World Fair Transport Firm Plans Portland to Chicago Travel
A Portland group forms the Pacific Coast World’s Fair Savin and Transportation Company with $100,000 stock to provide safe economical travel to the Chicago exposition. The plan includes dining cars, hotel stays, ground admission, and meals, all paid via weekly installments of 1.10 or monthly 1. Officers include G A Mooney president and Charles H Gleim secretary. Northwest Loan and Trust Company safeguards funds.
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Portland
G. A. Mooney
Herbert Bradley
J. L. Hartman
Northwest Loan and Trust Company
Charles MM. Gleim
Charles F. Deeto
Charles H. Gleim
Stark Street
Portland, Or
Panacea Advertisements Expose 19th Century Remedies
A string of medical claims extol Danspaerin’s Pains and Tascuren’s Prone for boils ulcers and fevers. Hostetter’s Stomach Hitter and other tonics are urged as cures and preventatives amid warnings of malarial fevers and travel health. The text promotes dietary aids and housekeeping products with marketing flourish.
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Danspaerin
Tascuern
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for Women
A Victorian ad claims Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cures female ailments and strengthens the body. It promises to ease uterine disorders, backache, and weak digestion with guaranteed refund if unsatisfied, touting low cost and restful sleep.
Eternal friendship in a dream of life after death
A poet asks a friend if their shared journey ends. The verse imagines eternal companionship and a heavenly welcome, as undivided feet tread the higher paths of immortality and joy beyond mortal weather.
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Bast
Demoreat's
Disgusting Performance by English Hangman Marwood
Joe Howard in New York Graphic recounts Marwood the hangman and Imacs in brutal anecdotes. A boozy Ham let disguise ends with Marwood toying with throats and pressing under the Adam's apple. An American guest objects, striking Marwood and shattering a mirror, ending the visit.
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Imacs
Marwool
Marwood
Heoconan
Hamlet
Prince of Danes
Marwoods
Nulsanes
Joe Howard
New York Graphic
Short Session Reduces School Day To Six Hours
In rainy weather Poon and Vorlock schools extend only part of the day, giving a short session from after Vorlock until late afternoon. Teachers and pupils grow weary, learning efficiency drops, and two to three hours of study outside school seem excessive. A six hour day would keep students fresher and more attentive, argues Be B Hardinge in The Epoch.
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Poon
Vorlock
Nina
Hardinge
Traits of a good man in detective work
The article outlines that a detective must possess a natural passion for the line of duty, a fundamental aptitude, enthusiasm, and careful work habits. It notes persistence, patience, and tenacity as key traits, with success coming after repeated efforts and learning from failures.
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Hans
Persveranes
Touweini
Lottie
Patienes
Kissome
New York
Cleveland
Evolution of Dentistry in a New Century
The piece notes dentists transformed from general physicians to specialists combining chemistry metallurgy medicine anatomy surgery and even rubber technology. It highlights rapid progress in dental science over a quarter century and the broadened skill set now required to treat patients.
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New Fork
Spaniards Melt Old Doubloon Hoard for Shipment of Specie
Eight thousand eight hundred Spanish doubloons were received at the assay house to be melted into ingots valued at about 170 dollars. Some coins bear dates as late as the seventeenth century, with authorities noting contamination by Spanish ships sunk during the West Indies trade. The report, attributed to Frederich Schwartz, hints at weather conditions in Peking.
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Aasey
Bere
Digger Indians Funeral at Sunset in California Valley
A San Francisco Chronicle corresp describes a Digger Indian funeral at Big Meadows on Feather River. Women sing and wail while men arrange sacred goods, a medicine man is buried with a pine coffin, and a preacher performs in stark ceremonial fashion before nightfall.
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Bearn
Indiana
Big Meadows
Feather River
California
Ted Fortis
San Francisco Chronicle
Italian He Carried Pennies In Sack To Change Them
A New York Commercial Advertiser report describes an Italian depositor arriving at the U S Treasury rotunda with a heavy sack of pennies and nickels. He trades coins for government notes after verifying counterfeits. The exchange involves large firms and transit companies. vast sums were handled daily.
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Calder
Washington
Recein
Ian
Smail
Mulberry Street
Dry Dock
Nicku.s
Broadway Road
New York Commercial Advertiser
Advertisement Promises Twenty Five Useful Household Articles
Readers who respond to the offer receive by mail a reply that lists twenty five items described as household articles. The text notes the payment is twenty five cents and that the response is sent by return mail.
Bechuanaland massacre tale proven exaggerated
A telegram claimed 900 deaths by Lo Bengalo in Matabeleland is false. In Lo Dengulo’s territory British hunter Fred Seton and companions were watched by Matabele warriors while guiding them to gold fields. When the king’s envoy ordered punishment, 150 natives were executed by two spear thrusts and a knobkerrie blow. The English hunters were cautioned and allowed to leave.
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Lo Benquio
Matabeleland
Fred Seton
Jamieson
Dublin
Fountain
Lo Dengulo
Mashona
Lo Bengalo
Lomion Daily Chronicle
The Histogenetic Debate and a Sick Child’s Recovery
A compare and contrast between old school philosophy and the modern Histogenetic system. A mother recalls her baby’s illness and recovery after Dr. Jordan’s Histogenetic treatment, claiming complete symptom relief and urging others to seek the doctor for consultations and a free book. The notice cites Dr. Jordan’s office location Yesler and asserts the medicine is sold through a single agency per town.
Rupture Cure Offered By Local Advertiser
An unsigned ad touts painless cure for rupture and related issues with pay-after-service terms. It mentions Porterfield Lose’s market street address in San Francisco and cites a pamphlet on the procedure. The notice references medical claims and lists rates from $1 to $1.50 per day.
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Pamphet
Porterfield & Lose
Darket Street
San Francisco
Unclear Patient Complaint and Proposed Cure Misadventure
The text sketches a dubious medical scheme offering “Gow Hdielped Dollars” for cure through an extract, citing a supposed glandular examination and cathartic treatment. It mentions a telephone operator, a list of dubious ingredients, and a solicitation for payment, ending with inconsistent slang and errors.
Unclear text notice from Broadway firm in New York
Fragmentary OCR message from Asbinors Jk PEARE & OC at Broadway New York offering assistance in selling mercantile business or partnership, with vague references to money and devaluation and no clear action or dates.
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New York City
Sovkina Devestment
Mercantile Bsdines
Peare & OC
Cat
Broadway
New York
Williams Pile Ointment Promises Quick Relief for Piles
Der Williams claims its loting Pie Vintment cures Blind, Bleeding and itching piles when other ointments fail. It soothes the tamora and itching instantly, acting as a positive relief. Der Williams Lodian Pile Oinntment targets only fissures in private parts, nothing else. Each box is warranted, sold by druggists or mailed for $1 per box by Williams Manufacturing Co., Cleveland.
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der Wiliams
der Williams
Willi Ass Manufacturing CO
Cleveland
Fragmented 19th Century Letters and Snippets Spark Debate
A collage of quoted letters and misquoted notes from various papers mocks Trafalgar Square protesters and public discourse. It mixes remarks on Parliament, shopkeepers, and police, with mockery of civic manners and misattributed historical lines from 1603 and other sources.
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Ruskin
Trafalgar Square
London
Siem
Christina Bolidey
New York Tribum
Tramps and Duty in a Fragmented Dialect Scene
A garbled quotation presents a debate on tramp life and duty, noting confusion over whether many or few wanderers stay or move on as hardships arise. It hints at social tension and a lingering question about what motivates tramps in difficult times.
Culture of vies or Tivian corn in Reeta faces rapid inertia
The report notes a deteriorating culture of vies or Tivian corn in Reeta, with treed for Catteni beges and a prospect that large quantities could become capri to countries i Werle.
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Capri
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