Admiral Dewey Abroad And Painter Debuts In Norwich
The piece notes Admiral Dewey may seek private peace abroad upon return while a Rochester Democrat and Chronicle remark questions public propriety. It adds a Stamp of Russia listing 995 steamers and 4 049 sailing vessels with interior seas usage and tonnage figures. It mentions Dewey as a Norwich student painting water colors, highlighting a marine scene now hung in a university classroom. It also advertises Allen's Foot-Ease powder for sore feet. It briefly mentions Lord Kitchener's younger brother Arthur Buck Kitchener, a bachelor living near Dunback New Zealand who chose farming over the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewsey
Admiral Dewey
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Russia
State Department
W. R. Holloway
St. Petersburg
Baltic
Azov
Caspian
Dewey
Norwich Universly
Lord Kitchener
New Zealand
Arthur Buck Kitchener
Walhems Grange
Dunback
Shag River
Fumes and fashion mingle in Paris hair trade tale
A controversial Paris hair market tale notes that fine human hair costing up to 250 dollars per pound is sold to aristocrats, mostly sourced from Brittany where peasants cut and sell their hair for trinkets and shawls. The piece touches on social contrasts and a stray train of promotional items and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Brittany
War in Chicago Sparks Armed Clash at Lincoln Park
Chicago reports Captain George W. Streeter and an armed party seized land at the river mouth forming part of Lincoln Park after a long dispute over settler rights. Police and sheriff’s posse drove off the invaders, with one boy wounded and five men captured. Streeter’s challenge to court battles continues.
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Chicago
George W. Streeter
Lincoln Park
Streeter
State of
Illinois
Knickerbocker train lore and travel notes in 1900
A collage mentions political quips, patent medicines, and comic asides, then extols the Knickerbocker legend linked to New York travel. It praises the Knickerbocker Special and the New York and Boston Limited, touting comfort, noon departure from St Louis, and arrival by afternoon, with Father Knickerbocker as a cultural symbol.
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New York
Diedrich Knickerbocker
Washington Irving
Nieu Netherlands
the Hudson
Albany
Manhattan
Rip van Winkle
Knickerbocker
New York City
Irving
St. Louis
Father Kontckerbocker
Big Four
Fragmented Victorian ad and crime notices mix
A jumbled OCR page shows items on steel plates resistant to drills, a patent cough remedy, promotional claims for starch and binder twine, plus criminal court notices in Kansas City about counterfeit products. It notes arrests of Burgess, Lay, and Fuge for refilling bottles and references police satire and kidney remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Burgess
Burgess & van Horn
Harry Lay
W. T. Fuge
Kansas City
Pinkham Remedies Offer Free Counsel for Women
The Pinkham Remedies promote Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for feminine disorders and urge women to seek free advice. Mrs. Pinkham offers practical guidance and invites letters, Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Grove's Chill Cure Promises Malaria Relief
Advertised as a tasteless tonic containing iron and quinine, Grove's claims to cure chills and fever from malaria. It asserts originality, superiority to imitators, and nationwide availability with a no cure no pay guarantee, priced at 50 cents.
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Grove’s
United States
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Allen’s
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Security
Carter
Bush
Bon Beattaate
L. Doug
Er Corre
W. L Douglas
Anse
E. H. Hardin
China Springs
Tex
Morley
Red Cross
Aspana
Fertile
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Territory
New Mexico
S. K. Hooper
G.P.A
D.&r.g. RR
Denver, Cole
St. Jacobs Oil
Memphis
C. B. Hart
Gen. West
A. P. Kidwell
Okisholma Clay
Usishoms Clg
F. Molden
Tramc
Little Rock Ark
Rit
M. E. Conference
Tee Trust
Attoreny General
J.C. Davies
American Ice Company
Frankfort
Kentucky
Mount
Indiana
Beckham
Fisley
Berlin
Topeka
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Neeley
Cuba
Keeley
Atchison, Kan
Atchison, Brown, Jackson and
Marshall Counties
Kansas
Pawnee County
Nebraska
Atchison
Central Branch
Union Pacific Railroad
Washington, D. C
Monsey
London
Transvaal
Becket
Kromz
Carter Medicine CO
Infringement Cane
Druggaite New Yoru Press
Tie Man
Hal
Ali Geaisss
Allen
Louis F. Walker
St Louis
Abe
Neta
Sedam Eeeee
Shefield
England
Lee Metford
Pino
N. W
Gotan Grove
M. J
Feni
Hanes
Borsece E Co
Hind Ginasee
Pinkham
Grove
DR. Moffeits
S.J. Moffett
RA. D
ST. Louis, MD
The
Boston Limited
VIA
St. Peoria
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
C. L. Mulleary
Aart Gen's Pass
Agi
Warren 5
LYNCH
Gen’l Pam Ach
Et Louis
Clpetmnesct
Muscatine
Iowa
Yves
Wichita
Chea
Ash Grove
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