Former American Describes Northern Alberta Opportunity
A letter by John Cummings of Wetaskiwin Alberta details a move from Farmington Washington. He reports doubling cultivated land and livestock, building stables and a log house, and notes broad prosperity across his community from Florida to the Klondike. He mentions a shift in barley yield and a misperceived mammoth story corrected by Frederick A. Lucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cummings
Wetaskiwin
Alberta
Canada
Washington
United States
Cummings
Dominion
Farmington
Wash
Florida
Klondike
Acre
Town
McClure
Frederick A. Lucas
National Museum
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed Over Mercury Remedies
The Southern Review of Commerce reports an investigation into catarrh remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. is praised for lacking mercury and acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The endorsement is unsolicited and offered in the journal's 18 years of credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Southern Review of Commerce
Birkdale Seized as Contraband and Utah Pamphlet Promotion
The British bark Birkdale with contraband has been seized by the British Advertising Utah's Resources. The Rio Grande Western Railway promotes Utah tourism with a pamphlet listing summer resorts. Passenger revenue funds statewide resource promotion and immigration outreach highlighting Utah's advantages over other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birkdale
Rio Grande Western Railway
Utah
Greystone Rebuilt by Untermyer With Vast Grounds Overhaul
Samuel Untermyer plans a major overhaul of Greystone estate on the Hudson, preserving only the stone walls of Samuel J. Tilden's house. The project costs rise toward 850000 dollars, with extensive interior modernization, a new roof, porte cochere, mosaic hall, stained glass, and a marble swimming pool. Grounds also receive broad improvements across 53 acres plus 50 acres of river-front land with water rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Tilden
Hudson River
Greystone
Samuel Untermyer
Hudson
Long Island Sound
Tilden Conservatories
Untermyer
The Struggle With R Across Central Europe
The text describes a linguistic struggle with the letter R influencing speech from Poland through Prussia to Paris. It notes Polish speakers turning R into sh while Prussians and Parisians pronounce it as gh, altering words like brelt and amoureuse. It links language to historical tensions evident at Sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Prussia
Paris
Sedan
Channel
Widow of Governor Atkinson Enters Insurance Field
Mrs. W Y Atkinson, widow of Governor William Yates Atkinson, begins an insurance career in Newman Georgia. She competes with men in life fire insurance offering policies up to 5000 dollars, aiming to support her sons and honor her late husband through a public life remembered in southern politics.
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Newman
Lester
W. Y. Atkinson
Atkinson
South
William Yates Atkinson
Georgia
Gov. Atkinson
Language drift blamed as New York speech impedes r sounds
Charles Johnston laments a regional speech shift from New Amsterdam Dutch influence to new American slang in New York and Brooklyn. He cites examples like foyst for first and noyse for nurse, arguing it degrades pronunciation and should be curbed by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Atlantic
New York
Brooklyn
Foyst
Boyd
Skoyt
Noyse
Oyth
Hygiene ideals echo in historic sanitary debate
An article cites Sir William Preece praising Moses as a sanitary pioneer and outlining six purities from air to bodies. It contrasts air quality in public spaces with churches theaters and dining rooms. A light domestic joke ends the piece with a husband returning from the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anitation
Chambers’ Journal
Lord Beaconfield
Disraeli
William Preece
Moses
Jownt
London Letter on Navy Attache Mixup and Clover Appointment
Reports on the relief of Lieutenant-Commander Colwell and the appointment of Commander Richardson Clover caused confusion as Clover’s name replaced Colwell’s in attaché lists. Washington orders and admiralty notices misaligned, mail misdirected to Clover, now to arrive months before duties begin. Clover, naval strategy board member in the Spanish–American War, married the daughter of Senator John F. Miller. Yellowstone visits rose to about 15,000 tourists, about 3,000 more than prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colwell
United States
Richardson Clover
Washington
Admiralty
Clover
Naval Strategy Board
Spain
John F. Miller
California
Nervous Women Sufferers Urged to Seek Relief
The article claims many women endure severe monthly suffering and describes a treatment that provides prompt relief. It cites letters from cured women and endorses Mrs. Pinkham whose free advice is available from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Old Greystone
W. ¥. Atkinson
Commander Clover
London
Yellowstone Park
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eostl
Vale
TOWER
Boston
Karty Carl
Ral
W. L. Douglas
Phi Union
Tne
W. L. Douglas Shoe
Brockton
Mass
Canwin
Leiewates
Superintendent of Immigration
Department of Interior
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
Monadnock Block
Chicago
Haswell Drug Co
Agenia
Dever Cole
Nick Relief
Cure
Ti On & Amer
Ons Uo
N. W
Salt Lake
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