Republican keynote sketches record of four years
In Chicago June 16 Senator J C Burrows as temporary chairman delivered a keynote at the Republican national convention. He highlighted four years of GOP governance, praised progress of departments from agriculture to commerce and labor, and noted tariff and monetary reform aims amid a broad program of industrial growth and fiscal prudence.
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Chicago
J. C. Burrows
Michigan
Republic
Republican Party
National
House of Representatives
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Fairbanks
Republican ‘Party
Burrows
Iis
Stroy
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Department of the Interior
Pension Bureau
Post Office Department
Philippine Islands
National House of Representatives
Monetary Commission
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promoted For Families And Babies
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative for babies and adults. It cites testimonials from mothers and a hotel man, notes availability at druggists, and offers a free sample from Pepsin Syrup Co. The piece also briefly contrasts German domestic labor with English practices and describes a police linked servant registry.
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Dr. Celdwell
Lafe Weathers
Indianapolis
Mattie Crouch
Tiptonville
Tenn
Almon Willis
Jamaica
A. B. Cunningham
Fresno
Calif
Flora Hebrew
Bow Creek
Kan
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
Commander Ham mond Helped Model Japanese Navy
Commander William Frederic Hammond died in Japan. A British seaman who joined Japan’s first naval mission and rose to officer in the Japanese fleet, he helped organize the early navy, trained recruits in gunnery, and served as chief organizer of new ships. He was twice decorated by the Mikado and was the only European to hold the Mikado’s commission.
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William Frederic Hammond
Japan
Navy of
Mikado
Remarkable Cure for Stomach Ailments with Tablets
Stomach and Liver Tablets from Chamberlain have helped many with stomach troubles. One man spent over five thousand dollars on medicines and was cured after using a few boxes. Price 25 cents. Samples free at T. C. Basye.
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Chamberlain
T. C. Basye
Curious Book Titles From the Commonwealth Era
A London Scraps excerpt notes rediscovered titles from a time of sanc timony. It mentions works like John Dances Better Than Peter, Peter Dances Better Than John and five volumes attacking Jesuits. It also recalls A Sigh For the Sinners of Zion and a tavern sign tale about a hole in the wall.
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Commonwealth
John
Peter
Zion
Samuel Fisher
London
Unrequited Genius and a Buttered Bread Idea
A quotation from Epicure notes the unknown genius who spread butter on bread as a superior, universally popular invention beyond the reach of scholars' theories. The remark highlights a simple culinary innovation praised for its practicality and broad appeal.
An Expert Carver
Mme X seeks a new servant skilled in carving with table service. The applicant asserts capability and notes ten years as a surgeon's servant in a dissecting room, claiming full understanding of the trade.
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Mme. X
What sort of steed in days of chivalry
The Baltimore American ponders the era of knights and horses. A witty quip suggests the era’s most popular mount was a knightmare, a playful jab at medieval chivalry and the era’s excesses.
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Baltimore American
Neighborly Suspicion Sparks Quiet Parlor Visit
In a domestic exchange, a neighbor asks if a sister loves Mr. Simpkins. Dora replies the sister lets children stay in the parlor during his calls, implying no romantic affair.
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Mr. Simpkins
Dora
Vague claims of courting trouble for sympathy
The remark suggests many people seek trouble to gain small amounts of sympathy. It hints at a pattern of behavior but provides no specifics about who is involved or where the incidents occurred.
Restaurant Stories and the Fails of Freshness Tales
A New York hotel keeper dismisses vulgar restaurant yarns while recounting diners who misjudge freshness. A waiter clues in on a different guest and the joke shifts to planked shad complaints and a sharklike line about razors for steak customers.
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New York
Little Early Risers Liver Pills Sold by Basye
T C Basye sells B Dewitts Little Early Risers, a famous liver pill product, in this market listing.
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DeWitt
T. C. Basye
Young Sunday School Debate Ends With Quick Word
A pupil Rosie asks if Adam was a baby or a man after the Adam story. Betty replies that God created Adam a big man at once to avoid needing a mother. An advertisement for ManZan Pile Remedy closes the paragraph.
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Adam
Rosie
Betty
Midnight visitor prompts lock impression from New Girl
The London Globe reports a late scene where New Girl boasts a friend has copied the mistress’s lock and is forging a key. She vows not to come downstairs again, signaling a tense domestic moment.
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London Globe
Folklore Quips and Pile Remedy Pitch
A fragmented ad style snippet features a witty remark about a husband and wife and a French proverb. It also hawks an end user remedy Man Zan for piles with a promised guarantee and a price listed as 30e.
Police uncover box with cash and bank book in Le Mans room
Police in Le Mans searched a dead anarchist's room and found a suspicious box. They immersed it in water to test for concealed items and retrieved 3000 dollars in banknotes along with a bank book for 300 dollars.
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le Mans
France
The Man That Made Niagara
A Putnam's Magazine anecdote recounts Roscoe Conkling at the Niagara bridge opening. The famed public figure is mocked as vain a human peacock while others praise him, and a station porter mistakenly claims he built the bridge before correcting himself.
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Niagara
United States
Roscoe Conkling Conkling
America
Conkling
H. Perry Robinson
Putnam's Magazine
Doctor's Bright Idea Lights Up a Horse
A Cleveland Plain Dealer tale recounts veterinary physician Dr George Harvey treating a horse with colic by inserting a tube and igniting gas at its end. The owner, unaware at first, later asked him to repeat the light for his wife to see, saying she’s home now.
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George Harvey
Harvey
Chinese Sun and Moon Legend Turned On Its Head
In a Chinese tale the sun is a younger sister who rules the day and refuses night outings. The elder moon insists the sun stay hidden after dark. To stop people from staring at the sun the moon makes them close their eyes with golden needles, explaining sun sight hurts.
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China
Sothern Interjects During Laura Keene Heated Rehearsal
In New York, during a quarrel with Laura Keene, Sothern coolly interrupted her tirade by stepping into the light and saying he could not bear to see her in a passion, then urged her to continue. The exchange highlights the volatile backstage mood.
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Sothern
Laura Keene
New York
Miss Keene
Laura
Fine old Spanish emeralds explained by history
The phrase fine old Spanish emeralds refers to emeralds brought to Spain after Peru’s conquest. Conquerors carried large loot including emeralds, making the finest stones associated with old Spanish families. The expression now applies to excellent emeralds from any source.
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Spain
Peru
Europe
New York Sun
Do You Believe in Heredity in Double Proof
Mia Simpson asserts Bobby’s traits come from his father while Bobby’s father credits the speaker with his son’s faults in a witty exchange about heredity. The dialogue plays on family traits and mutual blame with quick back and forth lines.
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Mia Simpson
Bobby
Experience as teacher in horse racing lessons
A Washington Star exchange contrasts experience as a teacher with the idea that some bettors endlessly chase postsecondary lessons in betting on horse races. Mrs. Torkins notes the irony while a wise person advocates learning from experience.
Still Cool. Hook I Understand He Married Four Co o
A fragment notes a marriage and a complaint about thawing funds or assets. The text is incomplete but suggests concerns over financial access or distribution tied to a marriage. No clear dates, names, or organizations are readable.
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Hook
Cook
A Green Old Age Swindled After Seventy
A brief dialogue notes a grandfather who lived to a green old age yet endured three swindles after turning seventy, reflecting on aging and resilience in a terse exchange.
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Mabel
Jack
No Need of Suffering from Rheumatism
It is a mistake to let rheumatism become chronic as Cham berlain's Pain Balm can relieve pain and often cure. The relief is worth the cost, aids sleep and rest, and is recommended even for long standing cases. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by T. C. Basye.
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Chamberlain
T. C. Basye
Traits and habits of the African pygmies
A descriptive note portrays pygmies as adept climbers and prayerful people. It recounts a thunder storm prayer and a ceremonial feast where men wear okapi belts and women adornments as they set aside provisions of bananas honey and sweet potatoes for luck in the hunt.
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Maj
Powell-Cotton
Digestive Juices Shape Blood Health and Strength
The text extols natural stomach fluids and their role in creating healthy blood and vigor. It warns that harming digestion weakens health and urges prompt, reliable aid. It promotes Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion, claiming ease of use and guaranteed relief, sold by T. C. Basye.
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T. C. Basye
Effective Repartee in the House of Commons
At about three in the morning Toby notes M P T P O'Connor speaking to a drowsy chamber of 12 to 15 including Sir Patrick O'Brien. O'Connor protests disorderly conduct as O'Brien claims he interrupted to wake the audience with a bow and a quip.
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Toby
M. P
T. P. O’connor
House of Commons
Patrick O’brien
Mr. O'Connor
Patrick
Banana Harvest Labor Flow Through South American Plantations
A banana harvest described from tree to ship shows the fruit passing through at least twelve hands. Native workers lift large bunches onto heads then move them to collection points, load cars, and transfer to the wharf and ship bound for a northern market.
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South America
Kodol Promoted for Digestive Troubles in Summer
An ad urges readers to prevent stomach disorders in hot weather and to take Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims Kodol digests all foods, is pleasant to take, and is sold by T. C. Basye.
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T. C. Basye
One Good Point About Talking to the Dead Scheme
A Chicago News note observes a single advantage in a new scheme for speaking with the dead. The dead must be contacted first and do not appear during busy hours to share their tale of woe.
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Chicago News
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