Destructive Fire Destroys Mermod & Jaccard Building in St Louis
A basement fire gutted the five story Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry building at Locust and Broadway in St Louis. Losses approach 535000 with most stock saved from vaults and salvage efforts recovering clocks and pottery. No fatalities and the firm plans to resume operations by taking stock from A Kurtzborn & Sons.
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St. Louis
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company
Locust and
Broadway
W. A. Rutledge
Model Cloak Company
Mermod & Juccard Company
Josie
Luther M. Kennett
Mermod & Jaccara Company
A. Kurtzborn & Sons
Fire threatens Grand Forks business district again
A second blaze near 6 pm endangered downtown Grand Forks after smoke emerged from Benner & Begg department store. In 16 minutes flames reached nearby Staneh field clothing house and TH A Stone jewelry, with three hours needed to control. Benner & Begg losses pegged at 5000, others minor.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Hotel Dakota
Mercantile Company
Nash Bros
Moke
Benner & Begg
Stanehfield Clothing House
Lomwa
Amall
Dalton backs horses over reindeer for Alaska relief
Seattle observer Jack Dalton favored using hardy horses and sleds for the government relief expedition to Alaska. He argued relays and food supplies are essential, and he would travel via Chilkoot pass to the Yukon route, rather than reindeer teams.
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Seattle
Jack Dalton
Alaska
Dalton
Chilkoot
Yukon
Strike Ends at Kokomo and Elwood Plants
The plate polishers at the Kokomo and Elwood plants accepted a piece work pay proposition, ending the 1600 worker strike. Both factories will resume operations this week.
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Kokomo
Lod
Elwood
Annexation debate and future of Hawaii policy analyzed
Ex Secretary of State John W. Foster argues that opponents in Congress will not settle Hawaii annexation by voting it down. He warns that rejecting annexation risks surrendering Pearl Harbor and complicates reciprocity, while the islands may drift toward Britain or Japan if autonomy ends.
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Washington
John W. Foster
Harrison
Hawaii
United States
Congress
Cleveland
Houses of Representatives
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Great Britain
Rivera Refused Landing in San Juan as Loyalist Pace Narrows
In San Juan Puerto Rico General Rivera the caban insurgent leader once freed by royal pardon was denied landing bound for Cabia a tailor was sent aboard with clothing for him Meanwhile in California Hodson family identifies a body found in Riverside but cannot confirm it is Hodson despite some witnesses matching a photo of the murder victim
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San Juan
Porto Rico
General Rivera
Cabanas Fortress
Cabia
Los Angeles
Ira F. Hodson
Mankato
Kan
California
Riverside
Hotson
Thodson
Foreign Office
Pekin
Shangtung
Kiao Chan
China
Russia
Germany
Kino Chan Bay
Kiao Chau
Weyler reception alarms Madrid with artillery on main streets
St James Gazette reports private Madrid letters say General Weyler was received with significance and the government fears populace menace, placing artillery at concealed positions overlooking major thoroughfares. Also notes a discovery reward of 50000 dollars for the American Beauty rowe, from the overteas Bower, praised for perfection.
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London
St. James's
Madrid
Weyler
Cuban Insurgent Advances and Executions Reported
A Havana dispatch says Colonel Ruiz may have been executed for meeting insurgent terms. Insurgents claim victory at Guisa with 270 Mausers 220000 cartridges and 116 prisoners. Two filibuster expeditions landed with supplies. dynamite used by rebels and Antagonist commanders face pressure near Havana.
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New York
Havana
Joaquin Inia
Blanco
Ruiz
Aranguen
Vento
Gomez
Fernandes
Fuore
Thomas Garcia
Guines
Pitore
Garcia
Cancio
Senor Garcia
Guisa
Calixoto Garcia
Pando
Spain
Las Tunas
Santa Clara
Gomes i
la Reforma
Cuba
Matangas
Baracoa
Weekly Market Letter Reflects Wheat Market Turbulence
Light speculative demand dominated last week as prices neared 90 cents for May, with bears fearing a peak after a 36 cent rise from spring lows. Reports note heavy exports, large holdings by elevator interests, and notable activity by Armour and Weare while government data show winter and spring wheat output at 360 million bushels amidst fluctuating supplies in New York and regional markets.
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Leiter
Duluth
Cooking by Solar Heat and Balmoral Song Recital
Cooking by solar heat described through French Algerian experiments using concave mirrors and a wooden cooking box from India with a copper boiler and mirrors to focus heat. A Glasgow singing society performed Jacobin era songs for Queen Victoria at Balmoral with selections including Who's Me for Prince Charlie and Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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Algeria
India
Philadelphia Record
Balmoral
Queen Victoria
Glasgow
Prince Charlie
Charlie
Darling
Morning stiffness solved by St Jacobs Oil
A marketing note touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick fix for morning soreness and stiffness with a nightly rub. It also mentions Greenwich Observatory linking telegraphically with McGill College Montreal, flashing signals 3,300 miles in under a minute.
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St. Jacobs
Greenwich Observatory
McGill College
Montreal
Trade Marks and Tonics in a Patchwork of Ads
A collage of 19th century ads and notices on patent medicines and household goods. Claims press Castoria trademark ownership by Samuel Pitcher and the Centaur Company. Mentions Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Piso’s Cure, lightning rods, and tea products with manufacturer details. Includes odd facts like soil weight at Cornell and a Spanish woman hydrophobia anecdote.
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Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Pitcher 'S Castoria
Chas, H. Fletcher
Pitcher's Castoria
Mothers of America
Chas
H. Fletcher
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
M.D
Train collision near Clinton injures and kills workers
A Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight train No. 3 left Chicago at 11:80 last night and collided with an extra here this morning. Three employees were killed and about a dozen injured. Both engines were wrecked, a baggage car derailed, and the mail car damaged. Passengers escaped harm. The report notes the right hand is more sensitive to heat and cold than the left.
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Clinton
Ind
Chicago
Mrs Pinkham's Victory Delivers Hope to Suffering Reader
A Virginia woman thanks Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from prolapsed uterus symptoms including headaches and weakness. After using the product and associated salves and pills, she reports renewed strength, the ability to walk a mile, and to perform housework, expressing deep gratitude.
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Sipxsy Amlet
Red House
Old Elm on Boston Common Worsens as Neglect Grows
Old Boston residents note deterioration at the enclosed site of the old elm on the common after centuries of neglect. A rusting iron standard with two tablets records the lost tree and its historical mentions, while the encosure’s shabby fence and fallen wires reflect the spot’s neglected state.
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Boston
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Colonel Ruiz
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Weekly Market Letter
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Moree
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San Francisco Market
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Cornell University
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Berlin
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Lucy Wallace
Marquette, Kans
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Sanden
Adress Sanden Electric Belt CO
Washington St
Portland, Or
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Buffalo
Seery's Seeds
Ferry
D. M. Ferry & CO
Detroit, Mich
Kodaks
Wooparp, Clarke & Co
PorTiano, Orn
Moore
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Downing, Hopkins & Co
Wash
Buell Lamberson
Poptland
Wietil
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OWLER
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