The Royal Library Bible of Stockholm Feats and Far North Vacation
The royal library at Stockholm houses a Bible noted as the most costly book with unique parchment of 160 asses skins, 809 pages, and a nearly yard long page. The article also mentions Foley’s Honey and Tar for asthma relief and British tourists discovering Spitzbergen as a summer resort with hotel rates around 8.75 dollars a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Stockholm
Norway
North Cape
Spitzbergen
Arctic Circle
Overcoats for Boys Spark Simple Narrative Tone
A brief, fragmentary notice describes a three year old boy in navy blue reefer with sailor collar and white braid or a double breasted box reefer of covert cloth and velvet collar. It hints at a sad story of neglect and illness but emphasizes clothing options. The line ends with preference for a childlike reefer.
Deafness cured by constitutional remedies, not local
An 1880s advertisement argues deafness results from Eustachian tube inflammation and catarrh. It claims only constitutional treatment can restore hearing and offers $100 for a cure not achieved by All's Catarrh Cure. The piece also recalls a Persia incident from 1890 where a tax thief was boiled alive as a warning to officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Persia
Fatal Croup Deaths Stressed as Preventable
The piece urges preventive treatment for infant croup, arguing thousands of child deaths yearly could be saved with timely care. It also notes Havana cigars losing favor in London clubs and mentions a new Din’Gigul cigar popular in Madras, India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
H. J. Moogh
Swarts & Fleck
London
India
Dindipul
Madras
Coromandel
The Most Fatal Disease Kidney Trouble Alert
The notice warns that kidney trouble is the leading cause of adult death and urges immediate use of Foley's Kidney Cure, claiming a guarantee or money back. It is signed by H. J. Moogh, Swarts & Fleck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
H. J. Moogh
Swarts & Fleck
Bargains on Pianos for Ten Days Only at Ferry's Store
Ten day sale offers pianos from Hardman $366 Hallett & Cumaton $50 Gilbert & Co $20 upright Pease $90 J and C Fisher $210 Whitney trench walnut $210 Kimball $250 and more. Installment payments available one to six dollars monthly. Also Bauer Piano and Organ Co agency offers exchanges and piano, organ, violin and clarinet services. Taxes due March 1 at T D Hirst’s office behind First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallett & Cumaton
Gilbert & Co
J. & C. Fisher
Whitney
Kimball
Ferry
Stephenson Street
Bauer Piano and Organ Co
Jessons
Wits Buconen
Danville Woman Wins 5000 in Court Against Lawyer
Mrs. Mary Montgomery won a 5000 verdict in a circuit court against attorney A R Fall of Danville, claiming deceit over a divorce he allegedly promised but did not obtain, after she had remarried before learning of the ruse. The notice then pivots to an advertisement for Dean's Ointment claiming relief for itching piles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Irs
Mary Montgomery
A. R. Fall
Bethesda Angel of Health from Bethesda Mineral Spring Water
An advertising notice claims Bethesda Mineral Spring Water cures Bright's disease and related kidney ailments. It urges readers to write for a book titled Bethesda and to view a partial list of cured individuals including prominent figures. bottles sold sealed in gallon hill bottles through Druggists, A M Jones president Bethesda Mineral Spring Co Waukesha Wisconsin.
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Bethesda
Bright
A. M. Jones
Bethesda Mineral Spring C
Waukesha
Wis
Featherweights fight ends in six round draw in Chicago
In Chicago on February 11, Tommy White of Chicago and Joe Cain of Brooklyn battled to a six round draw at the Fort Dearborn Athletic club. Frank Bartley of Binghamton, N. Y. defeated Hoboken Kelly in four rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meuing Aeities
Chicago
Tommy White
Joe Cain
Brooklyn
Fort Dearborn Athletic Club
Frank Bartley
Binghampton
N. C
Hoboken
Kelly
Chamberlains Cough Remedy for La Grippe Endorsed
La Grippe remedy promoted by Thomas Whitfield & Co. at 240 Wa bash Ave corner Jackson St Chicago. It promises prompt relief and helps prevent pneumonia. available through Emmert & Burrell. Also notes Austrian State railroad locomotives through Amberg tunnel burn oil and feature two cylinder compound engines with 650 mm and 800 mm bore and 625 mm stroke, eight coupled wheels of 1,800 mm diameter.
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Thomas Whitfield & Co
Wabash Ave
Jackson St
Chicago
Emmert & Burrell
Amberg
Dangers of the Grip and Chamberlain Cough Remedy
The passage warns that la grippe can lead to pneumonia but claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prevents pneumonia if used with care. It asserts many users avoided pneumonia, promises quicker relief than other treatments, and notes the remedy is pleasant and safe. Emmert & Burrell sell it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Utopian Vision of a United World Confederation
Mantegazza proposes in year 8000 all nations unite under one confedera tion the United States of the World with four ministries agr iculture hygiene education and commerce He praises Chamberlain s Cough Remedy as an honest medicine for La Grippe and endorses its efficacy from a South Gardiner Me user Leongratulate the manufacturers of an honest medicine For sale by SEmmert Burrell
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Mantegazza
United States
la Grippe
Craige W. Waitt
South Gardiver
Chamberlain
Leongratulate
Semmert & Burrell
Pillsbury Flour ad promotes bread pastry biscuits
Pillsbury's Best Flour advertised for bread biscuits and pastry. Sold by all grocers. Wholesale agents C H Hill and Son. 1-25 w2w.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsbury's Best
Hill & 80N
Onograms Mount Ten Pins and Photos
Enuenga and Wagner's Clothing House at 107 Galena Street handles orders for C. B. Anderson. The display notes on Onograms show ten pins and mounted photos only with no reported sale or other services.
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C. B. Anderson
Enuenga & Wagner
Galena St
Manila Fight Report Caloocan Victory By Otis Regime
Aguinaldo’s forces clustered between Manila and Caloocan as General Otis described a two hour engagement. American troops under McArthur and Utah battery drove insurgents from Caloocan with minor losses on our side and heavier Filipino casualties. News from Iloilo was lacking while Agoncillo claimed Aguinaldo rejected ceasefire.
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Washington
Tebh
Otis
Manila
Caloocan
Aguinaldo
Ann
McArthur
Pasig
Admiral Dewey
Alger
Iloilo
Utah Battery
Kansas Regiment
Third Artillery
United States
Agoncillo
Montreal
Los Angeles
Cal
Times
H. G. Otis
Kansas
Funston
Montana
Kessler
Artillery
Robbe
Tenth Pennsylvania
Hawkins
Jengen
Grant
Pennsylvania
Open Door Policy Seen as Guiding Orient Trade
Lord Charles Beresford arrives in San Francisco advocating an open door in the Orient. He argues for free and equal commercial relations among England, America, Germany, and Japan, with reforms to the Chinese army and tariff systems to boost China’s revenue and development of mining and commerce.
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San Francisco
China
Japan
Honolulu
Charles Beresford
Royal Navy
Associated Chambers of Commerce of
England
Palace Hotel
Lord Beresford
America
Germany
Orient
Open Door vs Spheres of Influence in China Debate
In a discussion spanning Washington and San Francisco, proponents argue that open door policy benefits American trade while spheres of influence would yield tariffs and exclusion by Russia France and Britain. Lord Beresford’s visit prompts a chamber reception and talks on Far East commerce and investment. Washington reports note Samoa may see U S England recognition of Matauafa as king. New York inquest coverage cites Harry Cornish and R B Molyneux as witnesses in the Adams case with no new clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
France
England
Germany
America
Orient
Great Britain
China
Chicago
New York
Washington
Boards of Trade and
Enambers of Commerce
Lord Beresford
Chamber of Commerce
Phelan
San
Matauafa
United States
Harry Cornish
R. B. Molyneux
Damascus Compared With Jerusalem A Vibrant Contrast
The piece contrasts Damascus and Jerusalem through sensuous imagery. It portrays Jerusalem as mystic, solemn, with heavy historical weight, while Damascus is practical, merry, and lively with coffee bazaars and melodic river life. A. C. Wheeler notes Damascus as a city of present life over past obligations.
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Damageah
Jerusalem
Damascus
Israel
Zion
Saul of
Tarsus
A. C. Wheeler
Harper’s Magazine
Cures and Products Featured Across Health and Transport
An array of patent medicines and tonics claims cures for croup coughs and consumption, with Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup touted as a cure for coughs and bronchitis. Other items discuss Bello Horizonte’s growth near Rio, rising flour prices, and rapid transit like automobiles cabs in Hamburg.
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Greene
Farrert & Burrery
O. P. Guentier & Co
H. J. Mooar
Moogk
H.J. Moogk
Swarts & Eck
First National Bank
T. D. Hirst
Rewton Manufacturing & Chemical CO
William Street
Alogal
Aly
Za Baum, Tis
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
New Y
Dean
Oia Oller
Sam
Uncle Sam
Boston
Anti-Imperialist League
Boutwell
Philippines
Congress
Edward Leach
Patrick Purlong
Leach
Mpasay
California Pia Syrup Co
Caurronsia Fie Syrup Co
Cat Fornia Fie Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Louisville
New York, N
Lord Charles Beresford
Europe
Ars. Adams
Monarch
Thomas
Rio de Janeiro
Bello Horizonte
Austria
Turkey
Spain
Hamburg
Thy
J. Barons
Cedar Rapids
Hill & Bon
Allcock’s
Allcock
Galena Street
Hunters
Ortmeier & Bokemeier
Shy
MR. G. Vachar
Osgood Bt
Lldwti
H. J. Moogk
Shoemaker's. Poultry
Emmort & Burrely T
Edwem
AG Cincinnati
It Tv In
West India
Pullman
Cincinnati
Florida
Jacksonville
Havana
Tavan
Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Miami
East Coast
Tampa
West Coast
Key West
Nassau
Santiago
San Juan
New Orleans
LER
N. BD
Adams Street
Ill
W. A. Beck
Ww. G. Rine
W. C. Blocarsco
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