Longest stone bridge in the world at Rockville
The Pennsylvania Railroad unveils a massive stone bridge near Rockville spanning the Susquehanna with four tracks for two passenger and two freight trains. It rests between Dauphin and Perry counties, uses Cambria county stone, 48 piers and arches, fifty feet wide, costing $1,000,000 and built by 300 workers since April 1900. It notes 2,000 Mormon proselyters worldwide.
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Rockville
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Dauphin County
Perry County
Juniata
Cambria County
Great Poet's Monument Inaugurated At Montmartre Cemetery
Monu ment of Heinrich Heine in Carrara marble unveiled in Montmartre cemetery France. Danish sculptor Hasselius featured Heine in later years with a butterfly and lyre motif. Inscriptions honor Vienna and Heine with verses about resting places and divine company.
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Heinrich Heine
Montmartre
France
Elizabeth of
Austria
Hasselius
Vienna
Heine
Heime
Laure
Wien
Florida Monster Slain By Everglades Hunter
Buster Ferrel, a famed Okeechover hunter, killed an immense serpent in the Everglades after a two day stand in a tree. He found the dead carcass four days later, kept the head, plans to skeletonize it and send to the Smithsonian. Scientists deem the creature not a land serpent. The piece ends noting England’s trend of fashionable women being photographed as moving pictures.
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Bragon
Lower Everglades
Lake Okechobee
Everglades
Buster Ferrel
Okechover
Wis
Idnecome
Ferrel
Tured
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
England
Women Sign Petition Against New Saloon Opening
In South River New Jersey women oppose a Tsan Willetts plan to open a drinking resort. He has drawn up a lengthy petition with all signers being women, challenging the proliferation of saloons in the town.
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South River
N. J
Tsan
Willetts
Wealthy man crafts stone coffins for preservation
Samuel Snell of Holyoke Massachusetts at 72 pursues a strange hobby making and selling stone coffins. In twenty five years he has built and disposed of over 100 with the belief they keep the body well preserved after burial.
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Seek
Samuel Snell
Holyoke
Mess
Dresbach couple’s ten children born with extra fingers and toes
Mr and Mrs Zaccheus Gaskill of Dresbach Minnesota raise ten children. Five have twelve fingers and twelve toes while the others have six toes and the normal number of fingers. The pattern alternates with age among the offspring.
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Zaccheus Gaskill
Dresbach
Minn
Symes Cast Revival Sparks Medical Inquiry in Wright City
Wright City Missouri December reports credit Joseph G Symes with relief from inflammatory rheumatism after using six boxes of Dodd s Kidney Pills. Doctors call his rapid healing remarkable as he returns to work and sleeps through the night.
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Wright City
Joseph G. Symes
Dodd
Five-Thousand-Pound Pomeranian Presented to Queen
Lady Barnett presented to Queen Alexandra a Pomeranian weighing a pound and a half valued at five thousand pounds. The gift highlights royal canine elegance and wealth amid courtly patronage.
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Barnett
Queen Alexandra
Alaska tribes numbering 29526 rise by 4182 in decade
The native Indian tribes of Alaska total 29526, showing an increase of 4182 over ten years. The report cites The Kuss Company of South Gend and references THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue and Lurre 207 package 5 cots.
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Red Cross
Kuss Company
South Gend
Inn
Alaska
Vienna School Teaches French in Three Year Course
A Vienna school offers a three year course for walters. The curriculum includes French among its subjects.
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Vienna
Walters
Nothing Would Surprise Some People More Than Prayer Answered
A reflective line noting that for some individuals unexpected outcomes align with their prayers being granted, highlighting a blend of faith and surprise without specific events or figures.
Cheney & Co. oath as senior partners in Toledo firm
Frank J. Cheney and the firm of FJ Cheney & Co claim to pay one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document, dated 1834, shows sworn oath before A W Gleason Notary Public in Toledo Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials solicited. Sold by druggists.
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Crry
Toledo
Lucas Court
Frank J. Cheney
Orm
FL J. Cheney &Co
Mainess
Hall
J. Chexey
A.D
San
Gleason
Notars Public
Tialt
Iren FJ
Cheney & CO
Esi
Not in the trust slogan used to sell inferior starch
The piece warns against merchants claiming they are not in a trust while selling inferior goods. It lauds Defiance Starch of Defiance, Nebraska, and Magnetic Starch Co. of Omaha for honest products. It claims their starch is the best and sells 16 ounces for ten cents, urging shoppers to ask their grocer.
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Defiance Starch Company
McCord-Brady Co
Omaha
Raymond Bros. & Clarke
Lincoln
Paxton & Gallagher
Allen's Foot Ease advertisement from a 19th century notebook
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder for tired cold damp feet. It claims relief from chilblains sweating sore feet and tight shoes and offers free samples. Sold by druggists and shoe stores, five cents. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Defiance Starch Fares Against Starch Brands
An advertisement asserts Defiance Starch surpasses Cold Water Starch, offering 16 oz per package at similar price to 12 oz. rivals. It claims long proven efficacy for pain and coughs, citing endorsements and years of use. Also notes France's annual wheat consumption at 346 236 000 bushels.
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France
Larger school buildings required for Western Canada growth
Population influx into Manitoba Assiniboia Saskatchewan and Alberta drives need for bigger schools. Many new buildings sit half-occupied signaling faith in immigration and expansion, with free homestead laws and cheap lands attracting settlers as government agents publicize opportunities. An advertisement for Doper treatment by H H Green’s Sons appears amid note on diversities in truth.
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Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Government of Canada
To Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromotruinine Tablets
An ad claims a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromotruinine Tablets with money back guarantees from all druggists. The copy endorses industrial work as the true furniture of life.
Defience Starch Delivers Lasting, Superior Results
Discover Defience starch for durable, long lasting results. It resists shaking out and blowing away, providing better performance and more value with one third more product for the same price.
France’s Grand Opera House and National Library Highlight World’s Largest
France houses the world’s largest theater and library. Paris Opera House spans 2% acres with a 14 year build and £1,440,000 spent. Statues crown the façade while gilded interiors feature a grand foyer 187 by 43 feet. The Bibliotheque Nationale, founded 1595, holds millions of volumes, maps, manuscripts, coins, and engravings, with copies of every printed book.
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France
Paris
Apollo
Rameau
Gluck
Handel
The
Republic
Bibliotheque Nationale
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