Pan American Exposition in Buffalo a Magnificent Display
The Pan American Exposition in Buffalo is described as a grand spectacle surpassing all prior expositions. It features staff-covered buildings with a rainbow of color, extensive sculpture, fountains, and a vast two and a half acre court area. Music includes Sousa’s Band and the Mexican Government Band, with electric displays powered by Niagara plants and a 391 foot Electric Tower. The site covers 350 acres with 188 acres of park lands and lakes, opening May 1 for six months.
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America
Chicago
Sousa
Western Hemisphere
United States
City of
Buffalo
Exposition City
Niagara
Temple of Music
Delaware Park
Park Lake
Albright Art Gallery
John J. Albright
New York State
Athens
Esplanade
Esplana
Court of Cypresses
Ethnology
Electric Tower
Elbert. Lewis
War on microbes boosts lifespan through medical progress
The article notes life expectancy has risen over the past century due to advances against disease. It cites antiseptics transforming surgery, vaccines and sanitation reducing deaths from typhus, smallpox, scarlet fever and diphtheria, with millions of extra years added to humanity.
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Oholeta
Two Royal Old Maids Doomed to Unmarried Life
The piece portrays Princess Victoria of Wales and Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein as Europe’s last royal spinsters. It notes Victoria of Wales turning 32 and Schleswig Holstein not yet 30, stressing Victoria’s aversion to marriage and their close alliance.
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Eugope
Queen Victoria
Victoria of Walesa
Pringene Christian
Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Victoria of Wales
Princess Victoria
Schleswig- Holstein
Nurse's Remarkable Recovery from Kidney Pills Story
Peshtigo Wisconsin January 26 1901 Miss Lillian Dreese a popular Lakeside Hospital graduate serves as Vice Templar of the Good Templars and organist of the Rebeccas of Peshtigo She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with building up her system after diabetes kidney trouble and long sleepless nights Her testimony joins clergy lawmakers and physicians in praising the medicine as a cure and preventive aid for many ailments
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Peshtigo, Wis
Lakeside Hospital
Lake Geneva
Lillian Dreese
Dreese
Independent
Order of Good Templars
Rebeccas of
Peshtigo
Dodd
Zweibach for Children and Proper Infant Diet
The article recommends twice baked bread called gzgweibach as a better snack for children than crackers or cake because of thorough baking aiding digestion. It advises meats at the child table be boiled or roasted, notes boiled meat can lose nutriment if overcooked, and says only soft boiled eggs should be served to young children, avoiding high heat to prevent toughened whites.
Chicago and Florida Special Trains Open to Public
Solid vestibuled trains run from Chicago to St. Augustine every Wednesday and Saturday on the Big Four Route. No change of cars for passengers or baggage. First trip January 16 1901. Departs Central Station Chicago at 12 00 noon arrives St. Augustine 8 30 p m. For details contact local agent or J C Tucker General Northern Agent Big Four Route Chicago.
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Chicago
Florida
St. Augustine
Central Station
12Th St
Park Row
J. C. Tucker
General Northern
Big Four
Career and character of Abraham Lincoln by Joseph Choate
Ambassador Choate’s address surveys Lincoln’s early life and struggles, his matured character, and his presidency, lauding his legacy. The pamphlet, published by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, is available for six cents postage via F A Miller in Chicago Illinois.
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Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Indian divorce granted in Chamberlain South Dakota
A Crow Creek man aged 73 is granted divorce by default from a wife described as Mrs Nail Face Afraid of Cloud aged 64. The husband, who married two years ago, says she refused to live with him a single day. He plans another marriage venture later.
Janes Family Medicine Advertises Daily Bowels Health Claim
A historical ad claims daily bowel movement as necessary for health, stating it acts gently on the liver and kidneys, cures sick headache, and lists prices of 25 and 50e.
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Janes
End of a miniature railway in England
A miniature railway once touted as perhaps the finest in the world, the Jericho-Chicago Trunk line, was dismantled in England after eight years of Rev. H Lancelot Warneford's ministry. The model, two and five eighths inches gauge, featured scientific construction, telegraph, and a two foot six inch Jericho terminus, with a full journey from Jericho to Chicago via bridges and tunnels.
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England
Chicago
H. Lancelot Warneford
Osborne Terrace
Great Northern Railway
Jericho
Forth Bridge
King’s House
Nelson the Battle Ship Becomes Coal Barges in Sydney Harbor
In Sydney the obsolete Nelson is being broken up for timber and metal to craft coal barges. The four decker once symbolized naval power with 121 guns and a 2617 ton register. Its main deck was removed to form barges with over 2500 ton coal capacity.
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Lord Hopetoun
Sydney
Australia
Nelson
Duke of Wellington
Prince Regent
Woolwich Dock Yard
Victoria
Admiralty
Melbourne
Pursel’s Ingenious Tomb Ensures Escape From Beyond
John M. Pursel of Williamsport Pennsylvania has built a five compartment vault in Grand View cemetery designed to allow revival and escape. Each cast iron receptacle runs nine feet into the hill with a ventilation chimney connected to a main pipe to keep air flowing while excluding dirt and water.
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John M. Pursel
Williamsport
Grandview Cemetery
J. M. Pursel
Anklet Fashion Tale From Hare Classic
In Augustus J. C. Hare's The Story of My Life, Lady Caroline Paulet wears an anklet that slides over her foot to reveal its inscription La Legerette de Camille et la Vitesse d Atalante. Lady Isabella St John tries it and, with quick flair, kicks it off to display her own slender foot.
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Augustus J. C. Hare
Caroline Paulet
Isabella St. John
Caroline
Unknown Manchurian republic revealed by Russian war office
A war office report states Russians discovered a regularly formed Manchurian republic named Tcha Pi Gou in the Sungari basin south of Girin. It began under a triumpvirate, then President Chan Yul Pao, with a native army, taxed trade, regulated mines, and maintained tribunals and guilds.
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War Office
Manchuria
Far East
Mancuhrian
Sungari
Girln
Tcha-Pi-Gou
Chan Yul Pao
Girin
Tcha-P-Gou
Blaine Shaped Monday Newspaper Practice
The article notes James G. Blaine, a former editor and statesman, popularized publishing government reports on Monday mornings to gain space and favorable treatment. His practice set a Washington precedent for official communication.
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Blaine
James G. Blaine
Statesman
Dag
Washington
Kaiser Declines Coffee Except Mexican Grown Beans
The Kaiser will drink no coffee except such as is grown in Mexico. A supply is sent to him each fall from the state of Michoacan.
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Mexico
Michoacan
Muscular Coolies Propelling Japan Street Railway
A seven mile road between Atami and Yoshihama uses two muscular coolies to push and control a car, with a boy conductor blowing a horn and braking at curves. Fare equals twenty one cents round trip. The system links wheelbarrow, sedda chair, jinrikisha, and mule drawn cars in a unique transport form.
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Japan
Atami
Yoshihama
Izie
Recque Scarves Replace Silk Handkerchief Squares
Draperies feature the recque scarf as the latest trend replacing the silk handkerchief square from a few months ago. The half yard wide scarfs are made of embroidered crepe de chine or soft taffeta with woven oriental ends and wide knotted fringe. Colors include silver gray crepe de Chine with pink roses and green leaves, and cream white with pansies in yellow and purple.
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Scotland
Chicago Nowa
Hare
Zweibach
Warneford
Tle
Crewe
Thames
Great Western Railway
Windsor
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