Biggest Maton Factory in the World
The Vulcan match factory at Tidahalm Gweden is the world’s largest, employing over 1,200 men and producing about 900,000 boxes of matches daily. A Russian engineer has invented an onstage electrical device that opens all doors outward without contact.
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Maton
Vulcan Match Factory
Deros
Howard
Alabama
Congressman White
North Carolina
Francis M. Anderson
Washington, D. C
Dauhter
Harriette A
Marsh
Woman's Benevolent Association of Chicago
Peruna
Perana
Oxford student startles American visitor at Magdalen ruins
Prof Max Muller amused by a young American woman who paused before Magdalen College ruins. An undergraduate appeared at a window, and she exclaimed with mock guilt, Oh, my Are these ruins inhabited.
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Bales
Max Muller
America
Oxford
Magdalen
Theae Ruins
A Nurse's Story From Peshtigo and Lincoln Talk
A Lakeside Hospital graduate nurse Miss Lillian Dreese of Peshtigo chronicled, praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for diabetes and kidney trouble and detailing health improvements after use. The piece also notes Abrah am Lincoln biographer Joseph Choate's career address and various period advertisements and notices.
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Lakeside Hospital
Lake Geneva
Raperiones
Peshtigo
Wis
Lillian Dreese
Dreese
Independent
Order of Good Templars
Rebeccas
Dodd
Carnegie and Golf Spark Strong Summer Plans
Andrew Carnegie plans a summer in the West to play golf near his Goat club, aiming to stay near the game he loves. The piece recalls his past clash with Charles Schwab over golf, noting Carnegie’s fierce stance against semi professional players and his belief that golf is a noble recreation.
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Harry Varton
Fortly
Andrew Carnegie
Westeheater Bills
Andrew's Goat Club
Chicago Chronicle
Carnegie
Charles M. Schwab
Carnegie Step Company
Schwab
Wes
Pittsburg Works
Holy of Holies
Charles
Schwab Waa
Field for poor men to mine Ozark mineral riches
A Forsythe Missouri correspondent extols Ozark mining as a path to wealth for laborers. He praises tail-heap work near Joplin and beyond, noting $40 per ton lead and higher zinc values, with 10 percent royalty to access tailings. A garden rake and spade can yield 1–3 tons daily, with shallow to moderate shaft depths and 2–3 workers per shaft.
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Ozark Hills
United States
Forsythe
Aod
Joplin
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Spanish Nobility Titles Sold To Unsuspecting Buyers
A Paris based broker circulates confidential offers to wealthy Europeans offering Spanish noble titles such as baron viscount and count at prices from 500 to 1000. Circulars have reached the United States but responses are scarce as Americans scrutinize for quality while Europeans accept any title. The letters patent are said to be legally attested by the Spanish government.
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Paris
Europe
Lana
Ihosen
Beet sugar production gap widens between France and Germany
France has nearly tripled beet sugar output over thirty years but remains fourth after Germany, with current yield 120 percent behind Germany. France cultivates 255000 hectares versus Germany's 427000 hectares, highlighting the growing disparity in beet sugar production.
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France
Germany
Blood Balm Likely Cure Advertised for Many Ailments
Garbled ad touts BB B Blood Balm as a universal remedy for ulcers eruptions pimples boils rheumatism throat bone pains and more. Claims cure all without medical advice and offers free treatment until cured. Address Hiood Balm Co Atlanta Georgia and promises prepaid delivery.
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Hiood Balm Co
Miteball St
Atlanta
Red Cross Ball Mybe tops world in love claim
A playful ad blurb touts Red Cross Ball Mive as the best in the world noting a large 2-oz package for sale and closes with a quip about a shoemaker needing his last. The text presents light humor and product hype in a vintage tone.
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Red Cross
Dropsy Treatment Ad Offered by South of Atlanta Doctor
Dropay offered as free treatment by Dr. H. H. Green in South of Atlanta Georgia. Advert confirms he is among the era's leading dropsy specialists and invites readers to view the advertisement in another column.
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Hall's
Ee Cheney & CO
Potedo
Eae
Bas
Uniterataries
H. H. Green
Atlanta
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William Court Gully
Home of Commons
Meennie Mherry
Patrick McCabe
New York
Sppé
Abbahiam Lincoln
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. J
Joe Atores
la Grippe
Garfield Teo
Courcvan
Carnegie AT
Perty
Newust
NEW Century CO
Market Street
Ohio Carriage Manufacturing CO
Columbus
Ohio
Botel Heron
Cuticura
Ceara
Ailanlay Ga
Thompson
Kansas City
Tmeen Enquirer
Tino
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