Professor Starr Returns From Guatemala Mexico Trip
Frederick A. Starr, professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, returns from a three months journey through Guatemala and Mexico. He studied ruins and pygmy legends among Mixes and Zapotecs, noted language diversity, and plans another expedition in October. He rejected connecting small regional peoples to pygmies and observed coffee investment in Tuxtla Gutierrez and Chiapas.
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Frederick A. Starr
University of Chicago
Guatemala
Mexico
Tenuantepec
Starr
Tehuantepec
Emperor William in British Admiral Uniform Visited Syracuse
A New York World correspondent reports Emperor William visiting the British cruiser Astrea at Syracuse on April 7 in a British admiral uniform. He then toured the Italian flagship Francesco Morosini and hosted both ship commanders to luncheon on the Hohenzollern, later guiding the English captain around the yacht. The episode is seen as a sign of conciliation toward England.
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Italy
William
Astrea
Syracuse
Francesco Morosini
Hohenzollern
England
New York World
Whiffs and Shadows of Urban Life in a New World
A long fragment details a stinking garbage box used for six weeks, a chilling note about spontaneous combustion, and a fictive civic quarrel over ice pricing. It shifts to a vivid tale of Sapphira Montgomery a colored child lost and killed by a streetcar, then drops into a state prospect letter from South Dakota and a patent medicine advertisement, weaving social ills with personal tragedy and public notices.
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The
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Board of Health
Mount Carroll racing notes and local obits report
A Mount Carroll column covers local racing with Ab bey Fisher and another horse dying from injuries after a buggy accident. It notes a move to improve school regulations, a May 14 obituary for Kyle Robbe of scarlet fever, and community events including a successful Della Jeffries school in Strawberry. Also mentioned are memorial services, G A R news, and multiple Sunday births.
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Reuben Robbe
Jos. Phillips
The
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Strawberry
Ida Gardner
Sem Oary
Francis Shimer Academy
George P. Sutton
Methodist Church
Jos. Odgers
Chicago
Ward
Evanston
Stackenberg
Lutheran Church
Phillips
H. L. Soule
South Dakota
Bethel Chapeh
Odgers
Spring Valley Social Notes and Local Happenings
Miss Mary Backer and niece Minnie Geismaan visited Henry Bremmer from Wednesday to Sunday. Dave Sturtevant plans a new house this summer and crews are working on it. John Linker and wife from Brookville visited relatives. Walter Van Brocklin and Dave Sturtevant’s child are sick. Etta and Hertha Gill’s horse frightened by a passing team but controlled with skill. Mrs Ed Walky of Freeport spent Sunday with Henry Heisler. One swallow of One Minute Cough Cure brings relief.
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Mr. Foust
Mary Backer
Minnie Geismaan
Henry Bremmer
Dave Sturtevant
John Linker
Brookville
Walter van Brocklin
Etta
Hertha Gill
Ed Walky
Freeport
Henry Heisler
Wat Houan
Rainy season slows plowing and corn planting in Milledgeville
Milledgeville reports heavy rains hindering farmers from finishing plowing and corn planting. Local social notes mention visitors from Southern California and Lanark, church services to unite Progressives with memorials, and various small town visits, departures, and entertainments amid wet weather.
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Prescott
Southern California
Denver Hallowell
Lulu Verity
Lanark
G. W. Mowe
Morrison
Proctor
Rush Medical College of
Chicago
Coleta
Don't Stop Tobacco Cure Ad Claims Scientific Relief
An advertisement promotes Baco-Care a tobacco cure claiming it allows continued tobacco use while gradually stopping. It cites a Berlin physician’s formula, offers a 30 day three box guarantee with 16 percent interest refund, and includes testimonials from a Pastor in Clayton Arkansas and others, with prices 100 per box or 250 for three boxes.
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Clayton, Nevadada Co. Ark
Eureka Chemical and Mfg. Co
Ban Crosse
Wis
PH. Mawarony
P. Church
Clayton, Ark
Eureka Chemical and
Wfy. Co
LaCrosse
Boston
Mass
Weather Bureau Local Record Lanark Illinois 1896
Weekly meteorological report for Lanark Illinois shows mean temperatures 68.5F for the week ending May 17 1896 and 50.0F for the same week last year with precipitation 0.62 inches. Remarks reference solar halos and a sick observer note from Etta Logan praising a family cure from Kidlack in Galesburg Illinois.
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Lanark
Werere
Vol
Observer
Vassar Girls and Athletics Recapture Country Recreation
In Demorest's May issue the piece A Day at Vassar highlights how Vassar students favor gym workouts and outdoor amusements. It notes rowing skating and tennis as preferred activities near the lake and courts, with a prairie-like country style and modest dress. The infirmary records and rising interest in athletics are cited as evidence of wholesome recreation at the college.
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Vassar
Demorest
Pratt Says X Rays Destroy Germs in Tests
Professor H P Pratt told the New York Herald in Chicago that he believes exposure to Roentgen rays will kill germs of diphtheria typhoid and others in his experiments. He reports using 62 minutes of exposure with a new apparatus and plans to inoculate a guinea pig with tuberculosis to test the theory.
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Count von Holtschuherr
Chicago Times-Herald
H. P. Pratt
Chicago
Tam
New York Herald
Canopy for bicyclists and novel bike rack patents
A report lists recent patent grants including Jennie Reid's sun and rain canopy for bicyclists with curtains to shield riders and eyes from public gaze. It notes Oscar No Shannon's street rail frames with hooks to secure wheels and a locking groove. August Kieson for a nonexplodable lamp seals oil if overturned using a specialized tube valve.
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Jennie Reid
Pond Creek Station
I T
Oscar No Shannon
Riverside
Kieson
London
Sam
Mummy Making by Toledo Undertaker Draws Attention
A Toledo undertaker Karl Mathias claims to preserve bodies by an ancient Egyptian method. He mummified Alber Weeks of Warren New Hampshire, stating all organs remain and the body withstands heat and chemicals, producing a leather hard skin and lasting preservation. Medical observers show great interest in the technique and its potential.
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Karl Mathias
Toledo
Alber
Warren
N. H
Mathias
Mathina
Chicago Times: Herald
Castoria claims cure all Rheumatism and more
A historic ad copy touts Groits Rheumatic Care as the only cure for rheumatism in all forms. It includes endorsements from doctors Dr. E. B. Tort and Dr. Sawyer and patient letters claiming relief after limited use. Also promotes Regge's Ceremon Salve with a high return-rate claim and invites inquiries for farm investments and land deals.
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Chicago
Land transfers and property notes flood local records
A jumble of names notes transfers of land and lots in Shannon Chadwick Lanark and surrounding areas. People including Isabel Carey Maggie Cannon Mary Bana ford and Emma L. Miller appear in various deeds and parcel changes. The list shows parcels in Chadwick Lanark Shannon Woodland and Freedom Salem with several transactions totaling properties and buyers.
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Isabel J. Carey
Gee
HH Mayer
Lot
Lanarl
le Maxwell
Hannaford
Chadwicle Son
Moater
Channery
Joho
Mellina
Mayle Cannon
Michael Cannon
Hind
Shannon Michael Cannon
Mavgle Cannon
John Shannon
Anthony Cannon
Maggie Cannon
Shannon
Samuel Mersey
H. IL. Shirk
Hollister Lumber Co
Fair Haven
Louisa Sack
Emma L. Miller
Chadwick
Phillip Miller
J. Conrad Miller
Palaver
Pred Gaewiel
Chadwiek
Charlotte L. Snow
Mary Banaford
Lewis Robert
Conrad A. Hest
Martha A. Pierce
Masters
Land In Freedom
Salon
L. Mostetter
Masters Land In Freedom
Salem
W. 1. Masters
James Rickman
JM. Kinney
Charles Kinney Dand
York
Jennie Spercher
Frank Woolside
Lanark
Prairie land sale method urged by prospectus
Bank stock sold by earning power. land should be valued likewise yet is not. Small farms fetch 4.10 per acre or more, but few owners get 1 percent. Southwest Lom intin offers thousands of acres of fine prairie land promising 100 per acre yearly on first cost. Northern farmers report nets of 10 per acre on 10 to 15 per acre purchases. Hard work and economy could make a man wealthy on a prairie farm in southwest Louisiana. Descriptive pamphlets and excursion dates available from MORHISON TLE Southern Pacific Co.
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Edison
Roentgen
Tesla
New York World
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Louisiana
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