Nile Dam at Assouan to rival world's greatest works
The article describes the Al Assouan dam project on the Nile described as the greatest work since the pyramids. It will create a 144 mile long reservoir holding about 1 billion tons of water and turn 2,500 square miles toward irrigation while risking the Philae temple ruins. Duke of Connaught lays the foundation amid a remote scene of derricks and camels.
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London
Globe- Democrat
Mount Sinai
Queen Victoria
Duke of Connaught
Egypt
Nile
Assouan
Moses
Israel
Alexandria
Cairo
Connecticut
Lord Rosebery
Father Nile
John Bull
Niagara Falls
Philae
Osiris
Isis
Venus
Set
Edward Dicey
Upper
Assiout
John Aird
Pariament
Foreign Servants and Cosmopolitan Households
An essay notes Americans’ curiosity for imported domestic help from Oriental cooks to Japanese valets and East Indian attendants. It praises diverse nationalities shaping elite New York homes while imagining Egyptian dam plans boosting land values and canal work costs.
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California
New York
Pretty Silk Panel Decoration For Door Casings
A thrifty home craft describes using harmonious china silk to fill spaces between door casings. Create upright tucks anchored with brass tacks to hold photos, drawing the silk tight. A richly colored backdrop with few pictures stays pretty. or a denser arrangement uses a cheaper fabric.
Smallest inhabited island hosts Eddystone lighthouse
The article notes the tiny island under Eddystone lighthouse is the world’s smallest inhabited, with a low water diameter of thirty feet and a high water diameter of twenty eight and three fourths feet. It lies nine miles off Cornwall and fourteen miles southeast of Plymouth breakwater, inhabited by three people. Flatholme in the British channel is about a mile and a half in circumference, but consists mostly of...
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Bowmall
Eddystone
Cornish
Plymouth Breakwater
Flatholme
Lighthouse atop rich pasture lands with revolving light
A description notes a property featuring rich pasture lands and a farm house adjacent to a lighthouse that carries a revolving light 165 feet above the sea, outlining the elevated vantage and holdings.
Easter in Olden Time Feasts and Games at Churches
The article recalls early Easter observances marked by church feasts and games that brought congregations together after Lent. It notes the decorous beginnings and how excesses later led to the custom being abandoned to avoid scandal.
Diogenes Lantern Quest Explains His Search
New York Journal recounts Alexander the Great offering Diogenes a life long job of detective work. The tale explains why Diogenes roamed streets with a lantern in broad daylight seeking an honest man.
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New York Journal
Alexander the Great
Diogenes
Philippine bride wears costly native wedding dress
A Philippine woman of better class at her wedding may wear a costume of native manufacture valued up to four figures. It can take months to craft a handkerchief or sleeve, with fabric so delicate and microscopic in detail.
London Church Retains Income For Burning Heretics
A London church still holds an income originally assigned to buy fagots for burning heretics, despite changes in times and church practices.
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London
Peruna Endorsed by Louisiana Legislator and Others
Prominent Louisiana State Legislator J H Caldwell says he uses Peruna for catarrh and would not be without it. A Kentucky reader, Gilbert Hofer of Grays, reports four bottles cured his catarrh and Bright's disease, gaining weight. Free catarrh book offered. address Dr Hartman Columbus, O.
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J. H. Caldwell
Louisiana
Rodeline
Gilbert Hofer
Grays
Bright
Hartman
Columbus
Cheap excursions for 1899 meet routes outlined
Annual meetings of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Denver and Minneapolis, National Baptist Anniversaries in San Francisco, and National Educational Association in Los Angeles offer cheap excursion rates. The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway promotes routes via Omaha, Kansas City, and through the Pioneer Limited from Chicago to St. Paul and Minneapolis with connections. Contact Geo H Heafford for timetable, rates, and routing.
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General Assembly Cumberland Prsbyterian
Denver
Col
General Assembly Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Milwaukeée & St. Paul R’y
Geo. H. Heafford
Chicago, Ill
For Sale Second-hand apparatus for town lighting
For sale a complete 50 Hght Brush dynamo with pulley base belt regulator ammeter plus extra armature 44 double carbon lamps 32 globes 28 spark arresters and about 4000 carbons all for 600 dollars Address M Standiford 194 So Clinton St Chicago Il
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M. Standiford
Clinton St
Chicago
Whimsical Irish Banter at Omdurman Battle
A Thirty first Lancers episode at Omdurman reports a trooper losing a thumb. His Irish comrade Pat responds with dark humor, saying the headless Sam Jones is quieter and not worth a fuss.
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Twenty-first Lancers
Omdurman
Pat
Begorra
Sam Jones
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claims Cure
An 1880s style advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts credibility by listing F J Cheney Co's managers and several Toledo druggists endorsing the product and promising testimonials and per bottle pricing. Hall's Family Pills are also promoted as best.
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Hall
E. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Crabs Predict Earthquake Alarm In Payta Bay
Chilean papers report that two days before a major quake in Payta Bay thousands of crabs of an unknown species crawled ashore in a frenzied, alarmed state resembling fleeing a foe.
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Bay of
Payta
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advertisement for new shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Allen 5
Contradictions in a Child’s Taste for Pie and Medicine
A reader quotes a child named Harry puzzled by taste contrast. He wonders why pleasing foods like pie upset him while unpleasant items like medicine improve his health, suggesting the paradox of taste and illness.
Chicago Great Western Inorg First week of April earnings rise
The Chicago Great Western Ry Maple Leaf Route reports earnings for the first week of April 1899 totaling an increase of 27090.28 dollars. The total increase since July 1st to date stands at 264543.05 dollars.
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Chicago Great Western
Chicago Great Western Ry
Iowa to Canada Two-Thirds of One Crop
A Buena Vista county group reports on Western Canada in Manitoba near Hartney Deloraine and the Souris River. They found soil suitable for wheat and good climate schools and markets and plan to return to Iowa to move there and buy improved farms, noting a Hartney renter who earned two thirds of the crop enough to buy the farm.
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W. R. Milburn
John Holmes
M. R. Dagger
H. L. Stetson
Buena Vista County
Iowa
United States
Hartney
Deloraine
Souris River
Manitoba
Canada
Reversible Wall Map offer by Rand McNally Co
Rand McNally & Co announces an expansion edition of the Reversible Wall Map of the United States and World six by four feet. One side shows a world map with currents telegraph lines and country descriptions. the other side a detailed U S map with counties railroads stations and marginal maps. Agents can earn 15 to 35 dollars weekly with little time. training and sales experience noted as valuable. A full copy costs 1.25 dollars and maps may be returned if not decided to canvass.
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Rand, McNally & Co
Oldest Egyptian Papyrus Warns Against Wine Drinking
The fifth dynasty papyrus, circa 3566 to 3333 B C, presents early moral admonitions on intoxication. It cautions against lingering in wine shops and drinking heavily, warning that drunkenness leads to weakness and inability to respond to others who come to trade.
Deering Harvester Company’s Ascendancy in America
The Deering Harvester Company of Chicago is hailed as the largest workshop in America with more employees than any other single manufacturer. Since 1891, when Deering introduced bicycle bearings, the business has grown rapidly and now runs day and night to fill orders, signaling a future shift toward lighter draft machines or potential failure for rivals.
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America
Deering Harvester Company of
Chicago
Deering
Name Entangled in Family Portraits and Grief
A woman known as Mme. X married two brothers in succession. After the elder died she wed the younger. A portrait of the first husband hangs in a public gallery. She weeps before it and, asked if he is family, replies that he is her "poor, dead brother-in-law."
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Mme. X
No. 1
Public Art Gallery
New York Central Praised as Finest Passenger Line
A Buffalo Commercial quotation from February 14 1899 extols the New York Central and its Lake Shore Limited as unmatched in the world. An officer from a transpacific steamship line commends its train service as superior, declaring the New York Central the leader among American railroads.
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Western Railway
New York Central
Transpacific
Lake Shore Limited
Buffalo
Commercial
Fat Pig for Christmas Roasting From Gotroks-Here
Patrick Gotroks offers a fat little pig for Christmas roasting with playful Gratefully thanks and jovial exchange. Source text shows festive tone and informal dialect as a humorous holiday note.
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Gotroks
Patrick
Pat
Ex-Governor Fletcher First Abolition Governor of Missouri
Ex governor Thomas C. Fletcher, who died in Washington, was the first abolitionist governor of a slave state. Born in Herculaneum Missouri, he served as county clerk, practiced law in St Louis, and earned fame for wartime service before leading Missouri during Reconstruction 1865 to 1869. He aided many in need, including B K Bruce, and later faced financial reverses seeking government posts.
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Thomas C. Fletcher
Washington
Southwest
Herculaneum
Jefferson County
Missouri
Fletcher
St. Louis
Southwestern
Pacific Railway
Court of Claims
Tom Fletcher
B. K. Bruce
Mississippi
Bruce
Not Meant for Him in Crowded Cable Car Incident
A New York man sits near the door in a packed cable car when a stout woman demands he yield his seat. She then instructs him with strident language to sit on her lap before claiming she meant her niece behind him. The exchange shocks onlookers as the man protests shyness and propriety.
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New York
Spanish Officer Ordered Not To Go To Philippines
A Spanish officer assigned to the Philippines to seek liberation for Spanish prisoners is recalled as Aguinaldo's agent nears Madrid to discuss prisoner release. French ambassador Cambon was asked to negotiate with Washington, but Premier Silvera plans to pursue a deal with Aguinaldo’s envoy Agoncillo, whose Madrid arrival is awaited.
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Philippines
Aguinaldo
Madrid
M. Cambon
Washington
Silvera
Agoncillo
Tail Inspired Propeller Design Study by Inventor
The propeller wheel inventor analyzed how a fish tail moves while swimming. Blade motion mirrors the fish tail movements, matching the natural propulsion pattern.
Opening of Southern Ute Reservation Ends Land Entry Limitations
The Southern Ute Indian Reservation opens with 060,000 acres allotted to Indians and 636,000 acres available for desert homestead timber and townsite entry. Leases may extend three to ten years with tax exemptions, while homesteaders pay at least 1.25 per acre. The Durango region offers arable land for grain, alfalfa and fruit, with water adequate for irrigation and thriving stock potential. The Durango land offices and rail links via the Denver & Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific System guide settlers.
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Durango
Colorado
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Middle West
Missouri Pacific
Pueblo
Denver & Rio Grande
Ute Indian Reservation
Puzzle map of United States offered by Chicago Great Western
Readers can obtain a heavy cardboard map puzzle of the United States pieced by state and territory. It shows state capitals and major rivers and teaches geography while challenging both young and old. Send 10 cents to Mr F H Lord Chicago with marked envelope Puzzle Department.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
United States
F. H. Lord
G. P
T. A
Chicago
Ill
Chinese Cooking and the Chinese Cook
The article argues Chinese cooking relies on meat and the cook rather than special tools or methods. It claims Chinese cooks imitate, not innovate, and that housewives are to blame for their lack of initiative after overexposure to instructions. It suggests showing a cook just enough for each occasion.
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Charles Lamb
Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder marketed as the cure for swollen feet corns bunions and foot irritation. Recommends shaking into shoes and lists 25 cents price with free sample offer and mail address in LeRoy New York.
Laene's Family Specific Medicine Ad
Promotes daily bowel movement for health. Gentle action on liver and kidneys. Claims to cure sick headache. Price 25 and 50 cents. Patent remedy style note from a historical advertisement.
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Laene
Baltimore and Ohio replaces pay cars with bank checks
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad completes a shift in payroll practice after a high level meeting led by General Manager Underwood. The system will move from moving currency by pay cars across the network to issuing checks via station agents drawn on any of 37 banks. The change takes effect May 1.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Underwood
Sporting Life at McVicker’s Draws Chicago Record Attendance
Chicago enjoys a sensational run of Sporting Life at McVicker's theater with eight weeks totaling 218,587 in attendance and gross receipts near 95,000 heaping up to about 12,000 weekly. The show has three weeks left, aiming for a twelve week season, a Chicago peak unmatched since the World's Fair year.
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Chicago
Sporting Life
McVicker's
McVickers
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