War News Darkens as Spain Cuba Tensions Rise
Reports from multiple fronts describe Cuban rebellion under Gomez tightening grip while Spain considers naval moves. US politicians debate armed readiness and funding as Austria may aid Spain. Word circulates of Cuban fighters submitting or dying, and naval actions loom near Lisbon and Havana.
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Washington
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Mayar
Fairy
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Chill
O'Higgins
Sprin
Naval Reserve Association of Ilnois
Quiry
Chistee
Clevland
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van Wyck
National Maine Monument Fund
New York
House of Commons
George N. Curzon
Lee Foreien
Great Britain
Iland
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Hisses
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Bernabe
Mason
Madrid
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Saile
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Porto Rito
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Bancroft
Lisbon
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Dnquiry
Havana
Key West
Ita Troport
San Franchco
Aly
Oregon
Hia Dock
Mendeza
Brazil
Amazonas
Abreuall Withh
Plawlek
Tongland
United States Navy
McKinley
Hood's Sarsaparilla Proclaimed America's Greatest Medicine
A testimonial from Mrs RB Anderson of Cumberland Matom describes a boy suffering from diphtheria related weakness who improved after three months on Hood's Sarsaparilla. The letter claims the remedy restored appetite, strength and health enabling partial school attendance and renewed energy.
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Hood
Partalyela
Fle
Anderson, Cumberland
Matom
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advert and Oddities of 19th Century News
An eclectic mix of items including Hood's Sarsaparilla ads claiming medical prowess, various personal notes about marriages and divorces, fires in Kansas and river flooding along Grand River, notable births and longevity, pardons and legal verdicts, industrial outputs in Indiana and China, a volcanic activity report in the Philippines, a Turkish mutiny, the death of Aubrey Beardsley, economic figures from Rio Janeiro, yellow fever updates, and British commerce views on Chinese territory.
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Suwa
Philippines
Yildiz Palace
Aubrey Beardsley
London
Oscar Wilde
Jounal of Commerce
Rio Janeiro
Association of Chambers of Commerce of the
United Kingdom
Tondon
British and World News Fragments From Early 1900s
Sir Henry Bessemer fled to London amid global tensions as Woolf Joel, a Johannesburg financier, is named Von Veltheim and described as American. The Chinese provinces face potential collapse as a mob attacks a Sino mission hospital, killing a native assistant. The marquis of Salisbury plans a Francelike southern trip after influenza weakness, while Chamberlain cites reciprocal trade ideas with the West Indies. Detective John Shore, longtime Scotland Yard head, dies in London. Joel is shot in Johannesburg by Feldfeln after a money dispute. Mme Dreyfus seeks parole to share her husband’s captivity on Devil’s Island.
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Henry Bessemer
London
Woolf Joel
Johannesburg
von Veltheim
Poranor
Mong Kong
China
Sze Chwan
Marquis of Salisbury
France
Joseph Chamberlain
House of Commons
West Indies
United States
West India Islands
John Shore
Criminal
New Scotland Yards
Barney Barnare
Millonaire
Feldfeln
Mme. Dreyfus
Deril's
Local historian recalls Col. Wiard in Janesville history
A late 19th century portrait of Norman Wiard, guns inventor, details his move to Prairie du Chien and Janesville's manufacturing era. The piece traces his rail boat experiment, wartime work on artillery, and connections to J. H. Budd and the local fire department, noting his son later became California's governor.
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Anbre Guset
Norman Wiard
Heading
Janesville
Mr. Wiard
Col. Wiard
J. J. Budd
Prairie du Chien
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Anthony
Prairie du Cleo
Wiard
Alexander Mitchell
Ica
New York
Ward
J. H. Budd
Wierd
California
James Harris
Janesville Barb Wire Co
Budd
Chiet
Stockton
Cst
Fra
Congress
Sur
New Stone-Tolerant Riding Plow Attracts Attention
The Fuller and Johnson Company of Madison Wisconsin unveils a riding plow designed to glide over stones without injuring plow, harness, or horse. The innovative stone vodger plow lifts the blade on impact and resumes digging, allowing any capable boy or elder to manage the team. Manufacturers offer many models and will send a ten pound model by express for inspection at no cost, with return of the demonstration piece after examination.
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Fuller & Johnson Mrs. Co
Madison
Wisconsin
Ubitt
Manuticherors
Express
Chainless bicycle invention by St. Louis inventor
William Masson patents a chainless bicycle using a friction pneumatic wheel and corrugated rubber. The system transmits pedal power via a nine to one internal gear on a large rear drive wheel, with a lever on the handlebars to adjust gearing. Masson claims the device is lightweight and wearable at Nye pounds.
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St. Louis
William Mason
Steward Inn
Ths
Dia
Masson
Degeneracy in Italy Reveals Military Draft Shortfalls
A 1896 Italian draft shows only 42 of every 100 young men fit for service, with 49 deferred or rejected the next year. Sociologists cite poor rural hygiene, diet, schooling, and lack of organized youth gymnastics as factors, while deserters amount to nine.
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Italy
Foreven
Alteuther
He Was the First Frat Man You Kissed
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal quotes a witty exchange about romance and suspicion, noting a humorous bit where a speaker asks if he was the first to be kissed while the responder declares he was the first who was mean enough to ask.
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Théo
Indianapolis Journal
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