Liberty Island Tour Reveals Mosquitoes and Cleopatra Face
Visitors recount a trip to Liberty Island, noting Bedloe's name change, a small canal boat crew living aboard, and the impressive pedestal for the statue. They describe the massive Cleopatra like face, Mosquito swarms, the old graveyard, and the gun tower site with the torch awaiting completion and electric lights planned.
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Liberty Island
Bedloe's Island
Battery
New York City
United States Barge Office
Trinity Churchyard
America
Jersey
American Navy
Navy
Paris
Mr. Bouquet
Liberty
William Aimison Elected President of Typographical Union
William Aimison was chosen president at the International Typographical Union convention in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Born in Marseilles France he moved to Nashville Tennessee as a youth learned printing and became a charter member and twice president of his local union. He served in the Confederate army and was elected to the Tennessee legislature in 1879 remaining repeatedly reelected.
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The
International Typographical Union
United States
Canada
Pittsburg
William Aimison
Aimison
Marseilles
France
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
The Pug Dynasty Falls From Favor In Social Trend
A New York World report notes the decline of the pug in favor of larger breeds like St Bernards and mastiffs as fashionable women, the hunting set, favor athletic dogs. Big dogs gain status while pugs become scarce and cheaper. Summer life changes mean dogs are boarded or pampered in owner baths and grooming.
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New York World
Curious English law quirks in Somerset and Hereford cases
The Chicago Times reports on two British legal curiosities. In Dulverton a poor woman received twelve months hard labor for a minor turnip theft, later reduced by eleven months. In Hereford a jury faced deadlock over hedging-gloves, with a foreman twist turning to an unexpected unanimous verdict of innocence after a penny toss.
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Blackstone
Dulverton
Somerset
Home Secretary
Childers
Hereford
England
Chicago Times
Freight Train Baseball Goes Rail Yard Way
Chicago Herald reports a new craze among freight crews who play baseball on moving trains. The head brakeman, middle crewman, and conductor form a fielding lineup with the fireman as referee, playing on the caboose while speed reaches twenty to twenty five miles per hour.
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Rea
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Troubles of Growing Wheat in France
French and English wheat growers face thin straw in good wheat. Stiff straw varieties yield poorer grain, while best grain comes from stalks bent to the earth by storms. The issue draws attention from French scientists.
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France
Detroit Free Press
Complete Fishing Outfit Arrives in Lewiston Maine
A New York gentleman arrives in Lewiston with one of the most complete fishing outfits in the country. He carries a two foot by one foot box packed with artificial flies on fly-hooks, with an estimated 10 000 hooks.
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Lewiston, Me
New York
Chicago Times
Multilingual Typewriters Roll Out for Global Languages
Machines now support French German Spanish Bohemian Russian Danish Swedish Portuguese and Italian scripts. Chinese with 86000 characters remains untackled. The first gas illumination of congressional balls occurred under Polk.
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Congress
Polk
Fishermen of Cape Hatters Seek Porpoise Factory at Sea Reef
A New York Times feature describes Hatteras reef life near Trent village. It covers the lack of telegraphic service, weekly mail by boat, and dangers from wrecks. It notes the Bright Jewels religio social club, yaupon tea methods, and a new porpoise factory by Wilmington capitalists with leather and oil plans.
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Cape Hatters
Oregon Inlet
Hatteras Reef
Elizabeth City
New Berne
Trent
Hatteras
Carolinas
Wilmington
Europe
New York Times
Foresee Interest Before Purchases Elsewhere
A brief note urging readers to consider options carefully before buying elsewhere. It emphasizes evaluating offers and potential benefits prior to making a purchase decision.
Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy Advertised for Sale
An advertisement promotes Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy as a cure for catarrh diphtheria and canker mouth and lists J F Fezer as the seller.
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Shiloh
J.F. Fezer
Shilohs Catarrh Remedy Offered With Nasal Injector
For sale by J. F. Fezer with immediate relief claims for cough and nasal congestion. Bottle prices 10 cents 50 cents and 1 dollar. A nasal injector is offered free with each bottle of Shilohs Catarrh Remedy at 50 cents.
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Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Shilohs Cure Promises Relief for Croup and Cough
Advert reads cures for croup whooping cough and bronchitis with Shilohs Cure. J F Fezer sells it. A Bourbon Indiana minister and wife credit the remedy with saving their lives. The product is offered with a guarantee and claimed to cure consumption.
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Clingman Tobacco Cake CO
Durham, N.C
U.S. AL
Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon, Ind
Pullman Palace Car church tale linked to wealth
In a recent discourse Rev Dr P recalled a small church built in costly style. The reply said it was the Pullman Palace Car church funded by a few wealthy patrons for comfort, not for the lame or blind to ride in. Pioneer Press Listener notes Pete Hyacinthe praises Gladstone. The Portland paper-mill receives stock and jute butts from Calcutta for manilla paper.
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Dr. P
General Assembly
Portland, Ore
Calcutta
Catarrh Cured by Shiloh’s Remedy Promots Breath
Health and fresh breath claimed by Shilohs Catarrh Remedy priced 500 cents. Nasal Injector offered free. Sold by J F Fezer.
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Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Shilohs Cure Promoted By J F Fezer
An advertisement touts Shilohs Cure as relief for sleepless nights caused by a severe cough. The notice credits J F Fezer as the promoter.
Seilohw's Vitalizer Promoted for Digestive Ailments
Seilohws Vitalizer advertised for constipation loss of appetite dizziness and all symptoms of dyspepsia priced at 10 and 75 cents per bottle sold by J F Fezer.
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Seilohw
J. F. Fezer
Shiloh's Vitalizer Guarantee Promises Cures
An advertisement proclaims a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer for dyspepsia and liver complaints, claiming it never fails to cure, and lists J.F. as the seller.
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Shiloh
J.F. Fezer
Dr. Clark
U. S
M. A. McLaughlin & CO
Skinner Block
Denver, CO
N. B
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Cleopatra
Almirante Barroso
New York Harbor
Dom Pedro
Duke of Saxe
Duke of
Saxe
Bedoe’s Island
Oxue Bedloe
Rees
Bartholdi
Face OF Liberty
Graphical Union
St. T Bernards
Great Danes
Cape Hatteras
Seine
Clincman
J. J. Reithman & CO
Denver, Colorado
Riverside
M. Ravu
Prop
Cor
Blake
Denver, Colo
Rocky Mountain Resort
Springdale
Boulder
Colo
Mineral Springs
Denver
Seltzer House
Boulder Co
Cemeny
Portland
Louisville
Colley
Plaster OF Paris
RED Cross Paints
Marshall & Welch Coal
Mansfield’s
Omaha
Milwaukee & St Paul
Omaha Rock Island Freeport
Rockford
Elgin
Madison
Janesville
Beloit
Winona
LaCrosse
R. Miller
A. W. H. Carpenter
J. FF. Tucker
Geo. H. Herfford
J.T. Clark
Saddles & Harnem
Cinches
SPURS
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
Hart
Pete Hyacinthe
Gladstone
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