Pre-Cooked Potato by Dwight Wheeler Shows On Vine Growth
Waterbury Connecticut reports Dwight Wheeler of Middlebury unveils a spud that grows on a vine like a tomato and supposedly needs no cooking. He calls it a pre cooked potato and claims three plants are used in making it, including the Irish potato, with others possibly tomato and stove. The invention promises no can opener and could aid army rations, though many details remain unconfirmed. Wheeler plans to show his potato vines to local farmers as they blossom.
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Waterbury
Conn
Dwight Wheeler
Middlebury
Wheeler
Eld
Mr. Wheeler
Beggars Band Arrested Near Chalons in Fraud Ring
Paris reports the capture of a large group of beggars and tramps driven across borders by Vicente Rublo y Alvarez. The ringleader escaped as police seized over 1,000 francs in his wagon and correspondence showing broader networks across southern Europe.
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Paris
Chalons
Pyrenees
Vicente Rublo Y Alvarez
Rubio
Spain
4 I
Europe
Spokane Pioneer Sells Mining Claims for 60000
Spokane area prospector Peter Proulx after over two decades in Idaho hills sold six mining claims at Santa Ana creek in the Oro Grande district southeast of Spokane for 60000. Buyer Nathan Hass represents Spokane capitalists. I. D. Maxwell held a third of three claims. Proulx toiled since 1898, cutting a 250 foot tunnel and reaching ore at 120 feet. Ore is free milling with high gold values. First payment received. remainder in instalments over 18 months.
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Spokane
Wash
Peter Proulx
Idaho
Santa Ana Creek
Oro Grande
Nathan Hass
I. D. Maxwell
Proulx
Maswell
Remarkable Kankakee Family Marries for 21 Years
J. A. Randall and his wife celebrate 21 years of marriage in Kankakee County. They are parents of 19 children, ten boys and nine girls, all living. The mother of Mrs Randall had 28 children, and Mrs Randall's sister in Chicago has had 16. The eldest son is about to turn two on his next birthday, while the youngest is a few weeks old.
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Kankakee
J. A. Randall
Randall
Vanderbilt Coaching: A Wealthy Sport or Poor Man’s Pursuit
The article examines William H. Vanderbilt’s London coaching venture noting it costs about 15 000 to stage the season. It details weekly horse upkeep plus transport and attendant expenses versus a potential 2 500 earnings from seven weeks with 16 passengers.
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London
Northumberland Avenue
Vanderbilt
Atlantic
America
Disciples of the Road
One Woman's Endurance Against Pain and Illness
A Southern woman from Columba Mina details years of severe back and kidney pain and nightly distress. She reports improvement after using Doans Kidney Pills, noting quick relief and renewed strength, with Buffalo suppliers marketing the remedy at 60 cents a box.
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Pania
Mra A. &. Payne
Third Ave
Columba
Mina
Dean
Foster-Milburo Co
Buffalo
Catarrh Cure Claim and Humorous Ads from Toledo Era
A garbled ad fragment touts a universal Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo offering a 75 cent remedy. It includes an unsigned misfired testimonial about honesty, plus unrelated product blurbs for a Hall’s remedy and a Peoria cigar promotion. The excerpt ends with a quip about a hesitant woman and speech impediments.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Chaney
aLoiné
Risvan & Manvim
Ake Hall
Twin Sisters at the Altar in Conshohocken
Rachel Gray daughter of Rev J T Gray pastor of the new Methodist church married William P Gray a Bangor lawyer in Conshohocken. Rachel a former Philadelphia schoolteacher and Academy of Fine Arts graduate. twin sister Iona acted as maid of honor in contrasting attire.
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Conshohocken
New Methodist Church
Rachel
J. T. Gray
William P. Gray
Bangor
Philadelphia
George B. Mot Lellan
Kensington
Falls of Schuylkill
Academy of Fine Arts
Iona
Cupid Hits Bachelors in Woodbury Marriage
Dr Carroll Rog gers wed Miss Alice Weatherby in Woodbury New Jersey. The ceremony affects a once sizeable bachelors club begun eight years ago which now has three members. The trio vows to stay single though suspicions persist. The club offered fines and a farewell supper for any member who married.
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Cupid
Woodbury
N. J
Carroll Roggers
Alice Weatherby
Bachelors’ Club
Dream of a race horse haunts a cautious wife
Mrs Torkins recalls a dream of a horse winning three straight races. Her husband, superstitious, questions the vision and remarks about women keeping their heads in business, exposing domestic tension and humorous reproach.
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Charley
Emerson dinner remark on a lion hunter
Mrs. Emerson used the harsh term anob to describe a lion hunter. Mr. Emerson objected to such words. He preferred to describe the woman as one who shows great sympathy with success.
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Emerson
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts a Marine Eye remedy for red weak watery eyes with claims of available mail order. It urges readers to write or contact a Chicago company for more information and a home delivery of eye products.
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Marine Eye Someay Co
Chicago
Arkansas
Kanane City
Good Manners Blossoms of Good Pence and Feeling
Not provided with enough factual content to form a proper news item. The given text offers a quote about manners and sentiment without a reportable event, date, place, or identifiable persons to summarize into a newspaper card.
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Locke
Notaries and Justices Hear of Advantage by Writing
Wise is the man who knows when to treat and when to retreat. Philadelphity is. Did you ever see a pretty girl who didn't know she was pretty. Lewis' Single Binder Straight So cigar advertised. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup claimed to ease teething and wind colic.
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Taber
Wise
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
King of Portugal Broke and Royal Finances Crisis
Lisbon reports a royal household in distress as the young king seeks immediate employment to fund the royal family after assassinations halted civil lists. Officials warn of political plots while deficit figures spark public doubt. separate note from Chicago offers a bounty on cats.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Imperial Gazette of
Maria Pla
Oporto
Carlos
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