Barnum and Bailey Circus Arrives in Athens This Week
The Barnum and Bailey circus nears Athens with a 480-artist bill and a three mile parade at 10 am. More than 300 artists hail from Europe and the act promises novelty and broad appeal. Tickets and advance admissions are available at Palmer’s drug store ahead of opening day. The circus, fifty five years old, has new equipment costing 3.5 million dollars and will travel in five trains of eighty five double-length cars.
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Barnum and Bailey
Athens
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Europe
America
Palmer
Vinol Cod Liver Oil Advised by Medical Journal
The Canadian Journal of Medicine recommends Vinol a cod liver preparation with iron and peptones as easier to digest and more palatable than traditional cod liver oil. It claims stronger patient benefit and notes Athens and Savannah salience with local ad context.
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Doctoro
Vinci
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Travel Guide Teases Hidden Worlds Beyond Borders
A catalog style line hints at journeys that reveal unseen nations and cultures. It invites readers to traverse unknown landscapes, urging personal discovery before forming judgments.
Features Added to W. and A. Bill in Atlanta Sprint
Banner special report notes that 1906 Western and Atlantic leasing features passed in the Senate but died in the House. A new November bill, replacing the Andrews measure, is likely, with Dorris studying the railroad situation. Proposals favor a five member releasing commission, including the governor and attorney general, to set valuations and plan 30 to 50 year terms with double tracking, avoiding a large patronage laden board.
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Banner
Atlanta
Senate
McHenry
House
Andrews
Dorris
Clinci
Releasing Commission
State Railroad, Commission
Cascarets Headache Relief Ad From Old Newspaper
An old advertisement touts Cascarets to cure headaches biliousness and constipation. It links headache to liver toxin and digestive waste, claims the product cleanses the stomach removes sour undigested food and foul gases, and promises relief by morning with a 10 cent box.
Discovery Hint Links Stump to Garden of Eden Claim
A New York World report notes the petrified stump found in British Guiana is used to identify the site as the Garden of Eden, but the absence of a fossilized berry leaves the proof incomplete.
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British Guiana
Garden of Eden
New York
Physician Density in Germany Varies by Region
In Germany the number of practicing physicians per 2000 inhabitants varies by area with higher ratios in some cities and lower ratios in rural districts. The statement highlights urban concentration of medical care and rural shortages across the country.
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Germany
Commerce Downs Fifth Aggies In Opening Football Game
Commerce high school defeated Fifth Aggies 32 to 7 in Monroe Ga opening football game of the season. Harden 35 yard run and Cooper 65 yard end run highlighted local scoring as Commerce showed strong play and plans a return game with Monroe. Officials were Cooper referee Harden umpire Shiney timekeeper H Davis lineman.
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Commerce, Ga
Commerce High School
Aggies
Monroe
Commerce
Harden
Cooper
James
Shiney
H. Davis
Monroe Aggies
Bits of Byplay by Luke Mekuke
A collection of quips and cartoons footnotes from Luke Mekuke including jokes on diplomacy marriage and societal life with a Kentucky sheriff sexton joke and reader letters about names and whiskey production in the United States.
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McCreary County
McCreary
Kentucky
Prairie County
Comstock Vices Most Bitter Foe Dies at 70
Anthony Comstock, famed crusader against vice and founder of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, has died. He directed raids, prosecutions, and battles over works deemed indecent, including the painting September Morn. He leaves a widow and a stepdaughter.
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America
Anthony Comstock
Grst
New York Society For the Suppression of Vice
Comstock
Thousands Seek Divorce in New Chicago Court Docket
Judge George Kersten opened Chicago's new divorce court with a docket of 2,402 names. He cleared nearly 100 suits. many were settled or stricken from the calendar. He promised to expedite matters and urged couples to follow others who have resolved their troubles and started anew.
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Kersten
Chicago Court
George Kersten
Chicago
Seattle minister quits church to rejoin army as captain
The Rev Arthur P Hyde announces resignation as pastor of St Clement's Episcopal Church Seattle to return to full duty as an artillery officer. He will instruct the coast artillery reserve corps for the Washington National Guard, resumed after the war.
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Seattle
Arthur P
Washington ‘National Guard
Odd Happenings In the Day's News
The day’s odd items include three women seeking mail carrier jobs in Geneva after passing civil service tests, a Jersey barn crew chased by a stolen horse, a German shell injuring a British officer in London, and a battlefield parcel post explosion. A Stockton marriage tangle yields multiple stepfather roles among brothers, wives, and in-laws, while East Orange tracks a boxer’s loss and a peanut push stunt with 10,000 spectators.
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London
Channel
U S Exports Surpass 3 Billion for First Time in History
Government figures show exports for the year ending August 31, 1915, reached 3.035 billion dollars, up from 2.280 billion a year earlier. August exports totaled 261.98 million with a trade balance improvement of 120.25 million, while imports rose to 141.73 million. International gold movements and war-era trade influenced totals, with total foreign commerce for the year near 5.13 billion dollars, driven by merchandise exports and gold imports.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
They obliged the burglar in Bridgeport home raid
Dr and Mrs John A Kellar returned to a jumpled window and found a stranger on the balustrade who whispered sh h and claimed to be a detective. The intruder fled as the Kellars and a neighbor called for help. Later the police doorkeepers home was also robbed.
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John A. Kellar
Bridgeport
Conn
Kellar
Capsize teaches to swim in Burlington incident
Mrs Hatton did not know she could swim until danger came. Thrown into Assistank Creek near Burlington New Jersey her canoe struck a submerged pile under a bridge and capsized. She kept her wits and followed shouted guidance from shore to swim upstream a eighth of a mile until fishermen hauled her into a boat as she sank. Her sister Miss Mary A Parker clung to the overturned craft and was rescued.
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Mary A. Parker
Clong Fonghe
Iarioe
Ros
Supreme Court Denies Alimony Claims In Shared Residence
A state supreme court ruling confines alimony or support rights for women living with husbands in the same home. The decision narrows eligibility, impacting financial claims and future settlements for spouses in shared households.
Frantic Rescue Mission Under Fire Near Front Lines
An Army surgeon recalls crawling toward a wounded English soldier amid gasps and gunfire. A searchlight scans the slope as a doctor fights back to reach the dying man, the caption noting a doctor’s call and a New York Times child reference.
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O. C. A. Child
New York Times
Slayer who killed Pototsky surrenders in New York
Miroslav Sichinsky the Ruthenian student who killed Count Pototsky in Galicia in 1908 surrendered to U S Commissioner Frederic Howe at Ellis Island seeking to resolve his status as a possible citizen, with promises of revealing Austria-Hungary’s strife in his proceedings. He had been twice sentenced to death, escaped prison in Stanislaw, and lived in New York City with Ukrainian compatriots since returning eight months ago under an assumed name.
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Miroslav Sichinsky
Andreas Pototsky
Galicia
United States
Frederick Howe
Ellis ‘S Land
Sichinsky
Is Counsel
Howe
Austria
Pototsky
Ferdinand
Servia
Count Pototsky
Canada
Francis Joseph
Stanislaw
Novy
Sweden
New York City
Egg laying record set by Lady Eglantine hen
White Leghorn Lady Eglantine produced 287 eggs in 330 days at the Delaware College agricultural experiment station Newark Del The fourth annual international contest under Philadelphia newspaper auspices marks a new world record surpassing 286 eggs in 365 days by Plymouth Rock hen The champion is American bred from English strain from Eglantine farms Greensboro Md Five hens of this strain laid 1188 eggs in forty seven weeks with an average of about seventy eggs per year
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Lady Eglantine
Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station
Newark
Del
2 Newspaper
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rock
Eglantine Farms
Greensboro
Jaya
Hair Brow n Restores Color After Freak of Nature
Martha Lewis a 76 year old woman from Atchison Kansas has undergone hair and teeth restorations after years of aging. Her hair changed from white to brown a year ago and has remained the same shade since, matching her youth.
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Mra
Martha Lewis
Atchison, Kan
Turing
Thank God for the might of it work poem by Angela Morgan
A New York Mail poem by Angela Morgan extols work as a sacred, driving force. The verses celebrate the ardor, pace, and discipline of labor, likening it to a mighty tide and furnace that shape character, move the dreamer, and push society toward its grand aims.
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Angela Morgan
New York Mail
Death tests used for soldiers on the field
Army surgeons describe three methods to decide if a fallen soldier is alive. Ether in the conjunctival sac tests circulation, fluorescein skin coloration indicates life, and direct heart exploration with a stilette can reveal or revive activity.
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la Clinica Medica Italiana
Icard
Halluin
Tipperary Now A Hymn By Baptist Ministers
More than 100 Baptist ministers adapted the tune of Tipperary to a newly composed hymn at a Philadelphia weekly conference to draw attention to church aims. Rev Clarence Woolston said popular ditties should focus attention on religion and presented a chorus praising being a Christian.
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Tipperary
Philadelphia
Clarence Woolston
Gereal Crops Huge Over Three Billion Bushels Wheat
Wheat production soars past three billion bushels marking a monumental crop year. Analysts cite record yields across multiple regions and strong demand sustaining price stability. Farmers report heavy harvests and packing facilities operating at peak capacity.
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