Labor Troubles Across England Shift Politics and Trade
London reports five weeks of labor unrest prompting political reflection on capital and labor. Strikes boost agriculture while beer profits fall as bottling changes buyer habits. A public-house ban on under‑16s may influence drinking patterns. Meanwhile London sees a booming soda fountain scene in the heat, with a Strand outlet offering a long drink list.
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London
England
Strand
Weber and
Fields
Speaking Stones and Cholera Fears Sweep Paris and Lisbon
Reports recount the appearance of the so called speaking stones near Paris and Lisbon during droughts. Prof Metchnikoff from the Pasteur Institute questions cholera danger and urges individual hygiene measures boiling drinking water and scalding fruit to kill germs. He warns against relying on government measures and stresses immediate personal precautions.
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Paris
Lisbon
Seine
Tagua
Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises 100 Dollar Reward
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo. Cure taken internally, priced 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation. Testimonials free.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Patent grants list for Iowa citizens announced
Washington patent lawyers Davis and Davis report grant of multiple patents to Iowa residents including K Bell Fort Madison for extraction and distribution of nicotine J K Brooker Van Meter inventor Mt W Channon Des Moines elevator for mines W Clutes Elliott headlight for vehicles T J Empfield Des Moines electric signal for railways and others across Newton Burlington Fort Dodge Council Bluffs Forest City Ottumwa and Bussey plus a note on Dr Washington Gladden’s retirement letter to a Columbus Ohio church about missionary funding controversy
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Washington
Dpd
Messrs. Davis & Davis
K. Bell
Fort Madison
J. K. Brooker
van Meter
Lateh
W. Channon
Des Moines
W. Clutes
Elliott
T. J. Empfield
Bt. A. Flage
Newton
G. BB. Goldner
Fort Dodge
P. . Hambsch
Burlington
Rangefinder
A. Jacobson
Council Bluffs
A. Scahy
Bussey
B. Skouge
Forest City
Columbus
Washington Gladden
John D. Rockefeller
First Congregational Church
Tlee
Upton Sinclair Faces Domestic Turmoil and Career Fallout
New York dispatch outlines Upton Sinclair's alleged marital strife and legal troubles. It recounts Sinclair's early poverty, marriage to Meta Fuller, and his rise with The Jungle, sparked by Kansas editor's appetite for exposing packers.
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Sinclair
Kansas
Arden
Kemp
Delaware
New York
Sinclair Menage
Upton Sinclair
College of the City of New York
Meta Fuller
Columbia University
Miss Fuller
Jersey
United States
Col. Roosevelt
Citizen Club
Taft
Manassas
Chicago
Kansas Socialist
The
Sinclairs
Masy Street
MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets Sell at Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Stomach Feels Fine gets a 50 cent MI-O-NA box at Lemmon's Pharmacy today. The ad claims instant relief and stomach building effects, promising to cure indigestion and all stomach ills or money back. Dennis Stephen of Coudersport Pa testifies to their value.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Wlemmon's
Dennis Stephen
Coudersport
Working Girl Recovers Lost Package Gains Reward
In High Wycomb Buckinghamshire a girl signaled to a passing motor car and received a sovereign from the occupants after returning a fallen find. They took her to London and back to Oxford and finally gave her a gold watch and chain as thanks.
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High Wycomb
Buckinghamshire
England
London
Oxford
Loyal Tyrolean peasants honor a king and debts linger
In Bavarian Tyrol villagers recall King Ludwig the mad philanthropist who funded palaces, died by his own actions and murderers, yet they cheerfully say they are glad to repay four debts he left because he loved music and gave up Wagner. William Dean Howells criticizes praise as harmful.
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Bavarian
Tyrol
Ludwig
Wagner
Institute planned at Cradley Heath for women chainmakers
Plans approved for a Cradley Heath institute to commemorate the women chainmakers victory in wage agitation. The building will include an assembly room for 600 and serve as a social activity center in the Black Country, with construction to begin soon.
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Cradley Heath
England
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