Torpedo boats and a changing world end the nineteenth century
Admiral Colomb fears torpedo boats may outpace battleships as Britain unveils 42 sea going torpedo destroyers led by the Havock, with 180 foot length, 42 crew, 220 tons displacement and five torpedo tubes. The piece contrasts naval shifts, freight streetcars, Douglass's legacy, street cleaning, Japan China talks, beef shortages, and a Los Angeles flower festival in a broad late nineteenth century glance.
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Colomb
America
Europe
France
England
Havock
Admiral Colomb
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Remarkable Blood Purity
A historical ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier curing scrofula and other blood diseases. It features testimonials from mothers and families about eye injury recovery, salt rheum, ivy poisoning, and eczema in children, claiming complete improvement with the medicine.
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Hood
Peter A. Jonson
Cranbury Station
New Jersey
S. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Peculiar To Itself Sweden Norway Union Strain Tension Looms
A long feature discusses Sweden and Norway 1814 union and potential clash if Norway seeks full independence. It notes Sweden’s military strength and Norway’s limited forces, plus Norwegian desire for a separate foreign minister. Also covered are Los Angeles sewer irrigation gains and Atlanta exposition botanic notes, a German coal dust burner, Stillwater curfew to curb youth gangs, and a Texas inventor's proposed locomotive mechanism to capture backstroke energy and even out steam power.
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Sweden
Norway
Russia
Texas
Lang skill gaps show in Washington circles
The piece notes only one in the administration speaks French with diplomats, Miss Morton, sister of the secretary of agriculture. It uses this as a critique of educated Americans’ linguistic ignorance and contrasts diplomacy needs with local expertise.
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Washington
Miss Morton
Wisconsin Debaters Shine In National College Rounds
The Wisconsin University students are praised by the Review of Reviews for leading the country in college debate. For about 25 years they have held annual debates on topics from national banking to immigration and tariff policy, with vigorous preparation deemed the most formative part of their education.
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Stillwater
Minn
Wisconsin
Review of Reviews
Wisconsin University
Congress
University of Wisconsin
United States
Provocation and Paradoxes in a 19th Century Note
A collage of dated quips and anecdotes touches on a Kentucky man with four wives, a hinted essay by Lillian Russell, US monetary loyalties, leather price impacts, New York census figures, Chicago’s lack of annexations, and a brisk shaming of China.
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Frederick Weimer
Woodford County
New York City
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Chicago
Closing Out Sale at R W Teese Co Store
Local merchants announce a closing out sale after purchasing the R W Teese Co Store below Hotel Struthers. Stock is offered at cost for cash with many items priced low to clear. Items include flour 69¢ a sack, sugar 24 lbs for $1, coffee 5 for $1, rice 8 lbs for 25c, beans 7 lb for 25c, potatoes 60c per bushel, and peaches in cans. Also includes dishes and lamps. sale continues until stock is sold.
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R. W. Teese & Co
Hotel Struthers
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Douglass
Taley
South
Fred Douglass
George E. Waring
New Street
Great Britain
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China
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Asia
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Formosa
Peking
Korea
Columbus
Germany
Weller
Oscar
Los Angeles
Persia
American Sugar Refining Company
Rood
Hazel
W. H. Burrer- Field
Hastings St
Detroit, Mich
H. W. Bushnell
Lyon Brook
Oxford
Francis A. Payette
Mishawaka
Ind
Pacific Ocean
Gulf States
Union
Lillian Russell
Siegfried
Aer Ee ST
Alan SE
Siegfried&co
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