Industrial facts on mills and materials across states
The report notes 686 cotton mills in the south with Texas 17, Kentucky 7, and Arkansas 4. Glucose made from corn starch is advancing commercially as a cane sugar adulterant. The first regular glass factory began in Temple New Hampshire in 1870, run by imported German workers. Russian rabbit hair goods are made into sturdy lightweight bowls and dishes resembling varnished leather.
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Texas
Kentucky
Arkansas
Temple
N. H
Russia
Poole Elected President of Ladies G A R Association
In Whiting Indiana on February 25 1901 Mrs Mary E Poole was elected president of the Presidents Association a body of presidents of state G A R groups She praises Dodd s Kidney Pills as a cure for Bright s disease and kidney disorders and endorses their use She notes personal use and recommends purchase price 50 cents a box six boxes 250 from Dodds Medical Co Buffalo NY
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Poole
Dodd
Bright
Dodds Medical Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Dreaming vs Doing in Young Inventor and Lady of the Land
A poem by Anna M. Pratt from Golden Days contrasts Tommy the young inventor with his sister Maud Miranda who dreams of luxury. It argues success comes from earnest work, not idle dreams, and highlights that a weed cannot become a fair rose.
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Maud Miranda
Tommy
Anna M. Pratt
A Wonderful Child Florence Miller Born Genius and Prodigy
Florence Monte Miller shown exceptional talents by age six in Bloomington. She excelled at drawing reading newspapers writing stories and rapid learning. At Lincoln school she advanced quickly moving through rooms in just weeks while her father Fre mont Miller supervised.
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Florence Monte Miller
Fremont Miller
Bloomington
Little Florence
Florence
Lincoln School
Cats on board ocean liners keep ships rodent free
Large ocean liners carry six to ten cats stationed in various ship areas and listed for rations. Staff feed them daily and a port visit assigns a keeper who sometimes catches hundreds of rats. amiable cats roam first and second class salons while others stay below.
Baby Left in Basket in Seville Streets
In Seville, Spain, there are no nurseries or daycare options for busy mothers. Babies are placed in wicker baskets resembling overturned baskets, set in the street where they learn to sit upright and eventually crawl. Donkeys and wagons navigate around the small infant as pedestrians pass by.
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Seville
Bengal Idol Encounter Retold by Port Royal Pilot
Captain Murray of Port Royal recalls a shipwreck near Calcutta when his clipper found refuge beside an Indian idol. Native offerings to the idol fed the three sailors for days until a fight with locals drove them to Calcutta for passage home. Fifteen years later Murray recognizes a former companion aboard the Kirkum in port.
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Murray
Port Royal Bar
Calcutta
India
Bay of Bengal
Cole
Kirkum
Columbia
S. C
Cunning Pack Mule Becomes Frontline Humor in Army Tale
An old soldier recalls a veteran pack mule who led others and refused extra weight. The animal balked at a coffin loaded for Siboney weighing 25 pounds, groaning and staggering as if it were a ton, then toppled the coffin and later wore the bell while another mule carried the load.
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Siboney
Hine
Boers in Full Retreat Amid Heavy Natal Campaign News
London dispatches report Lord Kitchener's column driving Boers from Piet Retief toward the Swazi frontier with about 5000 scattered foes in retreat. Losses include 462 rifles and 18,700 cattle. French hampered by rains. De Wet routed by Col. Plumer near Zuurgat, with 40 prisoners taken and Boers fleeing across swollen Orange River.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Middlebury
Transvaal
Piet Retief
Amsterdam
Swazi
Hopward
Plumer
Owen
de Wet
Cape Colony
The
Daily Telegraph
de Aar
Steyn
Orange River Colony
Daily Mail
Hunker
Col. Plumer
Brak
Kup Drift
Reads Drift
Marks Drift
Grange
Skameel Drift
Welgevardaen
Zuurgat
Hopetown
Col Owen
Oregon's new senator elected after long deadlock
John H. Mitchell won Oregon's United States Senate seat at 12:35 amid a extended legislative session and a late ballot stampede. Born in 1835 in Pennsylvania, he practiced law in California before moving to Portland in 1860 and has served multiple terms in the Senate.
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Salem
Ore
John H. Mitchell
United States
Oregon
Mitchell
Republican Party
James H. Slater
Senate
Mr. Mitchell
Washington County
Pennsylvania
San Louis Obispo
San Francisco
Portland
Cubans Celebrate Independence Day in Havana Parade
Havana marked Independence Day with a 10 000 student parade and mass meetings. Gen and Mrs Wood received flowers. Caote presided over a Republican Party meeting praising U S aid and anticipating a satisfactory resolution of Cuban issues.
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Havana
Washington
Trust problem and a marriage proposal in Boston Transcript
The excerpt discusses the social issue of trust and uses a medical compare to stomach ailments. It includes a dialogue where Carrie receives Harrys proposal and Bertha comments on his odd nature, reflecting a light Boston Transcript style.
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Carrie
Harry
Bertha
Boston Transcript
Deafness cure claims and promotional ad noted
The ad asserts deafness from inflammation of the Eustachian tube can only be cured by constitutional remedies and offers one hundred dollars for catarrh related deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes Hall's Family Pills and cites Toledo Ohio as a source, ending with a jab about newlyweds and groom debt.
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Hall
I.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Dragmiete
Grain-O new coffee alternative for all ages and wallets
Ask your grocer for Grain-O the grain based drink that replaces coffee. It imitates mocha with a rich brown hue yet is pure grain and gentle on delicate stomachs. Priced 15c to 25c per package, sold by grocers. The Devotee notes Paderewski’s stature while Indianapolis Press defends his merit.
Remedy for the Grippe Promoted by Physicians
Physicians recommend KNMP'S BAT. SAM for grippe patients especially for the throat and lungs. Get a bottle today and keep it on hand for use at once to prevent pneumonia by keeping the cough loose and the lungs clear from inflammation. All druggists 26¢ and 50c.
H Moxale’s Group Cure Promises Croup and Diphtheria Relief
An old ads blurb touts H Moxale’s Group Cure as a life saver for children, curing and preventing croup membranous croup diphtheria pneumonia and whooping cough with no opium offered at 50 cents. The piece ends with a humor line from Ally Sloper about moon beams.
Lane's Family Medicine Ad Pokes Fun At Cures
A jumble of 1900 era ads and quips mentions Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel movement, Piso’s Cure for Consumption credited by Mrs Robbins, and Taxative Bromo Quinine as a cold cure. The clippings mix jokes about age and marriage with product pitches and generic testimonials.
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Whiting, Ind
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Carter L Little
Iver Pills
Fala and
Is Nas
Bo Ealers
Florence Miller
Spain
Odessa
Paris
Noisy le Sec
Ireland
Edward
Earl Cadogan
Borneo
Maysville
Ienry Robinson
Robinson
Europe
New York
Morgan Steel Trust
United States Consolidated Steel Company
Atchigon Globe
Paderewski
Indianapolis Press
Gludstone
Heaven
Ally Sloper
Lane
Atchison Globe
Chicago Daily News
Putnam
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lunds
Pinkham
M. A. Danson
Millport
N.Y
Lizzin Dickson Honan
Ayulon
Ohio
Ruwaid
National City Bank of
Lytia
Otek
Tran
Nature
Cascarets
Sterling Remedy
York
Chicago
Krausers
Krauser & Bro
Milton, Pa
Gregory
Gregory & Bon
Merblichend
Mass
Blould
Do Roo P
H.H. Gheen
Atlanta
Pithont Fee
Fens
5S & Con
Oe Ab
VPA
SHEEN
Aea
Igen
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