Woman Pioneering in Africa Faces Harsh Trials
A narrative traces a woman's expedition across Africa from Zanzibar to Kilima Njaro and Lake Tchala. She led 180 men, overcame mutiny, climate scourges, and peril without companions or a doctor, earning the title woman master from natives. An accident later injured her spine during return travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Sheldon
Africa
Mount Kilima- Njaro
Lake Tchala
Sheldon
Gell
Ravn
Mr. Stanley
Zanzibar
Hocanas
Kilima-Njaro
New York Tribune
Sharks, Arson and Free Passes Stirring Circus Tale
A Mammoth allied circus advance agent boasts a scheme using poisoned steaks to lure sharks and secure newspaper coverage. The San Francisco Examiner notes the stunt and an editor’s sharp line about the show harming more than sharks, amid claims of free passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Circus
A. A
Galveston
San Francisco Examiner
A Convalescent Man Dictates as Absolute Ruler
A historical fragment describes a selfish man considered a nuisance under laws, and during convalescence he rules his household from a chair or couch, dictating as an absolute authority to his wife if he has one.
Three Instances of Mind Over Body in Odd Ways
The piece recounts three tales of instinct-like feats. A barefoot American youth leaps at the sight of a rattlesnake, a British observer unknowingly kicks a shoe at a broken window, and a war correspondent dives to the mud at a shell sound, imagining combat needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Win
India
England
Temple Station
Strand
Plevna
London
St. James
Portrait Gallery of New York Merchants at Chamber of Commerce
In the Mutual Life building chamber of commerce a gallery of about 24 old portraits of notable New York merchants draws hundreds of visitors yearly. A rural party visited, asking questions as Secretary George Wilson kindly explained. the spokesman joked about bidding on the Hamilton portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mutual Life Insurance
New York
George Wilson
Alexander Hamilton
New York Times
Revenue-claiming patent medicine advertisement
An old advertisement promotes a skin salve claimed to treat eczema sores chapped hands chilblains corns and other eruptions. It asserts guaranteed satisfaction or money back and lists price and distributor Matthews Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews Bros
Girls Flock to New York City Jobs and Home Aid
The piece examines country girls migrating to New York seeking work amid crowded markets and high living costs. It notes agencies and the Young Women's Christian Association offer limited help, with many applicants lacking urban references and facing costly transits. It highlights occupations, agency scams, and the idea that many women succeed by careful study and self-reliance despite barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
New York City
Young Women's Christian Association
Soren
New York
Working Women's Protective Union
Society Bs
Society For Collection
New York Sun
Prairie tire burner patented in Canada by I C Rice
A Canadian patent issued to I C Rice of Mandan ND describes a prairie burner for destroying waste tires by burning brakes. The device uses gas generating burners in a heavy iron box with an inward draught apron to confine the blaze and push it along ground at about twenty miles per day, costing roughly nineteen to twenty cents per mile. Trailers behind the fire box curb sparks and coals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
I. C. Rice
Mandan
NX. D
New York Telegram
Raw Beef Concentrate Promoted by The Bovinine Company
An advertisement extols raw beef concentrate as unrivalled nutrition that builds muscle and bone and sustains life, claiming it remains in the stomach and satisfies hunger for weeks. It markets to physicians and says the product is sold through druggists in New York by The Bovinine Co.
Gold Medal Winners List From Regional Exposition
Taye & Co and multiple firms across towns like Athertog, Pittaton, Clark Summit, Dalton, Factoryville, and Lake Ariel receive gold medals for products and contributions. Notable names include John McCrindle, Charles Gardner, J. & Hardin, and J. L. Morgan, with several firms named for their achievements in manufacturing and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taye &Co
John McCrindle
Pittaton
W. C
Clark
Dalton
Finn & Bon
Ange Nicholson
J. & Hardin Waverly
N. M. Finn & Son
Tobyhausk
Tobyhanna
Lehigh Lumbar
Branieta & Clemenite
Lake Ariel Bort
Forest City
J. L Morgan Gor
Molt
Ote Ee
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Byron
Mazeppa
New York Ledger
Mody
Cayton
Colombo
Bucklen
Louis Frans
the Grand
Louis
Peng
Distal
Jr Saal
Mountains
Seattle Telegraph
Hit
Detroit Free Press
Radway
Pever
Drucalsts
All Drugota
Radway & CO
Pomon
THE
Bovinine Co
Anti” Review
Eure
Circulartree
AddArosa
VAL Medicine CO
River St
Chicago
Ill
Matthews Brown
Druggista
Scranton
W. L. Douglas
W. L* Douglas
Brockton
Mass
E. J. Leonard
Aureonines
Druwgiate
Conta
Sera Mir
John Phelps
Ebra
Viola
Fole Mat Fia J Ur Pesca
Atthew Bros
John
Ile X
Tribune
the Flour Awards
Caicado
Oot
Washburn, Crosby Co
Washburn
Minneapolis
Megargel
Connell
Tummer
Ecranton
F. P. Price
Washington
Dunmore
F. P. Prics
F. D. Manley
Hyde Park
Coreen & Davis
Joseph A. Moara
Syenns
Creganee
oHala
Hr Soridsanes Pasene & Chappell
Main Avenue
Amy J. Gillespia
W. Market Street
Olyphant
James Sedat
Poo Vibe Nates
Kelaer Pera Ara Winters
Carbondaless
Honesdale
I. Fortae
M. N Lavelle
Louis B. Smith
Parons Oran
Tam
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Capouse Avenue
Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton, Pa
the Bichards Lumber CO
Commonwealth Building
Heart Lake, Susquehanna Co
U. BE. Grofut
Joube
Temperance
Montrose
Montrase
Lackawaans Fallroad
Aix
Moptroaa. Co
Allrondack
Dupont
Wapw
Milla, Law
Terns County
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming
Wyoming Ave
Third National Bank Building
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