New Fray Gnat Sparks Fishermen and Locomotives
The article notes heavy use of mouse whiskers in a new fishing lure called the new fray gnat with whiskers costing about two cents. It mentions trout biting more at mouse-whisker ales and introduces an automatic locomotive stoker on the Pan-Handle, which could reduce fireman duties, though firemen will still be needed to run engines if fuel is managed.
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Missouri River
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Cal
New York
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Railroad Tests Oil Fuel for Locomotives
One of the nation’s largest railroads will substitute oil as fuel for four locomotives amid doubts about success. The ad extols Hontetter's stomach bitters for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and flatulence after fifty years of trial. Emphasizes genuineness of the remedy.
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Lone
Hontetter
Flatul Ency
St Louis Rag Time Critique Ignites Concert Scene
Mrs. James L. Blair of St Louis told the Congregational club that rag time music is more popular than classical in the city and that high quality music has not been appreciated, stirring local musical circles.
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St Louie
James L. Blair
Bt. Louis
Cough Remedies and Odd Domestic Notes From 1900
A jumble of testimonials and brief items covers patent medicines like Brono Quinine Tablets and Piso’s Cure for Coughs, alongside assorted anecdotes on goats harming forests, Germany’s beer imports linked to war, tobacco factory work in France, and curious bits about White House mistresses and electricity on ships.
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Paria
Washington
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Letitia Tyler Bemple
President Tyler
Harriet Lane Johnson
James Buchanan
Ulysses
Grant
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Claims Cure for Female Ailments
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female complaints. It promises cures for ovarian troubles uterine disorders and spinal weakness and claims effectiveness in irregular menstruation and nervous debility. The text uses superlatives and endorsements to argue the product’s safety and efficacy.
Gibraltar Crumbling Defenses Questioned by French Critics
French journals challenge the idea of Gibraltar as an impregnable British stronghold. They cite 1895 to 1908 works including a torpedo station dry dock and two piers on the west side, arguing that Spanish batteries could ruin the structure. A British commission and Mr Bowles favor moving the works to the east, though feasibility and cliff instability remain concerns.
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Gibaltar
Indiana
Revue d'Armee Et de Marine
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Tour de Monde
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Gen. Codrington
Algeciras Bay
Spain
Sierra Carbonara
Carnero Point
Garcia Roure
Bowles
Erge
New York
Mis First Business Venture in Youthful Soap Scheme
An American capitalist recalls his first venture at age eleven in a public salesroom near his home. He bought twenty two boxes of soap against a wary grocer after promising to supply him, recounting the amused, weary reaction of onlookers. The tale ends with the grocer admitting he could have done the same.
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Mis
German astronomer Gogelass linked to Chinese instruments
Historically significant Chinese astronomical instruments brought from Pekin are now attributed to a German named Gogelass who died in 1771. He served at the Pekin court and headed the royal observatory.
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Pekin
Curious royal betrothal custom at Potsdam
The Pris sian royal family selects six poor couples each July to wed in Potsdam’s garrison church on Queen Louise’s death anniversary. Brides receive about $125 and a family Bible as gifts after the ceremony.
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Potsdam
Louise of
Pruaata
New Pacific Steamships Signal Trans-Pacific Era
Two new passenger steamers being built for San Francisco to Oriental ports will inaugurate a new era in trans Pacific navigation. They will be twice the size of the largest current ships, with only a few newer vessels surpassing their dimensions. The article also notes various unrelated items and anecdotes.
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Im Pacific Navigation
San Francisco
Oriental Ports
Trans-Pacific Navigation
Pacific
Hints of Marriage and the Danger of Quick Matches
A Louis Post-Dispatch item comments on the folly of hurried marriages and exultant divorces. It warns that some women display excessive joy by kissing lawyers and judges, urging young women to choose husbands more carefully and suggesting it is better to remain single than to marry unwisely.
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