Quiet Washington to Western Massachusetts Visitors
The piece recalls President McKinley's visits to Adams and the Berkshires at William Plunkett's home, including the Mount Holyoke graduation trip with Grace Howe McKinley. It highlights Plunkett's rise from a factory worker to head of three mills, 1,500 workers, $2,000,000 in mill value, and leadership roles in Greylock mills, Greylock Bank, and local civic service.
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Boston
President McKinley
Massachusetts
William Brown Plunkett
Adams
McKinley
Mr. Plunkett
Berkshires
Home Market Club
Mechanics’ Building
Plunkett
Grace Howe McKinley
Mount Holyoke College
Berkshire Hills
New England
Young Plunkett
William
Milla
William C. Plunkett
Greylock Mills of
North Adams
Greylock National Bank of
Hoosac
Ohio Statesman
William B. Plunkett
Floating White Elephant and Other 19th Century Harbor Tales
A historic piece recounts the dry dock in Havana costing about 600000 dollars and Spain’s dwindling Cuban assets, alongside a tale of Plunkett hosting Major McKinley in 1892. It also notes Australia’s fence telephony linking isolated farms, turning long distances into linked households via existing boundary wires.
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Trisconia
Maine
Newcastle
England
Havana
Canary Islands
Bermuda
Spain
Cincinnati
Detroit
Montgomery
Mauny
New York Mail and Express
Midway Islands Kept by U S Years Before Hawaii
Forty years before Hawaii the United States claimed the Midway Islands 1200 miles northwest of Oahu. The island group had few inhabitants, little in the way of resources, and the Saginaw disaster highlighted the peril of attempting to modernize the reef. The 1870 wreck led to costly efforts and a perilous rescue voyage, leaving a question of what the islands truly yielded the United States.
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United States
Pacific
Hawaii
Midway Islands
Navy Department
Captain Books
U. S. S. Gambia
Brooks
Middlebrook Islands
Wnth
Brooks Islands
Pacific Mail Company
Japan
Honolulu
Reynolds
Sicard
Tak
Midway
Saginaw
Ocean Island
Midway Reef
Halwall
Admiral Sicard
Lana
Lieut
Talbott
Thank Him More Gracefully
A neighbor cuts the back lawn while papa is away. Baby Grace tells papa and suggests they should thank Mr Gray for the back yard work. She adds they would be more grateful if he also cut the front grass.
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Papa
Grace
Mr. Gray
Anchor Depth Record Surpasses Two Miles
The note states the greatest ship anchoring depth is 2000 fathoms, far beyond two miles, highlighting a historic depth achievement in nautical records.
Contrast inspires women to wear white dress for stove work
The line notes a love of contrast as some women choose a white dress while blackening the stove, a curious image reflecting daily life and fashion interplay.
Boundary dispute over Cuyun region arouses British and American interest
A colonial-era account describes the Cuyun area on the Venezuela Guyana border as forested and sparsely inhabited by Indian groups. It notes primitive huts, harsh climate, and tribal customs. It cites El Dorado, New Providence, and El Callao mine as regional references in distant civilizations.
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Cuyun
Venezuela
Great Britain
Arbitration Commission
Paris
Cuyuni River
el Dorado
New Providence
el Callao
South America
Manila Battle Exhibit Aims At Global Thunder Anew
A sweeping early 20th century exhibit recreates the Manila battle, claiming a vast canvas, 50 artists, 120 days to paint, and 100 horsepower lighting. It features a battleship Olympia replica and electric effects, praised by Rear Admiral Schley and other officials as a pinnacle of sight and realism. Doors open 9 AM weekday and 1 PM Sundays. lectures promise a memorable history lesson.
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Deway
Abash Avenue
Itorium
Chicago
Specia
Olympia
U. S
Philadelphia
Samoa
Manila Exhibition Co
Manila
Cavite
United States
Europe
Schley
U. 8
McCalla
Marblehead
Jos. L. Stickney
Dewey
Farming by Irrigation in Colorado and New Mexico
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad offers a free illustrated book for farmers seeking new locations. It covers agricultural horticultural and livestock interests in the region and explains irrigation farming methods. Contact S. K. Hooper G. P. and T. A. Denver Colo.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
S. K. Hooper
G. P
T. A
Denver
Colo
Apples Payoff From a City Doctor
A farmer boasts that his son in town earns more from apples in a month than the farmer makes in a season. The visitor asks if the son is a farmer, the farmer replies he is a doctor, noting he means green apples.
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Yonkerg Statesman
Chicago Private Sanitarium
Advertisement for a private sanitarium run by Mrs. Dr. Zara at 270 W Adams Sr. offers female specialty care with 12 years experience in women’s delicate cases. Services include painless confinement, expert nursing, confidential care, and a home for infants in an elegantly located, well furnished facility with outside rooms and moderate prices. Contact personally or by mail.
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Chicago
Zara
W. Adams Sr
Restless reporters quote inside joke on Dewey return
A Life magazine exchange shows two newspaper men joking about needing a break after months of conducting interviews with Dewey, reflecting newsroom fatigue and anticipation of his return.
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Dewey
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promises Easy Shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Eas e a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Curey corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent free Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Baltimore and Ohio Grants Ten Day Stopovers
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at the request of Baltimore and Philadelphia business groups, has arranged for ten days stopovers at each city and now extends ten day stopovers to Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia under the usual procedure of depositing the ticket with the ticket agent on arrival.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Fashion rules the largest empire with gold and blood
An antique print item advertises patent medicines and tonics sold by Thomas & Brown in Crawfordsville Indiana and Mason City Illinois dated May 10 1898. It touts Cost's Headache Capsules and Coe's Cough Balsam with patient testimonials and price notes 10 and 25 cents at druggists.
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Fashion
Mason City
Ill
Frank Hubbard
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Mkinley
Maccarbinetta
Plunketts
Cuba
W. B. Plunkett
Legiate Institute
Syracuse
N. Y
Village Academy
Langsingburg
Australia
Pacific Islands
California
Halford
Kilauea
Camp Saginaw
Mall iSe
Thomas & Brown
Crawfordsville
Ind
Coe
Lowell
Mass
Hood
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