The Discovery of a Cure for Consumption
An advertisement claims a guaranteed cure for consumption by Dr. Derk P. Yonkerman of Kalamazoo Michigan. It urges afflicted readers to request a free trial package to prove the claimed results and testimonials, warning that delay is dangerous.
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D. P. Yonekerman
Michigan
West
Derk P. Yonkerman
Shakespeare Idg
Kalamazoo
Mich
DFI
Iumption
RE. Paxton C
Boston
Mass
Columbus Ave
Chicago youth song inspires neighbor to shoot
A melodious young woman in Chicago moved a man in adjacent flat to seize a pistol and shoot a man, the gunman believing he could not reach the singer. Authorities pursue the case as a suspected film of jealousy and violence.
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Chicago
Oman
Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Claims and Address
Advertisement for c Gray's Sweet Powders for Children fed by Bother Gray a nurse at the Children's Home New York claiming to break up colds feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms within 24 hours. Sample mailed free address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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C. Gray
Bother Gray
New York
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
New York Hotel Project Sparks Fresh Apprehension
A plan for a 7.5 million hotel in New York stirs renewed concern after a man fearing scrutiny at the Walcorf-Astoria faces lingering unease about leaving his room.
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New York
Walcorf-Astoria
Sufferers Advised to Write for Kalamazoo Remedy
The advertisement urges consumption sufferers to contact Derk.P., Yonkerman & Co., Kalamazoo Michigan for a promised cure described as a wonderful remedy for this dread disease.
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Derk.p., Yonkerman & Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
Baroness Scheid Cited for Court Appearance in Vienna
An official advertisement from Vienna notes Baroness Scheid must appear before a court in February 1795. The notice references her status and required appearance within the legal proceedings filed in the city.
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Publc
Vienna
Scheid
Hig
Curious Welsh Lady Brings Lucky Clovers to Queen
A Welsh lady presented four five six seven and nine leaved clovers to Queen Alexandra as a curious superstition linked to luck. The tale notes that a stranger’s death in a city sets a superstition about room numbers and lottery luck.
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Alexandre
Berlin to gain motor for race course 938 yards long
Berlin will shortly possess a motor for a race course extending 938 yards. The note outlines plans to equip the circuit with an engine as part of the development project.
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Berlin
Love and tragedy at a great university by the lake
Soo Tokion, an East Asian student, falls for Helen Sturtevant at a large American university near a big lake. After Helen faces family ruin and Soo shows devotion, Soo leaves a white rose and courts deepen as Helen’s life changes. Soo’s death yields a $26,000 inheritance to Helen and a Soo Tokion chapel is built in Yokohama.
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Soo Tokion
Helen Sturtevant
Soo
Helen
Loo
Seo
Soo Tokien
Teo
Charlie Nelson
Leo
Presbyterian Mission
Yokohama
Edward B. Clark
Chicago Record-Herald
Letters From Heaven Irritates Treasury In Indianapolis
An Indianapolis man signing as United States in Heaven has sent letters to the Treasury for years. The latest epistle questions the French company’s title and requests no reply. Treasury leadership ignores the mails, while the White House routinely welcomes correspondents unless proven crazy.
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Crank
Indianapolis
Treasury Department
United States
Vested Choirs in America Claim Dr Cutler’s Pioneering Role
Dr. Henry Cutler, the composer and conductor who died in Swampscott Massachusetts, introduced vested choirs in 1860. While Albert Edward prince of Wales visited New York as earl of Renfrew he planned to attend Trinity Church. Cutler, then chairmaster, proposed a vested choir at Trinity mirroring English church practice, inspiring choirmasters nationwide.
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America
Cutler
Swampscott
Mass
Albert Edward
Prince of Wales
Earl of
Rounded Horn voyage sets record despite hobos on board
The Erskine M Phelps arrived in Honolulu from Norfolk in ninety seven days. It rounded Cape Horn 50S Atlantic to 50S Pacific in eleven days, beating usual times. Most crew had pretended to be sailors. only one of twenty was genuine. During a fierce squall six men appeared on deck as others fainted.
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Erskine ‘M. Phelps
Honolulu
Norfolk
Atlantic
Horn
Pacific
Phelps
Cape Horn
New York Man
Express
Law Books Advantage and the Sea War Debate
The text argues naval officers must fight not negotiate while modern navies rely on international law. A professor discusses how to persuade enemies, joking that he would expose them to all volumes of law in wad form with added emphasis.
Do Stars Explode and Form Nebulas
An article notes a new star in the Pirseus region and its rapid expansion into a nebula. It discusses a theory that nebulae may arise from stellar explosions or abrasion during close stellar encounters, citing 19th century work by Prof. Bickerton. The expanding nebula is described as growing at thousands of miles per second, seen as a major celestial wonder.
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Pirseus
Bickerton
Canterbury College
New Zealand
Mourning Colors Across Europe and Other Lands
The article surveys historical mourning colors, noting red remained common in Europe into the late fifteenth century with black cloaks over red. It cites Abyssinia favoring reddish brown, Turkey preferring violet, and Maori in New Zealand using red for sorrow, with red body daubing at funerals and graves.
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Europe
Abyssinia
Turkey
New Zealand
The Country House Toasts To Tippling And Social Ease
A historical view argues a calm country life softens nerves and curbs excess, yet house parties mix mild cheerful drinking with outdoor sport. Women and men share convivial rounds from tea to punch, while golf, drives, and dinners end with cigars and cordials. The piece notes no mornings-after and a return to sobriety in town.
Two Million Baseballs in Use and Winter Work Ahead
More than two million baseballs were used in the last season with about 1,000 women kept busy sewing a new supply for next season. The official league ball sells for $1 to $1.25 with 250,000 sold, while many cheaper balls are produced in New York, Philadelphia, and Massachusetts by about 1,000 workers and home sewers.
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New York Times
New York
Halley’s 1680 Mercury Thermometer Breakthrough
Edward Halley introduced mercury as the liquid for thermometers in 1680, establishing a stable temperature-reading standard and advancing scientific thermometry.
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Edward Halley
French gas and electric plans, odd notices, and a Swedish inventor
Anthony N Brady of William Chitmey of New York heads a company of abs with capital 50 006 renegotiating for the central Paris gas supply. Karl Kiesewetter, inventor of the Swedish safety match, died in Roumania over 90 in poverty after fortunes lost in rail speculation. A St Louis merchant signs with two letters A A A. Rouen tests an electric fire engine powered by tapping street and rail wires.
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Anthony N. Brady
Wiliam Chitmey
New York
Abs
Paris
Karl Kiesewetter
Roumania
Jonkoping
Rouen
Lunacy Cases Tied to Alcohol in England
The British lunacy commission reports that cases where alcohol is listed as the cause average 21.8 percent of male insanity and 9.5 percent of female insanity in England.
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England
Dancing Customs Highlight Swiss and American Traditions
A remark contrasts Swiss practice allowing three dance days with American girls who often dance all night for a year’s worth of energy but stop short of continuous dancing.
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Switczerland
Clergymen Forbidden to Marry for Centuries Since Ethelred
English clergy faced a ban on marriage lasting over four centuries starting with the reign of Ethelred the Unready. The policy extended through later medieval periods, shaping clerical life and vows.
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Ethelred
Tolstoy on best writing hours and aging height
A person typically grows taller until age 50 and loses at least 1 12 inches by age 90. Tolstoy contends the ideal literary window is 9 am to 3 pm and he rarely writes outside those hours.
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Tolstoy
Ulm Cathedral Holds World’s Highest Spire at 533 Feet
The Ulm cathedral in Württemberg features the world’s tallest church spire at 533 feet. Other items note the London bishop’s estimate of church attendance, a German Kaiser Christmas hunt, and various distant statistics from populations to industry capitalization.
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Ulm
Wurtemburg
Gohrde
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