
Pletty
Europe
When Lyddite Is Harmless in Defense Works
The statements on lyddite shells are intriguing. They note strong destructive effects when hitting rock but harmless results on earth or sand. Likely the authors will use this finding to shape defenses with barbed wire and entanglements to make fortifications practically impregnable when manned by determined, well armed forces.
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Yous Renin
Lome
Sone
Pacific
Chatus
New York
How the Miners Secured Wages in Wickes Montana
A tale of the 1888 kidnapping of banker and miner A J Seligman near Wickes Montana. Miners seized him over wage disputes, a relief plan involved wires to New York, and his wife crossed mountains to pay the ransom. Seligman later praised by crowds in Helena for the daring rescue.
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Helena
Montana
A. J. Seligman
New York
Rea
Rocky Mountain
Seligman
Gregory
Wickes
Rocky Mountains
Jesse Seligman
J. & W. Seligman
New York City
Mr. Seligman, Sr
J. OC. Barclay
Chicago
New Bridge Hero Saves Father and Child Near Lawrenceburg
Frank Gaines and his young child narrowly escaped a fatal plunge on a 200 foot long Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern trestle near Lawrenceburg Indiana. As a train barreled around a curve he leapt to a crossbeam two feet from danger and steadied himself to shield the child before the locomotive passed. He collapsed afterward from relief and exhaustion.
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Frank Gaines
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Gaines
Arvins
The Merry Slide of Life and The Notions of Duty
A collage of humorous snippets and cartoons from the era, presenting witty exchanges and gender role quips. Characters wander through social scenes aboard a streetcar and in mock dialogues about work, intellect, and propriety. The piece captures vaudeville style humor and late 19th to early 20th century newspaper sensibilities.
Amalgam Iron Zinc Metal Resists Salt Water Deterioration
A Kiel based study finds iron zinc amalgam best resists seawater corrosion among ship building metals. Cornell lab tests reveal an aluminum zinc alloy matches cast iron in strength while offering greater elasticity and easier melting, enabling liquid casting and better mold filling.
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Kiel
Sibley Laboratory
Cornell University
General Lawtons Bravery Amid Tuberculosis Struggle
General Lawton faced tuberculosis and lung suffering yet kept it secret from most. He believed his life short and hoped to die in battle if fate allowed. Professor Worcester notes his bravery went beyond fearlessness as he accepted risk to direct every movement. Lord Roberts learns of his son's death at Travelers Club, then seeks the tape and exits in silence.
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Trish
Robert Blakeney
Britannia
Burrows
Dublin
Bristol
Rabber
Bristol Channel
Lawton
Philippines
Worcester
Philippine Commission
Manila
Chicago Record
Boba
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Travelers’ Club
Bobs
Roberts
Lily of the Valley Named Poison by German Papers
The Boston Traveller reports that lilies of the valley, praised for fragrance and beauty, are deemed dangerous by German papers due to prussic acid in stalks and flowers. Sap contact can cause swelling and pain, and discarded flowers may kill birds and young fowls.
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Boston
Rubber Shod Cart Horse Sparks Chicago City Notice
A carr etto horse in downtown Chicago and the North Side now wears rubber shoes to prevent slipping. The Anti Cruelty Society initiated the shod effort, with mothers pushing to provide all carette horses citywide with rubber footwear.
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Chicago
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Phoenix
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William Petzel
Meis
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Keener
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New England
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Mass
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Tam
Slumper
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George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Detroit Free Press
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Keelal
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