Gasoline stove explosion and long recovery tale
Mrs. Nora E Hill recounts a September 1 1893 gasoline stove explosion that burned her and injured her stomach and nerves. After years of gastric ulcers and abscesses, she found relief using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, reporting improved appetite, strength, and reduced pain, though doctors doubt a complete cure. She invites inquiries at 46 Walnut Street Chicago and notes pills are non patent medicine.
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Nora FE. Hill
Nora E. Hill
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Chicago
West Side
A. F. Portman
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
tAtade
Sowing Wild Oats and a French Marquis Marriage
An editorial condemns the saying sow your wild oats as a sinful habit and argues oats will sprout into ruin. It then reports on Mary Gwendolin Caldwell marrying a French Marquis, noting her wealth over two million, her Breckinridge lineage, and Catholic philanthropy.
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Marquise de
Merinville
America
Mary Gwendolin Caldwell
The Downward Spiral of Sin and a Jewish Novelist
A reflective piece contrasts moral decline with the plight of sinners in a severe moral frame. It references Abraham Cahan, a Russian Jewish writer born in Vilna who fled tsarist Russia for New York, where he built a career as a journalist and novelist.
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Abraham Cahan
New York
Vilna
Money Making Arts and the Dangers of Drummers
A denunciation of wholesale houses employing drummers to guide country customers to saloons and gambling dens in New York City. The speaker condemns merchants who tolerate off hours corruption, urging firms to monitor salesmen and reject such practices.
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New York City
New Hampshire
New
Hay Seeks England Ambassador Post For Colonel Hay
The British government through Sir Julian Pauncefote has asked when Colonel John Hay will be persona grata as ambassador to Great Britain. The state department was informed that Hay will be welcome to call on the queen and his nomination is expected to be sent to the Senate in a few days.
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Anne Need
Washington
Julian Pauncefote
John Hay
Great Britain
State Department
Sir Julian
Hay
Senate
Filibuster Case Spurs U S Action on Cuban Aid
The Hart case in Philadelphia prompts heightened government effort against filibustering for Cuban insurgents. Reports say Cuban sympathizers are active at Pensacola and Appalachicola Florida. The Marblehead is instructed to watch for illicit departures and hidden arms along the Gulf coast, though no seizures have been reported yet.
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Wasninetos
John. D. Hart
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Pensacola
Appalachicola
Fla
United States
Marblehead
Gulf Coast
Belfast gas profits lead to lower consumer prices
Belfast Ireland reduced gas prices after reporting last year’s profit of 37,677 pounds. Gas will sell at 60 cents per thousand cubic feet with a 5 to 20 percent discount depending on usage and coal priced at 3.09 dollars per ton. United States Consul Taney provided cost details to the State Department. In Washington, Senator Wolcott discussed bimetallism with President McKinley after returning from abroad, sharing trip findings and conditions.
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Washington
Belfast
Ireland
United States
Taney
Department of State
Wasuindos
Senator Wolcott
Colorado
White House
Wolcott
McKinley
Three-way Democrat speaker race dominates caucus
In Washington a heated contest for the speaker nomination unfolds within the Democratic caucus. The three candidates are McMillin Richardson of Tennessee and Bailey of Texas, each backed by English capital. The outcome influences leadership of the minority and key committees. A separate item from Kansas City reports plans for a large English capital backed packing plant, with European trade prospects and future branch houses across the South.
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Washington
House Democrats
Committee On Rules
McMillin and Richardson
Tennessee
Bailey
Texas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Cash Assets of S28. Battmore Bank Opened
The Lexington Savings bank safe, a colored people's institution, was opened and found to contain 28.72 dollars. Net liabilities total about 16 thousand dollars with 7,800 dollars due to about 700 depositors.
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Battmore
Lexington Savings Bank
Brother of James G Blaine Dies in Washington
Robert G Blaine, brother of the late James G Blaine, has died at his Washington residence after years of residence in the city and prior work in a federal department. The notice records his death and ties to the Blaine family.
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James G. Blaine
Washineton
Robert G. Blaine
Mr. Blaine
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the Chronicle
Chicago, Ilt
Madison C. Peters
Mammon
England
Dunning
Lonestaff
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Huron
Enna
Ind
ENN
Ther Bureau
Hart
Gunthers
Sherwin Williams
Dunning & Longstaff
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