Kellogg Family Secrets and a Morphine Mystery
Robert Kellogg guides Bari through Chicago streets then meets bank staff and dines with the banker. At home the widowed mother reveals to Laura and Earl that the banker’s wife is addicted to morphine, a hidden illness masking her condition and hurting the household.
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Ghuapter
Robert Kellogg
Bari
Great Northwest
Galena
Chicago
Port Dearborn
Chicago—river
Mr. Kellogg
Carl
Lawrence Terry
George Howard
Eldred Sloan
Ward Kellogg
Kellogg
Renin
Kelloggs
Sherman House
Earl
Austin
Timor Kellogg
Stephen
Amos
Mr. Wellogg
Dblinor
Phlyscian
Robert
Thamma
Laura
Janette
Mr. Kelloggs
Mamma
Wuni
Gousin Tarl
Misa Laura
Lawrence
Mr. Terry
Sloan
Lerry
Julia
Tar
Lawrence ‘Terry
Morphine and sorrow unfold in Chicago family saga
In a Chicago dwelling Thalia Kellogg has died, and the Kellogg family endures grief as morphine dependence is discussed. The widow and banker husband console their children amid sorrow, while a narrative shift introduces a travelogue on American rivers and the Ocklawaha, blending personal tragedy with geographic fascination.
Manila Starts for Dewey Support From San Francisco
Expedition sails with 7 000 troops en route to Manila aboard Charleston Pekin Australia and City of Sydney to follow. Monterey delayed while awaiting ammunition and orders, convoyed by Bennington to meet transports at Honolulu for the voyage across the Pacific.
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San Francisco
Dewey
Philippine Islands
Monterey
Charleston
Manila
Philippines
Admiral Dewey
Ideut
Carlin
Manin
China
Centennial
Colon
Aenlandia
Pekin
Australia
City of Sydney
Elonalulu
Bennington
Glass
Golden Gate
Nore
Forta
Presidio
Sydney
Austrnalia
War Department
Congress
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Dire Havana Letters Report Desperate Situation
Letters from Havana via Mexico say the population faces severe hunger as horse meat is eaten. Insurgent bands control interior towns while Spaniards hold the northern coast. A Spanish military line rests along the railway between Tiavanua and Batabano, and Gen Blanco orders gas works and coal dependent factories halted.
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Mexico
Havana
Tiavanua
Batabano
Con
Blanco
Spanish Leaders Call for Unity in Cuba Crisis
A government source notes Spain will provide for its use and ease shortages. Gen Blanco assures confidence that Spain will not abandon Cuba. Gen Aroling, Havana commander, is better prepared than thought to resist. Spaniards seek to win Cuban favor with a conciliatory manifesto urging forgiveness and unity against a common enemy.
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Blanco Unya
Spain
Arolng
Havana
Cuba
McKinley Sets Censorship on War Secrets
President McKinley restricts access to war secrets to Secretary Long of the Navy and Secretary Alger of the War Department. Other cabinet members will learn only war news deemed advisable by the President and top war aides.
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McKinley
Long
Navy Department
Alger
War Department
Immortal Toad Found in 1703 Bristol Vault
Sexton of St James cemetery Bristol Pennsylvania opened an old vault closed since 1703 and found a large hop toad inside. The toad jumped about and appeared alive though the vault was airtight. It is believed the creature is at least 104 years old, having lived with the dead in the vault.
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St. James’ Cemetery
Bristol
Trans-Mississippi Exposition round trip sales start Sioux City
The Trans Mississippi Exposition opens with Hekels selling tickets from Sioux City on June 1 at 2560 dollars for a round trip. A special train will depart Sioux City at 16 am, arrive in Omaha at 16a. mm. For an illustrated pamphlet showing 6x position buildings, write HH C. Chey ney, General Agent, Sioux City, Iowa.
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Sioux City
Onaha Atta
HH. C. Cheyney
Iowa
New Method Preserves Butter in Warm Climates
A new process preserves butter in warm climates by wrapping in salted paper or parchment, placing in a pulp box tied with cords, then immersing in paladin and cold water to seal and form an airtight enclosure.
Allen's Foot-Base Powder Promises Quick Foot Comfort
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Base powder cures painful swollen feet and relieves bunion sting. It makes ill fitting or new shoes feel easy, fights sweating and calluses, and calms tired aching feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25 cents by mail for stamps. Trial package pre paid. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
Nobile Elephant and Exotic Pets Advertised in Old Railways
A fragment from a Denver, Colorado piece dated November 8, 1805, mentions a railway rate of six cents per mile for the Nobile Elephant and various animals, alongside a quip about summer resort ads seeking refined boarders. The humor implies a class of patrons who avoid swearing when coffee is bad.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise Letter
A woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing severe flow and fainting spells after medical treatment failed. She recounts near death, bed rest, and ultimate recovery, urging others to seek sympathetic female guidance and to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Mary Rochiotto
Linden
New Jersey
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia J. Pinkham
Tom
Lydia E. Pinkhom
Pinkhom
Lynn
Maas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sts
Sette Ga
Stephen Kellogg
Graveland
Thalia Kellogg
Dearborn Avenue
Wiinor Kellogg
Julian
Mr. Shellogg
Arctic Circle
Miorida
Valorida
Ocklawaha
Jack Frost
Citanlebton
Wavana
Castle Ae Mares
Tiakbor
Orentas
Medleing
Hood
Miso
Relta
Denver
Col
Capt
O'Farrell
Poorionance
Drugeiate
Gerae
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