Immense Transatlantic News Mix From Paris to Middlesborough
Reports praise U S Marines at the Paris Exposition for bearing themselves well while noting sympathy and aid efforts for Johnstown victims and charity drives in Pittsburgh. Parallel items describe large British and Italian cultural initiatives, global steam statistics, and a massive British led iron and steel project near Middlesborough Kentucky with multi‑million investments and a new industrial town plan.
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Baltimore
South
Great Britain
American Association
Imited
Europe
Esa
Ectic Light and Gas
Romance and Typewriting in an Investment Office
A Kansas City Times item describes a quiet romance in an city investment firm. A pretty typewriter and a respectable young businessman progress from office letters to friendship and love, while an aged widower pursues marriage as a serious possibility. The son objects but the pair grow closer and plan a union.
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Swain
Kansas City Times
Global Customs of Divorce in Varied Lands
The article surveys diverse divorce practices across regions including Australia Greece Hingostan Thi bet Cochin Circassia Siberia Siam Moors and Arctic areas It notes methods such as breaking objects tearing veils or absence for days and highlights differing rules on remarriage and consent with scattered historical and cultural details.
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Australia
Greece
Hingostan
Cochin
China
Circassia
Siberia
Siam
Artic Region
Dedication of New York Methodist Deaconesses Home
The 241 West Fourteenth street home marks a new Methodist effort to organize women for mercy work. Deaconesses require two years of probation and instruction, aim to serve tenement districts, and no vows are required. The home rents for $2,000 yearly with expenses from $2,500 to $5,500, funded by church allocations and gifts.
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West Fourteenth St
General Conference
Order of Deaconesses
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
Omaha
Detroit
Crawford
Methodist Church
Order of
Deaconesses
New York
City Church Extension and Missionary Society
New York Tribune
A Brave Gunner's Feat at Cherbourg
Rich ard Rowey of the Kearsarge commanded a gun during the Cherbourg engagement with the Alabama. A burning shell from the enemy damaged his position. he hurled it overboard just before it exploded. He resumed firing and helped sink the Alabama as Captain Winslow ordered rigging. Lincoln thanked him after, giving a hundred dollars, with later pension delays noted.
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National Sailors’ Home
Tourus
Maine
Richard Rowey
Alabama
Cherbourg
France
Rowley
Winslow
Congress
Lincoln
Harper’s Weekly
Sound Sleep Advice for Athletes Training Levels
William Maldon advises that a trained athlete should rest if restlessness, night sweats, or signs of nervous strain appear. He says deep sleep indicates recovery, while poor sleep signals overtraining.
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William Maldon
Stick to your business and seek guidance from experts
The piece advises those without a clear profitable line to contact B. F. Johnson & Co. in Richmond Virginia for assistance. It likens differing efforts to waves from a pebble or a diamond and promotes Tanvill’s Punch cigar as a lasting product.
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B. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
Oregon Improvement Board Ad Earnest Immigration Call
The notice markets Oregon as a land of mild climate and abundant crops and invites readers to contact the Oregon Immigration Board in Portland for information. It features testimonials about Swift's Specific and other remedies, citing cures for blood diseases and various personal endorsements from U.S. locations and practitioners.
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Oregon
Im’ Igrat’n Board
Portland
Ore
Mind Destroying Drugs and Rising Narcotic Insanity
An insanity specialist says narcotics cause the most dementia, surpassing all other causes. He notes many patients become unbalanced through opium morphine coccine and related drugs, with six months seeing more drug dementia cases than the previous decade.
Donkey Witnesses and Modest Style in Humorous Sketches
A thriftless cousin seeks Nazr ed din's donkey loan but the donkey brays at the shed. Nazr chases Hatiz away for trusting a donkey over his word. A modest man asks for inconspicuous cloth and gets a dark material from a tailor. A clerk asks for leave to attend a cousin's funeral and learns the score.
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Nazr-ed-din
Hatiz-The-L-Favored
Nazr
Huatiz
Nazr-eddin
Hatiz
Argonaut
John
The Emperor's Hunt Alarm Clock Parcel
The German Emperor visited a dragon regiment barracks and, amid strict readiness, the commanding officer arrived late. At evening, he opened a parcel from His Majesty containing an alarm clock.
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Latel
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Renewal of Appetite and Vitality
Testimonial from Grange F. Jackson of Roxbury Station Conn praising Hood's Sarsaparilla for relief of fatigue headaches back pains and poor digestion. Claim states healing of sluggish blood and restored appetite after short use amid heat illness and overwork.
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Hood
Velvet sack and diamond ring justify remedies and praise
An odd boast extols a velvet sack and a diamond ring as proof of salvation for a suffering wife while promoting Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the sole guaranteed care for female troubles. A job ad seeks a first class office position in New York from an experienced business man with college and law education.
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Thas
Mr Brown
Bala
Dr. Pierce
H. B
P.O. Box
New York
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Ted States Marine Guard
Johnstown
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Brazi
Naval Academy
New York Star
Academy
Paris
Central Park
America
Barsotti
Il Progresso
Bologna
Florence
Rome
Milan
Italy
United States
Statistical Bureau
Berlin
Austro-Hungary
England
Germany
Tansill
Aman
Lane
Dobbins
Swift
Rogers, Ark
W. . Vicar
Cavanal
Indiana
Ter
J. B. Wrar
B. F. Wrecke
Peerless
Brewester Safety Rein Helder Co
Holly Mich
Errant’s College
St. DiSalo
Avianta
Woolley
M.D
Frazer
E. T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
Tre Swirr Srecivic O
Drawer 3
Atlanta. Ga
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Dutoder
St Albana
Aorthern Pacific
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Chas
B. Lamborn
Paul, Ice
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Dar Wesson
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Brild
Field
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Ladica
Comeult
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Aticuse
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Hy Wee
Peresoe
Romil
Kene
Ste
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U.h.ingraham
Amsterdam
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