News In 1815 And Now At A July Fourth Dinner
At a Newspaper Press fund dinner Leopold de Rothschild contrasted news transmission in 1815 with today. He cited his firm’s claim to have first announced Waterloo in England and recounted a Dutch paper with a one line note. He discussed future methods like cable, telephone, or marconigram and pondered obsolescence.
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Leopold de Rothschild
Newspaper Press Fund
England
Country Life
Somersby
Tennyson
Waterloo
Amsterdam
Lord Liverpool
London
Aged War Veterans Reach Then-Record Lifespans
The London Chronicle notes long lives among veterans of historic wars. Survivors include the Greek war of independence’s last man at 105, a Buxar fighter said to be 105, and others such as Gillespie 102, a Gibraltar capture veteran 115, and Fontenoy veteran Phoebe Hessel 108. Remaining Waterloo survivors are gone.
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George
London Chronicle
Joseph Fayrer
Buxar
William Gillespie
Preston Falls
Chelsea
Dumfries
Gibraltar
Thomas Wimms
Tuam
Ireland
Londonderry
Phoebe Hessel
Fontenoy
George IV
Culloden
Edgehill
Waterloo
Mme. Givron
Viesville
Hainault
Napoleon
Protecting the Birds in English Agriculture
English bird protection has drawn protests from fruit growers as thrushes blackbirds and bullfinches harm crops. The New York Tribune notes readers recall British books with hunting scenes while officials claim Britain has not thinned rooks enough. Farther east, states north of the Potomac reportedly back bird protection over farm interests.
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England
New York Tribune
Mississippi
Potomac
Bue
Powdered wine yields harmless when rehydrated
The article explains that liquid wine contains ethers and alcohols some poisonous. solids include harmless coloring matter and acids but lime harms gout. A Toulouse doctor concentrates wine in vacuum to remove heavy oils and lime, producing a dry powder that, when rehydrated, restores wine properties minus poisonous elements and can be kept indefinitely.
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Philadelphia Record
L'Illustration
Garrigou
Toulouse
Telegraph poles vast across US railway lines
A northern telegraph pole survey notes 31 500 poles between Chicago and Denver at 176 feet apart. With 2 000 000 miles of steam railways and many double lines, total poles exceed 15 000 000 including trolley and telephone lines. replacing them would need 250 000 flat cars and 8 000 locomotives. If laid end to end they would circle the Earth more than three times.
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Chicago
Denver
United States
Cauntry
Cholera Infantum Cure Promised With Remedial Mix
This note asserts cholera infantum is a dangerous infant disease but curable with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil as directed. It also advertises S. Kingston and Klein's selling ladies' patent leather shoes at a discounted price.
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Klein's
Merchant dismisses large-scale ads with varied stock plan
A merchant says he cannot afford large scale advertising and would not know where to begin a small sale. The notice invites readers to try a plan in our columns, promoting a new ad approach with every issue as buyers monitor the columns.
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Atora
Washington Letter Reveals Post Office Duplicating Paper ties
Washington notes reveal duplicating paper used by the Post Office and possibly other departments, connected to General Manufacturing Co of Franklin PA. Investigations touch Madden, Miller, Sibley interests, and a Sundry Civil bill provision. railways’ mail payments face audit, with claims of overcharges and fraudulent weight methods. Also report Indian Territory abuses, Dawes rolls, and Luepp’s upcoming inquiry. British reception of US silver coinage talks progress. Navy plans debate on submarine boats and river defense. Cartel sugar pricing prompts tariff law considerations.
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Washington, D. C
Postoffice
General Manufacturing Company
Franklin
Loud
Madden
Charles Miller
Joseph Sibley
Pennsylvania
Miller
Sibley
Washington
Congress
Castle
Postoffice Department
Indian Territory
Francis E. Luepp
Dawes Commission
Indian Office
Luepp
Phillipines
Moody
Navy
Navy Department
Holland Company
N Naval
Treasury Department
Woman from Morgan Texas Sees Six-Year Diarrhea Cure
Mrs. Alice Miller recounts a six year battle with severe diarrhoea. After costly failed treatments, a Bosque county move and one bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her. She credits the remedy for restoring health at little cost. For sale by S. Kingston. The Rex cigar advertised as king of all five centers.
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Alice Miller
Morgan
Texas
Bosque County
Chamberlain
S. Kingston
Rex
Troy
Fifty Years Ago This Week in Troy Itemized Event Recap
Three flouring mills were operating in Troy. Jacob J. Kinder built a tile mill at Hoge's brick yard. Ben Donoho Jr conducted a drug store. White Horse Hotel run by John Rothenberger & Co. Dr John Dewey to deliver a Fourth of July oration at Elliottstown Effingham county. Sidney Breese chief justice of Illinois died at Pinckneyville. A barn near Mc Cottage was struck by lightning and burned. Gustave Vetter Philip Eckert Hannah Donoho Jane Mills Lulu Barnsback joined an excursion to Chicago. Dr John S Dewey held a colt show with B D Harris winning $15 for best colt. Andrew Mills placed second. Judges were John F Jarvin James P Anderson and Edward Dowling.
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Troy
Jacob J. Kinder
Hoge
Ben Donoho
White Horse Hotel
John Rothenberger & Co
John
Dewey
Elliottstown
Effingham County
Sidney Breese
Supreme Court of Illinois
Pinckneyville
McCottage
Gustave Vetter
Philip Eckert
Hannah Donoho
Jane Mills
Lulu Barnsback
Chicago
John S. Dewey
B.D. Harris
Andrew Mills
John F. Jarvin
James P. Anderson
Edward. Dowling
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Iillinois
Sor Seman
Illinois
Kinloch
OUR
State Department
H. H. Hanna
United States Commission On International Exchange
Hanna
TurnAut
Chris, Busse
A. Heddergott
W. W. Jarvis
G. Jarvis
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Troy Exchange Bank
Mil Eichert
Graham
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