Berlin Trade and Press Snapshot in 19th Century Notes
The article notes 64 Berlin shops selling horseflesh and lists diverse professions. It mentions worry as a prescriptionable disease, Iceland's eiderdown output over 7 000 pounds mainly shipped to Copenhagen at 2.41 to 2.50 per pound, and about 1 500 Berlin printed works including 60 political dailies and 82 political journals along with many comic and women’s publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Copenhagen
Berlin
Ivory consumption claim denied amid cemetery ivory source
A statement alleging that present ivory consumption equals 20,000 elephants killed annually is disputed. The text notes that at least 85 percent of marketed ivory originates from cemeteries where elephants long sought refuge, with much of it potentially centuries old.
French wine production reaches record high in 1904
France wines total about 1.743 billion gallons for 1904, surpassing all years since 1875 except 1900. Excludes 158.5 million gallons from Algeria and 4.23 million from Corsica. Prices remain very low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Algeria
Corsica
Provident French Parents Teach Child thrift via Mutualite
A three year old can join the Mutualite by contributing two cents weekly. One cent earns ten cents daily when ill, and the other funds a pension at a future age. The program teaches provident and economical habits from childhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutualite
Dangers of Celluloid Combs As Fire Hazard In Homes
The article warns that large celluloid combs held near naked flames can ignite violently. It notes gun cotton and camphor as ingredients, highlighting camphor as an especially inflammable substance familiar to chemists.
Art loan aids Birmingham school from Victoria and Albert Museum
The Government Board of Education has lent a collection of art objects from the Victoria and Albert Museum to the Birmingham Municipal School of Art. The loan will continue until the end of the current season in June 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Board of Education
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London
Birmingham Municipal School of Art
French rider chills Berlin with Leap Into the Moon stunt
A nervy Frenchwoman thrills Berlin by climbing a steep incline on a motorcycle then speeds down a track at high velocity. A curve launches the bike into the air and the rider lands in a midair receptacle painted to resemble a giant moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mrs Fairbanks A National Figure In Capital Social Set
Among the leaders of the Capital social set none is better known than Mrs Charles W Fairbanks wife of the Vice President elect. As a Daughter of the American Revolution she became as much a national figure as her distinguished husband and her link with the order keeps her Massachusetts avenue home busy with library and office work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Fairbanks
Order
Massachusetts Avenue
France's Auto Industry Expands Rapidly
The automobile sector in France has surged from 1,850 cars in 1898 valued at $1.6 million to about 22,000 cars in 1904 with an estimated value near $84 million, per the Chambre Syndicate de Automobile de France. Industry statistics are forthcoming and expected to show further progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Chambre Syndicate de Automobile de France
Argentina Aims For Growth As South America’s Second Nation
The article notes Argentina as South America’s second largest country by area 1 113 840 square miles and population about 6 million with Buenos Ayres as capital and largest city about 1 150 000. It borders Bolivia and Paraguay to the north the Andes to the west and the Atlantic to the east with a coast of roughly 1 600 miles extending toward Cape Horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Argentine Republic
South America
Buenos Ayres
Bolivia
Paraguay
Andes Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Horn
New York Bill Targets Adventure Stories Publishing
A proposed New York assembly bill threatens light literature by prohibiting publication sale or possession of stories or novels that depict adventure lawlessness or bloodshed and could incite lawlessness. Violators would face misdemeanor charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Assembly
Sun spot spectacle seen by Prof Cole amid cold spell
A sun spot, among the largest and best defined, was observed by Prof A H Cole. Through a small opera glass a six inch diameter disk appeared on white paper, indicating the spot is about one tenth of the sun's diameter, over 80 000 miles wide. The eye shaped spot may be decerned with smoked glass and is linked by Cole to the recent cold wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Cole
Niles
Cole
Hoch Confesses to Bigamy Nine Wives In Chicago Return
Johann Hoch arrived in Chicago from New York and confessed to being a bigamist. He denied murder allegations, admitted at least nine wives with five living, and said arsenic powder found in his New York room was for a possible act of self harm. Police pursue murder theory but Hoch denies it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Johann Hoch
New York
Hoch
Hochs
Severe cold and blizzard sweep multiple states
Reports from Oklahoma Nebraska Minnesota Colorado New Mexico Wyoming and Texas describe deep ice and snow 3 to 8 inches in places with many deaths from freezing and great stress on livestock and Indian tribes. Government thermometers show 38 degrees below zero in Fergus Falls Minnesota marking a historic low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Minnesota
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Texas
Beaver
Woodward
United States
Fergus Falls
Minn
Bloody clashes reported at iron works and factories across Russian Poland
Dispatches detail multiple deadly confrontations between troops and strikers in Sosnovice and at Nifku and Katowice sites with tallies of dead and wounded. Other reports note strikes spreading in Lodz and St. Petersburg, with secrecy around charges against Gorky. Finland sees assassination of procurator general Solsion Soininen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sosnovice
Katherinen Iron Works
Nifku
Modrzeff
Milovice
Lodz
Skarzygko
Ostrowicz
St. Petersburg
Patiloff Iron Works
Gorky
Helsingtors
Finland
Solsaion Soininen
Johnsson
Karl Lenard Hohenthal
Imperial Alexander University
Inga Hansen Guilty of Perjury in Chicago Case
Chicago February 11 Inga Hansen found guilty of perjury by a jury in Judge Kersten s court If the verdict stands she faces an indeterminate prison term from one to fourteen years A new trial motion was filed and an appeal is anticipated The case began March 1 1898 after she claimed injury from a street car accident and sued for 50000 with a complex pretrial history culminating in indictments for perjury in 1904
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inga Hansen
Kersten
Hansen
Chicago City Railway Company
Patton
Miss Hansen
Chatlain
Sherman House
Chetlain
New York
Roosevelt refuses to submit arbitration treaties after Senate changes
Secretary Hay says President cannot present the general arbitration treaties in their amended form. He notes the senate can reject or alter treaties, and the president views the changes as a step backward, rendering the treaties unsuitable for presentation to negotiating countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Hay
Mother's Terrible Deed Shocks Bloomfield Residents
In Bloomfield New Jersey on February 18 Mrs Elsie Loux killed her two asthmatic children aged 18 months and three years by turning on the gas and lying beside them to die neighbors found the mother unconscious and the children dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
N. J
Elsie Loux
Davis theater owner wins manslaughter indictment quash
Judge Kersten quashed the manslaughter indictment against Will J. Davis owner of the Iroquois theater on grounds of vital defects that would lead to its dismissal by a higher court if he were tried and convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kersten
Will J. Davis
Davis
Pioneer Jurist Blodgett Dies at 84 in Waukegan
Chicago Feb 10 Former Judge Henry Williams Blodgett a pioneer of Chicago and longtime United States district judge for the northern Illinois district died Thursday at his Waukegan home after a gradual decline in health. He was 84.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Williams Blodgett
United States District Court
District of
Illinois
Waukegan
Old River Man Peter Wirtz Dies in St Louis
Peter Wirtz aged 57 veteran riverman and survivor of the January 28 1871 Memphis wreck in which over 100 people died, dies at his St Louis home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Peter Wirtz
Memphis
Chadwick Trial Date Set for March 6 in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio the federal trial of Mrs Cassie I Chadwick is scheduled for Monday March 6 before Judge R W Tayler with the United States district court set to hear the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Cleveland
Cassie I. Chadwick
United States District Court
R. W. Tayler
Death of William C Prime in New York
William Cowper Prime former editor in chief of the New York Journal of Commerce and long time art history professor at Princeton University died at his New York home on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Prime
New York
William Cowper Prime
New York Journal of Commerce
Princeton University
Balloon voyage covers 250 miles from London to Paris suburb
French aeronauts MM Faure and Lathom rode a balloon from Crystal Palace in South London to St Denis near Paris. The trip covered 250 miles in six and a half hours, starting Saturday night as a strong northwest wind blew.
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London
Faure
Lathom
Crystal Palace
St. Denis
Paris
Three Women Die in Gas asphyxiation in Maple Street House
In Buffalo on February 14, three members of the Armstrong family, Mrs. Mary Armstrong about 40, her sister Mrs. Cynthia Ford about 35, and 15 year old Mabel Armstrong, were found dead in their Maple Street home. They had been asphyxiated by natural gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Mary Armstrong
Cynthia Ford
Armstrong
Mabel Armstrong
Maple Street
Fought Over a Nickle Ends in Death in St Louis
In St Louis on February 14 a quarrel over a nickel led to the death of portrait artist Eugene Carrere. Bootblack John Miller was arrested and charged with murder for the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Eugene Carrere
John Miller
Fire Devastates Taylorville Business District
Bloomington H Feb 14 A fire in Taylorville early Monday morning destroyed four principal business district buildings, causing losses exceeding 50 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Taylorville
Fire destroys Wells Hall dorm at Michigan farm college
Wells hall, the dormitory for Michigan agricultural college students in Lansing, burned to the ground early Saturday. About 110 students were living there and all escaped unharmed. The estimated loss stood at 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Wells Hall
Michigan Agricultural College
Fatal Train Wreck Near Creston Iowa
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train pulled by two engines wrecked Sunday afternoon twelve miles west of Creston Iowa. One man was killed and three injured in the disaster. Local authorities investigated the wreck and its causes are being determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Med
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Spectacle as Sullivan and Hearst Clash in House
Washington February 14. In a volatile House session Mr. Sullivan of Massachusetts and William R Hearst of New York traded grave personal accusations over the freight rate debate. Hearst implied Sullivan aided murder. Cannon cautioned but allowed the exchange to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mr. Sullivan
Mass
William K. Hearst
N. Y
Sullivan
Hearst
House
Lamar
Fla
New York American and Journal
Speaker Cannon
M'CUE Hanged for Wife Murder in Charlottesville
Samuel McCue, 46, former Charlottesville mayor and prominent figure, was executed by hanging at 7 35 Friday morning for the murder of his wife. He confessed in a statement after the trap. the neck was not broken. His wife belonged to the Field family. Gen Field had served as attorney general and was later renomined for the vice presidency on the populist ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Samuel McCue
Searfold
McCue
J. Samuel McCue
Field
Gen. Field
Remarkable Snowshoe Trek Through Adirondacks by Two Men
Albany report describes Arthur Howland and Arthuur Hewitt of New York making an unprecedented six day snowshoe journey from Adirondack village to Albany. They traversed Indian Pass in one day amid ten feet of snow and record low 24 degrees below zero, climbing McIntyre Mountain on hands and knees where snowshoes failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Arthur Howland
Arthuur Hewitt
New York
Adirondack Village
North Creek
Indian Pass
McIntyre Mountain
First Congregational Church Burned in Marietta
The first Congregational church in Marietta Ohio and the Northwest Territory was destroyed by fire early Monday. Built in 1788 and remodeled several times it stood as the city’s oldest house of worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, O
First Congregational Church
Northwest Territory
Widow Mary Borwick, 114, Dies in Wisconsin
Beaverdam area resident Mrs Mary Borwick aged 114 has died in Westford Wisconsin. Born in Poland she lived a long life on the Beaver Dam frontier with family record of longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
A _ Sentinel
Beaver Dam
Wis
Mary Borwick
Westford
Poland
Couple Bound Over for Murder in Prairie du Chien
William Crawford and Frances Crawford bound over to circuit court on first degree murder charge. They are accused of killing several illegitimate children, the latest born January 10 of this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praire du Chien
Wis
Willam Crawford
Frances Crawford
Circuit Court
Tragedy in Dubuque Husband Fatally Wounds Wife Then Kills Self
In Dubuque Iowa on February 14 Anton Westmark shot and fatally wounded his wife at her parents home and then killed himself. Police say jealousy sparked the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dubuque
Anton Westmark
Fire Claims Life of FiveYearOld in Chicago Home
Margaret Sanghie voglio five years old died from burns after a Friday blaze at 68 Oak Street Chicago. Her brothers Tony fourteen months and Thomas three years old were severely injured when the mother found the house ablaze upon returning from church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Seb
Margaret Sanghievoglio
Tony
Thomas
Oak Street
Indicted Ex-US Attorney in Portland Land Frauds
Ex United States Attorney John Hall was indicted Friday by the federal grand jury in Portland Oregon in connection with land fraud cases under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
United States
John Hall
Federal
Grand Jury
Mitchell Plot Unveiled in Oregon Land Frauds Case
Portland reports reveal a public letter from Senator Mitchell to Judge Albert H. Tanner urging false testimony to the federal grand jury. The missive aimed to claim firm assets belonged to Tanner and instructed secrecy and rapid travel to Washington with all firm papers. A separate grand jury indictment charged Mitchell Williamson and Hermann with conspiring to create the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve to defraud the government and seize over 200000 acres valued above 3 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Mitchell
Albert H. Tanner
Tanner
Federal
Grand Jury
Washington
United States Grand Jury
United States
John N. Williamson
Binger Hermann
Blue Mountain Forest Reserve
Oregon
Roosevelt speech at Lincoln dinner on race problem
President Roosevelt spoke at the Lincoln dinner in New York urging northern support for the south amid racial tensions. He thanked Southern officials and media for advancing the anti lynching crusade and called for adjusting race relations so the backward race gains freedom while the forward race preserves its civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republican Club
Roosevelt
South
Cabinet resignations and March reappointments announced
The White House said the cabinet members will tender their resignations and be nominated for reappointment on March 6. Wynne will be appointed consul general at London and Cortelyou will be nominated for postmaster general on March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Wynne
London
Cortelyou
Train collision kills one in Gilbertville derailment
A rear-end freight train crash on the Ware river branch of the Boston and Maine railroad near Gilbertville, Ware Mass, left at least one dead and 20 derailed cars late Monday, investigators said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware
Mass
Ware River
Boston & Maine Railroad
Gilbertville
Miller Is Pardoned and Released From Clinton Prison
William S. Miller, pardoned by Gov. Higgins after serving less than five years of a ten year sentence for his link to the Franklin syndicate, was freed from Clinton prison in Dannemora New York on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dannemora
N. Y
William S. Miller
Higgins
Franklin Syndicate
Clinton Prison
Osaka harbor collision sinks steamer Natorigawa
A Kobe dispatch reports the small steamer Natorigawa collided with Osaka harbor works on Sunday and sank. Ninety four persons were drowned, according to the Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kobe
Japan
Express
Natorigawa
Osaka
Two Missing After Steamer James S Stephens Sinks
Astoria Ore Feb 1 The steamer James s Stephens sank after striking a sunken pile 200 yards from shore. Thirteen of the fifteen men aboard swam ashore. two men are missing and their names are unobtainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Ore
James S. Stephens
Fatal Plunge at Sullivan Coal Mine
Lewis Webb aged 85 pit boss at the Glendora coal mine four miles southeast of Sullivan walked into the shaft mouth and fell 160 feet to the bottom. He died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Lewis Webb
Glendora
Here
Dinner Tale Exposes American Lynching Jokes
A London dinner party discusses U S lynchings and municipal pride in violence. An American narrator recounts a grim anecdote about a waiter attacked by patrons and a chef killed for mustard in a blancmange joke, highlighting racial violence satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
America
England
Cure for Eczema Promises Relief After Eight Years
Miss Mary M. Fay of Westboro Massachusetts reports severe eczema on scalp and face, with hair loss and intense itching. She credits Cuticura Remedies for immediate relief and eventual clear skin. The Washington Star quotes Uncle Eben mockingly about airs and pretensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuttcura
Mary M. Fay
West Main St
Westboro
Mass
Salzer's Home Builder Corn Record Noted Across States
The 50 acre planting earned strong per acre yields with 157 bushels in Indiana 160 in Ohio 198 in Tennessee and 220 in Michigan. Promoted in Salzer's catalog the claim invites growers to beat the 1905 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Tenn
Mich
Victoria
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
Criticism Hurts Some People Says Puck Maxim
A quip from Puck props up the notion that criticism wounds, yet the speaker notes that the only solace for some is the certainty that they are always right. The remark highlights the tension between criticism and unwavering self assurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Through The South By Dixie Flyer To Florida
Train advertisements describe the Dixie Flyer leaving Chicago at 7 00 PM over the C I and I and arriving Jacksonville at 6 40 next morning with through sleepers. The Chicago and Florida Limited departs Chicago at 1 55 PM arriving Jacksonville 7 55 St Augustine 9 25 next evening with dining and observation cars. Both trains run via the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis route the battlefields corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Old Battlefields
Chicago
Jacksonville
South
St. Augustine
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Nashville, Chattanooga
Atlanta
Battlefields
Briard I. Hill
Northern Pass
N. C
St. L. Ry
Marquette Bldg
Chicago, Ill
Special Excursions to Southwest by Kansas City Southern Ry
Travel ads announce special excursions to Southwest on Feb 7 and 21 and Mar 7 and 21 1905 via Kansas City Southern Railway with 21 day tickets and stopovers. Literature about The Land of Fulfillment available from Wate to 8 Warner G P & T A KC Southern Ry Kansas City Mo. The Kansas City Journal notes men seek office prone to pension commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Kansas City Southern Railway
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Tex
Lake Charles
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
Vox
Kk. C
Wate
Warner, G. P
T. A. Ik
Kansas City
Iansas City Journal
Trains to City of Mexico from St Louis via Wabash Lines
Hours to Mexico via the Wabash Line connect at St. Louis with Iron Mountain and Laredo routes carrying Palace Sleeping Cars to the City of Mexico. Travel time under three days. departure options include 2 21 p m arrival 10 50 a m third morning or 8 20 p m arrival 7 30 p m third evening. Mexico praised as a healthful winter resort. ticket agents offer full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Line
St. Louis
Iron Mountain Railway
Laredo
Palace
City of Mexico
Mexico
Nickel Plate Road Offers Low Fares and Premium Service
If you travel east for up-to-date service at lower rates than other lines, choose the Nickel Plate Road. No excess fares on any train with excellent dining and sleeping car service. All trains depart LaSalle Street Station Chicago. For details contact J Calahan Gen Agent 111 Adams Street Chicago. Milwaukee Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
LaSalle Street
Chicago
J. Calahan
Adams Street
Allen's Foot-use Cure and Other Advertisements
A collage of vintage ad lines promotes Allen's Foot-use as a foot cure with 25 cent price and free trial, plus a Piles treatment with 50 cent price and money back guarantee. The clippings include social blurbs and quips from Philadelphia Record Chicago Chronicle and Chicago Daily News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Doan's Kidney Pills Heal Chicago Woman's Severe Ailment
Marion Knight of 33 N Ashland Ave Chicago an orator of the West Side Wednesday Club says she suffered from aching in every bone kidney pain and poor appetite. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she improved within a week began eating normally and was fully well in seven weeks. She had spent hundreds without relief and recommends the remedy. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY offers a free trial and dealers sell the pills for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Knight
Ashland Ave
Chicago
West Side
Doan
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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the Express
Monticello
Bigamist
Tcherikoff
Warsaw
Chicago City Railway
Massachusetts
Miller
Eben
Washington Star
Corn
Wall Street
Indianapolis Sentinel
Milwaukee Sentinel
Philadelphia Record
Chicago Chronicle
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Chicago Daily Newa
Chicago Society
Boston
VOS@ & SONS PIANO CO
VOS. Hall
Boylston St
Boston, Mass
Canada
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
Quincy
W. N. Hocents
Lochinapolis
Salter
John A. Salzer
Michnais Central Railroad Company
Duruque
Lawa
J.B. Murry
Charles F. White
Rochester
Mother Gray
Children's Home
New York City
A.W. Mouuilmick
Sella
Exterprise Mfg. CO
Phila, Pa
Fitzgerald & CO
Box HK
Washington, DG
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