Chicago Invitation Declined by Sir Wilfrid Laurier
W Fitzpatrick returns from Ottawa with news that Sir Wilfrid Laurier declines attending Chicago’s October corner stone ceremony for the great post office. He cites harsh press on Alaska boundary and fears of mistreatment, though agrees to reconsider the invitation with the governor general.
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Gaga
Chicago
Washington
W. Fitzpatrick
Treasury Department
Ottawa
Ont
Committee of Citizens of
McKinley
Governor General
Cabinet
Canada
Fitzpatrick
United States
Henry Ives Cobb
Associated Press
Wilfrid Quarier
Wilfrid
Witzpatrick
Sir Wilfrid
Gold Standard Legislation Seen for Next Congress
H. H. Hanna, chairman of the Monetary Convention executive committee, states after meetings in Narragansett Pier and Atlantic City that the Senate Finance Committee is aligned with the caucus bill. He expects important gold standard legislation during the next session of Congress and expresses satisfaction with the outlook.
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Hanna
Congress
Indianapolis
H. H. Hanna
Senate Finance Committee
Narragansett Pier
House
Atlantic City
Senate
Nothing the Matter With Goats Goes Unchanged Says Official
Washington August 6 Dr Salmon head of the bureau of animal industry states that goat meat sold as mutton in western cities raises no immediate danger. He notes the law lacks goat inspection but believes goats are usually healthy animals and expect little risk from consuming goat meat.
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Washington
Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
Milburn Senate chaplain recovers from sunstroke
Lincoln Neb Aug 5 Rev W H Milburn the chaplain of the United States Senate, who suffered sunstroke Thursday, passed a fairly comfortable night and showed improvement yesterday morning. He has left for home.
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Lincoln, Neb
W. H.milburn
United States Senate
Oglesby’s Endless Europe Breaks Down Holy Land Tale
A Chicago Tribune anecdote from Franc LB Wilkiw describes ex governor Oglesby failing to reach The Holy Land in a lecture. Invited to speak in an Illinois country town, he extolled Europe for hours, drawing bigger crowds each night, before finally admitting the Holy Land remained untouched as the clock neared 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Holy Land
Oglesby
Wilkiw
Illinois
Jim
Sid
Europe
Holy Land
Egypt
The
Nile
Chicago Tribune
Sam Houston and His Corns Tells of Senate Whittling
Professor Hiram Carson recalls a playful reporter anecdote about Sam Houston. In the U S Senate gallery, Houston endures painful feet from oversized boots as he unlaces, removes a blue woolen stocking, and calmly whittles coins with a jackknife during idle moments.
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Hiram Carson
Cornell University
United States Senate
Sam Houston
Senator Houston
Senate of the
United States
Dean's Ointment Promised Quick Skin Relief Cure
Ekezema scald head hives and itching instantly relieved by Dean's Ointment. Available at any drug store, Em mert & Burrell.
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Dean
Emmert & Burrell
Edinburgh To Reach 300000 Population Soon
At the present rate of increase the population of Edinburgh now 295,628 will reach the 300,000 mark in less than two years.
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Edinburgh
Group Instantly-Relieved Oil Promotes Safe Relief
An advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Relectric Oil as instantly relieving distress and perfectly safe. It claims universal availability at any drug store with retailers Merlt & Burrell listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Limmert & Burrell
Baltimore Census Anticipates Large Negro Population
Baltimore is projected to have the largest black population of any city in Christendom with an expected tally around 125000 in the upcoming census. The figure highlights Baltimore’s growing demographic presence and urban diversity.
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Baltimore
Christendom
Burdock Blood Bitters Promised Health Boost
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as giving a clear head an active brain and a strong vigorous body making men fit for the battle of life from Enmmert and Burrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdock
Enmmert & Burrell
Vegetables and health benefits touted in old column
A vintage health note claims vegetables provide essential fresh air like benefits. They cool and purify the blood and add necessary acid to the body, emphasizing their role in daily well being.
No such thing as summer complaint kept by Dr Fowler
An old advertisement claims Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry is always handy for bowel looseness. It presents Nature's remedy as a universal cure and attributes the remedy to Emmert & Burrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clana Avonusta
Mary J. Tionnes
Jennie Jiarlan
Moore
Rudyard Kiplina
State secrets told why Dewey sailed from Trieste
Paris reports the Austrian government asked Admiral Dewey to explain remarks about a future U S war with Germany and England. Dewey denied nothing and left Trieste sooner than planned amid mixed receptions.
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Paris
Libre Parole
Admiral Dewey
United States
Germany
England
Dewey
Trieste
London
Berlin
the Standard
Komische Zeitung
Austria
Spain
Hazleton
DeBlowitz
St. Petersburg
M. Delcasse
M. DeBlowitz
Times
Nicholas
Michael
Constantinople
Czarewitch
Hague
Darmstadt
Johannesburg
The
Transvaal
South African League
Kruger
Secret Service Department
Bloemfontein
All Signs Are Good New Trade Volume Report
Bradstreet reports unprecedented midsummer trade strength with heavy bank clearings higher railroad earnings and manufacturing activity in iron and steel woolen goods footwear and cotton goods. Prices largely stay firm except food products while fall demand opens with strong shipments. Business failures in the U S for the week total 156.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet's
United States
Olympia Arrives at Naples with All Well on Board
United States cruiser Olympia entered Naples harbor this morning. The crew is reported as all well as the visit begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Naples
United States
Olympia
Noahs Ark No 96 Menagerie with twelve pairs
A fragment notes Noahs Ark item No 96 describing a menagerie comprising 12 pairs. The readable text presents a catalog style entry likely from a puzzle or toy set. No further context or dates are available in the surviving OCR.
London’s underground network spans vast utility routes
The city’s subsurface system comprises 34 000 miles of telegraph wires 3 003 miles of sewers 4 530 miles of water mains and 3 200 miles of gas pipes, illustrating the extensive hidden infrastructure beneath London.
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London
Allen's Foot-Ease Increases Comfort For Gloves And Shoes
A lady reports using Allen's Foot-Ease in gloves to absorb perspiration and protect gloves. The powder also eases tight new shoes, keeps feet cool and comfortable, and is sold by drug and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Adress Allen S. Omlsted
le Roy
N.Y
Locations For Business Growth In Farming Villages
Opportunities overlooked, chances for business in small farming communities surround a growing village. Ideal for young men with capital to invest and build profits. Tulways list General Mosse hardware and implements blacksmiths lumber yards and staple lines. Free advice from W. d. Reed Industrial Agent Chicago Great Western R'y 604 Endicott Ble St. Paul Minn.
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W. d. Reed
Chicago
Great Western R’y
Endicott
St. Paul Minn
Race Meeting at Nutwood Driving Park Dubuque Iowa
The Chicago Great Western Ry offers a one fare round trip for this Nutwood Driving Park Club race meeting in Dubuque Iowa from Aug 28 to Sept 2. Tickets go on sale Aug 27 and are valid to Sept 4. Inquiries to any CGW agent or F H Lord at 113 Adams St Chicago.
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Nutwood Driving Park Club
Dubuaque
Iowa
Chicago
Chicago Great Western Ry
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams St
L A W Excursion to Boston by Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road offers round trip excursion tickets from Chicago to Boston and return on August 11 and 12. Fares are 19.00, with return validity to August 31 if deposited with Agent Fitchburg R R in Boston. Sleeping car accommodations should be secured early. General Agent address: 111 Adams St Chicago.
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Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Fitchburg R. R
Adams St
Homeseeker's Excursions on Select Chicago Great Western Dates
Homeseeker's tickets go on sale June 20 and on July 4 18 August 1 11 September 5 19, offering one fare plus 200 dollars round trip to southern western and northwestern points. Tickets valid twenty one days from sale. For details on homeseeker's points rates train times call Maple Leaf Route agents or write H Lord Gen Pass Ticket Agent 118 Adams St Chicago.
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Homeseeker
Chicago Great Western Ry
Maple Leaf
H. Lord
Gen
Adams St
Chicago
Travel offer to Boston by Nickel Plate Road with return
A passenger fare of 19.00 to Boston and return via Nickel Plate Road on August 11th and 12th. Return by August to arrive at the starting point no later than that date. General Agent at 111 Adams St Chicago offers details and sleeping car accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Adams St
Chicago
Colorado Tourist Rates via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Ry
Colorado tourist rates via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway go on sale June 1 to September 15 with return validity until October 31 at a very low rate. Stopovers allowed at certain points. For information contact J. B. Sweatt agent.
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Colorado
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
J. B. Sweatt
Harvest excursion tickets offered at greatly reduced round trip rate
On August 1 and 15 and September 5 and 19 the C M and St P Ry sells harvest excursion tickets to nearly all western points for one fare plus two dollars round trip. Agent 72nd J B Sweatt announces the sale.
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J.B. Sweatt
Cheap Rates South For Homeseekers And Settlers
On the first and third Tuesdays through October the Southern Railway offers low one way and round trip tickets to Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Florida. Homeseekers tickets are one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip, valid twenty one days from sale. For illustrated matter rates and details contact Ws tf Taynor A G P A Lentsville Ky J C Beau Jr NW PB A 80 Adams St Chicago Ills.
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Southern Railway
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Southeastern
United States
Taynor
Wheelmen's Excursion to Boston by Nickel Plate Road
Wheelmen plan an excursion to Boston and return by Nickel Plate Road at 19 dollars for the round trip. Tickets go on sale August 11 and 12 with good return to reach the starting point by August 31. Deposits are needed with Agent Fitchburg R R and two through vestibuled sleeping trains run daily to Boston from Chicago depot Van Buren Street and Pacific Ave on the Loop.
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Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Fitchburg R. R
Chicago
van Buren Street
Pacific
Excursion Tickets Offered Across Chicago Great Western
Daily sales at all stations for trips to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Glenwood Springs Colorado Low rates apply through any Maple Leaf route agent For full details contact F H Lord General Passenger and Ticket Agent 113 Adams St Chicago prompt message dated 6 14 dm fwt9 30
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Maple Leaf
F. H. Lord
Gen. Pass. & Tkt
Adams St
Chicago
War Album of the Spanish-American War panorama
A promotional notice for a war book titled Spanish-American War Panorams and Greater America. It highlights vivid scenes of officers, troops, camp life, hospital arrangements, Red Cross heroines, Havana and Santiago street views, and new U.S. citizens. The album measures 5 8 by 8 inches, weighs 12 ounces, priced at 12 cents, and available via Warren J. Lynch of the Big Four Route in Cincinnati, with limited editions and mail order.
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Greater
America
Red Cross
Havana
Santiago
Uncle Sam
United States
Canada
Mexico
Warren J. Lynch
Big Four
Cincinnati
Ohio
Special Reduced Rates To Western Points By Rail
The C M and St P Ry Co offers second class tickets to western points via Great Northern and Northern Pacific routes at greatly reduced rates. Details available at the local ticket office. Secure the figures if planning a trip west this season. J B Swett local agent
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
J. B. Swett
Lédwtf
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Rev. Milburn
Ursrnia
Saul
Tim
Blowitz
Czar
Cain
Dreyfus
Anti
Bradstreet
Diaz
Mount
Indiana
Central
Minas
Pana, Ills
Fargo
N. D
Arbuckles
Scholars’ Companion
Express
Arbuckies
Expresa
AT i & Buckles
Buckles
Percy Moran
Paul de Longpre
Sizu
Pers of Arbuckles
Morocco
Post-Pnard
Sene Post
Aararare
No.co
Arbuckle Bros
Arbuckle &Ros
Notion Dept
New York City
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