Sedley Foiled by Rustic Heiress in Town Social
Dick Sedley pursues Flossie St. John in town society only to learn she is Florinda Masten, a rustic heiress in disguise. She reveals her true name and fate, and pairs with Andy Strathmere, leaving Sedley humiliated as the crowd celebrates the engagement. The article closes with a rural milk production note.
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Andy Strathmere
Strathmere
Flossie St. John
Dick Sedley
Flossie
Enees
Sedley
Florinda Masten
Florinda
St. John
Masten
Mr. Sedley
Tigers and Buffaloes Fail to Fight in Sumatra Show
In Paar Panjang, West Coast Sumatra, a planned animal combat between a tigress and two buffaloes failed to ignite. The crowd watched as the bored tigress, worn from confinement, and the buffaloes refused to engage despite bamboo darts fire and spears. After aborting the tiger was killed and both corpses removed as spectators departed disappointed.
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Paar Panjang
Sumatra
Batavia Niewsbald
Pes
Rees
Zoological Gardens
Batavia
Amsterdam
Tts
The Value of a Gape and Vanished Island News
A medical note extols yawning as natural lung exercise and relief for ear and nasal ailments, citing Dr Naegell and urging six to seven yawns daily. The second item reports Expedition Island off Australia's northwest coast vanishing, per a German vessel sighting.
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Naegell
Australia
Island Submergence Described Amid Deep Waters
The report notes Expedition Island lies under hundreds of feet of water with no trace of it visible since a gradual subsidence. There was no dramatic sea disturbance to alert distant shores, unlike Krakatoa, and the island held local significance in its oceanic cluster.
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Krakatoa
Expedition Island
Lmira Advertiser
Powerful Trusts Listed by Rural New Yorker
The Rural New Yorker catalogs forty three concerns led by Standard Oil with a combined capitalization of about 1.25 billion dollars. The list notes that roughly half this amount is water value, inflated to boost dividends while masking true asset value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Chicago
How Gould Dodged Taxes and Tax Claims
Tax Commissioner Fettner testified before a New York joint tax committee that Jay Gould’s personal assessment rose from 250 000 to 800 000 over years, Gould objecting to the increase. He recalled Chauncey Depew’s remark about Commodore Van derbilt keeping debts to dodge taxes, with savings of 5 to 7 percent. The piece ends with a quip on short weights for butchers.
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Gould
New York General Assembly
Thomas L. Fettner
Jay Gould
Mr. Gould
Chauncey M. Depew
Commodore Vanderbilt
Famous patent medicine ad claims cures for catarrh
A garbled advertisement promotes Hay's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Catarrh Cure. It touts purgatives and tonics, claims liver and bilious issues are relieved, and offers a reward for cure failures. The text mentions F J Cheney and Co of Toledo and an 1886 notarized oath, with sales in various locales.
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Jer
More
State of Unio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cuengy
F. J. Cheney & Co
Seed selection and seed houses for farmers
Luck in seeds aside, farmers should judge seeds by the seedman’s reliability. M. Ferry & Co. of Detroit, a leading seed house, offers a free annual digest of gardening knowledge, with the 1893 edition illustrated and mailed free on request. A Florida travel book is advertised for ten cents, and other items include Dr Kline’s remedy and a soap company notice.
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Peres
M. Ferry & Co
Detroit
Mich
Florida
Charles L. Stong
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
R. A
First National Bank Bldg
Royal Baking Powder Advocates Pure Quality and Reliability
The Royal Baking Powder is portrayed as superior for purity, consistency, and strength. It claims universal use, long shelf life, and stable leavening power, with emphasis on chemical purity, careful manufacturing, and opposition to imitations and alum-containing powders.
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Ver
Maida
Agra
Chelaes
Isaken
New York
Ada
Wisconsin
States
SPORT
Maine
Yorktown
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
Ismall
A. W. Gleason
Hall
Palma Root Soap Co
Denver, Colo
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