Touching Grant deathbed scene recalled in Texas church
A New York man recalls General Grant’s deathbed in Mount McGregor and a Fort Worth Episcopal service where a reading of his bulletin moved the congregation to tears. A separate note describes a new water filter tested in Evanston, Illinois, by Louis Gathmann, using centrifugal separation and an electrical germ-killer.
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Atle
New York
General Grant
Episcopal Church
Fort Worth
Texas
Mount McGregor
Evanston, ML
Louis Gathmann
Removal of the Maine Wreck and Notable Salaries
The article cites large salaries including George Gould earning five million dollars over ten years for services rendered. It notes Sir M C Van Horn as a high salary president of Canadian Pacific. It discusses friction between army and navy officials over who should fund the removal of the Maine wreck from Havana harbor and the recovery of unburied bodies from the hulk.
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George Gould
Sir m C. van Horn
Canadian Pacific
Maine
Army
Navy
Havana Harbor
Fitzhugh Lee
Hatana
Wonderful Speed Claims In Modern Naval Torpedo Boat
The British destroyer Viper achieved a trial speed of thirty eight knots about forty four and one third land miles per hour, described as the fastest water craft yet. The potato crop this year is among the largest on record with an estimated yield of 243000000 bushels, about 10 million more than 1898 and 68 million more than 1897, with about eighty one bushels per acre.
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Viper
Harvard Football Profits Surpass Expenses by 7000
Harvard's athletic program shows a positive balance for the season, with football profits enough to cover most expenses of other athletic associations at the university. The season ends with a surplus of over 7000.
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Harvard
Harvard Football Associaton
Uiversity
Gloves and fashion talk in a shop scene
A shop clerk guides a customer through glove styles from thirty to suede and astrakhan fleece lined options. The dialogue shifts to a heavy teamster’s glove request for a Christmas present, then to a product ad segment for Allen’s Foot-Ease and Firecrackers fading from a Texas harvest note.
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Ashman
Convention at Fort Worth Excurse Tickets Nominal Rates
Santa Fe Route offers excursion tickets for the Fort Worth convention set for January 16 to 18, 1900. Tickets case No. 15 and 16, limited January 1, with no rate exceeding five dollars. W. S. Keenan, G. P. A.
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Fort Worth
Santa Fe
W. S. Keenan
Senator Roach Endorses Peruna Cure In Catarrh Testimony
Washington letter reports North Dakota Senator W N Roach endorsing Peruna as a cure for catarrh. The note cites a testimonial from a friend claiming strength vigor and appetite improved by Peruna. It lists Larimore North Dakota as Roach's address and urges readers to obtain the Peruna company book from Columbus Ohio.
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W. N. Roach
United States
North Dakota
Cmbus
Ohio
Washington
B. G. Peruna
Roa
Roach
Larimore
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Hartmnan
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J. C. Baxter
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Krocnrevas
Carole Af Jodine
Pocket
Ital
Carters Ink
U. S
Canada
S van Vleet-Mansfield Druc CO
Memphis
Northwest Texas
Southwest Texas
Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
P. Hayren
Decatur
Sonora
George W. Lota
Fabucher, In
Stow
Kent
Peruna
Humanity Generall
Garten Bowers
Carsenan
LaPorte, Texas
Weis
la Porte
Llions
Fenera
Dallas
Soslys
Perry
Ferry
Detroit
Mich
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