Mount Auburn Cremations Rise in Popularity in 1900 Report
The Mount Auburn cemetery trustees report cremation growing in favor since the first cremation on April 18, 1900, with fifty bodies incinerated. Each cremation takes about one hour and ashes are delivered within two hours in a copper cylinder, terra cotta urn, or wooden casket. Sundays allowed only if death was not contagious.
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Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Mass
Bay
Mount Auburn
Live Stock Market Figures From South Omaha and Kansas City
Cattle demand stayed strong in South Omaha with beef steers selling at up to 5.40 and cows and heifers steady to higher on light runs. Hogs opened near 15.40 with late gains but weakened as the day progressed. packers offered around 5.32. Sheep receipts were fair and prices strong, with Western feeders and yearlings near 4.60 to 4.90 and lambs 4.00 to 4.40. Kansas City reports steady to strong prices for native beef steers and a range for calves, with sheep and yearlings around 4.00 to 4.70 and ewes and lambs varied.
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Bouth Omata
Kanaan City
Soutit
Omaha
Peart
Tns
Colyes
Imrege
Kansas City
Early adjournment decided by Republican Senate conference
Washington March 9 The Republican senatorial conference decided not to reorganize committees this session. Early adjournment of the Senate is probable. Two resolutions to reorganize were voted down, deferring action to the December session. New senators offered brief remarks as they defer to experienced leaders.
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Washington
Republican Senatorial Conference
Senate
Mason
Senator Foraker
Requisition Issued for Fred Brailey Return
Lincoln Nebraska March 11 Lieutenant Governor Savage issued a requisition on Governor Van Sant of Minnesota for the return of Fred Brailey to Boyd county Nebraska. Brailey is under arrest at Marshall Minnesota. He is wanted on the charge of criminal assault on a young woman in Boyd county last July. Sheriff Herman Stamer has been commissioned to bring the prisoner back.
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Lincoln, Neb
Savage
van Sant
Minnesota
Fred Brailey
Boyd County
Nebraska
Brailey
Marshall
Minn
Herman Stamer
Opposition to Sanger for assistant secretary of war grows
Washington March 8 An expanding opposition to Colonel Sanger being named assistant secretary of war emerged as Senator Platt urged the president and Secretary Root to weigh in. Root defended the personal nature of the appointment while Platt and Depew’s potential stance remained uncertain.
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Sanger
Washington
Senator Platt
New York
Root
Platt
Depew
Gang Extortion Letters Target Shenandoah Citizen
A seven-member gang sent letters to Henry Gallup threatening to burn his property unless he leaves Shenandoah, Iowa, or pays 280 dollars. Gallup turned the letters over to postal authorities and an investigation will be conducted. The gang allegedly resented his information against them as gamblers.
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Shenandoah
Seven Toughs
Henry Gallup
Town Indians Complain at Indian Office Meeting
A delegation of Musquakie Indians from a reservation near Tumala conferred with Indian officials in Washington. Attorney Wilcox accompanied them. They charged Agent Malin and Superintendent Nellis with mistreatment and misconduct at the school, but Indian Commissioner Jones dismisses the charges as not proven.
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Washington
Tumala
Wilcox
Malin
Nellis
Jones
Boston Physician Gave Five Dollar Aid Then Found Used
A Boston physician visited a destitute family and, besides prescribing medicine, gave five dollars. The next day he learned the money had been spent, with three dollars paid to a priest and two dollars for another doctor.
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Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Boston
Snow
Souvenir of Prince of Wales Visit Captured in 1860 Ticket
Colonel Walter French, a file clerk in the House of Representatives, preserves a pink ticket from the mut siva festival honoring Lord Ren frew on October 18, 1860, at the Music Hall in Boston. He bought the ticket but never used it, embedding it in his scrapbook.
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Walter French
House of Representatives
Prince of Wales
England
Lord Renfrew
Music Hall
Boston
French
Methodist Medals for Century Fund Donors
Contributors to the Methodist twentieth century fund will receive medals. Donors of $5 or more over last year get a bronze medal with John Wesley. Sunday school scholars giving $1 receive a gilt medal with Francis Asbury. Epworth League members receive a bronze medal of Bishop Ninds.
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Methodist Twentieth Century Fund
John Wesley
Francis Asbury
Epworth League
Bishop Ninds
Remarkable cure tale boosts Dodd's Kidney Pills
In East Randolph New York Mrs B A Deacon of Cass says she heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills from a literary friend whose mental strain nearly caused insanity. After trying five boxes over two months the woman recovered and became herself again. Mrs Deacon reports two boxes improved her health, calling her ten years younger. The article notes similar cases in Cattaraugus County and urges purchase from local druggists or directly from Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo NY.
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E. A. Deacon
East Randolph
N. Y
B. A. Deacon
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Weeling
Dodd
Cattaraugus County
Twins Born in Different States Record First
Mrs. P. T. Bulger of Portland Oregon was traveling by train toward Spokane Washington when twins arrived. The elder child, a boy, was born in Oregon, and an hour later a girl was born in Washington. This is the first known case of twins born in different states. He that courts injury will obtain it.
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P. T. Bulger
Portland
Ore
Spokane
Wash
Oregon
Washington
Fragmented early 1900s ad filled with cures and testimonies
A jumbled page advertises Dr. Bhoopop products and various tonics promising cures for cold and lung ailments. It includes testimonials, pricing, and free samples, plus cautions about legal English filings, and ads for Foot Ease and Garfield Tea. The page also contains fake health claims and a Hall's Catarrh Cure offer with sworn statements.
Inheritance Tax Yields Gains for New York Lawyers
The New York inheritance tax generated substantial fees for law firms with reported collections of 46,597 35,276 18,269 and 15,000 dollars among others last year. Officials also collected fees from the comptroller for receiving these taxes, leaving taxpayers with a sizable residual after expenses.
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New York
Meekison’s Rise and Battle with Catarrh Endorsed by Peruna
The piece profiles Hon. David Meekison, longtime mayor and congressman from Napoleon, Ohio, hailed as a party leader. It touts his thirty year struggle with catarrh, crediting Peruna with his relief and urging readers to seek Dr. Hartman’s free advice if results fall short. The ad-like text highlights Peruna as a trusted staple of actors and public speakers seeking health.
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David Meekison
America
Meekison Bank
Napoleon
Ohio
Peruna
Hartman
Erison
Fohio
Milne Oa
Carrin Thomas
Carrie Thomas
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Silent hero and starch con cents in a brief note
Fragmentary advertisment style note mentions values like 10 cents and 16 cents. References self respect as a basis, with likely promotional or moralizing tone from a historical page segment. The readable bits hint at a commerce or ethics line without a clear event or person.
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Aittle
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le Roy
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