Blount Answered on Hawaiian Affairs and Stevenson Dispute
Ex United States minister John L Stevens denounces Blount's Hawaii report, defending American duty to Hawaii, criticizing Blount for partial, misrepresentative claims, and detailing the neutral stance of the provisional government and royalty at Honolulu during the 1893 upheaval.
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Mays
Honolulu
Avatsta
John L. Stevens
United States
Hawaii
Blount
North Pacific Isles
Plymouth Rock
Gresham
Thomas Jefferson
William L. Marcy
W. H. Seward
James G. Blaine
Liiuokaloni
Whogdaima
Hope
Department of State
Stevens
Boston
Kalukaug
Tha -Ha- Waiita
Merrill
Bayard
Thiewun
Ohiaf
Mra. Blount
Provisional Government
Lout
Trould
Bia
Legation
Deb
Explosion at Elwood electric plant injures four
Four men were injured when the boilers exploded at the Elwood Electric Street Railway plant in Elwood Indiana on Wednesday afternoon. The one story brick building suffered extensive damage though no fatalities were reported among the four workers present. Frazer the railway manager sustained facial and head bruises while Tompkins the engineer suffered a cut.
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Nano
Hualldhiy
Elwood
Ind
Elwood Electric Plant
Elwood Electric Street
Ac. P. Frazer
David. Tompkins
Enginger
Tragic fatal duel ends with Barrows suicide after quarrel
In Ridgeville, Nov 28, Herman Barrows a respected 68 year old farmer and local justice of the peace shot his wife aged 44 in the breast and head then killed himself. Mrs Barrows expected to recover. a petty quarrel sparked the tragedy.
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Berman Barrows
Uwls
Errica
Ridgeville
Herman Barrows
Barrows
Minneapolis Bank Robbers Admit Guilt in London Court
Scheig and Floyd, the Minneapolis fugitives charged with robbing the Bank of Minneapolis of $90,000, admitted guilt in Bow Street police court London. They sought not to have American depositions read and expressed a wish to return to the United States. Both were committed for extradition.
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London
Scheig
Floyd
Minneapolis
Bank of
Prisoner Death After Alleged Abuse in Charteston Jail
Pressley Jones, arrested by U S marshal Harmon for illicit whisky sales, died in Charteston jail from typhoid pneumonia after being kept in harsh conditions while six orphaned children mourn his loss. His wife had already died. Dr Barber urged humane treatment but was ignored.
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Charteston
W. Va
Pressley Jones
United States
Harmon
Jones
Barber
Admiral Bello Seeks To Intercept New Brazilian Ships
A Rio Janeiro dispatch reports Admiral Bello has departed with key war vessels to intercept reinforcement ships for President Peixoto. Widespread excitement grips Rio, with belief a major naval clash may soon erupt off the Brazilian coast.
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Mello
Lospex
Rio Janeiro
Admiral Bello
Peixoto
Adda
Healy's New Cabinet Emerges Amid Party Shakeup
Fragmentary OCR hints at cabinet reshuffle with Healy involved in a reorganization. Other lines reference a proposed lineup, with unclear details about positions and outcomes in the bureau.
Fragmented note on November 29 wartime briefings
A partial OCR fragment mentions November 29 and notes that neither the pale nor naval departments or a minister know any details about a tip. The readable text is sparse and fragmentary.
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Pale
Naval
Get Rich Schemes Target the Public in Fraudulent Ads
A flood of get rich quick schemes floods newspapers as ministers and leaders are named to lure victims. Fraudulent offers promise instant wealth, land with quadruple value, or health benefits for small payments while legitimate interest fades.
Cautions on investment frauds and prudent finances
The speaker denounces transparent frauds as folly and warns that the poor and industrious are often the victims. Many schemes promise large returns while evaporating savings, urging readers to avoid speculation, seek small sure gains, and distrust glittering but hollow promises. The message echoes a moral about th e dangers of credulity and counterfeit schemes.
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Carlyle
Perenna
Hypocrisy of Wedding Gift Customs Warns Against Extravagance
The piece condemns lavish wedding gifts and social pressure to conform. It notes invitations to many acquaintances lead to duplicate presents and discarded items, while finances strain under installment plans. It urges gifts be free will offerings reflecting joy, not forced by society.
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Tom
Nots University
Wanted Old Fashioned Mothers in Modern America
A critical essay celebrates traditional motherhood and laments the rise of paid nannies. It argues 1.6 million mothers undervalue the divine duty, claiming modern women abandon the sacred task in favor of social life and luxury without recognizing the life-giving role of a nurturing mother.
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America
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Tragic Lehigh Valley Car Ride Down Mountain
A hand car with seven workers descends a steep mountain pass near Beaver Meadow, Pennsylvania. An axle breaks and a 80 foot plunge into Black Creek leaves two dead, five injured, including foreman Frank Eck and Hungarian laborers. Andrew Covitz dies en route home, Michael Mortsky dies at home, others hospitalized. Hazleton Dispatch reports.
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Frank Eck
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Igborera
Beaver Meadow
Hazle Creek
Black Creek
Andrew Covitz
Michael Mortsky
Avon
Foreman Eck
Thowes Laurenz
Court Told Him How To Free Her In A Prisoner Plot
A middle aged man named Henry Bresling appeared in Jefferson March court and claimed his sister in law Misa Emma de Fontana had been arrested for two months. He told Justice Koch a scheme to secure a release, offering to vouch for his uncle status and promising bribes for a suit of clothes. The judge warned him to leave the courtroom or be sent away, and he fled.
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Henry Bresling
Jefferson Mar
Justice Koch
Misa Emma de Fontana
Abe
Iisteke
Jade Koch
Lit
New York Press
Aged Scot Woman Appeals to Queen at Windsor
Maury Clarke of Dumfries, widowed and evicted, travels with her 15 year old daughter from a six week trek to Windsor Castle to seek relief. Acting Inspector Kelsay investigates while charitable castle guests provide immediate aid before their return to Scotland.
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Winebar Castle
Maury Clarke
Dumfries
White Lodge
Richmond
Windsor Castle
Kelsay
Royal Household Police
Windsor
Scotland
Paris Herald
Extraordinary Family Ties Across Generations at Lyons Farms
The New York Herald reports Lyons Farms, New Jersey farmer Thompson Chandler has two sons aged 60 and 3. The elder has a 40-year-old son who fathered a 16-year-old. The 16-year-old is twice as old as his granduncle. The 8-year-old attends Lyons Farms school while the 60-year-old son is a Landisville businessman, and his 40-year-old cousin is a bank director. Chandler remains a hardworking, capable farmer.
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Thompson Chandler
Lyons Farms
N. J
Farmer Chandler
Vineland
Chandler
New York Herald
Miraculous Escape Near Bee Avenue Hotel
Four year old Delacy girl and her cousin narrowly escaped serious injury after being caught in a car collision in front of a New York hotel along Bee Avenue. The incident, described with uncertain details, involved a swift rescue by bystanders and left the children unsettled but unharmed.
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Marris
Delacy
Peter Delacy
We Bee Avenue Hotel
New York
Tragedy of Life in New York and a starving boy
A young Sanford Parker bursts from a Brooklyn tenement to earn pennies for food for his starving mother. He tries to sell a trolley motor handle to a junkman but is arrested. The mother dies of starvation as the sorrowful tale unfolds amid London slums.
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New York
Sanford Parker
Mitarabin
Brooklyn
London
Curious Oroville Plant Produces Gas Filled Fruit
A reader describes a mysterious plant near Oroville California with a yellow egg sized fruit that resembles an empty bag. Inside it holds a watery substance that evaporates as the fruit ripens leaving a light gas. The inflated fruit sways in the wind and eventually breaks free, rising high into the air before vanishing.
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Oroville
Cal
Princess Maud Prefers Plain Arrival Underscores Privacy
Princess Maud of Wales, after leaving Scotland, plans to visit her late governess now living in Devonshire. She shows no wish for official ceremony and favors going by the name Miss Mills to avoid royal recognition.
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Princess Maud
Princess Maud of Wales
Scotland
Deyonahire
Miss Mills
Grippe Remedy Promoted By Local Pharmacist
During a flu season a local druggist touts Dr King’s New Discovery as effective for grippe and throat ailments. The advertisement claims rapid cures with the remedy now on sale at Bay G. Senay & Co’s drug store and highlights benefits beyond fever and nasal symptoms.
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BaGrinon
Seavon
King
Enna
Treivand
Pri
By. G. Senay & Co
Electric Hittera and Bitters Remedy Ad
Strength and health claims for Electric Hittera and Bleetele Witters claim to aid the liver stomach and kidneys. Promises relief from headaches and fatigue with quick results. Advertisement for large bottles at 59 5 cents at FG Seaman & Co's Drugstore.
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Seaman & Co
Huckson's Arnica Salve Promises Worldwide Cure
The advertisement touts Huckson's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cats bruises sores wheats salt rheum favor sores tetters chapped hands dilblains corns and akin eruptions. It claims to cure piles or no pay and guarantees satisfaction with money refunded. Price is 25 cents. Local shop and seller GS Seaman listed.
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Huckson
Wren
Simple Remedies Warn Against Pneumonia Weather
The piece urges attention to colds as the origin of catarrh and consumption and links pneumonia weather to harsh air. It promotes Cubsb Cough Cure as a quick-relief remedy that strengthens the throat and lungs, reduces congestion, and guards against pneumonia, sold by A. O. Hyde in bottles of 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Directong
A. O. Hyde
Titus and Tonlain Tonic Advertisements Chronicle
A collection of 19th century patent medicine pitches and testimonials for tonics and remedies. Prominent items include Bacon's Celery King for nerves and digestion, LavVexopen Ointment for cold and throat issues, Carter's Smart Weed extract, and Sulphur Bitters praised by users. Endorsements from J. D. Netley and Geo Willard appear, touting reliefs for lameness and headaches, with varied dates and locales.
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Bacon
M. BR. Powell
Em remedy cures prolonged mala rial poison says A Rice
Three years of mala rial poison left me with poor appetite wasting me. Mercurial and Potash failed. A few bottles of this medicine gave a complete permanent cure. Now in better health than ever. Ottawa, Kan. Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed from Switz Special Co, Atlanta, Ga.
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J. A. Rice
Ottawa
Kan
Swit Srecizic Co
Atlanta, Ga
Avid
Viki
White
Grand Rapids
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