Insurance of Lives Clarifies Common Misconceptions
Edward A. Woops argues in defense of life insurance practices addressing surplus, mortality tables, commissions, and public perception. He explains surplus belongs to policy holders as a dividend fund and outlines how exams prevent adverse selection while noting office buildings serve as investments.
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Dispatch
Matthew Marshall
Life Insurance
Mutual Life Insurance Company
England
Carlisle
Pittsburg
Tts
Epward A. Woops
Prussens
Judge Rucker Wins Large Aspen Mine Victory
Judge A W Rucker gains a verdict against Harvey Young J B Wheeler and others for a sixth interest in the Aspen mine at Aspen Cal and a sixth of the mine proceeds since November 1884 totaling over 19000000. The case centers on an option tendered in 1884 and disputed payments. This marks the second trial on the merits.
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Denver
Cot
Peial
A. W. Rucker
District Court Today
Harvey Young
J. B. Wheeler
New York
Aspen
Cal
Allen
Rucker
Young
Kk. Wheeler
Wheeler
Canada’s Militia Under Bowell Promises Reform
Ottawa reports new Militia Minister Mackenzie Bowell vows radical changes to the Dominion’s militia after 13 years under a French-Canadian cabinet, amid protests over minority control and concerns raised by General Herbert’s inquiry into Canada’s defenses.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Mackenzie Bowell
Dominion
Sir Adolph Caron
General Herbert
Great Britain
Adolph Caron
Bowell
Militia Department
Sir Adolph
Smothered in a Fire at 666 East Ohio Street
An orphan boy named Little Joe Wesh was found dead in a burned Allegheny tenement at 666 East Ohio Street. He slept in the baking room of Leopold Zach, the baker, and perished from smoke and gas after being trapped under a bread trough. Zach was rescued after entering the upper floors. A 9 year old girl from George Sherborn's family was also saved by a firefighter.
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Little Joe Wesh
Ohio Street
Allegheny
Joe
Leopold Zach
Zach
George Sherborn
Stomach Bitters Promoted By Health Column
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as powerful for the body. It claims regularity of bowels liver and stomach without griping, improves bile flow, and counters malaria grippe and kidney inactivity with continued use.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Requested From Distiller
Letter from A Maccini of Braddock Pennsylvania dated October 26 189L requests prompt shipment of Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He notes only eighteen dozen remain after selling sixty dozen over two years and reports one customer not fully relieved. He predicts strong sales this winter.
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Braddock
Mecera, Chamberlain & Co
Des Moines
Chamberlain
Tsy AL. Maccini
Strain Brewing Co promotes beer to saloon trade
The Strain Brewing Co advertises to saloon and private trade that they can fill orders promptly and claims its Pilsener and Munich lager are unmatched. It guarantees four and a half months aging and uses high quality hops and malt, listing Corner Main Street and Liberty Avenue as contact points, along with phone 5038. It also promotes Minnochaha flour for bread and a free picture with every dozen cabinets from Hendricks & Co, 68 Federal Street, Allegheny.
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Aletter
Strau
Sears
Munich
Strain Brewin Co
Main Street
Liberty Avenue
Hendricks & Co
Federal Street
Allegheny
Real Estate Savings Bank offers decor services and loans
Real Estate Savings Bank CIM lists at 401 Smithfield Street and Fourth Avenue capital 100000 surplus 75000 deposits from 1 dollar with 4 percent interest. If you want to decorate your house an expert decorator will be sent on application and estimates for finishing complete. Jons S Reserts 719 721 Liberty Street heads the notice.
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Smithfield Street
Cor
Fourth Avenue
Jons S
Liberty Street
Conjurers' Science Explained Tricks With Apples
A guide to party entertainment describes a needle and thread apple trick. An apple is pierced and stitched around its skin, then pulled apart to reveal a concealed cut. Proper technique hides the seams, leaving only a thin skin strip as proof of the break.
The Adhesive Power of Water
An experiment shows water’s meniscus effect using a glass filled to the brim and a stack of nickels placed at the edge. Most observers expect only one or two could fit before overflow, but a larger number can be accommodated due to surface tension.
Conjuring Tricks Explained and Made Easy
The article describes conjuring feats with a felt hat a front-row spectator and a pistol barrel tube. It reveals methods for producing cards from a hat and a vanishing bird cage using sleight of hand and a prearranged confederate.
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Peformer
Card Tricks and Paper Craft Instructions From a Vintage Page
The piece describes a sequence of card tricks using a forcing pack and the chapeau du diable routine. It also provides a detailed method to craft six paper mats from folded tissue in layered colors, with tips on folding, cutting, and assembling decorative centerpieces.
Sweeping a Cent From a Palm Trick
A description of a card trick where a cent placed on the palm cannot be swept away by a brush. The text notes some palms are flat and allow easy removal, but such palms are uncommon.
Poker Night Ends In Mutual Loan Reimbursement
In a downtown hotel private poker game five men including three businessmen a theatrical manager and a physician chased big pots. The theatrical player borrowed $50 from the doctor after going broke, then the doctor went broke and later Wooly repaid the loan saying he hoped the doctor had forgotten it.
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Mysician
Midas
Wooly
Calumny on Billy Florence Sparks Estate Suit Claim
New York reports a San Francisco aspirant Miss Florence Hall plans a suit for a share of actor William J. Florence’s estate claiming to be his illegitimate daughter. New York insiders doubt the claim as part of a scheme, noting Florence’s known character and lack of prior ties to Miss Hall.
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New York
San Francisco
Florence Hall
William Florence
William J. Florence
Florence
Liie
Mr. Florence
Misa Hall
Billy
World Fair Postoffice to Serve 150000 Exhibitors
Plans reveal aPostoffice at the World’s Fair capable of hourly mails for 150000 exhibitors with a staff rivaling Milwaukee’s, estimated between four hundred men. Inspector Stodard arrived in Chitoda to work on details and finalize operations. Philip Hahn, an Allegheny stock dealer, faces jail on a 32000 bail for bigamy after deserting his first wife and three children in Germany. A suit against Hahn’s second wife proceeds with a hearing to follow after her arrest. Also noted is an advertisement urging relief from coughs with D Jaynes Expectorant and a sale on decorative wall patterns at Jon 8 Repeats Liberty street.
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CuHrence
Milwaukee Postoffice
Stodard
Chitoda
Philip Hahn
Allegheny
Susanna Hahn
Philip
Germany
Hahn
No. 2
Hahn No. 2
Peculiar Case Unearthed by Toffee Authorities in Lawrenceville
Officers led by Chief Elliot investigate an old woman named Mrs. Arthur Stansbury found in dire need at 3435 Enler Street. She refused ambulance care, was taken to City Pool, and guards uncovered 16 boxes and 8 trunks filled with antique heirlooms including chinaware and silverware. Her wealthy husband died years ago. no relatives remain.
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Lawrenceville
Elliot
Department of Charities
M. C. Hughes
Thirty Fourth
Butler Streets
Arthur Stansbury
Enler Street
Sre
Plucky Lady Cashier Foils Two Robbers at Boston Firm
In Boston on a January afternoon two armed youths tried to rob the Sawyer Mann Electric Co safe. A fearless cashier wrestled the fleeing robber, spilling much of the loot as a crowd gathered. The pair escaped in a street herdic while the other accomplice fled.
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Boston
Sawyer-Mann Electric Company
Office Building Boom Amid Vacancies on Fourth Avenue
Pittsburg brokers criticize heavy office construction as hundreds of vacant rooms persist due to high taxation. they cite rents and capitalization as reasons for low occupancy and warn landlords to lower yields to attract tenants. In Davenport Iowa burglars loot Union Bank of Wilton of 4000 dollars in cash coins and securities. Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer alerts buyers to genuine products and warn against inferior dealers.
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Pittsburg
Fourth Avenue
Davenport
Union Bank of
Wilton
Here
Pleasures of Memory and the Warner Cure Endorsement
In nostalgic and exhortative prose, the piece praises memory and recalls health recoveries. It cites Annie Jenness Miller and Warner's Safe Cure as a celebrated remedy, urging readers to remember the cures and their benefits to health and happiness.
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America
Annie Jenness Miller
Warner
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Novoryggoror
Judge Rucker
Joe Wesh
Pennsylvania
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Billy Florence
Jon
Head Ave
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Pabst Brewing Co
New York State Superintendent of Insurance
Seport
Vanuaem, Peinge & GD
General Agents
Pittsburg, PA
R. A. Bowes
Fifth Avenue
J. H. Page
Standard Building
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