Spain's fleet and New York bombardment risks analyzed
A Madrid cable story weighs whether Spain could bombard New York from the Narrows and lower bay. It assesses routes, fortifications at Sandy Hook and Rockaway, ship drafts, gun ranges, and the odds of the fleet reaching within range to shell Brooklyn and Manhattan.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Sandy Trook
New York
New Yord
Fort Slocum
Pelhama
Fort Schuyler
Willet’s Point
Spain
New York Harbor
Rockaway
Sandy Hawk
Coney Island
Vizcaya
Sandy Hook
Narrows
Iowa
Indiana
Callao
Alfonso X
York
Long Ye
Romer Shoal
Sandy Stook
Sandy Lock
Lower
Hamilton
Wadsworth
City Hall
Illinois Hermit Tends Island Farm Beside Belleview
A 73 year old immigrant from Pomerania lives alone on a slough island in the Mississippi near Bellevue Illinois. Gottlieb Leitsof tends 90 acres across two farms, using a self made plow and hand labor to grow crops and raise poultry. His lone hut is surrounded by water and thick brush, reachable only by boat. His daughter pleads for him to live with her, but he remains on the island, content with solitude and daily farm work.
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Amto
Bellevue
Gotlieb Leitsof
Pomerania
Prussia
Austria
Tlinois
Jo Daviess County
Mississippi
Warld
Trial sizes offered for stomach relief by Burns
A fragment notes an offer of trial size and larger bottles of a stomach relief remedy by L. Burns. The text references Dr. Sind and Thrasvils with claims of relief, urging people to consider the product as a remedy for stomach troubles.
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Thrasvils
Dr. Cal Beers
Sycup Ponsin
Honamd
Ord
Tyne
Ibis
Ee L. Burns
A Clever Boy Wins Diploma At Mechanics Institute
Willie Larson, a 98 year old San Francisco boy, is the only recipient to win a diploma from the Mechanics Institute. He crafted a large carved black walnut clock shown at the institute exposition.
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Willie Larson
San Irancisco Jad
The
Mechanics’ Institute
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Reminder on Health and Remedies From Local Advertisers
A old column notes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin promising health restoration for digestive troubles. L Burns promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm for back pain, rheumatism and injuries, with L Farley of Liberty Hill GA endorsing its soothing properties.
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L. F. Farley
Liberty Hill
Gaie
Chamberlain
L. Burns
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Gains Huge Sales
The United States buys Cascarets at two million boxes yearly and expects three million before New Year. The ad touts Cascarets as the delightful year round regulator with a cure guaranteed and available from druggists in 10 25 and 50 cent sizes.
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United States
Local man cured of long-standing dysentery with remedy
Mr Julia Peterson of Patentville Kansas suffered eighteen months from dysentery and consulted three New Orleans doctors and many medicines with little relief. After trying Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, three doses permanently cured him. Merchant Wi McNamara, a friend of Peterson, attests to the cure. Remedy sold by L Burns.
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Julia Peterson
Patentville
New Orleans
Chamberlain
Wi McNamara
Peterson
L. Burns
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