Albion News Notes and Local Gleanings
Albion needs another school building and reports a professional fence for thieves. Battle Creek sees renewed vice house actions and a jail guest from the county. The Ypsilanti Commercial ends its daily run while Albion contemplates competing daily papers. Kilamazoo Telegraph work praised. Parma News considers a daily in Albion. Auctioneers and local trades feature in town fare.
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Albion
Battle Creek
Ypsilanti
General Gorham
Dames
Michigan
Banqgast
Detroit
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Parma News
Lsste
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Kilamazoo Telegraph
Earnest Re
Deaths in Mishigad Report Highlights Leading Causes
A Chicago Record summary notes Mishigad deaths in 1899 reached 33,160 or 14.1 per thousand, with pneumonia leading at 2,934 and tuberculosis forms close behind at 2,636. The report, compiled for Secretary of State Ateanis, also recalls a Bedford county grand jury from decades past and local legal notes from Battle Creek Journal and Detroit area items.
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Albion Mitre
Dictlom
Chicago
Ateanis
Mishigad
Polymonia Ia
Lodge
Woodruff
Bedford
Milton Barney
Jas. W. Armatrong
C. W. Eldred
Sacramento
Cal
Battle Creek Journal
James McFarren
Sonoma
Elliot
Bra- Gillette
Personal notices from a midwest town bulletin
A long list of residents traveling and visiting relatives. W R Simons left on Monday with assistance from Clavalend. Frank Mitchell headed to Platida to see his mother. George W Fenton of Milwaukee visited son Charles A Fenton. H E Widder attended the A C U W convention in Detroit. P A Courtright went to Akron for business. Henry Gaus of Athens entertained with music. Lella Schneider of Albion visits cousin Mrs Blanche Graham. Clauds Anson of Dellas, Ore, in the chest of his brother A H Anson. Mrs Edward Barcowa of Elkhart and relatives in city. A G Fox and son Lester leave for California. Mrs J H Baker visits daughter Mrs C B Davie of Battle Creek. H L Merril went to Detroit for A O U W convention. returned yesterday. Major N J Kelsey called from Lanning. Mrs Kelsey in critical condition. Mrs E C Reid and daughter Flossie of Allegan visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Hlabrant. Mr and Mrs James Farlay return to Chicago. Ban Wastfall and W D Jeliseb return to Ellsworth, Kansas. Earle, Houston and Finis Bentley, University of Michigan students, arrived in city to visit parents.
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W. R. Simons
Frank Mitchell
George W. Fenton
Milwaukee
Chas. A. Fenton
H. E. Widder
Detroit
P. A. Courtright
Akron
Oho
Bnaingas
Henry Gaus
Athens
Mise Lella Schneider
Albion
Blanche Graham
A. G. Fox
Lester
California
J. H. Baker
C. B. Davie
Battle Creek
HL. M. Merril
N. J. Kelsey
Lanning
Kelsey Daling
E. C. Reid
Dr Chase ointment touted as cure for piles in Detroit ad
A Detroit notice promotes Dr Chase's Ointment as a cure for piles and related ailments. It claims long relief after 26 years of suffering and offers a sample with name and stamp for postage. Price 60 cents at druggists or Dr Chase's Medical Co Buffalo New York. Also mentions John's Little Liver Pills.
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Detroit
Mica
T. V. Baldinger
Clinton Street
Dr. Chase
A. W. Chase
Iwa
Med. Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Miscellany of Tobacco Tales and Early Automobiles
A quirky column notes Mexican tobacco use by families in Tabasco and Paraguayan children smoking small cigars. It also highlights a needle threading improvement, explains briar pipes come from heath wood, and reports a Prague rifle accident and Berlin postal use of Leutzk Automobiles for mail delivery.
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Bruyere
Prague
Bertin’s Mall
Post Office
Berlin
Leutzk Automobiles
Gezellechaft Fur Automobile
Bank of England's payroll figures and executive salaries
The Bank of England employed about 2 100 men with a total salary including pensions around £300 000 per year. Governors and directors split £16 600 annually. The governor and his deputy together receive £3 500, and each director gets £600.
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Bank of England “the-Bank of
Hungarian Watchmaker Letters From Nereto Address
A Hungarian watchmaker writes of six months in America and building a business. He sends his address on a card in Nereto and later receives a letter listing Sigmund Barney dealing in watches clocks and jewelry with repair services.
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America
Nereto
Sigmund Barney
Avenue B
Warranted Syrup of Tar refund guarantee ad
A notice from F.Q. Seaman & Co W. H. Elston HJ Hyde and Weat End Drug store offers refunds on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar 14 cent and 1 cent bottles if coughs or colds are not cured or satisfactory. Dec 1 existence noted.
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Carl
Greene
F.Q. Seaman & Co
W. H. Elston
HJ. Hyde
Weat End Drug Store
American Woven Fences advertised by Bostey's Haapwarz
A local ad warns against using No 10 fencing wire for fences as it breaks easily and cannot be repaired. It promotes American Woven Fences made from No 12 hard steel wire, offered at this year's prices exclusively at Bostey's Haapwarz.
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Bostey
Haapwarz
Origin of Popular Saying and Crisis Reports Adyldon
The editor cites the origin of the saying we clean an whistle linked to the whistle tankard from olden times. It notes the risk of self destructive acts and suggests reporting such crises to the paper to deter claims in the locality.
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Statesman
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Dellas, Ore
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