Gilbert Islands Under British Protectorate Tensions Rise
Report from Apamama describes renewed trouble in the Gilbert Islands, with a Royalist captain forcing flag changes and a youth king Paul at Apamama overseeing a British flag erection. Communities and foreign firms oppose interference while British power consolidates despite local resistance.
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Colal
Gilbert Islands
Royal Palace
Icisco
United States
San Francisco
Washington
United Kingdom
Has Sued an English Duke Posua Knight Sues Manchested Duke
American actress Posua Knight, born in Salem Oregon, has sued the Duke of Manchester for breach of promise. Knight, granddaughter of Gen John J Miller, studied elocution in San Francisco and New York and has acted with Frederick Warde E H Sothern and the Kendall Weston Stock Company.
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Posua Knight
Duke of Manchester
Salem
Ore
Col. N. B. Knight
Baker City
John J. Miller
Miss Knight
London
New York
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Frederick Warde
Tolstoi Excommunicated by Greek Church
The Holy Synod announces Count Leo Tolstoi’s excommunication for apostasy and separation from the orthodox church. The notice notes his speech and writing have kept him outside church communion, and suggests the act will not deeply affect him given his lifelong departure from formal creeds.
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Leo Tolstoi
The
Holy Synod
Count Tolstoi
Tolstoi Braced for Excommunication By Church
The article notes Count Tolstoi faces an excommunication decree, predicting little social ostracism in peasant circles and pure personal resolve. It argues he values his work and wealth less than public stature, remaining unfazed by church action.
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Russia
Count Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Mud as a Life Saver in London Dust Issue
The article argues mud curbs disease by replacing dry dust with waterlogged dirt. It claims inhaled dust spreads bowel troubles and consumption while mud neutralizes germs, halts spread, and washes into drains. Wet mud reduces airborne particles and lessens health risks from dry dust.
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London
Headless and Tailess Fish From a New York Well
Near Goshen New York a blast in a 250 foot well sent an eight inch water jet 300 feet high. From the column emerged three headless tailess fish eight inches long with no eyes or mouth and small end orifices. One died after capture, another survived in captivity.
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Goshen
N. Y
Restoration under way at Rothe say castle for jubilee
The young marquis of Bute with his father’s trustees resumes the restoration of Rothe say castle. He plans a banquet hall ready for the summer centenary celebration of Rothesay becoming a royal burgh.
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Castle of Bute
Bute
Rothesay Castle
Rothesay
Demand for Swords Shrinking Amid Modern Warfare
A single Massachusetts sword factory can meet domestic demand even with Cuba and the Philippines wars. The saber’s obsolescence dates to the Civil War as rifles outrange blades. Also notes a potent digestion claim for Hostetter’s Bitters and a book agent incident in Wayne County.
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United States
Massachusetts
Wayne County
Omaha | World-Herald
Chicago Record
Beware Mercury Ointments For Catarrh And Cure Ads
Warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments notes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo has no mercury and is taken internally. It warns to buy genuine products, mentions testimonials, price 75 cents, and druggist sales. Also cites various sample lines about editors, Wizard Oil, dyes, and tests on wood used in warships.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney &Co
Army Automobiles and Volunteer Motor Corps
The British War Office rejected forming a volunteer corps of motor vehicle operators but would accept individual automobilists for emergencies. A quip about a secretive book keeper and a joke about a middle name follows, suggesting light social riff with no direct action.
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British War Office
Advertising Aisles and Medical Claims Parade
A jumble of catalog pitches, patent remedies, and booster notices fills this page item. Includes Dr. Racine correspondence for six bottles, Golden Eagle Dry House free catalogue from Denver, King Edward dispatches, Garfield Tea claims, a Missouri dog joke, Chicago mud tale, blueing product Russ’ Bleaching Blue, ink from Carter’s Ink Co., a Kansas hatchet coat joke, Primley’s California Fruit Gum, Jeffries boxing note, Piso’s Cure mention, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, a paint remover tip, Dr. Kline nerve restorer offer, and a Swelhed anecdote with Miss Cutting.
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