Congressional Action and Cuban Crisis Dominates Week
The House passed a bill authorizing temporary fortifications with owners’ consent amid ongoing District of Columbia business. Senate and House debates focus on Cuban crisis, army reorganization, and private pension payments, with leaders urging vigorous U S action and administration defense amid mixed votes and opposition.
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Mondar
Iend
District of Columbia
Senate
Messrs. Perkins
California
Clay
Georgia
Maudle
Montana
Raw- Hus
Utah
Jehan Roach
Jenner
Del
United States
Davis
Congress
McSkinley
Cangreng
Sulzer CX
Leng
Olio
Groevenor
Ohio
Hawaii unsettled as US plans to raise flag and defend harbor
Reports claim Secretary Beyall orders raising the American flag and maintaining dominance in Hawaii amid tensions with Spain and other powers. Admiral Miller and Minister Sewall reportedly silent on the claims while wartime preparations loom in the Pacific.
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Beyall
Heaginia
United States
Spain
Admiral Miller
Ardsra
Hawaii
Sewall
Aduaviral
Pacific
Woman Cured Of Inflammatory Rheumatism By Pink Pills
Mrs. George L. Rogers of Canton describes a thirteen year struggle with inflammatory rheumatism and related ailments. After trying many doctors and remedies she reports rapid improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits the pills with restored health, appetite, cheerfulness, and ability to attend church services again. The article also notes the pills purify and enrich the blood with vegetable ingredients.
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St. Lawrence Plaindeater
Canton
George L. Rogers
West Main Street
Methodist Church
Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Market Dialogue
An elderly fake medical ad touts Fai's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy, claiming internal remedies cure catarrh and promising rapid relief. The passage includes a seller’s shop dialogue on honesty, pricing, and perceived perfection, with dubious claims and generic tonics.
Music offers and tragic tale circulate in a fragment
An old advert and a grim note appear in the page. A suicide deaths story emerges with a Brooklyn man who purchased poison and killed himself. His sister confronted a druggist who sold the poison as the train fatalities in New York and Pittsburgh draw attention.
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Brooklyn
Teome
Uhre
Rany
New York
Pittsburg
Manitoba Farm Promises Prosperity and Low Taxes
Letter from S G Maynes describes migration from Minnesota to Dominion City Manitoba in 1892. He touts profitable mixed farming, dairy and stock raising, with 4 cattle heads 18 horses and $425 cattle sales in 1897. He notes lower taxes, better schools, debt-free holdings, and plans to expand.
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Dominion City
Man
Tmmmigration Department
Manitoba
Luverne
Rock County
Mint
Canada
Minnesota
Dontivien City
G. Maynes
P. S
Ietter
G. Mlaynnes
Prepared Remedies and Home Cures Featured in Advertisements
An assortment of 19th century medicine ads promotes Rhenmation and La Grippe remedies, Drops, and Allen's Foot-Rase powder. Testimonials claim dramatic relief from rheumatism and grippe, with sample bottle offers and mail order details. The page also notes landlord tenant tensions and a note on pure water without odor as a health claim.
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Swanton
Chienzo
John G. Martina
Wellsville
Turing
Swansea Rheumatic Cure Co
Dearborn
Sivent
Allen
Masea
Tri
Olmsted
Te Roy
N.Y
Market scene sparks a pun about a magnifcent trunk
A humorist and a proof reader stroll through the market trading quips about a magnifcent tr key. The proof reader jokes that keys are never stuffed with chestnuts until after death, prompting playful banter from a passerby.
Long Look Ahead in Presidential Prospects
Politicians weigh possibilities for the next election as papers fill with predictions. An ad endorses Binstetter's Stomach Bitters for renewing health in bilious, rheumatic, or nervous conditions. A note corrects spelling of Turkey to Turkia and explains the Ottoman empire origin of the title.
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Turkey
Turkia
Descriptive Ad for Alabastine and Miscellany Trade Odds
A fragment lists an Alabastine wall coating ad comparing it with kal somines and urges proper labeling. It also contains assorted old-time claims about medicines and household products, including Cure for Consumption and teething preparations, with stray promotional lines and old marketing phrases.
Alabastine as a durable wall coating versus inferior pastes
The piece argues that Ambastine based cement yields a durable finish that sets hard and recasts, while cheaper kalsemines made from whiting and other ingredients decay when exposed to air and moisture. It condemns abusive wall finishing practices and praises pure Alabastine for sealing cracks, purifying air, and reducing odors.
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Delage
Alabastine Company Patent Rights In Paint Mixture
A note warns against lawsuits over allegedly infringing sales of a direct material for wall coatings. It states Alabastine Co holds a patent on a water mixable wall coating and that no dealer should risk litigation by selling unauthorized products marketed as compatible with Alabastine.
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Great Britain
China
Perim
Indian Ocean
Alabantine
Seth
Alasbastine Co
Deoggiais
Ppaint
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Mount Vernon, N.Y
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Price
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