Enteresting Catalogue With Faculty Portraits At Williams
The Williams college student catalogue Gullelmensian becomes more elaborate with each year and offers value to graduates this year by including portraits and sketches of the faculty. It notes that only President Carter and Dr. Bacon remain from thirty years ago. London is described as twelve miles wide one way and seventeen the other with about twenty miles of new streets added annually.
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Williams College
Carter
Bacon
London
Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy Praised By Readers
Clara Kopp of Rockport Indiana writes of back ache nervousness and irregular menstruation asking for Mrs Pinkham's advice Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is cited as helping Cuaza Kore from Rockport Indiana reports improved health after following the remedy and praising Mrs Pinkham's guidance for women’s ailments.
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Dean Mra. Pixbeam
Indies
Lydia E. Pinkham
Crana Kopr
Rockport, Ind
Saint Patrick Added to English Prayer Book Calendar
The convocation of York recently voted to add Saint Patrick to the English prayer book calendar. This decision highlights a shift in liturgical recognition within the church.
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St. Patrick
Convocation of
York
Democratic National Convention Train Excursion Planned
The Democratic National Convention special train from Omaha to Kansas City departs July 4 with sleeper and chair car options. Round trip from Omaha priced at 5.80, four days in Kansas City with sleeping car, total 8.00. Tickets via local agents or Jno. He Reagan and Harry H. Moores listed. Also includes ads for Faultless Starch and Beeman’s Pep sin Gum and binder twine offerings.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Jno
Reagan
Lecy
Douglas County Democracy Club
Brown Block
Harry EH. Moores
Mis Warnam
Paxton Hotel
Neh
Shaw the Socialist Writer and Fabian Leader
Bernard Shaw gains fame in England and America for plays and sharp criticism. He is a socialist and Fabian Society member, with significant work on political economy. The Belance of Life and related items are advertised by The Peabody Medical Institute in Boston, offering health and prosperity books and a prospectus.
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Shaw
Bernard Shaw
Engand
America
Mr. Shaw
Fabian Society
Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch St
Boston
Mass
Prospectus
Uncongerous Plagiarism and Burlesque Contest Notice
A magazine author faced unconscious plagiarism when another writer published his plot in a different magazine after acceptance. An alert was sent, but timing mattered for removal. Also a burlesque program from Columbia College list shows a beer drinking contest among athletic events, dismissed by students as a joke alongside other stunts.
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Columbia College
Inexperienced Ruth Chooses Love Over Duty and Class
Ruth confronts a dia logue of romance and duty as Joan announces an engagement to Lord Avonmouth. Capt Blackwood wins Ruth’s heart, but a thwarted station farewell and a dramatic last line reveal a deep, unspoken love between Ruth and Blackwood.
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Jack
Capt. Blackwood
Joan
Lord Avonmouth
Paris
Captain Blackwood
Ruth
Capt
Blackwood
Culture of Basket Willows and Oster Willows
The long stems of the basket willow are called osters and the oster willow is the same as the basket willow. There are two kinds of oster willows, with so little difference that only a botanist could tell them apart. They grow on damp banks or streams but adapt to faster growth and stronger twigs. Ideal farming near towns with basket making helps supply the rising demand for osiers used in chairs, carriages, and baskets.
Elgin Man Uses Empty Crate to Stop Hen Thefts
An Elgin resident annoyed by neighbor hens devised a simple trap. He put a straw-lined packing case in the garden with a hole for a hen. Eggs were stolen initially, but after the owner revealed 13 eggs from one morning, the hens were kept home, ending the nuisance.
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Elgin
Chicago
Inter Ocean
A Confereantenial Frank Disputed Mail Contents
The postmaster of St. Louis found that a sack of mail sent under a congressional frank labeled Pub Does contained mainly wearing apparel. Congressmen formerly mailed laundry under frank, but the privilege was later removed by law.
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St. Louis
Frank
Market Report from Chicago and Western Livestock Markets
Castle receipts moderate at South Omaha with totals near 1,877 head. Steady to higher tone for fat cattle and cows, light gains for veal and bulls. stockers quiet. Chicago receipts 109 cattle, 19,000 hogs. cattle generally steady, hogs steady to firm. Kansas City reports mixed, hogs stronger. cattle steady to higher. New York notes light slaughter demand. calves absent. Strong demand from packers and varied prices across regions.
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South W
Maha
Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Castle
Western Paints
Chicago
Texas Sruss
Texas Bulls
Hoga
Lainie
Chalee
Kansas City
Castle Rei
Hebt
Alice
Sade Canner
Agaea Westerns
Texas
Arizona
New York
Golden Harvest At The Paris Exposition Grows
Paris dispatch reports the exposition’s golden harvest has begun with visitors surpassing half a million this week, totaling over 8 million passes. Night exits flood streets as transport cannot cope with crowds, capmen charging high fares. The Chateau D Eau illuminations brighten, American pavilion reevaluates decor, and new statuary and greenery enhance displays.
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Paris
Chateau D’eau
Pirates Abandon Launch After Looting Near Hong Kong
A steam launch owned by Chinese merchants was attacked by pirates from an armed junk off Cape Salinan, eight miles from Hong Kong. Pirates took about $600 from the vessel, used it to seize two more craft, then abandoned the launch to its crew.
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Tiong Kong
Cape Salinan
Hong Kong
Mechnikoff claims leprosy serum at Pasteur Institute
Paris reports Prof Mechnikoff believes a serum against leprosy has been found. Several prominent physicians support the claim and American doctors are studying its use among infected populations in Hawaii and the Philippines.
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Paris
Mechnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Hawaii
Philippines
Murder convict Downing sentenced in Wyoming case
Cheyenne June 11 At Rawlins George Downing convicted of murdering Deputy Sheriff Scott at Baggs in 1898 received a twenty year sentence. The Foley case for killing Martin O Connors in a Kemeter saloon remains unsettled with jurors split on conviction.
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Cheychnne
Rawlins
George Downing
Scott
Baggs
Wyo
John Foley
Martin O’connors
Kemeter
Foley
Dyanston
Black British Bishop consecrated at Lambeth in modern rite
The Rt. Rev. James Johnson, assistant bishop of Western Equatorial Africa and Sierra Leonean by heritage, was consecrated at Lambeth with Benin as his station. Durham University awards him an honorary A M.
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Lambeth
James Johnson
Western
Equatorial Africa
Benin
Durham University
Amelie Troubetzkoy Draws $200,000 Dower Interest
Amelie Rives Chanter now Prin cess Troubetzkoy has recovered from illness in a sanitarium and is attracting attention in St Petersburg. She begins to draw dower from her former husband's estate totaling about $200,000, reflecting a major courtly figure comeback.
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Amelie
Amelie Rives Chanter
Troubetzkoy
St. Petersburg
Emigration and Foreign Talks Highlight 1899 News
The report notes 41,232 natives emigrated from Ireland in 1899, about 9,000 more than the prior year, while representatives of foreign powers at Pexin seek permission to block ade Tien Tsin. It also references beauty and medical quackery phrases in a fragmentary manner.
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Pexin
Tien Tsin
Ireland
Wair On Coca Dandruff Cure Sales Pitch
An advert proclaims a Coke based cure with a money back guarantee and a one dollar bottle price. It boasts furniture shipments to eighty four countries totaling 3 571 375 dollars and claims American beds chairs and tables are widespread though the tone is promotional and sweeping.
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement and Humorous Exchange
A vintage ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole cure for swelled smarting burning and sweating feet with Allen's Toot-Ease powder. It notes availability at druggists and shoe stores for 2 cents, and mentions a sample mailing offer. A brief Puck-style cartoon caption contrasts a minister and a girl desiring to sing in the choir.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Ethel
Puck
Givyet Prefers Fathers of Large Families for Public Roles
In Givyet Ardennes authorities adopt population push measures favoring fathers with more than three children for public offices and housing. Five dollar yearly prizes reward families with the most children sent to school, with scholarships and alms housing prioritized for larger families.
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Beneft
Givyet
Ardennes
France
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Beeman
Manila
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Jack Villiers
Avonmouth
Clad Blackwood
Telegraph
Jolore
Fire Hawley
Senate Chamber
General Hawley
Pankyn
Stedman
Frederick Moynihan
Griffin A. Stedman, Jr
New London
Capan
Fredericksburg
Camp Feld
Hartford
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Atlantic Ocean
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Bakers Chocolate
LaBelle Chocolatier
U. S
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
Dorchester
Ramwinchester
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Avenue
New Haven, Conn
Corge
Niagara
Detroit
St Louis
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