Interesting Catalogue at Williams College Records Faculty Sketches
Gulielmensian the Williams college student catalogue grows elaborate with years. It lists portraits and sketches of all faculty members for graduates this year. Only President Carter and Dr. Bacon remain from thirty years ago. London is described as twelve miles broad and seventeen the other way with about twenty miles of new streets each year.
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Gulielmensian
Williams College
Carter
Bacon
London
Woman credits Mrs Pinkham remedy for cure
Clara Kore of Rockport Indiana wrote in 1898 detailing four years of doctoring and persistent back and body pains along with nervousness and irregular menstruation. After following Lydia E Pinkham's advice she reports being healthy and urges other women to seek her guidance and the vegetable compound.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Clara Kore
Rockport
Ind
Saint Patrick Added to English Prayer Calendar
The convocation of York recently voted Saint Patrick into the English calendar of saints in the prayer book.
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St. Patrick
Convocation of
York
Special Excursion Train for Democratic National Convention
Omaha & St Louis R R runs a special train from Omaha Union Station July 3 at p m arriving Kansas City July 4 to aid attendees. Round trip from Omaha priced at 5 80 with four days sleeping car in Edwards City. Includes sleeper coaches and chair cars. Sleeping berths should be reserved now.
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Kansas City
Omaha & St Louis
Convention Hall
Jno
Reagan
Y. Douglas County
Dairy and Poultry Farming Education and Industry Notes
Summary of discussions from the Illinois State Dairymen’s convention on improving dairy and poultry practices. Topics include cleanliness in creameries, pasteurization readiness, Danish test methods, cattle and meat market outlook, and farm management tips for hens and hogs with practical advice on feeding, housing, and disease prevention.
Picture Buyers Warned Counterfeit Paintings Flood Europe
The Chicago News warns that counterfeiters flood Europe and Paris with forged works. Amsterdam and Brussels report spurious old masters, with London factories churning out fake English paintings. Dealers push these to collectors via glib sellers, while genuine prices mislead buyers who pay undervalued sums to dodge publicity.
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Mur. Thurber
Amsterdam
Brussels
Europe
London
Paris
Chicagd News
Fishes Draw Huge Crowds at Aquarium Exhibit
Colonel James Jones reports to President Clausen that aquarium attendance for the year reached 1,841,330 with an average of over 5,000 daily. He notes record turnout on September 29 with 37,248 visitors and credits healthier fish and new specimens from state fish commissioners for the surge.
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James Jones
Aquarium
Clausen
Park Department
New York Herald
British policy review and Dutch independence aims discussed abroad
In London, Sir John Henry de Villiers warns that Dutch South Africa seeks only to preserve its national identity and resists annexation. He rebukes Kruger's ultimatum as tempered by missteps, notes Chamberlain’s pressure, and argues imperial ambition risks provoking Dutch resistance rather thanضم surrender.
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John Henry de Villiers
Cape of Good, Hope
London
South Africa
Kruger
Yeffort
Gasnuntuin
Vienna
Fife
Black bishop consecrated at Lambeth in historic rite
The Rt. Rev James Johnson, assistant bishop of Western Equatorial Africa, a Sierra Leonean with parents once enslaved from Yoruba lands, was consecrated at Lambeth. He will serve in Benin and is an honorary AM from Durham University. The report also notes the Sultan of Johore wearing diamonds valued at £2,400,000 and a marketing plug for Magnetic Starch.
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Lambeth
James Johnson
Equatorial Africa
Itls
Benin
Durham University
Rapid Fire Hawley Legend Highlights Senate Speech Pace
A legend claims General Hawley spoke 225 words per minute for about ten to twelve minutes in the senate chamber. By comparison typical speeches from senators average under 110 words, and dictated letters rarely reach 100 words. Magnetic Starch is touted as longer lasting than rivals.
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Fire Hawley
Senate Chamber
General Hawley
Paris Exposition Bans Smoking On Grounds
Paris police issue order prohibiting cigarette smoking on exposition grounds. Violators face arrest and heavy fines as enforcement starts.
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Paris
Amelie Troubetzkoy Draws Wealth From Ex Husband
Report notes Amelie Troubetzkoy now known as Chanler, formerly in a sanitarium, recovering her health and drawing about $200,000 from her ex husband’s estate as she moves in St. Petersburg court circles. Also mentions emigration figures for Ireland in 1899 and foreign powers seeking to block Tien Tsin in Pekin.
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Amelie Rives
Chanler
Troubetzkoy
Rand Ds
St. Petersburg
Entate
Meep Your Hair On Uses Coke Dandraff Cure
A brief notice offers a hair treatment product named Coke Dandraff Cure. It promises refunds if it fails, pricing listed at 1.00 per bottle. No further details or supplier names provided.
We Furnish Them Furniture Trade Growth Abroad
We furnished furniture to eighty four countries last year with a total valuation of 3 571 375 dollars. The trade is growing rapidly and American beds chairs and tables can be found in every civilized country and wherever inhabitants are not entirely savage.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for foot troubles
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as the cure for swollen feet bunions and smarting feet. A powder to shake into shoes is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples available by mail from Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Minister Questions Little Girl’s Faith in Puck Quote
A brief cartoon caption shows a minister asking a girl if she wants to be Christian and the girl replying she prefers singing in the choir. The quote attributed to Puck reflects a humorous exchange in a 19th or early 20th century humor magazine.
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Ethel
Puck
Census Man’s Benefit Aims to Boost Givet Population
The town of Givet in the Ardennes seeks to curb depopulation by giving priority in town offices to fathers with more than three children and to married men. Five dollar prizes will be awarded yearly to parents sending the most children to school regularly, and scholarships in national schools will be reserved for larger families. Fathers of families will also receive preference for alms houses and old people’s homes admission.
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Givet
Ardennes
France
Stedman Statue Unveiled by Sculptor Moynihan
Frederick Moynihan has completed a colossal statue of Brigadier General Griffin A. Stedman Jr of New London Conn killed at the battle of Frederickebure Ma during the Civil War in which he served four years. The statue will be mounted on a granite pedestal at Camp Fela near Hartford where the soldier drilled before going to war.
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Wwe
Fredérick Moynihan
Griffin A. Stedman
New London
Cann
Frederickebure
Camp Fela
Hartsford
Ocean ships reach Montreal up the St Lawrence River
Large ocean going vessels can navigate the St Lawrence River to Montreal, a distance exceeding 1,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
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St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Atlantic Ocean
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Notce
SeAns
Rovsuce Co
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Ahmner
Meilliant
Sianeli Pat Bera
Medical Institute
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Dairy and Poultry
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Muscatine County
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Minnesota
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Pis
Johore
Anelie
Earth
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Hain Ba
Mindemcorns
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Ireland
Eke A Stedman
Teyatts
Security
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Dorchester
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Winchester Repeating ‘Arms CO
Winchester ‘Avenue
Newhaven
Conn
Niagara‘Falls
Niagara
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Wicher Bock
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