President Roosevelt Undergoes Leg Abscess Surgery
Indianapolis reports the President was treated for a left leg abscess after a trolley accident in Pittsfield. A two-ounce serum sac was removed at St Vincent's Hospital after a 3 15 p m transfer from the Columbia Club. He was later carried to a train for Washington on a stretcher.
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Washington
Pittsfield
Columbia Club
St. Vincent's Hospital
George H. Oliver
Indianapolis
George A. Lang
George J. Cook
Henry Jameson
J. J. Richardson
Mass
Roosevelt
Fort Wayne
Milwaukee
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Fairbanks
Meridian Street
South Meridian Street
South Street
St. Vincent Hospital
Hyland
Senator Fairbanks
Governor Durbin
Callon
T. J. Dillon
Relief Hospital
Bands Fireworks and Men With Torches in Foss Parade
Eugene N. Foss launched a five mile torch procession through Roxbury and Jamaica Plain as part of his tariff reform campaign. About 20,000 spectators witnessed bands, red fire, and fireworks along the route from Guild Row to Curtis Hall Jamaica Plain. Foss claimed the display would shake up the Republican machine and rally support for tariff revision and free coal and hides.
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Eugene N. Foss
Roxbury
Jamaica Plain
Mr. Foss
Boss
Foss
Roosevelt
Guildrow
Warren
Bower
Humboldt Avenue
Dale Street
Washington Street
Dudley Street
Norfolk House
Roxbury Street
Roxbury Crossing
Pynchon Street
New Heath Street
Old Heath Street
Day Street
Wyoming Oil Company strikes oil at nine feet depth
Evanstown Sept 22 1902 Wyoming Oil Company announces striking oil at nine feet and continuing to drill in oil sand. Company claims world class oil quality and high price range from four to eight dollars per barrel. Prospectuses available on request. Signed John Fitzsimmons manager.
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Evanstown
Wyoming
Wyoming Oil Company
Devonshire St
Boston
Mass
John Fitzsimmons
Mgr
Showers Forecast For Boston Area This Week
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity indicates showers on Wednesday with unsettled conditions on Thursday and likely more showers. Temperatures expected to be seasonable with variable winds turning northerly and increasing to fresh.
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Boston
Father John's Medicine Cures Consumption Claim
An advertisement proclaims one in fifty people suffer consumption and asserts Father John’s Medicine has cured it for 50 years, emphasizing no poisonous drugs.
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Father John
Cigar Advertisement Promises Frugal Luxury and Reimagined Smoking
An old ad extols a cheap five for a dime cigar described as a miracle for changing smoking habits. It markets the cigar as a luxury enjoyed in brief, delicious puffs rather than a full meal, urging readers to try it.
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Tay
Cuba
President's Courage on the Operating Table
The President lies on the operating table amid jokes about antiseptic gloves. Surgeons joke about formalities and arrivals. After the operation he requests to walk upstairs and is humorously told he will be hauled in a wheeled ambulance, which he calls a wheelbarrow.
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Cortelyou
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Colonel Wilson
National Guard
Secret Service
Durbin
Jeb and
Barnes
Ilyland
George B. Cortelyou
President Theodore Roosevelt
Boston, Mass
Central Labor Union
Badley
Henry Sterling
Senate
Bagley
Boston Herald
Beef Trust
Arlington
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