Monument for Captain Ginty Proposed By The Hub
A Boston tribute proposes a monument to Captain Ginty of Danbury Connecticut claimed inventor of baked beans. The note notes Ginty never visited Boston. The ad then shifts to lawn care devices and a Finley Lawn Lake rake with a quoted endorsement from Guy C Barton of Omaha and Grant Smelting Co. The piece ends with the boast that the biggest man on earth began life small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Captain Ginty
Danbury, Conn
Finley Lawn Lake
Guy C. Barton
Omaha and Grant Smelting Co
Omaha
Neb
Finley Lawn Rake Co
Joliet
III
Lawn Lake
Lininger & Metcalf CO
Castoria counterfeiters warned after factory unearthed
The Centaur Company of New York exposed a counterfeit Castoria in St. Louis and the Palestine Drug Company was named in warrants. John Bick and chemist Benjamin Chireaun were arrested then released on bond as cases advance before Judge Clark.
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Centaur Company
New York City
Castoria
St. Louis
Chas. H. Fletcher
Fletcher
Palestine Drug Company
No. 107
South Second Street
John Bick
Benjamin Chireaun
Clark
Court of Criminal Correction
Mo.) Republic
Free Trial Drops Cure Ad Spars with Multiple Claims
A large and urgent mail response promotes DROPS as a cure for rheumatic and neuralgic pains and other ailments. The ad offers a free trial bottle for 5 cents and sells 300 dose bottles for a dollar, listing numerous diseases and testimonials. It also includes other promotions and unrelated notes about starch and Jell O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake Street
Chicago
Young Lt Febiger Killed in Philippine Action
A War Department dispatch from Manila dated October 26 reports First Lieutenant George L Febiger and other officers killed in a fight fourteen miles east of Narvacan Luzon where American forces faced about four hundred riflemen and one thousand bolo men under Juan Villamor. The action left five killed and nine wounded among U S troops with heavier losses for the insurgents. The dispatch notes Lt Febigers rapid rise from second lieutenant to first lieutenant and his service in the Ninth and Thirty third regiments.
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Washington
D. C
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
Febiger
United States Volunteers
Grayson V. Heidt
Third Cavalry
Naryocan
Luzon
Juan Villamor
Timos
Narvican
Bath
Villamor
Levein
Floyd H. Heard
Harry S. Johnson
Third United States Cavalry
Adam R. Wacks
Alfred Downer
Charles W. Martin
Oscar O. Bradford
William KE. Hunder Jeg
Company H
Thirty-third Regiment
John J. Boyd
Samuel P. Harris
Samuel Davis
Ford
Washington, D. C
George Lee Febiger
New Orleans
Ninth Volunteer Infantry
Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry
Philippines
Anglo German Pact Leaves Major Powers Silent
In Washington observers note France Russia Japan and the United States have not accepted the Anglo German alliance principles. The third clause prompts two readings: joint action against China or mutual restraint on territorial gains. Officials say nonparticipants likely await Russia’s view to gauge any menace.
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Associated Press
Italy
Austria
United States
Russia
France
Washington
Japan
China
Germany
Great Britain
Azcarraga to Assume Navy Post in Madrid Budget Move
In Madrid on October 27 Senor Azcarraga will take the marine portfolio temporarily after Admiral Moza withdrew from the ministry. The premier refused to permit a navy credit increase, saying a budget balance required limiting naval spending. General Azcarraga announced the need to stabilize the budget, making an increase impossible.
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Moxa
Madrid
Senor Azcarraga
Moza
Officilala
Marine Department
Azcarraga
Prince and Princess of Wales visit Paris Exposition
Le Courrier du Soir reports the Prince and Princess of Wales toured the Paris Exposition last June in secrecy. The prince sought to avoid demonstrations prompted by Anglophobe nationalist press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Paris
le Courrier du Soir Saya
Prince
Lawyers Given Damages in Chicago Smoke Case
A circuit court verdict awards Emery Walker and Brode B. Davis 1500 dollars for injuries from smoke from the New York Life building. The decision may halt further litigation or reduce nuisance in Chicago and could set a precedent for other smoky cities if upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Supreme Court
New York
Lifa
Last Mites Over Sherman in Mansfield Ohio
In Mansfield Ohio on October 26 the remains of Senator and statesman John Sherman were laid to rest in a simple, impressive ceremony. President McKinley Elihu Root and Washington officials attended as Ohio closed businesses and schools to honor the former secretary of state. The funeral cortege, escorted by Eighth Ohio volunteers and Sherman brigade survivors, passed to Grace Episcopal church and then to Central Park and the cemetery, with white floral offerings and a national mourning arch marking the procession.
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Mansfield
John Sherman
Ohio
McKinley
Elihu Root
Washington
Grace Episcopal Church
Eighth Ohio Volunteers
Sherman
White House
Richland Bar Association
Corporation of Mansfield
Main Street
Central Park
Mansfield Band
Ohio Volunteers
Congress
M. L. Miller
Nelson Ozier
Jacob Hade
Boxers Out for Gore Stirs Hong Kong Protest
Dispatches from Lien Chao report Boxers threaten American mission property in North river area. The proclamation declares unity to drive out foreign devils, condemns foreigners as usurpers, and vows to destroy the devouring wolf across the empire.
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Hong Kong
Lien Chao
North River
China
Mutinous Sailors Seek Damages Over Skagway Incident
In Vancouver on October 26 representatives of seven mutinous sailors gather evidence for a U S damages suit against H L Sibley and others. The sailors claim bayonet threats by U S troops at South Portland during the Skagway incident as they taxed navigation laws.
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Vancouver
B. C
South Portland
Skagway
United States
Sehibreto
H. L. Sibley
Linseed Oil Prices Advance in West and New York
Prices in the west for linseed oil have risen about 15 cents a gallon recently, with New York local prices up to 75 cents for raw and 77 cents for boiled oil. The last increase here was 6 cents a gallon as flaxseed surged in western markets due to scarcity.
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New York
West
Reward Offered for Cornelius L. Alvord Jr
New York, Oct 26. Bank officers announce a liberal reward for Cornelius L. Alvord Jr the bank note teller accused of theft. The amount is undecided and the plan was decided at a conference with Chief McCluskey and bank officers. A Mount Vernon dispatch says Alvord was last in New York at a friend’s home.
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New York
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr
First National Bank
McCluskey
Mount Vernon
Alvord
Strike Declared Off for Cooperating Miners in Hazleton District
Hazleton Pa October 26 The mine workers strike ends for operators who granted the Scranton convention demands while continuing against those who did not. Workers will return Monday where troops were sent. Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal posts higher pay but no sliding-scale abolishment or guaranteed raise through April. Union leaders express optimism that remaining operators will concede by Monday. President Mitchell plans Scranton visit and anticitations across the anthracite fields, with later agenda in New York and Indianapolis.
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Hazleton
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
G. B. Markle & Co
Markle Company
United Mine Workers
Scranton
New York
Cigarmakers' Union
National
Indianapolis
Conger to Open Peace Talks With China
Washington reports that Conger is authorized to start negotiations with Chinese envoys based on agreed French and German points. If divergence remains, powers will negotiate to a new understanding. Berlin says Germany backs Japan’s peace-proposal to entrust talks to foreign representatives in Pekin.
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Washington
Conger
Fekin
Berlin
Germany
Japan
China
Belgian King Freely Rides in Paris Autocar
Paris reports King Leopold of Belgium stopped by police for speeding in the Bois de Boulogne. The monarch was cited but the driver intervened, and the officer did not record the name after the explanation given.
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Belgium
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
Leopold
Churchill attacks Rosslyn over South Africa remarks at Pall Mall
In London on October 26 Winston Churchill addressed a Pall Mall club banquet and denounced Lord Rosslyn for slandering officers in his letters to newspapers from South Africa. He challenged several of Rosslyn's stated allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Pall Mall Club
Lord Rosslyn
South Africa
Giant gold nugget arrives at Wall Street office
The largest nugget ever received at the tee office in Wall Street arrived today from a mining company in British Columbia. The nugget weighed over 753 pounds, valued at $154,600, and came as a solid cone wrapped in canvas inside an oval box of two-inch planks bound with iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tee
Wall Street
Mason
British Columbia
Bank of Montreal
It is Always Easier to Forget Bad Habits
A concise observation notes that people often find it easier to forget bad habits than to forgo them entirely, suggesting the pull of familiar routines outweighs the effort of changing. The remark implies self discipline is required to break recurring negative behaviors.
Steketee's Dry Bitters and Many Advertising Quips
An OCR filled page lists patent medicines and tonics from Steketee's Dry Bitters to various elixirs and tonics. It includes claims for digestion, headaches, and liver cures, plus multiple ads for dyes, laxatives, Jell O, and household products.
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises Full Disease Cure
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Proprietors offer one hundred dollars for any uncured case, with testimonials available. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and theater seating observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Wheat-O promise and a height record in one note
TO HOUSEKEEPERS and all lovers of good food Wheat-O appeals for its new process that removes unhealthy parts of wheat while keeping gluten and strength. Ask your grocer for Wheat-O and give it a trial. Seven feet six inches is the greatest height known to be cleared by a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. McCord
Myron H. McCord
New Mexico
Hartman
Washington, D.C
M. Lt. McCord
Columbus
Ohio
Lynch Near Liberty Hill Shocks Georgia Farmers
Reported lynching of James Grier and James Calloway, both Black men, by local farmers near Liberty Hill Georgia after they allegedly fired shots at a farmer's house. The article mentions unrest among whites and notes a campaign to promote a colony to house thousands.
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James Grier
James Calloway
Liberty Hill
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