End to diplomatic talk signals move toward war
Washington on Good Friday shows a quiet capital as war prep steps escalate. Congress adjourns while War and Navy issue urgent orders. debate centers on intervention with or without recognizing Cuban independence. Cabinet meeting passes with no change. diplomats in Madrid report no negotiations, both sides firm in last positions.
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Washington
White House
Capitol
United States
Congress
Executive Mansion
War and
Navy Departments
Spain
America
Havana
Cuba
Madrid
Fern Blown Up at Havana Rumor Sparks Navy Alert
Rumors spread in Havana that the United States lighthouse tender Fern has exploded offshore to bring away Consul General Lee if he cannot depart on the Olivette. Navy department could not verify the claim. Special trains were readied at Jersey City for New Jersey troops to the seacoast, with the Jersey City board of trade planning a volunteer regiment funded by the board.
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Washieron
United States
Havana
Navy Department
Lee
Seacoast
New York
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
New Jersey
Jersey City Board of ‘Trade
Board
Snowslide on Chilkoot Trail Kills Dozens in Alaska
News from Skaguay reports a massive avalanche on the Chilkoot trail five miles above Sheep Camp. At least 31 bodies recovered with 50 to 100 feared dead. hundreds were left buried or injured as a blizzard and loosened snow favored the slide. Seabarth Sprague and Stevenson of Seattle were found in bed together after the event.
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Seagquay
Alaska
Seatstle
Wash
Chilkoot
Scales
Stone House
Midway
Sheep Camp
Sebarth
Sprague
Stevenson
Seattle
Dyea
Skaguay
Morgan leads bankers conference on national loan plans
New York April 9. J Pierpont Morgan hosted a bankers conference touching on a big prospective government bond issue. A firm member rushed to Washington suggesting a popular loan, with broad approval. Bankers across cities weigh security, size, and timing for a rapid sale at par amid patriotism.
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New Yor
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Morgan
Washington
J. Harsen Rhodes
Greenwich Savings Bank
Philadelphia
C. R. Lewis
Isadore Newman
New Orleans
Julius Runge
Galveston
J. J. Mitchell
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
M. Zola
Pink Pills Helped Canton Woman Restore Health after Years of Pain
Mrs. George L. Rogers of West Main Street Canton New York suffered inflammatory rheumatism and related ailments for thirteen years. After failing with doctors and remedies she used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and rapidly improved, restoring appetite energy church attendance and overall well being. The pills are described as vegetable remedies purifying and enriching the blood and curing many diseases.
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George L. Rogers
West Main Street
Canton
N.Y
Made Him Sick Doctor Whose Turn It Is
A fragment from a column shows a physician calming a reader claiming seasickness, insisting the distress will pass. The narrator mentions looking at bridal couples and references a periodical tone from N. Weekly.
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Rome
Bielgavenger
N. Weekly
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Commercial Slogan
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for painful swollen and tired feet and to ease tight shoes. It claims curing sweating callouses and hot aching feet with a 25 cent price and free trial package. Also mentions Salzer's German Coffee Berry seed catalogue and a Washington Democrat quote.
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Allen
le Roy
N. Y
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and Cure Ads
A mix of medical advertisements from 1894 featuring Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle and claim of curing fits after one day. Also includes other health claims for Lane's Family Medicine, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and miscellaneous chastened remarks about marriage and looks.
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Kline
Arch St
Phila
Cheap Excursions to the South via L and N Rail
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers semi monthly excursions to the South on the first and third Tuesdays of April. Tickets are valid on regular trains from Northern terminals and can be bought through connecting lines. Return passes are available within twenty one days, with fifteen days for trips to stop along the way. Full details from C. P. Atmore or George B. Horner.
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South
Louisville & Nashville’ Railroad
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Carolinas
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
C. P. Atmore
G. P.A
Louisville
George B. Horner
D. P.A
St. Louis
A Family Secret in a Framed Photo Mystery
A Chicago Tribune item notes a girl telling a caller about a framed photograph on a piano. She reveals it is her Papa’s picture and hints at a hidden memory hidden behind a smile, suggesting a personal secret linked to the image.
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Chicago Tribune
Jack
Tom
Casheter
Dr P Harold Hayes claims asthma cure by mail treatment
Twenty years ago Dr. P Harold Hayes announced a perfected asthma treatment promising a permanent cure. He states over forty thousand were treated, using home care with mailed advice and personalized medicines from his laboratory, with examinations and thesis reports available by mail from Buffalo.
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P. Harold Hayes
Hayes
Drayes
Buffalo
Comparing Notes and Fashion on a Train
Detroit matron boasts five years of marriage while a Chicago woman jokes she has five marriages. A Detroit woman praises William Simpson & Son prints for lasting color in a calico dress, insisting the store’s ticket guarantees value. A brief exchange later notes a countess seen at a cashier’s desk.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Jané Albright
Mandy
William Simpson & Son
Jane
Old Jones
William Simpson & Song
A Remarkable Book Comic History of Greece
Charles M. Snyder's The Comic History of Greece offers a witty serious look at ancient myths and heroes with humor rather than ridicule. Published by J. B. Lippincott Company Philadelphia, the work uses about 150 illustrations to illuminate themes, aiming to comfort melancholy with light irony.
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Greece
Alexander the Great
Charles M. Snyder
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Company
Coughing Leads to Communiption Promises Free Samples
A fragmented ad style notice extols Kemp's Balsam as a quick cough remedy with free sample bottles from the druggist. It urges immediate use, noting larger bottles cost 25 and 56 cents. The piece weaves in a proverb about procrastination and a quip about industry as a policeman.
Is consumption curable says Memphis man in letter
A Memphis man recounts his wife’s seven year battle with a lung illness doctors called consumption. He credits Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral with full cure after one bottle and notes its continued use for colds and throat and lung ailments. The ad promotes half size bottles at 50 cents and offers a free Curebook from J C Ayer Co. Lowell Massachusetts.
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K. Morris
Memphis
Tenn
Dr. Ayer
Hey
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