Truth on health methods fuels fear of plague comeback
A 19th century health column rails against douches and sprays for tuberculosis and catarrh. It blames physicians and popular remedies for rising deaths from lung diseases, urging readers to accept Hyomei as a guaranteed inhalation cure promoted by R. T. Booth Co. and sold nationwide.
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Board of Health
Isbaler Oeifs
Fice
Cuall
R. T. Booth Co
Salto
Auditorium Bidg
Chicago
Ofice
East Scale
Hhas Nener
No Cigarettes in Jail In Chicago Prisons
Chicago reports an April 2 cigarette ban in jail where prisoners protest the rule. Jailer Join and James Pease defend the order citing odor and cigarette supply by some inmates, while the sheriff and jailer stand firm against smoking any form.
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Chicago
James Pease
Fuller
Chickamauga Camp Grows as Troops Pour In to Park
Chattanooga April 23 Major General Brooke renames Chickamauga park as the army’s rendezvous. About 3,000 more troops arrive, with fifteen train loads of infantry cavalry and artillery sent to the park. Port Sheridan fliers receive bouquets from admirers as railroads struggle to handle the influx.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
George H.thomas
Brooke
Chickamauga Park
United States
Port Sheridan
Nashville
Reurn
Lytle Hill
Wider
Lee
Chattaneese
Randvinh
Lancaster
Randolph
Western Points
Chickamauga
Fort Niobrara
Charity” Adams
Fort Russell
Fort Douglass
Shermen
Spokane
Boise Barracks
New Orleans
Berm
Reduced Rail Rates to Grand Encampment District Wyoming
The Union Pacific will sell round trip tickets from Kansas Nebraska Colorado and Utah to Rawlins Wyoming at one fare plus five dollars. Tickets available on specified May through November Tuesdays. Stage line operates daily except Sunday between Rawlins and Grand Encampment. Contact F A Lewis city ticket agent Fulton depot agent for details. Be at the depot for travel.
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Grand Encam
Wyo
Union Pacific
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Rawlins
Rawline
Grand Encampment
Ordress
F. A. Lewis
Fulton
Dramatic Return by Clay Clement at Crawford Theater Tonight
Clay Clement appears for the second time this season at the Crawford theater in The New Dominion, authoring the piece. He previously charmed local audiences in Baron Hohenstauben, with praise for his stage presence and the company’s support. The performance may be his last credible city appearance this season before next week’s Sharpley Lyceum engagement opens with free women’s tickets and A. Case as the opening program.
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Clay Clement
Crawford Theater
New Dominion
Clement
Baron Hohenstauben
Lea
Sharpley Lyceum Theater Company
A. Oa
Cleveland Presbytery withholds approval of saloon-linked institutions
At the Cleveland Presbytery meeting ministers resolved to withhold approval of educational institutions whose leaders support saloons. They noted ex-President Cleveland would attend the Presbyterian assembly in Winona, Indiana, next month and had favored the sale of Hauer at Princeton Inn, judging that such a guest should not be invited under the circumstances.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Presbytery
Cleveland
Presbyterian Assembly
Winona
Ind
Princeton Inn
Hyuer
GAVE UP PENSION
Lexington Ky April 2 Ven erable John J Creekbaum aged 60 of 23 Walton Avenue appeared before the local pension examiners with a batch of papers and declared he resigns his pension to support the country as the Stars and Stripes are to wave in battle He cannot join the boys in blue again and was a member of Company F First Regiment Ohio Volunteers.
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Lexington
John J. Crecktaum
Walton Avenue
MacKinley
Spain
Board of Pension Examiners
McClurs
Washington
Creekbaum
Ohio Volunteera
Sage III health slips after reception with strawberries
Russell Sage was absent from his New York office since Saturday with a nonserious illness, allegedly caused by overindulgence at a reception hosted by James Talcott at 7 West Fifty seventh Street last Saturday afternoon. Sage was not bedridden and his physician advised rest.
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New York
Russell Sage
She
SU Eae Shhee Ag
Sage
James Talcott
West Fifty-seventh Street
Born on the Train An Infant of U S Infantry Born in Transit
On April 2 in St Paul a baby born aboard a North Pacific special train carrying part of the Second Regiment United States Infantry. The mother and child were later taken to City Hospital under care of City Physician AB Ancher. both were reported doing well.
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St. Paul
Minn
United States Infantry
Charles Erickson
War
AB. Ancher
Skeleton boiling kettle scandal shocks Pineville crowd
In Pineville Kentucky on April 23 Dre W J Hodge and Sterling Westerfield rigged a kettle in an alley near their offices and boiled a human skeleton. Indignation followed leading to a trial this morning where both defendants were fined five dollars and required to deliver coats. The skeleton was believed to be John Cosgrove, a well known railroad contractor who died last January.
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Pineville
Dre. W. J. “Hodge
Sterling Westerfield
John Cosgrove
Grant and Lee kin to fight side by side in Spain war
Grant's grandson Algernon Sartoris and Lee's nephew seek staff positions with General Fitzhugh Lee in the volunteer army. George Mason Lee, son of Fitzhugh Lee, requests resignation from West Point to serve as a volunteer lieutenant. Both families cross Union and Confederate lines as war fever draws former foes into service.
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Washington
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Spain
Algernon Sartoris
Nellie Grant Sartele
Fitzhugh Lee
Grant
Appomattox
Lees
George Mason Lee
West Point Military Academy
Lee
Hia
Les
Northern
Virginia
Lions and War at Cincinnati Zoo Cubs Named Maine and Cubsu
Amid threats of war, Julia the lioness at Cincinnati Zoo presented a regal litter of cubs yesterday. The unusually sturdy cubs, male named Maine and female named Cubsu after the battleship and the wrecked island, reveal a stoic, formidable lineage as caretakers anticipate their future pairing.
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Cincinnati Zoo
Maine
Cubsu
War Song Concert at McVicker's Theater Sunday
A patriotic war song concert is planned for McVicker's Theater Sunday evening in Chicago. Conductor Brooke leads the Chicago Marine Band with Doehne and McVickers Orchestra providing incidental music. The program includes patriotic specialties and prominent soloists aiming to stir old wartime memories.
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McVicker’s Theater
Chicago
McVickers Theater
Brooke
Chicago Marine Band
Doehne
McVickers Orchestra
Scott's Emulsion Promises Steady Weight Gain for Children
Promotes continuous weight increase for healthier children with richer blood and firmer flesh. Claims better color in cheeks and stronger muscles, with substantial, lasting gains. Second bottle priced at $2.00, available through all druggists. Scott and Sowe, chemists, New York.
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Scott
Scott & Sowne
New York
Frisco Treasurer Found Defaulter in Theft Case
San Francisco city treasurer Augustus C. Widber admitted embezzling at least 110000 with estimates up to 400000. He slit coin bags to steal gold, tampered with cash, and reportedly spent on horse racing and women. A deputy disappeared months earlier amid similar losses.
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San Francisco
Augustus C. Widber
Widber Hesdi
Widber
Tos Amanteurs
Hix Lit
Bisson Augustus
Cherries Are Sour Sues Filed By Des Moines Sisters
The Cherries, Effie Addie and Jessie, sue Strauss and Dawson publishers of the Des Moines Leader in Polk County District Court for libel seeking 15000 dollars. The petition cites February 23 Leader article calling Effie old jade and other degrading descriptions. Attorney W N Crosby says this starts a wave of suits against papers nationwide over Cherry stories.
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Des Moines
Cherry Sisters
Polk County
Strauss& Dawson
Des Moines Leader
Leader
Effie
Addie
Jessie
W. NH. Crosby
Papers
Nation
Million Acres Free Fine Grazing Land in California
Monterey April 24 A United States land office report in San Francisco shows nearly 1 000 000 acres in Monterey county opened to entry mostly unsurveyed and not level enough for farming but suitable for grazing. The dry winter is believed to have damaged pasture. In 1897 Monterey county produced more original land entries than any other part of the state.
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California
Monterey
Monterey County
United States Land Office
San Francisco
Motorman Robert Brooks Dies During Sparring Bout
Pittsburg on April 23 Robert Brooks a motorman for Consolidated Traction died after a sudden collapse during a friendly boxing match with a coworker at the Craig street car barn. He received aid but could not be revived by a physician who arrived.
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Robert Brooks
Pittsburg
Forbes Avenue
Consolidated Traction Company
Craig Street
Brooks
Mrs McKinley Arrives in New York with Ill Guests
Mrs McKinley and party reach Jersey City after noon from Washington. They are greeted at the Wildsur hotel by Abner McKinley and TRiknd. Marines aboard a preceding train salute as Mrs McKinley is wheeled to the ferry. The Windsor hotel awaits with suites prepared on Fifth Avenue.
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Versey City
Washington
Marshall Barber
Miss Barber
Traini
Jersey City
Abner McKinley
Pro- Brietor
Wildsur
McKinley
Munger Leland
White House
McKinley’s Health Failing Under Strain of Duty
Washington April 28 The strain on President McKinley is beginning to injure his health though not ill yet. His care demands deepen facial fatigue and he lacks his usual spring in his step. Observers who know him well note the change in his appearance. He cannot expect the usual summer respite unless rest soon comes. Dr Wood, the family physician, closely watches him.
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Washington
McKinley
Dr.Wood
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Quick Relief and Cure
Physicians have long sought a non surgical cure for piles. The Pyramid Pile Cure is claimed to instantly ease pain and irritation, then progressively cure by acting on nerves and blood vessels. The remedy is said to be harmless, inexpensive at 50 cents, and tested by many physicians, with favorable results.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
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