Japan Negligence Attack Sparks Tuberculosis and Leprosy Claims
Dr Yamane a House member warned of over 20000 tuberculosis deaths in Japan yearly and a rising trend. He blasted leprosy neglect, citing 33059 lepers and 999300 offspring, alleging beggars with leprosy roam streets and spread disease. Also notes typhoid mortality higher in the U S than Europe with Washington Chicago Boston Philadelphia and Providence most affected.
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Japan
Yamane
House of Representatives
Home
Japa
United States
Washington
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Providence
Change was for the worse in photography says Mr Herlihy
In a Youth's Companion vignette Mr Herlihy laments a photo showing him in Sunday clothes. He grouses that improvements in photographing exist only in talk and insists the new picture lacks the dignity of the old, preferring the past over the present. He recalls a twenty year old image and questions who improved him more.
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Mr. Herlihy
Niver
Ship Disabled by Swordfish Attack at Gloucester
The schooner Emily Cooney was rammed by a swordfish while sailing the South channel. After spearing one fish, another struck the bowsprit, leaping aboard, then dived and struck the hull, piercing two-and-a-half inches of oak and breaking off a foot of the blade. The vessel began leaking and Captain Cooney steered for port for repairs.
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Emily Cooney
Gloucester
Mass
Coonay
Orbra Young Beats Kidney Trouble With Dodd's Pills
A ten year old boy from this place, Orbra Young, suffered nightly kidney and urinary troubles. After his father bought Dodd's Kidney Pills, he slept through the night and recovered fully. The ad urges other parents to treat kidney disorders promptly for children.
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Croostoads
Tena
Orbra Young
Lester Young
Orbra
Dodd
First Steam Turbines Spark Industrial Power Rise
In 1890 the first steam turbines produced 5,000 horsepower by year end. Today these engines contribute over 300,000 horsepower to modern power systems, illustrating rapid growth in turbine technology and industrial capacity.
Big 500-Pound Steel Range Offer Promised for $1.00
An advertisement promises a $1.00 steel range to any reader who writes to Shane Rogan & Co. in Chicago. It claims the offer provides a free stove to households regardless of circumstances and income, touting a top cooking range for homes nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Shane, Rogan & Co
Chicago
Wise gum trust posts surplus after dividends
After paying dividends the chewing gum trust reports a surplus of 776000 dollars on hand. Promoters of the chewing trust appear prudent in limiting the size of the operation to avoid overreach.
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Chewing Gum Trust
Chewing Trust
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments
Caution about catarrh cures claiming to cure by topical salves contains mercury. The advertisement warns to avoid unregulated preparations and to seek genuine products from reputable firms and prescriptions by physicians. It notes dangers of foil labels and misrepresented makers and urges using only authentic remedies from recognized companies.
Vulgar Dinner at Ashbury Park With Gold Certificate Menu
At Ashbury Park a dinner pushed vulgarity to a limit as the menu was printed on the back of $20 gold certificates, and each guest received one. The stunt drew attention for its bold flamboyance and novelty, reflecting a trend in displays of wealth.
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Asbury Park
A Hen Imagined as a Bold Prose Poem in Tarpera
Arthur Colton crafts a playful Tarpera Magazine piece imagining a hen with vivid traits. The narrator muses on scratching pecking and the idea of a comb whisker and radiating toes while weighing vigor and practicality.
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Arthur Colton
Tarpera Magazine
Berwick upon Tweed A Walled Border Town Through History
Berwick upon Tweed stands as a unique British walled town with two concentric defenses, Elizabethan battlements and remnants from Edward I. Its ancient gates and the war bell tower on the ramparts draw visitors, illustrating a long, storied border history.
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Britain
Berwicknopon Tweed
United Kingdom
Elizabeth
Edward the First
Berwick Castle
Balliol
Scotland
Brice
Brave mother perishes saving child in burning London oil shop
Captain Wells recalls the heroic act during a fire at an oil shop and home in London. A mother, with two children on the top floor, carried one child to safety, then reentered the burning building to reach her room but was found dead in the flames, still clutching her child. Also notes pricey Havana cigars in New York and ancient coins from China.
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Hee Child
Wells
Metropolitan Fire Brigade of London
Too Much For Tom Reed In House Tariff Row
Congressman William Lovering recalls the exhausted House debate on the Dingley tariff, recounting Reed’s playful defiance of a proposed resolution. The exchange highlights the taxing night sessions and Reed’s sharp quips over parliamentary rhythm.
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William &. Lovering
Maasachusetts
Tom” Feed
Hour Glasses for Children A Clever Mother’s Timers
A mother gives three hour glasses to her children to mark durations of one hour, half hour, and fifteen minutes. The girl improves piano practice by watching the sand run out, and the boys time chores to beat time. The piece cautions against overuse and weariness of the toy.
From Gad to Worse Moritana Girl Marries Arrested Suitor
A humorous exchange notes a Moritana girl who married a man she had previously had arrested, sparking chatter about how the situation moves “from bad to worse.” The quip is captured in a Baltimore American style exchange between Mrs Grumm and Mr John Henry Gramp.
Art of Rest May Be Acquired and Used With Great Benefit
An advertisement-style piece argues restful poise and health hinge on the stomach and nerves. It condemns coffee and promotes Postum Food Coffee as a remedy, citing a hygienic sanitarium physician and promising clear proof through personal experience and a small book included in packages.
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Coffe
Indiana
Postum
Postum Co. Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Weilvilie
Electric Furnace Produces Steel At French Works
After extensive experiments, steel is now produced on a commercial scale at Froges Works Isere France using an electric furnace. The process has been marketed by Mesure Decours Caband Co Lywana.
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Stee
Froges Works
Isere
France
Mesure
Dezcours
Caband & Co
Ly Wna
Cheap Passenger Rates Via Sante e Route
Cheap passenger rates to Bastar Baltimore Minneapolis Detroit Atiadta and other points announced by Warren General Agent A T B Ry at 4 Dooly Brook Salt Lake City Utah.
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Bastar
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Detroit
Atiadta
Warren
PF. Ry
Dooly Brook
Salt Lake City
Utah
Milk Stone Displays At Hamburg Fair
Several galalith products shown in Hamburg include table tops, combs, knife handles, cigar holders, balls, rings and dominoes. Made from skimmed milk with formaldehyde, the new material resists ignition better and is less prone to cracking.
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Hamburg
Putnam Pioneer Arranges Own Funeral Rites
Captain A C Courtney, aged Missouri pioneer, died at Liberty. He named his pallbearers, chose the funeral songs, and arranged a rehearsal to show how he wished the obsequies to occur. The item notes a domestic patent medicine reference and an unrelated modern ad fragment afterwards.
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A. CG. Courtney
Missourh
Liberty
Great Cathedral in New York Promised Slow Completion
The Episcopal cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York was begun about twelve years ago with no firm completion date. It is planned to cost about 55 million dollars and to rival St. Peter's in size and splendor. After five years of steady work only one of four arches for the central dome is finished, and experts say the entire structure may not be completed for another half century.
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Delmonico’s
Cyrus Field
de Plate
Liavana
Havana
New York
Francisco E. Fonseca
Palma
Cuba
St. John the Divine
St. Peter's
Rome
Conti
Costumes For Auto Dogs In Milady Fashion
Milady with her pet dog wears an automobile costume complete with driver goggles and a silk body cover. A linen hood fits over the head to match the suit, designed to keep the dog protected and poised during car rides.
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Milady
Bismarck’s Sleighing Harness Anecdote
A Berlin photographer recalls an anecdote from the early 1870s when the German emperor asked for a photos of prominent servicemen, including Bismarck and Von Moltke. Bismarck joked he would need a lifesize portrait in his sleighing harness, referring to his dress uniform heavily adorned with orders that jingled like sleigh bells.
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Berlin
Bismarck
von Moltke
Writer's Need of Isolation by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Thomas Dixon Jr, the novelist, owns a famed Chesapeake Bay property in Virginia with a mile of beach, a two mile driveway to his house, and 300 large shade trees on the lawn. He built a log cabin near the water to have an isolated place to write.
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Thomas Dixon, Jr
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