Cheerful health restored by Dr Williams Pink Pills story
A Clay County Indiana woman Amanda Robinson and her daughter Anna claim new vitality after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Amanda reports regained appetite weight and spirits after five boxes and Anna also recovered with two boxes. The account praises the remedy as the best medicine for rebuilding a shattered system.
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Democrat
Brazil
Ind
Amanda Robinson
William Robinson
Uowesville
Clay County
William Pink
Anna
Busts in Mexican Clay From Mexico City Artisans
Kansas City Star notes two six inch busts in clay of William Jennings Bryan and ex Governor T I Crittenden. The sculptor, an uneducated Indian, fashioned them after brief sessions with the pair in a Mexican workshop. The busts arrived from the City of Mexico after baking locally.
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Kansas City Star
T.I. Crittender
Massachusetts
William Jennings Bryan
City of
Mexico
Younster
Allen's Foot-Ease and World Flower Fact
Allen's Foot-Ease sells nationwide with 25 cent mail orders and a free trial. The ad promises instant relief for painful feet and bunions, plus easy wear for tight shoes. Also notes Sumatra's giant flower growing up to thirty-nine inches and a central cup holding six quarts of water. An ordinance in Japan urges more meat to raise the population's height.
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Allen
Fen
Olm
Sted
le Roy
N. Y
Sumatra
Japan
Love and a face-paper envelope in office mail
A light remark notes romance aside from a man receiving a face-paper envelope at his workplace, suggesting love can appear silly in that context.
Dewey's Dilemma in Manila Protect Spaniards Amid Rumors
From Manila to World via Taipah and London reports Dewey must protect Spanish residents in Manila while facing insurgent bloodlust and priestly influence. Aguinaldo pledges no massacres though hill reports claim killings of Spanish women and children. If Manila surrenders, Dewey can enforce order. otherwise Spaniards face uncertain fate.
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New York
Manila
Taipah
Formosa
London
Hong Kong
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Aguinaldo
Shanghai
Montejo
Cavite
Spain
Yave
Austria to announce neutrality in war with Spain
Vienna May 11 reports the Emperor will read a throne speech in Budapest stating Austria will remain strictly neutral in the war between the United States and Spain. The proclamation mirrors Germany's neutrality note. Count Goluchowski is slated to address the foreign committee on Thursday to outline Vienna's views.
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Austria
Vienna
Budapest
United States
Spain
Count Goluchowski
General Lee to Govern Cuba as Temporary Dictator
May 11 New York reports Major General Fitzhugh Lee will be the first military governor of Cuba. He will advise Secretary Alger for two weeks, then go to Havana to head a temporary dictatorship until a republican government is established by the Cubans. In Cadiz, German cruiser crew fraternized with Spanish battleship crew.
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Cuba
New York
Journal
Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
Alger
Havana
Lee
Blockade Press Grows Tense As Ships Nip Key West
The schooner Fernando was captured by the Vicksburg and brought to Key West on May 11. A Norwegian steamer named Bratzberg also attempted to use the blockade and was detained.
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Key West
Fernando
Vicksburg
Bratzberg
Young Preacher Is Slain in Tennessee
Rev. Mr. Ruchman, pastor of the Swedenborgian church at Greuth in the Swiss Cumberland colony, Grundy county, was shot through a window last night. He died after walking to another room. Officers and bloodhounds hunted for a killer, with suspicion that his sermon provoked the act.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rucheman
Greuth
Cumberland Mountains
Grundy County
Ruchman
St. Louis
Neushaus
Greuti
RUSHING TROOPS TO TAMPA FROM CHICKAMAUGA PARK
Mawuga Chattanooga May 12 troops rush to front after order for entire army to move. Railroads load camp equipment horses and supplies. Movement to Tampa begins with infantry divisions Second Seventh Eighth Sixteenth Twelfth plus Third and Sixth cavalry. Second cavalry to Mobile, First and Tenth to New Orleans. Artillery already moved.
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Mawuga
Chattanooga
Chickamauga Park
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Smoking Cigarettes Rejections Rise in Army Examinations
Washington May 12 reports that 90 percent of habitual cigarette users are rejected by army medical examiners while overall rejections outside cigarette users are lower than Civil War levels. Dr Benjamin King notes Civil War averages around 13 percent and blames the surge on cigarette habit.
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Washington
Army Medical Corps
Benjamin King
Philadelphia
New Yor
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Iodiana
Plug Tobacco Combine Formed in New Trust
May 12 New York A planned consolidation brings the American Tobacco Company plug manufacturing into a new trust including Lorillard WP. J. Sorg & Co. The venture will organize a company with 60 million dollars capital split 30 million common and 30 million preferred stock. Each member will retain 10 percent in common and 100 percent in preferred stock based on cash valuation of their plants.
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New York
Plug Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
Lorillard & Co
WP. J. Sorg & Co
Ohio
Kentucky
Demonstration in Ireland Calls for US Help and Self Government
A Dublin rally on May 12 protested Irish famine conditions near Wegport Mayo. Organizers resolved to launch a national appeal to the US president and Congress, urging intervention to secure self government and an end to famine and excessive taxation by indolent foreign masters.
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Dublin
Wegport
County Mayo
Ireland
Congress
United States
Great Republic
Prize commission favors release of steamer Miguel Jover
New York May 12. Prize commissioners recommend releasing the steamer Miguel Jover on grounds of American cargo and insufficient time elapsed since departure from an American port. The vessel, one of the finest captured, would mean a loss of nearly 700000 for the captors, while Buena Ventura remains considered a lawful prize.
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New York
Miguel Jover
Key West
The
Tribune
Senate debates motion on rear admiral total and wartime bills
The Senate on May 12 debated revisiting its vote to raise rear admirals to seven. Senator Hale of Maine moved to reconsider. The chamber also considered a volunteer signal corps bill, an enlistment bill for 10,000 immunes, and the post office appropriation measure. The House proceedings followed.
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Washington
Hale
Maine
Senate
House
Dilke on Philippine retention and power dynamics
London reports Sir Charles Dilke asserting the United States may retain the Philippines by right of conquest and that continental pressure from Germany or France is unfeasible without British naval support. He supports U S retention and questions an Anglo American alliance. Sir Henry Howarth agrees U S sovereignty is unfet tered by international law and favors keeping the islands as bases in the Pacific.
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London
Charles Dilke
United States
Philippines
Cone Quest
Germany
Frrance
Great Britain
Henry Howarth
M. P
Spain
America
Ia- Waii
Pacific
Meiklejohn Made Chief of War Secret Service
Washington May 11 By direct order Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn of the War Department is placed in charge of the military secret service during the war with Spain. He will enforce strict surveillance on suspects tied to the Spanish government. The treasury secret service is at his disposal as agents investigate and arrest suspected spies. A court martial will try George Downing held on charges of being a Spanish spy.
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Washington
Meikeljohn
War Department
Spain
Meiklejohn
United States
Treasury Department
George Downing
Arsenal
Lieber
IF. J. Guenther
Pine City Fire Destroys Half the Business District
A morning blaze in Pine City Minnesota destroyed half the town's business area. Firefighters from Hinkley contained the flames after a rapid response, with numerous losses reported including harness shop owners, hardware stores, a general store, a hotel, dwellings, a bakery and newspapers. The origin remains unknown.
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Pine City
Minn
Hinkley
Joseph Franta
Louis Vpewickal
I. J. Ryback
A. Hen
F. Wilcox Mercantile Company
Christ Berg
D. Vaughan
James Hurley
Jacob Miler
Vatican Org Denies Accusation of Partial Papacy
Rome May 11 Osservatore Romano rejects claims of bias in papal matters. The Vatican organ states the pope remains absolutely impartial and denounces the accusation as unfounded.
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Vatican Organ
Rome
Osservatore Romano, Ee Pis
The Romantic South Is Passing in Americus Times-Recorder
The Americus Times-Recorder notes that northern dollars fund southern ventures, but southern brains and energy drive wealth growth. The iron belt along the south grows, Alabama ships iron to England, and vast timber resources remain. The dramatic south and impoverished south are changing destinies.
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Americus
Times - Recorder
Alabama
England
The Death Rate and Malaria Cure Claim
The piece argues that malaria deaths are small as an immediate cause but believe malaria triggers fatal nervous debility. It states the malady is eradicated and prevented by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
German inventor claims fireproof asbestos mat
A Munich craftsman has developed a fireproof mat made of asbestos fibers that, if applied promptly, can extinguish fires or permit safe access to turn on water and rescue property without the danger of burns.
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Chicago Tribune
Munich
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Eruptions Says Eva Dolbeare
A Horton, Illinois mother recounts her son’s skin eruptions worsening despite medicines. A friend suggested Hood's Sarsaparilla, and after continued use the boy recovered completely with no flare ups since.
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Hood
Eva Dolbeare
Horton
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