Home Life of the Krugers from a Pretoria Letter
A portrait of Tante Kruger as wife of Dom Paul Kruger detailing her domestic roles and influence. The piece quotes her humble claims of baking sewing and scrubbing and emphasizes her steadiness, thrift, and the long arc of her husband’s rise from farmer to president.
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Pretoria
Kruger
South African Republic
Dom Paul
Oms
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Dutch Republic
Transvaal Republic
Tante Kruger and Dom Pauls Pretoria Home Life Revealed
A portrait of President Kruger and his wife Tante Kruger showing frugal living on $2,000 yearly coffee money. Tante cooks, serves, and manages a large household with devotion, portraying a devoted wife and firm partner to Dom Paul, admired by diplomats and travelers. The piece notes seven of sixteen children survive and the couple's simple cottage home.
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Krugers
Tante Kruger
Dom Paul
Pretoria
Tante
Baking Out Disease at Bellevue Hospital
Physicians at Bellevue in New York experiment with a stove like oven to bake patients. Except for the head the body is placed inside and exposed to temperatures fit for a barbecue. Sweat is drawn off and replaced with fresh air while the patient drinks water.
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Bellevue Hospital
New York
The Virtue of the Orange in Medical Belief
For years the orange has been praised for hygienic qualities in feverish disorders and more recently as an antidote to biliousness and gastric complaints. Doctors say it contains all salts needed for healthy blood.
The Art of Sniping in Boer War Tactics
In Scribner's Magazine Millard describes the Boer sharpshooter as a key asset who isolates from the main force, builds a schanze, rests with water and food, and waits for a clear head shot. He observes British troops, then calmly fires to kill a Tommy and vanish, maintaining cool nerves and concealment all day.
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Tommy
Thomas F. Millard
Scribner’s Magazine
Tenacious eagle tale and hornet candle mischief
A tall story from George H Webb describes a bald eagle killing a mallard and being fatally shot, yet showing surprising vitality. A Chicago News item recalls a woman battling a hornet by lighting a candle to lure it away, avoiding disturbance while keeping the house safe.
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George H. Webb
South Carolina
Mr. Webb
Chattanooga
Tenn
Luminous Glass Letters for Street Names and House Numbers
German produced luminous glass letters are used for street names and house numbers. They are hollow pressed glass, open at the back and filled with luminous chemicals before tin backings are attached for long lasting glow. Tiger flesh eaten in India for supposed strength and cunning, despite superstition.
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India
Peruna Praised by Women in Dear Letter Series
Susan Wymar a Richmond schoolteacher Chicago Ill writes to Dr Hartman praising Peruna saying relief from suffering proves it a good friend. Margaretha Dauben Racine Wis notes wellbeing after taking several bottles for female complaint during change of life. Claims Peruna has no equal for irregularities from pelvic catarrh. Address Dr Hartman Columbus O for a free book for women only.
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Susan Wymar
Richmond
Chicago
Hartman
Mia
Margaretha Dauben
North Superior St
Racine City
Wis
Pen
Peru
Columbus
National Conventions Travel by Maple Leaf Route
Prohibition convention in Chicago June 27 28 1800 with tickets on sale June 26 27 Democratic convention in Kansas City July 4 1900 tickets on sale July 2 4 Route to attend is the Chicago Great Western railway the Maple Leaf Route with vestibuled trains free chair cars dining service and sleeping car accommodations One fare for round trip Details from Chicago Great Western agents or F H Lord G P and T A 113 Adams street Chicago
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Prohibition
Chicago
Democratic
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Railway
Maple Leaf
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams Street
Cheap excursions to Colorado and Utah via Great Rock Island Route
Cheap trips from Chicago depart June 20 July 9 17 and August 1 by Great Rock Island Route to Colorado destinations including Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Ogden Utah with return by October 31 1900. Fare is one regular fare plus 2 for round trip and tickets are valid on regular trains. Special one night trains to Denver and Colorado Springs depart Chicago at 445 p m. For details and free book Colorado the Magnificent contact John Sebastian G P A Chicago.
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Colorado
East Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Chicago
Great Rock Island
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colorado the Magnificent
John Sebastian
City Ordinance Proposes Tax Increase on Telecom Poles
An alderman drafts a measure to raise Chicago corporate income by at least 250000 yearly. The ordinance imposes a 5 dollar annual charge on each telephone and telegraph pole used by companies not currently taxed on gross income for city revenue.
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Chicago
Grain-O: A Grain Beverage Replacing Coffee
Try Grain-O the new food drink from grains that can replace coffee. Adults and children may drink it without injury and without distress. It has a mocha like color but is grain based and costs 15c and 26c per package. Sold by all grocers.
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Java
Hotelkeepers Raise Rates as Travel Flood Reaches Paris
The flood of travelers from Germany Austria and Italy to Paris prompts hotel and innkeepers to raise charges from June 1 by about fifty percent above normal rates. Also includes an ad for Allen's Foot-Ease powder and a brief social note on keeping company with a clock and familiar face.
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Germany
Austria
Italy
Paris
Indianapolis News
Advice on famine relief and selling corn for India
A distressed note argues corn is not nourishment for starving men and would be slow to help. It proposes selling the corn and sending the proceeds to India by cable.
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India
Specialist Advertisements and Quotations From 1900
A collage of health cures products, quotes, and notices including Lane's Family Medicine claims, Piso's Cure, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Yi Ki Co, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Coe's Cough Balsam, and Brown's Teething Cordial. Mentions ads, testimonials, and advice with dated signatures and prices, reflecting early 20th century patent medicine promotion.
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promises Easy Shoes Wear
An Allen S Foot Ease advertisement claims powder eases tight or new shoes and relieves swollen hot sweating feet ingrown nails corns and bunions. It notes 25c price and free trial by mail to Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY. Admirers of King Solomon's Mines and She welcomed a New Amsterdam Book Co release An African Treasure a Moroc co adventure.
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Allen
Fred
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
King Solomon’s
New Amsterdam Book Company
Morocco
J. Maclaren Cobban
Derry
E. H. Strain
Modest People Share Examples Yet Few Follow
The text notes that examples are valuable but face a paradox as modest individuals avoid promoting themselves while vain ones seek followers.
Maple City Self Washing Soap Promises Easy Laundry
Advertises maple city self washing soap as making washing day easy with grocers selling it The camera and photographer line suggests a slogan about portraying reality in photos and transforming it on display
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Maple City
Vienna Municipal Railway Restores Full Operation
Vienna’s municipal railway system is back to full operation with the network running smoothly after repairs. Officials announced all lines are open and trains are on schedule.
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Vienna
Those Loving Girls Bess and Nell Nurture a Quick Proposal
Tom declares happiness from a single word while Nell teases that a rejection would be the answer. The dialogue hints at a budding romance with playful banter between lovers and friends in a lighthearted scene.
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Bess
Tom
Nell
Experience Begets Wisdom in Courtship Exchange
A clipped exchange between Mr Enpeck and Mrs Enpeck shows a witty back and forth about knowledge and growth in a marriage proposal. The dialogue captures social wit and evolving relationships in a domestic scene.
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Transvaal
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Enagtes
Chicago News
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Lane
Ike
Jommy Boras
Trinity Springs
Ind
Hobson
Hall
Price
Wendell Phillips
Yi-Ki Co
Crawfordsville
England
Coe
Sir Alfred Austin
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Amiel
Parker
Idera
Manlove
Manlove Gate Co
Milton, Indiana
White
Yucatan
Brown
Okie
Fac Simile Signature of
Bears
Castoria
North Dakota
C. A. Grettum
RUGBY
N. Dak
Thompson
W. N. U. Chicago
Sterling Remedy Company
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