Various 1900s News Bits Mention Stabbings and Lightning
Fragmented items report a stabbing after mass in Salisbury Missouri. A St. Louis merchant was struck by lightning and killed. Royal audience granted to British officials by the Japanese emperor. Brooklyn Bridge towers unfurled flags for its 25th anniversary. White Star line plans a cadet ship for training. A second bribery trial underway in St. Louis. A New York Hippodrome clown dies from a slapstick accident. Post office fines deemed illegal and to be remitted. Isthmian Canal Commission posts report shows record canal post office business.
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Sir Mearth Lambton
Archibald Taggart
New York
Isthmian Canal Commission Division of Posts, Customs and Revenues
Washington
Canal
Steamer Seminole Runs Aground In Dense Fog
The Clyde line steamer Seminole bound for New York from San Domingo and West Indian ports ran aground off Pleasant S Point Long Branch New Jersey in heavy fog Monday. She rested in about 12 fathoms near the beach with two lifesaving crews aiding and the wrecking tug Rescue standing by to float her if feasible.
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Long Branch
N. J
Clyde Line
New York
San Domingo
West Indian Ports
Pleasant S Point
Markets Report Mixed Prices on Flour Wheat and Corn
Chicago May 25 prices show flour steady with various grades listed. Wheat futures firm with July and September noted, corn steady to lower on May settle. Butter eggs and potatoes quoted with multiple quality levels and packaging notes for retail and dairy trades.
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Ticago
Minnesota
New York
Livestock prices in Chicago and Omaha markets
May 2 market report shows cattle and hog prices with ranges across grades and weights. Highlights include prime cows, steers, yearlings, and canners in Chicago demand, plus hogs and sheep trends, with Omaha figures for cattle, hogs, and calves.
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Chicago
Wmeath
Omaha
Neb
Weber
Texas
Wothers
The Change Meeting Between Lovers at the Corner
A young couple on a city corner quarrel about punctuality and fate. The girl in a brown veil and the young man in college colors exchange barbs and threats to explain delays. Their tension yields to shared confessions as they walk together toward their unknown next act.
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Harvey
Mabel
Harry
Chicago Daily News
Epic Seattle to Chicago Walk Nets $1500 Prize
William Jackson and R T Hay complete a 2450 mile trek in ninety days despite harsh conditions. They start with five dollars, earn their way, and arrive near the time limit to win a Seattle Athletic Club purse. Mayer shoes reportedly endured the journey without a stitch torn. The piece also shares anecdotes from Mrs. Henry W Cole and a humorous infant tale about Freddy and signs.
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William Jackson
R. T. Hay
Seattle
Chicago
Seattle Athletic Club
Jackson
Hay
Mayer
F. Mayer Boot & Shoo Co
Milwaukee
Soft Answer Quoted by Tillman at Washington Banquet
Senator Tillman recited humorous defense of calmness and restraint at a Washington banquet. He cited an old South Carolina deacon's advice to keep temper in check, arguing a soft answer can quell anger and avoid hypocrisy.
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Tillman
Washington
South Carolina
Pusson
Ullus
Sonny
Preparation for Knowledge Insightful quote from Emerson
A reflection on readiness to learn noting that without proper preparation a person cannot grasp new ideas. It argues that perception unfolds with mental ripening and timing, comparing it to a chemist revealing secrets to a carpenter and the need for the right moment to see truths that were once unseen.
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Emerson
Doctor Praises Grape-Nuts As Ideal Food
A physician advocates Grape-Nuts as a perfect food, citing personal relief from malnutrition and heart palpitations after using the cereal with cow's milk. He claims it supports a rational scientific feeding system and urges readers to try it, noting genuine letters appear periodically for public interest.
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Wellville
Don’t Poison Baby Castoria Warning Card
Forty years ago mothers gave paregoric or laudanum to help babies sleep. Narcotics from opium harmed children. doctors and druggists must label poisons and avoid giving narcotics to kids. Castoria contains no narcotics if it bears Chas. H. Fletcher signature.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Chas. Fi. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Chicago
Alexander E. Mintio
Cleveland
Oho
J. 8
Alexander
Omaha
Neb
J. A. McClellan
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
OC. H. Glidden
St. Paul, Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boarman
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn, N. Y
Changed Conditions. Poet to farmer in dialect scene
A fragmentary exchange between a poet and a farmer portrays a vivid rural prospect and the plowman’s shout. The farmer notes a stubborn mule from a beer wagon era, and a language barrier with German dialects adds humor.
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Atlanta
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised to cure foot pain
In 2 PInch a powder Allen's Foot-Ease claims to cure painful smarting feet ingrowing nails and sweating feet. It promises comfort, easy shoe wear, and is sold by druggists for 26c with trial pack advertised. The Little Things joke follows a doctor warning and a patient quip about managing a large blended stepfamily.
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Allen
Pris
A. & Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
A Most Delicloan Dessert in Coffee Jelly
An 10 cent Plymouth Rock Coffee Jelly Compound promotion invites readers to mix with boiling water and serve with sugar and cream. Claims include pure sugar coffee and gelatine, with mail order option if grocers fail to stock it. Also contains assorted ad copy for cosmetics and medicines amid older marketing phrasing.
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Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co
Boston
Maya
Miso Aerts
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Wittering Chumber
TRAPP
Boulder Cam Lands
Keel Springs
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