A Grandfather's Manila Adventure and a Filipino Clerk
The narrator recalls his grandfather, a New Bedford sailor turned Manila trader, who befriended a Filipino clerk named Juan Aguado. After a buffalo encounter, Aguado saves the grandfather's life, then departs unexpectedly. Years later a rebellion leader Luiz Barcea draws a 40000 Mexican dollar reward, drawing the grandfather into a pivotal, perilous pursuit involving Spanish authorities.
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Pacife
Manila
New Bedford
New York
Philippines
Sandy Hook
Pasig River
Juan Aguado
Aguado
Grandfather Aguado
Topia
Nickly
Juan
Theuilding
Dea
Senor
Escape of a Rebel Chief Across the Harbor
Luiz Berceo confronts Captain General Xavier Marcia demanding a $40,000 head price paid in Bank of Spain notes. He is allowed escape on a ship after grandfather devises a plan to smuggle him to Hongkong aboard the John Dorset with Captain Higgins. Aguado, his former clerk, later recounts the pursuit and escape tale to the grandfather.
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Juiz Bercio
Luiz Barcea
Manila
Islands
Jeader
Xavier Maroia
Berceo
Senor
Marcia
Bank of Spain
Sonor
Borceo
Juan Aguado
Juan
Aguado
Sanor
Beroeo
Grandfather
Don Xavier Marcia
Maino
Hongkong
Cnan
Luiz Beroco
John Dorset
Aquado
Sampan
Captain Higgins
Luiz Bareso
Corregidor
Wongkong
Homvu
Detroit
Praga
Obviously Innocent in Court Confrontation
A prisoner declares innocence to his accusers in court. He remarks that his alleged accomplice is tall and claims he himself is tall too. He quips that robbery is always done by a short and a tall man, criticizing police for not spotting the obvious.
Don t Fall to Pieces in Installment Clothes Joke
A quip from New York Weekly contrasts shopper De Sharpe and seller De Smarte about buying clothes on installments. De Sharpe jokes that merchants push items meant to last only until payments finish.
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de Smarte
de Sharpe
New York Weekly
Training Horses to Jump in Italian Cavalry Schools
Maxine Ghoti reports from Paris on Italian cavalry training that uses Irish and mountain-bred horses to negotiate steep declivities and eight to ten meter high bluffs. The piece outlines rider technique, grip, and the principle that the horse jumps with the rider’s legs, urging calm, decisive impulse and reliance on the horse’s instincts over hesitation.
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Rowny
Nestre
Paris
Maxine Ghoti
Quail Crop in the South Described as Generous
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports a bountiful quail season across the south from Maryland to Florida. North Carolina areas excel, and expected next year's supply may grow further. Wet conditions in Virginia and the Carolinas slightly marred trips, but southern hospitality and strong hunting success prevail.
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Maryland
Florida
North Carolina
Yiz
Virginia
Carolinna
New York
Sports at the Paris Exposition of 1900 Section
A Paris correspondent reports Paris 1900 Exposition plans give top prominence to sports. The independent section, with ten classes Athletics gymnastics fencing shooting horse racing bicycling motor cars boating life saving ballooning, will host an international doctors committee to study exercise effects. Headquarters at the Bastille Vincennes with existing race course and bicycle track.
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Paris
London Post
M. Henri Jarzuel
le Moniteur Des
Bais de Vincennes
Harvard Profit Highlights Football Surplus Over Other Sports
The report by Graduate Manager Bingham of Harvard shows football earning the most money among college sports with a profit of 26,760 dollars last year. Other sports did not perform financially well.
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Bingham
Harvard
Bethesda For Bright's Disease Mineral Spring Water Claim
Bethesda Mineral Spring Water is advertised as life saving for scholars judges senators and many others. Physicians in New York Boston Chicago and smaller cities endorse the remedy and offer a pamphlet with testimonials. Sold in sealed half gallon bottles by druggists. correspondence to A M Jones President Bethesda Mineral Spring Co. Waukesha Wisconsin.
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Bethesda
New York
Boston
Chicago
A, M, Jones, Prestpent
Bethesd& Mineral Spring. Co
Waukesha
Wis
Paris Academy of Medicine Reports 146 Stomach Operations
Dr Doyan reviewed 146 stomach surgeries with 32 deaths, 20 from cancer. The findings indicate a higher cancer-related mortality in these procedures and outline observed outcomes in the recent series.
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Paris Academy of Madicine
Doyan
Proscription for Health from Dr Pierce’s Remedy
A business man seeks quick cure for ailments and asks for a proscription. The text touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a microbe hunter and blood purifier claiming it cures a portion of bronchial and lung diseases and reduces scrofulous symptoms.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Golden Medical
Austrian chemist notesodorless flower varieties in Europe
An Austrian chemist researching fragrance states that of about 4,110 known European flower varieties, only around 400 possess any odor. Of those, nearly 60 emit a scent that is at best disagreeable.
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Europe
Public notice on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy guarantee
The notice states Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is guaranteed to satisfy or refund with no better medicine for la grippe colds and whooping cough. It cites price 25 and 50 cents and urges trying it. Also mentions eye fatigue myths and promotes One Minute Cough Cure as quick relief from hacking cough.
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Emmert & Burrell
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co
Indiana Glass Industry Leader in Production
Indiana holds half of the nation’s window glass facilities and produces over a third of plate glass along with a quarter of flint and green glass. It ranks first among the 17 glass producing states in the Union.
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Indiana
DeWitts Little Early Risers Cure Constipation
Advertising blurb for DeWitts Little Early Risers claiming to relieve constipation and cure Sick Headache Biliousness inactive liver and brighten complexion. Describes small sugar coated pills non gripe causing nausea. Mentions dealer names and American wine market facts for contrast.
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DeWitt
H. J. Moogh
Emmert & Burrell
Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co
One Minute Cough Cure Promoted By Scottish Firms
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure for all ages and illnesses and endorses its quick, effective relief. It lists H. J. Moogh Em mert & Burrell and Wm. F. Jungkunzi & Co in Aberdeen Scotland and promotes De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a universal remedy for sores burns and wounds.
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H. J. Moogh
Emmert & Burrell
Wm. F. Jungkunzi& Co
Ee Ne
de Witt
H. J. Moogk
Wm. FF
Jungkung & Co
Grand Excursion to Old Mexico in 1899 Train Trip
Grand excursion to Old Mexico organized under Mr J d Grafton directs a special train with dining car. Tour includes Mardi Gras at New Orleans and major Old New Mexico stops, with all express in ticket. Limited spaces. secure early. Descriptive pamphlets available from Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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Old Mexico
Chicago
J. d. Grafton
New Orleans
Old New Mexico
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
The Hot Springs in Black Hills Offers Healing Baths
The Hot Springs, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, boast medicinal properties for rheumatism neuralgia and related ailments and deserve study by all sufferers. First class hotel accommodations and baths. Tourists' tickets on sale daily. Full information available from ticket agents C N W R y.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Home hog slaughter device and methods described
A town Homestead correspondent outlines at home hog slaughter using a water bath heated to 160 degrees, a handmade lifting stool, and improvised equipment. Hogs are bled dressed and cut, salted before freezing, with sausage made from rean meat and hams and shoulders brined, smoked, and ready by March first.
Washington Cauliflower Seed Potential in State
Reports to the secretary of agriculture indicate Washington state climates well suit cauliflower seed production formerly deemed impossible in the United States. Currently seed is imported from Europe, mainly Denmark, with Copenhagen and Erfurt Dwarf varieties noted. Seed sowing begins in September and harvest occurs a year later, requiring constant care.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Washington State
United States
Washington
Europe
Denmark
Copenhagen
State Department
Erfurt
Materials for covering ice travel in prairie region
A Prairie Farmer writer notes sawdust as best for ice cover but scarce locally. Marsh bay is used as a substitute, and clover straw or oat straw, especially clover straw with hull chaff, is considered nearly as good for ice protection.
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Saya
Prairie Farmer
Fork heating water for warm feed on farms
The Pittsburg Dispatch describes a handy contrivance for heating water on farms to mix food or warm grains. A brick fire box plumbed under ground supports a strong oak or hickory frame. Iron bars with hooks lift a steel kettle to heat water, offering easier handling than old iron kettles.
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Pittsburg
Fact notes on science and society from a historical column
Technical education makes progress in London as noted while readers learn about musical notation origin in the eleventh century and diverse global facts. The article cites figures on tax, rain, metal costs, railway tickets, and city elevations, plus remarks on the Libanon liner Alaska and Scottish influence in Irish civil service.
Ely Cream Balm advertised for nasal relief and cure
The ad touts Ely Brothers nasal Cream Balm as a cleanser, soother, and healer not drying or irritating. A 10 cent trial sample and 50 cent large size are offered by Ely Brothers of New York. Also mentioned is the Gold Bible mound near Palmyra, tied to Joseph Smith and Mormon history.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Joseph Smith
Admiral Sampson
Palmyra
N. Y
Try Grain O Try Grain O Grocer Ad
Grain-O offers a coffee substitute made from pure grains with a rich mocha like color. Suitable for children and adults, it promises no stomach distress and is sold by grocers at 25 cents per package. Burrell's advertises mild sugar cured hams and boneless breakfast bacon.
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Burrell’s
Tour of all Mexico on special vestibuled train
A 87 day Mexico tour departs Chicago Tuesday January 24 aboard a Pullman equipped train with drawing room library dining cars and open observation car Chililitli. All expenses covered including rail fares meals hotels carriages street cars boats guides and interpreters. conducted under The American Tourist Association with Rean Campbell as General Manager. Contact Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad ticket agents for maps and circulars.
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Mexico
Chicago
American Tourist Asssociation
Rean Campbell
Marquette Bldg
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Rail Time Table Fragments From Midwest Lines
A dense OCR sample lists multiple rail numbers and routes with arrivals and departures. It references west and east trains, Madison and Dodgeville lines, freight trains carrying passengers, and daily schedules with varying Sundays, Saturdays, and weekday patterns. Names include Freeport, Chicago, Rock Island, Madison, Dodgeville, Dodgeville Line, and others.
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Madison
Pasenr
St. P
B. R
Rock Inland
Kuoine
Janesville
Rockford
Chicago
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Freeport
Janetson
Fy Olt
Rock Island- Noda
Clinton
Dubuque
St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Connell Bluffs
Kansas City
Savanna
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Morris
Harper's Magazine
the Sporting: World
France
America
England
London
Aberdeen
Scotland
Sonic
Humpurata Med, CO
Willtaar
Hs Don Bt
York
Humphreys
Mumphurkes' Hed. CO. Cor. William & John Sta
Cingalegs
Germany
Eam
Canada
House of Lords
Baron Haliburton
Harl of
Carnwath
Earl of Elgin
Washington Street
London Times
Liverpool
Glasgow
Manchester
Birmingham
Gnion
Alaska
Cessnock Dock
R. R
Illinois Central
Wes
Was
Roo
Galena
BAS Ir
Bvcc
Lena
Tees
Dodgeville
Pasaunage
H.W. Rowley
Aggar
Chicago & Northwestern
Ieee
TNO
Icc
Fragport
Holder
J.B. Sweatt
Chicago Great Western RY
Minneapolis
Des Moines
St. Joseph
South Fresport
East
Chicago Express
St. P&c
Brewster House
South Freeport
Fitz
Dha Lord
Gen. Pass
Tt. Agh
Citeago
Forreston
People's
Dartion
Soloeman
Cory
Thoman
Wineie
Joharson
E. O. Rosenstill
Whiatler St
Douglas Avenue
Abugain
Tor Sale
St Stephengon Street
Frankeee
Chicago Seaquire
Clark Ava
Elk Street
Walton Nephews
Wort Streat
Galena Ave
Baar? & Schwarz
Galena Bk
Court House
Gas. Lonn Avenue
Gov. Bordner
Baraboo Towel Mills
Baraboo
Wisconsin
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