Electric and gas motor cars eyed to end horse rail in New York
Receiver Fred K W Whitridge tests electric storage battery and gasoline motor cars for possible economical operation to replace horse cars. Metropolitan lines and several ferries run horse or trolley services as public changes loom with subway side door trial pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fredk W. Whitridge
Rd Avenue
Union Railway
Livas
Receiver Whitridge
Dry Dock
Forty-second Street
Chattanville
St. Nicholas Ay Seine
Metropolitan County
Grand Street
Firty- Ninth Street
Ayne
Battery
Imeat
West Street
Metropolitan Street Railway
Public Service Commission
Interborough Company
Interborough
Portrait mix up leads to mayor Mickle and Havemeyer error
Former Mayor Mickle portrait misidentified for years prompts officials to sort and correctly label a Havemeyer portrait. Secretary John Adams and Willcox of the public service commission confirm the mix up after a grandson exposure, with family members verifying the likenesses. The error arose from shifted nameplates during prior cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willcox
Public Service
Municipal Art Commission
New York City
John Quincyams
Commission
Adams
City Hall
Andrew Hunter Ickle
Newrk
Hunter
Hutchins
Mickle
Clark
Mayor Havemeyer
Havemeyer
Mr. Adams
Bill” Kenner
Pit Brokers Turn To Checkers At New York Wheat Pit
In the New York Produce Exchange read room near the grain pit veteran brokers cool nerves with checkers. Regulars include Fred K. Fish Ernest Adler William B. Orr James M. Hall Theodore J. Hugted Walter Munn Schoonmaker Giovanni Starace and K B Brewster. While some say business never interferes others say any potential deal spurs a rush to the board. Most prefer checkers though chess appears at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ain
Produce Exchange
New York City
Fred K. Fish
Ernest Adler
William B. Orr
James M. Hall
Theodore J. Hugted
Walter Munn
Schoonmaker
Giovanni Starace
K. 8. Brewster
Soldier of Fortune Plans Revolution Trust in New York
Melville Boynton a well known soldier of fortune denounces a revolion trust formed in New York to supply fighters and support revolutions in South America or for North American corporations seeking concessions. He claims 2000 soldiers, an Imperial Soldiers of Fortune Dragoons outfit, and vows to deploy if paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Boynton
Revoluion Trust
New York
Capt
Boynton
Canro
Venezuela
South
Ica
United States Treasury
Soldiers of Fortune
Wal Trust
Imperial Soldiers of Fortune Dragoons
Canada
United States
Revolution Trust
Paraguay
Chill
Colombia
Mada
Indigestion remedy offered free in ad copy
A drug advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle No-Doze style remedy for indigestion, liver and bowel troubles. It claims testimonials from Carson City and Grand Junction and offers a free test bottle by writing to Dr. W B Caldwell at Monticello, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
C. Fowler
Carson City
Mitc
Ida A. Fortune
Grand Junction
Tenn
J Thompson
Shenandoah
W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell
Monticello, II
Mayor With Wooden Leg Delights King During Weymouth Welcome
An anecdote from Clive Holland’s Foreland to Penzance recounts Weymouth’s mayor during a royal visit to present an address. Instead of kneeling he shook the queen’s hand, claiming a wooden leg prevented him from bowing, provoking laughter from Queen Victoria and King George.
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England
Penzance
Clive Holland
Weymouth
George
Col
Gwynne
Yeouth
Cure of Skin Eruption with Cuticura Trio
H A Kruts koff of Chicago reports a severe skin eruption starting on his hands with pus-filled lesions and intense itching. After trying doctors and various treatments he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, claiming symptom relief within days and no recurrence in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Selecropy
Bostam
Magnetism and the Dancer's Father Case Revealed
A profile describes a striking dancer linked to a prominent steel magnate. The piece notes her attractiveness and mentions her father as a major figure in the steel industry.
Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Advised
The California Fig Syrup Co promotes its laxative remedy as pure and uniform, detailing a claimed secret manufacturing method, with figs used for taste and medicinal properties derived from beneficial plants. It urges purchase of the genuine product through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Tig Syrup Co
California
California Fig Syrup Co
Junkin Receives Death Penalty in Centerville Slaying
Juke 2,-Jobo Junkin, self confessed slayer of Clara Rosen, is condemned to death for first degree murder after a four hour verdict in Centerville. Judge M A Roberts sentences him to be hanged on the last Friday of July 1910, with execution to follow at Fort Madison after transport amid a tense mob. The case details trace a brutal abduction and murder after Miss Rosen left home for an entertainment with her sister.
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Centerville
Jobo Junkin
Clara
Rosen
Ottumwa
M. A. Roberts
Fred Rosen, Jr
Miss Rosen
G. O. Nelson
Nelson
Court House
Junkin
Yeux
Morgan Edwards
Dleath
Roberts
Jimkin
Burlington
Fort Madison
Grimes
John Junken
Fred Rosen
Shea
Otto Johnson
Charles Peterson
Dare and
Gara
Tunken
Ottumiwa
K. Redman
Joseph Beeman
Peter Gallagher
Frank Harris
H. C. Williams
Albia
Albia Jair
Junken
Des Moines
Sherif Jackson
Sigourney
Traing
Operation Her Only Chance Ad Shows Pinkham Remedy
Adrian Georgia woman Luna V Henry shares suffering from female weakness and a physician advised surgery. Reading about others cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound inspired her to try it. she reports improvement after one bottle and full cure. The ad urges women to avoid risky operations and use Pinkham's remedy, with confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Luna
Lydia E. Pinkham
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Boosts Step Wellness
Weston promotes walking as a growing trend and credits Allen's Foot-base powder for comfort. The ad claims 30,000 testimonials and urges readers to try a 25 cent package, with a trial offer sent to Trek, Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Allen
Trek
Allen, Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
The Young Dream and Other Fragments in a Conservatory
A soft lit conservatory scene unfolds with a young girl worrying that microbes lurk in kisses while a youth declares his lonely microbes. A memory gag and a stray line about debts appear beside whimsical product mentions and a cryptic moral.
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John Junkin
Vudge
Mitchell
Lydia E.pinkham
Fliegende Blaetter
Russ Blue
Dodds
Ara A Ie Eae
Omaha
Byrne & Hammer Dry Goods
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