Soldier of Fortune Henry H Greyson Dies in Philadelphia
Henry H Greyson, described as a soldier of fortune for fighting, mining, and exploring across South Africa, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines, died in a Philadelphia hospital. The piece notes his varied exploits and suggests such adventurers may be relics of a vanishing era.
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Henry H. Greyson
Philadelphia
South Afria
Brazil
Mexico
Philippines
Greyson
Shieel
Cure For Earache Tall Recruit In Wartime Tale
A wartime anecdote recalls a tall recruit suffering an earache and asking for treatment. A corporal recalls applying guncotton in the ear, a remedy not seen since. Chicago News reports this terse medical misadventure amid military life.
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Chicago News
New Girl Scores In Creasing Wousers, Not Cooking
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet notes a new girl who proves adept at creasing Wousers, despite a harsh verdict on her cooking. The lighthearted exchange contrasts a wretched cook with surprising skill in a quirky task.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Spanish residents in Cuba pledge allegiance under Paris treaty terms
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn cites a report via Governor General Wood showing that 66 369 Spanish residents in Cuba remain loyal to the Spanish crown under Article IX of the Paris peace treaty.
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Meiklejohn
Siege of Plevna Defied Odds and Held Fortress
The garrison at Plevun under Osman Pasha withstood a nearly fifty to one Russian siege from Sept 7 to Dec 10. They survived twelve weeks without food and, after their last rye grain, attempted a breakout. A patrol wagon in A O uses an automobile with top speed of twenty five miles per hour, costs 2300 dollars, and may pay for itself in four years by saving horse care.
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Plevns
Plevun
Osman Pasha
Heaven
Christ
Palestine
John Calvin
Paul
God
London
Calvin
Lazarus
Sean
Atis
Gol
Urs
Gates Ang
Valestine
Joppa
Holy Land
Srougu
Witter
Agus L
Casaan
Palestina
Gained 45 Pounds After Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
A letter from Mrs. A Tolle of Philadelphia praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring health after severe headaches backache and uterine issues. She claims weight increased from 95 to 140 pounds after eight bottles and calls Pinkham’s supporters “from grateful women.”
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Lydia £. Pinkham
Loose Him and Let Him Go in Dr Talmage Sermon
The sermon argues against rigid creeds and urges modernizing faith to free believers from metaphorical grave clothes. It uses Lazarus as a symbol for liberation through Christ, urging Christians to abandon outdated doctrinal constraints and embrace a living gospel.
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Joyrigh
Jordan
Dead Sea
Bethany
Jesus
Lazarus
Martha
Lee
Fred
Homblesus
Nan
Christ
Notian
John Calvin
John
Turing
Angel Throw Iis
Tetterine Promises Cure For Skin Ailments
An advertisement touts a 50c box of Tetterine from J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah. It claims rapid relief from skin eruptions and a sense of uncleanness, urging readers to try the product with stamps or purchase at a druggist.
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J. T. Shuptrine
Bavannab
Stamp and envelope mischief tests postal contract
A man and a lawyer debate altering an affixed postage stamp by cutting it from a damaged envelope and reusing it. The Washington Star notes that if the stamp is genuine and adhesive, the government remains obliged to deliver the letter once mailed, even with a piece of old envelope attached.
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Washington Star
Soldiers as Children in Army Hospitals
The medical view compares soldiers to children in health, noting common diseases in army hospitals such as measles scarlet fever diphtheria mumps and whooping cough. Earl Rus, newly married in Reno with a London wife, returns home facing likely no bigamy trial.
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Children's Hospital
Earl Rus
Reno
Nev
London
Quack Medicines and Remedies Featured in Local Ads
A collage of patent medicine claims and product pitches includes Laxanoz Bromo Quinine tablets promising a cure for colds, Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer, Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer trial bottle, Carter’s Ink boast, Grove’s Cholera/Fever remedy, Allen’s Foot-Ease shoe powder, and a note of a free medical dispensary opened in Chinatown San Francisco.
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Dr. Kline
Br. KR. H. Kuise, Ltd
N. F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Chinatown
San Francisco
Primitive Telegraphy and the Native Rummers of South Africa
A fragment discusses native African messengers in South Africa using shouting from hill to hill as an early telegraph system. It claims messages are passed without alteration from first to last sender and notes white traders and banks in the background. A printer’s ad for German Kali appears at the end.
Cowboy Blacksmithing at Four Peaks Camp Chronicle
Jim Bark recalls Cowboys near Four Peaks using new smokeless powder Winchesters to test firepower and a novel repair method. His tale mentions salvaging wagon tires with a 50 caliber bullet to punch belt holes, a quirky blacksmithing moment amid frontier life. The piece ends noting Lord Hylton as a surviving officer of the Ulklava charge.
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Four Peaks
Jim Bark
Flinders
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Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
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Maude
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New York
Greensboro
Tobbacco
Hani
Fin
Cooper Marble Works
Raleigh, N.C
Lord Hylton
United States
Canada
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Broadway
New York City
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Mass
Gib-On-Stewart Mpg. CO
Gibsonia
Ee Boien
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Deiszee Ter Us
H. Geedn
Allants
York Ch
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Sareston
Memphis
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Austell
Atlanta
Rock Hill
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