England's Costly Map And Other Notable Items
The text describes the enormous United Kingdom ordnance survey map of England with 80 000 sheets costing 1 000 000 dollars annually for twenty years and notes its minute scale showing every hedge and building. It also references malaria in Cuba and promotes Hostetter s Stomach Bitters for malarial fevers and general digestive and nerve health. Additional items mention a dustpan invention for door sweeping and various patent remedies and products from early 20th century advertising.
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England
Ordinance Survey
Cuba
United States
Spanish honor tale mocks theft at Sagasta reception
The San Francisco Chronicle recounts a tale about Premier Sagasta hosting a British minister. A stolen watch prompts a darkened room to protect the thief’s honor, but after lights return the watch and Sagasta’s silver inkstand are missing.
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Sagasta
Lght
Women praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound gains
Two letters from Elizabeth Bevery of Lowell Massachusetts and Amos Trompear of Ellenburgh Center New York recount full recoveries from serious gynecological issues after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Bevery attributes life saving results to the remedy and urges others to try it. Trompear credits rapid relief from postnatal illness and womb falling after use, now back to full work capacity.
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Pinkham
Ujing
Lizzi Bevery
Merrimac
Lowell, Mass
Lydia
Lydia I. Pinkham
N. Y
Lydia EB
Pink'm
Vashti the Queen and the Silent Sacrifice Sermon
Dr Talmage presents Vashti as a model of steadfast virtue and quiet service, contrasting royal display with humble faith. He cites Florence Nightingale and other figures, praising women who endure hardship, resist public display, and work for the sick, orphans, and poor, urging daily virtue over bold spectacle.
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Vashti
Florence Nightingale
Vaight
Stushan
Walla
Eadhareh
Shiraz
Persia
Ahasuerus
Pablis
Bhushan
Christ
Sergion
Vashtil
Mary
Scotland
Elizabeth
England
Margaret
France
Catherine
Russia
Japhthah
Abigail
Ruth
Naomi
Crimea
Adoniramn Judson
Burmah
Mrs. Hemane
Vashtit
Almanerus
Callan Isabella
Miriam
Marie Antoinette
Deborah
Deny
Perullinis
Prad
Vishti
Shatee
Shushan
Vashtt
Wayfarer
Prido
Lapithe
Palka
Hagerstown
Imroaing
Gol
Christendom
Ifo
Yasht
Lon
Philosophical School
Galileo
Jan Pillory
Palaee
Jedas
Work of Congress Ends War Session With Record Appropriations
The fifty fifth congress closes as the war session, sparked by Cuba and Hawaii, passes vast war measures. About $900 million in total appropriations, with over $350 million for war, funds the navy expansion, three battleships and four monitors, and a large federal deficit. Civil War scale urgency drives rapid approval of emergency reforms and tax revenue.
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Hawaii
Congress
Cuba
Hawaiian
Spain
McKinley
Maine
Cuban
Northern Pacific
United States
Arkansas
Decrease in Imports and Sugar Duty Impact
The June report from the Bureau of Statistics shows dutiable sugar imports totaling 267,789,088 pounds, down from 640,862,049 pounds in June 1897. An abnormally large shipment occurred that month due to anticipated duty increases.
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Bureau of Statistics
Also Mentioned on This Page
Massachhusetts
Rhode Island
Germany
Hood
Nowell
H. Kerrz
Jones St. Lour City
Reece
DR. Talmage
Hell
Dorens
Rebecca
Hannah
Samael
Naaman
Toms
Barepta
South Africa
Ouiia
Gerstle
St. Joseph's
Geratio
Davis
Imboden
Ark
Gerstle & CO
Proprietors
Chattanooga
Tenn
Alonzo
Washington,d.c
Shane — She Co
P. C
Atlanta, Ga
Columbia
Pope Mfg, CO
Hartford, Conn
Mak, Cay
Bare
Tverpal Patige Traly
Aunby. Care CO
Erie
Betis
DR. Kline
Nestorer
Diacntes
Drs Kiln
Massey
Columban
Birmingham
Ais
Montgomery
Jacksonville
Elm
St. Andrew’s
Andrews Mis. Co
Bristol
Tent
Ivas
Uuve
Nomabi City
Sanple Fron DR. Purdy
Deptt
Taunton
Texas
Silient
Dragneta
Ima
Eaperionen
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