The Old Man Pushes the Father and Public Health Figures
Notes from the Post-Dispatch discuss J N J referred to as the Old Man pushing the father figure. They report Minnesota Agricultural College opening a department to teach girls farming. Reports on tuberculosis quarantines in Illinois and tuberculosis cases at Jacksonville and Lincoln state institutions. mentions of Stanford University conveyance of Mrs Leland Stanford’s property, bicycle speed feats, and Pacific transit times.
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Minnesota Agricultural College
Jacksonville
Lincoln
Lebanon plans stone tablet at Blue Bend drowning site
Readers recall the recent drowning of three young ladies at Blue Bend in Silver Creek near Lebanon. A local movement in Lebanon seeks to erect a large stone tablet at the site to memorialize the tragedy.
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Blue Bend
Silver Creek
Lebanon
The Most Continuous Employee Faces Heat in Work
The man who remains employed despite rising heat must think beyond the scorching temperature. His labor keeps him from fretting and dissolving mentally, unlike his fretful neighbor who trembles and succumbs to the heat.
Beet by products prove more valuable in Utah factory
Sugar beet by products are found more valuable than expected. A Utah beet sugar factory operates with a creamery waste product line, a cattle feeding plant, and a distillery, illustrating a broader trend in modern manufacture to diversify outputs and maximize every element of production.
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Utah
Missouri seeks successor to Richard Bland seat
The scramble for the congressional mantle of Richard P. Bland has begun with seven names already named and more entries expected. It will take the very best stick of timber in Missouri to fill the place of Silver Dick.
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Richard P. Bland
Missouri
Silver Dick
LA Power From Distant Mountain Streams
Los Angeles taps electricity generated by mountain streams 85 miles west. About 40 to 50 percent of power from the water wheel is transmitted as electric energy over this long line, an unusually high proportion for such a distance.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Colorado Tops Gold Production in 1898 report
The Mint director reports Colorado led U S gold output in 1898 with 28,195,300 dollars, followed by California at 15,687,900. South Dakota and Montana ranked third and fourth with 5,699,700 and 5,126,900 respectively. national total rose to 64,463,000, up from 57,883,000 in 1897.
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Colorado
California
South Dakota
Montana
Maryland Senator Fights Navy Ring Over Schley
A Washington special reports Senator Wellington of Maryland has fired a 12 inch political shot at the Navy Department over the Schley controversy. He says the President’s backing of the Navy ring led by Crowninshield could cost Maryland its electoral vote in 1900.
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Washington
Lnst
Schley
Santiago
United States
Wellington
Maryland
Navy Department
Crowninshield
Secretary of the Navy
We Vote Aye on Alton City Court Tax Burden
Madison county taxpayers pay five to six thousand dollars yearly to maintain the Alton city court with no benefit or advantage. Citizens agree the proceeding is an illegal imposition and urge the county board to seek a supreme court ruling. They demand the court be stopped as a drain on county finances.
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Edwardsville
Madison County
Alton City
Supreme Court
New Bird Law Ends Captivity of Native Song Birds
Illinois lawmakers enacted a bird protection statute that bans keeping native American wild birds in captivity after July 1, 1899. It criminalizes possessing any songsters such as mockingbirds, bobolinks, redbirds, goldfinches, and indigo birds, with fines up to five dollars or ten days in jail at the discretion of the courts. canaries and some non native birds are largely exempt.
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Ilinois
United States
What Poor Roads Cost Our Farmers
An 1895 USDA inquiry shows average load 2002 pounds over 12.1 miles costing 3.02 per ton, with European roads costing far less. Poor American dirt roads sharply limit farm hauls, unlike Europe’s superb highways, impacting yearly profits for farmers and wheelmen alike.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Europe
Bureau
Consula
England
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Switzerland
America
Scientific American
An Optical Illustration Disappears Circle for an Hour
An optical illustration instructs readers to stare at a circle for an hour then shut their eyes to make the circle vanish, and upon reopening it will reappear as before. This Michigan Lyre item reads like a curious optical illusion featured for reader amusement.
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Michigan
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promises Quick Healing
A vintage advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for burns cuts and bruises with fast pain relief and healing. It claims to heal old sores fever sores ulcers boils felons corns and all skin eruptions and calls it the best pile cure on earth. Sold by S Kingston Druggist at 25 cents per box with guaranteed results.
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S. Kingston
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Winois
Tsk
Imnels
Lux Cart
J.N.J
Leland Stanford
The
Stanford University of California
Tanner and Stephens
Post-Dispatch
Sweet Girl
Charles M. Murphy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maywood
L. L
Pacific
Manila
Sup’t. Tunnel
Madison County Poor Farm
G. H. Osborne
Worden
North Alton
Collinsville
Upper Alton
John D. Prior
St. Louis
Lizzie Wittmond
Nameoki
Henry Heelin
Annie Adkins
Amos Adkins
Chouteau
Granite City
Diamond Springs
Grantfork
Saline
Thomas Luttrell
Alton
Homer Wood
Bethalto
Noah Hinde
Venice
Armour Packing Company
Madison Improvement Co
Madison Race Track
Highland
Marine
Alhambra
New Douglas
J.J. Williams
Central Union Telephone Co
Carlyle
Hdighland Journal
Edwardaville Intelligencer
George D. Hayden
Ilia House
East Alton
Hayden
Slias Bure
J. W. Gornet
West
Clay Street
Adam
Ice
Geo. Liebler
South Main Street
B.W. Jarvis
Leni
Prof. Houton
S. Kingston's
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
City of
James N. Jarvis
P. O. Box
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