Advancing in life rests on living peace and purpose
An old text mix notes Holmes and Roskin, praising persistent effort to reach heaven and prosperity in Porto Rico. Governor Allen foresees financial rest as sugar and coffee crops prosper. Military autos and top footwear ads appear, with Allen’s Foot-Kage and Gomez illness updates from Calulibazar Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Easter
Roskin
Woverver Alien
Porto Rico
Allen
Man and the Meg
A reflective piece equating humans to hogs in vice and resilience. It argues the hog’s cleanliness, omnivorous nature, and adaptations mirror human greed and duplicity, noting how filth surrounds both but praising the animal’s surprising talents and stamina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hingley
The Hog and the Law Through World History
The piece cites numerous claims about the hog and dietary laws, noting ancient and modern debates. It references mutinies sparked by grease in cartridges, diplomacy averting war over a hog, and religious taboos, asserting the hog’s long-standing legal status across civilizations for 3,390 years.
Insurance ties loom large over royal tragedies
The article notes vast life insurance commitments linked to royals, detailing the late Duke of Edinburgh’s £300,400 Ute policy and broad royal connections to insurers. It highlights how royal deaths trigger payouts, with Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales among high policy holders, while Kaiser Wilhelm receives few policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Alfred
Royal
Humbert
Italy
Margh¢ria
London
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Kalzer Wilhelm
Aged Couple Lives On One Dollar A Week Diet
Judge Talcott of Valparaiso Indiana and his wife reportedly live on one dollar weekly for food, about fifty two dollars a year, and say they are satisfied with the amount. Their simple meals include oatmeal mush milk sugar bread and cornmeal mush with rare meat once a month. Chicago University economists suggest a cost of three hundred dollars yearly for a couple. The 85 year old judge and his younger wife maintain the regimen by choice and enjoy what they consider ample nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talcott
Valparaiso
Ind
Taleott
Chicago University
Judge Talcott i
Gone up Salt river origin tale from Shelby county
Eunice Morgan recounts a local history sketch from Walkerville Shelby county Missouri about a defeated candidate who quietly moved up the Salt river past Pike, Rails, Monroe and Macon counties as towns queried his whereabouts and the saying gone up Salt river spread among settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkerville
Shelby County
Missouri
Salt River
Eunice Morgan
Mehrville
St. Louis
Pike County
Mississippi
Polla
Monroe County
Macon
Bomb threat tale from fragmented report near Amsterdam
An incomplete OCR note mentions Headly Poynt-Gaseens Rome and Professor Camphanwen of Amsterdam. It references a bomb generating device producing simen that will melt breathing dif. The fragment lacks clear facts, names, places, and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headly Poynt-Gaseens Rom
Camphanwen
Amsterdam
Parasite Destroys Shade Trees in Springfield News
A Springfield News report describes a scale parasite attacking city shade trees, especially in the western district. Leaves turn brown and spotted, foliage wilts and edges dry, bark colonies kill bark and leaves, with roots curling from stem damage observed on affected trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Springfield
Hurricanes Pass That Way Affects Gulf Coast Tracking
A historical note explains that a West Indian hurricane often follows a northern path, deflecting away from Georgia and Florida coasts and turning toward Louisiana, Texas, or Mexican shores depending on atmospheric impulses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Fatal wreck halts westbound freight near Ki Mann Texas
Engine and crew casualties reported after a bridge failure on the Southern Avenue Western route near Ki Mann Texas. An inspection crew and night school instructor in Manila are noted, while Libby McNeill Libby receives top Paris Exposition honors for canned foods. Carlo Pleha begins inquiry into internal taxation in the Philippines with a census workfront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vovue
Weanestay
Ki Mann
Texom
John Schaffer
W. B. Eldsop
Carlo Pleha
Philippines
Miller Appointed General Passenger Agent of St Paul System
Roswell P. Miller’s brother is named general passenger agent effective Oct 15 1900 succeeding George H Heafford who recently resigned. Miller, a longtime assistant, heads the passenger department at Marquette building with Marsh and Merrill remaining in their posts. He was born in Harford PA and joined the line in 1874 rising through the ranks by 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Miller
Messrs. Marsh and
Merrill
St. Paul
Mr. Miller
Harford, Pa
Protective policy and train lines on the Union Pacific system
U P rail lines boast protective policies and vast improvements while promoting the Great Overland Route. The Hue holds a speed record and reliable schedule with Salt Lake and Denver connections. Reading paddlers cut costs after a strike. Denver Rio Grande routes offer daily express trains, new dining cars, and through cars to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Salt Lake
Denver
Ir. B. Choate
Salt Lake City
Reading
Quiet Heart and Trial in Limavady Orangeman Initiation
A report describes James Warke of Limavady recounting an initiation into the Orangemen by his employer and three others. He alleges legs bound eyes covered branded with hot tongs and later naked suspension with rope and pins, followed by a two day further ceremony. defendants fined $10 each plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Warke
Limavady
County Kerry
Warke
Costa
Wayside Miniathon and a Call for Duty
Text urges steady effort and virtue, stressing private devotions and social duty. It notes that time exists to plan life with divine help, allowing for self culture and public service amid duties.
Caret Caretals: CASCARETS Claim Natural Body Ease
CASCARETS Candy Company advertises CASCARETS as a natural cure for headaches and digestive issues, promising painless relief and regular movements. The Chicago registry adds many new names in a late 19th century notice, listing thousands more registrants in a public update.
To Mothers of Sage Fairies In a Workaday World
An advertisement features Mrs Minkham of S bain and an appeal to mothers in large families. It urges not to let life be sacrifices and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as aid for weakness and menstrual distress. It includes a testimonial from Cassie Bellxrvie, Ludington, Michigan, praising the medicine's effect on housework and family care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinktiam
Minkham
Bain
Advien
Pinkham
Hamm
Lydia
Ae Canms Bellxrvie
Lediington
Mich
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Reichstag
Fou
Olmsted
le Roy
Maximo Gomez
Calibazar
Cuba
Sale Bn
J. Tower
Boston
W. Nicol
Bur Lake Electric Supply CO
Lame City
Uram
Juaritet Reeves
Tome
Warhington
Dcs
Beith NL Wolst 20Th Corps
Y. Mim Deaver
Ken
Bex
Atlanta
All Lake
Man and the Meg
Cas
Great Britain
India
Germany
Whitelaw Bell
France
Moses
Mohammed
Han Lees
Manila
Libey's
Libby, McNell & Libby
Chicago
America
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Thin Firm
Libby, McNeill & Libby
THE
National
Missouri, Kansas & Texan Railway
Gulf of Mexico
St. Louie
Kansas City
Hannibal
Sedalia
Ft. Scott
Nevada
Parnous
Denison
Dallas
Ft Worth
Waco
Houston
San Antonio
James Barker
G. P
T. A. St Louis
Chiba
Catarra
Patna
Toledo
P. J. Cheney & CO
Ohio
Draggtars
Pitts
Merlin Keeng Zeitung
Chinens
Ruasin
Russin
China
Adress
Lettoy
M, DeGiers
Tieu Tein
Berlin
Komische Zeitung
Pekin
Strant
Uni
House of Commons
W.grove
Carliste City
Seattle
Akre
Winslow
Wulul Cult
Alabawa
G. Babess
Warburen
Brumning Carey
Qoeppric
Havana Harbor
BaLtas
Teevercorsy
David P. Barrows
Raton
Caniay
Msenges
Chlcago
Mus
Camhix
Louis Erhardt & Coy
Winchester
Santa Fe
C. F. Warren
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