Odd Farm Woes and Whale Bath Cures Stun Indiana Miner
A farm journal jokes an Indiana man loses his pocketbook to a horse and notes not all wealth lies in livestock. New South Wales reports a whale bath cure for rheumatism where patients lie inside dead whales and often exit unaided. A Colorado miner, intending suicide, digs a grave and finds a pay streak three feet down, selling it for about $20,000 the next day.
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Indiana
New South Wales
Colorado
St Louis Benefactor Follows Gospel Tale In Giving Gift
James Eads How of St. Louis donates one million dollars to the poor inspired by the rich young man story in St. Mark. He is a grandson of James B. Eads, the engineer famed for the Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Eads How
St. Louis
Mr. Blown
James B. Eads
Sand capsules prescribed as cure for stomach troubles
A Chicago doctor prescribes six five grain capsules of sand after every meal to treat dyspepsia appendicitis and other stomach ailments. The doctor claims the grit nourishes the digestive apparatus which man alone lacks the sense to obtain with food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inventor Unveils Crypto Graphic Typewriter in Chicago
Frederick Sedgwick introduces a new crypto graphic typewriter in Chicago. The device writes in cipher and translates automatically, praised as a marvel of mechanical perfection after testing by army officials and business leaders.
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Frederick Sedgwick
Chicago
Hood of Jersey Scion Fights with Boers in South Africa
Duncan N Hood son of a famed Confederate general serves with Boer forces in South Africa. Adopted by John Morris a wealthy New Jersey citizen who left him funds on his death. Hood a West Point graduate organized immune regiments that fought in Cuba during the Spanish American War.
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Duncan N. Hood
South Africa
John Morris
New Jersey
Young Hood
Hood
West Point
Cuba
Governor Urges Delay on Oklahoma Statehood Plan
In his annual report filed in Washington the Oklahoma governor says statehood is not ripe. He proposes uniting Oklahoma with the Indian Territory into one state, a move he says would bring pride to its people and the nation.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Indian Territory
Will of English Soldier Found On Battlefield
A soldier’s helmet inscription reads Aul to my wife as he scratched the message with a bullet. The Eng lish army provided blank will forms in enlistment volumes and the War Department later ruled the will valid.
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War Department
Masons Honor Washington at Mount Vernon Centennial
Masons from nearly every jurisdiction in the United States joined in centennial memorial services at Mount Vernon. Washington was buried with masonic honors as the Alexandria lodge formed the main procession from his residence to the Mount Vernon vault. The Alexandria hall and Washington era apron remain shown.
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United States
Mount Vernon
Washington
Alexandria
First Mormon woman in polygamy dies in Salt Lake City
Mrs. E. D. P. Young, widow of two Mormon prophets, died in Salt Lake City. She married Joseph Smith at Nauvoo with Smith's first wife’s consent, then wed Brigham Young after Smith’s death. She remained a firm believer in polygamy's divine origin.
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Salt Lake City
E. D. P. Young
Joseph Smith
Nauvoo, III
Smith
Brigham Young
Eminent Chemist Professor Tiemnan Dies in Germany
Prof. Tiemnan, a noted chemist who died recently in Germany, made two discoveries. One created a vanilla substitute used widely and indistinguishable from true vanilla, sometimes detectable only by analysis. The other produced a violet odor so perfect florists employ it to scent odorless violets, elevating the flower's popularity.
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Tiemnan
Germany
New Refrigeration Method Demonstrated at Exposition
A new domestic refrigeration method shown in Philadelphia uses a sheet iron tank filled with frozen distilled water. The tank, delivered frozen, is slipped into the fridge and melts slowly, reducing cost while also providing ice water to help keep foods cool.
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Ihiladelphia
Greenwich Man Sacrifices House to Save Trees
William N. Decker of Greenwich Connecticut bought a $5,000 residence with a 25,000 home planned to be moved. The old house could not be relocated without felling shade trees, so he chose to tear the house apart rather than destroy the trees, praising restraint amid modern nature loss.
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William N. Decker
Greenwich
Conn
Pension and political moves in 56th Congress
Senator Fairbanks proposes a $2000 annual pension for General Lawton's widow. Senator Hoar calls for immediate U S withdrawal from the Philippines. Senator Butler urges constitutional amendment for electing federal judges by the people. In the House Landis filed Lawton widow pension bill Crumpacker offered a anti disfranchisement resolution. Congress adjourned to January 3.
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Fairbanks
Ind
United States
Senate
Gen
Lawton
Hoar
Mass
Philippines
Butler
N. C
Mr. Landis
Gen. Lawton
Crumpacker
Pan American Exhibition Buffalo Stamps and Webster Statue
The government plans commemorative stamps for the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo next year. A Daniel Webster statue, donated by Stilson Hutchins, will be unveiled in Washington on January 18. The House total bills 5 176 include 5 015 in 5 015. Senate count 2 000.
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America
Post Office Department
Buffalo
Daniel Webster
Stilson Hutchins
Washington
National
House of Representatives
Senate
Notable incidents and economic updates from 1899 era news
The bulletin reports a double tragedy in Binghamton where John E Gardner, aged 60, shot his wife and killed himself. It notes Daniel G Wing as temporary Globe National Bank receiver in Boston and a July 4 national convention call by the American Political League. It lists price hikes in yellowware and Carnegie Steel wage raises for 12 000 workers. It covers weekly U S exchange totals and rising business failures, plus the death of evangelist Dwight L Moody at 62 in East Northfield Massachusetts and Boer War recruitment efforts in several American cities.
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Binghamton
N. Y
John E. Gardner
Boston
Daniel G. Wing
Globe National Bank
American Political League
United States
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
Evangelist Dwight L. Moody
East Northfield
Mass
Wood in Cuba assumes duties as military governor
Gen Leonard Wood arrived in Havana to take office as Cuba's military governor. Other notes include a fatal elephant attack in Sellsville and a deadly school fire in Quincy as well as political moves in Louisiana and Georgia.
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Cuba
Leonard Wood
Havana
Sellsville
M. J. Meagher
Mahala Bentley
Bloomington
Ill
Baton Rouge
W. W. Heard
Forty-eighth Infantry
Grant
San Francisco
Manila
Detroit
American Federation of Labor
Louisville
Kansas
Gen. Wood
Springfield
Springfield Consolidated Railway
Georgia
Candler
Col. L. P. Milligan
Huntington
Ind
Bishop Turner
Georgia Central Railway
Brooke
Marie Sanderson
Marshall
Mick
Quincy
Tex
Gov. Candler
End of Guatemalan Revolution Reported by U S Minister
Astate department advisory cites the Guatemalan revolution as finished. The Senator and Renmohr with the Forty-fifth infantry and two batteries of the Sixth artillery have arrived in Manila aboard.
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State Department
United States
Hunter
Guatemala
Renmohr
Manila
Manila Dispatch Reports Lawton's Body Returned
Manila reports Maj. Gen. Lawton's body was moved from San Mateo to Manila after a heavy fight in San Mateo in which about 30 Americans were killed or wounded, several officers among them. The remains are laid in Paco cemetery as Otis plans to send Lawton, Logan, and Ledyard to the U.S. The age of the Westminster duke and a deadly Frelingheim skating pond accident are noted.
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Manila
Lawton
San Mateo
Breckinridge
American
Secret Service
Aguinaldo
Mariquina
Canada
Liberal Party
Modder River
Gatacre
Stormberg
Duke of Westminster
London
England
Frelingheim
Paco
Otis
John A. Logan, Jr
Lieut
Ledyard
United States
Amalfi
Italy
Aguinaldo Crossing Mountains as War News Grows
Manila dispatches report Aguinaldo crossing the mountains toward the south with Igorroti bearers. his wife died nearby. Other items note 23 American prisoners released at Banna. Dewey's birthday celebration. mines disaster in Pennsylvania. multiple deaths from alcohol and rail accidents. and ongoing war developments in Cuba and South Africa.
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Manila
Col. Wilder
Vigan
Bayombong
Aguinaldo
Gen. Young
Cols. Hare
Howze
Lieut
Gilmore
Banna
North Ilocos
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Admiral Dewey
Brazwell
Brownsville
Dorman
Eaton
New York
Col
Wingate
Gen
Kitchener
Siholar
The
Soudan
George Hanna
Thomas Parkins
Epworth
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Monongahela River
Laura Marion
Newburyport
Mass
Bar
United Irish Societies of Chicago
England
Peter Nichol
Palmyra
Yukon River
Dawson
Maximo Gomez
Gen. Wood
Cuba
Chaplain Pierce
United States Army
Lawton
Arlington Cemetery
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Waterloo
Philippines
Otis
Luzon
United States
San Jacinto
Hemet
California
Sabola Indian Reservation
Salvation Army
New York City
William J. Williams
Chillicothe
Jacksonville
Peter J. Holbert
St. Francis School
Quincy
Rock Creek
Hastings
Minn
Bear Mouth
Mont
Texas
Newport News
Washington
Bushrod Underwood
Mosby
London
Queenstown
Cape Colony
Natal
California Shaker Wrecks San Jacinto Town and Surrounding Areas
A major earthquake struck Southern California at 4 26 AM causing extensive damage in San Jacinto and neighboring towns. Six Indians die in San Jacinto after buildings collapse while white residents escape with injuries and property losses near 100000 dollars.
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San Jacinto
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Hastings Fire Destroys Sawmill and Business District
In Hastings Minnesota on December 26 a major blaze destroyed the R C Libby Co sawmill and adjacent structures. A windblown fire spread to St Johns hotel and Kleis saloon, threatening central Vermillion street before aid arrived from St Paul. Dozens displaced and many workers left without jobs.
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Hastings, Minn
Vermillion
R. C. Libby & Co
St. Johns Hotel
John Kleis
Kleis
Second Street
Fred Busch
St. Paul
Postage Stamps Market Notes from Servia to Cuba
The 1890 Servia stamp remainders sold in lots of 100 150 and 300 for wholesalers at 50 dollars a lot, with catalogue value 600. New Zealand tariff reduced to one penny. Selangor ten dollar stamp issued green and violet. Cuban stamps envelopes and issues described with paper colors and imprint details. New colonies’ issues selling well.
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Servia
Dbuda- Pesth
New Zealand
Selangor
Cuba
Horse Sickness Hits British and Boer Camps In Natal
London dispatch reports horse sickness breaking out in Natal camps with 400 British cavalry horses shot due to glanders. The piece notes possible campaign prolongation, mentions Colenso bridge destruction, Tugela flooding, Ladysmith bombardments, and Boer prisoners arriving in England. It also covers Stormberg casualties and Churchill’s escape inquiries in Pretoria.
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London
South Africa
War Office
Natal
Chieveley
Colenso
Tugela River
Frere
Tugela
Ladysmith
Buller
Times
England
Rough Riders
Pretoria
Stormberg
Waterfall
Schalkberger
Ladysmith Relund
Cotense
Ermolo
Bulwer Bridge
Villebois
Braun
Europe
Botha
Trichart
Winston Churchill
Volkstein
Salvation Army Feeds Thousands in New York Christmas
The Salvation Army used Madison Square Garden as HQ for December 25 distributions and dinners. They provided over 3,000 food baskets for families and served more than 5,000 people turkey meals with entertainment in the evening.
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Salvation Army
New York
Madison Square Garden
What Confucius Said on Virtue and Speech
A collection of Confucian maxims on benevolence wealth honesty learning and principle. It contrasts modesty with boldness and equates inner substance with outward ornament while noting the ways of heaven and earth reveal truths in a single sentence.
Incomplete OCR feed promises health tonic promotion
An OCR fragment touts Hostetter's Stomachs Amun as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. The ad implies personal strength and prosperity from the product, but the text is garbled with dates and stray punctuation.
Sunset Limited service from New Orleans to California
The Sunset Limited runs semi weekly from New Orleans to Los Angeles and San Francisco via the Sunset Route. It offers luxury cars including a dining car with meals served a la carte and no extra fare. Full route and rate details available from Southern Pacific representatives or listed office contacts.
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California
New Orleans
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Sunset Limited
Arizona
Sunset
W. G. Neimyer
Clark Street
Chicago
W. H. Connor
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. J. Berg
Trav. Peas
Ellicott Square
Buffalo
Tourist car service debuts with courteous courier aboard
A new tourist car service operates every Friday at 1035 p m from Union Passenger Station Chicago to Los Angeles and Southern California. The train travels via Omaha Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City serving Colorado Utah Nevada and California. Each car includes a trained courier to assist passengers and care for children. Berth rate from Chicago to California is $6.00, with two persons per berth. Contact Geo Heafford for details.
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Los Angeles
California
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Pas- Vena
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Calfornia
Heafford
Woman in Finance and the Two Half-Dollars Mystery
Detroit man aids his wife’s San Francisco visit by giving a porter half of a torn five dollar bill, while the wife later passes half of a torn dollar to the porter. The man searches for the wher abouts of the halves and suspects a clever flimflam game. The note ends with assorted anecdotes and advertisements from the period.
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Detroit
San Francisco
Chiinge
San Francisco Argonaut
Captain Gridley's Mother Restored by Peruna Cure
An advertisement claims Peruna cures catarrh affecting the head throat lungs stomach kidneys diabetes and pelvic organs. It urges readers to write to 4 Hartman Columbus Ohio for a free book.
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Peruna
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Noisy Hallway Scene Echoes in Baltimore House
In a Baltimore American excerpt, sounds of a struggle echo as Percy and Asehs confront danger. A child’s anguished plea and a parent’s stern warning frame a tense domestic moment amid alarms and a dramatic interruption.
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Percy
Goldhenne
Papa
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward For Cure
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co as proprietors of Toledo and cites multiple wholesale druggists in Toledo Ohio. The cure is described as an internal remedy working on blood and mucous surfaces, priced at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Fest & Truax
Toedo
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Gulf Coast Retreats Promoted By L N Railroad
The Gulf Coast between Mobile and New Orleans offers mild climate pure air and ideal hunting and fishing. Through cars from Northern cities are available on the Louisville and Nashville line with Florida connections. Write J K Ridgely NW P A Chicago for folders and details.
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Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Florida
J. K. Ridgely
P. A
Chicago
Ill
Farmer Debates Bicycle Purchase at Mulhall Hardware
A farmer in Mulhall declined a hardware store manager’s offer to buy a bicycle for $35. The manager argued the bike was cheap and practical, while the farmer quipped that putting the $35 toward a cow would be wiser. The exchange, cited by the Kansas City Journal, ends with a humorous remark about milking a bicycle.
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Farina
Mulhall
Kanzas
Grain-O cereal drink promotion replaces coffee for all ages
Try Grain O. Ask your Reger today to show you a package of GRAIN O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain O has the rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomachs receive it without distress. 14 the price of coffee 15 cts and 25 cts per package sold by all grocers.
Lehigh Valley Railway Confuses Child In Bethlehem Joke
In a Lehigh Valley classroom a Sunday school teacher asks where Christ was born. Willie names Mauch Chunk, Georgie correctly says Bethlehem, and Willie adds he knew it was somewhere on the Lehigh Valley railway in a humorous exchange from the Chicago Chronicle.
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Pennsylvania
Christ
Willie
Mauch Chunk
Georgie
Lehigh Valley Railway
Ieago Chronicle
Florida Air Line Sleeping Car Route Ad
Double daily service from St. Louis to Jacksonville via Louisville Lexington Chattanooga Atlanta and Macon. Most attentive route. For information contact R A Campbell G P A St Louis Mo.
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St. Louis
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisville
Lexington
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Macon
R. A. Campbell
Irish cyclist bitten by bull terrier under magistrate's dog
A Philadelphia Call report notes an Irish cyclist bitten on the leg by a savage bull terrier. The writer complains the dog, owned by the town magistrate who lives nearby, roams unmuzzled and yet sits in judgment on others in the community.
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Philadelphia
Coughing Leads to Consumption Advertises Kemp’s Balsam
An old advertisement proclaims Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughing and warns it stops the cough at once. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a sample bottle free and notes large bottle prices of 25 and 50 cents, stressing immediate action.
Her Modest Hint
A witty exchange between a man and a woman about mistletoe ends in a playful suggestion to visit on Christmas and see if she behaves like someone with experience. The Chicago Times Herald column captures holiday flirtation in a brief dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times-Herald
Lane's Family Medicine Bowela Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily use helps health and acts on the liver and kidneys. It offers two prices, 25 and 50 cents, and quotes a Chesterfield maxim about character and trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Queen and Crescent Line Quick Passage to New Orleans
An Atchison Globe note highlights Queen and Crescent as the shortest rail line to New Orleans within 24 hours. It also contains a satirical aside on women’s excuses and a patent medicine ad promising cure of colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents with money back guarantee.
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Queen& Crescent
New Orleans
Queen & Crescent
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Woman In Finance
M. G. Blunt
Sprague, Wash
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