Washington Gossip And Department News Of The Day
Long Washington column reports on army auto tests, Manila recruitment, Otis reinforcements plans, navy movements involving Admiral Schley, reservoir law changes, and Mrs McKinley health prompting President to forego a Pacific coast trip. Includes Oscar Loewe enzyme treatment work and various War Department directives.
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Saulter
Corbin
Manila
Bedale
Philippines
Brooke
War Department
Otis
Leo
Schley
Navy Department
Brooks
Santiago
Brooklyn Fow
Navy Yard
New York
Newport
Ison
Schleyen
Wellington Pnd McComas
Maryland
Sroel
Secretary of the Interior
Kansas
Nebraska
Pew
Alger
Otix
United States
Hello
Ees
McKinley
Washington
White House
President McKinley
Pacific Coast
Mrs. McKinley
Potomac
Sylph
Miner survives grizzly fight after dynamite shaft trap
John Greenough and Wesley Miles, and their claim near Fort Steele, British Columbia, faced a wounded grizzly in a shaft after a dynamite blast. Greenough, badly mauled, killed the bear with a knife, then, aided by Miles, escaped death as the explosion ended the attack. Greenough, later recovering, vowed to keep the bear skin.
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John Greenough
Spokane Falls
Northern
Spokane
Wash
Fort Steele
Greenough
Goddard
Wesley Miles
Miles
B. C
Idaho
British Columbia
Messrs
Mr. Miles
Mr. Greenough
Surinam toad carries its young on its back
The Surinam toad breeds in Guiana and Brazil with a remarkable method. After laying eggs the female carries them on her back, each egg pressed into a separate cell formed by the jelly like skin. Tadpoles develop inside these cells and later emerge, leaving a honeycombed back. The mother then sheds and regrows a new back for the next season.
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Surinam
Guiana
Brazil
Jewish Tenacity of Life and Survival Longevity
A comparison argues Jewish longevity and disease resistance. It claims Jewish infants face lower mortality than British peers, with statistics showing Jews living toward seventy one years while British die earlier, plus lower overall death rates through infancy and middle age.
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Great Britain
Desire to Get Even Involves Home Coming Comment
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt reflects on retaliation with blunt humor. The speaker expresses eagerness for a visit from those who “entertained us,” warning they will “use them up root and branch” if not addressed within weeks, implying strong, aggressive sentiment. The exchange frames a desire for vengeance and cultural confrontation through a provocative metaphor.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Uncle Abner's Conclusion on Happiness and Blest Land
The fragment argues true happiness lies not in possessions but in gratitude for God’s blessing on our land. It contrasts with neighbors by implying contentment comes from modest blessings rather than abundance. The tone is folksy and reflective on prosperity.
Stomach Bitters Promised To Cure Digestive Ailments
An ad asserts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will subdue stomach disorders whether in the Philippines or the human stomach. It claims to cure constipation indigestion and dyspepsia and cautions buyers to ensure a private revenue stamp covers the bottle neck.
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Philippines
Cause for Grief and a Crayon Portrait Affair
A gloomy Bilkson mourns losing a seven month labor colored meerschaum pipe. A joke about Mrs Jones reveals a quarrel over a large crayon portrait left behind with the wife. An ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as the cure for various foot ailments, with free sample and 25 cent price.
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Bilkson
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
Faultless Starch and Humorous Horse Tale Card
A brief housekeeper hint extols Faultless Starch for making large quantities of starch with better results than other brands. It notes the product is sold by all grocers at 10c. The text also includes a humorous exchange about a horse with reasoning powers and an anecdote about a horse kicking at an automobile cab.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Satire
Hall's Catarrh Cure presented as a constitutional remedy with price five cents. A humorous exchange about technicalities and inheritance follows, featuring Uncle Jim and a quip about the son inheriting fighting qualities from his mother.
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Hall
Price
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Cate
Forte Rico
Bird
Tion
Uncle Abner
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Hood
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Buckingham
R.p.hall & Ce “Ashua
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PABST
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International Convention Baptist Young People’s Unions of America
Richmond, VA
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BIG
Richmond
O. McCormick
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