Steuben Statue Unveiled in Washington Ceremony Parade
A grand unveiling honors Gen Baron von Steuben with a bronze statue at Lafayette Square. President Taft, Ambassador von Bernstorff, Rep. Bartholdt and War Secretary Dickinson speak as a large German society parade winds through Washington.
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Congressman Bartholdt
Geman Societies
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Dec
United States
Baron Frederick Willian Augustus von Steuben
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Walayette Square
Dickinson
Baron Steuben
Saft
Vor Bernsterff
Charles J. Hexamer
Philadelphia
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Albert Jaegers
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Wireless messages reach Denver from distant ships
Denver reports that for weeks wireless signals from vessels off the Pacific coast have been received at a home amateur station operated by W. H. Smith, a former telegraph operator. The distance covered is about 1,000 miles.
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Denver
Pacific Coast
W. H H. Smith
Tobacco Fire Devastates Evansville Plant and Warehouses
A major blaze in Evansville Indiana destroyed a Fendrich Tobacco plant warehouse and several buildings, with damage estimated around 760000. A rescue attempt left a mother exhausted but saved her baby, though the infant perished in Bloomington.
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Evansville
Ind
Fendrich Tobacco Company
Bloomington
Charles W. Taylor
Benny on Benevolence and a Hidden Cane
Benny reflects on benevolence while recounting his mother cleaning the attic and uncovering a $25 gold headed cane Grandpa hid 18 years ago. The tale links kindness to reward and shares a humorous anecdote about a couple with a “delicate hint” during an evening calling.
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Benny
Grandpa
Staylate
Sixteen Years of Skin Disease Found Cure
Leonard A. Hawter of Brooklyn reports a long battle with a severe skin disease beginning in childhood. After trying many doctors, he found relief with Cuticura remedies and says his life improved dramatically.
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Leonard A. Hawter
Nostrand Ave
Brooklyn
Deacon Intervenes as Phonograph Chair Generates Confusion
A preacher and sexton discuss a phono graph chair trial. The preacher claims success but nobody notices a difference until a deacon climbs to the loft to collect offerings, revealing the device’s ineffectiveness.
Papes Diapepsia Ad Claims Quick Digestion Remedy
An advertisement promises rapid relief from indigestion and stomach discomfort. It touts Pape n Diapepsin as a 60 cent cure that digests meals, stops sour belching, gas, and nausea in five minutes, and claims it regains normal digestion. It emphasizes effectiveness for dyspepsia and stomach disorders.
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Pape
Distemper Cure Ad and Quirky Family Exchange
A brief comic exchange implies a cigars gift withheld until Willis learns to smoke. An advertising note promotes Spohn's Distemper Cure for horses and other livestock, claiming broad disease coverage and urging druggists or agents to respond. A joke about a "wooden-headed" college student ends the clipping.
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Goshen
Ind
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