New Reformed Memorial Church Planned for Washington
Abner A. Ritcher of Lebanon designs a new Avonola marble church in English Tudor Gothic style to seat about 400 on Fifteenth Street Washington. The old church will remain until near completion, then be demolished for a Sunday school extension with a 350000 construction and decoration budget. President Roosevelt will attend the opening. Paul Pelz partners with Ritcher on the project.
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Abner A. Ritcher
Lebanon
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Avondala
Fifteenth Street
Richter
Paul Pelz
Splendid Structure to Be Erected in Washington
The piece notes who designed the Congressional Library building and other major Washington structures, highlighting the architect behind the project and related works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Library
World Coal Production in 1900 by Nation and Consumption
The British Board of Trade reports 1900 English ton outputs: United States 245,422,000. Great Britain 225,181,000. Germany 109,225,000. France 32,687,000. Belgium 23,352,000. World total 660,000,000 tons with US 37.6 percent, GB 34.5, Germany 16.7, France 5.0, Belgium 3.5. Prices per ton at mine in francs: GB 26f, Germany 21f, US 13.05f. US exports exceeded imports by 3,964,000 tons in 1899 and 5,794,000 in 1900. Per capita consumption: US 3.0 tons, GB 4.0, Germany 1.7, France 1.1, Belgium 2.8, Russia 0.1, Austria-Hungary 0.4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Board of Trade
Great Britain
Germany
France
Belgium
United States
Russia
Austria-Hungary
His Steady Puzzle
A Featherstone miner declines a door to door sales pitch for a puzzle. He jokes he already has a lifelong puzzle not solved, a riddle described as a mix of Scotch and English.
Social equality and fortifications in Hawaii discussed
The article notes racial harmony in Hawaii with Americans, Hawaiians, Africans, Japanese, and Chinese dining together amid a lack of social prejudice. It reports a Pearl Harbor fortifications board reviewing site recommendations, outlining limits to defending Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, and describes plans to install an ancient style sundial with a gnomon, costing 20 to 120 dollars depending on materials and labor.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
South Sea
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Mavy Department
W. H. Heuer
Charles H. L. Davis
W. EB. Berkhimer
Slaker
Evans
Heuer
Renewed Demand for Sun Dials Surges
A maker of optical instruments reports a rise in orders for sun dials, with demand five times higher than before. Dials are commonly slate or marble, sometimes granite, while the bronze gnomon casts the shadow to indicate the hour.
Milan's Model Lodging House Sets New Pace
The Milan lodging house opened last June attracts clerks and shop assistants. Rooms rent 67 a week, with strict curfews from midnight to 9 am. Full baths cost 4 cents, shower baths 2. Guests may cook their own meals or buy supplies from hotel storerooms. The five story building has 530 uniform rooms and a roof garden.
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Milan
Italy
Clark's Post Graduate Course in Partnership
William Clark youngest son of United States Senator Clark and a Yale Law School graduate returns from Europe with his bride Miss Mabel Foster of Butte Montana. An old acquaintance at the Fifth Avenue hotel asks about his marriage and Clark quips I’ve been taking a post graduate course in partnership and organization.
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Clark
William Clark
United States
Yale Law School
Butte
Europe
Mabel Foster
Mont
Fifth Avenue
Willie
New York Times
Fraternal Groups Report Over Five Million Members
The latest reports state that fraternal organizations in the United States and Canada total 5,722,016 members across diverse lodges and chapters. The figure highlights broad membership in these societies amid ongoing public interest.
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Canada
Mrs. Thomas Endorses St Jacobs Oil For Sprains
A Cardiff Times notice reports Mrs. G. Thomas of Alexandra Road Gelli Ysbrod near Pontypridd South Wales crediting St Jacobs Oil with curing severe ankle sprains after months unable to stand. The piece touts the oil as a global pain remedy earning twelve gold medals from international exhibitions and notes doctors’ high regard for the product.
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Cardiff Times
T. Jacob
G. Thomas
Alexandra’ Road
Gelli
Ysbrod
Pontypridd
South Wales
St. Jacobs
Flower farming boosts profits with rose attar and lavender
The department of agriculture notes favorable southern conditions for rose petals and attar production. An acre yields 1500 pounds of petals producing five ounces of attar worth 45 to 85 dollars, with 300 gallons of rose water valued at 0.75 to 1 dollar per gallon. Lavender, pomade lard, and cologne offer strong margins, making floriculture a growing industry.
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Department of Agriculture
California
Memphis
Geronimo Quietly Living as Fort Sill Prisoner and Art Trader
Geronimo, famed Apache leader, is described as a good Indian living at Fort Sill Oklahoma as a prisoner of war. He earns 35 dollars a month as a government scout and makes bead work selling it to visitors, reportedly earning around 2000 dollars yearly. He says he saves nothing spending on wives, with several but not living with any, preferring a tent in summer and grass wicksup in winter. He is said to be eighty years old but does not know his age. He was with Victoria when that chief led against the Mexicans.
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Geronimo
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Victoria
Detroit
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Testimonials Ad
An 19th century style ad offers one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh claims and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy. It features endorsements from Toledo druggists West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes Hall's pills as best.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Digest describes a weekly periodical overview
The Literary Digest is a weekly periodical that aims to summarize content from many sources. It seeks to present multiple sides of controversial questions with impartiality and provide a concise gist for busy readers.
Will Carleton’s magazine proves fifty cent year feasible
Will Carleton’s Every Where magazine shows a strictly first class publication can be produced for fifty cents a year. The piece highlights concise articles. Includes an advert for Texas Gulf Coast oil lands and other boosters. Mayor-elect Seth Low is noted for daily bicycle rides.
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Will Carleton
Seth Low
New York
Garden of Eden claim prompts Western Canada letter
A Meltford Saskatchewan resident writes from 1901 praising Western Canada as a garden of Eden for a poor man. He notes wild fruits strawberries cranberries saskatoons huckleberries currants plums cherries and raspberries, abundant hay food for cattle and horses, corn, wool value, and scenic lakes rivers and timber. He invites readers to visit and consult the Canadian government agent for information.
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Reed City
Michigan
Clarion
Jas. G. Armstrong
Meltford
Saskatchewan
West
Bride Uses Business Style in Farm Hands Tale
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recounts a bride who, after marriage, explains her practical plan for farmhands. She notes that hired help is hard to keep, and she will not be left in the same fix this summer, as the couple settles into rural life.
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W. F. Sheridan
Chicago Tribune
New Cure for Rheumatism in Mrs Guardhouse Case
In Hester Missouri on December 16 a 40 year sciatic rheumatism sufferer named Ellenor Guardhouse reports dramatic relief after using Dodd s Kidney Pills. She took eight boxes and now claims complete cure with no pain for months. Doctors who were skeptical are amazed at her recovery.
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Hester, Mo
Ellenor Guardhouse
Dodd
Polite Sarcasm and Tramp Dialogue Highlight Gazette
A Chelsey Gazette item presents a witty exchange between a courteous stingy man and a scruffy tramp. The clerkly line about two cents contrasts with the tramp’s quip on winter flannels, reflecting humorous street banter.
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad Banner
An old advertisement extols Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children used at a New York Children’s Home to cure feverishness teething disorders and regulate bowels. It boasts 80 000 testimonials and lists 25 cents at druggists with Sampler address Allen Olmsted LeRoy NY. Also mentions Havana Cuba immigrants and festive sales pitch claiming cures for stomach liver kidney and bowel derangements with physician endorsement.
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Gray
New York
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
To Winter Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve uncomfortable feet. Mentions chilblains sweating sore feet and tight shoes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 26c sample sent free address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Trap Using Strong Lights to Catch Night Insects
In France strong lights with petroleum basins are used to destroy night flying insects injuring vineyards. Reported catches include as many as 4868 insects in a single night.
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France
A Christmas Philosopher Seeks Gifts for Health Wealth Happiness
A Christmas figure asks for three gifts Health Wealth and Happiness Garfield Tea promises good health boosts happiness and aids the pursuit of wealth. The tale frames the tea as a cure all aligning with festive virtues.
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Garfield
Lost Tales of Miletus and Pan Cake Flour Promotion
An assortment of old text fragments notes roots and growth imagery from Lost Tales of Miletus and a Mrs. Austin Pan cake Flour advertisement. It mentions that over one third of France‘s manufactured goods are produced by female labor.
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Miletus
France
To Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bramo Quinine Tablets
Advertising copy lists remedies for colds and teething with promises of refunds and prices. Mentions railway projects in Turkey and a syrup for teething with claimed soothing effects.
Wild Animal Destruction in India in 1900
Wildlife statistics show 1900 losses in India include 17,250 wild animals and 88,232 snakes, with wolves rising to 2,872 from 2,367 in 1899 and bears increasing to 1,840 from 1,685. Tigers declined from 1,570 to 1,314 while leopards fell from 4,548 to 4,480.
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India
Sugar cane expansion and festive health claims in Mexico and Georgia
Sugar plantations expand in Mexico as a Georgia farmer begins cultivating 12 000 acres about 120 miles from Tampico. Mexican land yields up to 80 tons of sugar cane per acre, while a tonic named Garfield Tea is advertised to cure indigestion and many disorders and promise healthier holiday meals.
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Mexico
Georgia
Tampeco
Fragments Note Health Claims and Duel Timing
A fragment mentions a lo comotive fuel and a yearly quantity of 100 gallons of lubricating oil. It cites Piso's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung affections from WM. O. Enpsgy of Van Buren Indiana dated February 10, 1900. It also notes France duels in winter and Italy duels in spring.
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Piso
WM. O. Enps.gy
Vanburen, Ind
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Lizzie Nagel
Reading
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Marvel Medicine Co
Vipailanti
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P’tols
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Comer
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St.louis
Eerie Ene Ie Ceteaatnietran Careelaeta
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Chardon
Ghia
Barberton Supply Co
Barberton
McKinley
Barnard Supply Co
Vincennes Ave
Barnett Bros
S. Water St
Commission Merchants
J. H. Schaks CO
Blair
J. W. Gunnels
Crandall
Quincy
Ilha
Central
Dolly Gray
G. Hindman
Sallabury
Leale
Gold Cord Company
SUTA
H. Garrissons
Ben M. Adlagta
Ww. M
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