Early Northwest Voyages Through the Northwest Passage
The article recounts the European quest for the Northwest Passage starting with John Cabot in 1497 and tracing key figures. It highlights Frobisher’s 1576 78 national push, Davis of Davis Strait, Henry Hudson’s expeditions, and William Baffin’s 1616 voyage reaching 77 45 N discovering Jones Smith and Lancaster sounds as gateways to the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cabot
Northwest Passage
Denmark
England
Portugal
A. W. Greely
Frobisher
Johan Davis
Davis’ Strait
Henry Hudson
William Baffin
Jones, Smith and Lancaster
Home Made Catarrh Cure Named Cyclone
A home remedy called Cyclone is described as a fast acting catarrh treatment. The mix uses Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla in specific amounts with ten spoonful doses after meals and at night, claimed to aid kidney elimination of catarrhal poisons.
Laws of Health and Humorous Snippets From Newspapers
A collection of humorous quotes and ads including a wood cutting quip from a housekeeper, a gag about back scratching and a note on Hunt's Cure promising immediate relief from itching. Also includes a brief exchange about a husband arriving home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Defiance Starch Trial Offer Promises Quick Savings
The ad invites a fair trial of Defiance Starch for hot and cold starching. If it doesn’t beat current methods in speed and cost, return it for a money refund. An unrelated note from Coleridge about spirits of events is included in the text.
Prove Every Claim About Pink Pills Cure All Ailments
A testimonial claims anaemia results from blood loss and lists symptoms such as paleness breathlessness and heart palpitations. Louis L. Clark describes appendicitis recovery helped by Dr Williams Pink Pills, which the ad says cure rheumatism chlorosis nervous debility sleeplessness neuralgia and more. The medicine is sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady NY at 50 cents a box or 2 1/2 dollars for six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis L. Clark
Lincoln Place
Plainfield
N. J
Insurance Welchers Barred in Oklahoma by Convention Action
A constitutional provision proposed at a convention would permanently bar 62 insurance companies from doing business in Oklahoma for welching on San Francisco earthquake losses. The list includes Phoenix of Brooklyn, London and Lancashire, Orient of Hartford, Royal Exchange, Northwestern Fire and Marine, German of Shreveport, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
GU Hrie
Oklahoma
G. M. Tucker
Comanche County
Phoenix
Brooklyn
London
Lancashire
Orient of
Hartford
State of Liverpool
Caledonian
Royal Exchange
American of
New Jersey
National
Federal
Queen City
Anover
New York
Western of
Toronto
National Union of
Pittsburg
Westchester
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Providence
Washington
Colonial
Prussian National
Delaware
Northwestern National
Northwestern Fire and Marine
Eagle Assurance Company of America
Aachen
Munich
Hamburg- American
Concordia
Franklin
Germania
Buffalo- German
Globe and Rutgers
Svea
Security of
New Haven
Commercial Union of London
Commercial Union of New York
Alliance
Charges Against Tisdell Sell Oil Lands Not His Own
Attorney W A Chase of Nowata accuses land dealer Tisdell of selling mineral lands from miners to oil and gas firms in which Tisdell held stock or helped form. Chase says an allotment sold to Polecate Oil and Gas Co lacked a real company and warns charges will be filed within a week. Tisdell has served as master in chancery and probate commissioner about 18 months and is tied to oil interests.
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W. A. Chase
Muskogee
Clark Tisdell
Nowata
Cherokee Nation
Chase
McAlester
Court of Appeals
United States
Indian Territory
Tisdell
Senator Clark
Wyoming
Chicago
Farmers' Restaurant Proprietor Held for Insanity
Thomas B. Lawton proprietor of the Farmers' restaurant on Third street was arrested on insanity charges and placed in the county jail awaiting a hearing before the insanity commission. He had recently filed suit against a local banker alleging the banker called him crazy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Thomas B. Green
Farmers
Third Street
Green
Supreme Court affirms $210,000 damage award in Pawnee case
The Oklahoma Supreme Court, in a Burford authored ruling, upholds a Pawnee county judgment of $210,000 against R M Snyder tied to a long running contract dispute with H Stribbling involving cattle brands CA bar and a $240,000 mortgage. The case began four years ago and ended amid bitter contention. Rural mail service to Parkman Day County is set to start April 1 1907 with one carrier.
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Supreme Court
Pawnee
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Burford
District Court of
Pawnee County
R. M. Snyder
Kansas City
Snyder and Olmstead
H. Stribbling
Coronado Ranch
Arizona
Snyder
Parkman
Day County
Senators to Visit Shawnee for Kickapoo Land Fraud Testimony
Washington reports a senatorial committee will visit Oklahoma to take testimony on alleged Kickapoo land frauds near Shawnee. The inquiry centers on Martin J. Bentley once an Indian agent, with evidence to be secured. Special United States Attorney Outcelt led the investigation.
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Washington
Senatorial
Oklahoma
Martin J. Bentley
United States
Outcelt
Some New French Knights
The text describes how French rulers no longer recognize Vatican nobility titles after church state separation. Queen Wilhelmina has agreed to validate such titles, prompting pilgrimages to The Hague and higher prices for pontifical honors including the Knights of the Golden Spur Holy Sepulcher Christ Gregory the Great and Pius IX.
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France
Vatican
Wilhelmina
Hague
Cure for Baby Rash and Itching by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Hattie Currier of Thomaston Maine reports a nine month old baby with a face and feet rash caused by itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the child improved within hours and was fully well after one box. She also used it to remove cradle cap and now keeps the products for future rashes or insect bites.
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Hattie Currier
Thomaston
Fire Toll and Losses Across the United States in 1906
A summary of 1906 fire losses shows nearly 7,000 lives lost and over 500 million dollars in property destroyed. The report notes the U S fire loss far exceeds other nations and cites the San Francisco earthquake sparked a spike above the long term average of about 200 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Francisco
Clover and Grass Seed Company Catalog Offer
Clover and Grass Seeds sells grasses clovers oats barley corn and potatoes from over 5 000 acres. Free 148 page catalog mailed to buyers or sample with 8 cents in stamps from John A Salter Seed Co Box W La Wis. Natural washing prep borax soda crust in lakes near Ashcroft BC could yield 20 000 tons of material.
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America
John A. Salter Seed Co
Box W
Wis
Ashcroft
British Columbia
Doan’s Kidney Pills Help Woman From Stillwater
Mrs. A. Heiman of Stillwater Minnesota credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with saving her life in 1899 and keeping her well since. She suffered back pain fainting spells and disordered kidney secretions before using the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Doan
A. Heiman
Stillwater
Minn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Toime and Toide in the Pantry Plea
Mrs. Hooligan frets about time as she hurries from stove to pantry. The scene captures a hurried domestic moment with the clock's tyranny noted in humor and regional speech. The quoted mutterings highlight how time slips away between tasks.
Allcock's Plasters Introduced as World Standard
Sixty years ago Allcock's Plasters first hit the public and are now the world standard. The invention provides the quickest cheapest and best relief for certain ailments. Allcock's are the original genuine porous plasters and are sold by druggists worldwide.
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Allcock
Much Arid Land Reclaimed and Irrigation Projects
The reclamation service has produced 280000 acres of desert in four years, about a quarter of the area mapped for irrigation under 22 projects. An advertisement notes Defiance Starch offers more starch per package for equal money. The moral cautions that friendly faces may not be the best friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reclamation Service
Harper’s Weekly
Test its Value Simmons Liver Purifier Ad Claim
An Oswego Kansas reader endorses Simmons Liver Purifier as a valuable remedy for constipation and liver disorder. The testimonial notes thorough action, gentle effect, and a 25 cent price.
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Simmons Liver
W. M. Tomlinson
Oswego
Kansas
Photographic Telegraphs Improve Image Transmission
Prof Korn of Munich University highlights a new telegraph system sending photographs and sketches six or seven inches square from Munich to Nuremberg the 100 mile distance in 10 to 15 minutes. Defiance Starch promises easy ironing not sticking to irons, sold widely 16 oz for 10c.
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Korn
Munich University
Munich
Nuremberg
Transvaal Gold Yield and Health Ad Snippet
The passage notes Transvaal gold yield at about half an ounce per ton with roughly six dollars per ton in expenses. It also advertises Garfield Tea as a mild laxative for purifying blood and health, and Lewis' Single Binder Cigars from Peoria Illinois. It ends with a line about a young man sneering at a widower’s love affairs.
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Transvaal
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Hunt
Milwaukee Sentinel
Welching Insurance Concerns
Shawnee
Cutiura
Minnesota
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
ST. Jacobs Oil
Lydiae
Pinkham
Lydia E-Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carters
Behning
Baldwin
Ivers & Pond
Fischer, Smith & Nixon
Lohmer
Talking Machines
DURHAM @ co
N. Broadway
Oklahoma City
O. T
Canadian West
Ottawa
Canada
J. S. Crawford
Ninth Street
Missouri
Happer
Free Hooper Medicine ‘Co
Dallas
Texas
Scu
Manztextan
Mass
Thompson
Eva Bashore
Wapakoneta
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