Cowboys' King Buck Twylbr Dies in Washington
Buck Twylbr known as king of the cowboys and a Rough Rider died at Providence Hospital Washington Tuesday of consumption. Elizabeth J. Custer widow of the Indian fighter notes his kinship to an Indian fighting father and the piece includes anecdotes and modern health ads. Shown are weather notes, patent medicine pitches, and railroad excursion rates to the East via the Rio Grande Western with train times and fares.
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Elizabeth J. Custer
St. Nicholas Weketeh
Scenic Route of the World Denver Rio Grande Excursion Rates
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad advertises special excursion rates on the Scenic Route of the World between Grand Junction and Denver with four daily fast express trains. Travel includes new dining cars and through Pullman and sleeping cars to Chicago at no extra cost. Census agents Pinecosin and Danham, presumed drowned in Alaska, are reported safe with records.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Enet
Rio Gande Western Railway
Denver
Paul
Chicago
Rockies
America
Rio Grande Western Tcliet
West Second South
Dooly Bloak Curser
Denver & Rio Grande
Grand Junction
Denver Rio Grande
Rceneuiaes
Pinecosin
Danham
Alaska
Influence of the Western World of China in Century article
The September Century features Rev. D. Z. Sheffield D D authoring a timely piece on China’s empire and resisting dismemberment, written before his June 22 departure from San Francisco after learning of North China college burning. a protest against upheaval is central. W E McCurdy dies at San Diego power house after a 7500 volt shock. a hat by the dynamo marks the scene. Two Civil War cannon to be melted into a statue, illustrating change. J McCann shoots H L R Chipley over his betrothal of McCann’s daughter. McCann jailed. The ad touts Stomach Bitters as health aid.
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China
D. Z. Sheffield
Middle Kingdom
Sheffield
San Francisco
North China College
W. E. McCurdy
San Diego
Cal
Teller
Douglas Shoe Company Ad Promotes $3.50 Men’s Shoes
Denver Post reports the W. L. Douglas Shoe Co of Brockton advertises a $3.50 men’s shoe with no middlemen, claims factory direct sales, 1100 Brockton workers, union labor, weekly payroll of 17435 dollars, and over one million wearers. Also notes a windstorm in Linsola Neb with 76 mph gusts causing damage.
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Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
Brockton
Maia
State Board of Arbitration
Amy Hoc
United States
Denver
Colo
Peabody Medical Institute and Miscellaneous Advertisements
A Boston institution among the antiquated almanac lines is the Peabody Medical Institute named after the late philanthropist George Peabody. An Rome dispatch notes a medical discovery on Bright's disease by Dr. Ovid Brown. Cavorting ads tout Cascarrets, Allen’s Foot Ease, Shera wear, and various tonics. Shipping and commerce items mention Germany’s sugar output and New York as a world banker.
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Moston
Peabody Medical Instiuie
Rome
Hright
Ovid Brown
New Wurt
Tame
Korea's Croton Prince Arrives to Learn English in U S
Prince Ful Wha of Korea visits Liis country to study English and likely attend the University of California or Stanford. He is small in stature, dark in complexion, and under interpreter Sin Ba Tou at the Korean legation in Washington. A Chicago inventor showcases a musical bicycle attaching piano wires to a bicycle wheel, producing tunes as the rider pedals, with adjustable tempo and a switch to mute the music.
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Korea
Croton
Ful Wha
Liis
Bul Wha
University of California
Leland Stanford
Sin Ba Tou
Prince Eul Wha
Washington
Royal Oriental
Chicago
Rochdale Tramways Bill Ties Profits to Service Fares
The Police and Sanitary Committee of the House of Lords acted on its own motion to amend a bill allowing Rochdale to build and operate municipal trams. The amendment forbids profits from the undertaking from funding general city expenses, directing them only to service needs and fare reductions. The move aligns with Glasgow and other British municipal trading practices.
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Rochdale
Police and Sanitary Committee
House of Londe
Glasgow
Cricket's waning popu larity in England
A brief note discusses cricket's decline in England linking it to professionalism and the rise of paid players. It notes similar U S trends and comments on how genuine amateurs are mixed with professionals, undermining the national game. The piece reflects on broader sport declines linked to financial incentives.
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England
United States
Immigration trends mark shift to southern and eastern Europe
The focal year ending in June saw 341,711 foreigners enter through New York, with total immigration likely near 630,000. Unlike thirty years ago, most newcomers now come from southern and eastern Europe, not western and northern Europe.
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New York
Europe
London council plans Thames passenger steamboat service
The London County Council Rivers committee has moved from theory to details and prepared a definite scheme for a passenger steamboat service on the Thames. The plan, designed after the collapse of private enterprise, is being considered as the basis for a parliamentary application for the necessary powers.
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London County Council
Thames
Rivers Committee
Council
Armor Plate Contracts Opened To New Bids By Navy
The Navy Department invites bids for more than 30 000 tons of armor plate for new battleships and cruisers, ending a period of two firms monopolizing the market. A third bidder, the Midvale Company of Philadelphia, joins the process amid renewed competitive activity.
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Navy Department
Midvale Company
Philadelphia
Starvation of Horses Critique of War Logistics
A London Times writer calls the war effort a great blot due to horses being systematically starved. They died from lack of food amid claims the department failed to prepare adequate rations through ignorance of duties.
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London Times
Anga
Leawyers in China and a Fatal Tientsin Clash
Article notes Hong Fu Ling, a foreign representative in Tientsin, killed in fighting. It describes legal status in China with licensed notaries and Catholic priests allowed to plead cases, and hints at foreign resentment. It ends with Emperor William embracing motor running.
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China
Hong Fu Ling
Tientsin
Hong Pu Ling
Yom of the Sun
Price on her Head in Boston Lynching Fallout
Lilian Clayton Jewett of Boston is accused of anti lynching agitation with a reward of 1008 offered by The Green Turtle Club of New One Jeans. The case centers on her white facade as friend of the colored race amid threats from Southern opponents. The reward is viewed as a farce.
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Green Turtle Club
New One Jeans
Lilian Clayton Jewett
Boston
Graits of the Brave in Transvaal Boer Army
Peter MacQueen reports from Wakkerstroom on Boer fighters praised for devotion to principle. The article highlights humane conduct toward prisoners and wounded, religiosity, generosity, and courage. It portrays the Boer as farmer, soldier, and patriot with broad vision.
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Peter MacQueen Nenils
Leslie
Wakkerstroom
Transvaal
Thes Stern
Huguet
MacQueen
Death of Professor James E Keeler Former Lick Director
Professor James E Keeler eminent astronomer dies in San Francisco at age near end of second term as director of Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton. A native of Illinois he joined Lick in 1886 as astronomical observer and led the time service using all available equipment until the observatory’s university transfer.
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James E Keeler
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
San Francisco
Keeler
Lick
University
Lawyer's Right to Weep Splits Tennessee Court
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled a lawyer may shed tears to influence a jury and must weep at will to avoid dereliction. The decision arose from an appeal alleging the plaintiff's attorney’s weeping unduly influenced the jury in the defendant's case.
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Supreme Court of
Religion in Colleges Faces Prejudice at State Unis
The Standard argues against sectarian bias toward state universities. It cites a University of Michigan class of 2925 with 2535 church members or adherents last year to show these institutions are not godless.
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The
Standard
Baptist Weekly
University of Ichigan
Wouldn't Go to War Francis Lieb Disappears from Home
Francis Lieb son of General Herman Lieb of Chicago ran away last week to avoid U S Marines. Father suspects friends may hide him yet no evidence supports this. Friends who know him speak highly of his character and his singing ability.
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Francis Lieb
Herman Lieb
Chicago
U. S. Marines
Lieb
Water rains over the great dam and irrigation drains fail
The passage at the base of the great dam in Arizona causes widespread flooding with irrigation canals crippled. Observers note the line of water holds worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Verde and Salt rivers. Germany starts direct import of South African wool due to the Boer War, with five thousand bales now shipping to Namberg instead of via London.
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Arizona Cane Head
Germany
Namberg
London
Ten Years Pain Relief After Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
MISS EDNA ELLIS of Higginsport Ohio writes that ten years of monthly agony and a wrecked nervous system finally eased after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She had tried many physicians and faced possible surgery but found relief with the remedy and offers to answer letters for more details.
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Edna Ellis
Higginsport
Ohio
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