Christobal Colon battleship details and weather avoidance tips
The Christobal Colon, a Spanish built battleship originally Giuseppe Garibaldi, features heavy armor, 10 inch main batteries and 6 inch secondary guns, with high speed and Admiral Co armor. The article notes its origin in Ansaldo Genoa, deployment as flagship during bombardment of Santiago, and provides specifications including 328 feet length, 24 feet draft, 6 inch belt armor, and mixed armament. It includes long conduct advice on summer clothing and cooling strategies, urging loose attire, light colors, and calm nerves to prevent heat illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivera
Christobal Colon
Santiago
Vizcaya
Almirante’ Oquendo
Infante Maria Teresa
Giuseppe Garibi
German Hoarder Shocks Boarding House with Music Comedy
A new German boarder in a Chicago boarding house becomes the butt of jokes as fellow tenants, who speak German, mock his tongue and culture. After an alcohol influenced evening, he performs German songs and classical piano pieces to the amusement of his amused peers, highlighting cross cultural quirks in a social dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teuipo Yace
Walchenfel
Ted
Corman
Chicago Chronicle
English as She Is Spoke and Horse Spectacles in Use
A Chicago Chronicle extract mocks English as spoken, illustrating Mrs Goosekeep and a clerk at market banter about tomatoes and tomattoes. It contrasts with a Philadelphia Record note on patented spectacles for horses that make ground appear nearer to the head, causing a high stepping gait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comalny
Jim
Clesk
Chicago ‘Chronicle
Philadelphia
Blood-Cleansing Candy Purifier Ventured by Reader Ad
A dubious health claim urges daily blood cleansing using Cureseurets Candy Cathartic as a universal purifier. The faded advertorial style suggests a magazine reader endorsement advising regular use to purge stored waste and improve blood health.
A Guardsman’s Trouble in Wartime Detroit Scene
Fragmentary 19th century style account describes a Guardsman, Sergeant, and medical struggles amid a wartime homefront. References to Detroit, medical pills, and improvised wartime hardship depict a local veteran’s suffering and community response during the era.
DONT S FOR NOW WEATOSR
Advice on hot weather care includes avoiding soda water alcohol or meat, preferring seltzer and fruit, cooling baths, and timing baths after meals. It suggests bananas, milk, ices, and staying out of direct sun while cooling the body and dressing in lightweight garments.
Shopping with a sneaky dog sparks odd exchange
A well dressed woman carries a small pup off a ferry and declares she shops with it as a husband’s kennel spending funds push her to steal puppies. The crowd reacts with humorous quips about crowds and discomfort in this fragmentary dialogue from Puck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
aAppallante
Francisca Post
Potter seeks divorce from actress wife Urquhart Poulter
After years apart James Brow Potter files for divorce from his estranged wife actress Cops Urquhart Poulter, citing irreconcilable differences and long separation. The filing marks a formal end to the marriage and may influence subsequent custody or property decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brow Potter
Endeagno
Cops Urquhart Poulter
Arctic Expedition Led by Walter Wellman Sets Sail
The Wellman Arctic expedition departed Tromsoe, Norway, under explorer Walter Wellman as part of a historic voyage seeking northern discovery and potential settlement prospects despite harsh conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wellman
the Explorer
Tromsoe
Norway
Coughing ry Leads to Consumption and Political Denial
A cluttered column reports rumors of Ken's Hatley oped and a denial by Joseph Chamberlain about retirement from Lord Salisbury's cabinet. It notes cures and remedies like Dr. Kling's Nervu Restorms and includes an advertisement for an ERB trial horse. Evelyn Cecil, nephew of Lord Salisbury, is mentioned as chosen to Parliament in Hertfordshire's East division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken
Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Salisbury
Kling
H.W. Kase
Areh St
Philadelphia
Evelyn Cecil
Herts
French cabinet formed with Freycinet Sarrien and Dupuy
The report notes Paul Peytral has succeeded in forming a French cabinet including De Freycinet, Sarrien, and Dupuy. The Khalifa has left the Dervish headquarters near Khartoum and is seen southward. The ad appears to mention JtMit's Catarrh Care with a price of 15 conte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JtMit
Neer Khartoum
Paul Peytral
de Freycinet
Sarrien Amd Dupuy
Remarkable letter praises Lydia E Pinkham remedy
A Philadelphia woman writes Mrs Pinkham thanking for Vegetable Compound after years of debility and despair. She describes progressive improvement after starting the remedy last autumn and final recovery by February. She credits the treatment with restoring her health and spirits and invites other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyeterra
Lydia E. Pinkhams
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Dr. J. C. Ayer Co
Lowel, Mass
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Ierantond
Uintvas
Aid
Ana Chewicaleo
Sue Ain Paskhoma
Lamatid
Drugeisia
Bal Went
Coe E Lessares Chu
Cu.t
Cervera
Christovel Coley
Yoarder
Dokers
Moville
Sapolio
al Gras
Saes
Farvaayt
Dario
Porto
Willie Addiepate
Dondrene
Chelly Noddlekins
Mateeliss
Childran
Cares
Bea Battle
Yarde-Buker
Califonia
Parle
Hood
Ciee Lnencr
B. Seeley
Ubber
Rues Buiter
Masonic Tea
Chicago
Merniaor Rapiuges Mately
Ruited
WIS Pub Union
Targa Duchut Ville
Ty Halter
Philadelpha
Mac
Duc
Rank
Pinkham
Walter Bakeroo
Beanie Hatwaupet
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Lyon & Healy
Rico
Decuiriro
Landon
Kaabe
Steinway
Weber
Mite
Hicner
Wipeher
Lincon
Lyon Aly
Wauash Ave
Adams Et Milcueo
BAS
Stedeford
Fittabury Sate & Deposit Co
Pieburg, Pa
Pleneant
Wenkon
Erie
Ay Company
Ceeago
Neutrvat
New York
Vilsne
York
MOBRI
Peasion Baris
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