Grand Army encampment opens in Chattanooga
Twenty thousand Grand Army of the Republic veterans gather in Chattanooga for the 47th national encampment with headquarters opened by General Alfred Beers and allied organizations mobilized. Patriotic services fill churches and a mass meeting at the city auditorium features Ex Senator Newell Sanders BH. Clay Evans and General Albert B. Beers as principal speakers.
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Tenn
Grand Army
Forty Seventh National
Alfred Beerg
Sons of Veterans, Women's Relief Corps
Chickamauga
United Confederate Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
First Presbyterian Church
George Edward Lovejoy
J. W. Bachman
Newell Sanders
Clay Evans
Albert B. Beers
Bowery Mourns for Big Tim Sullivan
New York mourns as Congressman Big Tim Sullivan dies in a freight locomotive accident. Residents recall his leadership on the Bowery while officials arrange funeral services at St Patrick’s Cathedral and a street procession follows the district’s proud influence.
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New York
Bowery
Big Tim” Sullivan
St. Patrick
Big Tim
Improving Iowa Country Roads in Pottawattamie County
County supervisors in Council Bluffs Iowa report widespread use of road drags to smooth dust blown surfaces after last week’s rains. Drivers praise the improved roads and note the prompt, legal compliance of supervisors in deploying machinery countywide. The piece credits timely action and contrasts with past delays.
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Board of County Supervisors
Enjoin Dry Town Mayors Liquor Sale Allegations Hit Anthon
Twelve prominent Anthon residents including Mayor Charles Schreipfer were served with temporary injunctions to show cause why they should not be barred from liquor sales. The action, backed by the Woodbury County Anti-Saloon League, cites recent lax enforcement since the county went dry, including a wagonload of liquor sold from a river tent during the old settlers picnic.
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Anthon
Charles Schreipfer
Woodbury County
County Anti-Saloon League
Girl Found Unconscious After Sleep Beside Brother
Sylvia Parrott a Clarinda Iowa telephone operator was found unconscious beside her brother near a road fourteen miles from home after a day of work. She awoke unable to explain her location and appears drugged. Nearby counties report a broader stolen horse trade probe and local school farming project plans amid hog cholera losses in Chickasaw county Iowa. Basin clubwomen aid Ritter Canning in Sheridan Wyoming by sewing for hire to support home industry.
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Clarinda
Sylvia Parrott
Miss Parrott
Basin Club
Sheridan
Wyo
Basin
Basin Woman's Club
Ritter Canning Company
Automobilea
Foley Kidney Pills Advertisement Remedy Claims
An advertising blurb urges men with family responsibilities not to fear kidney trouble and promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a curative. It claims the medicine cleanses and builds kidneys and enables them to filter impurities from the blood, addressing backache, weak back, and urinary issues, with sale through all druggists.
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Foley
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Adv
Lazy husbands all working in Spokane county
Spokane county will have few lazy husbands as W. B. Redding reports that men on aid lists are now employed and sending funds to their families. Complaints from wives are decreasing, indicating the law's impact as the superintendent notes, with some husbands regular in payments. Boys held for auto theft after crossing deserts in Nevada and Utah. New Haven railroad issues immediate safety rules promoting firemen and engineers and stricter discipline.
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Spokane County
Redding
Reguarly
Ogden
Utah
Nevada
H. P
L. F. Stephens
Olsen
Brigham County
Great Salt Lake
New Haven
New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad
Chinese Sailors Break for Shore Off Portland
In Portland Oregon on September 11 a launch carrying Chinese sailors broke from the steamship Harlow and raced for shore. A harbor policeman caught two after a chase. the white man and six Chinese escaped.
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Ore
Wleths Jonging
Siduis
Harlow
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