State Street Machine Shops Fire Destroys Brooklyn Factory District
An early May fire at the State Street Machine Shops complex in Brooklyn raged for hours, gutting the block between Atlantic and State streets. Officials estimate 700 workers were in the buildings, with hundreds unaccounted as searchers comb the ruins for casualties.
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Brooktyn
South Ferry
Brooklyn
State Street
Atlantic Avenue
Pick
Columbia Streets
George L. Abbott
Nath Cushing
Boston
New York Tin Company
No. 7
Columbia Street
American ship registration laws defended in interview
A discussion on the impact of U.S. ship registration rules in a potential Anglo Russian war. Senator Plumb rejects a wartime repeal, arguing American navigation laws encourage American capital and ships, and foreign flags would gain no extra protection or benefit. He doubts an extra congressional session would be useful.
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England
Russia
Congress
Plumb
Brown's Iron Bitters Proclaimed Answer for Dyspepsia
The ad-style testimonial cites Mrs. Taylor of Lynchburg Sumter Co South Carolina, claiming Brown's Iron Bitters relieved her dyspepsia and recommending the tonic for dyspepsia neuralgia and weakness.
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Taylor
Lynchburg, Sumter Co
England and Russia Move to Revive Afghan Frontier Talks
In the Lords Earl Granville told Parliament England and Russia agreed to resume negotiations in London on the Afghan frontier. The Penjdeh incident will be fully investigated with friendly powers, and neutral status kept for Penjdeh during talks. Gladstone said no formal communication yet on Port Hamilton. Russia ready to discuss troop withdrawal if boundary commission rules against them. A new peaceable path emerges as both sides prepare to resume delimitation talks in London.
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House of Lords
Earl Granville
Granville
Afghan Boundary Commission
Gladstone
House of Commons
Russia
England
Port Hamilton
Stanford Northcote
London
St. Petersnune
Fort Hamilton
Japan Sea
Imperial
Moscow
Fiendish Plot Destroys Doctor’s Austin Parlor
A would be killer drilled through a door at Dr. Stoddard’s dental parlor in Austin on March 4, chloroformed the doctor and piled nine coal oil soaked heaps around the room then set fire to the establishment. Officer Howe spotted the flames and rescue efforts saved the unconscious dentist. Fire damage is estimated at $2,500 and fully insured.
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Dr. Stoddard
Austin
Wm. Howe
Bloody ambush in Indian Territory ends in deaths
A posse pursuing cattle thieves near Delaware Bend besieged a Lee's ranch house. Thieves fired, four posse members fled and one was wounded. Jim and Andy Roff, Sergeant Grey of the Indian police, and an unknown Cook County Texas man were killed. The Roffs were prominent Gainesville cattlemen.
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Indian Territory
Delaware Bend
Lee
Jim
Andy Roff
Grey
Indian Police
Cook County
Texas
Roffs
Gainesville
Tremont House Explosion Reported Boiler Patch and Pressure
Galveston investigators disclose the Tremont house blast was tied to a patched boiler and a steam gauge that read 100 pounds pressure shortly before the explosion.
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Tremont House
Galveston
Tremont House Explosion Fatalities in Galveston
A massive explosion at the Tremont house in Galveston on a Sunday morning causes collapse across the northwest wing and surrounding structures. The blast kills Clara Miller and injures Maurice Sullivan while several others are injured as crews appraise boiler defects and assess the crash site.
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Tremont House
Galveston
Dallas Herald
Tremont Street
Church Street
St. Louis
Twenty-fourth Street
Julia Winters
Clara Miller
Maurice Sullivan
Thos. Cross
Lawrence Carr
Anderson Jones
Jose Aquillo
John Axmap
R. Waller
Mrs. Burns
Texas and St Louis road faces possible sale over foreclosure
The Texas and St Louis line teeters as Texas courts order foreclosure. Trustees warn bondholders to pledge support or face resignation and sale. Receiver Woodward files final report showing a $5,707.98 operating balance after expenses but a $9,720.65 deficit in under three months. A circular says passenger work merges with freight. A S Dodge to handle passenger duties in absence of A C Sheldon.
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Texas
Woodwrid
Texas & St. Louis
W. Fordyce
A. C. Sheldon
A. 8. Dodge
Nger
Who Invented Arbor Day
N H Eggleston explains Arbor Day origin crediting J Sterling Morton of Nebraska. He notes unmethodical early planting gave way to a dedicated tree-planting day started by Morton to promote widespread, sustained forestry with incentives and state proclamations. Nebraska set April 20, 1872 as Arbor Day, leading to millions of trees planted and adoption by other states and Canada.
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N. H. Eggleston
Forestry Bureau
Department of Agriculture
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Prairie States
Gov. Morton
State Agricural Society
Kansas
Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
American Forest
Congress
Canada
Paradise of Skaters and Odd Vintage Advertisements
An evocative sketch extols Holland as a skating paradise with canals frozen half the year, noting colonies of skaters from postal workers to dairymaids and even clergy. The page interleaves humorous fragments, wartime reminiscences, and a string of old advertisements for remedies and tonics, including Ely’s Cream Balm and Morley’s T-X-S Cordial, with scattered quips about social customs and a casual anecdote about a husband’s shopping habit.
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Holland
G O
Aiva
Hertford
Untitled Patent Remedies Promote Health and Poultry Wins
The piece touts Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic as enhancing strength and beauty for American men and women, claims Time heals, and advertises Dr. Jane Thompson's Eye Water for sore eyes. It also promotes Kay's Kentucky Kondition Powders for poultry, claiming they prevent gapes and cholera and improve thriving.
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Jane Thompson
Kay
Important Arrest and Cure Claims in Patent Medicine Tale
An arrest of a suspicious character is praised as crucial for detectives. The narrative compares arrest to stopping disease, claiming Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures pulmonary consumption. It notes sale by druggists. A closing witticism suggests large ears mean generosity and a mule’s heels.
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Pierce
B. B. B. advertised as universal cure-all remedy
An advertising screed extols B. B. B. as the sole sovereign remedy for potash mercury poisoning kidney troubles skin diseases ulcers eczema and other ailments. It attacks medical men and promotes the nostrum with grandiose claims and a quip about hash.
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Ks. B. B
Cure for Catarrh and Oral Cleanliness Products
Excerpted advertisements tout Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy for nasal catarrh with a warning against delay. Ely’s Cream Balm promises immediate relief for nasal dryness and congestion. Endorsed by A G Chase MD. Oricon to is praised for oral cleanliness and beauty, priced at 50 cents a box. Also includes a maxim about arguing with fools.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
A. G. Chase
M. D. Millwood
Kansas
Mishmash of Patent Remedies and Aphorisms
A scrambled 19th century column touts Dr Harters Iron Tonic Ely Cream Balm Prickly Asmarrners and Kay's Kentucky Liniment with testimonials from Philadelphia to Kentucky. It references publications offered by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway and notes damage from water at Nava Ota.
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Wen
Dr. Harte
Milwaukee Vis
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Northwest
Omaha
Denver
San Francisco
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Nava
Ota
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Peach
Penjdeh
Carr
Texas & St. Louis Road
Globe-Democrat
Ts Postal Department
Harter
Woulip
Alexander the Great
Mishler
G. H. Vandikirk
North Fourth Street
Philadelphia
W. G. Babbage
Hardinsburg
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