Battleships Now at Peruvian Port Callao
Hon John Barrett provides data on Callao the port Lima the capital and Peru in response to public interest as the battleship squadron arrives at Callao Callao handles about half of Peru’s foreign trade with over 1000 vessels yearly and a bustling harbor with modern docks and a lighthouse on the Palominos group Lima lies nine miles inland at 5060 feet with electric trolley lines and a new Columbus Avenue skyline reflecting Europe’s influence while Peru’s status as a transcontinental republic with a Pacific coast of 1000 miles is noted.
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John Barrett
International Bureau of the American Republics
Callao
Lima
Peru
Publc
South America
Pacific
Valparaiso
Chile
Havre
Took of
Holland
San Lorenzo
Palominos
Mexico
Europe
America
Spain
Pizarro
Jerima
Panama
Buenos Aires
Columbus Avenida
Columbus
de Lesseps
Colon
Junin
Ayacucho
Oregon Land Grants Under Senate Discussion
Washington report: the Senate debates a resolution authorizing the Attorney General to sue to enforce terms of federal land grants in Oregon and other grants from 1870. Officials anticipate hundreds of millions at stake as railroads withhold lands from settlement, and the move faces procedural questions before calendar action.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Oregon
Senate
Fulton
Committee On Judiciary
Department
Teyburn
Attoney General
Congress
Portland
Ontario
McMinnville
Ore
United States
Poulton
Vilingin
Pacific Coast
Foraker
Gallinger
Peru’s ascent as a regional power and trade hub
The article extols Peru as a rising commercial center with inland Iquitos reachable by river steamers, extensive natural resources beyond minerals, and government support for railroads and foreign investment. It notes Peru’s size, climate diversity, the Oroya railway, Lake Titicaca, and the Harvard observatory, asserting future growth as rail links connect Amazonia to the Pacific and position Peru as a key South American factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Iquitos
Quitos
Amazon
Manaos
New York
Europe
Colombia
Caribbean
Atlantic
Pacific
New York State
Henry Meiggs
Pacific Ocean
Andes
South America
Lion and the Mouse at the Grand Tonight
The Lion and the Mouse, Henry B. Harris presents tonight at the Grand, is an American drama focused on political and legislative corruption by moneyed interests. Charles Klein wrote the play, with Harris recognizing its timely relevance, and the production is drawing considerable attention in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Harris
Charles Klein
Trenty
Harris
America
Was She to Blame? Plays by Jed Carlton at Grand
Jed Carlton has assembled an excellent company for the play Was She to Blame. The ensemble features artists far above the ordinary, delivering a strong performance at the Grand Opera House with both matinee and evening shows Friday.
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Gat
Jed Carlton
Grand Opera House
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised by Manilla carpenter
Suffering and dollars saved says iH Lopez of Manilla New York. A carpenter he reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve heals severe cuts and saved him pain and costs. It also treats burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles. 5e at Joseph Emuinert’s druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Lopez
Manilla
N. Y
Joseph Emuinert
Libraries in the Schools Editorial Endorsement
The Chicago Record-Herald urges cooperation between public libraries and schools and notes Freeport and Boston examples. It discusses school library boards creating night and day sub stations for book circulation and reading rooms, linking them to schools to attract youth, reduce street amusements, and broaden teacher guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Chicago Record-Herald
Boston
Chicago
Mi O na stomach tablets advertised as a cure all
The ad promotes Mi O Na stomach tablets for digestion and general debility claiming reliable relief and a full guarantee. It cites headaches nervousness coated tongue and other symptoms from weak digestion and notes Win P P Jungkunz guarantees refund if not effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miona
Win
Jungkunz
Polo Man Dead
Aaron Folk a Polo resident aged 55 died on Monday He was well known in Polo and had many acquaintances in Freeport His family often visited Freeport making him familiar to many here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Folk
Polo
Mr. Folk
Freeport
Piles Remedy Ad Promotes Man Zan Put Up in Tube
An advertisement touts Man Zan Put up in a collapsible tube with nozzle to treat piles without painful surgery. Suitable for all forms of piles, priced at 50 cents, sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goa
Man Zan
H. J. Moogk
C. P Guenther
Eight Hour Law Hearing In House Committee
Washington reports a House subcommittee hearing on a Gardner introduced bill to limit daily work for federal laborers and mechanics to eight hours. American Anti-Boycott representative Charles Davenport heatedly opposed. he argued the bill would strip workers of overtime rights and force employers to recruit more workers. Davenport cited a court ruling warning against such legislation as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Freeport
House of Il Fame
Timots
Washington
House Committee On Dator
Gardner
United States
Chariel Davenport
Bridgeport
Coum
American Anti-Boycott Association
Davenport
Aldrie currency bill under fire in senate debate
In Washington Pet. 19 the Aldrie currency bill faced opposition in a long senate speech by Stone. The criminal code revision bill was discussed for hours. Bourellilo spoke to the house on the Cutman issue and filing activity was light. The next census bill and a pension bill processing were still on the adjourned agenda.
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Washington
Pet
Aldrie
Senate
Stone iMoo
United States
House
Bourellilo
LSE
Bills Introduced in House Include Rural Carrier Pay Rise
In Washington clashes over postal costs and veteran employment surfaced as lawmakers introduced bills to raise rural mail carrier pay by a month and to make Confederate veterans eligible for rural carrier roles where they reside. The package also included appropriations for a survey related to a ship canal project near Lake Michigan and mentions Benton Harbor on Lake Erie.
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Washington
Meh
Simone
House
Lake Michigan
Poledo
Lake Frie
Leopold Decorates Gfibbonos in Grand Cross Award
Betetum ruler King Leapold confers the grand cross of the Hovad Order of the Crown to Raltingeres Uebo W.o-King for notable services to the eec ap bestianity and tumaulty. The avordd appears in the record with the award symbol and remarks.
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Leopold
Gfibbonos
Raltingeres
Uebo
Leapold of
Betetum
Hovad Order of the Crown
Mark
Mrs Fesser Leads Illinois State Tree and Flower Drive
Mrs James C Fesler of Rochelle led a statewide pupil vote to designate Illinois state tree and flower. Results show the native oak with 21987 votes as state tree and the violet with 16583 votes as state flower, reflecting widespread school participation and enthusiasm.
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Rochelle
State Tree and Flower
James
Illinois
James C. Fesler
Tliavis
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tinois
C. E. Joiner
Rec
Sec
Fesler
M.D. Hathaway
Susan Cass
Josephine Barker
Trinois
Prizes at Poultry Show in Chicago Event
At the national poultry show in Chicago birds from Canada New Hampshire Massachusetts California and other states displayed seventy Cornish fowls regarded as the best in America. Huey Templeton Victor Co led with fourteen birds winning eleven of twenty three regular prizes and twelve specials. American bred birds won 40 percent more prizes than all other American birds in the classes.
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DeKalb, CL
Chicago
Canada
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
California
America
Huey-Templeton Victor Co
Will Templeton
Amity Anniversary Tea Brings Aid and Honorary Members
Blizzard kept many Amity society members from the anniversary tea hosted at Mrs. T. H. Fol listear's home. Yet those who attended paid tribute with a silver offering as the year's report noted more assistance to poor families and a strengthened influence for good, with several honorary members present.
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Amity
Amity Society
T. H. Follistear
Neighborhood Favorite Electric Bitters praised locally
Mrs EK D Charles of Harbor Maine hails Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite. The tonic relieves dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints nervousness weakness and general debility. It acts as a blood purifier and serves as spring medicine sold with guarantees at Joseph Emmert's drug store for 50 cents.
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EK. D. Charles
Harbor, Maine
Electric Bitters
Wuarantes
Joseph Emmert
This Date in History: Copernicus Born and Key Events
A compact timeline notes Copernicus born in 1473 and died in 1543, with additional events: American Congress commissions five major generals in 1777, New York cedes western lands in 1780, British flag over Corsica in 1798, Ohio statehood, 1864 Confederate Congress in Richmond, Magruder dies in Houston, 1874 Panama fire damages the business section, and a 1900s trade dollar retirement bill passage.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
New York
United States
Corsica
Ohio
Richmond
Ist
John B. Magruder
Houston
Texas
Virginia
Panama
Congress
Birthday tribute to Bishop Gallagher and early life
Rt. Rev. Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher, bishop of Galveston Texas, was born February 19 1846 in Belmont County Ohio. He studied at Mt St Marys Seminary Cincinnati and was ordained on Christmas Day. He served as assistant priest at St Patrick Columbus and later as president of St Aloysius Seminary Columbus until 1878.
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Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher
Galveston
Texas
Belmont County
Ohio
Cincinnati
Mt. St. Mary's Seminary
TSGS
St. Patrick’s Church
Columbus
St. Aloysius Seminary
St. Patrick's Church
Appointment and rise of Father Gallagher to bishopric
In January ISS2 Father Gallagher was named bishop of Canopus and administrator of Galveston diocese with consecration scheduled in April that year. Ten years later he became bishop of Galveston, marking a notable progression in his ecclesiastical career.
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Father Gallagher
Canopus
Galveston
Resolutions by Freeport Union Mourn Member Edward Burkhart
Local 195 Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers expresses sorrow over the death of Edward Burkhart. The resolution offers sympathy to his wife and prays for strength until their reunion in the afterlife. Committee members Julius Bausher, Jor Gakey, William Arndt, and George Enler sign.
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Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
Freeport
Edward Burkhart
Local 195
Julius Bauscher
Jor Gakey
William Arndt
George EnLer
Ring's Little Liver Pills Offer Liver Boost and Skin Clarity
Advertisement notes Ring's Little Liver Pills to awaken sluggish livers, purify the system, and clear skin. Claims relief from biliousness and sick headaches. Price set at 25 cents. Sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
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Ring
H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Bargain Offer on Coats From Scumror Wachtlin and Pfeiffer
A plainspoken ad promotes discounted coats with prices like 20.00 now 14.00 18.00 on sale and 35.00 reduced to 10.80 from Scumror Wachlin and Pfeiffer. Local shop details appear unclear but the emphasis is on limited time savings.
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Scumror, Wachlin & Pfeiffer
Lidlw
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Tite
the Grand
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Mrs. Fesser
Bishop Gallagher
Ana
Kuehner
the Majestic
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