Major Will Not Enter Greek Turkish Row War
A humorous archive piece records Major’s decision to avoid war with Greece or Turkey. He cites brutality of war and fear of wives’ demands, joking about forty or fifty spouses. He favors US service and plans to buy a bicycle to run for office, hoping to avoid draft pressures.
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Turkey
Greece
Felier
Gude Sasiety
Erbout
Betsy
Delerium
Arbout
United States
One Fare for the Roundtrip to Asheville Meeting
A May 7 1897 letter to F E Emery from Cuas E Rosingson informs that Southern Railway will grant a one fare round trip to the Dairymen’s Meeting in Asheville on May 20. Certificate from the Asheville secretary entitles return at the reduced rate and the notice urges broad publicity among Biltmore attendees and the North Carolina State Dairymen party.
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Biltmore
Asheville
N. C
Filtmore
F. E. Emery
Raleigh
Pointed Paragraphs on Cleveland and War Debate
A series of editorial quotes from newspapers critique President Cleveland and his policies. The New York Tribune dismisses Cleveland’s latest declaration as ineffective. The Atlanta Constitution contrasts Clevelandism with creation. The Nashville Sun mocks the gold democratic press while the Providence Journal comments on attention to his speeches. The St. Louis Star notes civilization’s lingering wonder about the current European war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Democratic Union
New York Tribune
Watterson
Atlanta Constitution
Nashville Sun
Providence Journal
St. Louis Star
Tariff Bill Reported to Senate by Party Vote in 1897
Washington May 4 The tariff bill was reported to the Senate by a strict party vote with Senator Jones Nevada siding with Republicans. The measure, radically different from the Dingley bill, reworks sugar molasses lumber and tobacco duties, removes reciprocal provisions, and schedules tax changes across agriculture fabrics and metals aiming to raise revenue and adjust import duties.
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Senate
Jones
Nevada
Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Democrata
Arkansas
Dingley
Aldrich
Internal Revenue
Catarrh Cure Promises Full Cure with $100 Reward
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming it treats the constitutional disease internally by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and asks readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cueny & Co in Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cueny & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Precarious condition of Prof A H Nye after la grippe
A Cedar Falls man, Prof A H Nye of 2500 Olive Street, is described as having a shattered nervous system and general debility after la grippe. Despite help from doctors, a friend urged Dr Williams Pink Pills, which Nye credits with substantial improvement after one and then three boxes. The letter urges testing the remedy and notes Pink Pills' listed uses and pricing.
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A. H. Nye
Olive Street
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Prof
Nye
New York State
Black Hawk
Williams
la Grippe
Williame
Mr. Nye
Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenec Study
Trade tariff revisions readjust duties across fruits and textiles
The report outlines duty changes lowering rates on rice and rice flour, herring, dried fruits, citrus, flax and hemp products, jute fabrics, and common farming gear. It also adds a broad free-list for items including fish from the Great Lakes, fruit brine, plant propagatives, juices, and coal tar products like creosote oil and naphthalene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
United States
North Carolina Legal Form Book Now Available
Notice to Justices of the Peace announces the revised North Carolina Manual of Law and Forms including laws of 1897. Described as the best book for magistrates, county officers and lawyers, it replaces former editions. Price by mail two dollars and addressEdward & Broughton, publishers, Raleigh, N C.
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North Carolina
Edward3
Broughton
Raugiey, N
Pomona Hill Nurseries Prospectus at Pomona North Carolina
Van Lindley of Pomona Hill Nurseries announces a broad catalog featuring new Japan fruits and a range of fruit and flowers. The business, two miles west of Greensboro on the Southern Railway, emphasizes thirty years of experience and trade extending from Marine to Texas.
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Pomona
N. C
Greensboro
Texas
Japan
Os van Lindley
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Zeee Bileins, M. 4
Secretary of the Treasury
Cavendish
Beccs
Collectors of Customs
House
Raleigh, N.C
Pomona Hill
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