Washington Whisperings Remembering Cannon’s Birthday in Congress
In Washington Speaker Cannon, age 72, learned of his birthday only after the day had begun. A floral six foot piece arrived from Danville and Illinois colleagues Graff and Rainey paid tribute. Cannon thanked his 27 colleagues as Champ Clark led a playful floor moment delaying roll call.
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House
Illinois
Graff
Rainey
Congress
Champ Clark
Macon
Arkansas
Tattooing Popular in the Navy Says Dr Farenholt
Dr Ammon Farenholt reports to Secretary Metcalf after surveying 3,572Independence enlistments at Mare Island. about 63.61 percent tattooed on second or later enlistments and 23.01 percent on first enlistment. He estimates roughly 60 percent of sailors with ten years service tattooed, notes design trends and prevalence by location, with holdsfasts, initials, coats of arms, flags, and female figures among the common motifs.
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Metcalf
Ammon Farenholt
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Farneholt
Farenhoist
Farenholt
Jerusalem
Egypt
Wage Earners and Weekly Pay in 1904 Manufacturing
Census Bureau bulletin reveals 123317 establishments reporting wages for 3,297,819 workers. Men averaged 11.16 weekly, women 6.17, and children 3.46, with Montana highest at 18.19 and South Carolina lowest at 4.68. Illinois sits 15th at 11.65.
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Census Bureau
Bulletin
Montana
South Carolina
President Roosevelt a Good Churchgoer
President Roosevelt aids Grace Reformed Church on Fifteenth Street near the White House, filling two thirds of the pews and attracting attention from Washington preachers. He often attends with his family, though rarely sits in the president’s pew himself, accompanied by two secret service-like aides.
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Washington
Grace Reformed
Fifteenth Street
White House
St. John’s
Church of State
United States
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Man Covers Furniture With 75500 Stamps In Eight Years
Philadelphia resident Robert Blanken retires to a bedroom entirely clad in postage stamps. The bed bureau and table are decorated with stamps dated from 1850 to today. The set is valued at about $5,000 with furniture worth roughly $4,375.
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Philadelphia
Robert Blanken
Stampbed Treasure: Man Showcases Collected Cigar-Box Stamps
Mr. Blanken, a J. G. Brill draftsman, curates a vast stamp collection covering a bed, bureau, and table. The display includes 46,000 stamps on the bed, 23,600 on the bureau, and 6,300 on the table, with 35 designs and a large keystone mosaic of stamps on the footboard. A $5 Civil War revenue stamp is among the most valuable pieces. The collection also features Buffalo Expo issues and a ring of special delivery stamps, all arranged with Dresden-like color work. He guards the treasures daily, even making his own bed to protect them. Curio dealers estimate the set at about $5,000.
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Blanken
United States
Uncle Sam
Arch Street
J. G. Brill Car Company
Goes Walking with Goose in Washington Social Row
George Hellen a leading Metropolit an and Alibi club figure walks Washington streets with a goose to varying public notices. He is about 40 and known for quirky habits. Previously he even took possession of an organ near the Metropolitan club during a whimsical moment.
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Washington
George Hellen
Metropolitan
Alibi
Hellen
Recluse Misers Hoard Found Near Garden City
In Garden City Illinois, contractors uncovered seven thousand dollars in gold coins and four thousand three hundred ninety five dollars in bills hidden in bags within the old farm house of William Henry Jaynes. The 89 year old recluse died last December after a life of extreme poverty and hoarding. Authorities estimate the estate may total sixty thousand dollars with five heirs known and more expected to file claims.
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Garden City
William Henry Jaynes
John McKenna
Sylvanus Demott
Jaynes
Golf Links
Hempstead
Meadow Brook
Demott
Chicken Thief Loses Teeth In Bustling Buckhorn Incident
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania Theodore Dent mourns ten chickens stolen from his pen. The culprit fled in fear leaving behind a set of false teeth and gloves. Dent notes the thief cannot enjoy the loot without new teeth.
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Bloomsburg
Theodore Dent
Buckhorn
Locomotive Against Poison In Desert Snake Bite Tragedy
M N McCloud of Imperial Junction was bitten on the right hand by a rattlesnake while sorting bricks. He was rushed by switch engine to Brawley where Dr J Lebert Cooke treated him. Despite severe swelling his prospects for recovery improved the next day. Also notes a surge of large rattlesnakes in the area and the fad of vegetable diets.
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Bromley
Cal
Imperial Junction
Brawley
M. N. McCloud
McCloud
J. Lebert Cooke
Imperial Junction Hotel
Los Angeles
Desert
Cooke
Professional Cards for Chas A Grubb
Special work opinions on title re exatz and probate law by Chas A Grubb with office over Iowa Trust and Savings Bank.
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Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Dr C G Clark Homeopathic Physician Surgeon
Dr C G Clark a homeopathic physician surgeon announces practice in Atlantic Iowa. Former intern at the Hospital State University of Iowa. Office at 263 Black and house phone 462 Black.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Atlantic
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