Notable Visitors and Aches of Notable Figures
Miss Caroline Marcial of Seville visits America representing the International Institute League. Mrs. Nansen, singer and explorer's wife, is also noted. Walter Wellman, the airship scout, broke a leg after a crevice fall near the pole. Ernst Leissler, Leavenworth printer, claims 65 years in trade and 62 years in the U.S. William Landis of Dinckolison College joins Palermo’s Mathematics Circle. Constable James Vincent of Boonville, Indiana, is famed for arrests and slender frame. Ray Dart of Minnesota, studying via proxy, writes on a typewriter. his father is State Senator Dart.
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Caroline Marcial
Seville
Spain
America
International Institute League
Nansen
Explorer
Welhaven
Ernest Save
University of Christieuis
Ernst Leissler
Tribune
Leavenworth
Inn
Tarmstek
Germany
Leissler
William Weldman Landis
Dincki1son College
Carlisle
Mathematical Circle of
Palermo
Italy
Indiana
Jamea
Vincent
Boonville
Ray Dart
University of Minnesota
Dart
Litchfield
Titled Emperors and Royals Highlighted in Curious 19th Century Notes
A miscellany reports the empress’s handkerchief crafted over seven years costing 5000 dollars, Queen Wilhelmina funding slum concerts in The Hague, Denmark’s King Frederick VIII mixing with editors, and Emperor William gifting a yacht. It notes Lady Barrow’s 97 year life and the four year old Princess Yolande’s social pleasures, plus Frederik VIII’s democratic conduct and Masonic role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Wilhelmina
Ielland
Hague
Frederick Viiii
Denmark
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Frederick William
Prince Hary
Abruzzi
Italy
Africa
Barrow
Miss Croker
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Pierpont Morgan
Lady Barrow
Yolande
Raconig
Frederick VIII
Frederick
Masons
Two Sides Always
A saying contrasts credibility as one man’s word stands until another’s account emerges, signaling the inevitability of competing narratives in disputes and storytelling.
Railroad Man Purges Indigestion with Grape-Nuts Food
A railroad worker credits Grape-Nuts for ending years of indigestion and stomach distress caused by irregular meals. He reports improved digestion, clearer thinking, and restored sleep after adopting Grape-Nuts as a staple in his meals while on the move. The advertisement cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and mentions The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Indictment Fate Hangs Over Insurance Campaign Officals
Justice O Sullivan in New York court asserts life insurer officials who funded political campaigns committed larceny and urges grand jury to pursue charges. District Attorney Jerome counters, says acts do not amount to larceny and warns of arrest warrants for George W Perkins and other GOP leaders if needed. Judge O Sullivan declines to issue warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Justice O'Sullivan
Court of General Sessions
Sriday
Grand Jury
Legislative Investigating Committee
Justice O’sullivan
Jerome
O’sullivan
Grard
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
George B. Cortelyou
Cornelius WN. _ Bliss
Republican National Committee
Alton B. Parker
O'Sullivan
McCurdy Sued by Mutual Life Insurance Company
The Mutual Life Insurance Company serves a complaint against Richard A. McCurdy alleging unfaithfulness and neglect. The suit seeks 3370341.66 dollars plus interest for political contributions unauthorized salary unauthorized expenditures losses due to neglect and commissions on foreign business. The action names McCurdy his son Robert H. McCurdy and C. H. Raymond & Co including Louis A. Thebaud as parties in eight similar suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard A. McGurdy
de Lancey Nicoll
Nicoll, Anable & Lindsay
Mutual
McCurdy
Robert H. McCurdy
C. H. Raymond & Co
Louis A. Thebaud
Died in the Harness at Carson church
A lightning strike killed Rev. J. B. Lentz during a Sunday sermon in Carson Iowa. The bolt struck a chandelier, knocked him unconscious, and set the church on fire though it was saved. Lentz left a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lentz
Sudbury
George W. Neidig
Neidig
Reading Railroad
Hans Crossing
Chicago woman indicted for newborn death at hospital
Valeria Schwartz, 27, tied gauze around her newborn's neck and choked the infant to death in her room at St. Mary of Nazareth hospital, according to police reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Valeria Schwartz
St. Mary of Nazareth's Hospital
Man Slaughter Conviction in Federal Court
Louis Emmet McCoy, a Black cavalryman, found guilty by a United States circuit court of manslaughter for allegedly firing on a fellow trooper at Jefferson Barracks on December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Est
Louis
Emmet McCoy
United States
Jefferson Barracks
Smallpox Cases Reported in Uinta County Wyoming
Fifty seven smallpox cases are reported in the farming districts of Liman and Bridge in Uinta county. The southern part of the county has been quarantined to contain the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Liman and
Bridge
Uinta County
Noted Chemist R. Ogden Doremus Dies in New York
Professor R Ogden Doremus a famed chemist and poison effects expert died at his New York home on Thursday at age 82. He gained recognition for his work on poisonous substances and their impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. Ogden Doremus
Doremus
Slain Officials in Samar Encounter End in Treachery
Reports say Governor Curry of Samar was found badly hacked after an engagement with Pulajanes led to a brutal ambush at Magtaon. U.S. officials Judge Lobinger and Superintendent Hoover survived. 30 Pulajanes and several constabulary were killed or wounded in the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mani'a
Gov. Curry
Samar
Lobinger
Hoover
Magtaon
Jones
Magaton
Curry
Magtuon
Col. Aguilar
Pulajanes
Constabulary
Richard Ivens Guilty of Murder Faces Death Penalty
Chicago jurors find Richard Grant Ivens guilty of the January 12 murder of Bessie Hollister, a Wesley Methodist choir member. The court imposes death by hanging with a motion for a new trial filed by Ivens' attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard Grant Ivens
Bessie Hollister
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Lincoln Avenue
Fullerton
Ivens
Death of Rev. William Rees Goodwin D D
Word has been received of the death of Rev William Rees Goodwin D D in Los Angeles California. He resigned the presidency of Brookville College Indiana in 1866 to take a professorship at Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington Illinois. He later served as pastor at Lincoln Champaign Quincy Mattoon Danville Decatur and Jacksonville in Illinois and preached at Sacramento Avenue Church San Francisco before moving to Los Angeles where he resided until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Rees. Goodwin
Los Angeles
Cal
Goodwin
Brookville College
Indiana
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Illinois
Lincoln
Champaign
Quincy
Mattoon
Danville
Decatur
Jacksonville
Sacramento Avenue
San Francisco
Weight law passes in Des Moines for eggs by count
Des Moines lawmakers approve a measure setting one dozen eggs at 24 ounces, allowing buyers to demand 24 ounces per dozen regardless of scale. In East St. Louis a carpet tack caused a powder works explosion killing two men. Edgerton schools close due to scarlet fever epidemic. Columbus lawmakers oppose abolishing capital punishment with a 70 to 84 vote to postpone the bill and keep life imprisonment as the max sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
East St. Louis
Hwi
Phoenix Powder Company
Here
Sohn Nash
Edward Higginbotham
Janesville
Wis
Edgerton
State Board of Health
Columbus
O’rourke
Lucas County
Senate votes down Pool Selling bill in Ohio
The Ohio senate defeated by 13 to 12 a bill that would legalize pool selling at races across the state, opposing efforts to permit such betting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
Ohio
Artful street signs could become historic monuments
Sylvester Baxter urges turning street signs into art and educational tablets. Bronze inscriptions on signs and posts could record local histories, guiding visitors and enriching towns from Boston to New England with durable, decorative memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Baxter
Boston
Sons of the Revolution
New England
Lincoln Street
Levi Lincoln
Commonwealth
America
Irving’s counsel urges gentler cross examination
The article recalls Sir Henry Irving at a New York lawyers banquet urging kinder cross examination of witnesses. It also sketches a light humor vignette aboard a ship and a Kansas couple's visit to a physician ending with a humorous line about a thermometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Irving
New York
Indiana pastor claims blood tie to George Washington
Rev O S Reed of Veedersburg Indiana asserts complete ancestral records proving his blood relationship to George Washington. He is described as one of the nearest living relatives to the father of the country. Bengal census shows 4000 baby girls married there with 600 under one year old listed as widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O. S. Reed
Veedersburg
Ind
George Washington
Indiana
Bengal
Dean's Kidney Pills Restore Vergennes Dealer's Health
E F Scott of Vergennes Vermont a former Ethan Allen Post G A R commander suffered typhoid kidney weakness with nocturia ropy dark urine loss of appetite headaches dizziness backache and thirst. After a month on Dean's Kidney Pills he recovered strength and gained to 280 pounds. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F E. Scott
Vergennes
Ethan Allen Post
Dean
Poster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Nickel Plate Road Passenger Service Highlights Comfort
The Nickel Plate Road offers a splendid passenger service with attentive staff including uniformed colored porters. Pullman sleepers and an excellent dining service with club or a la carte meals are provided on all trains. Tickets can be purchased via La Salle Street Station Chicago and for more information contact General Agent J Calaban.
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Nickel Plate Road
AJL
la Salle St
Chicago
Calaban
HL Adams &J
Allen's Foot Mase Cure Ad Warns Against Substitutes
An old remedy advertisement proclaims quick relief for hot sweating calloused and swollen feet. It claims price five cents and urges not to accept substitutes. Trial package free offered with address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York. A quip about marrying for money accompanies the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allens
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Clock repair dispute turns to eleven strike demand
In a brief exchange a jeweler asserts the clock strikes correctly while a customer named Gayboy insists it should strike eleven, prompting complaint in Detroit. The dialogue captures a small wart of shop life and frustration over a timepiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayboy
Detroit
Kree Press
Disfigured by eczema cured with Cuticura
A woman describes months of eczema on skin feet face and eyes and three doctors with no relief until Cuticura improved her condition. She praises the product and urges others to try it. The snippet includes ad copy and a mention of railway tickets, health claims, and a patent medicine style tone.
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Tie
Cuticura
Cutiura
Eezema
Emma_ White
Cherrier Place
Casaden, N. d
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Walter Wellman
North Pole
Pole
M’curdy
Mutual Life
Iowa
Richard Ivens
Mrs. Hollister
Mfe
Scott
Addison County
Puck
N. Y
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Garfield
Woolford
Detchon
Crawfordsville
Peay of
Otelli Samuel
Sernece
Dicise Savl
Uae
Piiaveart
York
Lumbago and Sciatica
Marig
St. Jacobs Oil
Price
Bears
THE
Olmtaun Company
Hew Tork City
California Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Coa
Beth
Louisville
New York, Aln
Diemer
Spring Icla
Ely
Rollet
Ely Prothers
Warren Street
Spalding
Jlow
A. G
Spalding & Bro
Nassau St
Wabash Ave
Western
Canada
Ottawa
I Co
Broverton
Quincey
Indianapolis
Utne
Callahan Block
Milwaukea
Crawford
West Str
Kansas City
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