Scrofula Cure Promises Deep Reach and Recovery
A testimonial claims 8 8 8 Swift's Specific cures scrofula by removing hereditary taint. The writer describes her son Charlte suffering from sores and impaired sight before taking the remedy, leading to cleared skin and restored health after several bottles. Mrs. S. B. Maser of Elm Street Maser endorses the treatment.
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Swift
Maser
Elm'St
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Dr Abbott on Labor and Industrial Democracy
Dr Lyman Abbott spoke in New York to workingmen on The Democracy of Industry. He argued for industrial democracy where workers own the tools and industries they labor in and outlined steps like taxation reform abolition of government privileges public ownership of natural monopolies and expanded industrial education.
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Lyman Abbott
New York
Dr. Abbott
Istor
Abbott
Remarkable Hampden Jury Delivers Double Verdict
In Hampden County Illinois Daniel Spellacy vs Paul Siegert produced two verdicts one for plaintiff 357 dollars and one for defendant. Judge Dewey sent jurors back after a sealed verdict showed conflict leading to a second plaintiff verdict. The case may go to the supreme court as attorney O Connor sought an exception.
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Hampden County
III
Daniel J. Spellacy
Paul Siegert
Morris
Foreman
Dewey
T. J. O'Connor
Supreme Court
Morrin
Machinery for Germany prompts tariff debate and locomotive bid scrutiny
Vice Consul Monaghan reports rising American machinery imports into Germany from 10.5 million to 13.5 million dollars between 1890 and 1898. Newspapers urge German shoe makers to push tariffs to 20 percent. An extract blasts German officials for awarding a contract for 20 American locomotives, accusing bid gaps of omitting tariffs and calling American locomotives inferior. The bureau notes bids adjusted for the tariff. commentary from Atlanta Constitution and London Fashion Pay high rents in fashionable London streets.
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Chemnite
State Department
Germany
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Jests and beggar reputation remark at university event
A speaker recalls President Iarpers jest about earning the reputation of a beggar and the university as beggars, mentioning Rockefeller’s past gifts. The crowd laughs as the speaker insists the claim is true and notes Harvard President Eliot faced removal for similar remarks.
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Harperees
Eliot
Harvard
Smithsonian Explorers Begin Cuban Fauna Quest
William Palmer and J H Riley of the Smithsonian have begun a field trip in Pinar del Rio to collect fauna specimens for the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo. They will live in a moving tent and hire guides as they trek westward into Cuba’s wild regions and progress eastward until October with plans to return if warranted.
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New York Times
Havana
Cuba
William Palmer
Smithsonian Institution
J. H. Riley
Smithsonian Force
Pinar del Rio
Buffalo
Smithsonian
Hidden Treasure Found After Farmer Hezekiah Williams Dies
Hezekiah Williams a Troy township farmer fell ill and told his sons Carl and James to seek an oak box in the old log house. The box held 2600 dollars in silver and gold, which the family counted aloud before the father died. The treasure was unknown to relatives and remains the family's sole major inheritance aside from their small land tract.
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Hezekiah Williams
Troy Township
Carl
James
Williams
Quadruplets Born to Michigan Telephone Worker
Allen McDonald and his wife welcomed four newborns two boys and two girls after an early morning delivery. The family includes two existing children and McDonald continues work as a laborer for Michigan Telephone despite the surprise. Mother and babies are reported well.
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Allen McDonald
Michigan Telephone Company
McDonald
Marconi Telegraphs Extend to North German Lloyd Ships
Experiments aboard Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse prove wireless telegraphy effective up to 165 miles from Bremerhaven with spar stations at Borkum and planned extensions to the Scilly Islands. Shipboard passengers and officials expect public use soon as several ships including Kaiserin Maria Theresa and Friedrich der Grosse are to be equipped.
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Marconi
Kaiser Wilhelm ‘der Grogse
Borkum
Bartelmann
Bremen
Lloyd Express
Bremerhaven
Scilly Islands
Buried Gold Plot Arouses Madrid Prison Convict
James H. Cass and Gruggins, urged by Col. Edward Simora, plan to recover a satchel in Madrid containing a diagram to a hidden $650,000 near Santiago Cuba. Simora, once purchasing agent for the Spanish army in Cuba, claims he buried the money in a lead casket and has letters from Abbe Folquart supporting his claims. George Allison, linked to Simora, met him in a Santiago hospital and provided Cass’s address.
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Gruggins
Col
Edward Simora
Madrid
Spain
Santiago
Cuba
Simorsenya
Abbe Folquart
Simora
George Allison
Company B
Highth Regiment
Case
Pennington
Study of Housekeeping Adds Class in Public Schools
Speakers at the Chicago Woman's club meeting urged teaching the housekeeper's arts in elementary and higher schools. The discussion supported integrating domestic economy into common schools and said training should involve boys as well as girls to foster home management and business skills.
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Chicago Woman’s Club
University Hall
Gatlings Motor Plow Visit Promotes New Invention
Dr Richard J Gatling inventor of the gun bearing his name visits Chicago to promote his automobile plow He says his aim is a labor saver and man saver as he explains the device could plow large fields efficiently
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Richard J. Gatling
Chicago
Gatling
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