Noted Americans and British statesmen Die on Jan 17
Benjamin Butterworth once United States commissioner of patents dies in Georgia at Piney Woods hotel after pneumonia relapse. He served in Congress and as patent official. survivors include wife Mary Schuyler and four children. Gen Christopher Auger of US Army dies at home in Washington after long service with Grant. two sons in the army. Logan Carlisle chief clerk of the treasury department dies in New York after heart failure. Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers MP dies in London at 95 after celebrated long parliamentary service.
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Benjamin Butterworth
Logan Carlisle
Gen
Auger
Charles Pelham Villiers
Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Thomasville
United States
Piney Woods
Warren County
State Senate of
Ohio
Warren
Butler
Ben'' Butterworth
Maineville
Foster's Crossing
Little
Durbin Ward
Ele
Garfield
Arthur
Melisiniev
Chicago
Frank
Washington
Christopher Colon Auger
West Washington
West Point
Grant
Mexico
Army
Capt
Colon Auger
Fort Miley
Kan
J. A. Auger
Leavenworth
New York
Treasury Department
Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
The
Treasury
Hot Springs
Covington
University of Kentucky
Wichita
McKinley
Carlisle
Eagishman
London
Wolverhampton
House of Commons
Marcus A Hanna Elected U S Senator for Ohio
Marcus A. Hanna was elected to represent Ohio in the United States Senate for seven years and two months. The vote tally showed Hanna defeating McKisson in both long and short term ballots, with Hanna receiving the majority in joint balloting and individual house votes. Hanna's victory follows factional battles within the Ohio Republican Party spanning Toledo to Columbus. The result was celebrated by national and state Republicans, including a telegram of congratulations from President William McKinley.
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Columbus
Marcus A. Hanna
Ohio
Senate
Messinley
Hanna
William McKinley
St. Louis
National Republican Committee
John Sherman
Toledo
Charles L. Kurtz
Foraker
Gov. Bush
Nell
State Committee
Kurtz
Ohio Republican
McKisson
House
Hanena
Lentz
Cramer
General Assembly
Tanna
Washington
William M'Kinley
Destructive Fort Smith Tornado Leaves Dozens Dead
A twister struck Fort Smith Arkansas on Tuesday night tearing through Garrison avenue to Ninth street destroying stores homes and two historic buildings. Officials report 45 dead and at least 70 injured with extensive property damage exceeding 1 million dollars as relief efforts mobilize.
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Fort Smith
Ark
National Cemetery
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Robinson
Frisco Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Garrison Avenue
Ninth Street
Texas
I. Isaacson
Babcock’s
Fleming Bros
Hartsfield
Smith's
Martinez
J. Mance
Mann & Wilson
City
J. W. Patrick’s
Boyd Bros
Tom Caldareo
Frank Bollinger
Aquors
O'Shea’ & Hirsch
Frank Bourland
South Sixth Street
M. W. Burke
Judge Parker
Rector
Albert Pike
First Baptist
Central Methodist Church
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Brownscombe Memorial Church
Crawford County
Frightful Plunge From Sixteenth Floor Masonic Temple
A man leaped from the sixteenth floor of Chicago’s Masonic Temple at 9:30 Saturday morning and died on the third floor stairway. The victim was identified as Albert C. Greenleaf a former wealthy Columbus merchant. Also reported Boston mail robbery case and Oakland monetary conference delegate.
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Chicago Masonic Temple
Chicago
Albert C. Greenleaf
Columbus
Dinner to the President in Washington Gala
The vice president and Mrs Hobart hosted a formal dinner for President McKinley and Mrs McKinley at the vice president’s mansion. Twenty guests, fragrance and roses, and ornate tables with bridesmaid roses and wax candlelight highlighted the event. Other attendees included secretaries and high officials such as Sherman Gage McKenna Gary Long Bliss Sanford and Sewell.
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Washington
Hobart
McKinley
Cameron
Sherman
the Treasury
Gage
Alger
McKenna
Gary
Year opens with steady trade and rail gains
R G Dun & Co reports the year starts with a favorable outlook and no wild speculative frenzy. Clearinghouse payments exceed 1892 by 2.6 percent and 10.1 percent outside New York, with railroad warnings 10.5 percent higher than last year. Wheat exports rise while Western receipts remain heavy. Iron furnaces show higher output but holiday stoppages mute demand. large steel, rail, and car orders reflect robust activity. In London, Prince verdict finds him guilty but mentally responsible, detained as a criminal lunatic.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Atlantic
Chicago
Pennsylvania Road
Maine
London
Richard Arthur Prince
William Terriss
The
Old Bailey
Prince
Christ
Mary
Conspiracy to Kill Moraes Report Indicts 20
Rio de Janeiro reports a police finding on the November 5 assassination plot against President Moraes. The indictment lists 20 defendants including Vice President Victorino Pereira, Captain Lopez Cruse, seven officers, Senators, Deputies, and the soldier Marcellino who carried out the act.
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Rio de Janeiro
Moraes
Victorino Pereira
Lopez Cruse
Cordeiro
Glicerio
Gunnabara
Barbosa
Lima
Irene
Mashado
Monquado
Moreira
Marcellino
Temperance testimonial on health recovery through Pink Pills
Interview from the Daily Herald Clinton Iowa details a man once crippled by drink and illness who recovered after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He claims stopping tea and coffee, gaining 48 pounds, restored strength and appetite and banished pain head colds and dyspepsia. The sworn statement identifies John B Cook of Lyon Iowa as the subject.
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Daily Herald
Clinton
Iowa
John B. Cook
South 5Th Street
Lyon
Quotes and cure claims from a 19th century newspaper fragment
The fragment blends social lines about aging and female roles with a sensational health ad. It includes quips from the New York Press on women and aging, followed by a Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertisement promising a hundred dollars for cured deafness and citing I J Cheney & Co of Toledo with Druggists selling Hall’s family pills.
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Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
New Parlor Phonograph Sales Pitch Ends With Distraction
A polite agent urges an elderly woman to try a phonograph with tubes placed to her ears to hear a song sung by Leopold Moriarity. She balks about kitchen can openings and tomatoes as she fends off the demonstration, amid a humorous interruption. The scene shifts to a Wisconsin Central Lines railway notice touting fast trains from Chicago to Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth with ticket agents available.
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Leopold Moriarity
Ork
Detroit Free Press
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Wisconsin Central
Jas. C. Pond
Wis
Critics blast a work in an hour say authors
Pennington remarks on critics who crush a year’s work in an hour while Cawstik notes how little time it takes to say all that is needed. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia North American.
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Pennington
Cawstik
Philadelphia
Cough Remedies and Beauty Claims From Old Ads
An old advertisement page promotes Kemp's Balsam claiming immediate cough relief with free sample bottles and bottled sizes priced at 60 cents and 1 dollar. It also touts St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and a remark on true personal beauty as heart work, citing Chicago Daily News style copy.
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Kemp
Despatches Hint at Hawaiian Islands and Japanese-Imbroglio
Washington state reports hints of major developments in the Japanese dispute with Hawaii. A digestion-related aside warns that indigestion could become chronic dyspepsia without early checkmate, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for rapid relief and bowel regularity. Grain-O promotes a coffee substitute celebrated for digestion and nerve strength.
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Hawaii
Japan
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Discovering Ancestors and a Cure Ad Parable
An Atchison Globe quotation contrasts marriage with recognizing distinguished lineage. An advertising blurb touts Di Clines Great Nerve Restorer claiming free trial bottles and cure for fits after one day of use, listing Dr. Kline address in Philo, Ohio.
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Wits
Kline
Philo. Pa
Cure a Cold in One Day Ads and Remedies
An old line of patent medicine copy promises quick cures with Laxative Bromo Quinine and St Jacobs Oil. It notes refunds if the remedy fails, markets at 25 cents, and features accompanying quips about gossip and fever cooling imagery.
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Lison Company
Street
Chicago
Iissols
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