English philanthropist Cassett praised for 1 million gift plan
The article notes Sir Ernest Cassett facing a one million dollar bequest from Edward for charitable use to establish a sanitarium for consumptives. It contrasts Cassett with Andrew Carnegie, praising Cassett’s rise from German-born baker’s son to London financier and knight. It cites Cassett’s role in 1850 reforms and honors from Britain, Norway, and Sweden.
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Sir Ernest Cassett
Edward
England
Carnegie
Casset
Spectator
Oxford
Cambridge
Sir Ernest Cassect
Cologne
Sir Ernest
London
Piies
Atlantic & Great Western Rental
Atlantic First Leased Lines Rental Trust
St. Michael and St. George
Norway
Sweden
Balser Seed Co Expands Potato Land Holdings
John A Balser Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin adds 21 000 acres of prime potato land to its holdings. President Henry A Salzer explains the new land will fuel vast potato production, creating miles of potatoes.
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John A Balser Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Henry A. Salzer
Timothy and
Patt
John A. Salzed Seed Co
P la Grosse
Centerville Sees Slow Growth Near Bull Run Battlefield
Centerville, near the Bull Run battlefields, has added only two houses in four decades. The village’s famed hotel used as General McDowell’s headquarters is now deserted and decaying.
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Centerville
Bull Run Battlefields
General McDowell
Arrheia Tea Herb Cure Promoted Amid Wild Claims
A Hartford City Indiana man offers $10 for the return of his estray wife showing a bizarre reward amid a health remedy pitch. The ad extols Arrheia Tea as a natural cure purifying blood and aiding digestion, claiming universal praise and appeal to all ages.
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Brook
N.Y
Hartford City
Indiana
Mary the Inn A Story of English Life Chapter VI
In a Yorkshire inn the unfolding romance centers on Mary Lockwood and Jack Meadows. Jack confesses deep love for Mary after misreading her signals while she is drawn to the aristocratic Dick Parker. Mary, though fond, rejects marriage to Jack, while Parker courts her openly as Morley and Bellingham observe. The chapter ends with Parker and Mary growing closer as Jack faces a bleak future.
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Mary
Jack
Jack Meadows
Richard Parker
Mary Lockwood
Dick Parker
Morley
Old Taylor
Parker
Yorkshire
Bellingham
Low Countries
London
Mr. Taylor
Wilson
Squire Bellingham
Old Morley
Tom
Taylor
Harrogate
Abbey
Kirkstall
Office chatter and ribbing quoted in papers
A humorous exchange from Stenographer and Bookkeeper about church and worship sparks wordplay, with Billings recalling remarks and Twillinger noting a pun on monkey wrench, as reported by regional papers.
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Somerville Journal
Krupp’s Essen Plant Shows Thrift by Pin Making
Krupp's huge Essen steel works in Rhenish Prussia employs over twenty thousand workers and pays weekly wages between $200 400 and $250 000. To save money the firm began producing its own pins in 1876 after high costs for pins were revealed. A new method uses vertical wire tips fused by electricity to form pin heads, enabling mass production at lower cost.
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Skrupp
Essen
Rhenish
Prussia
Much Gold in Australian Mines
Western Australia is described as a land of vast gold wealth with patches of rich deposits scattered across the state. Estimates claim the gold fields cover about 324000 square miles, roughly one third of the colony's area, highlighting extensive mineral riches and exploration momentum.
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Western Australia
Is Both First and Last House In England
The building known as the first and last house in England sits at Senner near Land's End in Cornwall. A swinging sign proclaims it the last house in England though a cottage now lies closer to the cliffs, a shift that underlines the landlord’s use of signage for publicity. The tale hints at the romance behind England’s famed tavern names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
England
Senner
Land's End
Cornwall
Farming in Colorado Requires Water Right and Labor
The piece argues farming success in Colorado hinges on wine land water rights and debt-free canals plus capable workers. It credits Romero Irrigation for the first three and notes surveying by J. C. Ulrich and canal work by Homer Neel, urging interested readers to request pamphlets from Zeph. Chas Felt in Denver.
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Colorado
Romero Irrigation Company
J. C. Ulrich
Homer Neel
Zeph
Chas
Felt
Bos@n
Denver
Toothsome Acorns In Spain Hint at Golden Age Diets
A London Exchange note discusses Spanish acorns two and a half inches long praised for flavor and used to fatten pigs that supply prized hams. It cites Don Quixote country lore, Sancho Panza’s wife sending acorns as natural commodities, and muses on English settlement and anglicization of Spain’s countryside and farming appeal.
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Spain
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
Europe
Carpathian
Hungary
London Exchange
Great X Ray Machine by Dr White in Allegheny
Dr R T White of Allegheny unveils the largest X ray apparatus with twenty six 30 inch plates driven by a two horsepower motor. It operates at 1 000 000 volts with a 22 inch spark. The Bellevue NY machine has 16 plates. Plant cost around 5000 dollar. White aims to cut exposures from 30 minutes to 3 4 minutes and conduct skin disease and cancer research.
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R. T. White
Allegheny
Bellevue Hospital
New York
White
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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