Built Big Business There 3 Sinid Qualities Milwaukee Shoe Maker
A biographical sketch of Frederick Mayer founder of the F Mayer Boot and Shoe Co details his immigrant journey from Niernstein Hessen Darmstadt to Milwaukee in 1861, growth from a small shop to factories in Milwaukee and Seattle, and the firm’s German thrift and industry driving success. It notes Mayer’s death in 1893 and his sons continuing the policy, listing key brands and the company’s scale and employment.
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Mayer Boot & Shoe Company
Milwaukee
Mayer Quality
Frederick Mayer
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company
German American National Alliance
Seattle
Niernstein
Hessen Darmstadt
Wisconsin
R. Suhm
New World
America
Mayer
Mayer Shoes
George P Mayer
Fred J Mayer
Adam J. Mayer
Erick Mayer
F Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Martha Washington
Yerman
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
An old advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy, claiming internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers 100 dollars to prove any failure and invites readers to request testimonials from I. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. The piece also advertises Hall’s Pills for constipation and includes a quip by Uncle Jerry Peebles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winll
I. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drugetsta
Hall
December Storm Rips New England Coast and Northwest Snowblanket
A fierce northeast gale and a tidal wave battered New England coast with 60 mph winds, destroying 250 houses and costing about 1 million dollars. Policeman Dolan warned residents, aiding evacuations as three lives were lost and Hull briefly became an island. Snow blanketed the Northwest in its worst December storm in a decade, piling drifts and halting rail and streetcar service from the Mississippi Valley to New York City.
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New England
Chelsea
Boston
James B. Dolan
Atlantic Avenue
Hull
Biddeford
Prout's Neck
Old Orchard
Ferry Beach
Camp Elis
Biddeford Pool
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
North Carolina
Upper
New York State
New York City
Chicago
Zelaya Flees Nicaragua on Mexican Gunboat Guerrero
Former President Jose Zelaya of Nicaragua fled Corinto aboard the Mexican gunboat Guerrero bound for Salina Cruz Mexico. The departure was kept secret with few loyalists aware. Washington reportedly dropped objections, accepting exile under assurances from Mexico and Nicaragua.
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Jose Zelaya
Nicaragua
Corinto
Guerrero
Salina Cruz
Mexico
Zelaya
United States
Washington
Postoffice Deficit Hits Historic High Under Hitcheach
Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock disclosed the annual report showing a deficit of 17 million seven hundred ninety thousand seven hundred seventy dollars. The deficit grew from single millions to over ten and finally surpassed seventeen million, prompting scrutiny of its causes and administration.
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Postoffice Department
Postal Service
Frank H. Hitcheach
Explosion in Illinois mine leaves eight dead
Gas explosion in mine A of the Chicago and Carterville Coal Company near Herrin Illinois kills eight men and endangers 400 workers. Rescue teams labor under dangerous damp to retrieve victims and fight fires as management coordinates surface evacuation and recovery efforts.
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Chicago and Carterville Coal Company
Herrin
Eugene Barrett
Salvatore Greece
Thomas Harker
W. T. Pierce
Pietro Romeo
George Snyder
Thomas Williams
James Guinney
Robert Hueston
Pierce
J. H Mueston
Charles Kiem
Albert Shilrvan
Snyder
Grecce
Romeo
Harker
Guinney
Hueston
J B. Peters
Carbondale
Chicago and
Warriner Sentenced Six Years For Embezzlement
Charles L Warriner, former Big Four Railroad treasurer, pleaded guilty to embezzling at least 643000 and was sentenced to six years hard labor. His wife Jeanette Stewart Ford faces blackmail charges with Warriner as key witness. The plea followed pre arranged cooperation by prosecutors.
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Charles L. Warriner
Focal
Big Four Roailroad
Cincinnati
State
Jeanette Stewart-Ford
Warriner
Five-Story Whisky Warehouse Burns in Cincinnati Fire
A five-story whisky warehouse owned by Sol and Sig Frieberg on Fourth Street and Central Avenue Cincinnati burned for hours. The stock valued at 125000 dollars was destroyed and the total loss estimated above 200000 dollars.
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Sol and Sig Frieberg
Fourth Street
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Fresno rancher kills wife then self after hatchet attack
George C. Cheuvrent a Fresno California rancher killed his wife with a hatchet and in a suspected frenzy wounded his two children a 14 year old boy and a 10 year old girl. He then ran to the Southern Pacific tracks and threw himself under a passing train dying at once.
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George C. Cheuvrent
Fresno
Cal
Cheuvrent
Southern Pacific
Timeline of major events from 1708 to 1907 across North America
A chronological list highlights key historical moments such as John Lovelace becoming New York governor in 1708, the first Boston Gazette issue, tea destruction in Boston harbor, New Jersey ratifying the US Constitution, the Bank of the United States opening, Napoleon’s tomb, St Louis telegraph reach, cholera among US troops, Park Theater fire, and the Victoria Bridge opening. It traces political, military, and technological milestones including state secession, Civil War actions, constitutional amendments, and railroad and telegraph achievements.
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New York
John Lovelace
Boston Gazette
Boston Harbor
New Jersey
United States
Bank of the United States
Lower Canada
Quebec
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Hayne
South Carolina
Paris
St. Louis
Texas
Park Theater
New York City
St. Lawrence
Victoria Bridge
Montreal
Charleston
Lurnside
Rappahannock River
Yeee la -Holly Springs
Miss
Hardee
Navy Yard
Savannah
Northern Pacific Railroad
Tacoma
Niagara River
New Orleans
Sitting Bull
South Dakota
Mercier
Stephin
Elkins
West Virginia
Prince Edward Island
Lquor
Cleveland
Congress
Venezuela
McGill University
Lord Minto
Canada
South Africa
United States Senate
Cornwall
England
Nova Scotia
William Mulock
Diaz
Mexico
Chicago
Dominion
North Dakota
Quincy
Mass
Fire Hits Wartray Water Plant in Buffalo
Damaging blaze destroys the Wartray Water Company plant in Buffalo causing losses estimated at 75 000. Other items note a Marienbad mayor sending a Christmas gift to President Taften, a Denver woman’s $100 000 blackmail case sentence, and a Pittsburg delay for Fidelity Funding’s ex-president. Insurance covers a large factory fire in Atherut NoJ with 259 000 in losses. Internal revenge bureau in Washington outlines a broad Sudan economy order prioritizing essential taxicab use only.
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Wartray Water Company
Buffalo
Reininger
Marienbad
Austray
Taften
Morocco
Emil Baruch
New York
Uhon
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Denver
Tria Ot BP
Keiran
Fidelity Funding Company of
Pittsburg
Wenham and Magor Car and Manufacturing Company
Atherut Noj
Chel
Washington
Ige
Sudan
Squeal from the Infant Industries sparks phonograph demand at Stockyards
In a stockyard dialogue, a visitor learns the hog squeal was once forbidden yet tariffs have created an unlimited demand for the Infant Industries squeal, now preserved in phonographs.
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Puck
Remedy For Coughs And Colds Promoted In Ad
An old advertisement touts a cough remedy mixing glycerine virgin olive oil of pine compound pure and whisky. It notes the genuine pine oil is made by Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati and sold in half ounce vials. A separate classified ad offers a light work job paying 100 dollars weekly from 10 to 2 Saturday hours.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Houston Chronicle
Notable Patent Remedies and Oddities In 19th Century Ads
A collage of advertisements and light bits including mothers urged to use Sweet Powders for Children and other tonics. Claims promise fever and teething relief, cough cures, and tonics for various ailments. Jokes and trade notices mingle with references to medicines, taxicab humor, and emigration notes.
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Germany
Slin Wumer
Cuthura
Thair
S. P. Keyes
Congress St
Cuticurn
Wm. J. Sachter
Susquehanna Ave
Philadelphia
Norway
Uncle Jerry Peebles
Hitchcock
Illinois
Big Four
Agistorian
INAS
Peckham
Catholic Times
le Mang
France
Wich
Herous
Africa
EW Grove
Kansas City Journal
Allen
Cuba
Postal Department
Unyon's
Price
Munyon
Lord and Jefferson
Phila
Sterling Remedy Company
Lowe
Yoo L.tstes
Sito
Loyada
Yoo
Lone Veewith
Cai
Jackson St
Fred Farms
Crito
Ottawa
E. T. Holmes
St Paul Minu
eCity List
Cioux City Newspaper Union
Sioux City
Iowa
S.C.N.U
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Womnn
Mxpical Association
M.D
N. Y
Ana
M. Summers
Notre Lane
Os. A
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