Work cure offered for tramps in Iowa editorial
The Express notes the “work cure” as the sole effective remedy for tramps, while the graphophone is highlighted for ethnology to record songs and languages at risk of extinction. It mentions a South Dakota judge blocking elopements by injunction and calls for lawful marriage harmony. Massachusetts shows 83,000 more women than men, urging prompt adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Ethnology
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Detecting a Counterfeit: Slightly Shorter $100 Bill
The counterfeit $100 bill is a quarter inch shorter than a genuine note. To test it, borrow one counterfeit and one genuine, then compare their lengths.
English statistician says Americans temperate drinkers
Bateman, a collector of country drink-bill data, reports that Americans are growing more temperate than any European nation, a reassuring trend in global drinking habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateman
Baltimore Ships Terrapin and Oysters to Queen
Baltimore sends terrapin and oysters to Queen Marguerite of Italy while Kansas consigns apples to Queen Victoria. Reports claim Prague receives soft-shell crabs as part of a turbulent Bohemian diet amid shifting royal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Queen Marguerite
Italy
Kansas
Queen Victoria
Prague
Deacon's One-Tross Shay Outshone by Colonel's Sleigh
A 1776 sleigh built by Col. David Moseley has served the family and is now owned by Edward Moseley of Westfield Massachusetts. The low backed sleigh is described as a Hansom critter and remains in use in the Moseley line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onehoss
David Moseley
Edward Moseley
Westfield
Mass
Priest Flees With $2500 Gold Gift in 25th Anniversary
In Elizabeth New Jersey Rev Martin Gessner a Roman Catholic priest fled rather than receive a purse containing $2500 in gold celebrating his twenty fifth year of priesthood. The incident is described as a record oddity in modesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
N. J
Martin Gessner
Miss Margaret Long Matriculates at Johns Hopkins Medical School
Miss Margaret Long, daughter of the secretary of the navy, has passed a brilliant examination and entered the senior class at Johns Hopkins University medical school in Baltimore. She plans to study there until ready to practice medicine in Boston at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Long
England Builds 117 War Vessels To Dominate The Seas
England advances naval buildup with 117 vessels under construction including 15 battleships and 12 first class cruisers. Germany’s new civil code to take effect in 1809 restricts citizenship for those unable to support themselves or families or endangering others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Chicago Woman Crowned in Sole Self Regard
The Chicago woman, praised by the Washington Post, seeks no divorce from marriage but remains solitary and majestic, pursuing her unapproachable independence. European streets echo cries for the republic, while Brussels levies caution at signs of unrest across Austria Italy Spain and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago Woman
the Post
Brussels
Belgium
Austria
Italy
Spain
Dreyfus
France
Europe
California Gold Jubilee Celebrates Fifty Years in San Francisco
Californians marked the golden jubilee of gold discovery in San Francisco. First year yield 1848 about $5,000,000, later estimate 1897 $18,000,000. Total state production since discovery around $1.8 billion, a record surpassing any single district and rivaled by Alaska someday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Francisco
Alaska
Miner’s Advice on Yukon Trekking Conditions and Prudent Travel
An old Klondike miner spoke of conditions for those venturing to the Yukon. He urged strong health and stamina to toil like laborers, with funds to secure a year’s provisions two thousand miles up the river, over 500 dollars in cash, and a barrel of patience. He warned that willingness to risk and to deny oneself pleasures for years is essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qlondike
Yukon River
St Louis Plan Would Silence Pugilists in Newspapers
A weary public welcomes a St Louis proposal to form a newspaper tongue to suppress orators. The plan would have papers ignore pugilists except when fights are pending, banning long speeches from print and forcing boxers to fight or lose access to work and free advertising. The movement argues the press must act quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Week's Union News Recap Ties Foreign Dispatches
A summary of the week in Washington and regions nationwide. The Fiftieth Congress reports agricultural and fortifications appropriations, Hawaii annexation debates continue, and pensions and land questions dominate House action. Senator White's opposition to Hawaii ends. Santa Fe capital location is advanced. St Louis 1908 exposition proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House
White
Hawaii
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Bartholdt
St. Louis
Lending clearing house week ends with 1.47 million dollars
The exchanges at the lending clearing houses for the week ended the 4th aggregated 1 470 300 S28, up from 1 283 710 195 the prior week. The rise compared with the same week in 1897 was 40.6. Admiral Selfridge reaches retirement after relinquishing command of the European station and goes on the navy retired list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Selfridge
Leprosy Death News and Regional Disasters Highlight Era
Reports from Brooklyn and Scranton describe death of 18 year old Warry Albury from leprosy and a devastating fire at the Scranton Young Men's Christian Association building causing $225000 in losses. Other items note regional deaths Abraham Staley age 103 and Governor Osborn of Kansas, river ice in New York, and multiple fire fatalities in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Warry Albury
Young Men's Christian Association
Scranton
United States
Chambersburg
Abraham Staley
New York Central
Nellie Fields
Mark Laumaster
Burlington
N. J
New York
William M. Evarts
President Lincoln
Boston
Multiple Local Disasters and Incidents Across States
A burned Main Street school in Columbus Ohio saved 300 children. In Earl Tennessee Samuel Webster decapitated his stepson during wood chopping. In Tronwood Michigan 4000 miners received a 10 percent wage advance. Cherokee leader D W Bushyhead dies at 75 in Tahlequah Indian Territory. From Tacoma the Queen sails to Alaska with 650 passengers 1300 tons freight and 200 dogs. Henry Gilbert editor in western Michigan dies in Kalamazoo aged 87 with his wife 67. Edwardsville Illinois shaken by a three minute quake. Maude Ely who killed her daughter at Painesville Ohio last August dies by her own hand in jail. Crescent West Virginia George Tucker shoots wife and a man at his home. Hematite Missouri train derailment kills Engineer Franey and Fireman Childs. Illinois Sixth District renominates Henry S Boutell for Congress. Highland Park Hotel at Aiken Washington DC destroyed by fire loss 140000. Ex-congressman William H Martin dies near Nillsboro Texas. Andrew Alley shot dead at Mercer Missouri. Joe Alley wounded by Peter Kindred over debt. Toledo saloons to close on Sundays. Saginaso Michigan at a railway crossing a train hits a wagon killing Thomas Stewart and Mrs Mathias Mosner and daughter. Victor jail fire in Colorado burns three men and injures another. Savannah cathedral St John the Baptist incendaries fire destroys head seat with loss 225000.
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Main Street
Columbus
Earl, Tenn
Samuel Webster
Carnegie
Tronwood
Mich
D. W. Bushyhead
Tahlequah
I. T
Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Henry Gilbert
Kalamazoo
Gilbert
Michigan
Edwardsville
Maude Ely
Painesville
Highland Park
Aiken
D. C
William H. Martin
Nillsboro
Tex
Andrew Alley
Mercer
Joe Alley
Peter
Tioledo
Saginaso
Asleigh
Thomas Stewart
Mathias Mosner
Victor
Colorado
Savannah
St.John the Baptist
Georgia
Fire Wipes Plainfield Business District Again
Fire destroyed the business section of Plainfield Illinois for a second time in five years. The second obituary notes the death of Joseph P. Smith of Canton Ohio director of the bureau of American republics who died in Miami Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Ill
Joseph P. Smith
Canton, O
Bureau of American Republics
Miami
Fin
Greece Prince George Governor Crete Proposed
France Russia and Great Britain insist on Prince George of Greece as Crete governor. A Paris report claims J P Morgan schemes to buy Cuba for 400 million. Elsewhere, unrest grows in Nicaragua and Cuba pacification stalls as Spain plans more cruisers.
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France
Russia
Great Britain
Prince George
Greece
Crete
Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cuba
Blanco
Havana
Lee Milligan
John Milligan
Ethel Baker
Madoc
Senor Sagasta
Spain
Kiel
England
Thessaly
United States
Senate considers Hawaiian annexation amendment and tariff treaties
In Washington Senate aides debate an annexation amendment to the Hawaiian resolution as Teller champions a treaty. House passes military academy and time-limited certificate refunds. Fires destroy Manila and Exeter businesses. suicides, robberies, and murders documented across the country. Zola trial opens in Paris amid Dreyfus case heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Morgan
Ala
Hawaiian Islands
Teller
Manila
Philippine Islands
Herman Nieken
Albert Rahm
Sexton, Ta
Minor News Items Across Nations and Regions
The items note Atlanta celebrating a 50 year corporate anniversary, and various brief mentions including Robert J pacing 93 heats, Peter Busch seeking fortune in Alaska, Col Chandler nicknamed the one eyed plowboy running for Georgia governor, a Tacoma woman sent to a lunatic asylum for eating soup, the Brooklyn cruiser sailing for West Indies, a Frederick Douglass monument fundraising in Rochester, Truman Tr Nandy lending 2500 to John D Rockefeller, McKinley possibly attending Gettysburg Memorial Day, William Earle Cooke turning 101 as a noted preacher and Mason, Mme. Carnot in Paris receiving respectful calls, a marble grave memorial for Gen Israel Putnam in Danielson, a John Morton monument funding in Chester, Volunteers of America gaining Pacific coast support, and an anonymous donor gifting 20 acres of orchard in Butte County California.
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Atlanta
Robert J
Joe Patchen
John R. Gentry
Star Pointer
Peter Busch
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Alaska
Pigeon
Col. Chandler
Georgia
Lucy Shepard
Tacoma
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
West Indies
Frederick Douglass
Rochester
N. Y
Truman Tr. Nandy
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
McKinley
Gettysburg
William Earle Cooke
Portsmouth
Kt. J
New England
Mme. Carnot
France
Paris
Caroline Tyler Lea
Philadelphia
Israel Putnam
Danielson
Conn
Congress
Chester
John Morton
Pennsylvania
Volunteers of America
Pacific Coast
Butte County
Cal
Death Comesto Many In Saginaw Train Crossings
Three people die and one wounded in a Sheridan avenue crossing crash on the Michigan Central railroad. A sleigh procession struck by a fast train leaves Thomas Stewart and Mrs. Elizabeth Mossner and Barbara Mossner dead. Mrs. Menchke dies later in hospital. No crossing gate present.
Gov Pingree Victory Prompts Mandamus Against Michigan Central
Detroit Feb 7 Judge Donovan orders mandamus against Michigan Central to force sale of a 1000 mileage book for Gov Pingree and family for 20 dollars. He cites US Supreme Court decisions on state police power over fares and charges and says the company cannot by by laws override state law. The ruling implies eventual state control of the railway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Donovan
Circuit Court
Michigan Central Railway
Pingree
United States Supreme Court
Michigan Central
Anson Refuses Anson Testimonial Gift
Chicago Feb 7 Adrian C Anson declares he will not accept any form of gift citing self sufficiency and intent to continue in baseball. The statement was read at a Chicago Athletic Association meeting organizing the Anson testimonial and unless he reverses course the effort seems finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson
Chicago
Adrian C. Anson
A. G. Spalding
Chicago Athletic Association
Metlakahtla Indians In Alaska Hopeful Over Land Bill
Washington February 7 The Metlakahtla Indians in Alaska react with excitement and concern to a bill by Mr Devener of West Virginia to segregate and return mineral lands within the Metlakahtla reservation to the unreserved public domain The island reservation measures about 49 miles long and 3 miles wide in the Alexander Archipelago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Governor Tanner Returns From Hot Springs Trip
Gov. Tanner and his party arrived in Springfield after a two week stay in Hot Springs Arkansas. The governor has recovered from rheumatism and is reported in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner
Springfield
Hot Springs
Ark
Tariff War Deepens Over American Exports to Germany
Berlin reports US apples and fruit under new decree. Prussian officials postpone full ban for dried fruit but fresh shipments face inspection. US Ambassador White protests and seeks indemnity for transit losses. Berlin press critiques Prussia’s handling as a tariff clash grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Baron von Himmerstein-Loxen
Washington
State Department
White
Miguel
United States
Mr. White
Baron von Buelow
Bundesrath
Tageblatt
Prussia
Vorwaerts
America
Worst Storm in Years Hits New England Coast
Boston reports confirm a storm causing heavy shipping losses and property damage across Massachusetts bay. Forty three lives are known lost with potential totals near one hundred. property losses may reach two million dollars as wreckage lines the coast from Cape Ann to Cape Cod.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts Bay
Cape Ann
Cape Cod
Parkersburg
W. Va
Leachtown
Brock Gaines
Samuel Day
Carl Anderson
Carrill
William Henthorn
Ohio
Kanawha
London
Great Britain
Bergamo
Lombardy
Ranzonico
Norway
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Advertisement by I J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with endorsements from Jaunt Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Cure taken internally, 75 cents per bottle. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I’. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Jaunt & Truax
Toedo
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Former bartender turned politician presides over first case
The police officer turned politician sits as judge for his first case. Mary McMannis appears for drunkenness claiming the copper pulled her in, insisting she does not drink. The judge, recalling his barroom days, forgives with a stern tone and offers her a cigar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McMannis
Mary
Detroit Free Tess
Salzer Seeds Promote Potatoes and Grains for Farmers
Pres McKinley meets free silver clash shifts to farm yields on 30000 U.S. acres as Salzer flaunts potato marvels and seed prizes. The notice invites seedmen to try Northern grown seeds and to send 10 cents in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co. for 11 farm seed samples and a big catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
America
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Balzer
LaCrosse
Girl Seeks Melba Autograph With Shy Question
A young admirer at a terete honoring Mme. Melba faintly blushes and asks the prima donna if she sings, a moment that captures a shy, colorfully innocent scene from the Philadelphia Public Ledger report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Melba
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Grain-O Brewing Method and Habit Claim
Directions prescribe one teaspoon Grain-O per two cups cold water, mix with half an egg, boil fifteen to twenty minutes, then sweeten with cream or hot milk. A testimonial asserts a conversion from coffee after ten days of following the same measured routine.
Bank Clerk Refuses Payment Without Identified Customer
In a brief exchange, a bank clerk insists on identifying the female customer before paying a check. The woman retorts that she does not know the clerk, and the clerk repeats the demand for identification. The dialogue reflects a cautious banking practice and social tension.
Grain-O for Children a Coffee Substitute
Grain-O is a tasty nourishing drink to replace coffee. It aids digestion and strengthens the nerves without stimulants. Sold by grocers for about 3 times the price of coffee, in 15 and 25 cent sizes. Children and adults can drink it with benefit.
Aristocratic Young Woman Returns Love Token to Driver
A Roxbury Gazette snippet recalls a young woman paying a conductor for a ride and not looking at the money she gave. He meekly returns a lozenge stamped I'll never cease to love thee and says he is an orphan with five younger brothers to support, needing excuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxbury Gazette
Wisconsin Central Trains to Northwestern Points
The Wisconsin Central Lines operate fast and elegant trains from Chicago to Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth daily. For complete travel information contact Jas C Pond G P A Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Wisconsin Central
Jas. C. Pond
Vis
Land and a Living Offered Along Queen & Crescent Route
New illustrated paper promotes land sales in the New South with land priced at three to eighty five dollars per acre and easy terms. It highlights good schools and churches, and claims no blizzards or cold waves. The ad is from W. C. Rinkarson G P A Cincinnati for the Queen & Crescent Route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South
W. C. Rinkarson
G. P. A. Queen & Crescent Route
Cincinnati
St Jacobs Oil Advertisements in 19th Century Notes
A mix of humorous quotes and a product plug for St Jacobs Oil appears in a Washington Democrat miscellany. The snippets mock overused adjectives while touting cure claims for sprains ache and sciatica with a punchy promotional note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
Colorado Special train links Chicago to Denver in record time
Beginning February 6 a new daylight route known as The Colorado Special will run daily from Chicago at 10:00 A M reaching Denver at 1:30 P M the next day and return eastbound from Denver at 3:30 P M to Chicago by 8:45 P M Connections will be made in Denver for all Colorado rail lines The service includes deluxe drawing room sleeping cars free reclining chair cars buffet smoking and library cars and dining service daily daylight travel through Illinois and Iowa alongside existing Pacific Limited service from Chicago at 10:30 P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Denver
Union Depot
Colorado
Illinois
Iowa
Pacific Limited
February Excursions by Louisville and Nashville R R
February excursions announced include Home-Seekers' trips on the first and third Tuesdays at about one fare round trip. Florida Chautauqua at DeFuniak Springs starts February 14 with low rates. Mardi Gras in Mobile and New Orleans on February 22 with half-rate tickets. inquiries to officials in Louisville or Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Florida Chautauqua
DeFuniak Springs
Mobile
New Orleans
C. P. Atmore
Louisville
Kye
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago
South
Map Puzzle Educator for Chicago Great Western Ry
Dissected map of the United States on heavy cardboard sent by the Puzzle Dept of the Chicago Great Western Railway. Pieces fit to form a complete map. instructional for all ages. Send ten cents to Quincy Building Chicago Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
United States
Puzzle Dept
Chicago Great Western Ry
Quincy Building
Chicago, Ill
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Monticello
East
Foreign Intelligence
John Lumberson
Howard Kemp
Ada
Miss Bannister
Harry Young
Nancy Fix
Delaware
O. Boissan Freres
Montreal
J. H. Polk
Goodwin Station
Nenia
Peru
Chile
M. Emile Zola
Saginaw,Mich
Perssons
Saginaw
Sheridan Avenue
Michigan Central Railroad
Elizabeth Mossner
Barbara Mossner
Elizabeth Menchke
Stewart
Mossner
Menchke
Merrimac Street
G. W. Bent & Co
John F. Egan
James Victory
George J. Gottwald
Leutenant
Patrick NI. Disken
John J. Mulhern
W. J. Walsh
GOV. Pingree
Henry M. Markert
Schaefer
Slosson
George Slosson
Jake Schaefer
Madison Square Garden Concert Hall
Vulcan Iron Works
Milwaukee Avenue
Clinton Street
Carroll Avenue
Theodore It, Schintz
Morton
Franz Ertel
Japan
Toru Hoshi
Gloversville
Alvord
E. C. Kimball
Indianapolis
Benjamin I. Strickland
Ienry C. Day
Charles Ruppert
Bushyhead
Bright
Flo
Dawes Commission
The
Alternative
Mutual
Sam Johnsing
Teddy
Ben Tomkins
Puck
Washington Democrat
St. Jacobs
Hood
E. Banry
Milwaukee Street
Chas. A. Dana
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Medill
Indiana Mineral Springs
Lithia
Jae
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
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