Curious Politics In Cuban Republic
Havana dispatch reviews Cuban political life around 1900, contrasting Nationalists who seek full independence with Republicans favoring friendly US relations under the Platt amendment. It notes election irregularities, massao’s withdrawal, and post election unity rhetoric, while warning of negro and Hispano attitudes, annexation risk, land prospects, and Cuba’s vast untapped resources and opportunity.
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United States
Palma
Nazareth
Spain
FPR
Cuba
Grenville
M. Dodge
Dodlge
Wood
Knocking in business ads shows a gentler code
Darwin’s view of struggle clashes with a business ethic of live and let live. In major markets like New York Chicago Philadelphia and Boston leading firms form guilds to promote mutual aid and avoid hogging. The piece notes that aggressive knocking remains present in advertising despite the higher proverb of helping others.
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Charles Darwin
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Railway timetable for San Antonio and Aransas Pass area
Train schedules list multiple lines and departures from Houston and San Antonio areas, including the Sap-Katy Flyer and connections to St Louis, Laredo, Mexico, Victoria, Yoakum, Beeville, Corpus Christi, Rockport, and Galveston. Key trains arrive or depart at 5:45 pm 12:15 pm 7:30 am and 9:15 am with various daily and weekend patterns.
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Houston
California
Neill
North
North Texas
St. Louis
Memphis
East
Wau
Santa Fe
South
Laredo
Mexico
Frisco
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Pat Boerne
Kerrville
Cuero
Victoria
Yoakum
Mathis
Alide
Housto
Galveston
Beeville
Corpus Christi
Rockport
Apare
Aliéé
Giddings
Rockdale Chines
Waco
Sunset Depot
Fort Worth
Dallas
Kansas City
Sunset Sapa
Stockdale
Aero Train To Kool Begins Two Daily Colorado Runs
The Denver Road announces two daily through trains from Fort Worth to Colorado starting with departures at 9:45 a.m. and 11:10 p.m. both offering thru coaches sleeping cars and cafe dining on the route to Deaser. Sleeping car available at 9 p.m. each evening.
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Kool
Colorado
Fort Worth
Deaser
Denver Road
Dept. Ft. Worth
Tex
Union Restaurant Extends Palatable Meals at West Commerce
The Union Restaurant at 509 West Commerce street promotes palatable meals and right prices with private dining rooms and a ladies dining room. New phone number 662.
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West
Commerce Street
New
California Fruits Headquarters Ad
California fruits advertise as a headquarters for fresh stock. Reilly Bros. invites orders and promises supply any day with finest stock at low prices.
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California, Fruits
Ancy California Fruits
Reilly, Bros
Business Directory Insertion Offer In The Daily Light
businessmen are urged to place firm names in the Daily Light Business Directory at 12 dollars per year per line, payable one dollar monthly, as the paper claims to be the premier medium to reach home buyers.
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Daily Light
The White Owl Will Soon Hoot Vanguard and Raymon Movements
Emerson's fragment hints at upcoming actions by Vanguard and Raymon groups, with The White Owl mentioned as a forthcoming signal. Details are sparse, but the brief notes imply organized activity or movements linked to named entities in a regional context.
Pocketknife repairs keep old blades alive and valued
A New York Sun survey shows pocketknives are repaired for sentimental and practical reasons. Many owners carry knives for decades, preferring mended handles, fresh blades, or renewed springs rather than replacing them. Some items are so valued that successive repairs can renew a knife until little or nothing of the original remains.
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the Inquirer
Cutler
New York Sun
Curious Medicines From 1731 Almanac Contentions
A fragment from a 1731 publication questions credulity of early chemistry and details a collection of odd remedies. It lists prescriptions for convulsions in children, toothache prevention using tobacco ash, an extreme remedy from a hangman for dysentery, an external throat treatment with mulepedes, and an ailment remedy using bone powdered from a dead man for ague.
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Earl of Cork
R. Boyle
Royal Society
A Little Fish Story From Early Wisconsin Times
A centrist Wisconsin reminiscence recalls finding a large trout stored in a cold warehouse for years. After a fire in 1884, water-filled cellars were drained and 447 speckled trout were recovered, including the orphaned, damaged first fish. The tale is attributed to the Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Junction City
Mill Creek
Wisconsin
Adleer
Sam Carson
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Animal Oddities and Curious Marine Notes From The Era
A miscellany of natural history curiosities notes birds feeding on mosquitoes and gnats, fish age by scale stripes, salmon leaps measured underwater to twenty feet, a Kentucky horse that eats fourteen spring chickens, a weed-dwelling antennarius fish that changes color like a chameleon, and a Brazilian wasp that nests on white pasteboard to evade monkey curiosity.
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Kentucky
Gulf Stream
Brazil
Guiana
Bishop Whipple and the Chippewas Sermon Visit
Early in his career as missionary Whipple journeyed to Indian country to preach to Chippewa Chief Goof Thunder's village. He carried the gossipy mantle of his office and left it unguarded in the chief's tepee. The bishop doubted safety, but Good Thunder assured him a white man was not within three miles.
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Bishop Whipple
Bishop
Advertising for a Mayor in German Method
The Stuttgart observer cites German practice when a city seeks a mayor and places an ad in a Berlin paper. A mayor is likened to a church pastor or corporate president, chosen for youth training and shown to reduce taxes while boosting town improvement, leading to promotion to larger communities.
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M. l. Leitz
Stuttgart
Berlin
Mannheim
New York Tribune
The Mistletoe as a Druidic Christmas Contrib
The mistletoe was a Druidic contribution to Christmas held in high reverence in ancient England. Cutting it involved sacrifice and feasting as a priest ascended a tree with a gold knife to sever the sacred boughs, which fell into a mantle of spotless whiteness.
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England
Wise Boy and Second Boy Debate Bedtime at Docks
A fragment depicts two boys, one preferring to stay out until eight to avoid punishment, the other anxious about going home. The exchange hints at fear of punishment and affection if they stay late, framed as a rough dialogue likely from a juvenile scene.
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Puck
Sapphedde’s Quirky Suffering and Whale Breakfast Plan
The excerpt shows Sapphedde claiming brain fog and a doctor suggesting an unusual remedy. The doctor proposes starting each day with a medium sized whale for breakfast as part of his humorous guidance.
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Sapphedde
Water jet driving piles inspired by a dam shellfish
Engineers borrowed the water jet method to drive piles from a dam adapting the technique to a shellfish that burrows twelve to fourteen inches into hard sand or mud. This analogy links a natural burrowing creature to an engineering process for foundational work.
Crystal shop offers watches and cigars in refined setting
A description of upscale goods at the Crystal shop includes Elgin or Walthaw movement silver watches priced at 86.00, alongside fine wines and cigars with courteous service.
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Elgin
Walthaw
Scots Contend Golf Origin Debate Across Nations
The Scotsman argues golf is a Scottish sport with 1638 Perth poetry cited, while the Dutch claim a Holland start on ice. Bredero’s 17th century verse describes a golfer with ice spurs and a weighted ashen club. The Baltimore Sun notes the evidence does not prove Holland as original home.
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Adamson
Perth
Holland
Bredero
Scotland
Baltimore Sun
Visiting Cards in Korea and Dahomey Traditions
A fragmentary report notes visiting cards in Korea and Dahomey. It mentions cards that measure about a foot and are prepared or shared through carved branches and wooden pieces. The text also references Birnmatra natives using a straw decorated wooden card with a knife.
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Korea
Dahomey
Sydney lighthouse powers brightest beam in world
The Sydney lighthouse carries the most powerful light of any station. It is electric and not 180,000 candle power. The beam can be seen for fifty miles.
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Sydney
It Is Better to Give Than to Receive Conductor Says
A Philadelphia Ree piece quotes a street car conductor remarking that charity matters more than wealth as he assessed a plugged nickel, illustrating a civic ethic in a local column.
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Philadelphia
Fraser and Steichen Summer Suitings Discount
Fraser and Steichen announce a large discount on all summer suitings. The notice lists a street address at 104 Commerce Street for inquiries and purchases.
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Fraser & Steichen
Olive Usia Calluind
Commerce Street
Gobierno of Texas Governor fined for obstructing street
A reader recounts a case where a Texas governor faced a fine for obstructing a street. The police officer fulfilled duty. the governor paid the fine and admitted the officer acted correctly. The piece argues authorities should set examples in upholding the law.
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Cuero
Squires
Texas
Boy Cured of Colic After Doctor Failed
A four year old with persistent colic and stomach cramps improved after morphine injections by a physician failed. Half a teaspoonful of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was given and within thirty minutes the child slept and soon recovered. Reported by R L Wilkins of Shell Lake Wisconsin, a bookkeeper for Shell Lake Lumber Co. Product available from all druggists.
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Chamberlain
R. L. Wilkins
Shell Lake
Wis
Wilkins
Shell Lake Lumber Co
Two Sides of It Modern Physiology on Fatigue
The Jefferson Jimplecate notes that modern physiology links over half of diseases to fatigue from late hours, heavy brain work, and poor air. It argues many fail to recover due to insufficient sleep even as the brainiest and hardest workers remain healthier, showing a paradox in fatigue and health.
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Jefferson Jimplecate
Liver Trouble Cure Ad Promises Clear Skin
The ad touts Dr. King's New Life Pills to regulate the liver and purify the blood. It claims the pills give a clear skin tone, rosy cheeks, and a rich complexion, priced at 25 cents at local druggists F Kalteyer & Sons Geo F Schmitt and Adolph Dreiss.
Fragmented vague text with unclear meaning
The readable fragments discuss Carrizo Water and promises of cleansing the bowels and restoring appetite. The source is garbled and lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to summarize as a news item.
Crystal New Sewing Machines and Secondhand Deals
The Crystal offers fine wines liquors and cigars with polite attention. Secondhand sewing machines available from $3.00 and up at M. J. Wewitt's located at 110 West Commerce Street.
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M. J. Wewitt’s
West Commerce St
Silver King Saloon
W. Commerce
N. Flores Sts
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Manzanillo
Paha
Cuban Central Railroad
Santiago
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Puerto Principe
Caroline Westcott Romney
G. H
Smithville
G. N
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the Union Restaurant
Emerson’s
Sentimentol
Golf
Hig
Chas. Gildemeister
Commerce St
Pfeiffer
Jewel Movement
Muth
Carl Beck
Theo
Artit
WM. Muth, Jr
Seti Bs
Sehoator Chemical Co
PHALA
Hote
Menger Hall
Elite Hotel
Soledad Street
Ernest Sanner
Southern Hotel
J. Loustaunau & P
Bergeron Preps and Managers
Bexar Hotel
Houston St
Bottling Works
North Olive Street
Youngstown
Albert Beitel
R. M. Beitet
Bietel Lumber
Itel Managesa Cessor Eee
Beit, Lumber & Builders’ Hardware
Kerryvill
Weat Camp
L & Ginsr
Fulton Market
Henry Limbureer
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