Quebec Tercentenary to Welcome Royalty and Warships
Quebec will host a large weeklong celebration with the Prince of Wales and General Lord Roberts among distinguished guests. Vice President Fairbanks leads a US party, while warships from Britain France and the US will fill the harbor. Guard and police detachments from several cities protect visitors amid packed hotels and a tented city.
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Quebec
Prince of Wales
Lord Roberts
United States
Charles W. Fairbanks
French Republic
Jaureguiberry
Herbette
J. de Loynes
Canada
Karl Dudley
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Ranfurly
Alfred Lyttleton
Marchioness
Donegal
Lord Lovyatvat
Henry de Villiers
Dominion
Northwest Mounted Police
Great Britain
France
Montreal
New York
Chicago
Northwest grain crop outlook exceeds recent years
Spokane reports Washington Idaho and Oregon wheat harvests totaling about 48.5 million bushels with a market value near 38.8 million dollars at 80 cent prices. Washington leads with 29 million bushels followed by Oregon 12.5 million and Idaho 7 million. barley and other crops also forecast higher in 1908.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Pacific
Weashington
De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills Endure Testimony
Hert Barber of Elton Wisconsin reports that after taking four doses De Witts Kidney and Bladder Pills provided more relief than any prior medicine. The product is sold by all druggists.
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Hert
Elton, Wis
de Witt
Bolivian Women Dominate Household And Markets In Boston Globe Summary
The Boston Globe notes Bolivian Indian women as societal heads who thrash timid husbands, bargain shrewdly in markets, bear heavy burdens, and drink coca and strong liquor from infancy to old age. It describes widespread semi intoxication and flexible labor as a cultural pattern.
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Bellvia
Boston Globe
Coat of Arms by Descent From King Lud
A Cornhill Magazine writer relates a man seeking a coat of arms. He cannot name forebears but recalls escaping Ludgate prison by sliding down a cord from King Lud’s statue. The herald proclaims him lineally descended from King Lud and grants the armorial bearing.
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College of Heraldry
Cornhill
Ludgate Prison
King Lud
The Police Commissioner The Night Poker Heist
In Paris six men staged a bold ruse by posing as a police commissioner at a private home. They seized about $1000 from poker stakes and left, with the mark of a thief. The next morning the players learned the faux official was part of an escape gang.
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Paris
Boeton
Easy Word and the Glasgow Reader in the Police News
A Glasgow workingman reads police news to his wife and faces an awkward sentence in a trial for assault. The tale notes the magistrate delaying sentencing over a difficult word and ends with a quip about an easy wee word. Includes a second anecdote about a sea voyage and a shark swallowing a shipmate.
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Glasgow
Dundee Advertiser
Costly Eyeteeth Told By Johnny Green
Johnny Green recalls his father’s remark about paying nearly $300 to have eyeteeth cut in New York. His mother asks why the cost was so high and Johnny explains the dentist’s charge.
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New York
Johnny Green
Johnny
Chigage News
Grand Hawaii Scenery Described From Sumptuous Island Tour
Honolulu hosts the arrival of the Atlantic battleship fleet with a holiday atmosphere as ships Connecticut and others anchor in the harbor. Senator Money’s picturesque narration paints Oahu’s coast, Haleakalā, Kilnuea, Maunaloa and Molokai as a tropical sanitarium with blue seas, green valleys, and dramatic lava vistas.
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Honolwiu
Connecticut
Honolulu
Nebraska
Golden Gate
Washington, D. C
Hawaii
Hawaii Islands
United States
San Francisco
Oahu
Kauai
Maui
Molokai
Crescent Bay
Money
Mississippi
Islands
Haleakala
Wailuku
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W. H. Harry & Company
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Bluefield
W. VA
Jed
Welch
Gary
WM. Leckie
McDowell County
Bluefield Battling Company
Stockton Hotel
Cape May
B. A. Smith
Thomas E.peary
N. & W. Railway
WM. T. Jenkins
Princeton Ave
Otieff Pianos
Chas. M. Stieff
Piano Manufacturer
Main Street
Lynchuring
W. Whitmore
A. G. Wood
M. D
Thornton Bldg
Hh. O. Dewitt &v
Northwest
Booker & Crenshaw
Moyer
Bluefield Transfer &2
Tion
Gray Maching Repair
Fowl Blevwrdgon Company
Okvast
ALTA
B. M. Cohen
Wenger
Bolivian
Africa
Equator
Boston Journal
Slevaiat
Summerland
Honolulu Harbor
Uncle Sam
Jnva
Panama
Mercantile Go
Mercer St
E. Fe
Empire
Empire Goal & Goke Company
Landgraff, W.va
Bluefield Beer
Eday
Bluefield Brewing CO
Bluefield, West Virginia
Melcher Paint & Paper Co
Union Bank & Trust Company
Turner Brothers
E. S. Turner
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