Russian Smoke Signaling Across Distances in War Era
The article notes Russia using smoke signaling from fire baskets atop towers as a primitive telegraph method, even amid modern tech like heliographs and electric lights. It mentions observers and engineers observing smoke signals over great distances, illustrating wartime signaling ingenuity and persistence. It also briefly reports Wilmington, Delaware crime news about highway robbers to be placed in the county work house, naming three suspects and the jail chief.
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Russia
Wilmington
Del
Newcastle County
James Fondville
Thomas G. Kolley
Walter H. Browne
Monstrous Trade Slavery Tale From African Coast
London reports Capt Foote on the Mary Hendry received a skin as a gift from King Oghu of the Jukrmen after trading. A slave was killed to supply the skin, exposing a brutal ceremony. In Washington, a New York congressman remarks on heartless charity after a man asks for help and is told to gather snowballs to eat.
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Mary Hendry
Oghu
Nigeria
Foote
Washington
Congressman Ruppert
New York
Ife
Merits of Dr Bull Cough Syrup Endorsed by Motorman Boschen
Motorman John D Boschen of Brooklyn testifies to rapid recovery from bronchitis and pleurisy after using Dr Bull's Cough Syrup. He describes fever chills and blood spitting then gradual healing in a week and urges workingmen to rely on the remedy for lungs and throat ailments.
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Bull’s
Peter
John D. Boschen
Schenck Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Dr. Bull
Bo Ia
Ball
A Corner for Women Menu and School Party Ideas
Friday menu features breakfast lunch and dinner items with salmon marine salad steak with bananas and horseradish sauce plus a coffee fruit cake recipe. A Colonial School Party outlines inviting guests dressing as revolution era students questions on Washington and lessons with prizes and period dress guidance.
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George Washington
George
Martha Washington
Jessons
Uute
United States
Washington
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Prove Popular Across Ages
A promotional claim extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy curing dyspepsia and restoring stomach strength. Personal anecdote from a St Louis businessman credits the pills with restoring appetite, easing digestion, and enabling continued business success after six boxes. Product touted as widely available at 50 cents.
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Stuart
Xa- Tyre
St. Lows
Coen Tea
Paula Edwardes First Actress To Trademark Photograph
Paula Edwardes, star of Winsome Winnie, becomes the first actress to trademark her photograph for use on all billing and materials. Her attorney A H Hummel of New York plans copyright protection to preserve individuality and prevent others from using her image without consent. Edwardes aims to popularize her pictures from Atlantic to Pacific and associate them with her stage career.
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Paula Edwares
Ienne
Winnie
Erminio
Misa Edward
A. H. Hummel
New York City
John Drew
Wm. Faversham
Jaz. K. Hackett
Beeond
Atlantic
Pacife
Lincoln private car to join Lincoln museum at World’s Fair
The Union Pacific shipped Lincoln’s private car to St. Louis for the Lincoln museum at the World’s Fair. The car, used by President Lincoln during the Civil War, carried his body to Springfield for burial.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Lincoln Museum
Lincoln
Springfield
Hounds Tickled This Old Farmer
Detective Elmer McGuire with bloodhounds King Henry and Jim Crow tracked two alleged barn burners in Kentucky after a night fire near Constance. The dogs pinpointed suspects, who were arrested, and the farmer offered rewards McGuire declined.
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Elmer McGuire
H. & D. Railroad
Indianapolis
Dayson
Kentucky
Constance
McGuire
Marvelous Secret of Youthful Power Advertised
A sensational appeal promises a free life enhancing tonic from Dr. C. S. Ferris claiming fame and power restored to "weak men." The letter urges readers to mail their name and address to receive the “Marvelous Vital Life Fluid” and insists the secret can instantly renew vigor, health, and manhood.
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Butte
Earth
Dor'urs
Dr. C
Ferris
Strawn
Cleveland
Obie
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Ingat
Harbor OF
Port Arthur
London
Boschen
Chicago
Jeder
Hoss
Molly Jackson
Justice Caverly
Cornelius Jackson
Jackson
Paula Edwardes
Ira Paula Edwares
Menter Rosenbloom & CO
Greaha
Iron and Woop
Vonnegut
E. Wastingiel
Ndharapolis
Anita AD
Lee Nupmrae Pharmacy
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