Crowds Cry for War in Trafalgar Square Demonstration
English mass rally in Trafalgar Square drew about 50 000 protesters waving Rule Britannia and backing Salisbury and Chamberlain for war over the Transvaal. A lone peacenik spoke briefly as fruit and eggs flew and mounted police protected speakers amid a tense scene signaling a shift toward war. Johannesburg reports warn of mine closures and intensified Boer defenses as Kruger faces mounting pressure.
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Trafalgar Square
Massacca
Chamberlain
London
England
Nelson
Peace Party
Transvaal
Salisbury
Morley
Frederic Harrison
Johannesburg
Kruger
Odd Fellows Celebrate Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Jubilee
Detroit hosted the diamond jubilee of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows with a public welcome by Mayor Maybury. About 10 000 attendees from states provinces and territories attended as 4500 in a grand pass in review led by Brig Gen Martin. Richmond Virginia was chosen for the 1900 meeting.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Detroit
Detroit Opera House
Maybury
Michigan
Odd Fellow
Alfred
Finkerton
Grand Sire
Grand Jodge
Harmonie Hall
Odd Fellows
Rebekah Order
Martin
Michigan Department of the Patriarchs
Odd Fellowship
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
St. Thomas
Ont
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Patriarchs
Richmond
Lake Graft in Peril as Storm Capsizes Yachts
Chicago endured a fierce storm that transformed Lake Michigan from Evanston to South Chicago into a dangerous sea. Winds reached forty seven miles per hour, wrecking pleasure craft and capsizing several yachts. Life-saving crews labored to respond to distress signals throughout the afternoon and evening.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Evanston
Atlantic
Hatteras
Cars Burn As Fire Destroys Brooklyn Elevated Train
Two cars on the Brooklyn elevated railroad were burned on the way to Coney Island. The fuse in the motor blew out and set the cars on fire. Passengers panicked with women trying to escape through windows but blocked by others.
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Brooklyn, N. Y
Coney Island
Lapiner Family Bankruptcy and Civilian Death Report
Louis Lapiner of Chicago, father of kidnapped Gerry Lapiner, files for bankruptcy with liabilities of 24000 dollars and no assets. In a separate note, Bob Roberts of the Tenth Cavalry is reported killed at Caute Santiago by a fall.
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Louis Lapiner
Chicago
Gerald Lapiner
Bob Roberts
Tenth Cavalry
Caute
Santiago
Porac Captured After Half Hour Fighting
General MacArthur enters Porac after a brief battle with insurgents estimated at 600 strong. Two American columns, the Ninth Infantry and the Thirty-sixth Infantry, secured the town with light American casualties and several enemy dead found. Porac, about 14 miles from Cacolor, lies near the Pampanga rail line between Santa Rita and Angeles.
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MacArthur
Porac
Arthur
Ninth Infantry
Santa Rita
Wheeler
Col. Bell
San Antonio
Mascarno
Cacolor
Pampanga Province
Manila
Angeles
Naval Hero Weds at Newport in High Society Ceremony
Miss Dora Havemeyer daughter of Theodore Havemeyer married Lieut Cameron McK Winslow flag lieutenant of the North Atlantic squadron. Several ships anchored at Newport for the ceremony with many officers in attendance. Winslow’s rapid rise in the service promises high rank. the couple’s wedding journey was short as he reported to Admiral Sampson for the Dewey celebration.
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Dora Havemeryer
Cameron Winslow
Newport
R. L
Dora Havemeyer
Theodore Havemeyer
Cameron McK. Winslow
North Atlantic
Miss Havemeyer
America
Lieut
Winslow
Navy
Admiral Sampson
Destruction After Smyrna Earthquake Kills a Thousand
Reports state a severe quake near Smyrna killed about one thousand people and left 800 injured while demolishing 2000 houses and two villages. In Darjeeling 400 lives were lost to floods with further drownings on the plains. Kurseong, Margarethope, Mealand Estate and Avongrove Estate suffered heavy damage, with tea crops and coolie lines destroyed. Telegraph links to Calcutta and Darjeeling are restored but rail traffic beyond Kurseong is halted. roads are impassable and travel on foot is difficult.
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Smyrna
John Woodburn
Calcutta
Darjeeling
Kurseong
Margarethope
Mealand
Avongrove
Agricultural Implement Prices Boosted 25 Percent
Forty-one manufacturers at the Northwestern Plow and Implement Association meeting in Chicago agreed to a 25 percent rise in agricultural tool prices effective this week. The hike reflects radical steel and iron cost increases and is expected to affect next year's contracts, with a risk retailers may raise prices immediately. A further rise may follow at the November 1 gathering.
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Northwestern Plow and Implement Association
Chicago
Battleship Kentucky Nears Readiness In Telegraphic Briefs
Telegraphic brief items report the battleship Kentucky nearly ready, an anti noise crusade in Chicago, peace in San Salvador, Sediy Webb killed in Kentucky, two men killed by dynamite at Tuxedo New York, Canadian railroads raising rates five percent, and formation of the Afro American Head Waiters Association in Chicago.
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Kentucky
Chicago
San Salvador
Sediy Webb
J. M. Combs
Downes
Tuxedo
Hood's Sarsaparilla Heralds New Era of Health
An advertisement-style piece promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for blood and stomach disorders and declares a dawning era of good health. It frames the product as a health-giver and a reliable remedy.
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Hood
Milk and Music Tames a Farm Snake in Lancaster County
A Germantown resident recalls entertaining a snake on a Lancaster County farm with milk and a mouth organ. Each afternoon the snake approached, drank the milk, and listened to the music until the third summer when it vanished and was presumed dead. In a separate note from Tit Bits, a Blackburn cotton operatives strike prompts a drunken worker to ask for a match, with the reply “after the strike.”
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Germantown
Lancaster County
Philadelphia Record
Cost of a Royal Family in Russia
The total annual cost to the Russian Empire for the Imperial family is 20 million dollars.
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Russia
Letter to Mrs Pinkham Gives Mrs Archambo New Health
A customer letter describes two years of weakness dizziness and digestive trouble with womb pains and leucorrhea. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound plus Lozenges Liver Pills and Sanetive Wash she reports renewed strength appetite sleep and energy. The note urges other women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Salina Rechambo
Charlemont
Mass
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Red Cross laundry starch free offers delight housewives
An old newspaper blurb promotes Red Cross laundry starch inviting readers to ask grocers for a coupon book to obtain the first two packages free. The offer includes two Shakespeare pictures and a calendar as incentives for introducing J. C. Hubinger's new starch.
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Red Cross
J. C. Hubinger
Seven boys go to pond despite warning
In a quick subtraction, seven boys approach a pond for a bath though two were forbidden. The result asks how many entered the water. the answer is seven.
John M. Smyth Co Catalogue Promises Trusted Households
The John M. Smyth Co of Chicago offers a long trusted catalogue showing prices for all household items. An illustration in this paper features elegant lace curtains at 98e, illustrating the thousands of useful articles described in the firm’s illustrated catalogue.
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John M. Smyth Co
West
Madison Street
Chicago
John M. Smyth Company
Danger Ahead Signalled by a Cough Averted with Horehound and Tar
The item cites Talea Stoney Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops claim a one minute cure. It includes quotes about rest and reforming husbands. notices from the Philadelphia Bulletin and Somerville Journal are referenced.
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Tale’ Stoney
Pike
Provision Foundations of Hospitality and Thrift Quote
A quotation from Sir P. Sidney emphasizes that provision forms hospitality and thrift, and underpins magnificence as a guiding principle.
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Sir P. Sidney
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Relief From Catarrh
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a cleansing soothing remedy for catarrh and cold in the head. It claims quick relief without irritation or sneezing, offers a trial size for 10 cents, and notes 60 cent size available from Ely Brothers at 56 Warren Street New York.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
N.Y
Peruna praised by generals and senators for catarrh cure
Major General Joseph Wheeler praises Peruna as an excellent tonic and cure for catarrh. United States Senator S D McEnery of Louisiana and Senator Sullivan of Mississippi echo strong endorsements. W N Roach of North Dakota and W V Sullivan of Mississippi share personal relief. A free book on catarrh is offered by The Peruna Drug Mfg Co. in Columbus Ohio.
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Joseph Wheeler
Santiago
Peruna
Sullivan Roach
McEnery
S. D. McEnery
United States
Louisiana
S. D. McEvery
New Orleans
Sullivan
W. N. Roach
Larimore
North Dakota
M’fg Co
Columbus
Ohio
Where He Landed in Oil and Bank Bankruptcy
A court witness confirms prior oil speculation when questioned by a lawyer. The witness admits he was speculating in oil at the time of the papers, and when asked what he is in now, answers bankruptcy. Tit-Bits.
Peruna Heals Mucous Membranes To Block Malaria
The text claims Peruna heals mucous membranes made porous by catarrh and thus prevents entry of malarial germs, preventing and curing chili fever fever and malaria by strengthening mucous membranes.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Pico
George W. Lotz
Fabacher, la
Somerville Journal
Germany
France
Italy
Eagle
Fort Wayne
Joe Wheeler
Senator McEnery
W. V. Sullivan
Oxford
Miss
Roach
San Juan Hill
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Ension Waki
Washington, D.C
Iowa
York Chemical CO
Milwaukee, Wis
Nature
Veweler’s Weekly
Aylmer L. Bunt
Russell St
Mich
Stefcy
Tommy
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