Fresh Madagascan roe egg sells high in South Africa
A fresh Madagascan roe egg was auctioned in Johannesburg for 100 dollars, with market expectations raised by a later standard around 300 dollars. The piece notes plans for a new Great Seal costing 1250 dollars, replacing the worn 1885 emblem, and recalls the first seal from 1782. It includes Parisian primary schools teaching automobile driving to children with models and a forthcoming textbook.
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Madagascar
Attananarivo
Johannesburg
Uncle Sam
United States
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thoms Jefferson
Live Stock Procession Across the Nation
Government figures show that if all animals received at the Chicago stockyards in the last year were lined up on country roads it would form a five foot wide block 5,000 miles long. Horses would go two abreast followed by cattle sheep and hogs. At three miles per hour for eight hours daily this procession would take eight months to pass.
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Chicago
Carpenter’s tools missing after 1865 Ford’s Theatre incident
Representative Grosvenor presents an odd claim by Jacob Rittersbach a stage carpenter at Ford’s Theatre Washington on Lincoln night alleging arrest as a witness and thirty days detention during which his carpenter’s tools disappeared Rittersbach seeks pay for the lost tools and recounts the alleged events.
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Grosvenor
Congress
Jacob Rittersbach
Ford's Theater
Washington
Lincoln
Congress boosts naval academy New Buildings funding
Congress increased the appropriation for the Naval Academy at Annapolis to 10 million dollars for New Buildings, widening the program's capital support.
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Annapolis
Congress
Naval Academy
Cuticura Ointment Promoted for Skin and Hair Care
Cuticura Ointment touted as the best remedy for skin and scalp troubles including hair loss. The ad claims immediate relief after a single application with Cuticura Soap, plus Resolvent Pills for severe cases, and highlights infant use and broad toilet benefits.
From the Lips of Babes Bright Sayings by Diminutive Mites
A Chicago News piece collects humorous exchanges with children about religion, health, and daily life. Tiny replies reveal childlike logic on heaven candy doctors and angels, punctuated by a mother and teacher in lighthearted scenes.
The Impossible Name Dilemma
The successful man refuses to undertake naming a baby for a large family. He notes that he has given names to sleeping cars cigars health foods and games that pleased the public yet considers naming a child an impossible task and declines.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Rich wife helps Atlas story prompt joke
A New York Times joke about Joseph Jefferson prompts a child to ask who Atlas is. The child answers that Atlas must have married a rich wife to support the world, illustrating a playful misinterpretation of the myth.
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Joseph Jefferson
Atlas
New York Times
House of Representatives Humorist Exchange
A Boston Evening Transcript quip contrasts Congress with the popular branch. A father jokes that his son is becoming a humorist and notes the boy asked if the House of Representatives is called the popular branch due to being highly respected by the people.
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Congress Popular
Beagles
Jennings
House of Representatives
Congress
Boston Evening Transcript
Millionaire's Daughter Weds Poor Lover Over Reds'
A humorous exchange in the Chicago Record-Herald features a millionaire's daughter asking a poor man to marry a red haired girl. He declines the offer, declaring his heart belongs to one with auburn hair, and she embraces him in joy.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Early Morning Routine Seen In Dime Novel Remark
In the Philadelphia Press a milkman notes Willie's early rising while the boy reads a dime novel. Willie responds that his mother sent him to bed late as Handsome Harry was about to rescue the beautiful maiden.
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Willie
Harry
Philadelphia Press
After the Wedding Bridegroom Thirteen Dollars Owed
A humorous exchange recounts a groom owing cab fare after a wedding. The cabby quips about promises to take guests to the station and the remaining payment, noting the wedding guests hit him with an old shoe, per the Chicago American.
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Chicago Americen
Hall's Catarrh Cure and testimonials promote sale
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for catarrh cures Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure internally by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. F J Cheney Co Toledo is cited with testimonials from West Truax and Kinnan Marvin druggists. Price 75c per bottle and Hall's Family Pills recommended.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Alding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholeruggists
Social skies over America derailed by engagements
The New York Mail and Express muses on two adventurous British lordings' engagements being derailed and humorously questions if social upheaval will follow. Maud notes Jack would not marry the best girl unless she used Rocky Mountain Tea, a playful aside about trends.
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America
New York Mail and Express
Maud
Jack
Scallin Bros
Poison Sold to Drinkers in Paris Cafes
Absinthe and other appetizers served in Paris cafes at four cents a glass are made from ingredients fit only for manufacturing use, a Paris report warns of dangerous contents used to lure customers.
Dr King’s New Discovery Sold As Cures For Lung Ailments
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery cures consumption bronchitis and throat troubles. Mrs C VanMetre of Shepherdstown West Virginia testifies a year long bronchitis ailment was cured by one bottle. The product is said to help croup whooping cough grip pneumonia and consumption with trial bottles free and regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
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Dr. King
C. 4. VanMetre
Shepherdown
W. Va
Scallin Bros
Growth of iron and steel leadership through history
The piece notes England’s output in the 1770s was triple the U S, Germany later surpassed Britain, and by 1902 the United States produced more iron than England and Germany together, with extra to equal France. It ends with an ad for Rocky Mountain Tea claiming to strengthen children and families for 35 cents from Scallin Bros.
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America
England
United States
Germany
France
Rocky Mountain
Scallin Bros
German malaria expedition to New Guinea discovers mosquito killer
Dr. Dempoolff, head of the German anti malaria expedition to New Guinea, reports the discovery of an aquatic insect that destroys the anopheles mosquito. He proposes cultivating the creature to exterminate the malaria-carrying vector.
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Dempoolff
Made Young Again by Dr King's Life Pills
D H Turner of Dempseytown Pa claims taking one pill nightly for two weeks restored youthfulness. The advertisement touts the pills as best for liver stomach and bowels, purely vegetable and non grating, priced 25 cents at Scallin Bros drug store.
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Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Dempseytown
Scallin Bros
Divorces In Connecticut Reach Six Thousand League
Connecticut granted 6490 divorces last year with 492 in one county. Desertion led as the main cause, followed by cruelty and temperance, then fidelity. Many cases blamed on collusion, exact counts not stated. Also an ad notes Allen's Foot Ease powder for 25 cents.
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Connecticut
Stamina Key to Success Says O. S. Marden
A short quotation emphasizes stamina as essential for success in intense competition. It notes that lacking stamina causes derailment and side-tracking, while those who possess it overcome many difficulties.
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Marden
To Mothers in This Town Advertisement
A cure advertisement promises immediate relief for feverish cross children with Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. It claims to cleanse the stomach and act on the liver, curing worms and restoring health. Sold by all druggists for 5c with free samples at Aliens Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Gray
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
International News in Brief From Around the World
A roundup notes Tokyo taxes on dogs, Copenhagen opens a decorative art society exhibit, a buried Anne of Austria statue found during Bordeaux canal work, and conservative Peking residents shunning foreign matches. A fatal accident at a Goitsborg ball occurs, while European birth rates diverge from deaths. Scottish waitresses in tartan, and Edinburgh efforts for a second morning paper are reported with a canniness claim.
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Tokyo
Copenhagen
Bordeaux
Anne of Austria
Louis XIII
Peking
Goitsborg
Sweden
England
Italy
Austria
France
London
Edinburgh
Horses and Horsemen In Thoroughbred Circles
Frank Christie to manage Dover track for Jones estate. Invader 2.11%4 will join James Golden’s Mystic Park stable. Toronto allocates 750 toward a horse show. Frank Work to send Peter Sterling to trainer Car Burr for July and August prep. W. O. Foote condemns doppled horses as a menace. John Wallack buys gray stallion Pridewood 2.15% for 700. Ed Mills and Henry C Saunders plan a grand circuit stable from Pleasanton to Denver. Sable Lord Athol sold to Lewis Middleton. Lord Athol is a pacer.
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Frank Christie
Dover
Jones
Invader
James Golden
Mystic Park
City of
Toronto
Ont
Frank Work
P Peter Sterling
Car Burr
W. O. Foote
John Wallack
Boyertown
Pridewood
Ed Mills
Henry C. Saunders
Pleasanton Cal
Denver
S. Early of
Sabina
Lord Athol
Glen Athol
Romance
General Wilkes
Red Wilkes
Lewis Middleton
Xenia
Plays and Players. Stage plans and touring stars
Willard aims to establish a London acting school. O Neill heads for the Pacific coast in The Manxman. Frank Mayos daughter Deronda stars in The Bishops Move. O Sullivan remains England s top concert singer. Nancy Brown musical goes to Australia. Kyrle Bellew to perform next season in An Amateur Cracksman. Sothern ponders Canterbury Pilgrimage tour. Bronson Howard recovering in Pasadena and working when able. The Runaways may follow A Chinese Honeymoon in New York long run.
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Willard
London
James O'Neill
Pacific
Frank Mayo
Deronda
Denis O'Sullivan
England
Nancy Brown
Australia
Kyrle Bellew
E. H. Sothern
Percy Mackaye
Bronson Howard
Pasadena
Cal
New York
World’s Fair Plans Advance With Major Contracts
The Agriculture building contract at the St Louis world’s fair has been let for 529040 dollars. A six mile fence will enclose the grounds, with construction started promptly. Arturo Faleni of Buenos Aires writes planning to compose a triumphal march for dedicating to the fair. California allocates 130000 dollars for a state exhibit, additional to anticipated county funds. Benedict Perry of New Haven, aged twenty, shows jackknife sculptures resembling a modern city and aims to exhibit at the fair.
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Arturo Faleni
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
California
Benedict Perry
New Haven
Conn
Editorial Flings On Polar Quests And World News
A collection of clipped headlines notes France plans a north pole expedition and a two to one pole betting joke from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Richmond Dispatch cites an electric streetcar line in Manila. The Atlanuta Constitution mocks Panama hats for Indies. The Topeka Journal cites a farmer testing male age by teeth. The Indianapolis News notes Italy offers 100000 for a St Louis exhibit without royal promises.
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France
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Manila
Richmond Dispatch
Indies
Atlanuta
Burton County
Topeka Journal
Italy
St. Louis
Indianapols News
Germania Life Insurance Company Annual Statement Summary
Annual statement for the Germania Life Insurance Company of New York covers the year ending December 31. Figures show assets and liabilities including 1,830,346.87 in certain accounts and 2,802.88 686,199.17 1,540,604.50 634,297.85 8,365.22 in listed totals. The document reflects condition and affairs of the company during the year.
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A. D
Germania Life Insurance Company of
New York
Dakota
South Dakota
State OF New York
County of New York
Ss. Carmelia
Doremus
Carl Heye
Germania Life Insurance Company
Department of Insurance
H. C. Shober
Pierre
J. M. Kuhn
Mitchell, S. D
United States
James W. Alexander
Vic
James H. Hyde
William ‘Alexander
Joel “. Vancide
Broadway
New York City
South Dekota
Co,missioner of Insurance
Co Fc
CABS
Chases Tageeve Tee
TATE
WM. H. McIntrye
William Alexander
Charles Edgar Mills
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
the United States
I. H. C. Shober
Comemissioner
Sooth Dakota
H &, Shober
Commissioner of Insurance
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