Architect Barnes Praises New Hospital Building
The city hospital board met to finalize preparations for opening the new institution. Architect Julian Barnes of Joliet, designer of the building, inspected the site and praised the workmanship, calling it the finest of its kind he has seen. A settlement was reached with Barnes, Contractor Ede, and the Davenport Steam Heating Co. to pay the remaining contract sums in full.
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Barnes
Hospital Board
Ede
Davyenport Steam Heating Co
City Hospital Board
Julian Barnes
Joliet
Davenport Steam Heating Co
Parole Patients Under Fire Over Escape Claims
Genesee News receives a letter from Superintendent WoT Taylor defending the institution after an escape report. He notes six parolees have wandered but mostly returned or been recaptured, cites difficult terrain, and calls for correction of misstatements about two inmates entering a house and the amount of money involved.
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Wot Taylor
Genesee News
Patien
Taylor
Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup Promises Child Teething Relief
For over fifty years Mrs. Winston's Soothing Syrup has been used by mothers to ease teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, relieves pain, cures wind colic, and is described as the best remedy for diarrhoea. Sold by all druggists worldwide. Be sure to ask for Mrs. Winston's Sonotmine Syrup.
Navy reports reveal destruction of Cervera squadron
Washington July 27 The navy department released Admiral Sampson Commander Schley Captain Clark and Captain Evans reports on the July 3 battle that destroyed Cervera's squadron. The documents are lengthy and detail the fleet's destruction.
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Washington
Navy Department
Sampson
Schley
Clark
Evans
Theown
Cervera
Sea Serpent Report Shocks Port Byron Residents
Port Byron residents claim a sea serpent prowls the river above town measuring about 18 feet in length. The sighting stems from a local boy named Young America who inferred the creature's size from a log's length. Locals fear a visit from the monster, though reports vary.
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Port Byron
America
Paint Economy and the Sherwin-Williams Advantage
The article argues that two thirds of painting costs are labor and urges using high quality paint to save money in the long run. It promotes Sherwin Williams paints for interior exterior enamel floor wagon and house uses and notes careful preparation and labeling on cans. It cites a Cleveland address for a free painting book.
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Sherwin-Willaims
Cape
Sherwin-Williams Company
Canal Street
Cleveland
Sherwin-Williams
Dr Thomas Electric Oil Bookends Wheelmen Need
A wheelman’s tool bag isn’t complete without Dr Thomas Electric Oil. It heals cuts bruises stings and sprains and is described as a monarch over pain.
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Dr. Thomas
Monarch
In Memory of Roy E Tupfley
A memorial verse from July 25, 1898 laments Roy E Tupfley leaving life for the silent land. The poem speaks of a vacant chair by the fireside, farewell from comrades, and belief in a higher birth beyond earthly lessons as teachers' tasks end.
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Roy E Tupfley
Rox
Earth
Lundquist, Hunt erect homes in city with stated costs
A. P. Lundquist is building a $1,700 residence on Fifth avenue between First and Second streets for Mr. Danielson, who moved from Sherrard. W. P. Hunt is constructing a home on his father D. W. Hunt’s property east of the city, with estimated cost about $1,600.
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A. P. Lundquist
Fifth Avenue
First
Second
Mr. Danielson
Sherrard
W. P. Hunt
D. W. Hunt
Doan's Ointment Promised as Piles Cure
A dramatic claim touts Doan's Ointment as an effective remedy for severe itching piles, presenting it as a sure cure and the relief readers seek from torturous symptoms.
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Doan
Peters Returns Home After Two Year Red Oak Visit
H. F. Peters, who has spent the last two years in Red Oak Iowa, is home on a visit.
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H. F. Peters
Red Oak
Iowa
Peace terms debated as Spain seeks direct talks with McKinley
London papers urge generosity from the United States in peacemaking after Spain asks McKinley for direct terms. The Times and other outlets discuss possible U S control over Cuba and the Philippines, indemnities, and proposals for protectorates or governance arrangements.
Artistic Homes-Convenient Plans at Moderate Cost
A design for a nine room cottage optimized for wide lots with a rough ashlar stone foundation, oak reception hall, expansive openings between rooms, and modern kitchen conveniences. Upper floor finished in heart pine with an unfinished attic. total cost around 5000 dollars, potentially 4000 with favorable conditions. E A Payne.
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E. A. Payne
Morgan Terms of Peace Would Humiliate Spain
Senator Morgan urges hard terms for Spain announcing the power of the United States is unbound. He calls for Spain to surrender all territories held, Cuba Porto Rico the Philippines the Carvenes and the Ladrones, under a separate unconditional treaty. He also demands political prisoners be freed and Spain assume debts linked to Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines with a future coaling station in the Canary Islands.
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London
United States
Washington
Europe
McKinley
M. Jules Cambon
Foreign Office
Paris
White House
Spain
London Times
the Times
Porto Rico
America
Cuba
Philippines
Americcan
Philippine Islands
Daily News
Daily Chronicle
Daily Mall Sage
McKinney
Herlin
The
Times
Cologne Gazette
Manila
Germany
Morgan
Carvenes
Ladrones
Canary Islands
Africa
General Shafter Arrests Scovel After Insult on Santiago Platform
General Shafter reports that correspondent Scovel attempted to ascend a platform to raise the flag, defied orders, and, after failing, insulted Shafter with an abusive attack. Scovel was arrested and the two New York Journal correspondents expelled for distributing a Maine inscription. Dave Holmgren returns to the U S after illness.
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Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Wm. Clendenin
Come
Spruce Street
New York
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Review Dispatch
Moline Ine, Il
Rootbeer
Hires Rootbeer
Charles K. Hires Co
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Charles E, Hires CO
Philadelphia
Dave Holmgren
U. S
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Davenfort, Iowa
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J. B. Walsh
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