These Horses Know What Jackson Says
A feature on Henry Jackson the trusted caretaker of high diving horses at Steeplechase Island. He cares for the horses like a mother, claims no whips, sleeps with them, and says their gloss comes from elbow grease. He recalls being born in Lebanon Kentucky and once a slave, aiming to settle with his mother after years of work.
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Henry Jackson
Indianapolis
Mr. Jackson
Des Moines
Lebanon
Kentucky
Hugh J. McGowan
Indianapolis Traction Company
Act
Edward Seguin
Blanchard
Youngs
War scars fade with Cyrus Was Remover at Cyrus Pharmacy
Advertisement claims ugly war scars on faces and hands can be removed painlessly with Cyrus Was Remover sold at The Cyrus Pharmacy 253 Fairfield avenue and 186 Cannon St. It promises instant skin relief and also removes stove polish rust grease ink paint dirt from hands and clothing. Product manufactured by William H. Winn 24 Stratford Ave. Moon and tide notes appear alongside.
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Handa
Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon St
Wm. H. Winn
Stratford Ave
Largest High School Class Graduates With Appropriate Ceremonies
The Commercial class of 1909 graduates 44 students with 18 already placed in business houses. Only 11 of 103 earned 90 percent. 21 averaged 83. An innovation allowed flowers to be picked at the box office. The salutatory by Italian-born Philip Manjoney commends perseverance and school pride. The program features music, then a survey of printing, invention, and modern communication, ending with reflections on progress and a call to look to the future.
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Nan
Matthias
Philip Manjoney
Manjoney
America
Porter's Address Wins First Barnum Prize of 30 Dollars
The article discusses progress as a lifelong development driven by invention. It extols the inventor's impact on daily life, industry, and society, arguing for respect for scholars alongside engineers. It notes inventors' fame and eccentricities and cites Eastern nations gradually embracing Western ideas amid advancing civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Porter
East
China
Abraham Lincoln tribute wins second Barnum prize
James Edward Meeker delivers a Lincoln essay that stirs applause as he recalls Lincoln’s life and the Union fight. The address emphasizes Lincoln’s honesty, leadership, and unity, noting praise from both supporters and critics, and closes with a brief note on his assassination and lasting memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
James Edward Meeker
Woman Ends Life After Broken Promise Of Help
Mrs. Sarah Scholak, 50, fell or jumped from her fourth story window in New York City, dying on the sidewalk. She had gone to Omaha a month earlier seeking work as a tailor for her husband, and a Jewish society had promised funds to move her there. The unkept promise likely drove her to suicide.
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Ish Society
Omaha
Sarah Scholak
Scholak
New York
Iitte
King Menelik Reported Dead and Struggle for Succession
Rome reports indicate King Menelik of Abyssinia is dead or near death. Empress Taitu seizes control to name the successor while officials doubt the news. The young heir Lidy Jeassu, about 12, is favored by many for his father’s plan. The Empress may install her own kin on the throne as controversy builds.
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Rome
Abysinia
Menelik
Taitu
Phel
Cure for Aches and Eruptions via Cuticura Trio
A Chicago reader describes severe skin itching and eruptions that kept him awake and hindered work. After trying many doctors and remedies with little relief, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent Pills and reports itching ceased within days and the eruption disappeared, with no trouble since.
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H. A. Krutskoff
Wabash A. Chic , Ill
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Eorge B. Clark & CO
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NEW York Tribune
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Ient
Post Office
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H. L. Blackman & Son
Middle ST
Standard Bldg
Peck & Lines CO
Bridgeport, Gonn
Ein Crawford Laundry
Lyon
Jackson
Torrington
Andrew Coltes
Karl Moczkowski
Coltes
Moczkowski
Higgins
Hanchett
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Park City
Port Jefferson
N. Y
Thing’s
Bridgeport
Holbrook & McNamara
Boston Shoe Store
Thing & Co
Stetson
Barry
Kneeland
Ziegler, Patrician and Dunn & McCarthy
Gramer and Ziegler
Castonra
P.m
Lus
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Japan
Pacific
John Gutenberg
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Byzantium
Republic
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Pidces
Lone June Tine
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Ayer
Sean Glycerin
Kleban & Gebnana
Main ST
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United Copper Company
Arthur
Heinze
Ray
Arthur P. Heinze
William Rand, Jr
Robinson
Wise
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