Hog cholera threat to hog industry detailed
A report explains hog cholera as a highly contagious threat to hog farming. A testimonial from A P Williams of Burnetts Creek Indiana praises Sloan's Liniment for saving hogs, noting successful use over five years and urging readers to request Dr Sloan's free book at 615 Albany Street Boston Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Williams
Burnetts Creek
Ind
Mr. Williams
J. D. Richardson
Lafayette
Sloan
Earl
S. Sloan
Albany Street
Boston
Mass
Derelict Ships Haunt the Sea Wealth Lies in Salvage
The romance of abandoned ships along the North Atlantic, their perilous drift, and the fortunes in salvage are described. Vessels like the Durmore, Loch Maree, Marmion, and Westmeath illustrate constant danger, rescue efforts, and large possible rewards for crews.
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W. G. Fitzgerald
New York Mail
Pasenger
New England
Newfoundland
Durmore
Dunmore
Cape Cod
Baltimore
Bermuda
North Atlantic
Norfolk
Dundee
Scotland
Ireland
Hebrides
Loch Maree
William Golliffe
Belfast
Marmion
Grand Banks
Hibernian
Westmeath
Hamburg
Montreal
Bowdoinham News Highlights Local Oddities and Society
Electa chapter O E S announces public installation and supper at Masonic hall with officers to be installed. Bowdoinham hosts Sagadahoc County Pomona Grange program on farming topics and a possible Sons of Veterans camp formation. Community notes cover wood scarcity, local farms, hospital operation, and a reminiscence of Fred A F Adams horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Nichols
Maine Central
William H. Gould
William B. Kendall
Boston
Bowdoinham High School
Town Hall
Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
Merry Meeting Grange
Electa
Mt. Carmel
Richmond
Bowdoinham
Fish
James Preble
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Cincinnati Democrats Back Judge Homan for President
State and nation items run through a Chicago health bulletin. Highlights include 650000 with grip illnesses, Boston tenants voting for a 15 percent rent cut, and various political and society notes from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Judge Homan
United States
Sunday funeral trolley sparks Rutland concerns
Undertakers fear a new precedent after a Sunday funeral used a combination baggage and passenger trolley to move a body and party from a house to the cemetery. Rates were noted as lower than hiring a hearse and hacks. In Rio de Janeiro the American battleship fleet of 16 ships under Admiral Robley D. Evans arrived Sunday, with officers hosted by Brazilians. the fleet plans to depart next Wednesday escorted by 21 Brazilian warships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Evans
Rio Janeiro
Rutland
Robley D. Evans
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Archbishop O Connell To Receive Pallium In Boston
Archbishop William H. O Connell of Boston will receive the papal pallium from Cardinal Gibbons on January 29. The ceremony will draw the largest assembly of Roman Catholic prelates and clergy ever seen in the city. It marks 33 years since Archbishop Williams first received the pallium at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. O'Connell
Boston
Cardinal Gibbons
Williams
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Boston Mayor proposes City Collector cut to save salaries
Mayor Hicard pledges businesslike governance and urges trimming city salaries. He asks the aldermen to reduce City Collector G. A. Scollard’s pay from 7500 to 5000 dollars as part of cost cutting. A tragic theatre disaster in Boyerton Pa. reports nearly 100 deaths as a moving picture machine exploded sparking a deadly panic.
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Hicard
Boston
Board of Aldermen
G. A. Scollard
New Theatre
Boyerton
Plymouth Babe Drowns in Bath Tub Tragedy
The 11 month old child of Mr and Mrs William F Sears of Plymouth Massachusetts drowned in a bath tub at their home this week A family member briefly left the room and returned to find the infant dead in the tub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Sears
Plymouth
Mass
Maine Laundrymen elect officers at Augusta meeting
The Maine Laundrymens association held its annual meeting in Augusta this week and elected officers for the coming year. Fred A Porter of Bangor was chosen president with George A. Frye of Calais and Frank C. Dunlap of Skowhegan as vice presidents and G. F. Bryant of Bangor as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Laundrymens' Association
Augusta
Fred A Porter
Bangor
George A. Frye
Calais
Frank C. Dunlap
Skowhegan
G. F. Bryant
Taft Advises Wider Panama Canal To 110 Feet
Secretary Taft writes President Roosevelt recommending widening the Panama canal from 100 to 110 feet. The plan would cost about 5 million dollars more, and naval officers favor the enlargement for larger battleships. Also, Saddleback light keeper died in a drowning while approaching the station leaving the head keeper and the on leave assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H. Taft
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Marshal Newman
Saddleback
Vernon King
Boston Mayor Cuts Newsboys to Twenty on Common
Mayor Hibbard limits Boston newsboys to twenty sellers on the common and issues non transferable badges. He also states no objection to curb brokers on Exchange street if they do not blockade the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
Boston
Boston Common
Exchange Street
Chief Joseph Socabason’s tribe tied to bogus seal tail scam
Chief Joseph Socabason of the Pas samaquoddy tribe admitted in a Lynn Massachusetts police court last week that many of his people produced fake seal tails to collect bounties in towns across Massachusetts. The scheme netted as much as fifteen thousand dollars in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Socabason
Passamaquoddy
Louisville man dies after college initiation ordeal
William Keifer Jr. of Louisville died at 20 after a college initiation two years ago tied to a tombstone all night. Reported pneumonia followed by tuberculosis. His dying wish was that no trouble be caused for those involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Keifer Jr
Louisville
Hungarian Count’s Relatives Arrive For Vanderbilt Wedding
Relatives of Count Laszek Szechenyi of Hungary have arrived this week to attend the upcoming wedding to Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. Preparations are underway to give Miss Vanderbilt a warm Hungarian welcome upon her arrival in the count’s homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laszek Szechenyi
Hungary
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt
Miss Vanderbilt
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Will Crocker
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Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
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Worcester, Mass
Central Telephone Exchange
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