Pile Cure Ad Claims Safety Amid Cautionary Health Notes
An old advertisement urges caution against fake medicines and promotes Pyramid Pile Cure as the safest treatment for piles. It claims extensive cures and warns against risky drugs, noting widespread promotional hype and urging readers to consult druggists. The piece shifts to a historical aside about beer added to mortar in 300 years ago England. It ends with a health note praising Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup for coughs and a local license record for Mrs Anne Barrie at Kildrummy Inn, Aberdeenshire, as the oldest licensee in Britain.
Fatal Detroit trolley wreck near Mount Clemens
A trolley car bound for Detroit from Mount Clemens was struck by a freight train at Beaufair street after midnight. Conductor Tony Schneider was killed. About 25 passengers were on board, many injured, some severely, as the car was tossed and split apart. Ambulances responded. the wreck caught fire.
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Detroit
Rapid
Mount Clemens
Beaufair Street
Tony Schneider
Hollanders Meet to Express Sympathy for Boers
In Grand Rapids on Friday night Fountain Street Baptist church overflowed as Hollanders gathered to express sympathy with the Boers in the Transvaal. Vice Consul John Steketee presided and speakers Dr Hulst Rev J W Warnhuis Rev Henry Beets and Rev J E Oxsenenaard spoke in Dutch with prayers and hymns. Resolutions urged support for the Boer cause and offered willingness to contribute money and treasure if needed.
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Grand Rapids
Fountain Street Baptist Church
Transvaal
John Steketee
Dr. Hulst
J. W. Warnhuis
Henry Beets
J. E. Oxsenenaard
Closed trout season to idle forty at Marquette mill
Marquette reports the trout and whitefish closed season starting November 1 will lay off about 40 men here and affect several hundred in the upper peninsula. The season had been strong for lake trout though fishermen oppose the temporary halt and await upcoming months.
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Marquette
Upper Peninsula
Grand Trunk to build station in Lansing next spring
State gossip notes several Michigan items. Grand Trunk plans a Lansing station. gypsum near Saginaw. Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Co organized with $660,000 capital. Grand Rapids desks and tables makers raise prices about ten percent. Marshall post office handles more mail than any similarly sized office. a Holly cider mill crushes 10,060 bushels daily but cannot meet receipts.
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Grand Trunk
Lansing
Saginaw
East Jordan
Gaylord
Knights of Khorassan
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
Kalamazoo
Traverse City
State Board of Medical Examiners
Detroit
Oren
Michigan
Langell
St. Clair
Hammond Hine
Mary Featherstone
Flint
Delaware
Beaver Island
Manitou
St. James
Receipts and Revenues Across Michigan Cities in 1898
The report shows fiscal receipts and net revenues for 1898 across multiple Michigan cities. Ann Arbor lists gross receipts of 460,042 with net figures toward 71,054. Detroit leads with 212,492 and Kalamazoo appears in crossing totals. Marshall, Wyandotte, Grand Marins, and other towns show increases from early year figures, with several cities advancing during the presidential period covered by the report.
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Kalamazoo
Ann Arbor
Sagin
Detroit
Kalard
Higan
Ross
Marshall
Wyandotte
Grand Marins
Lawton
Mantaflan
Saranac
Sparta
Smith of Alger Smith & Co Dies in Detroit at 80
Detroit Det. 80 Martin 5. Smith, partner of Gen. Russell A. Alger in the lumbering firm Alger Smith & Co, died Saturday at four p.m. from kidney trouble. Born in Lima New York in 1834, he moved to Detroit area at age ten. A self-made man, he led the jewelry firm M. S. Smith & Co, and later served as director of several mining railway and lumber ventures.
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Detroit
Det
Martin 5. Smith
Russell A. Alger
Alger, Smith & Co
Mr. Smith
Lima
X. Y
M. 8. Smith & Co
Gen. Alger Bean
Michigan and Ann Arbor News Highlights
Reports from Ann Arbor and surrounding areas cover student arrests after clashes with police, a Michigan G A H encampment invite in Grand Rapids in 1900, and a Grand Holds in Tyne announcement. The Michigan Chicago debate moves to Ann Arbor on municipal street railway ownership. Holland petitions urge Smith for US arbitration role in South Africa Britain tensions. Ezra Tobias, aged 99, dies in Baltimore township. Interior Secretary Hitchcock affirms land commission decision in Rogers versus P case.
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Ann Arbor
Chicago
Holland
Michigan
William Alden Smith
Congress
United States
Great Britain
South African Republic
Humorous Fragments From Classic American Papers
A collage of witty exchanges and skits from Chicago Daily News and other papers. Bits feature characters gossiping at a piano, undertaker TV references, playful quips about axle grease and doctors, and light social jest from Judge, Puck, and other publications.
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Chicago Daily News
Words of Wisdom and Moral Maxims Reprinted
A compilation of fragmented quotes on virtue patience and prudence from various figures including Shakespeare Young Tillotson Xenophon Mohammed Spurgeon Jerrold Heine and Herbert Spencer. The collection emphasizes strong reasons driving actions self estimation and restraint while noting dangers of pride and careless speech.
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Shakespetare
Hanway
Tillottson
Xenophon
Mohammed
Douglas Jerrold
Adriatic
H. Heine
Lerbert Spencer
Vacation Experiences and Perils of Travel
A reflective piece warns travelers of mountain slips and galley landslides, notes overpriced hotels and luck in accommodation, and praises sea trips as uplifting. It contrasts ideal cottage holidays with harsh realities, mocks bicycling hardships, and ends with the solace of returning home.
Pointed Paragraphs and Witty Observations
A collection of brief aphorisms on love, marriage, work, and society. It contrasts prudence and credit, jokes about digestion and disappointments, and notes small crookedness in everyday life with light humor. The quips reflect social norms and human foibles in a concise, period-voiced tone.
American Wheels Abroad
American bicycles reach global markets with two thirds exported to manufacturing nations and strong sales across Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Central America. In the last fiscal year four million dollars of U S bikes were sold to Europe, with France receiving more than twice as much as the prior year, and Great Britain remaining the top customer at about two million dollars.
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Africa
Central America
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
France
Great Britain
Gerres Oes
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Col & Feret
Mortan
England
Pittsburg
Dr. Wood
Frituh Jelands
Anne Barrie
Kildrummy
Aberdeenshire
British Islands
Bradpule
Killingasea
Injaeing
Mowe
Adrian
Mary L
Delos M. Drew
Lawrence Villa
Menominee
F. G. Durmer
Buffalo
Green Bay Fishermen's Association
Fish Trust
Ine
Bay Shore
Minera
Iron Mountain
Richard Knight
Peter Pedro
Cundy
Knight
Pedro
Ypsilanti
Irene M. Pattee
Orlando Pattee
Leonard Stehower
Dr.Boert
Zee+ land
Stehower
Dr Boest
Prsehage
Secretary of State
Stearns Ban
Wae Sougignj
Saya Dives de van Swallpox
Benton Harbor
George FE. Ruaney
Michigan Board of Health
Raaney
State Health Department
Charles Nelson
Hichard Stone
Albin Foraterinop
Chris Engie
Constantine
Engleside
Kaiser Lake
Marie Engle
Englecide
America
Alger
Martin
Smith
Battle
After Police
Malloween Celabentors
Hadly Hurt
Ann. Arbury
Malloween
Grand
Ost
Pealer
Michigan G. A. H
Philadelphia
Tyne
Hastings
Ezra Tobias
Baltimore Township
Washington, D.C
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
G. Rogers
Chicago Times-Herald
Misa van Nilla
Promenod
Avucus Omed
van Gobbler
Miss Kanul
Maud
Jack Tulsby
Ella
Daisy Gadsby
Seaside Hotel
Jack Somers
Puck
Bors
Mre. Brooxborough
Miss Ann ‘Teak
Edgerly
Heceuamry
Sohnat
N.Y. Journal
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American Wheels Abroad
Hood
G.I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
At. Druggists Or Rheumatic Medical Co
Marshall, Mich
Ee Rheaveatye Medical Co
Marshall, Ieb
A. Chesher
Exchange Street
Iron Bridge
Kalamazoo Avenue
poLlar
Busta Ait Draivad
DAR Soerong
Michisae
Scriber
Scribner & Perrin
Scribner's Mill
Walter M. Hovey
V. S
Stone Barn
Calla
Gett
Ashlress
Amy Hank
Buslersa
Esuwe Fm
Eliz
LOUIS_ Ss. JOY, M. D
Lissieu
Roy
Reat
Samele Cores
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Bascaur
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