Roosevelt Obituary Tributes From Leaders Across Nations
Nation mourns Col Theodore Roosevelt with tributes from Lansing Polk Baker Daniels Lane McAdoo Taft Lenroot Lewis Kenyon New Martin Lodge Kellogg Johnson Chamberlain Knox Johnson Mann Fess Cannon Gillett Shallenberger Sherley Hughes Gompers Bryan White Day Wood Poincare Jusseland Hoover House Lowden. Leaders praise his virility Americanism courage and public service shaping wartime and policy legacy.
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Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Army
Josephus Daniels
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Roosevelt
America
Carter Glass
the Treasury
M’adoo
Panama Canal
Taft
Lincoln
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senator Lewis
Illinois
Harding
Ohio
Kenyon
Iowa
Abraham Lincoln
Senator New
Indiana
Senator Martin
Virginia
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Kellogg
Minnesota
Senator Johnson
California
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
Mediu M’cormick
James R. Mann
Representative Fess
Republican Congressional Committee
Cannon
Republic
Legislative Department
Representative Gillett
Colonel Roosevelt
Representative Shallenberger
Nebraska
Representative Sherley
House Appropriations Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
William Jennings Bryan
Foe
Friend
White
William R. Day
Leonard Wood
Poincare
France
Liberty
J. J. Jusserand
United States
Henry White
Mr. Roosevelt
Herbert C. Hoover
Lowden
Ilinois
Early American Express origin and inventions noted
The first American Express company opened between Boston and New York in 1821 by W F Harrden. A French inventor created an electric clock that runs without attention while the battery lasts. A California poultryman designed a simple egg weighing scale as weight, not size, determines egg value for hatching.
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American Express Company
Boston
New York
W. F. Harnden
California
Cork harvest ended in Khroumirie forest, Tunisia
The forestry service in Tunisia's Khroumirie forest has terminated the cork harvest. Notes include German Ambassador von Bernstorff receiving his passports February 5 1917 and leaving the United States February 14. The United States declared war on April 6. The Argentine Rural Society livestock show was a pronounced success with the champion Sherthorn bull selling for 42500 dollars.
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Tunisie Francaise
Tunisia
Khroumirie
von Bernstorff
United States
Canada emerges strong after war effort and growth
Canada shows buoyancy after the war with doubled agricultural output, railway earnings far above ten years ago, and bank deposits rising to 1.733 billion. Despite 50 000 soldiers buried and vast costs, the nation credits itself for self financing and wartime industrial growth.
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Canada
Boston Transcript
Europe
Old Lady Declares Some People Impossible to Please
A terse remark from an elderly woman notes that certain individuals are impossible to satisfy, reflecting a sharp take on human nature observed in everyday life.
Recipe for Gray Hair Remedy Promises Darkening Shine
An old instruction column describes a home mixture using Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine to darken gray hair. It claims to color only hair, not scalp, and to leave hair soft without grease. Includes directions in each Barbo box. The ad closes with a sexist joke about marriage prospects for men when women refuse them.
A Coated Tongue and Liver Health Warns of Ills
An 1890s style health note links coated tongue and bad breath to liver trouble. It cites Prof Heemmeter on the liver’s importance, describes toxins from clogged intestines, and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy sold by druggists. Maas F. Canfield of Stockton endorses the product.
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Heem- Meter
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Stockton, Couir
Arizona News Roundup From Flagstaff To Globe
In Flagstaff the Marble Monument works plan a new business opening within weeks. Gov. Campbell is inaugurated. The Clifton strike costs taxpayers over $1,000 daily in military expenses. A Quartzsite area strike is sold to a St. Louis firm for $30,000. Wickenburg forms Central Bank to absorb Phoenix’s branch. Globe Miami reports extreme cold and a severe Sinaloa storm damages farmland in Nogales. Jerome appoints Westervelt as receiver for the Jerome Portland Mining Co. Bride-elect Bertha Smith of Phoenix forms a $2,000,000 temple venture in Paradise Valley. Copper output rises in 1918 but value dips. Captain Hance, famed Grand Canyon guide, dies at 84. Sergeant Joseph N. Kerwin earns the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in Belgium. Sowers and Eliza Telford wed in Phoenix amid a cross-state journey home. Warren growth continues with brick construction and $150,000 spent. Gila monster bite sends Hiram Wordell to Texas for care. McKinley-era back pay for Gov. Hunt’s final act leaves him owed $4,000.
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Western
Union News Service
Flagstaff
Thomas E. Campbell
Clifton
of Arizona
Johnson
Quartzsite
St. Louis
Central Bank of
Sinaloa
Mex
Nogales
Bisbee
Jerome
Frank Lyman
R. B. Westervelt
Prescott
Jerome Portland Mining Company
Frank H. Dyer
Bertha Smith
Phoenix
Paradise Valley
Salt River Valley
Scottsdale
John Hance
Captain Hance
Grand Cartin
Colorado
Cafton
Railroad and Hotel Company
Arizona
Joseph N. Kerwin
Safford
Pershing
Joseph, N. Kerwin
316Th Engineers
U. S. No
Audenarde
Belgium
Armistice Terms Updated by Supreme War Council
An official communique from Paris reports the supreme war council reached agreement on renewal terms for the armistice on January 17. The accord covers naval, financial, and supply clauses plus restitution of German‑taken material, with next meetings set for January 18 and 19.
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Paris
Supreme War Council
France
Belgium
Foreign Office
Marshal Foch
United States
Bliss
Benson
Herbert C. Hoover
Great Britain
Sir Henry Wilson
Weygand
M. Klotz
M. Leygues
Italy
Robilant
Germany
Martial Law Declared in Buenos Aires Amid Crisis
President and cabinet declare martial law in Buenos Aires. Ten thousand reserves summoned. military cadets recalled. Police report about 2000 prisoners. Interrogations show most Russian prisoners fled revolutionary activity. 200 Catalonians among detainees, fleeing after the 1909 Barcelona uprising and the Ferrer execution.
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Buenos Aires
Russia
Barcelona
Francisco Ferrer
Reed bone-Dry amendment ruling shocks dry states
The Reed bone-Dry amendment restricting imports of intoxicants for personal use was struck down by the Supreme Court in a decision reversing a Federal Court in West Virginia. Justice McReynolds dissented with Justice Clarke concurring, arguing the amendment exceeded federal power as an interstate commerce issue.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Federal Court
West Virginia
Justice McReynolds
Justice Clarke
$100,000,000 Relief Bill Move Through House
The House approved a $100 million appropriation for famine relief in Europe outside Germany. The measure, urged by President Wilson as essential against Bolshevik influence,now heads to the Senate with plans for early passage amid the emergency.
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Washington
Europe
Germany
House
Wilson
Senate
Spartacans Executed and Berlin Falls to Government
News from Europe reports Spartacan factions in Germany executed after court martial. Berlin says Silesian railway station, last Spartacan stronghold near Berlin, is now controlled by government forces. Copenhagen notes British troops occupy Düsseldorf, previously Spartacan controlled.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Silesian
Greater Berlin
Copenhagen
Dusseldorff
Spartacans
Unite in National Party in Poland Telegram Summary
Warsaw reports a national bloc formed in Poland uniting all parties except the Socialists. Ignace Jan Paderewski pushes to form a national council including the Polish Socialist party, from which Moraczewski's government originated.
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Paris
Polish National Committee
Warsaw
Poland
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Polish Socialist Party
Andreas Moraczewski
How This Nervous Woman Got Well
Alice Heller of Christopher Illinois credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of nervousness weakness and irregularities after two doctors failed. She reports she is no longer nervous regular and in excellent health. The ad invites others to write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for guidance to female ailments.
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Christopher
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alice Heller
Primary Class Joke Highlights Racial Identity Confusion
In a playful exchange, six year old Isabelle answers a teacher’s question about her mother’s race with the statement that her mother belongs to the human race. The moment underscores gentle humor amid a classroom setting.
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Isabelle
Cuticura Promotes Baby Skin With Soap Ointment Dusting Powder
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing a baby’s red rough itchy skin. It recommends Cuticura Soap for hot baths, Cuticura Ointment for skin touches, and Cuticura Talcum powder for frequent use as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio.
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Adv
Restaurant Humor Heads to Local Page
A light exchange about a rich fish with ample bones appears in a Boston Transcript humor snippet. An ad promotes Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a health aid for liver bowels and stomach.
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Boston Transcript
Doctor Pierce
Proper Care of the Sick
Advice from Exchange on handling contagious illness including daily fresh air walks for mothers or nurses, changing clothes after leaving the sick room, bathing before contact, using quarantine facilities or screens, back entrances, avoiding streetcars and visits, and fumigation by the board of health on doctor’s request.
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Board of Health
The Way of It
A fragment from a Danish style vignette describes a woman's struggle to survive while a neglectful husband is blamed for his own troubles and refers to police action as a response. The lines suggest social hardship and petty blame with a note of law enforcement involvement.
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J. W. Sowers
Farmers State Bank of
Spring Hill
Kan
Kansas
Eliza Telford
Baldwin
Mr. Sowers
Warren
Hiram Wordell
Harqua Hala Range
San Antonio
Texas
Harry Earl Stephens
Yavapai County
A. H. Miller
G. W. P. Hunt
Western Newspaper
Unite In National Party
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