Thanksgiving Time and Uncle Sam in a Turbulent Age
A nostalgic Thanksgiving meditation mocks modern fast pace as Uncle Sam yearns for calm, notes victory over Spain and Cuba, praises American resilience, farmers, and culture, and calls for unity amid world events. A reunion scene follows with a mother and son embracing, then Margaret Hudson at home singing a hymn about patience and faith.
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Sam
Washington
Turkey
Cuba
Spain
Handa
Hawaii
Philippines
America
Uncle Sam
Heart's Desire and a Mother's Silent Prayer
An elderly widow Margaret Hudson sits in a Thanksgiving church service whose hopeful hymn contrasts with her own doubt. She recalls her missing son Jim who ran away at eighteen years old twenty years ago. On a country road she prays for trust and for her heart's desire, hoping God may restore her faith regardless of the outcome.
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Brether
Margaret Hudson
Hitler Norris
Oliver
Ia Galilee
Jim
Hero
Carving the Turkey Mastered as an Exact Science
An era news guide explains precise turkey carving steps. It details using the fork to steady the breast, severing the left wing, then removing the leg and second joint, followed by breast slicing parallel to the bone. It also covers extracting the oyster bone and wishbone for clean portions.
We Thank Thee Lort For Every Life And Trial
A fragment from Chicago Times applauds endurance through temptation and death, praising steadfast faith amid suffering and moral struggle. The tone hints at religious verse praising God for trials that sharpen devotion despite bitterness and mortality.
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Chicago Times
Farmers Reap Record Exports in 1898 Harvest Year
Treasury figures show U S farm exports rising across breadstuffs provisions and cotton for ten months ending Oct 31 1898. Breadstuffs hit 250 237 455 dollars surpassing 1897 and 1892 peaks, provisions 162 880 643 up from 146 607 089, cotton exports outpace all prior periods. Strong demand for American corn noted in Western Europe.
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United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistioa
Europe
Princeton Beats Yale 6 0 On 95 Yard Poe Run
Princeton Tigers defeated Yale 6 to 0 at Brokaw Field. Arthur Poe electrified the game with a 95 yard kickoff style run in the first half, breaking away from Yale after a fierce line drive to reach the end zone. Ayres added the extra point as Princeton secured the victory.
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Yale
Brokaw Field
Princeton Tigers
Rome
Blues
New Haven
Nassau
Arthur Poe
Princeton
Poe
Enthusiasm Ayres
Kaiser’s Spain Visit and Philippine Question
Washington reports suggest the Kaiser will not pass Cadiz and may visit Madrid at most He could review Camilla’s squadron if accompanied by no risk to British ties and the U S stance on the Philippines Germany unlikely to back Spain in ruling the Philippines The Spain trip would be stage setting not arbitration speculation
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Washington
Cadiz
Spain
Madrid
Camillla
William
Philippines
England
Africa
China
Starving Cubans Worse Off Than Weyler Era Says Quesada
Senor Quesada of the Cuban legation in Washington reports thousands of Cubans starving and warns that without immediate American aid they may seize food by force. He says conditions are worse today even than during Weyler's administration.
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Weyler
Senor Quesada
Washington
Untess
Street Car Lines Consolidation Under Way in St Louis
A major consolidation of five large street railway companies in St Louis is under way. Principal ties include the Lindell Railroad with 55 miles of track and the Missouri Railroad with 26 miles of cable road. The consolidation is expected to form a company with a value up to 10 million dollars, the maximum allowed by state law.
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St. Louis
Lindell Railroad
Missouri Railroad
Pendleton Teacher Shot Near Parents Home
Miss May Wallace, a Pendleton Academy teacher, was fatally shot while standing near a window at her parents home in Pendleton Oregon. A Chinese student she had expelled from her class was arrested shortly after the incident.
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Pendleton
Ore
May Wallace
Pendleton Academy
Romantic marriage of Emperor Francis Joseph and Princess Elizabeth
The article recounts how Francis Joseph of Austria abandoned a dynastic betrothal to Princess Helena after seeing Princess Elizabeth in a park. He wed Elizabeth in April 1854, despite objections from his mother and Austrian nobility, who viewed Elizabeth as unsuitable and penniless. Elizabeth faced social scorn as empress.
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Francia Yoseph
Wilsa
Charles Frank Dewey
Francis Joseph
Austria
Helena
Max
Elizabeth
Maxmilan
Europe
Triumphs of the New Surgery Highlight Dental and Skeletal Transplants
The article extols rapid advances in modern surgery, noting dentures rival real teeth in function and describing tooth transplantation, nerve connections, and bone replacements from animal sources. It mentions artificial bridge replacements for the nose using chicken bone and metals, plus antiseptic healing. It ends by touting St Jacobs Old remedies for sciatica.
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New York City
Aluminum in Scales Advances Delicacy in Weighing
Aluminum is increasingly used in scale manufacture including beams pans riders bars levels and bows. The lighter metal allows greater weighing precision and easier level spinning compared with heavier metals like brass.
Mary and Whisker Dye Ad From Ul’s Piekas
Vague advert copy repeats the title line about Ul's Mary and Whisker Dye in black or brows. The fragmentary text also includes a quotation about defending the helpless attributed to F. W. Robertson.
To California by the North Western Line
Attention is called to the excellent service of the North Western Line to California and the favorable rates for single and round trip tickets for this season's travel. Best accommodations in first class or tourist sleeping cars, which run through every day in the year. Personally conducted tours or parties every week to California and Oregon. Choice of many routes without extra charge. Particulars cheerfully given upon a request to agents Chicago and North Western Railway or connecting lines.
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California
North- Western Line
Sessen
Agenta Chicago & Northeatern Railway
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