Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Session Opens in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the seventy-eighth annual session with 30,000 attendees and special trains from across the country. Gov. Cummins and Mayor Brenton welcome delegates as reports show 1,002,272 members, 12,792 subordinate lodges, 2,780 encampments, and relief disbursements near 3.96 million dollars.
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Des Moines
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
A. B. Cummins
Brenton
M. Newman
Iowa
C. Milliman
Woodbine
Ida van Horn
Explosion Traps 18 in West Virginia Coal Mine
A gas and powder blast at the Algoma Coal and Coke Co mine in North Fork West Virginia traps James Lester engineer John Reckie Hungarian miner and 15 colored miners. Rescue efforts halted by gas and smoke with burning coal and no air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fork
W. Va
Algoma Coal and Coke Co
James Lester
John Reckie
H. F. Frankenfield
George Gaspie
A. J. Stuart
Cooper
Eleven Bodies Recovered From Mine Disaster in Bluefield
A tele phone message from Algoma reports 11 bodies recovered and six more to be taken out. So far all the recovered are colored miners except one white miner named Luster. Names of the other men are not available at this hour.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Algoma
Luster
Oyster Bay fetes President Roosevelt reception on Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt hosts Nassau county neighbors at Sagamore Hill with about 18 000 attendees. Visitors pass the porch line for lemonade souvenirs while security includes 300 deputy sheriffs and secret service.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Nassau County
Sagamore Hill
Hempstead
Mineola
Far Rockaway
Freeport
New York
Brooklyn
Long Island
Johnson
Secret Service
Burdock Blood Bitters Ad Promises Dyspepsia Cure
An old advertisement extols Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. It references Dr. Thomas Electric Oil and Monarch over pain, and contrasts bleak views with the habit of looking on the bright side. Public health claims appear alongside literary quotes.
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Thomas
Monarch
Johnson
Record of the Past Promotes Doan's Kidney Pills Sale
The ad touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a universal kidney cure backed by public testimony from over fifty thousand users. It recounts Samuel J. Taylor of Goshen Indiana who says his 30 year kidney woes required crutches yet a five year post treatment period shows no need for more medicine. Free trials are offered by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York with drugs sold by all druggists at 50 cents a box.
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Dean
Samuel J. Taylor
South Third St
Goshen
Ind
Jacob C. Mann
Doan
Taylor
United States
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
West Virginia
President Roosevelt
Lokeleigh
Puck
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
M. Sawyer
East Cambridge
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