Hastings stenographer bound over in poison plot case
Viola Horlocker of Hastings Nebraska is bound over to district court in five thousand dollars bail as prosecutors claim a clear case of attempting to poison her employer s wife. The defense argues infatuation or insanity and friends deny guilt. The article also covers Jameson raid history, Hopkins biography, naval figures Admiral Kautz and Captain Wilde, and wartime leprosy accusation involving soldiers in the Philippines.
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Viola’ Horlocker
Hastings
Neb
Miss Horlocker
Bowen
Als beats bids and Europe telephones in one note
The St Louis Republic hails Als beating bids as boosting Grand Rapids furniture fame. An ad claims Alabastine offers a pure wall covering replacing kalsemines due to decay from animal and vegetable matter. The World’s Telephones notes 700000 phones in the United States and Europe’s low per device use, Berlin at seven calls per day.
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St. Louis
United States
Europe
Berlin
Germany
England
France
Sweden
Scotland
Switzerland
Deering Harvester Joins World Twine Feat In 1898
A Chicago firm claims it can produce 20 000 miles of Binder Twine in a day encircling the globe with miles to spare. A trusted periodical confirms 36 percent of twine used in 1898 came from Deering Twine and related dealers across America.
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Deering Harvester Company
Chicago
America
Kilts Fall Short of Enrolment in Mosquito Season
The Victorian Scottish regiment faces low enlistment with only 64 of 400 men enrolled and just 11 signing on after three application rounds. The paper notes bare legs during the mosquito season test endurance.
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder claims it cures painful swollen smarting nervous feet and relieves bunions. It helps shoes fit easily and reduces sweating callouses hot tired feet. Sold by retailers. price 250 in stamps, Allen Olmsted Le Hoy N.Y.
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Allen
al Srameie
Wnd
Allen Olmsted
le Hoy N.Y
Bread Distribution at St John’s Chapel for a Century
The article notes that bread has been distributed twice weekly for over a hundred years at St John’s Chapel, Trinity parish churches, New York City, marking a long standing charitable tradition. It also mentions travel deals and various advertisements, including Nickel Plate Road excursions and a note on famous daily express trains.
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St. John’s Chapel
New York City
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
New York
Boston
Summer Outings by Nickel Plate Road Booklet Ad
Belors plan summer leisure and travel with Nickel Plate Road booklet titled Summer Outings. The guide highlights picturesque south shore Lake Erie spots and classic shores of Lake Clautau qua while promoting low rates for travel this season.
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Belors
Nickel Plate Road
Lake Erie
Lake Clautauqua
Mrs Winslow’s Sootatve Save for Children Ad Claims Benefits
A vintage advertisement extols Mrs Winslow’s Sootatve Save for Children noting gentle gums, reduced inflammation and claimed pain relief. It markets 3 cents per bottle and seeks customers to send cash to Ripans Chemicals in York for 30 samples and 1,000 testiascalars while presenting a moral tale of defeating anger.
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Will Beneft
Ripans Chemicals
York
Watch hunt in London leaves streets turned up
A Welsh traveler told Scotland Yard his watch is missing and was assured every stone would be turned. He later found thirty six miles of roads similarly disturbed and warned that if the watch is not found by Sunday he would stop troubling them.
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Johannesburg
Dr. Jameson
Jameson
London
Frederick W. Schneider
Sooth Dakota Infantry
Milwaukee
Philippines
First California
MR. Schneider
Walle
Manila
Scotland Yard
Watch
The Cayman Islands Barely Survive Historic Storm
Reports indicate the Cayman Islands were nearly overwhelmed by a major storm though some areas remained secure. The piece warns health hazards persist and promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and constipation.
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Cayman Islands
Long Granite Shaft Planned From Single Stone in Barre
Barre firms plan a 5 by 5 by 70 foot granite shaft weighing about 150 tons rough and 110 tons finished for a private New Jersey buyer. The piece will become a monument once completed.
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Barre
New Jersey
Deafness Cure Through Constitutional Remedies
The notice claims deafness results from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and that only constitutional remedies can cure it. It asserts nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a mail order circular from Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Saking Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Aby Druggists
Family medicine endorsement for Pe-ru-na by W A B Williams
The Farmers' Industrial Union publisher credits Pe-ru-na with years of use as a family medicine. He notes relief from systemic catarrh and attacks, and says his wife also uses it for severe spells. He promotes keeping the remedy at home and recommends a free family medicine book from Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio.
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W. A. B. Williams
The
Farmers’ Industrial Union
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
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