President McKinley Visits Chicago for Dewey Victory Display
President McKinley, during a Chicago autumn festival tour, views the Dewey victory diorama at the Cyclorama on Wabash and Hubbard. At 10 25 a m the president rode in a procession past Manila sailors, saluting as Olympia signals lit the scene. He praised the display as educational and national in merit, noting 387 291 viewers in the first year.
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Chicago
Dewey
Wabash Avenue
Hubbard Court
H. H. Gross
Festival Industrial Parade Committee
Olympia
Manila
U. S
United States
Automobiles in War Highlight Armies on Good Roads
German military authorities say automobile baggage wagons ambulances and related vehicles can greatly raise an army s nobility on well surfaced roads. In England a motor scout wagon with a Maxim gun is shown. Variants carry two guns in turrets an electric searchlight, armor plating, and a sixteen horse power engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Free trial offer for Dr Miles treatment in Chicago
A newspaper ad promotes Dr Miles treatment for stomach liver heart and nerves. It cites Col EB Spillman of the 9th U.S. Regulars praising the therapy after spending $2,000 on other doctors. It offers $2.50 worth of free treatment from The Dr Miles Association at Adams and State Streets Chicago and asks readers to mention the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Chicago
Col
EB. B. Spillman
U. S
San Diego
Cal
Dr. Franken Miles Association
Adams and
State Sts
Sheriff Locks Door On Merchant Over Sign Incident
A sheriff visited a merchant known as Stubb and Penn to address a doorway sign. He placed a padlock on the door after the sign reading Please Close the Door was noted. The action followed complaints about the doorway window conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubb
Penn
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers Deafness Remedy
An advertisement proclaims deafness arises from Eustachian tube inflammation and cannot be cured by local applications. It claims constitutional treatment, pledges a $100 reward for cured catarrh deafness, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with circulars available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Toe
West Virginia Leads in Oil and Lumber Growth
West Virginia ranks first in oil and lumber production, second in coke, and third in coal. The state has thirty six railroads planned, with eight currently under construction.
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West Virginia
Weather and Mind Menace Violence and Errors
Edwin G. Dexter studies link between weather and behavior noting more assaults in bright weather and more mental mistakes in damp conditions. He suggests bracing air increases energy, raising violence, while gloom lowers spirits and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin G. Dexter
Button Without Thread
A detachable button fastens instantly without needle or cotton and mimics a sewn button. It uses a metal hook as attaching device, thrust through fabric, secured by a locking bar that folds over the hook tip and a spring holds it in place.
Protection from Lightning and the Weather Bureau View
A US Weather Bureau monograph on lightning explains its avalanche like nature and shows that while absolute protection is unlikely unless the structure is a good conductor, substantial protection is achievable. Properly installed rods on chimneys or spires can cut roof risks by up to seventy five percent, with cost and risk considerations guiding whether to install lightning rods on farms hotels schools and public buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Grounding Rules for Lightning Rods and Niagara Illumination
The piece discusses lightning rod sizing and grounding, recommending larger cross section for lower resistance and wet-ground bonding. It notes iron and copper equivalence, prefers flat conductors, warns against useless glass insulators, and stresses grounding at depth. It then describes Niagara Falls illumination for the Buffalo Exposition with tall towers, searchlights, and color changes. It closes with graphite uses in industry and its heat resistance.
Handy Fixing Trough Aids Dark Room Work
A porcelain fixing trough holds six quarter-plate dippers, each plate removable for inspection by transmitted or reflected light without touching it. The device prevents finger soiling and reduces risk of dropping or breaking plates. Details describe celluloid dippers and practical use in photography.
Generous free sample offer from M R Zaegel Co
A Sheboygan based company offers readers two weeks of home treatment samples for free. Readers must include a two cent postage stamp with their request to M R Zaegel & Co P O Box 831 Sheboygan Wisconsin. The ad targets rheumatic, headache, stomach, bowel, liver and kidney issues promising health relief.
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M. R. Zaegel & Company
Sheboygan
Wis
M. R. Zaegel & Co
P. O. Box
Insect-assisted figs hoped to boost American flavor
The article notes Smyrna figs owe flavor to Asiatic insects that fertilize fig trees in Asia Minor. It states the flavor depends on ripe seeds. The agriculture department imported some of these insects from Asia to California last year, hoping they will multiply and improve American figs.
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Smyrna
Asia Minor
Department of Agriculture
Asia
California
Imported bulbs and assorted ads from a vintage page
Readers are invited to request Hulseborch Bros fall catalogue for genuine imported bulbs at low prices. Various one line quotes advertise products and services from coffee sales to cures and land offers, featuring Bright slogans and names like Parisian Coffee Co, Colonial Land Co, Dr Kline, Piso's Cure, Coe's Cough Balsam, and Brown's Teething Cordial with numerous generic promotional lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulseborch Bros
Haglewood
N. J
Economy gas lamp agents seek sale in Chicago ad
The Economy gas lamp offers the only perfect 100 candle power lamp at 25 cents a month with safety proof and a 50 000 in use patent. Oxidized or nickel finish indoor or street lamps price reductions by Economy Gas Lamp Co at 157 LaSalle street Chicago. Landladies in Ann Arbor and female students battle tobacco smoke from college boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economy Gas Lamp Co
LaSalle Street
Chicago
Ann Arbor, Mich
Generals praise Peruna from Wheeler to McEnery
Major General Joseph Wheeler praises Peruna as an excellent tonic and cure for catarrh, joining Senators Sullivan McEnery and Roach in endorsements. McEnery of Louisiana lauds it as an excellent tonic, Sullivan of Mississippi reports relief from catarrh, and Roach of North Dakota says it improves strength and appetite. A free book on catarrh is offered by The Peruna Drug Mfg Co of Columbus Ohio.
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Joseph Wheeler
Santiago
Peruna
Sullivan
Roach
McEnery
United States
S. D. McEnery
Louisiana
New Orleans
W. W Sullivan
Oxford
Miss
W. N. Roach
Larimore
North Dakota
M'f'g Co
Columbus
Ohio
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M’kinley
Automobiles
Ayer
Buckingham
P. Hare & CO
Nasnua
N. M
A.J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Bradstreet
Parisian Coffee Co
Warsons
Kansas
E. W. Grove
Peter
Chetce
Minnesota
Dakotas
Big Stone Lake
Colonial Land Co
Ortonville
Minn
M.H. Baldwin
J. R. Madison
42D Ave
Yi-Ki
Ioc
Yi-Ki Co
Crawfordsville
Tnd
Coe
Brown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emily F. Haas
Freeman St
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia
Pinkham
Jennie Sherman
Fremont, Mich
Waa
Swanson Rheumatic Care Company
Trade-Mar
Swanson E
Branson’s Co
A. Jackson
Kearney
Neb
Ite
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Late Street
Ill
Gen
Joe Wheeler
San Juan Hill
Tale Worm
Worms
Slocum
Finney & Slocum Chicaco
New York
West
C.O.D
W. L. Douglas
Shoes Union
W. I. Douglas
W.L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Mags
Auditorium
Hong Kong
Chinese Sea
Manila Bay
Bay of Manila
Cavite
Sethaf
Hulesbosch Bross
Kalewood
N.J
RED Cross
Hubinger
Southwest
St. L. 3.W
Arkansas
Texas
E. W. Labeaume
St. le
W. Ry
Equitable Building
St. Louis
Adams St
H. Evans
Waah
Aoe
D.C
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