Airship Motor Request Sent To Washington
A lone Pennsylvanian, age 21, asked Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Bryen R. Newton for an aeroplane motor to build an airship promoting defense. The government has no motors for such use and no appropriation. Newton advised the applicant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Treasury
Bryen R. Newton
White House
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Cal
Newton
Veterans of Spanish American War Veterans in Congress
A list of Congressional veterans from the Spanish American War era outlines senators and representatives who served in 1898 includes Fall Hardwick Hughes Lewis Vardaman Wadsworth Weeks Poindexter and others plus congressmen Gardner Crago Dyer Aiken Ellsworth Greene Hart Haskell Helvering Howard Huddleston Hull Humphreys James Loud Neely Oglesby Oldfield Sells Stone Tilson Van Dye Johnson Langley Austin and Key honorary members of United Spanish War Veterans. The piece notes many have ties to National Guard and that these veterans remain capable and knowledgeable about military affairs.
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Houses
Congress
National Guard
Congressional
Fall
New Mexico
Hardwick
Georgia
Hughes
New Jersey
Lewis
Illinois
Vardaman
Mississippi
Wadsworth
New York
Weeks
Massachusetts
Poindexter
Washington
Gardner
Crago
Pennsylvania
Dyer
Missouri
The
United Spanish War Veterans
Aiken
South Carolina
Anderson
Minnesota
Ellsworth
Greene
Vermont
Hart
Haskell
Helvering
Kansas
Howard
Huddleston
Alabama
Hull
Tennessee
Humphreys
James and
Loud
Michigan
Neely
West Virginia
Oglesby
Oldfield
Arkansas
Sells
Stone
Tilson
Connecticut
van Dye
Johnson
Langley
Kentucky
Austin
Key
Ohio
United
Parade Echoes of Washington Prepardness Day
Squirrels and birds picnicked on capitol grounds after the parade. A crowd left peanut hulls and bags, while a boy on an umbrella handle led the march. The president, William F. Gude, Rudolph Kauffmann, and officials sat on a flag box as children carried a newspaper page like a flag.
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Washington
Capitol
Pullman
Marine Band, Jr
United States
William F. Gude
Rudolph Kauffmann
New Coin Designs to Be Ready Next Fall
The article reports forthcoming changes to U S coin designs for the half dollar quarter and dime the first since 1891 Secretary McAdoo notes the new images emphasize Liberty with a dawn motif on the half dollar and a pine sapling and mountain eagle on the reverse while the quarter shows Liberty with a shield and olive branch and the dime features a winged cap and a bundle of rods and battle ax symbolizing unity
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Sam
McAdoo
America
Liberty
Deutschland Dashes to Baltimore Hidden in Warship Maze
Captain Koenig describes the Deutschland voyage from Bremerhaven to Baltimore. The sub used microphones to detect ships and mines and stayed mostly submerged, with a champagne party on deck and a hard beating of the British blockade. The crew, young and highly skilled, kept watch in four hour shifts, read a library of books, and enjoyed phonograph records as they crossed the Atlantic.
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Baltimore
America
Paul Koenig
North Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Koenig
Deutsche Ozean Rhederei
Corporation of Bremen
Bremerhaven
New York
Bremen
Germany
Gibraltar
Helgoland
British Channel
Scotland
Channel
Broadway
Virginian
Capes
Jamaica
Norfolk
Travers
Drugstore Stunt Reveals a Missing Boy Mystery
A bareheaded three to four year old visited James Whitney’s drug store in Muncie asking for a quarter’s worth of toothpaste and saying charge to mamma. The boy would not reveal his name, claiming to be mamma’s boy. A well dressed woman later claimed the same boy had received toothpaste. Whitney plans to identify the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitney
Muncie
Whitney
Indianapolis News
Prairre du Chien woman heads six living generations
Mrs. Lydia Shrake of Prairie du Chien Wis aged 106 leads six generations. The ad touts Red Cross Bag Blue as a fabric whitener available at grocers. An advertising blurb mixes family pride with light social commentary.
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Lydia Shrake
Prairie du Chien, Wis
Red Cross
Free Rheumatism Book Offer from Jesse A. Case
An advertisement invites readers to request a free book on Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure by Jesse A. Case of Brockton Massachusetts. The claim states the book is absolutely free and targets those suffering from rheumatism or neuritis.
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Jesse A. Case
Dept. C. W
Brockton
Mass
Adv
Her Exhibition of Patriotism Sparks Family Strife
In a witty exchange, Mrs. Huffy is praised as patriotic while her husband and children suffer for it. The dialogue critiques self-praise and the cost of display, ending with a pointed note that self-flattery masks wisdom.
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Huffy
Children Aid Society Lacks Boys for Adoptions as War Demand Surges
For the first time in over two decades the Children’s Aid Society of New York cannot supply enough boys to families or foster homes due to wartime prep and factory jobs. Last month 41 boys ages 16 to 21 enlisted in military service, while older youths are drawn to munition factories.
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Children’s Aid Society of
New York
Society
Army
Navy
Monoclonius Reassembled by Barnum Brown at AMNH
Barnum Brown has reassembled the three horned Monoclonius dinosaur, found in Alberta Canada, and mounted it at the American Museum of Natural History. The five foot skull belongs to a seventeen foot herbivore whose partial brain is small. The specimen preserves 60 teeth and many hoofed toes, a rare Cretaceous find.
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Monoclonius
Barnum Brown
American Museum of Natural History
Mr. Brown
Alberta
Canada
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Desigh
Atlantic
Thomas Fee
Straits of
Dover
Dr. Travers
Contain ‘Oenig
Uncle Eben
Chas. H. Fletcher
Spohn
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Ind
Russia
Parcel Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Ringers N. Y
Murray
Lanman
Florida Water
Mabel
Murray & Lanman
Florida
Lanman & Kemp
Water Street
Daisy Fly Killer
Express
Harold Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Denver
Europe
Ottawa
W. V. Bennett
Bee Ridg
Omaha
Nebr
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