Typhoid cases in Philadelphia and a push for county split
A Boston article notes DeLome rhymes with tennis, while Philadelphia reports 1,400 typhoid cases in two months due to bad water. Other items include a Willard Temple rename proposal in Chicago, Johnstown seeking a new county, and Treasury data on January exports and imports, plus word of a soft coal strike setup for April 1 and passenger immigration trends.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City
Bureau of Statistics of
Treasury Department
Maine crisis and Spain indemnity precedent in 19th century debate
Opinion argues that if the Maine’s destruction in Havana was caused by a Spanish agent the result demands not only official repudiation but also indemnity to compensate victims and the U S government. Citing precedents from New Orleans Italians and German actions in China, the piece presses Spain to protect guests and contrasts domestic Mugwumps. It ends noting a new anti-toxin pneumonia cure by Brooklyn doctors Elfstrom and Lundbeck.
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Spain
United States
Maine
Scranton Tribune
New Orleans
Germany
China
Havana Harbor
Tims
Brooklyn
Elfstrom
Lundbeck
Europe
Naples
Austria
Kossuth
Hungary
Napoleon I
Nations
England
Hamilton
J. Peter Zenger
America
Erskine
Paine
Thermopyle
Earth
Hell
Thomas Jefferson
1898 Centennials Shape Global Celebrations Across Europe
The year 1898 is marked by multiple jubilees and anniversaries. Huguenot Congress recalling the Edict of Nantes signed in 1598, Irish commemoration of the 1798 uprising, and Vasco da Gama’s cape route discovery quadricentennial are noted, with Lisbon hosting naval ceremonies May 4. Florence, Italy, Holbein’s 400th birth, Leopardi’s 100th birthday in Ancona, and Comte and Michelet centenaries add to a year of historical commemorations.
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Henry IV
France
Ireland
Vasco de Gama
Cape Route
India
Columbus
Portugal
Lisbon
Italy
Switzerland
Florence
Savonarola
Wycklif
Calvin
Luther
Auguste Comte
Comte
Hans Holbein
Ancona
Leopardi
Jules Michelet
European resentment toward American industrial might
A historical reflection questions how Europe responds to Americas dominance in mechanical innovation. It notes American advances such as the electric tele graph telephone electric light sewing machine automatic harvester phonograph and more while asking what Europe has produced to rival them and what the Old World has given in return.
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Europe
Atlantic
United States
England
Germany
France
Austria
Year of state elections marks major political year
Governors and state officers will be chosen in twenty eight states with varied dates from April to November. Congressional elections occur on November 8 in most states, while Oregon holds June 6 and Maine September 12. Senate terms ending March 4, 1899 include Republicans and Democrats with several states selecting silver Republicans or Populists. In Ohio Hanna is re-elected. Maryland pursues a Republican successor to Gorman. Legislative races will largely decide Senate party makeup.
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Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Congress
States
Union
United States
Montana
Ohio
Washington
Utah
Delaware
Florida
Indiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Hanna
Gorman
Yale Moral Standing Is Still Strong, Sun Says
The Sun cites Prof Hadley at a New York alumni dinner to claim Yale remains morally first-rate. It argues hundreds of parents would not send sons there if vice were widespread and notes college graduates show higher moral and physical soundness, endurance, and temperance than society at large.
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Hadley
New York
Yale
The
Sun
the Sun
The Wasteful Poor and Food Costs in Atwater Study
The US Department of Agriculture funded work by Prof. Atwater arguing the poor waste more in food, citing cases of a mother buying jelly instead of bread and a laborer spending 35 cents daily on bread. He says meals could nourish families better for less with cheaper meat, vegetables, oatmeal, and cornmeal cooked properly, reducing illness without higher wages.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Atwater
Prof. Atwater
Manufacturers Open Caracas Sample Warehouse to Boost Trade
The National Association of Manufacturers begins a major step to expand South American trade by establishing a Caracas warehouse stocked with member goods. It will serve as a hub for American buyers and sellers across Venezuela, with American firm agents planning to use it as their headquarters.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Caracas
Venezuela
Grain-O as coffee substitute praises healthful grain drink
Advert says Grain-O replaces coffee today, costing about the same. It is a pure grain beverage suitable for children and adults, resembling Mocha or Java in taste. It claims to be better for the system than a tonic, building up what coffee breaks down. Available at grocers for 15c or 25c.
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Brooklyn
Italy
Venice
Solyman II
Dalmatia
Paris
United States
Horace Greeley
Miss Mobile Dialect Sparks Humorous Exchange
In a comic dialogue Martha explains her husband has inflammatory rheumatism or “exclamatory” rheumatism, while Miss Mobile clarifies terms. Martha insists he does nothing but holler, and the banter ends with a solemn assertion that they’ve found the right description.
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Miss Mobile
Martha
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offer Reward
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo and Truax Watpins Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists attest to Cheney's honesty and financial ability. Cure advertised as taking internally, affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 25 cents per bottle sold by druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Chenty & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Truax
Toedo
O. Watpins
Kinnan & Marvin
Williams Considers renomination in Luzerne district
The Washington correspondent reports that Luzerne leaders and Williams’s allies urge him to seek renomination to Congress from the Twelfth Pennsylvania district. Williams says he will defer to Luzerne Republicans and will enter the fight if they elect him, citing his strong committee work and party loyalty during his term.
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Wilkesbarre Record
Washington
Morgan B. Williams
Williams
Congress
Luzerne
House
Pennsylvania
Republican Congressional Committee
Congressional Committee
Luzerne Republicans
Reed
New York School To Saloon Ratio Noted By State Official
Crarves K Skinner state superintendent of public instruction said in a recent address that New York has one saloon for every 285 people but one school for every 50 persons, a comparison he described as self explaining.
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Crarves K. Skinner
State Superintendent of Public Instruction of
New York
Purchase of Cuba by US mediation gains Washington support
The idea of ending the Cuban war by purchasing independence for Cuba with a US backed bond sum of 100 million grows in Washington. Spain’s mood, autocracy’s failure, and insurgent gains bolster talk of US mediation and a guaranteed bond payment. New York Commer Advertiser finds rising support among Eastern lawmakers.
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Spain
Washington
United States
Madrid
Congress
Cuba
New York Comme Advertiser
Hood's Sarsaparilla Restores Health for Rheumatic Pain
Mrs. A. L. Ogden of Clearfield Pennsylvania reports her husband suffered rheumatism with sleepless nights and crippled hands. After using Hood's Sarsaparilla he recovered enough to rest well at night. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. Mailed for 2 cents by C. L. Hood & Co.
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Hood
A. L. Ogden
Clearfield
C. L. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Excellent remedy praised for neuralgia cure in Baltimore
John H. Jones of Baltimore Tobacco Warehouse No 4 testifies that Salvation Oil relieved his two children from winter neuralgia after a few applications. He calls it an excellent remedy and notes the complete cure.
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John H. Jones
Tobacco Warehouse
Baltimore
Twenty Lost In Wreck Off Nantucket Coast Mystery
Poston Feb 23 There is strong indication the Asia Captain George N Dakin went down with all hands during a northwest gale off Nantucket island. A man and a 10 year old girl were found dead clinging to a mast fragment, believed father and daughter, aboard wreckage later identified as from the Asia. The vessel sailed from Manila for Boston with hemp valued at 11 000 bales.
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Poston
Asia
George N. Dakin
Nantucket
New England
Jason
Cape Cod
Highland Light
Monomoy
Life Saving Patrol
Manila
Philippines
Boston
Henry W. Peabody
Salem
Mass
Consignee
Taylor Bros
St. John
N. B
E. V. McCauley
Asa Hall
McCauley
Reading
Excelsior
Handkerchief Shoal
John Cook
Chatham
Nantucket Sound
Courtney Bay
Two Thousand Sermons Commemorated By Dr Talmage
Washington notes mark of gratitude as Dr Talmage recounts how his sermons reached over 20,000,000 listeners via stenography and syndicates. He credits editors, printers, and the press for broad gospel distribution and urges editors to uphold moral standards amid public demand for sensational reporting.
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American Press Association
Washington
Christendom
America
Louis Klopsch
New York
The Terror Ready For Service
Norfolk February 23 Repairs on the monitor Terror are finished and she is expected to sail for New York at once. Foote Winslow also near completion and ready to leave drydock. Puritan largely finished with one boiler left. Machias to be repaired here. more men ordered. Yard workforce to double by March 1.
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Norfolk
New York
Foote
Winslow
Machias
Poisoned by Chipped Beef In Gouverneur Mystery
Gouverneur New York February 23 John Young his wife and their son James of Natural Dam a lumbering suburb became ill from a mysterious poisoning after eating chipped beef at dinner Monday. Doctors report serious but not hopeless condition and believe the family will recover.
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Gouverneur
N. Y
John Young
James
Natural Dam
Young
Strikers to Return to Work After Wage Deadline
Biddeford Maine Feb 23 operatives in Pepperell and Laconia mills vote to appoint a committee to tell Agent McArthur they will return next Monday if management restores wages to the old schedule on May 1.
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Biddeford
Pepperell and
Laconia Mills
McArthur
Oak Hall Proprietor Shot Dead in Nahant Accident
George W. Simmons a 45 year old Oak Hall clothing house proprietor from Boston was accidentally shot and killed at his Nahant summer residence. He wintered on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. The incident occurred during a visit to the Nahant property.
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Nahant
Mass
George W. Simmons
Oak Hall Clothing House
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Dr Agnew’s Cure for the Heart Promises Quick Heal
An advertisement claims Dr Agnew’s Cure for the Heart dispels acute heart trouble within thirty minutes. Mrs Roadhouse of Williscroft Minnesota writes of intense heart attacks and cold sweats ending in restored health, while S H Rhoades, a boarder, remarks on poverty and crime. The Cheerful Idiot comments on straitened circumstances and crooked behavior.
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Dr. Agnew
Mrs Roadhouse
Williscroft, C
Delightful Relief From Catarrh Testimony
A Buffalo preacher testifies that Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder cured years of catarrh after two months use. He praises the remedy as a blessing and notes complete relief. Sold by A. H. Rhoades.
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A. D Buckiey
Buffalo
Agnew
H. Rhoades
A Sensible Man Uses Kemp's Balsam for Throat and Lungs
A local advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as the better remedy for coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung troubles. The proprietor authorizes druggists to give a free sample bottle to prove its merit. Price 25c and 50c.
Prepare for the coming of Christ like Noah and Rahab
Lord Radstock urges enduring faith and practical preparation for Christ’s return. He calls families to train children, align plans, and shape conduct by the prospect of the unseen, warning against reliance on present earthly stability.
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Christ
Noah
Rahab
Lord Radstock
Be Swift to Love Make Haste to Be Kind Quote
An Amiel Journal excerpt urges urgency in showing love and kindness to those near us, reminding that life is short and time to brighten others is precious. The message emphasizes living with compassion and expressive affection rather than withholding care.
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Amiel
God Like A Mother Watches Over His Children
A Christian leader notes that God mirrors a mother by not only guiding the path of His children but also listening for their cries, offering comforting care and attentive support.
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God
Master’s Call to Service and Brotherly Love
Poem by Mary F. Butte urges readers to hear the Master’s rebuke of selfish ambition. It contrasts proud daily strivers with the claim that true greatness comes from serving others. The verse places the Master with the weary and fettered, promising that helping a needy brother is akin to serving the divine.
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Mary F. Butte
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