Fire on transport Meade Ends With Many Dead and Injured
A fire aboard the United States transport Meade at the Folsom Street dock caused dozens of deaths and injuries, with heavy smoke and explosions feared from the aft section containing high explosives. Fire crews battled the blaze from midnight until dawn, while crew members replaced unconscious sailors. The vessel, set to sail for Manila with 1,000 soldiers and 8,000 tons of army supplies, remained far from readiness as flames raged.
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United States
Tredsprot Meade
Folsom Street
Manilla
Electric Bitters Heralded by Georgia Pastor
The Rev. J. C. Warren of Sharon Baptist Church Belair Georgia calls Electric Bitters a Godsend to mankind. He says two bottles cured his lame back stiff joints and complete physical collapse. He claims after treatment he walked three miles in 50 minutes and feels able to walk three more. The remedy targets weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints and is sold under guarantee at Clark Drug Co and g F Z Holley druggist.
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J. C. Warren
Sharon Baptist Church
Belair Ga
Clark Drug Co
F. Z. Holley
Mark Twain Visits Congress in Quirky Meeting
Washington Feb 2 Mark Twain visited Congress and mingled with senators and Colonel George B Harvey. The scene drew laughs as Fairbanks inspected Clemens hair and the pair accepted lunch in the Senate restaurant with colleagues while sharing stories.
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Washington, D.C
Mark Twain
Congress
Mr. Clemens
Mark
Congres
Fuller
Senate
George B. Harvey
Mr. Fairbanks
Mr. Clemen
Mr.Clemens
Colonel Harvey
Original student questions and civic notices from a 19th century issue
A chemistry class joke about Lot’s wife appears beside obituaries and resolutions praising E. B. Allison. The piece includes a bank tribute to a late director, a testimonial for Dr. King’s New Discovery and a WW ad seeking traveling salesmen with monthly pay as well as expense allowances.
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Columbia College Laboratory
Lot
E. B. Allison
Allison
Citizens’ National Bank of
Ade
Citizens’ National Bank
C. M. Coppedge
L. E. Patterson
Twentieth Century Club Fetes Mrs Higgins Guests
XX Century With Mrs Higgins describes a Friday afternoon social hosted by Mrs W Higgins from three to five with Miss Wilma Higgins and Alma Ingram performing music. Progres sive pig and refreshments followed as Mrs Higgins was assisted by Mesdames Duncan and Ebey. Ollie Lancaster plans to finish disposing of bankrupt stock in Ardmore next week.
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Twentieth Century Club
W . Higgins
Wilma Higgins
Alma Ingram
Ollie Lancaster
Ardmore
Ada Seed Swap Promises Free Delivery and Storage
An advertisement offers farmers within five miles of Ada 2,000 pounds of hulls and 400 pounds of meal for a ton of cotton seed, with free delivery or haulage payment. It guarantees better feed value, offers cash if not satisfied, and extends terms to distant farmers plus tenant customers with storage until March 31 1906.
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Ada
Doniphan Ad Promotes Chill Tonic Proven Popular
A 1904 advertisement from Doniphan Missouri features C H Martin, a local druggist, praising Dr Mendenhall's Chill Cure now sold by Clark Drug Co. The testimonial claims the tonic surpasses rivals and is widely used in the community.
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Isseurs
Doniphan
Theatergoer Mistakenly Buys Ticket Pays for Sleepy Actor Tale
A New York theater manager recalls a countryman who, after paying two dollars to see Rip Van Winkle, left angry. He explains to his wife Marndy that he cannot explain why he spent the money to watch an old man drink and sleep, instead of going to the tavern to see Bill Haratree do it for free.
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Senate
Deven
Depew
New York
Joseph Jefferson
Seawracks Use and Uses Across Regions
The article notes tropical seawracks support life and seaweed masses several hundred feet long. In Scotland tanglers yield cattle food, with stem sections used as knife handles. Rose tangles produce edible pulse and jelly from carrageen moss. Chinese glossing uses a rose tangle variety, with 27,000 pounds yearly sold in Canton at 6 to 18 pence per pound.
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Scotland
Canton
Moon and Gabbleton Dialogue Sparks in Tit Bits
A brief, witty exchange from Tit Bits features Mrs Moon and Mrs Gabbleton. The pair chatter endlessly yet their talk proves empty, as one notes she cannot keep thoughts clear while another quips about her speaking flood.
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H. L. Stanley
Bruno
Dr. King
Kubiman Co
Dept. S
Atlas Block
Chicago
Mrs. Higgins
Peter Schuttler
Reed & Harrison
Scott
Scott G& Bowne Chemists
Pearl Street
Ada Cotton
Buncoed Aggin
Andte
Mrs. Moon
Gabbleton
Mr. Moon
Eve Glass
Sprague Bros., Jewelers
Pebb
Farmers Loan & Trust Co
Ada,indian Territory
Farmers Loan and Trust Co
Ardmore Loan and Trust Co
Pega
Ss. M. Torbett
Sec. and
Treas
Brevard
S. A. Steel
Ada, I. T
The
Ada National Bank
Tom Hope
Frank Jones
MO. L. Barringer
Orville Snead
Asst
Ots
Ind
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W. L. Reed
H. T. Douglas, V. Pres
Mm. O. Timberlake, Cash’r
1St National Bank of
Capital Stock
Henderson
Kansas City
Irorioe Treas
Face Museum of Anatomy
Soren
O.day
Clark Drug Company
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