Libby Brand Wins Grand Prix Honors at Paris Exposition
Libby, McNeill & Libby of Chicago receive the Grand Prix d Honneur and two fold medals from the International Jury of Awards at the Paris Exposition for purity and excellence in canned foods. In America Libby Brand is renowned for top quality in meat preservation and has won major awards at U S expositions for two decades. A booklet How to Make Good Things to Eat will be mailed free on request by Libby Chicago Illinois.
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Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
America
Libby, McNeil & Libby
United States
Libby, McNaill & Libby
Aluminium Gains Ground As Major Industrial Metal
Aluminium is now produced on a large scale for many industrial uses and ranks among the world’s top commercial metals. It is cheaper than copper and tin by weight, resists tarnish, suits cookware, and is widely used in shipbuilding. Small aluminum additions to steel or brass yield solid castings and strengthen metallurgical processes.
Bohemia Yields Glassy Mineral From Space Debris
Bohemia near Trebitach yields glassy bottle green objects resembling moldavites. Dr Suess of Vienna, in a recent study of these curious minerals, concludes they are meteorites and should be added to the foreign bodies that reach Earth by falling from space.
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Bohemia
Trebitach
Suess
Vienna
Unsolved Question on Ship Armor and Locomotive Shock
The energy of a 13 inch gun discharge with empire leaf powder is equal to that of nine forty ton locomotives moving at a mile per minute plus one twenty ton locomotive at the same speed. No battleship has yet experienced such a shock. what effects on bolts plates leaks and warping can be conjectured from this hypothetical scenario.
A Proper Way of Breathing From Morning Routine
The guidance outlines how to breathe properly by inflating the lungs and walking five paces with a closed mouth and nasal breathing. It suggests increasing paces to ten and fifteen, then taking several long breaths after rising and before bed for improvement.
Ring recovered from Maine wreck victim with date inscription
Andrew Qleson, chief diver, recovered a plain gold ring from an unrecognized Maine wreck victim. The ring bears the inscription September 24, 1807 C BE F tea. Initials of the recipient are withheld to prevent misidentification.
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Marne Wietlun
Andrew Qleson
Maine
Wave of the Century War Duration Across Nations
A historical note compares long running conflicts by nation in the present century. Turkey leads with about 38 years of war, followed by Spain at 1 year, Russia 24, Italy 29, England 21, Austria 17, Holland 14, Germany 13, Sweden 10, Portugal 10, and Denmark 9.
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Turkey
Spain
Russia
Italy
England
Austria
Holland
Germany
Sweden
Portugal
Denmark
Deeply Anchored Depth Record For A Ship
A ship set a historic anchoring depth of 2000 fathoms far surpassing two miles, marking the greatest depth at which a vessel has anchored. The milestone underscores advances in naval exploration and deepwater anchoring techniques.
Earth's Production Value Estimation
The article states the average annual production of the earth is estimated at 16 billion dollars. This figure is presented as a broad economic measure without further context or breakdown.
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Earth
I Know You Think of the Dirt Beneath Your Feet
Mollie endures a tense night as Madame Dubois and Henri clash over a haunted atmosphere in the house. Mollie counsels Kate and Dana about faith, forgiveness, and seeking calm, while Mollie fights mounting suspicion about her guardians and her own future as she paces the shadowed corridors.
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Mel
Kate
Mollie
Clare
Henri
Bilark
Christ
Who Killed Leonard Barlowe in Chapter Six
Mollie ponders Leonard Barlowe’s death and questions Du bains private knowledge. She recalls Henri’s hatred of his uncle but reasons he could not be involved while noting his London alibi. The clue unsettles her as she faces loss of freedom and looming danger.
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Leonard Barlowe
Mollie
Dubails
Mr. Barlowe
Henri
Madame
London
Tesla claims cure for consumption with electrical oscillation
Nikola Tesla introduces a new tuberculosis treatment called electrical oscillation. He says a machine handles two to three thousand volts safely and drives current through the lungs to destroy germs. Reported cases, including a New York patient with five years of TB, claim improved lung function and cavity loss, hailed as a potential major medical breakthrough.
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Nikola Tesla
Tesla
New York
Coquetry of Cuban Women and Their Fashion Shortcomings
The article observes Cuban women’s innate coquetry expressed in delicate clothing and meticulous needlework, noting cleanliness and future promise. It contrasts graceful but aging American styles with Cuban physiques, highlighting weak posture, flabby muscles, and limited footwear as they lace thin shoes and often go barefoot indoors.
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Yore
Tropics
Wager Tales From Civil War and Later Bets
General Greene recounts officer wagers at Gettysburg and other bets from Harmon in Detroit to a Philadelphian who leaped into water eight feet deep. A Berkshire County man ran five miles in forty one minutes for a horse, then jumped eleven feet six inches. An Englishman earned five thousand by walking ten days, but grew too tired to walk much afterward.
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Mads Komemneer
Francis V. Greene
Gettysburg
Harmon
Stanwix Hotel
Detroit
Philadelphia
Terra Firma
Curtis
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Head
Les
New York Telegraph
Mount Photos on Glass Process Described
Instructions describe mounting photos on glass using gelatine. Soak gelatine, dissolve in warm water, pour into a shallow tray, fix prints by rolling and transferring quickly to avoid bubbles, then dry and mount onto glass. Glass quality affects final effect.
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Eixteen
Wonders of the Talephone Bound and Travel Distances
The article discusses how telephone signals travel along conductors with speed depending on the generating source and medium. It notes a theoretical limit to message distance but observes that the practical limit increases as technology advances.
Miller Appointed General Passenger Agent of St Paul System
Miller, brother of Roswell P. Miller, named general passenger agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul system effective Oct 15 1900 to succeed George H. Heafford. He has been the principal assistant and will head the department with no new assistant. He began in 1874 and joined the St Paul in 1883 as a clerk in the passenger department.
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Epstem
Fr . Miller
Roswell P. Miller
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
George H. Heafford
Miller
St. Paul
Marquette Building
Messrs. Marsh and
Merrill
Harford
Cascar et Candy Cathartic health remedy ad
An old advertisement claims Cascarets cure bowel issues from headache to cancer by restoring natural movements. It promotes the genuine Candy Cathartic tablets costing 10 cents to begin health recovery and warns against imitations stamped with C. C. CG.
Curious Postal System Sparks Praise and Caution
A reader excerpt notes Swedish mail honesty with unlocked pier boxes and self-selective letters. It contrasts heroic moments with daily tedious duties and quotes Alexander Maclaren on endurance. The piece references lax laxatives, Coffea coffee substitutes, and Grain-O as a cheap coffee alternative. It also cites U S military deaths through May 1898 and canvasses about canvasback ducks in Maryland and London market prices for the birds.
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Sweden
Landing Place
Long Historical Snippets and Ad Fragments From Aged Page
A collage of vintage notes and ad text items includes a mothers remedy claim for CABTORTA, a Mayflower ancestor anecdote, a Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway souvenir offer for the Katy Flyer, and a brief mention of the Agra mausoleum built for Bhah Jehon. The mixed fragments touch on trains, souvenirs, and imperial architecture.
Very Lighters Tubing In Aluminium Lightness Claim
A historic note touts exceptionally light tubing made from oiokel aluminium. Claim states three thousand feet weighs only one grand, highlighting remarkable weight reduction and potential industrial uses.
Great Bunting Ground El Gram Chaco Region Description
El Gram Chaco spans 400000 square miles between Bolivia and Argentina near Brasil and the Andes. Nomadic tribes live by fishing and hunting with languages foreign to locals and little contact with civilization. A converted tribe once settled and vanished overnight. Also notes on cough balsam and heating department stores using animal heat noting a store remained warm after 9 30 am in midwinter without extra heat.
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Brinton
Cassler
Remarkable Child Viola Rosalia Oelrich of Lake City Iowa
Viola Rosalia Oelrich two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Oelrich of Lake City Iowa is highlighted for extraordinary learning. At 1 year 11 months 26 days she passed an examination before two teachers knowing at least 3000 nouns and reading simple sentences. She has a scrapbook with 1100 object pictures and can name them upon seeing.
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Viola Rosalia Oelrich
Harry Oelrich
Lake City
Iowa
Viola
Khalifa's Treasure Claimed in Arabic Manuscripts at Nairn
A Nairn correspondent reports that manuscripts donated to the Nairn Museum by Corporal Mc Donald, brought from Om durman, are said by a leading Oriental scholar to reveal intelligence about the Khalifa's treasure and plans. The items will be sent to Colonel Wingate. Piso's Cure for Consumption is advertised as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds by N W Sauval of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1060.
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Nairn
Nairn Museum
McDonald
Omdurman
Khalifa
Wingate
N. W. Sauual
Ocean Grove
N. J
Preservation at Andersonville Earthworks and Wells
A visitor notes that the Andersonville earthworks and stockade remain intact thirty-five years after imprisonment. Providence spring flows steadily, and wells dug by prisoners are in as good condition as new. The article mentions Putnam face dye and a health tip about warming through deep breathing. It also references Laurier’s stance on prohibition and a medical claim about catarrh treatment.
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Andersonville
Providence
Peace Conference Date Set for May Eighteenth
A notice states the annual peace conference will be held on May 18 in The Hague, Netherlands, with preparations underway. The city and national organizers reaffirm the event location and schedule.
Spiritual counsel and quotes on inner kingdom of God
A reflective excerpt blends religious exhortations from Thomas a Kempis and Andrew Bonar about turning to the divine within, finding peace and consolation, and bearing burdens with faith. Repeated garbled lines mention Gurfield-Tea and constipation hints, interwoven with meditative phrases.
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Eleg¢em
Christ
Thomas A Kempis
Death by self immolation in Spitalfield tragedy
A young Russian woman named Fienburg, about eighteen, killed herself in Spitalfields after family woes. She had moved from Filenburg to live with Aaron Fienburg in Dunks Street lodging house, consumed by poverty. Her brother-in-law reportedly set her clothes on fire with paraffin, ending her life in a fearful manner.
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Fienburg
Spitalfeldw
Filenburg
Wneland
America
Aaron Fienburg
Dunks Street
Spitalfielda
The Naming of Vessels Through Ancient Custom
A brief survey traces vessel naming to Argo legends of 600 B C and later Roman practice. It notes christening customs using a tutelary deity image on the stern, mentions Paul’s voyage under Castor and Pollux, and cites the wine libation on launch as deriving from Neptune or Poseidon rites.
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Jason
Pindar
Paul
Malta
Rome
Castor
Pollux
Neptune
Poseidon
Free Sample of Allen's Foot-Ease Offered
You can obtain a free sample by writing Allen Olmsted in Le Roy New York. The remedy cures sweating damp swollen and aching feet. It makes new or tight shoes easy and serves as a remedy for corns and bunions. Available at all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Turquoise Favor and Wall Colors Highlighted By Era
The Pharmaceutical Era notes lighting depends on wall color and reflectance with values for black velvet to white and mirror. A Philadelphia Ledger piece discusses turquoise gaining favor, its care issues, and color changes. It also covers a veteran American soldier voting rules while stationed away from home.
An Improved Rasor Radar Blade Mechanism
An improved radar uses a removable blade for prorlexing. The back features a grooved channel for blade insertion and a spring catch that enters a depression in the back to lock the blade in place.
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aids Mothers
A Belleville Ludington Michigan reader testifies that Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound eased severe menstrual symptoms and restored strength for household work. She advises mothers with large families to try the remedy after doctors could offer no help.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Postmaster Folker at Acasto Long Served Since 1852
The sudden death of William Folker at his home in Acasto Clark County Mo is noted. Folker was appointed postmaster there in 1852 by Franklin Pierce and remained in that role until his death making him possibly the longest serving postmaster in the state or country. North Dakota passes a marriage license physician board bill to test applicants health and mental condition with bans on those likely to pass illness to offspring including dipsomania insanity and tuberculosis hoped to set a national example.
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Regular Army
Kahoka
Cor
St. Louis Globe Democrat
William Folker
Acasta
Clark County
Folker
Acasto
Missouri
Franklin Pierce
United States
North Dakota
Speech at Lyceum theater teaches jealousy to win love
In Americana at Home at the Lyceum theater Bessie Tyree advised a young lover to win the girl he fancies by making her jealous. She suggested starting by sending her gifts as the first step in her worldly wisdom for winning another girl.
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Bessie Tyree
Americana
Lyceum Theater
Good Game Spotted at Whist Club
A Detroit Bree Press item notes that T praised Winkerly as a strong whist player, while remarking he has been playing at a woman’s whist club, highlighting surprising venue for his skill.
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Winkerly
Detroit Bree Press
Oklahoma Society Promotes Melodic Reverie
Fragmentary text mentions a celebration or musical event with references to Oklahoma, public figures, and assorted names. The readable material includes mentions of Mag and Morgan’s Maniak and a price 1.00, with scattered proper nouns. Context remains unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Oklahoma
Sulwarthe
Morgan
Botton
Map Ate
Anahuve
Adiress
Dick + Murgen
Perry
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Lisby's Food Products
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Sawyer
I Aes
Reverton
All Reverton
Mr. Barlowa
Madame Dubo
Reggie
Reggle
Mother
Hanover
Lord
Jane
Harriett
Eigit
Beverton
Paris
Joyce
Sam
WEW
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Fasson
Curions Postal System
Alexander Maclaren
Garfield
Nants
Adjutant-General
Canvasback Records
Maryland
New York Journal
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
St. Louis
Mexico
Ciites
Kanang City
Hannibal
Sedalia
Scott
Nevada
Parsons
Denison
Dalla
Ft, Worth
Waco
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
James Barker
A, Bt
Louis
Nowe
Exintonow Jether
Agra
India
Bhah Jehon
Grove
Putnam
Chow Adama
Pepin
Protel
Wilfrid Laurier
Toledo
Cheney
Stoledé
Ohio
Hae
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Allee
Hurn
Cores
Bunions
Ase Fee Allen
Bingue
Netherlands
Andrew Bonar
Galelde
Spitalfield
Philadelphia Ledger
Liverpool
Atlantic
Magnetic Starck
Mothers of Largs
Ms Poor
Ane
Gur Hom
James H. Mason
N.Y
Moira
Jnsion Wanington
Teena Vet Gytes
Reremy
EL Grees
Ailevia
S. Toe-Guh
Ron Cornn
Thompson
Koys
Malmyra
W.N.U. St.louis
Whee
Waller
APO
Mewator Hale
Wagmetic Starch Manufacturing CO
Omaha
Neb
Itu
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