August St Nicholas features and Delineator notices
The August issues of St Nicholas and Atlantic publishers are reviewed, with emphasis on Regine Gourlay’s tale and The Lucky Lieutenant, plus essays on political education and China. Highlights include Mrs Ward’s novel, MacDonald’s Sword of the King, and Drake University’s Philip Gerard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che
Marryat
Nicholas Regine Gourlay
Easy
Jlon
John O'Brien
Tre Tious
Trish
Jando
Greta Green
Tradley
Talcott Williams
Mark —. Dimwells
China
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mary
National Magazine
Paige
North American Review
Ronald Magazine
MacDonald
Jenrn
England
Phe Entury Co
Union Square
New York
Philip Gerard
Trot
Ed Amherst Ott
Drake University College of Oratory
Des Moines
Towa
Lowan
Iowa
Ana Witherspoon
Moses P. Handy
Peking
Isaac Taylor Ueadland
Peking University
Stephen Bonsall
Tilipinos
James C. Gilmore
Philippines
McChire
Gilmore
Luzon
Tuzon
Berthan Runkle
Utaban
Paris
Henry TV
Telnet
Navarre
Woman faces fear of a neckwierpillar superstition tale
A dialect heavy snippet depicts a woman nearly swooning at a superstition about a wormlike creature on her neck. The fragment questions how often money is wasted and lost, reflecting anxious mood and folk beliefs.
Oklahoma Land Rush and Diverse Ads Spark Interest
A chaotic collage of notices covers land openings under homestead laws, railroad excursions to Colorado and the Pacific Coast, promotional pitches, and political speeches. It touts Kiowa-Comanche reservation openings, land claims guides, travel offers, patent medicine ads, and Bryan-Stevenson campaign notes, all framed in a bustling early 1900s newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conner Calamnt
Oklahoma
Adresa
Tl. Morgan
Perry
Olivia
The Boxers of China and a Wisconsin Farm Offer
A jumble of old notices touts solving big problems, urging readers to buy cheap land along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line in Marinette County Wisconsin. Also included are brief testimonials for Piso’s Cure Maple City Self Washing Soap and a farm offer, with unrelated ad copy and sayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marinette County
Wisconsin
C. B. Rollins
la Salle St
Chicago
GALR 1900 National Encampment Excursion Sale at One Fare
Aug 25 to Sept 1 1900 Great Western Railway offers one fare for round trip excursion tickets to Chicago for the 84th National Encampment. McKinley expected to attend. Tickets on sale Aug 25 to 20 return by Sept 1 with extension to Sept 30 for 50 cents. Inquiries to Great Western agents or F H Lord Chicago. Also modern tonics and foot care ads follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Great Northern Railway
PF. I. Whitney
Gen
Tkt
St. Paul
Minn
Farmers’ National Congress
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Royal Gorge
Pittsburg
Florence
la Veta Pass
Poncha Pass
Toltec Gorge
Durango
Dolores Canon
Rico
Lizard Head Pass
Las Animas Canon
Silverton
Ouray
Cinaron Canon
Black Canon
Marshall Pass
Grand Dunetion
Marshall Vass
Gunnison
Glenwood Springs
Grand River Canon
Tennessee Poss
Leadville
Royal Clorge
Manitou Springs
Manitou
Pike’s Peak
Seven Walls
Ute Pass
Chicago
St. Louis
Missouri River
Coloradoe Springs
Poing
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
84Th National
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
St. Michigan
McKinley
F. H. Lord
Adams Street
Li Hung Chang Coffin Auctioned in Marseille
A Paris report notes Li Hung Chang’s coffin, carried on his 1896 world tour to carry his remains home, was put up for sale in Marseille after being left at a hotel. The hotel owner sent it to the customs depot and it later appeared in an unclaimed belongings sale with no bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Lowell
Edward Everett Thale
Lowell
Tad
Lowel
Tam
Penske
Paris
Li Hung Chang
Marseilles
Customs Depot
Benne Plant Remedy Promoted by Maguire Co
An extract describes Benne Leaves used by Mississippi river steamboat men in the 1840s for ailments such as cholera and diarrhea and details how James and Constance Maguire identified and combined them into a medicinal remedy. Prepared by J. and G. Maguire Medicine Co. in St. Louis Missouri. A political note states Hf. Ball was renominated by the First Texas district Democratic convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United States
Pappine Islands
Republican Party
Patrick Henry
Jefferson
Washington
Henry
Lincoln
Philippines
Benne Todd
James
Constance Maguire
Benne
India
Messrs. Maguire
J. & G. Maguire Medicine CO
ST. Louis
Hf. Ball
Texas
Self Health Letter From Mrs Gates to Mrs Pinkham
A Miss Clara Gates of Johns P. D. Miss writes of long illness with chills, pains, and weakness after childbirth. She reports becoming insensible at times and severe breastbone pain. Lydia B Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is cited as helping, with a subsequent testimonial from Mrs Gates praising recovery and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Gates
Johns P. D
Miss
Piinkuam
Lydia B. Pinkham
Chara Gates
Johns P. O
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Putnam Saceless
Cascade Mountains
F. I. Whitney
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Bryan
Indianapolis
Stevenson
Bryan Suya
Hell
W. J. Bryan
Newby Oval
Adlai S. Stevenson
Mr. Bryan
Latform
Incoln
Democratic Party
Chiy
Spain
Tven
Webster
Clay
South Africa
The
Philippine
Philippine Islands
Cubay
Wiplnas
Central
South America
Cuba
Guardian
Iill- Pinos
Span
Piso
WM. C
Vanburen, Ind
Galr
Taeroma
Allan
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Rene We
Alea
New W
Gates
Saes
Adams
Hamictedith Thompsons
Eye Water
Wes
L. Rowan
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey
ST. Mary's Academy
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
School of Art
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
Iit
St. Mary’ S Academy
Bears
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