Mathematical Animals and Noted Ape Counts
In Cincinnati a mule hauling streetcars reportedly completed fifty forenoon trips and fifty afternoon trips, resting at noon, and on a festival night shifted to the night shift yet finished its quota. The account also recalls a chimpanzee that could count to three, with the owner validating the animal's deliberate, nontrick counting.
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Lippincott's Magazine
Cincinnati
Wolff
Darwin
Forbes
Hartman
New York Moral Blackmail by Charitable Event Sellers
In New York young women are allegedly selling charity tickets by canvassing offices and banks for 20 percent commissions. They target brokers and professionals, working in office buildings during business hours. The scheme blends legitimate fund raising with possible fraud as swindlers exploit charitable events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Ondway
The Treacherous Bicycle Business
The Springfield Republican reports on the bicycle industry's fortunes and a London exchange listing drop. It notes securities of bicycle tire firms once valued at £8.235 million now around £3.055 million and suggests earlier excessive actions inflated profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Republican
London Exchange
Tammi
Windsor Castle House Cleaning Spreads Vast Carpet
A Windsor castle report notes a daunting cleaning task as a carpet stretches forty yards in breadth, underscoring the scale of maintenance at the historic residence.
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Windsor Castle
Our American Policy and Public Opinion Reflections
A compact editorial mix discusses U S foreign policy staying conservative under the Monroe doctrine with patience in official quarters. A medical patent remedy advertises Lestetter's Stomach Bitters for rheumatic and malarial relief while a testimonial cites Piso's Cure for Consumption. Classifieds note farm land bargains sought by John Mulhall of Sioux City and a casual remark on Swiss telephone systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lestetter
John Mulhall
Pierce Street
Sioux City
Shake Into Your Shoes saunas Moot-Base advertisement
An old time advertisement touts a foot care product claiming to cure swollen painful feet corns and bunions and to ease tight shoes It also promotes a powder for sweating and callouses with a mail order option for 25 cents Readers are offered contact at Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York and references a Boston Transcript note about Hicks Nobbins and newspaper bulletins
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Allem
Rial
Allen 8S
Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
Boston Transcript
Hicks — Nobbins
The Duty of Mothers and Medical Advice for Daughters
A discussion on maternal neglect and its harm to daughters led by a letter from Miss Martin F. Johnson of Centralia, Pa. It highlights seeking medical guidance from Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Mass and praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for irregular menses, fatigue, and pain.
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Lydia E. Pinktham
Expedition Ready for Philippines Ships To Carry Thousands
San Francisco May 25 preparations for the first expedition to Manila focus on loading the Pekin Sydney and Australia with California Oregon and federal troops. The three ships hold 59 officers and 1,044 men on the Pekin 24 officers and 670 men on the Sydney and 37 officers and 646 men on the Australia. The second expedition awaits General Merritt with ships China and Alandra to join, while eight more steamers may be needed to transport troops to Manila.
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San Francisco
Manila
Pekin
Australia
Sydney
City of Pekin
California Volunteers
City of Sydney
Oregon Volunteers
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
California Heavy Artillery
H. E. McVain
Philippines
Wesley Merritt
Alandra
Honolulu
China
Orient
Oregon
Fourteenth Infantry
United States
Tvo
Mastor Anderson
Alaska
Montor
Mare Island
Here
Thirteen Inch Guns Ship from Reading for Sampson Fleet
On a Washington hologram, the Steel Works shipped 150 thirteen inch projectiles for Admiral Sampson's fleet. Each weighs 1,200 pounds and will pierce any Spanish craft. Over 800 smaller projectiles await transport to Dewey at Manila. The thirteen inch shells are called Mecinley peace makers.
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Sampson
Reading
Washington
Cee Ene ‘Steelworks
San Francisco
Dewey
Manila
Mecinley
Buffalo to be converted for auxiliary cruiser service
The Buffalo auxiliary cruiser, formerly the EEL Cid and later the Nietheroy, will arrive at Newport News shipyard for conversion from a dynamite cruiser to an armed auxiliary cruiser. It will receive a twelve 5 inch main battery, ten 6 pounders, two 2 inch rapid fire rifles and Gatling guns, as the Vesuvius handles the dynamite work.
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Newport News
Buffalo
EEL Cid
Morgan Line
Nietheroy
Duilding and Dry Dock Company
Navy Department
Yosemit
Considering Another Call for Volunteers in War Effort
A Tribune Washington special reports serious discussion of another volunteer call, possibly in a week or two, or until Cuba invasion begins. It notes the Philippines drain and the need to project a large army to handle Cuba and potential Puerto Rico, with estimates of army strength and reliance on volunteers for upcoming operations.
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New York
Tribune
Washington
Cuba
Philippines
Spain
Puerto Rico
United States
England
Egypt
Miles
War with Spain Likely to Last Two Years Says Sewell
In New York on May 5 President McKinley’s second call for volunteers prompts Gov Voorhees of New Jersey to convene Col Alexander C Oliphant and Col William Strange to confer with Senator William Sewell at his Camden home. Sewell believes the war will endure at least two more years and that a second volunteer call will come within a week or two.
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Sewell
Spain
New York
Melxinley
Voorhees
New Jersey
Alexander C. Oliphant
de Camp
William Strange
Plume
United States
William d. Sewell
Sensators Home
Camden
Olis Plant
Strange
Quipith Seagire
Pensions for Veterans and Related Grants Across States
Pensions granted in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota include Salomon R. Ward Storm Lake and Rufus R. Stoneman Winthrop with various amounts. widows Melissa Cook Westport and others receive payments. Re issues include Wilson Long Maxwell. postmaster appointed at Wayland Nebraska. Ottumwa Public Building steam heat contract awarded to Ottumwa Electric Railway at 490. other notices list post offices established and staff appointments.
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Washington
Iowa
Salomon R. Ward Storm Lake
Rufus R. Stoneman
Winthrop
Daniel S. Wendel
Oto
Chas Shnvufman
Magnolia
George Lutz Dublin
Wilas Skinner
Waterloo
Solomon W. Reed
Puesetn W. Oats
Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction, $U To 14. South Dakota
Melissa Cook
Westport
Nebraska
William EH
George
South Slouf City
Peter Hlurmnen Hamilton
Daniel C. Mills
Angus
Phefferman
Beatrice
Henry L. Armstrong
Omaha
William AL. Freer
Bassett
Edwin J. Gardinier
Fairfield
Hamilton Nabb
Seward
Wilson Long
Maxwell
Samuel Hoffer
Wayland
Polk County
Frank B. Newcomer
J. D. Bartow
Plankinton
SL. D
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Electric Railway Company
Dawes
Daskota National Bank of
Sioux Falls
S. D
Berks
Lancaster County
John W. Keenan
Fort Sully
Sully County
South Dakota
Fielder
Harry M. Toller
Cotwell Bluffs
Big liners refitted at Cadiz for potential U S action
Captain Strong reports in Cadiz two Hamburg American liners named Rapido and Patria were being armored for use as auxiliary cruisers and warships loaded with stores. He believes the Spanish government planned to send the fleet to threaten American coast cities and the Atlantic.
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St. John
N. W
Captain Strong
Cadiz
Americas
Expansion of War Looms Beyond Cuba Vision of Manila Battles
Washington reports the war with Spain is widening beyond Cuba as plans call for 100000 American troops to Cuba and possibly as many to Manila. Merritt likely to govern the Philippines with Manila as center while Dewey expands naval action and Cervera races to Cadiz.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Washington
Spain
United States
Cuba
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Fengon
Dewey
Manila
Samp
Cervera
Havana
Manth
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Coeneral Merritt
Charleston
Monterey
Musnila
Europe
Germany
Rumors Swirl on Spanish Fleet Destroyed and Santiago Post
London reports a persistent rumor of a major battle near Windward Passage with American squadrons closing on Cervera’s fleet and destroying the Spanish squadron at Santiago. Other dispatches from Key West and Madrid counter claims of no engagement and locate the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba.
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London
Santiago
Cuba
Haiti
Cape Verde
Cervera
New York
Key West
Evening World
Washington
Navy Department
Oregon
St Elas
Port Au Prince
Anti
Associated Press
Santiago de Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Reuters Telegraph Company
Windward Passage
Lloyds
Para
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Marietta
Nictheroy
European interference seen in Spain war outlook
A retired diplomat states that European powers likely will not intervene yet, noting Austria waits for a favorable moment while fearing conflict with the United States. He cites Sagasta Silvela and Salmeron as signaling a cautious line and warns Spain must avoid revolution or civil war to endure.
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Madrid
New York
Spain
Austria
France
Russia
Italy
Germany
United States
America
Conte
Sagasta
Silvela
Cadiz Fleet Rumor Swirls About Spanish Squadron
London May 25 Madrid derived dispatches say Cadiz is sealed to news and Admiral Camargo may depart to rejoin his fleet predicting a secret departure. Some worry Cervera's squadron may not be fully reunited in Cuban waters while ministers reportedly keep precise whereabouts confidential.
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Santiago
Madrid
Camera
Cadiz
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Spain
London
Camarag
Casmara
Cerevra
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West Third Street
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Int- Rat Nursery
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Lake City
Minnesota
Morris
U. 5
Pension Bureau
Piso
Amos Kelner
Cherry Valley, NL
Switzerland
Pensions For Veterans
North Atlantic
Merritt
West Indies
Cuban
Cape Verde Islands
St. Pierre
Martinique
Blanco
Santa FE
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