Cost of Freeing Cuba and Troop Movements Highlight War News
The article notes U S possession of the Philippine Islands may continue if peace commissioners decide, citing war costs in the millions. It reports the Reina de Los Angeles steamer with Col. Ray and 400 U S troops arriving at Manzanillo to take possession. Also includes unrelated ads for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Jesse Moore Whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Philippine Islands
Hostetter
Reina de Los Angeles
Col. Ray
Manzanillo
Allen's Soot-Ease and Catarrh Cure Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Soot-Ease powder for new shoes and foot comfort, plus Allen's Foot-Ease claims to relieve swollen feet, blisters, and sweating. It also markets Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, offering a $100 cure promise and mentioning druggists selling it at 75 cents. Also notes hotel rates in San Francisco and a Brooklyn Hotel address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
F. J. Cheney& Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Cheney & CO
Roledo
Hall
Gilbert Clements' Sons San Francisco Family Supplies
Gilbert Clements and Sons advertises as wholesale and retail suppliers of family provisions at 218 California Street San Francisco offering savings on purchases for Pacific Coast customers with a promise of money back if not saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Gilbert Clements’ Sons
California St
San Francisco
Cal
Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Trial Offer
An advertisement claims permanent cure for fits and nervousness after one day of use of Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a free $2 trial bottle and treatise from Dr R H Kline Ltd, 980 Arch St, Philadelphia. Also promotes Piso's Cure for coughs and colds with a testimonial from Mrs Beltz of Denver dated Nov 8 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piso
Sixty two Children and the Dangers of Gluttony
A London Daily News tale recounts Gra nata, an Italian peasant woman who bore 62 children after a single daughter and successive births. The piece warns that gluttony harms digestion and health, while extremes in eating are evils that experience should guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily News
Granata
DISSIPATION OF FORTUNES and the rise and fall of great magnates
The piece surveys shifting fortunes of famous financiers, noting John H. Inman and many peers may have far smaller estates than rumored. It questions wealth estimates, cites figures for Rockefeller and Vanderbilt, and argues most fortunes hinge on public estimates divided by ten. It also discusses Dutch and German prefixes and earth's early life estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Inman
Atlanta
Sam Inman
John
Inmans
Inman
Brignoli
Richardson
Court House
George M. Pullman
John D. Rockefeller
Gen
Sam Thomas
Cal Brice and Inman
Cal
Collis Pacific
Flagler
James B. Colgate
John E. Andrus
J. Jennings McComb
Charles L. Tiffany
John D. Archbold
R. E. Hopkins
John T. Terry
William Rockefeller
H. Walter Webb
Warren B. Smith
Elliott I. Shepard
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Willie K. Vanderbilt
Irederick Vanderbilt
George Vanderbilt
George Gould
New York Press
Remarkable relief letter praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A Philadelphia reader describes years of womb trouble and despair followed by dramatic improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She states she felt better after the first dose and thanks God for the medicine. Mrs Pinkham invites suffering women to write for advice, answered by women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
M. Rank
East Susquehanna Ave
Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fragments of witty quips and comic exchanges
A collage of jokes and lines from various papers, highlighting humorous exchanges and puns. It includes quips about doctors treating rich and poor, debates on mind and hat, a boast about a well on a lot, and carnival banter. Notable snippets feature misunderstandings, wordplay, and light theatre and city life humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
Indianapolis Journal
HORTICULTURAL NOTES Distinguishing fowl quality and farm diversity
The agricultural editor urges market quality distinctions like Europe. Beets yield high on low lands. China yields improve. Farmers buy milch cows and ship fodder to towns. Creamery handles 550 pounds of milk daily, a cheese factory opens, and a cooperative creamery is planned. Butter yield rises with beet pulp feed as farmers push diverse products with common purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mamma Hands and a World of Work
A mother toils daily writing, sewing, cooking, and mending while a child admires her skill, noting the cheerful bearing and quiet strength in the face of hard work. The piece reflects affection and respect for a busy mother with a simple, loving household scene.
Jury system in Mexico and British tax exemptions
The text notes no professional jurors in Mexico with nine peers deciding guilt and unanimous verdicts blocking appeals. It lists jury eligibility criteria including education or income, or being from a family with a higher income. It adds a tax exemption for assisting dogs in Great Britain and a quip about a woman cleaning a desk quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Uses of the Fan Across Japan and Everyday Life
The article notes the wide use of the hand fan in Japan carried by men women and children. It highlights a butterfly shaped fan used by an umpire at wrestling and fencing to convey messages clearly to combatants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Overworked Brain Restored by Pink Pills in 1897
Ernest Kemper of Pierceton Indiana suffered pneumonia catarrh and a run down system after long study and teaching. After failing other treatments a Cleveland specialist and Chicago hospital yielded no relief. One box of Williams Pink Pills for Pale People brought rapid improvement and nine pounds gain, with an affidavit sworn Sept 10 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Cleveland
Chicago
Williams
R. P. Watt
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Jesse Moore
Brooklyn Hotel
Bush Street
Chas. Montgomery
Schilling
Hood’s
America
Hood
Will & Finck
Arnold
M. H. Ober
Geary Street
Sk Yo
Ur Grocer
Chile
IXL Tamale CO. (Inc
Moore
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Seattle
Pp. N. U
L. A
Low Countries
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Von
Alexander Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
St. Louis Republic
Earth
Lord Kelvin
Clarence King
Warren Upham
Dana, Wolcott
Mrs. Rank
Mrs. Pinkham
Lagos
Romeo Barnstomer
Miss Cayenne
Dresden
Washington Star
Flasher
Dumbleton
Richmond Dispatch
Frank
Willie
Hogan
Grogan
Anny
Indianapolis
Fellows
Lottie Lightfoot
Lottie
Puck
Nivins
Cincinnati Enquirer
New York Journal
Papa
Cleveland Leader
Yonkers
Mr. Simpkins
Mr. Simkins
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Europe
the Chronicle
Baker’s
la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
OSI
Galatia
Ills
Paris Medicine Co
Louis, Mo
GROVE
Suc Universal
Abney, Cabr & Con
L. Speyers
Bismarck
Frankfort
M.de Clancy
Juries
Great Britain
BFE
Pierceton Ind
Ernest Kemper
Pierceton, Ind
Kemper
Evans
Cincinnati
Draggista
Express
California Fig Syrup CO
Agenis
Simmons Photo Studio
South Spring Street
Los Angeles
J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Keokuk
Iowa
Iris
R. LeRoy
New York
Vuguliaue
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