Japanese Students Favor Ann Arbor Study Under Professor Adams
A curious trend shows most Japanese students in America pursue political economy studies in Ann Arbor under Professor Adams. Count Ono of the Bank of Japan helped spread Adams's reputation across Japan by studying at Michigan and advising peers. The note includes a Kansan City Star aphorism and a medical ad for Allen's Foot Ease. September 9 is noted as a date for letters dating, with a puzzle about 99-99 sequence.
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America
Ann Arbor
Adams
Count Ono
Bank of Japan
University of Michigan
Little Dorothy’s witty comeback in hospital dining
A nurse in a London hospital serves children at supper while a rosy cheeked convalescent named Dorothy protests her place in line. She defies correction with a playful retort, calling herself a little she patient rather than an impatient one.
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London
Dorothy
The Victims of the Kleptomaniac Suffer Abstract Fares
A fragment notes how victims bear the brunt of a kleptomaniac’s acts as fits of abstraction spread disruption. The wording suggests a metaphorical critique of theft by misdirection, highlighting the emotional or intellectual cost to onlookers and those affected.
Well Groomed Women and a Filipino Sword Gift
A tongue in cheek note highlights faultless starch for a neat shirtwaist, mentions General Funston sending a Filipino sword captured at Malolos to ex-Senator Ingalls, and references Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, with a Bit-Tips style aside about a businesswoman’s broad pursuits and a Sing Sing aviary claim.
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Funston
Ingalls
Malolos
Berlin recalls Admiral Kautz and other world notes
The Berlin press hails Admiral Kautz recall amid political turmoil in Austria Hungary. Chinese provincial rulers ordered to war footing. Rockefeller suit move to dismiss by Corrigan case under advisement in Cleveland. General Asa Carey granted leave to July 12 before retirement. Confederate Captain Julian Myers dies in New Jersey at 74. Navy recruitment and landmen drives announced.
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Berlin
Kautz
Austria
Hungary
London Daily Mail
China
John D. Rockefeller
James Corrigan
Army
Julian Myers
Huntsville
Farragut
Mobile
Mont Clair
N. J
J. H. Hines
Washington
Hartford
Navy
George Evans
Belle Fourche
S. D
State Penitentiary
Matadoro Cattle Company
Evans
War Department
Guatemala
United States
Honduras
William J. Bryan
Danville
Ill
Mayor ban on veteran preference bill and civil service reform.
A roundup of 1900s notices reports Governor Walcott vetoed the Spanish veterans' preference bill and a measure exempting unions from state insurance laws. The historic context includes Civil War veterans' preferences and related public service spotlights.
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Walcott
Massachusetts
Spain
Notable World Briefs: Dying specialist to Pacific voyage noted
Thursday reports Dr. Norman Kerr, famed inebriate specialist, has died in London. Treasury shows cash balance of 272,560,064 and gold reserve of 227,874,534. Jamaica to send delegation to Washington for reciprocal talks. Twentieth Kansas to muster out at Presidio. Non resident stockholders liable for corporate debts per Boston circuit court ruling. Episcopal convention backs 250000 endowment via ten year policy to fund a coadjutor bishop. Senator Hansbrough urges a western trip. White House plans only to St Paul. Ohio Republicans favor Henderson for speaker. U S ends parts of 1850 treaty with Switzerland. remains in force to March 23. Albert Pack dies in Detroit after gallstone op. ally of Governor Pingree. Milwaukee Brewers cut hours to nine. coast artillery shortages noted. Joel D Tyler found guilty of Safety Fund misappropriation. No exchanges with Germany re Philadelphia replacement by Newark at Apia. Major Bean says Thirteenth Minnesota guarding Caloocan to Guiguinto. Zelaya ends martial law in eastern Nicaragua. Bishop Darien of Westminster district dies. Bowers preparing eight month Pacific expedition aboard Albatross under Agassiz to visit multiple islands.
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Norman Kerr
London
United States Treasury
Jamaica
Washington
War Department
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Philippines
Presidio Barracks
San Francisco
Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court
Boston
Episcopal Convention
Chicago
McLaren
Hansbro
Switzerland
Federal Council
Department of State
Department
Philadelphia
Newark
Apia
Samoa
Lind
Bean
Thirteenth
Minnesota Regiment
Caloocan
Guiguinto
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Father Darien
Westminster District
Westminster City
B. C
Bowers
A. A. Agassiz
Pacific Ocean
Marshall
Society, Friendly
Fiji
Gilbert Islands
Why a Five Year Old Debates Good Behavior
A father questions paying pennies for goodness while his son insists it teaches value. The dialogue shifts to a student named Tommy arguing against growing up “good for nothing” and a humor piece on fashion and identity through a character named Bught wearing long hair.
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Tommy
Chicago News
Hayden Bros. Leads Catalogue Boom Across the West
A Louisiana reader sent for a Hayden Bros. suit from The Big Store in Omaha. Hayden Bros. exemplify catalog growth with thousands of free catalogs and strong newspaper patronage. Their success rests on customer trust as "Haydens will treat you right" and aggressive western expansion.
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Louisiana
Hayden Bros
Omaha
Haydens
Trans-Mississippi
Patents and travel ads from Omaha in a dated issue
Patent issued to C and Claffin of Omaha for a fish hook and rubber piece. Sues and Co offer free mailed copy of the patent. Travel excursion to Detroit for U P S C EB convention with varied side trips via Wabash line and Lake or Rail options. Includes promotional souvenir and a moral quip about stealing the world.
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C. & Claffin
Omaha
Thia
Claflin
Sues & Co
Bee Building
Neb
Detroit
G. N. Clayton
Karbach Bsk
Omaha, Neb
Notable health elixirs and religious musings seep in ad pages
An assortment of old advertisements mixes patent medicines and moral quotes. Hall's Catarrh Cure and Piso's Cure are pitched as constitutional remedies or household staples. The ad era stresses authenticity and cautions against substitutes. A Bible quote and a claim about David's tomb appear amid promotional copy and a photo of Dante’s maxim.
Quicksilver Mine in Peru Described as Vast Subterranean City
A Tit-Bits quote about youth and perseverance precedes a curious Peruvian quicksilver mine claim. The text says the mine is 170 fathoms in circumference and 480 feet deep with streets squares and a chapel for worship within the depths.
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Peru
Browning, King & Co. Slashes 50 Percent On Spring Menswear
Omaha retailer Browning, King & Co. announces a rare half price sale on spring suits for Men, Boys, and Children. About 3800 suits offered across one week, presented as a bona fide bargain from a trusted firm. General Lawton, born in Indiana, is noted by Indiana papers as a possible next governor.
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Browning, King & Co
Omaha
General Lawton
Indiana
State
A Happy Mother's Gratitude Letter to Lydia E Pinkham
A Texas reader, Maus Ep. Ex Linger of Devine, thanks Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief after nine years of prolapsed womb symptoms. She reports pregnancy, easier labor, recovery, and renewed ability to work, praising the product's efficacy.
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Mrs. Pinknam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maus
Devine
Tex
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedies for Recovery
Mrs. Evin Schuneider of 1244 Heten Ave Dernort Micx says the Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier and Liver Pills restored her health. She reports fainting spells vanished and she feels wonderfully strengthened after using the remedies.
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Lydia E. Pinkeham
Mre
Evin Scuneider
Heten Ave
Dernort Micx
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Kansags City Star
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
The
London Chronicle
New York State
Sing Sing
Ayer
Columbia Bicycles
Ladies
Columbia
Ladies’ Columbia
Pope Mfc. CO
Hartford, Conn
Sapolio
Buckingham’s
R. P. Hall & Ents
Nashua
Nod
O’parrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D. c
Thompson
Xendel
Franz Jehim Prahm
Montreal
Secretary of the Interior
Fort Washaskie
Wyo
Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Company
South Bend
Ind
National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents
Buffalo
N. Y
Markham
St. Louis
Frederick William Mackay Holliday
Winchester
Stonewall
Confederate Congress
Virginia
Hamilton
Ontario
International Commission
Canada
Rudolph Virchow
Raleigh
Charleston
S. C
Army Engineers
New Orleans
Pensacola
Fla
Benjamin Harrison
Presdent Loubet
Paris
Prairie
North Carolina Naval
Southport
N. C
Logan
New York
Gibara
Cuba
Brown
Chicago University
Illinois University
Champagne
Hay
England
Maybrick
Peck
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
W. H. P. Faunce
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Brown University
Ludlow
Havana
Long
Rear Admirala
National Association of Local Fire Insurance Associations
Oliver M. Lee
James Gilliland
Hillsboro
N. M
Henry Fountain
Charles Campbell
Fort Sheridan
Norwalk
Lightnine
Louis Ebert, Jr
Liverpool
Daily Chronicle
Blyden
Liberia
New York Herald
Davis
Albert Pack
Burrows
Pack
Pingree
Milwaukee Brewers’ Association
American Coast Defenses
Joel D. Tyler
Safety Fund National Bank of
Fitchburg
Mass
Booklyn
Hall
Price
D. C. Albright
Miflinburg, Pa
Dante
David
Mount Zion
William
Western
Department Interior
Ottawa
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Lebanon
W.N.U. Omaha
International Convention Baptist Young People’s Unions of America
Richmond, VA
VIA
Richmond
McCormick
Warren J. Lynch
Cincinnati
C.O.D
Hall’s
J.J. Deright £& CO
Farnam &J
Geo. H. Lee Chemical Co
Gelston CO
Nsions
S. W. Morris
Kay
Barber's Trade
Western Barber's Institute
Dodge
Arcade Hotel
18Th
Douglas Sté
Somalia
Kipans Chemical Co
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