Dewey Bought a Ticket for San Francisco Voyage
Admiral Dewey traveled in November 1897 from Washington to San Francisco on a first class route via Baltimore and Ohio Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines. Lieut Brumby accompanied him and they departed November 27. D. B. Martin later collected the ticket coupons and issued lithographed facsimiles as souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Commodore Dewey
Washington
Marine Ocean
8. B. Hage
Baltimore & Ohio
Sea Fighter
San Francisco
Chicago
North‘Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Lieut. Brumby
D. B. Martin
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Simple life preserver from a felt hat
A curious note explains that a person can improvise a life preserver in calm water using a common felt hat. Place the hat rim down on the water, wrap an arm around it, and press it to the chest to stay afloat for hours.
Allen's Foot Base Powder Ad Promises Easy Fit
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot Base powder for the feet. It relieves swollen hot and sweating feet and soothes ingrown nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Trial package free by mail from Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
A Curious Debate Over Skirts and Pockets
In a thinly described exchange Bickett questions a woman’s habit of holding up her skirt. Mrs. B. suggests the action hides the absence of trousers pockets. The dialogue reveals social humor about clothing and practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bickett
Mrs. B
Chicago Great Western Increases Earnings in July 1899
The Maple Leaf Route of Chicago Great Western Ry shows an increase of 18413.91 in the third week of July 1899. Total increase since fiscal year start July 1 reaches 79769.34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western
Chicago Great Western Ry
Railroads adopt air brakes and automatic couplers nationwide
An officer from the Burlington Road in Chicago stated the line operates 39,000 freight cars. About 60 percent are equipped with Westinghouse air brakes and 90 percent with Master Car Builder automatic couplers, signaling rapid modernization of rail rolling stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
West
Burlington Toad
Chicago
Westinghouse
Lawyer Question on Bequest and Watch
A dying man clarifies a bequest wish in a terse exchange about leaving a thousand-dollar watch to a friend rather than his son, as quoted in Jewelers' Weekly.
Unhappy Artist Found After Years of Desertion
After fifteen years of searching across the United States, Mrs. Patrick J. Prial located her deserting husband living as a recluse in a hut near Seton Hall college in South Orange. He refused reconciliation, declaring he would not support a wife, and his discovery becomes part of the prior divorce case Murray vs. Murray. The hut also served as his studio, walls lined with unfinished portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Prial
Newark
N. J
United States
William Dungee
New York
Prial
J. M. Worrall
Thirteenth Street Presbyterian Church
New York City
John L. Johnson
Murray
Orange Mountains
South Orange
Louis H. Smith
Seton Hall College
Smith
Heaven
Hell
Portrait Painter Prial Keeps Studio Amid Colorful Works
The article describes Prial’s day studio, featuring near completed portraits of Admiral Dewey and a life size outline of Admiral Schley on canvas. It notes his shift from artistic portraiture to sign painting, his modest rent, rough clothes, missing right index finger, and a penchant for discussion of marriage while remaining mostly reticent and well informed on art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Admiral Schley
Prial
South Orange
Paid Debt of Sin Bravery of California Boy Atone for Theft
A California boy, William Jackson, son of ex-treasurer Honest Bill Jackson, died in April at Malolos while serving as Trooper Jackson. He vowed to repay his father’s 50,000 dollar embezzlement debt by joining the army. If he died, his life would atone for the crime. The story notes his courage and the debt paid in life. Also, navy oysters at Mare Island and King Alfred’s anniversary are briefly mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jackson
Redding
Cal
Villege
California
Jackson
Shasta County
Bill Jackson
Bill
Manila
Malolos
Receivership Ended as Baltimore and Ohio Reopens to Stockholders
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's receivership ended at midnight with the property turned over to stockholders. Appointed February 29, 1896, John K. Cowen and Oscar G. Murray led plans to rebuild and re-equip, issue new securities, and pay all debts, enabling a fiscal start for 1899–1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
John K. Cowen
Oscar G. Murray
United States Court For
No Remedy Equals Peruna Says Women In Letter
A Richmond school teacher Miss Susan Wymar and Racine Wisconsin resident Mrs Margaretha Dauben praise Pe-ru-na in letters to Dr Hartman. They claim relief from female complaints and pelvic catarrh and urge others to seek the free booklet Summer Catarrh from Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Wymar
Richmond School
Chicago
Ill
Hartman
Margaretha Dauben
North Superior St St
Racine City
Wis
Pen
Columbus, CO
Columbus, O
Zacpel
M. RR. Zaegel & CO
P.O
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Odd Ad Snippets Reflect Early 20th Century Slander and Remedies
A collage of humorous lines and medical patent pitches from a Brooklyn Daily Eagle page. The notes poke at bachelor culture, praise Cascarets for blood purity, tout Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, and endorse Piso’s Cure for consumption. Scattered quips and product blurbs mirror era styles.
Trial by Telephone Highlights Gallatin Case
J. T. Dunham of Gallatin Tennessee won a horse trade case conducted by telephone with witnesses sworn at two ends of a long line. The judge heard arguments via megaphone attachment and Dunham praised rehearsing his speech to compensate for not seeing the court. The telephonic court session avoided an eleven mile journey for all parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Dunham
Gallatin
Tenn
Dunham
Supreme Court
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Boer fighters lack heart say English officer
An English Colonial service officer visiting the country says Boer fighters are overestimated. He claims they are fine horsemen and good shots but lack do-or-die spirit, especially when outnumbered. He compares them unfavorably to American cowboys in Cuba and notes rifle skills have declined with civilization and urban growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cuba
Tranavail
New York Tribune
Unique Inasctification of Elbert Hubbard and Roycroft Shop
A St. John Gazette clipping praises Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora New York and his Roycroft Shop. It describes Hubbard as a prosperous stock breeder who founded the Roycroft Shop publishing the Philistine and employing village youths and girls in printing illuminating book making furniture ironwork and pottery with fair wages and year end profits. The piece extols Christian civilization through communal employment and enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
N. Y
Hubbard
Roycroft
Roycroft Shop
Roycrofters
the St. John
N. B
Gazette
It Goes Without Saying
Clara-One distrusts men after Jack promised secrecy and then kissed Maud-Why, revealing the betrayal. The scene centers on broken trust and the quick, public fallout between Clara Maud and Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Maud
Jack
Work for All Farmers and the Burlington Rail Expansion
The notice highlights work opportunities in harvest fields across Minnesota and the Dakotas with room for thousands more workers. It notes the Burlington Railroad's new terminal in Quincy Illinois and its rapid expansion into St. Louis to support freight and passenger traffic. It also reports a goat ranch at Lowney Junction New Mexico with 45 thousand goats for tanning markets in Boston and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Great Northern
St. Paul
Max Bass
South
Clark Street
Chicago
Lowney Junction
N. M
Boston
Philadelphia
Mrs Johnson Saved from Insanity by Mrs Pinkham
Letter from Gertrude M. Johnson of Jonesboro Texas praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness after childbirth. She recounts monthly spine spells and nearing insanity, notes doctor skepticism, and claims neighbors saw improvement after one bottle and full five bottles taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinzeam
Dean
Lydia RE. Pinkham
Gertrude M. Johason
Jonesboro
Texas
Mrs Perkins Praises Pinkham Remedies in Letter
Mrs Errit Perkins of Pearl Louisiana reports relief from female trouble after trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash. She credits the treatments with improving her condition after consulting three doctors.
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Vigor
Ager
Caer Lowell
Mass
Bray
A. J. Tower
Boson, Mass
P. J. Prial
Kather
Brutus
Navy
Mare Island Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Bureau of Construction and Repairs
Manila Bay
Minneapolis Journal
Alfred
Alfred the Great
Winchester
Food
Africa
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Coat
Tennessee
Gault
Words OF
Carlyle
Confucius
Bishop Horne
Byron
Cecil
Washington Irving
Hope
Harper’s Weekly
Burlington Railroad
Quincy, Ill
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Burlington
Ironbridge
Raegel
Cc. W. Lemke
Zaegels
Mya
Western Canada
Canada
Dominion
Pedley Supt
Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
Monadnock Wrock
Evereat and
Kurtz
Fort. Wayne
Battle
Manila Wabash Ave
Auditorium
Hong Kong
Chinese Sea
Cavite
A.s
Candy Cathartic
Yarter
Uncle Sam
O’parrell
Igns
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
Metallic Basket Co
Rochester
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Pinkham
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
Caorough Preparatory
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey
ST. Mary's
Notre Dame P. D
Conservatory of Music
Europe
Europ
Tendher
St. Mary’s Academy
Notre Dame P. O
Illinois College OF
Ted
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Nature
Opie Read
D. E. Kerr
Sec’y, Dept. H
Deirborn St
Galedburg
Lombard University
Ellwood Nash
Galesburg
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
North-Western Line
Hot Springs
Fremont, Elkhorn
Missouri Valley
R. R
North-Western
J. R. Gable
J. R. Buchanan
General Pass
Des Moines
Omaha
Holt Springs
W. N. U. Chicago
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