Prominent Persons and Political Victories Across Cities
A wide array of items: Hill hanged at San Quentin for wife murder. Senator Allen urges Lincoln troops for Cuba defense. Chicago aldermanic reform victory with 25 of 35 seats. Milwaukee landslide for Democratic ticket. Tacoma and other cities swing Republican in mayoral races. various local tax, flood, and property news. exploration and war-era notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin T. Hill
San Quentin
California
Hill
Allen
Nebraska
Silas A. Holcomb
Lincoln
Neb
Spain
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
David
Rose
Tacoma
Wash
Johnson Nickells
W. A. Sternberg
Topeka
Kas
Leavenworth
Wichita
Fort Scott
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Independence
Abilene
Hiawatha
McPherson, Garnett
Yates Center
Eldorado
Girard
Cure for sterility urged by Vegetable Compound ad
A 19th century advertisement promises cures for female sterility through general debility and blood conditions. It urges writing to Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for free diagnosis and treatment guidance. It cites Lydia Lyt tle of Jersey City testimonials claiming relief from leucorrhea womb pains and successful subsequent childbearing after using five bottles.
Hawaii to raise stars and stripes if war with Spain comes
A Honolulu dispatch says Washington orders to raise the American flag over Hawaii and hold it at all costs if war with Spain is declared. Ministers and Admiral Miller stay reticent while public mood runs pro war as Pacific cable plans move forward under Senator Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chi
Waldrick
Cass County
Missouri
Alabama
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Russia
Cumberland Park
Nashville
Tenn
Lewis Adams
Norman
Oklahoma
Chicago
National Association of Horse Breeders and
KE. K. Woodbury
Port Chester
N. Y
Lincoln
Neb
New York
Missouri State Board of Equalization
Eli Reed
Old St. Louis
Ind
William ©. Whitney
Navy
Whitney
North Carolina
Senate
Greensburg
Princeton
Texas
Pecos County
Glass Mountain
Mexico
United States
Spain
Inter-Ocean
Honolulu
Admiral Miller
Hawaii
Washington
Sewall
Pacific
American
Hawaiian Islands
Congress
Brown
Pacific Cable Company
Seymour Company
Japan
San Francisco
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Spring Blood Purity
Traditional testimonial style ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures all blood ailments from spring eruptions to scrofula. Includes multiple user quotes from Mrs. M. E. Hill, Mrs. Fe Johnson, Samuel Whiter, and Geo. Harvey praising relief, vigor, and family use. Warns against substitutes and urges purchase of Hood's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
M. E. Hill
Brookfield, Wash
Samuel Whiter
Birch Bay
Wash
Fort Simcoe
N. B
The Sermon That Ignited The Plague Tale
An English clergyman bought and preached a London sermon in a small town. He claimed the plague visited the town through the vice he condemned, provoking the magistrate to ask where the plague was. The preacher replied the plague was in his homily, not in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Pitchers Castoria Trade Mark Rights Asserted
Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts declares exclusive rights to the phrases PITCHER S CASTORIA and CASTORIA as his trade mark. He states he originated PITCHER S CASTORIA and that the wrapper bears the facsimile signature CHAS H FLETCHER. He notes no one may use his name except The Centaur Company and identifies March 8 97 as the date. The London Gazette reports the Queen's Jubilee celebration from last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Chas. H. Fletcher
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Vhas
The
London Gazette
All Around Market Report Quoted Prices and Prices Across Regions
Wholesale wheat quotes span club bulk and sacked categories in Spokane and regionally with prices for oats rye flour hay eggs wool and dairy plus vegetables Poultry meats and local market notes list San Francisco and Portland figures April 11 with prices for wheat in Walla Walla Colfax and other markets Also noted are Bible class counts Westminster orange infestation and Emperor William’s message to Ambassador White to United States
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluestem
Spokane
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Tacoma
Colfax
Young Men's Christian Association
America
San Jose
Westminster
California
William of
Germany
White
United States
One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. endorsement lines from F J Cheney Co Toledo and West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Claims internal remedy reaches blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes Hall's Family Pills and a curious Arctic fact about snow moisture at low temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Foot Ease and Various Remedies Advertised in 19th Century Column
An assortment of late 19th century ads and notices tout foot powders for foot ailments and bunions, nerve restorers, cures for fits, and claims of testimonials. Also mentions a Malay Debating Club, a treasure swindling scheme, foreign coffee duties, a lung cure testimonial, postage stamp history, a blood purifier, and New York City debt beyond legal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Alien
Roy, N.Y
Lady Finds Satisfaction With Schilling's Best Tea
A woman tried Schilling's Best tea and disliked it. She prepared it again strictly by directions and found it satisfactory. Now it is her only tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schilling
Avalanche on the Chilkoot Pass claims hundreds of lives
News from Skaguay Alaska reports a massive snow slide on the Chilkoot trail between The Scales and Stone House near Sheep Camp. At least 100 men died with 150 reported missing, thousands aiding debris removal as a blizzard hindered rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skaguay
Alaska
Seattle
Scales and
Stone House
Sheep Camp
Zebarth
Sprague
Stevenson
Dyea
Mines of the Northwest report sale of Blue Grouse group
Late transfers show sale agreement for the Blue Grouse group of four silver lead claims by William Williams to W F Zumhoff for 20000 dollars. The holdings lie on Carbon gulch near Sunset mountain in the Coeur d Alenes. The sale could unite claim owners to build a two mile wagon road to improve ore hauling and open southwestern Sunset mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Williams
W. F. Zumhoff
Carbon Gulch
Sunset Mountain
Coeur d'Alenes
Blue Grouse
Dobson Summit
Manhattan
Amazon
Parrott
Wallace
The X ray Machines On War Vessels And Field Use
Lynde Bradley of Milwaukee outlines plans to deploy X ray technology on warships and in the field in case of war. He notes portable field equipment would be needed, achievable within a week, and emphasizes X rays aiding surgeons to locate bullets, splinters, and fractures quickly and painlessly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynde Bradley
Milwaukee
Wis
War Wessels
Bradley
United States buys British steamer Zaliva in Hong Kong
Hong Kong reports that the United States has purchased the British steamer Zaliva. The note adds an odd line about the wren, stating it often makes a dozen nesta, leaving all but one unfinished and unused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
United States
Zaliva
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C. S. Perry
Old Patriarchian
Broadway and
Spruce
G. W. Houghton
Gen
Agt
Helena, Mont
Townsend and
Hassel
Dewell & McDonald's
Dewell & McDonald
Montana
W. EB. Tierney & Co
G. W. Gilman, M. D
P. C. Hall
Center Broadway
Mont
Herman Berg
Townsend, Mont
E.h.goodman
Attorney At Law
C. H. Baldwin
Broadway
Townsend
J. E. Kanouse
A. K. Prescot
Main St
Montana Central Depot
Helena
Norman Tripp
Herman Sperling
Henry Heneberg
E. F. McRae
Pine Street
C. A. Wilder
South Side Broadway
Condensed News OF World
Australia
C. W. Wilson
Hot Springs
Little Rock Democrat
Wilson
Gomez
Morocastle
Lee
Maine
New Orleans
New England
Little Rock
Ark
Board of Health
Colorado
China
Treasury Department
Pittsburg
Fridtjef
Franz Josefland
Jefferson
American Philsophical Society
Philadelphia
Michigan
Iudson Maxim
Hiram
Missouri Experiment Station
Frankfort
Del
W. S. Long
A. W. Tilton
Belle Plaine
Kan
Gila
Salt Rivers
Arizona
Mrs. Pinkham
Giveland Oil & Paint Mig Co
Orecon
Gre
Europe
Portland, Or
Seattle Trading CO
General Merchants
First Ave
Seattle, Wash
Moore
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Plunder
M. D. Fowl
Southington
Conn
Piso
Gures
Raat
Auvine the
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
ALL Around
Lake Copper
Veley
Ram
Kilne
R. H
Wm Arch Street
Penang
Malay Peninsula
King Solomon
Mason Chemical
P.O
Helland
J. Nichols
Dr. Plunder
Oregon
Kenny
Republic
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
F. WH. Oliver
Rossland
Stevens County
Mines OF the Northwest
Coeur d'Alene
Iron Colt
Ross and District
Iron Colt Mining Company, Limited
P. Burns
William Mackenzie
Toronto
J. Ferguson and McCrae
Montreal
Along Kong Purchase
CAL
Louisvilli
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