Notable Miscellany: Deaths Schemes and Arts in Vintage Dispatch
The Register reports on a Miller county resident building a private tomb, shows Georgia students embracing manual careers with 560 applicants for six scholarships, and notes New York’s Leonard Cordes dying with his violin. Paris burglary steals 50 000 francs in jewels after a floor-below break in. Sidney Cooper, nearing 99, still paints daily. Jules Verne nears his 99th book as France values longevity. A Chicago woman aged 92 apologizes to Jane Addams for not being neighborly after hot weather ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard Cordes
Sidney Cooper
London
France
Jules Verne
Chicago
Jane Addams
Carnegie funds Scottish church organs after Americans gift
Andrew Carnegie, paying nearly a million dollars for organs for Scottish churches, follows a hint from Moody and Sankey. When the evangelists toured Scotland, Sankey’s simple tunes drew vast demand for small American organs to test the hymns. About thirty thousand dollars in British royalties on Moody and Sankey hymns were refused, the Scottish committee gave to the Moody Church in Chicago. Carnegie, as a Scotch-American, repays Scots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Moody and Sankey
America
Moody Church
Chicago
Carnegie
Welsh colonists face renewed Patagonian flood disaster
The River Gamwy overflow in Patagonia drives colonists from homes and crops. Embankments broken to release floodwaters, three quarters of the valley flooded, only three houses collapsed. Colonists appeal to Argentina for land on hills, relief funds, and flood protections. many consider emigration to Canada. Also notes on Who's Who in America showing high college graduation rates among notable individuals and Philadelphia Press commentary on life prospects for educated men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patagonia
Gaiman
Canada
America
Philadelphia
Telegraphic Briefs Across Nations And Cities
Free municipal employment bureau planned for Duluth. unions reject women. Cuba backs Musso for president. Sydney Nova Scotia carnival planned. London arrest and extradition of St. John Dix for bank wrecks. Crown diamond for Queen Alexandra. Turkish cruiser keel laid at Cramps. Roosevelt opposed to tailed animals. German naval wireless upgrades. Baird funds Princeton oratory. Earthquake at Erzeroum destroys homes. California Fruit Exchange protests reciprocity treaties. Cloud street renamed Santos-Dumont. Carnegie offers $10,000 building for Wood Library. California fruit canneries sold to eastern syndicate. San Francisco Market Street Railway sold for $26 million. unmarried tax bill debated in France. American church in Berlin. White to lay cornerstone. Paul Revere chapter leader dies. Carnegie bonds paid to workers. Pope bars public reading of pilgrim address. parole and indeterminate sentence push. Convicted matrimonial bureau fraudsters sentenced to hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Journeymen Barbers’ International Union
Cuban Democratic Party
Bartolome Musso
Cuba
Sydney
Nova Scotia
St. John Dix
Washington
London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Cramps
Roosevelt
Charles O. Baird
Philadelphia
Pri
Princeton
California
California Fruit Canners’ Association
Market Street Railway Company
San Francisco
Baltimore
Congress
Southern California Fruit Exchange
French Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
New American Church
United States
Andrew D. White
Paul Re
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Iristown
New Jer
Joseph Wa
Paul Revere
Andrew Carnegie
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Braddock
Carnegie Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Canal Treaty Nears Final Signatures in London
London reports that Britain has completed its part of the isthmian canal agreement with only signatures remaining from Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay. Minor post-arrival suggestions at Washington have been settled. The notice then shifts to an unrelated Baker's chocolate promotion inviting readers to check the trademark and request Miss Parlon's recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Pauncefote
Hay
Washington
Miss Parlon
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
The Sword of Damascus Continues in Desert Night
In this installment Julian and Alin flee a villainous king Horam with Habaddan and Ezabel aiding. They reach Ben Hadad’s cave where Ezabel shelters them and reveals Julian’s childhood bond with Habaddan, while Alin contemplates staying away from Damascus until the king lies dead. Ezabel voices deep love for Julian and defends his noble nature despite his flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Opis Leutenant
Heg
Julian Urgi
Alin
Che
Alicia
Julian
Damascus
Osmir
Ben Hadad
Albia
Shubal
Selim
Pharphar
Ortok
Rascal
Ezabel
Hold
Julia
Tures
Horam
Hobaddan
Tlin
St Jacobs Oil Claims to Cure Bronchial Ailments
An outward application for bronchial difficulties is claimed to penetrate to the cause and loosen adhesions in the bronchial tubes. The advertisement promotes St. Jacobs Oil as superior for croop, whooping cough, rheumatism, and numerous pains, asserting it is clean, non greasy, safe, and universally available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs
First Homesteader Dr Daniel Freeman of Gage County Neb
The First Homesteader known as the nations pioneer homesteader lives on Cub Creek five miles west of Beatrice Nebraska His original 160 acre entry has grown to a 1200 acre farm with fine stock buildings and modern machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Freeman
Gage County
Nebraka
United States
Cub Creek
Beatrice
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Nurse at the Children's Home in New York promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children. Claims cure for feverishness bad stomach teething disturbances bowel regulation and worm destruction with over 30000 testimonials. Available at druggists for 25 cents sampler address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
To Buy or Rent A Farm In The San Luis Valley
An 1878 to present view contrasts national malt liquor consumption with farm ownership. The author argues buying is best for those with capital and labor to run a farm, noting advantages like self-management, savings, possible improvements, and land value growth. Announcement: land near a new town in the sunny San Luis Valley offered for sale on easy terms. contact Chas Felt, 207 Boston Building, Denver. A St Louis man loses $10,000 and may erect a monument with doggerel on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Luis Walfull
Z Ph. Chas
Boston Building
Denver
Colorado
St. Louis
Efe
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and testimonials
A historical advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is sold by druggists F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin with testimonials and pricing. Includes unrelated quotes and jokes about manuscripts and a pain wizard oil remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
FP. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register
Lamar
Miller County
Georgia School of Technology
South
Georgia
Rue Quincompoix
Paris
Tobbers
Constantinople
Erzeroum
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Philippines
Bickerdyke
Bunker Hill
Kan
Herald
Cloud
Santos-Dumont
St. Cloud
Wood Library
Canandaigua
Norfolk
National Prison Association
Kansas City
Charles Miller
N.C. Collins
Grace Arnold
Grace Allison
Cleveland
Danascus
Sylvanus Cobb, JR
Johnnie
Hall & Ruckel
Thompson
Rie Market St
Chicago, IL
Atlanbiy Ga
W.morris
Washington, D.C
Jones
Binghamton, N
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!