Ex Governor Baxter Dead at 72 in Arkansas
The brief notes ex governor Baxter of Arkansas has died aged 72. Elected in 1872 his term saw the Brooks Baxter war and a stormy era, with President Grant recognizing him as governor.
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Baxter
Arkansas
Grant
B. F. Austin
Almo College
St. Thomas
London Methodist Conference
Detroit
Kingston
Cayenne
French Guiana
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Paris
Lafayette
Devil’s Island
France
North & West Street Railway
Chicago Union Traction Company
New York
Chas. D. Yerkes
Chicago Street Railway Companies
Madrid
Spain
Caroline Islands
Palaus
Washington
Far East
Fernando Po
von Hollopen
Foreign Office
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Capital
Dover
Del
Glasgow
Scotland
Long
Armor Trust
M. G C. Russell
Wisconsin Veterans’ Home
Waupaca
Wis
Russell
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indianapolis
Buchanan
J. 8. Emery
Kansas
Lawrence
State Board of Public Works
Young Missouri Native Becomes Youngest Woman Master of Laws
Miss B Elizabeth Lane graduates from Illinois College of Law with a master of laws degree along with her law diploma. At 21 she completed the four year program in two, the only woman in America to earn such an honor at graduation.
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B. Elizabeth Lane
Illinois College of Law
America
Illinois College
Missouri
Man's deeds spoil effect by talking too much
Quote notes that when a man lets his good deeds speak for him they lose impact if he talks about them. Emphasizes restraint and humility over self-promotion.
Travel Offer For B Y P A Members Richmond Trip
Richmond Virginia July 13 16 travel by Big Four and Chesapeake and Ohio trains. Round trip ticket sales July 11 12 14 good for return until July 31 extension to August 15 possible. For details contact J C Tucker G N A 234 Clark St Chicago.
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Richmond
Big Four
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ry’s
J. C. Tucker
Clark St
Chicago
Notable Guests Register Names at Athens Hotel
In a recent Athens hotel observed by a Boston paper, Richard Harding Davis and valet were registered in large capitals across the page, followed by John D. Rockefeller and valet as the next guest registration.
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Boston
Athens
Richard Harding Davis
John D. Rockefeller
Discovery of Union county mastodon remains hailed as valuable find
The Union county Indiana mastodon skeleton unearthed on a farm is described as possibly the country’s most valuable fossil find. Though weathering damaged many small bones, the large bones tusks and teeth remain intact, offering rare insight into the animal. A Sunday school superintendent’s appeal for a Shut-in Society collection is noted with a Bible quiz moment featuring a boy named Johnnie.
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Union County
Ind
Johnnie
Jonah
Harper’s Bazar
Peruna testimonials and health book offer
Mrs McKee Rankin lauds Peruna as essential for women declaring no woman should be without it. Mrs Eliza Wike credits Peruna with restoring her health and appetite after years of illness. The ad promotes Dr Hartman and his free book Health and Beauty, noting his experience treating women’s ailments and offering catarrh literature.
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Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Patent awards and copyright notes from June 3 1899
Four hundred sixty three patents issued this week with state representation. Major counts include Pennsylvania 56 and Missouri 19. Five thousand seven hundred twenty three patent actions await examiner decisions. Copyright may cover exclusive photography rights but not general subjects like medicines. Copyrights for trade marks and labels exist up to thirty years and twenty eight years respectively with patent office registrations.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Texas
New York
J. C. Plummer
Altoona
U. S. Patent Office
Thomas G. Orwig & Co
Solicitors of
Bes Moines
Allen's Foot-Maße powder ad and social quips
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Maße powder to ease tight shoes and treat corns bunions and sweating feet with a 25 cent price and free sample offer. It also includes a dismissive quip about aging and a cynical remark on women’s complexes when marrying to reform a man.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Altien
Allen S. Olmsted
N. Y
Captain Boltwood's enlistment overruled by governor
Capt Boltwood a Kansas veteran who swam a river with Gen Funston in the Philippines drew a pension and failed a physical exam but Governor Leedy overruled Secretary Alger insisting a commissioned man need not be examined. the secretary yielded.
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Boltwood
Kansas
Funston
Philippines
Alger
Leedy
A life spent worthily should be measured by deeds
Sheridan quote about worthiness through actions rather than years, emphasizing deeds over longevity.
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Sheridan
Public land auctions slated in 34 Nebraska counties
Announcement from J. W. Woure, Commissioner, outlines public auctions or leases for about 695000 acres of school lands across Antelope to Wheeler counties under new law. If auctions fail to reach 6 percent of appraised value, leases may go to bidders at the top valuation. Letters of interest will be answered with time and place details and lists of lands to be offered. An additional note mentions a New York beer garden joke involving self-filling beer steins via hidden valves.
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McKinley
Milwaukee
Kid Goulette
Rochester
N. Y
Sam Bolen
New York
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles King
Volunteer Army
Hermann
General Land Office
Utah
Wyoming
Uintah
Secretary of the Treasury
W. E. Moore
Columbus
Julius F. Edison
Chicago
L. G. Hastings
Rock Island Railway
Topeka
Antelope
Manner
Blaine
Box Butte
Brown
Chase
Cherry
Cheyenne
Custer
Dawes
Detiel
Dundy
Garfield
Grant
Hayes
Hitchcock
Holt
Mooker
Keith
Keya Paha
Kimball
Knox
Lincoln
Logan
Loup
McPherson
Pierce
Perkins
Rock
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sioux
Thomas
Wheeler
J. W. Woure
Public Lands & Buildings
Lincoln, Neb
Grain-O offers coffee substitute from pure grains
A new preparation called Grain-O is now sold in groceries as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It is gentle on delicate stomachs and widely affordable at 15 and 25 cents per package. Children may drink it with benefit. The note ends by urging readers to try Grain-O.
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Chicago
Arbuckle
Doscher
Havana
National Foundrymen's Association
Cleveland
Northwestern Plow Association
Northwestern Plow and Implement Association
Carl Detloff
Poplar Grove
Ill
National Reformed Presbyterian Synod
Mansfield
Philippines
Spain
Cascarets Candy Cathartic touted as cure for constipation
An ad claiming chronic constipation can be cured with Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It emphasizes a guaranteed remedy and contrasts beauty with a homely bee producing honey, concluding with modern product hype.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and assorted ads in 19th century notes
A collage of early 1900s advertisements and brief notices includes Hall’s Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents, claims about matrimony after wars, Piso's Cure testimony from Mrs Lucy Allace, trade figures on U S sales, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer offer, a poultry job ad offering 150 weekly, a remark on neighbors and backyards, Dee’s Cough Balsam claim, a quip about hypochondria, Allen’s Foot-Ease promotion, and news that Mrs Jeb Stuart resigned as principal of the Virginia Female Institute.
Depew recalls first $100 tucked away decades ago
About thirty five years ago Chauncey Depew deposited 3100 in a Peekskill savings bank. The bank president joked about a forgotten account and Depew replied that it now totals about $400 with interest and continues to grow, noting it was the first $100 he ever owned.
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Chauncey Depew
Peekskill Savings Bank
Senator Depew
Mr. Depew
Ohio man’s suicide raises caution on ladder safety
An Ohio man hanged himself from the top rung of a ladder, underscoring the dangers of elevated access and the reminder that safety concerns remain paramount when using ladders.
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Ohio
Plutocrat Defined in Puck Cartoon Exchange
A Puck cartoon features a father and child dialog where the boy asks what a plutocrat is and the father humorously defines it as a man who has as much money as he would like to have. The joke centers on wealth and longing.
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Johnny
Papa
Puck
Faultless Starch It Maintains Immaculate Linens
An ad extols Faultless Starch It for keeping collars cuffs and shirt fronts like new. It praises good housekeeping and notes that all grocers carry the productloc. a package. The text also muses that internal evils cause more unhappiness than external ones.
Excursion and travel deals amid Omaha notices
Various travel and merchandise offers appear from Omaha vendors and agents. Wabash lines promote Detroit trips July 5 to 10 with tickets on July 3 4 and 6 from Chicago St Louis. trips to Niagara Falls Toronto Montreal and Mackinac at low rates via Lake or Rail. Also piano sale 118 dollars and rail rate cut notices plus a military shipping commendation letter and slogan about truth.
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Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Montreal
Mackinac
G. N. Clayton
Karbach Btk
Omaha, Neb
Iron Hall liquidation pays creditors amid massive deficit
The Iron Hall winding up yields a dividend of one fifth of 1 percent to creditors, affecting 63,000 members across over 20 states. Upon appointment of a receiver, liabilities reach 5.1 million dollars. Total receipts amount to 2 million dollars, leaving a permanent deficit of 3.1 million.
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Iron Hall
London money lender allegedly lends £500 note to brides
A London money lender is alleged to offer a £500 note to aristocratic brides as a wedding gift display alongside other presents, suggesting a practice tied to matrimonial arrangements and gift giving.
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London
Fame and Habit in Literary Life
A concise reflection on fame noting that people value authors who write much unseen work. It argues forming new habits is easier than reforming long-standing ones, applying to how readers perceive prolific authors and their unseen output.
A Letter Praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
A reader describes years of back pain heavy menses and infertility then reports pregnancy after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound per instruction from a letter to Mrs Pinkham No 69 196 The testimonial credits the remedy with enabling conception and relief.
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Mes. Pinkram
Mrs. Proxnau
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mara
Cora Gilson
Yates
Bianistee
Mic
Medicine Success Story From Barnhart Woman
A testimonial from Mas. 8. Barnhart of New Castle Pennsylvania claims long term illness from pregnancy losses and digestive pains vanished after using a certain medicine. She cites relief from womb falling leucorrhea back and leg pains dyspepsia and nervous stomach tremors and praises the treatment.
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Barnhart
New Castle, Pa
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