Rumors On Rail Links And Gold Mine Trust Circulate
A fragmented report cites a Victoria vote result and a proposed ferry link to the Great Northern railway, seen as a step toward bringing the Great Northern into Vancouver. It also mentions a London rumor of a vast gold mine trust involving Rockefeller Rhodes Belt and Robinson.
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Victoria
C Ferry
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
Vancouver
George Alsature
The
London Daily Express
Jobs D. Rockefeller
Cecil Rhodes
Alfred Belt
Joseph Benjamin Robinson
Mrs Pinkham Advised Women to Seek Help from Lydia Pinkham
An old promotional piece extols Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham as a trusted advisor for female ailments. It cites twenty five years of confidential guidance, highlights her Vegetable Compound, and claims success in treating ovarian inflammation with free counsel from Lynn Mass. The testimonial notes Mrs Chappell of Grant Park NL endorsing the remedy.
Philippine bill on deposits and currency acceptance described
The passage notes a bill requiring Machia haunts to accept deposits in Mexican and local currency and to honor checks drawn in the currency of the deposit. Other items mention weather almanacs predicting lucky days, patent medicine claims, a fatal child abuse case, and various brief notices from around 1900.
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Philippine Commission
Machia Haunts
Open-top Ulas 0 railway passenger car for steam roads
The newest Ulas 0 car, built by Pullman for the American Tourist Association of Chicago, is a passenger observation car for steam roads. It follows the design of summer trolley cars but can open its top as well as the sides for views in mountainous canyons.
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Pullman Company
American Tourist Association
Chicago
The Chililitli Observation Dining Car Remembered
The article recounts the Chililitli, a sunlit car built from a work car to an open top observation and dining car. Created by Mexican traveler Rean Campbell after a ride in Las Canoas, it carried 68 seats and 66 diners, offering breezes and lantern light on a special train.
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Mexico
Rean Campbell
Campbell
Tamosopo Canon
Las Canoas
Tropics
Pigeon Escapes Eagle on Ferryboat Chase
A famous five year old pigeon named Duke of Richmond, released from Alameda fancier FP Schlutzhaner, outran a sea eagle toward the Piedmont ferry near Goat Island. The eagle pursued to within ten feet but, deterred, wheeled away. The bird returned to its cage aboard the ferry with its owner.
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Piedmont
Osk
FP. H. Schlutzhaner
Alameda
Homer
Duke of
Hichmond
San Francisco Chronicle
Dukke
Richmond
Memaster
Goat Island
Pullman cars criticized for bad taste and poor decor
Edward Bok in October Ladies Home Journal condemns Pullman interior decorations as a riot of bad taste. He argues the rich company should fund harmonious, artistic drapery to educate the public and reflect progressive decoration. He calls current cars garish, loud, and inexcusable.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Edward Bok
Pullman
Pullman Company
Living example shows a gifted mind in Augusta
An Augusta man named Robert Gardenher, a laborer on the J B White building, is described as a middle aged colored man with exceptional mental math ability. Tests show rapid accurate results, especially in multiplication, with no clear explanation of his method. He has had little formal schooling and recalls discovering his gift in boyhood.
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Timsett
Augusta
Atlanta Constitution
J. B. White
Robert Gardenhelr
Jones Street
Cumming
Robert
How Slate Pencils Are Made
Slate pencils were once cut directly from slate, but grit caused objection. Col Steward devised a process to grind slate into a fine powder, bolting out impurities, forming a dough, and pressing shapes under hydraulic pressure to form pencils three feet long, then drying and tempering them in kilns. Antwerp then organized a rat hunt with a penny reward per rat.
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London
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad and Early Alaska Salmon Industry
A fragmented ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease for uncomfortable feet. The piece also mentions Alaska salmon output reaching at least 1.5 million cases and outlines New Zealand parliamentary provisions on minimum wage for underage workers, setting a weekly floor of 1.26 for boys and 11 for girls, aimed at curbing apprentice system abuses.
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New Zealand
Union unrest and labor facts across nations and industries
A compilation reports British railways employing nearly 400,000. Western Federation of Miners with over 10,000 members. Philadelphia Navy Yard workers earning about 1.04 daily. Peoria and Tit facts with 163 trades unions and thousands striking over non unions hires. A Victoria Col miners strike averted. union defense fund proposed. U S garment labeling push. New York Granite Cutters wage standard set. Pennsylvania factory labor hours and child labor rules upheld. labor rights cases flagged as constitutional or unconstitutional. Cha mitz consul notes brick housing for workers at 3365 monthly rents.
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Western Federation of Miners
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Peoria
Tit
Victoris
Col
Monageru
Journeymen Brewery
Salon
A. F. of L. Defense Fund
Pennsylvania Steel Company
East India Railway Company
United Garment Workers
New York City
Granite Cutters” Union
Pennsylvania
Superins
Game Court
United States
Chamitz
Germany
A Narrow Escape and a Grateful Woman
Mrs F J Lynch of Grand Rapids Michigan writes that Perona Medicine cured her persistent cough after doctors failed. She claims two bottles relieved her illness quickly and left her in excellent health, praising Perona as a true friend to women.
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LYNCH
Grand Rapids
Mich
F. J. Lynch
South Division Street
Perona Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Perana
FJ. Lynch
Chronic Catarrh and Peruna Cure Hype Pushes Remedy
An 19th or early 20th century style piece extols catarrh as a universal danger and lauds Peruna as a cure. It claims widespread praise from cured patients and medical men, touts Peruna as essential in drugstores, and offers a free guide from The Peruna Medicine Co of Columbus Ohio.
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la Tuna
Perna
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
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