Queer death by own action in Alaska on White Pass line
The startling death of John Daly of Cowley near Bennett on the White Pass and Yukon line stunned Skagway as the Dolphin headed south. He killed himself by slipping through a creek hole and diving under ice, then suffocating deliberately. He removed his hat and forced his body under thick ice, scarifying his shoulders in the effort. Mimi the elephant nurses a trainer's baby, rocking the cradle. Thirteen Broken Mirrors-Wow about Chaudron Peyton’s mirrors in a large import mishap.
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John Daly
Cowley
Bennett
White Pass
Yukon
Skagway
Seattle Daily Times
Chaudron & Peyton
Paris
Baltimore Sun
Vegetable Caterpillar A Weird New Zealand Growth
An unusual New Zealand organism resembles a hairless caterpillar several inches long. Before dying it digs a hole and buries itself, then a green shoot with leaves sprouts from its head. Roots fill the body without piercing the skin, producing a living dead form with visible head and eyes and a sprouting stalk.
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New Zealand
How Portland Was Named The Penny Toss
The article recounts how Portland Oregon got its name from a coin toss between Pettygrove from Maine and Lovejoy from Massachusetts. Each man favored his own Portland and, unable to agree, they settled the dispute with a penny toss. Pettygrove won with heads and named the city Portland.
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Portland
United States
Pettygrove
Lavejay
Ore
Maine
Lovejoy
Massachusetts
Pottyerove
Boston
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for kidney cure
Mrs Louise Grimson of Chicago testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her kidney trouble headaches and backache after two years of illness. She credits the product with restoring health and energy and recommends confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Louise M. Gibson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Louise
Glasx
Louise Grimson
Langley Ave
Chicago
Ill
Town refuses Carnegie gift over library acts in Loanhead
In Midlothian Scotland, the town of Loanhead rejects the libraries acts and forfeits Mr Carnegie's £12000 gift. Separate note reports 3745 US distilleries aging 124,390,599 gallons yearly, with bond costs including evaporation and storage totaling about £214 million annually.
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Carnegie
Loanhead
Midlothian
Scotland
Mr. Carnegie
United States
Editor's Wife Delivers A Nine Pound Boy In Muscotah
The Record of Muscotah Kansas notes the editor and wife welcome a nine pound boy on Sunday. The paper will continue to publish its weekly edition at the same rates. Also mentions medical remedies, unlikely scientific claims, and a proposal for a free bridge over the River Suir in Waterford Ireland.
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Record
Muscotah
Kan
Waterford
Ireland
Suir
Mailts Catarrh Cure and English Authors Mentioned
An 19th century local ad notes Mailts Catarrh Cure for internal use with price listed. It also mentions five prominent English authors tied to titles in King Edward's coronation year. A separate note promotes Allen's Foot Safe for foot ailments with trial package by mail from Lel’tney X.Y.
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Charterhouse Sq
Loin
Rue de Is Paix
Paris
Porren Dave
Chem. Cour
Sole Prue
Boston
U.S.A
King Edward
John Morley
Thomas Hardy
Herbert Spencer
Merwilth
Syeinbling
Uing Alen
Auressooien
Optum
Bunions
Allen
X.Y
Gompers Master of Languages at AFL Convention
Labor leader Samuel Gompers demonstrated remarkable linguistic versatility at an American Federation of Labor convention. He followed speeches in Italian, French, German, and Spanish and made notes on addresses, occasionally interrupting on obscure points in each speaker’s language.
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Gompers
Langenzee Sanmel
American Federation of Labor
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Melianle
Atic Sta Sasee Ogben Assay Co
Ted
Thompson
Salt Lake
Prale
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Europe
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Thom
Renedy
Turkey
Mimi
Hiram Fulton
Hartranft
Montgomery County
Fulton
Severs
Hartford
Hartford Courant
Elephant
Dean Mans
Pixxuan
Talen
Hink
Colin
Iso
N. W. Samurly
Ocean Grove
Paris Academie Des Sciences
Mailts
Price, Te
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