Electricity boosts seacoast lights to three million candles
The text notes electricity increases coastal illumination to 3,000,000 candles, surpassing the Doty oil lamp’s 64,000 candle strength. It adds context on older lighting and notable figures like President David Starr Jordan sailing to Samoa for a summer study with his family, and Prof. Virchow’s long, influential medical career beginning with a Typhus mission in upper Silesia.
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David Starr Jordan
Btanford University
Samoa
Fish Commission
Jordan
South Sea Islands
Virchow
Upper
Silesia
Europe
Oldest bank president in U S keeps desk each day
David Crosby Foster of Poughkeepsie New York, aged 93, is believed to be the nation’s oldest active bank president. He was elected director in 1856 and became president on July 1 1877. He works daily except bad weather, staying until 3 pm. Bridget Lawler of Boston left nearly 8000 cash after death. sister declines inheritance in favor of two nieces. Roosevelt’s future Texas history will center on the Texan Revolution and may include a visit to Temple with Dr. Alexander Dienst. Paderewski, a successful investor, earns over 10000 yearly and holds shares in a piano firm and a Warsaw hotel.
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David Crosby Foster
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Bridget Lawler
Boston
Ann Lawler
Texas
Roosevelt
Temple
Tex
Alexander Dienst
Pedestrian therapeutics and austrian law contrasts
A colonial tone notes that Austrian women evade criminal labeling and prison, often ending in convent life. It cites a physician linking patient diagnosis to walk, showing toes, knees and health signs. Abner Crossman completes frescoing of Kansas statehouse dome in Topeka at about $7,600 with four large allegorical murals.
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Austria
Abner Crossman
State House
Topeka
Kas
Kansas Capitol
Washington, D.C
Paper traveling bag replaces straw valise in fashion
The article notes changes in luggage, with straw valises shrinking to mere ounces, now superseded by a paper traveling bag from a Pennsylvania inventor. It is collapsible when empty, packing flat for storage or shipment. The piece highlights evolving designs making travel gear more handy.
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Pennsylvania
Sail Powered Trams Rise From Coast To Andes In Chile
A Chilean railway on Ferro Carril Tallal climbs a coastal gradient of sixty miles to the Andes. A constant inland wind for six hours drives trolleys fitted with sails to ascend the slope, then gravity drags them back to the coast. The author notes the novelty versus traditional tram methods.
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Andes
Cummins Defines Tariff Stand and Trust Policy
Governor A B Cummins states his position on tariff and trusts urging the coming Republican state convention to reaffirm last year’s platform. The report also covers George E Roberts taking control of the Iowa State Register, funds raised for a Canton McKinley monument, and various Iowa public notices. It notes new state building plans at Glenwood, a new supreme judge Charles A Bishop, and other state items including education, militia camps, and hospital leadership changes.
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Bishop
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
George E. Roberts
McKinley
United States Mint
Iowa State Register
Clarksons
Iowa
President McKinley
Canton
Blackhawk County
C.A. Wise
Woodbury County
Cummins
State Board of Control
Glenwood
P. A. Goyer
Institution
Copnell Bluffs
Elf
Bagg
Cherokee
the Times
Baker& Kavanaugh
Baker
Given
Polk County
Drake
Spurrier
Supreme Court
Gen. Baker
Stone
Railroad Commissioner
Gov. Larrabee
Turney
Delia M. Dow
Alice Lyman
Waterloo
J. G. van Ness
Mason City
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Archery for Girls as a Summer Recreation
Archery offers girls a new outdoor hobby with a bow and arrows as a summer delight. Bows for girls range 20 to 35 pounds, arrows about 25 inches, and proper instruction helps form good shooting habits. A skilled friend or a how to book can teach the correct positions and techniques, reducing the learning curve and cost when shared among several enthusiasts.
Grandpa and Bennie Hear Planting Time Chorus
In a rural scene Bennie and Grandpa pause while a singing voice overhead urges planting. Grandpa explains Mr Thrush is early and knows planting time, as Bennie looks up startled seeking the source of the mysterious urging.
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Bennie
Grandpa
Mr. Thrush
Helen M. Richardson
Experimental toy with walnut and hazelnuts
The Louisville Courier-Journal describes a toy construction using a walnut and two hazelnuts linked by straw, with holes bored to allow water flow. A cork balances the assembly and water pressure causes rotation, illustrating a simple powered mechanism.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Step in anywhere there’s fighting all along the line
An anecdote recalls Sheridan’s command during Civil War battles as two workers struggle to stop a heavy machine sliding backward after a rope parts. A bystander offers help with “Grab hold anywhere,” and another responder steps in, echoing that war-time striving spirit.
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Sheridan
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertisement
Mrs D Arnold writes of relief from a womb tumor after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for twelve bottles. The letter urges women with menstrual and uterine issues to try the remedy, claiming life-saving health benefits and warning against other medicines.
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D. Arnold
Lydly Pinkham
Far off Provinces and Their Peculiar Traits
A compact survey notes England’s long beer tax history eight centuries, Java bamboo poison uses, Sakhalin forests, and Hindu poverty in India with weekly incomes barely half a dollar. It also observes Chinese thrift and the long life of cheap Chinese goods, plus a skeptical view of goods from China for American use.
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England
Java
Sakhalin
Russia
China
Kidney Pills Restore Man From Kidney Disease
Bland Mo June 30 F B Crider recounts a gradual kidney illness with back pains. After trying various treatments he took Dodds Kidney Pills and improved from the first use, claiming full cure and calling Dodds the only medicine that helped.
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Bland
F. B. Crider
Dodd
Dadd
Reparation, Customer Seeks Tea Spill Complaint
A customer complains to the head waiter about a clumsy spill of tea down his back during service. The scene includes stern instructions to a waiter and references to Draughon’s Business College offering courses and summer rates, with notes on correspondence for a catalogue.
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Hallal
London
Draughon
Sollee
Draughos
Ashville
Atlanta
St. Louis
Sir Montgomery Ft. Worth
Galveston de Rock
Doubtful Recommendations and Odd Travel Deals
A fragment report combines quirky quotes and travel offers. It includes a comic exchange about dental work, then lists low fare round trips from Chicago via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern to destinations like Portland Maine Providence Rhode Island and Norfolk with dates in July and August.
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Lake Shore
Michigan
Portland
Maine
Providence
Rhode Island
Bot Daly
Chicago
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