War Ends but Homes Are Needed in Wisconsin Land Sale
War concludes but the plight of the homeless is urged. Marinette County Wisconsin offers prime farming land near the Chicago Milwaukee Saint Paul line at modest prices with strong home markets for produce. agent C E Rollins at 161 La Salle Street Chicago provides full information. Other items note asthma cure books, clothing durability, and light humor.
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Marinette County
Wisconsin
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
C. E. Rollins
la Salle Street
Chicago
Revision of Dreyfus case sparks political crisis in France
Paris reports that a cabinet sanctioned revision of the Dreyfus case remains unsettled as ministers confer over political grounds for revision. War fears rise with Britain and Russia seen as edging toward conflict, while officials warn that any revision could trigger broader war, though some prefer clearing the army of suspicion to civil strife.
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Paris
Dreyfus
M. Faure
M. Cavaignac
M. Sarrien
M. Brisson
Great Britain
Russia
France
Germany
Journal Des Debats
Havre
M. Bourgeois
Switzerland
M. Peytral
Marseilles
M. Lock
Roy
Cherbourg
Cavalgnac
M. Lasses
Chamber of Deputies
Princely Gift: Dutch Queen Plans Hospital for Consumptives
In The Hague on September 3 the queen dowager met a committee seeking a memorial of public affection at the end of the regency. Amsterdam’s burgomaster donated 300,000 florins for charity. The queen will fund a hospital for consumptives and allocate the rest to the Dutch East Indies.
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The
Hague
Amsterdam
Dutch East Indies
Defense of the Czars Note From Novoe Vremya
St Petersburg dispatch notes the Novoe Vremya reply to czar note criticisms. It argues powers should preserve current positions and seek means to render armaments unnecessary, avoiding immediate disarmament while not causing upheaval in France or others.
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Novoe Vremya
Return of Gen Shafter from Cuba Lands in New York
The transport City of Mexico brought Gen. Shafter and his staff to Montauk Point, landing at Fort Pond Bay. Cavalry escorted him to detention hospital. Surgeon Myer reported 14 Massachusetts troops died at sea. 12 sick aboard Allegheny earlier, deaths rose to three daily. Shafter expressed relief to be on American soil and mourning for fallen troops.
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New York
Mexico
Wheeler
Shafter
Gen. Shafter
City of
Santiago
Montauk
Myer
Massachusetts
Porto Rican Commission Sails to San Juan for Peace Talks
Gen Brooke and Gen Gordon, American Porto Rican peace commissioners, sailed from New York aboard the Seneca toward San Juan. Brooke plans land travel with an escort if no objection arises from Gen Macias. Col Goethal’s engineers will repair blown stone culverts on the approach to Spanish works.
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Jose Reys
Macias
Brooke Arrained
Sixth Cavalry
Pitcher
Eighth Infantry
Col. Goethal
Europe
San Juan
Enlisted Men Reply to Col Berry on Mustering Out
The Call prints a communication signed by The Enlisted Men from San Francisco dated September 2. They assert that the men of this command feel no further use by the government and would welcome being mustered out of the service.
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San Francisco
Berry
Seventh California Regiment
Two Blades of GrassPrompted Pastor Sermon Blunder
A San Francisco Examiner excerpt recounts a minister delivering a fervent sermon that messes up words and phrases. He mistakes two blades of grass for two blades of glass drawing amused reactions from the congregation and a deaf elder’s puzzled stare.
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Dewey
San Francisco Examiner
Has Not Slept for Five Years
It reports a man in Indiana who has not slept for five years and now looks like a skeleton. Many suffer inability to sleep due to nervousness and stomach issues. Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters is offered as a remedy by druggists. Then a dialogue about patriotism and cowardice ends with a quip from Chivagh Evening News.
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P. Harold Hayes
Buffalo
N. Y
Hayes
Indiana
Smith
Jones
Brown
Chivagh Evening News
Advertisements and witty quips from old papers
A collection of ad lines and sayings from a historic issue includes medical cures and tonics such as Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Dropey remedies, plus humorous quips about manners and life. Notable mentions include Fise's Cure for Consumption and Laxative Bromo Quinine.
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Hale
Pike
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America
Washington
Democrat
Atchison Globe
Simpson
William Simpson & Sons
Chicago Daily News
J. M. DeLacy
Dr. Moffett
Jimmy
Judy
Baker's
Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Fass
Santiago de Cuba
Porto Rican Commission
Brooke
California
Ana
H. H. Green
Atlanta
Brooklyn Life
Washington (Ia
Fise
Allie Douglass
LeRoy, Mich
L. A. W. Bulletin
J. C. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Emenenemenemm Allen
J. FP. Allen. Medicine Co
St. Paul, Minn
Overlan Monthly
Sample Overland
Cuba
U.S
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