Nervous People Suffer and Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised Relief
An early 20th century health note touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for nervous, sleepless individuals by purifying and enriching blood to strengthen nerves. Naples reports Vesuvius eruption fears rising as lava streams threaten Vedrino valley and seven new craters form around the central cone.
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Hood
Naples
Vesuvius
Vedrino
T. A’ Slocum
New York City
Draft Navy Ship Names Revealed for Key Battleships
The New Maine Washington dispatch notes Secretary Long directs naming of ships: the San Francisco built battleship to be named the Ohio. The Cramps to build the Maine and Newport News to build the Missouri.
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Maine
Washington
Long
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Ohio
Cramps
Chicago capital seizes control of Baltimore and Ohio
The Times Herald reports Chicago based interests led by Philip D Armour Marshall Field Norman B Ream and James J Hill gain controlling stake in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad making Chicago the hub for a continental trunk line. Ream Hill and Field Armour may place directors as the reorganized road consolidates under western leadership.
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Chicago
Times Herald
Philip D. Armour
Marshall Field
Norman B. Ream
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
James J. Hill
Great Northern Vailace
Northwest
Ocean
Mr. Ream
Mr. Hill
Messrs. Armour and Field
Reorganized Road
Mr. Field
Mr. Armour
Keam
Hill
Auditorium
Ream
John K. Cowen
Baltimore & Ohio
Oscar Murray
William Greene
Wall Street
Rockefellers
Messrs. Field, Armour and Ream
West
Cowen
Field
Armour and Ream
Pacific
Atlantic
War May Not Be Over Says Wheeler and McKinley
Washington dispatch reports Major General Joseph Wheeler and many officers share the view that the war may resume. President McKinley insists 100000 volunteers stay active until a satisfactory peace treaty is drafted, ready to renew hostilities if Spain delays evacuation of Cuba or broadens negotiations over the Philippines.
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Wheeler
Chicago
Washington
Joseph Wheeler
Spain
Philippines
McKinley
War Department
Ohio
White House
Santiago
Cuba
Paris
Cartes
Puerto Rico
General Wheeler
Luzon
Catarrh Cure Ad and Misc Health Claims
An excerpt shows various advertisements touting Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co and other patent medicines. It includes claims of universal cure, testimonials, and related products like Jesse Moore Whiskey and Kilner nerve restorers, plus notes on mosses and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ons
Honal
F. J. Chpney & CO
Jesse Moore
Open Letters Praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Letters from Jennie E Green of Denmark Iowa and Mrs Harry Harpy of Riverside Iowa describe relief from menstrual and ovarian illness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They report improved health, renewed strength, and life activities previously hindered.
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Jennie E Green
Denmark
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harry Harpy
Riverside
Osteopathy and Vateopathy Practitioners in Spokane
Murray Dodson and Wilcox advertise osteopathy and vateopathy treatment for various diseases. Dr Mia and Dr Murray, female specialist, announce a school opera on November 1 for details. Offices listed at 237 238 239 240 Mr Rookery Building, Spokane Washington. Private entrance 620 Sprague Avenue.
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Murray, Dodson & Wilcox
Murray
Rookery
Spokane
Washington
Sprague Avenue
Attempted sinking of whaling bark Northern Light
News from San Francisco reports a pirate attack on the whaling bark Northern Light which sailed May for Kotzebue sound with 152 men. Four auger holes bored through bow timbers to flood the vessel. three blocked, one unreachable. Captain Whiteside commanded the ship. Captain Porter of the Jessie Freeman notes no gold found by Kotzebue prospectors.
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San Francisco
Northern Light
Kotzebue Sound
Whiteside
Captain Porter
Jessie Freeman
Kotzebue
Monterey to the Philippines voyage shows ocean crossing feasibility
The Monterey’s Pacific crossing plan demonstrates that with fair weather this vessel class could traverse the Pacific using its own steam and a tow. The Spanish government issued a decree calling up 109000 men with 30000 to serve in colonies, likely including the Philippines.
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Monterey
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Captain Capron Dies at Fort Myer After Cuban Service
Captain Allyn Capron of the first artillery died at his Fort Myer, Virginia home. A renowned artillery officer and 1873 artillery school graduate, he served in General Shafter's Santiago campaign where his battery excelled. His son, Captain Allyn K. Capron of the Rough Riders, was killed in the same days. Capron fell to typhoid fever contracted in Cuba, dying around noon.
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Washington
Allyn Capron
Fort Myer
Capron
Shafter
Santiago
Allyn K. Capron
Rough Riders
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Walter Baker4ll
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Jim Hill
Nin
Aus
Carers
le Gating
Cayo
Veer
Lilace
B. LeRoy
New York
A. G. Long
Fourth ST
Fire Dept
Portland
Fire Department
Babcock
Flanster
Eagle Woolen Mills
United States
Galveston News
Manila
Belfast
Maryland
Virginia Peninsula
J. Nichols
Princeton, Ind
Gchilling
New Caledonia
Canada
Harry Hardy
Osteopathy
Lasr
Susinise College
Bend For
Blate
A. B
Prin, Cor
Istand Post
Wash
Stewart
Holmes Drug Co
Seattle
California Fig
Sabella
Slocum
Doctor Slocum
WM. H. May
Pine St
Eorror
Doctor May
Arrow
Alaska
Captain Capron
Regular Army
England
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