William Clark a Household Name in Rhode Island Mills
William Clark, president of the Clark Thread Company, died at Watch Hill after a heart ailment following a severe indigestion attack. A Scottish-born pioneer in spool cotton, he built Westchester Rhode Island mills with his sons Robert and William and led a firm that evolved from Passaic Thread to Clark Thread Company. His death ends a long career shaping American thread manufacturing. American on China's Gods recounts General Fred Ward, famed for leading the Ever-Victorious Army in China, and notes a temple honors his memory among Chinese warriors who burn incense before campaigns. Ward previously served in Crimean War and early Central American expeditions, with West Point aspirations cut short by missed appointments.
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William Clark
Rhode Island
Watch Hill
Mr. Clark
Scotland
Kerr & Clark
Renfrewshire
Clark
Westchester
R. I
Robert
Willam
China
Fred Ward
Ward
Nicaragua
West Point
United States
Countess Tankerville to dedicate life to gospel work
Countess Tankerville and her titled husband, newly arrived from London, plan to give up their palatial English home and devote all their time to Salvation Army gospel work after marrying Miss Leonora Van Martin of Tacoma Washington.
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Countess Tankerville
London
Leonora van Martin
Tacoma
Washington
Salvation Army
England
Falcon Island Reappears After Thirteen Years Under Sea
The Pacific island Falcon Island, risen after a submarine volcano near Truga, stood nine feet above water at end May and may now be a mountain. The British cruiser Porpoise reports it reappearing and warns of navigation hazards as the landform returns to the surface.
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Falcon Island
Pacific Ocean
Truga
Porpoise
Ex-Gov Roger Wolcott Named Ambassador to Italy
Ex-Gov Wolcott of Massachusetts is appointed ambassador to Italy to replace Draper and depart for duty. A lifelong public servant from an old Bay State family, he rose from the State Legislature to lieutenant governor in 1892 and governor in 1895, becoming acting governor on Gov. Greenhalge's February 1896 death before moving into diplomacy.
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Italy
Roger Wolcott
Massachusetts
Wolcott
Draper
Bay State
Greenhalge
Miss Teresa Blake Killed by Horse at New Rochelle Farm
Miss Teresa H. Blake a Boston socialite and skilled horsewoman traveled to Holloway stock farm near New Rochelle to purchase a hunter and jumper. After selecting a handsome bag she rode to attempt the hurdles. the horse stumbled at the third hurdle, throwing her and tripping, the horse falling on her and killing her almost instantly. Blake, longtime rider since childhood, was also known for tennis and golf.
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Teresa H. Blake
Boston
Holloway Stock Farm
New Rochelle
Miss Blake
The Peril of Electricity in the Electric Age
The piece weighs the bright claims of electricity against its dangers in crowded cities. It notes that while electric power reduces labor, it also raises risks to life and property and cites recent statistics as startling evidence.
Summer eating with lighter meats and fish options
A recipe style note from Woman's Home Companion promotes three months of vegetarianism as ideal but suggests lighter meats for summer. It highlights fish as the ideal summer meat, lists lamb veal poultry boiled and broiled ham and bacon, and urges a lighter breakfast with a snap such as salt fish dishes and curries. Bacon should rarely be omitted from breakfast.
Passing of the horse to the automobile era
A brief promotional note asserts modern progress from horse to automobile and praises Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters, claiming over fifty years of sales prove its value for stomach and liver troubles and urging readers to try it.
The Locust Menace and the Cascaret Caution
The article warns that locust plagues threaten 40 million square miles, causing immense economic and social hardship. It also critiques fake substitutes for CasCarets, urging buyers to trust genuine metal boxed tablets stamped CC.
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England
Getting Her Revenge
A historical note reflects on marriage patterns with a speaker claiming women who could not manage a first husband often marry younger men they can control. The remark underscores gendered stereotypes about marriage dynamics and authority.
Best for the Bowels Cascarrets Candy Cathartic Ad
An old advertisement touts Cascarrets Candy Cathartic as a natural health aid for all ailments from headaches to cancer. It promises easy movements with a 10 cent starter price and warns against imitations, noting the genuine metal box packaging and C. C. C. stamped tablets.
Summer School Meeting Sparks Mixed Feelings
An unclear note discusses a summer school gathering, mentioning feelings about the program and concerns with transportation and grammar. The fragment hints at attendees planning to meet outside and some uncertainty about pickup arrangements. No specific people or organizations are named in the readable text.
Ladies Can Wear Shoes With Alien's Foot-Ease Powder
Foot-Ease claims to ease tight or new shoes and relieve swollen hot sweaty feet aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Trial package free by mail. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Rev New York.
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Allen S. Olmsted
Le Rev. N_Y
Major famines of the 19th century summarized
The Philadelphia Record cites the worst famines of modern times. It lists the Treland famine of 1846-47 killing about 1,000,000, the Indian famine of 1886 with roughly 1,436,000 deaths, the Indian famine of 1877 also deadly, and the Chinese famine of 1958 with about 9,500,600 deaths.
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Treland
China
Iss
Philadelphia
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Odd Teaser Snippets
Advertisement line for Hall's Catarrh Cure promising a one hundred dollar reward. Includes testimony about P F J Cheney and supporting druggists. Also contains unrelated dialogue about neighbors borrowing a cow and a teething syrup reference, plus a Cleveland Plain Dealer joke.
Great Western excursion tickets to Chicago for encampment
The G A. R. S4th National Encampment at Chicago runs Aug 27 to Sept 1, 1900. From Aug 25 to 29 the Chicago Great Western Railway offers one fare round trip tickets with return by Sept 1, extendable to Sept 2 for 50 cents. McKinley to attend. Inquiries through Great Western agents or F. H. Lord, Chicago. Also a joke about a breakfast thief ending with a pun.
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S4th National
Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
Lake Michigan
McKinley
F. H. Lord
Adams Street
Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease for Swollen Feet Woes
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as the cure for swollen, smarting, burning and sweaty feet, bunions, and corns. It promotes powder to shake into shoes, 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores, with a free sample and address for orders.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
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