If America Must Fight for Its Liquor Law
A stirring Cooper Union speech by C N Howard of Rochester urges radical action against the liquor power. He denounces public scandal and political corruption, calls for honest farmers in office, and warns New York and the nation that reform or ruin awaits if drink interests prevail.
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Howard
New York
C. N. Howard
Rochester
N. Y
Cooper Union
United States
Paris
France
America
Commerce
Whisky King
Hoboken
Helena
Mont
Chicago
Coffin Trust
Water Works
Philadelphia
Spain
St. Louis
Dummers
Rum
Africa’s uproar and royal graves in Benin tales
Miss Mary Kingsley recounts African life with vivid detail noting how daily noise pervades village work and a grim custom in Benin where kings’ favored slaves are buried alive with the king. Graves measure about 12 by 8 by 14 feet and are tested each morning for the master’s fate. Meat is roasted on gravestones and shared among the people.
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Mary Kingsley
Africa
London
Miss Kingsley
Benin
West Africa
Missing Soldier Returns to Hospital Nurse in Uncertain Farewell
In a tropical fever ward at Temple Field a wounded soldier Blakeslee confronts leaving the nurse he loves. He forgives her harshness and returns to comfort her as tears reveal deeper feelings before they part for duty and hope.
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Lydia Pinkham
Mr. Blakeslee
Terewes
Gar Temple Field
Jim Brown Nicknamed Jumbo Sails as Heavy Violin Virtuoso
A photo features Jim Brown known as Jumbo praised as one of the heaviest violin players in the world, highlighting his unique size and skill in a high profile musical role.
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Jim Brown
Jumbo
American pottery compared to Rookwood in 1900s review
The Souwelsa is praised as a near cousin to Rookwood though cheaper, sharing finish and designs but offering less richness. Pale tinted American ware is described as highly polished with misty flower decoration visible through the glaze, including a high-shouldered jar with pale blue shading and a rose iris motif.
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Souwéim
New York Commercial Advertiser
President Paid on Warrant System Described
The president receives a monthly salary via a treasury warrant. Col Crook at the White House signs receipts and deposits the funds to his Washington bank account. The warrant division chief signs the warrant and the treasury secretary or a deputy approves it.
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United States
Col. Crook
White House
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Health and Beauty A Book Every Woman Should Read
Mrs. McKee Rankin lauds Peruna as essential for women and promotes Dr. Hartman’s Health and Beauty book. Akron resident Eliza Wike credits Peruna with restoring appetite and strength after illness. The notice also offers free catarrh books and closes with a bicycle shop joke about a girl and a punctured tire.
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Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Eastern excursions fares and train details
Eastern excursions via Rio Grande Western Railway lists roundtrip prices to cities including Omaha Kansas City St Louis Chicago Buffalo Detroit Richmond Indianapolis with June and July dates. It promotes two fast through trains daily with Pullman sleeping cars dining service and views. Also notes a Kentuckian undercover test of a woman's affection and an advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease and a Louisville judge ruling on wearing a man's hat in court.
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Richmond
Indianapolis
The
Rio Grande Western Railway
Pullman Palace
Dewey name dispute and cure ads in old column
A jumble of notes shows claims on Admiral Dewey’s ancestry with French and Belgian pleas. Included are patent medicine ads such as Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents and Dr. King’s Constipation remedy. A government land purchase and a Mrs. Mulligan endorsement appear amid miscellaneous humorous lines.
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Woman Traveler
Tropics
Santiago
Big Man
Detroit
Mich
American Pottery
Souwelsa
Omaha
Kansas City
Buffalo
Allen
Frey
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Louisville
Hall
Price
Dewey
DeHuoy
DeWay
Sociery
Union Pacific
Main Street
South Dakota
Piso
Sluggen
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