Insuring Impaired Lives Notion Examined In Insurance Debate
An article analyzes if life insurers could profit by insuring unhealthy lives. It reviews the Institute of Actuaries table comparing healthy and diseased life expectancies, notes uncertain results, and discusses possible profitability and risks for insurers. The piece cites The American Exchange and Review and a Detroit Free Press summary.
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Hut
American Exchange and Review
Institute of Actuaries
London
Hogland
Asmael Tis
Iris Usefuul
Themen
Detroit Pree Press
Mixed up wedding by court oath in old Omaha Bee extract
A humorous scene shows a newly elected justice of the peace officiating a hurried marriage. The groom and bride repeat vows with garbled phrases and comic misstatements, ending with a nominal payment of a dollar and fifty cents as consideration for their union.
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John Mankin
Alice Evans
Omaha Bee
Curious Tale Of A Strange Chestnut Holder And Pets
A bizarre item describes a mysterious man known for twists on familiar knowledge. A funeral procession item includes a £5000 silver collar and nine dogs with eight canaries. In Manchester a man named Curley is implicated in a phone offer while a Grasswood Mass resident reports a strange event with a box and a horse Dunket. The cat disappears to the owner's cellar then returns next day.
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Blossburs
Manchester
England
Giles Daha
Curey
Curley
Grasswood
Ansie
Slay
Notable Figures in Politics and Society Highlighted
A long list of public figures appears in a bustling, opinions filled panorama. Secretary Indicott and Secretary Whitney are pegged as stylish, while Stevenson and Bidwell era personalities are noted for wealth, dress, and wit.
Dynamite Blast Destroys Locust Gap Train Section
A freight train on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad passing Locust Gap Pa exploded at 11 oclock Saturday night after a collision of two train sections. Seven killed thirty wounded eight houses burned four blocks wrecked and hundreds damaged. Ground shook for miles as rescuers saved lives amid charred ruins.
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Snnamokin
Philadelphia and Reading
Locust Gap
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Carmiel
Land slide derails circus train at Steubenville
A Miller and Freeman circus train derailed after a land slide near Steubenville Ohio as five cars and the engine left the track. The engine suffered severe burns and possible internal injuries to the engineer. Elmer Ellsworth the Columbus Ohio cook was killed. Passengers and performers were not injured.
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Steubenville
Miller & Freeman’s Circus
Elmer Ellsworth
Columbus
Ohio
Hailstorms Kill and Wreck Hundreds of Homes in India
Dispatches report unprecedented hail in Moradabad Delhi and Race ball Bengal killing upwards of 150 people injuring hundreds and destroying about 2 000 huts. Property losses are immense with further disasters noted in Greenport Norfolk and Madison areas.
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Lonpox
India
Moradabad
Delhi
Raceball
Bengal
Wesleyan Student’s Nose Duel Ends With Alliance
In Sara Soza years ago a Wesleyan boat crew member, slim and good looking, courted a farmer’s daughter. The father objected and attacked the couple. The lover warned he would strike only the nose if pushed. The old man wrestled him outside, then the student seized and wrung the farmer’s nose. The father relented finally and consented to the marriage. Alfred Trumble in New York News.
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Gray
Field
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Lamar
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Leolas
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D. F. Murphy
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Webster
Cass
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Austen Chamberlain
Right Ton
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Parliamet
Berlin
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Ezekiel E. Smith
Fayetteville
N. C
Senate
Liberia
Smith
Scott
Widdie
Robert Garrett
Cairo
Nile
Thebes
Mediterranean
Greece
Khis
Jay Gould
Assemblyman Gallagher
New York
Tie
Sarasoza
Alfred Trumble
New York News
Fire destroys Judd's saw mills and related incidents in 1900s news
The report notes Judd's saw mill at Barron Wisconsin burned down, and another Judd's mill at Brown destroyed by fire. It also mentions rising Minnesota river levels, a would be train robbery escape in Mansfield Ohio, and various local and national items including deaths, appointments, and public notices.
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Minnesota
Judd
Barron
Wis
Brown
Jack Dempsty
Madison Square Garden
McLeod County Agricultural Society
Mansfield
Ohio
Piel
Duluth
Adolph Tord
Mily Kul
Wasson
Charles Glarke
Methodist
Seneru
Stun
New York
Printers’ Internationsl Union
Philadelphia
George W. Childs
Senator Gray
Delaware
Risalie Butler
A. Z. Stewart
Crook Gmmgithire
Cy Snot
Atkins
LGU
Hrikeman
Hillent Plsey
L. Tykes
Veppewa Falls
Damvoselh Monument
John Keely
Madison
Louisiana
Reformed Church of England
Usher
Reformed Episcopal Church of Canada
James Edwards
Burlington
Chicago
Edwards
National Veteran Club
United States
Russell Alger
Michigan
Soltier
Logan
Portraits of Chaska Family Members at Public Reception
The scene showed Min and Mrs. Campbell hosting a crowded public reception this afternoon. The Chaska family, also known as Caskey, included Sami Chaska about eight years old and his mother a slender woman five feet one inch tall.
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Congress
Jerry Rusk
Wisconsin
Price Hismarek
Ward Amealister
Senator Tisals
Hyde
Bowdoin College
Pant
Mey
Min
Campbell
Chiska
Caskey
Tinecalnnstitue
Philadelphia
Ile
Chaska Imite
Humanity
What A Liquor License Should Be
A forum piece by Dr. Leonard W. Bacon argues for a liquor license law that includes ten provisos and clearly states licensing goals beyond revenue. It stresses the law as a police measure to curb abuses, warns against misuse by candidates, and questions a leader’s discretion in governing public liquor policy.
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Leonard W. Bacon
Een 18
PVEC
Soviig
Gospel Truth on Dakota Statehood and Democratic Rule
Plummer in his Blizzard argues north Dakota Republicans face a bleak outlook under a Democratic administration. He claims statehood delays are likely for Dakota, while New Mexico and Utah are favored due to population and lawlessness. He warns the Sioux reservation could become a state under Democrats, likening it to New York slums, with no danger from a civilized Sioux.
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Plummer
North Dakota
Aberdeen
Dakota
New Mexico
Utah
New York
Absconding Editor Reported in Chicago
A Globe dispatch from Kansas City says Ridge Conley, editor of the Sunday Growler of Wich ita, has absconded after obtaining money from banks and others by misrepresentation. Mormon delegates were excluded from the Democratic territorial convention in Ogden, Utah, with P. L. Williams and KR. C. Chambers chosen as delegates to the St. Louis national convention.
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Chicago
Globe
Kansas City
Ridge Conley
Growler
Wichita
Salt Lake
Utah
Ogden
P. L. Williams
KR. C. Chambers
St. Louis
Lease Renewal Sparks Rising Rent Warning
A couple recalls moving into their home as spring arrived, noting it’s nearly a year since they began living there. The man mentions receiving a notice from the landlord demanding lease renewal, with a planned rent increase discussed.
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Omaha
Settlement notices reduced by local land office policy
Local settler concerns prompt the Morene LL Prixtine Co to offer Dakota notices at half price for Weeky Carman publication. Also ads urge Chamberlain products for skin ailments and coughs, plus Nye Salve for eye strain symptoms.
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Dakota
Carman
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and other medicines advertise
An 19th century ad page promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for cuts and burns with a money back guarantee. Also touts Dr McLean tonics and cough syrups, Little Liver and Kidney Pills, Buckwheat seed for sale, and Tar Wine Lung Balm claiming lung healing without opium or morphine.
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J. SH. McLean
Special Half-Fare Excursions to Northwestern Iowa and beyond
Announcement of special half fare rail excursions by the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railway with dates March 20 April 24 May 22 June 6 and 19. Tickets are one fare round trip and valid thirty days from sale to various points across Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and Dakota plus options to Kansas and Texas. Contact T W Teasdale G P A St Paul Minnesota for stations and destinations.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakota
Chicago
Fragmentary Civil Unrest Notes From Unknown Source
Readable fragments reference authority, rebels and civil tensions, a theater of power with debts and charges. Names and places are unclear. the text hints at government action and conflict without coherent details.
Flax Seed for Sale at the Omaha Elevator
One thousand bushels of good clean seed at the Omaha elevator, Callearls as it is going rapidly. Thompson Bros. Our druggists keep for sale tin Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, the best preparation ever made for restoring vitality and color of the hair.
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Gsood
Omeha
Callearls
Thompson Bros
Mill Advert Offer to Grist and Feed Customers
Having moved my mill to the northwest part of town I invite old customers to share my patronage. I can usually grind grist the same day or exchange for feed corn meal or graham flour Gro 5 Orswell.
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Orswell
JIT McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment Endorsed
An informal note claims many stock losses and farmer inconveniences can be quickly remedied by using Dr. JIT McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment for accidents and diseases affecting livestock and farm work.
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Jit
McLean
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