Peruna and travel ads in a rickety late issue
The page features medical product pitches for Peruna and Magnetic Starch, plus anecdotes and aphorisms. It promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute, Cane Catter’s Ink, and various quips about duty and life. It also advertises a 38 day general tourism circuit in Mexico and Puerto Rico with The American Tourist Association listings and train connections.
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Mexico
Chicago
Fuerto Rico
Cura
Ponce
San Juan
New York
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
Marghette Building
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Centuries of Progress Across the United States
In 1801 the Great Lakes carried mainly canoes while today thousands of steel steamers ply the lakes. By 1900 US farm value rises to about 2 billion dollars with vast post offices and expanding mail routes. Advances include railroads, electricity, and modern education expanding from under 30 colleges to 480 by last year.
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Great Lakes
United States
Sayings and Doings Signal to Mars by Lights
A piece discusses Flammarion doubting Martian signals and proposing luminous light displays at Bordeaux Marseille Strasbourg Paris Amsterdam Copenhagen and Stockholm to mimic the Great Bear and spark interplanetary communication. It notes the idea comes from optimistic astronomy writers about contact with intelligent Martians.
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Mars
Flammarion
Mata
Earth
Douglas
Space
Bordeaux
Marseilles
Strasbarg
Paris
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Mara
Century-Old Hoosier and Noted Victorian Survive to 220
A Lake County Indiana resident, Peter Surprise, born in 1722 in lower Canada, is described as one of the country’s oldest men. Now in Three Centuries, he has lived in Lake County for eighty years and remains active, telling tales of early American days. He hopes for several more healthy years, possibly reaching 220. The report also notes the Condit-Smith affair and critiques on treasury regulations affecting personal effects for diplomats. It mentions British official William St John Brodrick's Boer War revelations and his role as war minister after a cabinet reorganization.
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Lieweliyn aJordan
Liewellyn Jordan
U. S. Treasury
Columbia College
West Point
Peruna
Perna
Hartman
Peruna Medicine. Co
Columbus
Ohio
Footer Surprise
Indiana
Lake County
Lower Canada
Surprise
Peter Surprisa
New York
Washington
Treasury
United States
William St. John Brodrick
London
Bradyicik
St. John Brodwar
Rick Epg
Mengo
Lord Curzon
Binet
Lord Lansdowne
Broitrick
Embezzlements in 1900 See Rise Over 1899 Totals
The year 1900 embezzlements reach 4 602 134 dollars, up from 2 218 373 in 1896, but well below the 23 year average of 7 839 806. Public officials, banks, agents, forgeries, loan bodies, post office staff, and misc thefts compose the losses. Bank staff account for most thefts, with six employes linked to over three fourths of the bank total, amid surveillance and practice concerns. Despite rising figures, total remains under the long term average, reflecting general prosperity despite past hard times.
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Newport
Fort Worth
Tex
Elizabethport
N. J
Buffalo
Rutland
New York City
Edmund Barton Father of the Australian Commonwealth
Edmund Barton, premier of Australia, has led the movement that formed the first federal government. A Sydney native aged 51, he long served as a prominent New South Wales lawyer and helped inspire the federation effort, earning the title father of the new commonwealth.
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Fremier
Australia
Edmund Burton
Sydney
New South Wales
Edmund Barton
Barton
The New Railroad Policy and Major U S Controls
The United States has 190000 miles of railways. Some 45080 miles are controlled by Z Pierpont Morgan backed by English bondholders and American holders of securities. B U Harriman and associates steer systems mainly west of the Mississippi, totaling over 24700 miles. Other roads act independently but align with their policy, notably the Pennsylvania and Santa Fe.
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United States
Z. Pierpont Morgan
B. U. Harriman
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Forgotten Room in Capitol Pandemic Archive Found
Congressman Roberts as a committeeman uncovered a hidden chamber behind the capitol’s statuary hall. It held old books and a long-unused hospital space with an old stove, split wood, and a dusty blouse on a gas jet. The air was oppressive and the lock corroded after thirty years.
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Wa Capital Fund
Congressman Roberts
Rex Cously
Capitol
Statuary
Arsuidiel
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Catter
Champeny Creamery Company
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Ritdivat
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Gwa Firesike
Geo. L.shuman & Co
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Canola
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Omaha
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MS Gheen
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Sfaras
Maghetic Starch Manufacturing CO
United States Steamship
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Glammarion
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Florida
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Ark
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Wall
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