The New President Theodore Roosevelt Is Now the Nation's Chief Magistrate
Theodore Roosevelt becomes President after William McKinley dies. The text traces his birth in New York City on October 27, 1858, and outlines his lineage, early education, and rise through civil service reform, politics, and the Rough Riders. It notes his roles as NY governor, military leader, author, and family life with Edith Carew.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York City
Theodore
Civil-Service Commission
Roosevelt
New York Board of Police Commissioners
Pollce Department
New York National Guard
Col
Wood
Rough Riders
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Frank S. Black
Thomas H. Benton
Gouverneur Morris
Alice Lee
Boston
Edith Carew
Albany
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Alphabetical Advertisement in The Times 1842
An alphabetical notice for widowers and single gentlemen seeking a housekeeper who will oversee the household and preside at table. The prospective wife is described with attributes from A to Z, including agreeable, English, honest, industrious, prudent, and vivacious, with an address at Simmonds' Library Edgwareroad.
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London Times
Simmonds’ Libray
Edgwareroad
The Food of Fishes Vegetables as Foundation of Diet
The text explains fish diets across seven classes with plants forming the base of the food chain. It notes most fishes eat other animals, while many supposedly herbivorous claims are debated, citing mullet and seaweed digestion as examples and recounting a bream post mortem with seaweed in its stomach to illustrate varied feeding.
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Land’s End
Joining Two Great Seas Plan to Link Black and Caspian by Canal
A St. Petersburg dispatch says a British engineers plan to unite the Black Sea and Caspian Sea via a canal has not been abandoned by Russia. The project is vast and needs extensive surveys of levels and water facilities, currently by private firms with uncertain results. The Viedomosti notes Russia will soon order exhaustive surveys along the belt between the seas by canal specialists, after which a final decision will be made on feasibility.
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Caspian Seas
Russia
St. Petersburg
Viedomosti
Peruna touted as cure for kidney catarrh and Bright's disease
A Wisconsin man credits Peruna with curing two years of kidney catarrh and Bright's disease after trialing the remedy. The letter spans endorsements from Congressman J H Bankhead and others, praising Peruna as a tonic and cure, with offers to seek free professional advice from Dr. Hartman.
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John Herziger
Alderman Herziger
Neenah
Wis
Neenah Young Men's Club
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Commercial Street
Bright
Bankhead
J. H. Bankhead
Alabama
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Samuel R. Sprecher
Court
Angelina
Denver Normal and Preparatory School Ad
An old newspaper fragment promotes Denver Normal and Preparatory School at 1543 Glenarm Street. It mixes anecdotes of camp battles and a soldier’s note with Wisconsin farm land ads under the Chicago Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway line, urging buying land in Marinette County. It ends with a Wizard Oil mention and a humorous wedding joke.
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Wisconsin
Marinette County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
J. A. Miller
Chicago
Mall's Catarrh Cure and Advertisements Mixed Text
An assortment of old advertisements and snatches of text mention Mall's Catarrh Cure with internal use and price, a Turkish author in danger, Mia Winslow's Syrup for teething, and general ad copy. Also includes a quip about gate receipts, salesmen wanted, and a weathered note about Piso's Cure for Consumption. The passage ends with a stray joke about a dog and a boy.
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Mia
Winslow
Value of a Man's Life Stirs Courts and Health
The piece argues the law and society assign value to a life by earnings tied to physical health. It extols digestion as health’s measure and claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can normalize digestion for issues like dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness flatulency liver or kidney troubles.
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Supreme Courts
Food Supply on Oceanic Liner Stocked with Poultry
On the White Star steamship Oceanic the cold storage chamber is loaded for the voyage with 1,800 head of poultry. The item highlights the scale of meat provisioning for the liner’s voyage and notes the vessel's capacity to preserve such a large quantity of poultry onboard.
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Oceanic
Putnam Faceless Dyes Promoted For Easy Use
Brightest fastest dye sold by druggists at 10 cents per package. Good Luck Brings Bonus. Foreign steamship lines pay captains and engineers bonuses for a year with no accidents. British captains earn 800 to 1200 pounds annually plus bonus. engineers 240 to 500 pounds with similar bonuses for accident-free operation.
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Putnam
Killarney Eagles Exterminated After Growing Damage
The famous eagles of the Lakes of Killarney in Eagle's Nest mountain have been exterminated within the last three years. Once admired by visitors, they caused depredations among grouse and attacked lambs and kids on nearby farms, leading to their capture and the final shooting of the last birds.
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Killarney
Eagle's Nest
Devoe Paint Ad Promises Quality in One Package
A vintage ad from Chicago promotes Devoe ready paint as the best choice for lasting protection and appealing finish. It claims some paints fail to meet all three goals of durability, appearance, and protection. The pamphlet offer is made if the reader mentions the paper.
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Devoe
Chicago
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William McKinley
Czolgosz
United States
Mr. Blaine
National Civil Service
Harrison
Civil Service
Martha
James and
Martha Bulloch
Georgia
Harvard
State Assembly
Board of Aldermen
Civil Service Reform
Ne York
the Police Commission
Navy
Rassiata
McKinley
Spain
West
Santiago
Col. Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Shafter
War Department
Alice
Theodore, Jr
Teddy
Mrs. Roosevelt
Kermit
Ethel
Archibald
Quentin
Marsh
Winnebago
Alice Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Cperuna
Alon
Ziger
Denver Normal and Preparatory School
Glenarm Street
Phey
Freddick
Alma
Mall
Price
Reliable House
Joan F Borsa
Trinity Springs
Ind
Kline
RH. Klank, Ltd
Arah St
Philadelphia
Denver Directory
Denver
Arapahos Street
Colorado Tent & Awning CO
Gutahall
Res
Marapat Wat Manufacturers i
Lawrence St
Deu
Freh
Kof
Burch
Box
Colorado
Mestaurants
Colummine Specialty CO
P.O
Colo
Ogden Assay CO
Douglas Union
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Shori Sho
Douglas
Fupon
Muni
W. J. Douglas
Carringe
Mo Atom Department
IFK
Brock
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