Remarkable Claims About the British Empire
A quoted notice asserts Britain boasts vast reach and wealth. It claims ships can be converted to warships in 48 hours, control much North American railways, and deploy millions in India. The piece notes a 400 million empire population and a Queen who would need 70 years of watching to see them all pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
North America
Canada
United States of America
South America
United Kingdom
India
Malta
British Empire
Kay
Hoe
Jimmy Logs
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Relief for Swollen Feet
Cure claims and foot comfort product promotion describe uses for swollen feet and bunions, with history of endorsements and price details. Mentions cures, trials, and packages as part of a period advertisement narrative. References to various figures and places appear in promotional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Ehoe
Allen 8
Olmsted
la Roy
New York
Mrs Pinkham's Advice Aiding suffering women seeks letters
A testimonial letter praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a long lasting womb and reproductive troubles. The writer credits five bottles with restoring health and ability to work, urging others to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Leon, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Mra
Pinknow
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mia
Shafter Army To Move To Healthful Camp At Montauk
Secretary Alger orders relocation of Shafter's troops from Santiago to a new camp near Montauk Point Long Island. The site offers fresh water a large lake a hill and salt water bathing to improve health after high sickness rates. A largely homogenous force will replace Santiago troops while General Shafter approves timing tied to safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alger
Shafter
Santiago
Dolher
Montauk Point
Long Island
Long Island Railroad Company
Chickamauga
General Shafter
War Department
J. H. Farrell
Ninth Masssachusetts Volunteers
Siboney
Thomas Rollston
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Willian H. Byers
Seventeenth Infantry
Treasury allows assignment of war loan bonds notices
The Treasury Department announced an authorization to recognize transfers of allotment notices for war loan subscribers with more than $500. This procedural change aims to reduce delays and allow large subscribers to realize on their allotted amounts as if they held the actual bonds, addressing embarrassment for major subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konda
Washington
Treasury Department
United States to be connected by cable to Pacific possessions
San Francisco and Washington reports state the United States will soon be linked by cable from San Francisco to Hawaii the Ladrones the Philippines and Hong Kong. Survey work is largely complete and the laying contract is let with a six month completion window at a price of 1800000000. Ferdinand Peck new commissioner general to the Paris exposition met the president who approved a further 400000 for representation taking total to 650000 with an additional assistant planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
The
Evening Post
United States
Pacific
Hawaii
Ladrones
Philippines
Hong Kong
Washington
Ferdinand Peek
Chicago
White House
Peck
Spanish prisoners paid off by government at Seaveur
Spanish prisoners confined at Seaveur were paid off by the government today. The payments came from Admiral Cervera at Annapolis and ranged from 4 to 10 dollars in American currency per man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Seaveur's
Cervera
Annapolis
Powder millet blast at Troy ends in owner hurt
Elmnira July 28 reports an explosion at Troy Pennsylvania involving owner and paying teller of Pomeroy Mitchell bank. Details unclear as to cause and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmnira
BK Oj
Johson
Troy
Penn
Pomeroy & Mitchell Bank
Mei Et
Portland Brings Klondike Miners to San Francisco
The steamer Portland arrived from St Michaels with seven Klondike miners and about $250,000 in gold dust and bullion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michaels
San Francisco
Portland
St Michaels
Prize of War Declares Britih Ship Adala
Savannah reports Judge Emery Speer declared the Britih ship Adala a lawful prize of war. Captured off Grantan amo bay by the Marblemew, she had been chartered by a Spaniard and intended to take refugees to Ginan tannime. An appeal to the supreme court will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Adala
Grantanamo Bay
Emery Speer
Ginan Tannime
Supreme Court
Captain Amnon Receives Dia Pater From Admiral Camara
In Madrid on July 30 Captain Amnon, minister of marine, announced that the Beet hae cast anchor at Cw after receiving a dia pater from Admiral Camara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Amnon
Marine
Camara
Wheat market falters amid large crop prospects and trader activity
The weekly market letter notes limited interest from farmers and exporters while Chicago and Northwest reports hint at a record harvest. Prices hold near last year as speculative selling tempers gains and private estimates place spring and winter wheat totals around 700 million bushels with government figures near 615 million. Portland and Seattle markets show steady ranges for flour, oats, hay, eggs, butter, cheese, meats, and produce with notable values for Walla Walla wheat and California and Oregon figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tealpeve
Department of Agriculture
Portland
Walla Walla
Graham
Harley
Oregon
Burbanks
California
Seattle
Yakimas
Olympia
Millstaff
Puget Sound
Washington
Timothy
Hi. Egge
From Dude to Soldier and a Social Rise
Hallett Alsop Borrowe once a rough rider and social figure rose from studying art and law to working on the Newark trolley line and marrying Austin Corbin’s daughter Anna Wheeler Corbin. His life includes duels rumors and a steady climb from driver to division superintendent before marrying into prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallett
Alsop Borrowe
Hallett Alsop Borrowe
Rough Riders
Cuba
Columbia Art School
Columbia Law School
Samuel Borrowe
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Young Borrowe
New York Society
England
France
Hallett Alsop
Coleman Drayton
Drayton
William Astor
Borrowe
Lfe
Newark
Anna Wheeler Corbin
Austin Corbin
Corbin
The Dream of Don Montijo
Fragmentary narrative passage follows a shipboard scene with a man named Don Montijo, a harbor setting, and a tale of pursuit by pursuers in a wartime or exotic adventure. The text includes scattered alphabetic nudges and garbled dialogue, suggesting an OCR error-filled excerpt from a longer story.
On Driving Horses and Driver Responsibility
A guide stresses drivers must know their horse and its feeding needs. Proper driving, not speed, sustains vitality. fretting wastes more strength in two miles than careful driving over longer distances. Some drivers rely on a whip, which can cause wear and stress in a lively horse, though in some cases a whip is necessary.
Rolling-Pin Will Serve in Varied Mirthful Quips
A clipped gossip note cites a quote about gendered tactics and restraint from the Cinentonat Enquirer. It reflects a witty exchange on power, tears, and the hatpin as a symbol of force in differing personalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ctinetonat
Enquirer
Where Noah Kept His Bees in the Aug Lady’s Home Journal
Dr James K Hosmer visits Boston public library and meets Edward Everett Hale who jokes about Noah’s bees. Hale quips the bees were kept in the arkhives as the two discuss archives in a light moment from Summer Piazza Stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
James K. Hosmer
Boston
New Public Library
Edward Everett Hale
Hosmer
Arkhives
August Ladies
Lome
New York Doctor Aims for Army Surgery Role
A New York State doctor aged 1 offered services to the President and expressed a wish to join the army as a surgeon. He can walk 10 to 15 miles all day without ginses. An advertisement touts Moxtet ter stomach bitters for indigestion constipation fevers and bad blood. Far to the Pyrenees near the Catalonian border, a rumored dwarf race of possible Tartar origin is described as living in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Pyrenees
Spain
Army
Navy
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy, N
Wagons improved Poole Portland ad and edible mushroom guide
The notice promotes Stoughton wagons with faster delivery and a Poole Portland catalog. It also highlights Mrs. Rover in the Ladies' Home Journal explaining how to identify edible forest mushrooms and how to cook them for economical family meals. A line mentions steam helps extinguish fires on cotton ships and notes the Welsh village name Llanfairpwllgwyngyll as a telegram unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poole
Suléapent
Morrison Street
Portland, Or
T. Rover
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Trumpet in Camp and Battle and Other Notices
Gustave Kobbe discusses field music in warfare noting its first authentic trumpet command at the 1214 Battle of Bouvines and cites historical Franco English and Austrian clashes. An ad promotes Allen’s Foot Base with 25 cents, a Portland dental ad mentions Dr. T. H. White’s painless electrical dental work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Kobbe
Kobbe
Bouvines
French Flanders
Philip Agustus
Otto IV of
Germany
Philip of Valois
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Hood
Sarsapws
Parilla
Hood's
Johan
Allens
Carlivat
Htertare
Tonnah
Philadelpha
Leist
Moscow
Kotchetovka
Kursk
Russia
F. J. Cheney & CO
Propa
Toledo
F.J. Cheney
Ane
Emmy
Wrar & Tuvan
Wholemle Druggiste
Hall
al Crugeiat
Pasteur
Paris
Wiso
J. Nichols
Princeton
Dad
Marcel
Schilling
Gigel Haw
Flindera Petrie
Piso
Aatis
Wee
Pacific Cable
Gur Mohibut
Maria
Prine
Amare
Gace
Weekly Market Letter
Downing, Hopkins & C c
Tneard
San Francis
Nevada
Valley
Dude
Soldier
Twallett Alsop Borrowe
Shakspeare
Chase
Perbles
Tenry
Coriolanus
Taming of the Shrew
Boscoreale
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Don Montijo
Berisaer
Toleda
Granada
Ates Oie
Avery Toa
Caylay
Siam
Adler Wicker
Orron
Llanfair-pwilgwyngyll
Walesa
Mita LU
Canironnta Fia Synup Co
Fia Syrup Co
Caui-Forma Fia Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
SAN Francso
Cal
Louisville
Addrews
YATES
California St
Schilding
T. H. White
Mato Moanee
Chicago Board of Trade
Downing, Hopkins & Co
Chicago Board of Trade Brokers
Seattic
Wash
Moore
Fom Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Denen
Nanuar
van Lajje
Nummern
Germin Publishing Co
Deuggista
Will & Finck CO
Market Street
J. Horrwas
Isabella Hidg
Chicago, IL
No. Pr
J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Keokuk
Iowa
Bxarch Renee
R. LeRoy
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