Noted Trochas and Cuban War Keyboard Secrets
Special letter surveys Weyler s trochas across Cuba as formidable on paper but easily bypassed by Gomez. It notes trenches log houses Spanish soldiers and barbed wire, plus a compact keyboard device for sending signals and cipher orders. It contrasts Spanish training with U S troops and highlights automatic keying features.
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Weyler
Cuba
Orth
Gomez
Trocha
United States
Sam
Moors’ Keys Guarded In Tangier Houses
The piece describes Moorish descendants in Tangier safeguarding keys to houses in Spain once held by Moors. Spaniards occupy these homes while the Moorish owners await a day to reclaim Grenada, with Tangier depicted as an Orient vivid beyond Damascus and featuring Arabian courtyard courts and fountains amidst tall towers.
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Tangier
Morocco
Spain
Grenada
Damascus
Telephotos in Naval Service Signal System Adopted
United States Navy adopts Telephotos signaling system from Buffalo. Four vertical lamp units with white upper halves and red lower halves operate via incandescents and lenses. A deck keyboard enables rapid spelling of signals, improving night communications for warships.
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Qnr
Spain
United States
Telephotos Company of
Buffalo
United States Navy Department
Burns Beggars Inn in Mauchline Recalled in Legend
The article describes Poosie Mansie in Mauchline, run by George Gibson, as the notorious inn where Robert Burns formed The Jolly Beggars. It notes the household’s disrepute, with Racer Jess and the wife excommunicated, and recounts how Burns studied the beggars there and conceived the poem. The room remains largely unchanged, a relic of Burns's day, with an antiquated bachelor’s remark on women’s loves.
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Burns
Mauchline
George Gibson
Racer Jess
The Hawaiian Flag and Its Fateful Adoption
The article recounts the flag’s origins around 1873 during Kamehameha IIs reign. A French warship sparked fear of conquest, prompting a composite banner from English and American ensigns. Eight stripes were chosen to symbolize the eight islands, with white on top, while the jack retained the St George cross and other crosses. It traces power shifts toward whites and a superstition about stripe order fueling political efforts to alter the flag.
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Hawaiian Republic
Kamehameha Sr
Key
Pacific
Honolulu
Kamehameha
Teland
Hawaii
Congress
Alma Kansas Sunday school flags trigger Maine-Spain note
A Sunday school superintendent in Alma Kansas bought two gross of American flags for pupils. On opening the bundle he found the inscription Remember the Maine and to hell with Spain printed on each flag. He decided to postpone distribution indefinitely.
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Alma
Kan
Maine
Spain
Gold in London bricks uncovered
Report notes common red brick clay yields gold at about a shilling per ton. With London’s brick supply estimated at five million tons, this implies assets of around £250,000 of gold embedded in city walls.
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London
Pink Pills Promised Cure Stirs Hope Among Patients
A 4" article from Indiana recounts Mrs. Nancy Flynn of near Goshen crediting Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing her neuralgia and heart pain after years of suffering. It cites doctor confusion, opiate use, and twelve boxes of pills ending her pain, plus broad claims about neuralgia forms and widespread testimonies praising the pills.
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Woanes
Ind
Nancy Flynn
Goshen
Indiana
Abe Eaid
William
Beauty and health cures priced in old ad prose
Fragmented old newspaper ad copy mentions Cascarets for skin and digestion, Cosmo Buttermilk Soap, De RH Rinse, and various tonics. It weaves multiple product pitches with half-formed lines about courage and social scenes, ending with teasers for No-To-Bac and Malt Cream from Denver.
Spencer remedy promises cure for foot sweat and odor
An advertisement touts Spencer’s cooling remedy for sweaty feet and foot odor claiming permanent relief after 14 years on the market. It offers 14 to 50 cent pricing, post paid, with money back guarantees and targets druggists for corn cures, while promoting a social note about boarding houses and car plates.
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Spencer
World’s May Diminishes As Global Trade Shifts
A fragmented excerpt notes language barriers in international commerce. It discusses how two-thirds of global communication is hindered by non-native usage and postures a shift in who dominates linguistic exchange. The passage highlights the impact on engineers and state actors as trade moves toward multilingual settings.
Atchison Topeka And Santa Fe Special Exhibition Ad
A fragmented notice offers patrons a chance to furnish tents for a special exhibition. The message mentions payment of one hundred and sixty dollars per unit, with full address and a contact at Hall General Agent A T Ry.
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Atchison Toma Ta Fe
United States
Hall
A. T
Ryver
Cole
Fragmented Text From A Court Adjournment Report
The passage shows garbled OCR with names and phrases about uniforms and a court. It mentions Associate Justice White of the United States Supreme Court and an adjournment, but the details are unclear. The readable bits include references to a camp, promenade, and a pharmacist product.
Malls Catarrh Cure and Cosmo Buttermilk Claims
Fragmented ad text references medicines including Malls Catarrh Cure and Cosmo Buttermilk with claims of internal use and skin benefits. Includes stray phrases about prices and a funeral widow, showing an assortment of ad snippets and personal notices without clear coherent event.
Ills of Women and Hope from Pinkham Remedies
Fragments describe women seeking relief from womb prolapse leucorrhea and abdominal pain. Letters praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, claiming cure after months of illness and doctor visits. Names include Mrs Many Bouuxeer and Mrs Henny Donn.
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Many Bouuxeer
Marianna St
Chicago
Pinkham
Jack
Henny Donn
Findley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mia
Dows
E. Pinkham
Lis E. Pinkham
The Power of Schilling's Best Baking Powder
An incomplete reader note extols the Powe of Schilling's Best baking powder as wonderful, reflecting early 20th century brand praise and consumer enthusiasm for baking products.
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Schilling
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