Distant Nobility and Oddities Retold in One Row
A garret bound baronet, Sir Henry Delyes Broughton, dies at ninety one in England after a recluse life. He leaves a large rent roll and substantial estate as a final note to a peculiar modern aristocracy. Also noted are dyspepsia remedies, No-Ta-Bac, and a London American report on Stratford pew relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Shakespeare's Church
Truth
London
Stratford-on-Avon
Boston
Mass
Prince of Wales
Cary
Stratford
Sharks Afraid of Noise and Laxative Ads From The Era
A quirky note claims sharks fear splashing and avoid noisy water, citing South Sea natives who bathe in groups to scare them away. Also promotes CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO laxative with figs, senna, and a claim of safety for kidneys and liver. The piece lists auction prices for famous manuscripts and historical texts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Catera
South Sea Islands
Blimse
Catroousta Mie Synur Co
California
California Fig Syrup CO
Prangisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
N. J
Woman's Devotion to Home Ends in Bed
A New Matamoras Ohio woman Mrs Isanets Bradfield tells how she suffered nine years with feminine illnesses and pain before taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After seven doctors and a possible operation she credits the remedy with restoring health and urges other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Matamoras
Ohio
Isanets. Bradfield
Naval Academy of Science Switches to English Print
The Naval Academy of Science at Amsterdam orders its transactions be printed in English rather than Dutch to reach the broader scientific world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Academy of Science
Amsterdam
FUNSTON AVENGER OF THE FRONTIERS IN WAR STORY
Brigadier General Pred Funston, a 33 year old Kansas veteran, leads the Twentieth Kansas in Cuba and Luzon. A 115 pound fighter with a famed endurance record, he escaped capture in Cuba, survived Yukon cold, and lost an arm to a shell. He married Edna Blankard after meeting in camp and smuggled her aboard a transport to join him in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Funston
Kansas
White Company
Funston
Island
Trizon
Plains
Free Soil
Cuba
Alaska
Yukon
Arctic Circle
Edna Blankard
Oakland
Qal
Maine
Luzon
San Francisco
Philippines
Fusion Plan Not Approved at Kansas City Meeting
A Kansas City gathering of the populist national committee and the National Reform Press association produced a plan to organize middle-of-the-road factions nationwide. It rejects fusion with other parties and outlines vast precinct and state committees to support independent action into the 1900 presidential contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Organization Committee
National Reform Press Association
Kansas City
United States
Marion Butler
National Committee
People's Party
Cincinnati
WaterworksMen Adjourn to Meet in Richmond Next Year
The American Waterworks Association adjourned in Columbus after sessions on economic arrangements, sub-structures, and streets and on practical value of bacteriological examinations. H. C. Hodgkins of Syracuse spoke on the first paper and Professor A. M. Bleile spoke on the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
American Waterworks Association
Columbus
H. C. Hodgkins
Syracuse
A. M. Bleile
Peace Conference Opens At Huis Ten Bosch In The Hague
The Hague peace conference began in Huis Ten Bosch with M. DeBeaufort welcoming delegates. A telegram of congratulations to the czar was sent, M. De Staal assumed informal presidency, and the assembly elected officers while establishing secrecy for sessions.
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Hague
Czar
Russia
Huis Ten Bosch
Wood
M. DeBeaufort
Netherlands
Aujesty
M. de Staal
Great Britain
M. Doe Staal
The
Huis ‘Ten Bosch
Mr. DeBeaufort
Sele
A. P. G. Vanekarnebeck
Peace terms sought as Aguinaldo reps enter peace talks
General Otis cables that insurgent cabinet and Aguinaldo representatives in the mountains plan to send a commission to seek terms. Forces near San Fernando retreat, while Kobbe's column advances. War department officials say insurgent demoralization and American pressure point to near surrender and peace terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
War Department
Aguinaldo
General Otis
Manila
Washington
San Isidro
Ith
MacArthur
San Fernando
Turlac
Kobbe
Candava
Rio Grande
Hot Springs
Alger
United States
Philippines
McKinley and Diaz Invited to Trans-MMississippi Meet
The officers of the trans-Mississippi commercial congress planned for Wichita Kansas on May 31 have invited President McKinley and Mexico's President Diaz to attend. The invitation signals a major effort to boost regional trade interests and high level participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Diaz
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Wichita
Kas
Mexico
Interval of Silence from Generals Otis and Brooke
Officials in Washington reported no new guidance from General Otis in Manila or General Brooke in Havana on Sunday. The president and War Department awaited Otis’s advice on the meeting between US commissioners and Aguinaldo, with Otis believing insurgents seek an armistice before peace talks.
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Otis
Brooke
Washington
General Otis
Manila
General Brooke
Havana
War Department
United States
Aguinaldo
Fatal Quarrel Ends Lives of Wanamaker Brothers
At Wanamaker South Carolina a quarrel after a camp meeting led to the death of brothers Brogdon and You Ewington, aged eighteen and twenty, slain by Walter Rowell, also eighteen. The incident, shocking the community, occurred late Saturday night as the three young men returned from the gathering. Both families are prominent in the area.
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Wanamaker
S. C
Brogdon
You Ewington
Walter Rowell
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British Museum
Charlemagne
Aviation
Scott
Lord Nelson
Keats
John Thorrell
Lord Crawford
America
Tittsburg Glass CO
Alegheny, Fa
Margont
Guglielmo Marconi
Italy
England
Marconi
Atlantic
I Funston
Dangier
Blankard Punston
Frederick Funston
Butler
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