Sugar Trade and Chinese Sugar Fear in Oregon
The article argues against Chinese sugar, urging Oregonians and Washington residents to buy American refined sugar produced by American workers. It condemns Chinese labor and cites economic losses from imports, calling for exclusion measures and support for beet sugar and local industry.
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Norow
United States
Britain
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Aidera
Abettora
Jnst
Oregon
Washington
Hong Kong
America
Orient
Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association
Quiet Stillman Rockefeller婚 events outshine rivals
In New York the Stillman Rockefeller wedding draws larger sums than the Van derbilt and Whitney ceremonies, yet the couple avoids scandal, parade, or mob attention. The spectacle, some say, demands public notoriety before affecting the crowd and prompting police presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillman Rockefeller
New York
Cholly Kolckerbocker
New York Recorder
Whitney Declines Presidency Bid Yet Could Face Nomination
The New York Law notes Mr Whitney denies any candidacy for the Democratic nomination but concedes the convention could compel the honor. He would likely be a popular choice if nominated, despite his present refusal, while Fort Plain Standard quotes Thomas B. Reed on a statesman being a successful politician who is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney Haw
Whitney
New York
Thomas B. Reed
Fort Plain Standard
End of a Despot A Review of the Turkish Empire’s Decline
The piece argues the Ottoman Empire is collapsing under its own corruption and vices and may be partitioned by European powers. It recalls its rise from Constantinople’s capture, notes Vienna’s siege as a high point, and foresees shifts in global power with Suez and rail routes reducing Constantinople’s strategic role.
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Europe
Asia
Constantinople
Vienna
Spain
Ferdinand
Isabella
Sudan
India
Turkey
Constantine
Alexander II
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Russia
London
Paris
Berlin
S J. Petersburg
Rome
Pittsborg
Not That Kind Of A Boy Charade At Chicago Fraternity Initiation
A Helena youth, A. B. Bailey, walked Chicago streets at 8 pm with bandaged eyes and a large hat marked No I am not that kind of a boy. Four dental students explained the prank was an initiation into Delta Sigma Delta at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. Bailey answered questions with the placard on his hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Bailey
Helena
State Street
Chicago
Mr. Bailey
Bailey
Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
Dearborn Street
Montana
Chicago Tribune
Professor Laflin Plans Anticigarette Crusade and Book
The New York World reports Professor John M Laflin will launch a nationwide anticigarette campaign. He plans a statistics driven book and a large church affiliated league with Sunday schools forming branches in every state and city to oppose tobacco.
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John M. Laflin
Sullivan
Gerome
Laflin
Cigarette Trust
New York World
Greenlanders Dainties Matak Eskimo Delicacy Described
The passage describes matak, the skin of a whale eaten raw with blubber, praised for its nutty oysterslike flavor and tough texture. It also notes edible plants used by Greenlanders, and the reindeer stomach delicacy stewed with semi digestion forming a sharp aromatic sauce, tasted by the author who remains cautious about its edibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nansen
India
A Brutally Exact Judicial Photo Technique
McClure's Magazine describes a distinctive service photography system that uses fixed, floor‑screwed chairs and cameras with lighting aimed at the face. Portraits include a profile and a full face view, with no retouching to preserve scar marks and moles as identifying features, yielding brutally exact results.
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McClure’s
Awful record of multi theft years in English justice
An English retiree's criminal history spans 35 years of penal servitude for six thefts totaling a few dollars. From 1863 and onward he received escalating sentences including three years, seven years, ten years, and five year terms with police supervision, culminating in four months in prison for petty stealing. The judge called the record one of the most awful readings to reach his notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York Sun
Treasury Signals No Bond Issue While Gold Balance Stands
The treasury department asserts there is no immediate bond issuance despite ongoing gold losses. Officials say no action will be considered while gold reserves stay above 75 million dollars, and not even if the balance falls to that level unless other measures protect national credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Aplees Conareva
Washington Star
Living Shadow of Typhoid Cure Promises From Pink Pills
An interview with G A Baker at Colonel Isaac A Sugg’s Greenville farm recounts a typhoid illness from Beaufort county, costly recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and a testimonial praising the medicine as a blood and nerve tonic. Baker says pills restored appetite and strength, enabling work, and endorses the product. The piece ends with an unrelated quip about a wife and husband’s clothes.
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G. A. Baker
Isaac A. Sugg
Greenville
Baker
Beaufort County
Pitt County
Colonel Sugg
Williams
Dr. Williams
Mr. Baker
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Ghosts Are Pale and Shadowy Says Interviewers
Report notes that those who claim to have spoken with spirits describe them as pale and shadowy. The piece promotes Hogtetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal tonic to restore strength and health, claiming it prevents malaria rheumatism kidney complaints and relieves constipation headaches and nervousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Deafness cured by constitutional remedies claim
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure for deafness caused by catarrh with a promise of one hundred dollars for any case not cured. Claims deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and urges readers to send for circulars. Also promotes Dr. Kline's Nerve Restorer with free trial and treatise.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druegista, the
Alista
Kline
Dr. Ne
Arch St
Philadelphia
Travel East from Portland via O N to Spokane and Monakotas
Go East from Portland to Spokane and Monakotas with Rock ballast track fine scenery and new equipment Great Northern Palace Sleepers and Diners Family Tourist Cars Buffet Library Cars. Write A B C Denniston Portland or F I Whitney St Paul for printed matter about rates routes etc. Kentr Is your flat Oreproof Towne Youd think so if you shivered there all winter.
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Portland
Pendleton
Walls Walla
Spokane
Great Northern
St. Paul, Minn
Absence of pain and cure claims in medical ad copy
An ad style passage promotes Btn Jacobs Oil as a cure for minor physical pains claiming quick relief and improved happiness. It references a hospital funded by an unnamed Jack and cites a lung hemorrhage cured by Piso's Cure for Consumption with a dated testimonial from Bethany, Missouri.
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Jacobs
Piso
Loctsa Lispamay
Bethany
Practical joker tricks elderly doctor with fake arm
An old physician known for sprightly humor is repeatedly challenged by a prankster. The man, presenting a severed looking left arm, asks for a cure. The doctor feigns treatment stating two months, while the arm is revealed to be artificial as the patient departs.
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London
Advertising wagon in New York draws crowds with rotating cylinders
The St. Louis Globe Democrat notes a new ad wagon in New York that uses two revolving cylinders to flash brief business notices. It claims some prefer spending ten to reach thousands over paying fifty cents for newspaper ads reaching about a hundred thousand readers.
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New York
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
General Alger Named for Cabinet Post Politics Stir
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph reports that supporters of General Alger push him as willing to become secretary of war and urge others not seeking the presidential nomination to announce their cabinet preference.
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Alger
Pittsburg
Telegraph
New French University Promotes Purity of Parliament and Press
The institution pledges to thoroughly purify parliament and the press, arguing that the press reflects the era. It urges a strong start in Parliament as a means to shape public discourse and policy.
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China
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Gangetic India
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Marggraf
Madeira
San Domingo
West Indies
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Charles V
Madrid
Venice
Great Britain
Scotland
Sigmund Marggraf
Maron Carl Achaed
Silesia
Germany
Krefusal
Greenland
North Carolina
Greenville Reflector
Jack
Journal of Medicine
W. H. Peeke
F. D
Cedar St
Lohuud
Uitte Ewin
Irwin
Atlanta
Afrmotor CO
12Th
Rockwell and
Fillmore Streets
U. S
Globe Detective Agency
Broadway
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Baker & Cols
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester, Maas
Sterling Remedy Co
Montreal
Can
Cascarets
Syndicate
Ces
Misromarius
Mintcers
Mercansea
Nore
K Bosanko
Phin
Allcock
Weinhards
Portland, OR
Omara
Moore
Supolio
Servie
Buell Lamberson
Third Street
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