Rear Admiral Bunce Dies After Long Naval Career
Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce, a Civil War veteran honored for Yorktown Fort Fisher and Charleston siege actions, died at his Washington home after months of illness. Born 1836 in Connecticut, he joined the Navy in 1852 and rose to rear admiral by 1898. He last served as Brooklyn Navy Yard commander starting 1897.
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Francis M. Bunce
Navy
Washington
Admiral Bunce
Connecticut
Naval Academy
Yorktown
Fort Fisher
Fort Caswell
Wilmington
N. C
Gil
Morris Island
Fort Sumter
Charleston
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Rail speed gains reshape cross country travel in a century
The article notes Northwestern and Union Pacific cut the limited Chicago to San Francisco run by three hours ten minutes and reduce times on two other services. It contrasts today’s rail network with pioneer routes described in Edwin Bryant’s California exploration, highlighting vast growth from prairie schooners to a continental web of tracks and through routes.
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Northwestern
Union Pacific
Chicago
San Francisco
Pioneer Times
Edwin Bryant
California
United States
Missouri
Peary
North Pole
Greenland
Wave of Bank Embezzlements Hits Two Day Span
The Chicago Tribune reports three embezzlements within two days by George Armitage, M A Emory, and A G Smith with Louis Swift, totaling 271000. October losses rise to 808000, the highest monthly total this year, pushing annual bank theft to 2968911, nearly half of all crimes.
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George Armitage
New York Bank
M. A. Emory
Boyertown
A. G. Smith
Louis Swift
Lowell
Mass
Chicago Tribune
Cold Weather Advice From A Local Column
The piece argues clothing alone does not keep warmth. It stresses heat from food like milk butter cheese oatmeal potatoes and the Hice. Readers should wear wool or silk, breathe deeply, keep a steady meal pattern, walk to work, and avoid huddling in small spaces to stay warm.
London Furs and Bird Trade Surprising Exports Noted
The London market shows a large export of robins totaling about 25 000 birds yearly worth around £18 000 with Canaries and other singing birds contributing large sums. Tyrol and Germany supply many canaries while Germany and Russia export 40 000 trained bullfinches annually. Prices vary from six pence to £4 for rare species and the largest British wild bird price reached £10 for a white blackbird.
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United States
Canada
Australia
Tyrol
Germany
England
London Mail
Words of Wisdom and Courage Across Quotations
A collection notes that wisdom comes from duty trust and discernment. Notable lines quote Chesterfield Cicero Campbell Franklin Eliot Landon Massinger Stoddard and Feltham on soul of business loneliness hope courage and discretion.
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Cicero
Campbell
Franklin
George Eliot
Landon
Massinger
A. Bill
Mechanical Stentor magnifies voice for telephone and phonograph
A new patented contrivance uses a rapidly spinning metal disk and a brake linked to a large diaphragm to magnify voice vibrations. The system converts ordinary speech into powerful shouts while preserving intonation, works with telephone or phonograph, and can reproduce music. powered by a motor or a four horse engine per need, as described in the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
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Philadelphia
A Century of Progress In Medical History
A medical paper compares George Washingtons death by quinsy to modern practice. It notes that current care would likely save him and suggests future physicians may view today’s methods as crude, reflecting a century of advances in medicine and surgery.
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George Washington
The Teacher's Wife in Clarissa Finds Relief
Mrs Clara Keys wife of a local school teacher tells how after years of constant back pain headaches and neuralgia she found relief with Dodd's Kidney Pills She says the medicine removed her pains quickly and she and her 74 year old mother now enjoy freedom from illness.
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Clarissa
Minn
Clara Keys
Charles Keys
Dodd
Notable Irish gallantry and a witty court remark
An Irish judge presiding over a case notes in summing up that the matter seems plain except for Mrs. O'Toole and her daughter, illustrating Irish wit and gallantry. Also advertised are free dropsy treatment by H H Green's Sons of Atlanta and claims about the largest insect, the elephant beetle of Venezuela weighing seven ounces, plus buckwheat and rural exchange sayings.
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H. H. Green
Atlanta
Venezuela
Waldorf Mines Offer Vast Wealth in Colorado Belt
The Waldorf company controls about one hundred mines in Colorado with extensive tunnels and high value ore. Early stock rose from 8 to 25 cents, and prospects point to further gains as operations deepen to 2,000 feet. Individual mines report monthly productions up to $1,600 and a district ore average of $109 per ton. The company pledges strong safety and profit for Eastern investors seeking small stakes.
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Central City
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Greggory
Main Range
Back Bone
Rockies
Colorado Central
Stevens Group
Independence Group
Waldorf Group
Rocky Mountain
Waldorf Company
Stevens
Independence
Missouri River
Mendham
Commonwealth
Johnson
Tobin
Atock
Chamber of Commerce
F. A. Moore
Dean
Clear Creek County
E. J. Wilcox
Argentine
J. Nicholas
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Howe
Hone
Borden, & Selleck CO
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C. R. Jungerich
Champaign
Til
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Sciatica and
Lumbago
St. Jacobs Oil
Aly
Hudson’s
AOFT
J. T. Hudson & CO
Adams
Eureka
Smith & Pomeroy
MFRS
Kalamazoo
Mich
Rocklog Chatra
Bocker CO
Springfield
Ohio
Tllinois
R.R
Lintfrog
JOM C. Hall
McLeansboro
Lil
GEO. IF. Crawford & CO
Stiehmond, Va
Fanzolnufacturing Co
St. Loula, Mo
Oe ‘Union Mage
Vesas Shoes
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
WL. Douglas
W. J. Douglas
W . Douglas
Poet Color
Douglas
Yustat
Brockton
Mags
A. Ee
Ouur
W McKinney
Ational Publishing Company
Lakeside Building
W.O. Gannett
Unity Publ
Mitter
Dearborn St
Market St
W. N. Y. Chicago
Ice
Georgetown, Conp
James F. Tucker
Henry Seifried
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Bank OF Georgetown
Georgetown
Colo
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Waldorf M. & M. Co
Waldorf and Independence Group
Stevens and
Waildorf
Waldorf Mining and Milling CO
Emerson St
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