Royal Circles Reveal Monarchs and Laurels Abroad
A May 1908 style survey lists royal honors and personal intrigues across Europe. The sultan of Turkey awards the Hamedami-el-Osman to the Austrian emperor while Siam’s crown prince plans Buddhist vows. Russian pay details, Curzon’s India appointment, and other court gossip touch on leaders from Francis Joseph to the German empress and Alfonso of Spain.
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Turkey
Siam
Europe
National Bank of
Russia
Edward
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
India
Roumania
Florizel Reuter
Francis Joseph
Norway
Nordhus
Notable School Facts From Then and Now
A survey notes monthly pay for Kansas male teachers at 43 dollars and 35 for females. English schools teach boys to swim fully dressed. European doctors condemn clay modeling in schools as disease risk. Austria reportedly has 7 769 school gardens for practical horticulture. Columbia summer school boasts two standout students: James Mensa Ostiwadu Humanpunsam Kwegyir-Agerey and Srirangan Desikachar Syragar.
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Kansas
Austria
Hungary
Columbia University
Gold Coast
James Euman Kodwo
Mensa Ostiwadu Humanpunsam
Church Celebrities and Clerical Oddities
The Rochester dean is tall as the tallest churchman in the Church of England at six feet three inches. Archbishop Farley in New York bans Jews or fidels from church choirs in his diocese. Newark’s Park Presbyterian pastor J C Adams is Newark’s only Quaker minister and a descendant of John Adams. J R Lawrence of North Middleboro Mass, a government potato expert, says there is more room in the world for a farmer who can preach than for a minister who must farm to live.
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Rochester
Archbishop Farley
New York
J. C. Adams
Park Presbyterian Church
Newark
N. J
John Adams
J. R. Lawrence
United States
North
Middleboro
Mass
Change Food Promises Health Through Grape-Nuts
A Missouri man credits a switch from meat to Grape-Nuts with ending two years of nerve and stomach distress. He reports better sleep, regained strength, and no medicines since adopting the cereal, urged by the product's claims and the line There is a reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Will Beautify Iowa State House With Expensive Art
Des Moines reports the Iowa state house will be decorated as a premier art display within two years. Elmer E. Garnsey of New York will direct murals and dome work for 61500, with 20000 more for stairway and rotunda painting. Restoration of fire-damaged rooms runs parallel, aiming to complete by January 1906.
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Des Moines
Iowa State House
United States
Congressional Library
Washington
Boston Public Library
Capitol Improvement Commission
Elmer E. Garnsey
New York
State House
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Garnsey
Caswell
Marshalltown
Marshall County
C. A. Shaw
Shaw
L. Derby
Russian Lena Ordered Disarmed at Mare Island Navy Yard
Acting Secretary of State announces that the Russian armed transport Lena at San Francisco must be taken into U. S. custody and disarmed at Mare Island. The Lena will be disarmed of small and large arms and stores, and must stay until peace is concluded.Crew disposition awaits later decisions as repairs are deemed possible after disarmament.
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Washington
Atlee
Lena
San Francisco
United States
Mare Island Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Goodrich
Government Naval Station
Mare Island
San Francisco Bay
Marblehead
McCalla
Teachers Plan Anniversary Fete in Des Moines Meeting
The Iowa State Teachers association plans an anniversary celebration during a Des Moines meeting over the holidays. Former state superintendents and many pioneer educators will attend, with Henry Sabin directing the anniversary. Sabin, retired after 30 years in Iowa education, previously led Clinton public schools and served four terms as state superintendent.
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Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Henry Sabin
Clinton
Storm toll rises along Atlantic coast with several ships lost
A fierce September storm along the Atlantic coast caused multiple deaths and heavy damage. Near Wilmington eight of ten aboard the tug Israel W. Durham drowned. five men perished off Charleston reported from Jacksonville. New York saw one fatal cast iron fire escape strike.
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New York
Atlantic
Wilmington
Del
Israel W. Durham
American Dredging Company
Delaware
Jacksonville
Charleston
Carl Hertzner
Train Hold Up Near Fruitland Iowa Loots Express Car
Hundreds of men and bloodhounds search for five bandits who halted a Rock Island train near Fruitland six miles from Muscatine at 12 15 a m Tuesday. They looted the express car after holding the crew at gunpoint. Passengers were not harmed. Officials say $10 000 to $20 000 was taken.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Fruitland Station
Illinois
Chicago
Whisky Hollow
Railroad and Express
Weadock Named Justice of Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing Michigan September 17 T A E Weadock of Detroit was chosen by the Democratic state committee to fill the justice seat on the Michigan Supreme Court. He replaces Thomas M Bogle of Ann Arbor who withdrew from the ticket.
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Lansing
Mich
T. A. E. Weadock
Detroit
Democratic State Committee For Justice of the Supreme Court
Thomas M. Bogle
Ann Arbor
Reward Offered for Robbers in Pomeroy Vault Heist
Pomeroy Ohio authorities and Treasurer Chase post a $1,000 reward for the capture of the robbers who stole $14,000 from the county treasury vault last week.
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Pomeroy
Chase
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A. H. Jessup
Fort Madison Penitentiary
State Board of Control
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Creesesersensen
Chicago Commission
Grain Dealers’ Association
F. W. Bicknell
Miss Gouilanon
Jones St
Detroit, Mich
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Miss Gannon
J. H. Farmer
Elliott Ave
St. Louis
Mneeae
Lydia EK
Pinkham Med. Co
Lynn, Mass
Pacific Coast
California Express
Omaha
Pioneer Limited
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Southwest Limited
Kansas City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
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