New General Staff Plan For US Army To Take Effect
Washington announces a sweeping reform with the general staff taking control August 15. General S. M. B. Young named Chief of Staff, as 42 officers form an expert executive team under the President and Secretary of War. Henry C. Cortain and William H. Carter to be the first generals assisting Young.
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United States Army
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Army
S. M. B. Young
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Military College
Ufe
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William H. Carter
M. B. Young
President Roosevelt Urges Indiana to End Mob Violence
President Roosevelt writes Gov Durban praising Indiana for acting against lynching and condemning mob law. He argues lynching fuels anarchy, urges swift punishment for violent crimes, and stresses the need for fair trials without technical delays. He warns lawlessness harms civilization and demands unity to protect rights. A Kansas City lawyer reports a new damage suit over impure water, and a federal grand jury probes House members for vouchers during the last two sessions.
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Durban
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Roosevelt
C Durbin
Rane
Daily Press
Mere Act of Treading on Match Was Fatal
Miss Marie Murphy of Pontiac Illinois died in Denver after stepping on a match on a sidewalk. Her clothing caught fire and burned severely before help arrived. She had been visiting N Tanquary and was to marry Dr Albert Anderson of Montreal after returning home.
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Pontiac
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Colo
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N. Tanquary
Colorado
Albert Anderson
Montreal
Canada
Railroads plan calls and purchases across major routes
Southern Pacific to wire telephones on lines between New Orleans and El Paso. Atlantic Coast Line buys East Shore Terminal property at Charleston. Missouri Kansas Texas RR budgets 1 million to enlarge Sarsons shops. Atlantic Coast Line launches through service Charleston to Augusta. Frisco may start fast service St Louis to Houston. Chicago roads revive Stickney tract water yards plans. Michigan Central sues state for 6 million over charter repeal. Oil sprinkling dust control aids desert tracks across 316 miles in California Arizona New Mexico.
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Atlantic Coast Line
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Sarsons
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Augusta
Chicago
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Ite Watel
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State of Sickle
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Old clothes trade thrives in prosperity times
New York leads in shipping old garments nationwide while traders in Seventh and Eighth avenues keep hundreds of men busy turning discarded rags into ready for sale. A German knows of a Central India tree whose leaves shock and move magnetic needles, strongest at noon and vanishing at midnight. The term negro head labels large tobacco rolls of six to ten pounds.
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Bronway
Forty-second Street
Trinity Church
New York Times
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Eighth Avenues
Thirty-eighth Street
India
Wild Animal Trade Drives Global Demand in Public Menageries
A Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly excerpt notes a booming market for wild animals with New York hosting ten firms plus imports by Hagenbecks and foreign dealers. Public menageries, private zoos, and circuses all drive demand for cubs and adults, with high mortality shaping constant restocking. A dealer cites large yearly imports of elephants, camels, tigers, leopards, pumas, and bears, while a lion cub story ends in a pet gone wrong.
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New York
Hagenbecks
Kitty
Frank Leslie
Imaginary bonnet answers earth axis query
A school visitor asked a lower grade class about the earth axis. A pupil replied it is an imaginary line from pole to pole. The examiner praised and asked about a bonnet. The pupil answered with an imaginary bonnet, and the visitor left without further questions.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Full Systemic Benefit
A historical ad-style text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by K J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy. It claims to treat catarrh by acting on mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for failure to cure, with distribution via druggists at 75 cents.
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Hall
K. J. Theney & Co
Foledo
Ohio
J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mosquitoes Affected by Kerosene Fireworks Trick
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes kerosene used with cheap fireworks to light up mosquitoes. The item also lists Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children, priced at 2 cents a bottle, claiming relief for gums and wind colic.
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Pilotbush
Yonkers Statesman
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Woman After Crutch Time
Mrs P Co of Carbondale Pennsylvania says she was forced to use a crutch for nine months and could barely walk amid weakness. After her husband bought Doan's Kidney Pills at Kelly's drug store she felt relief in days and regained full ability to walk within weeks with no lingering pain.
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Doan
P. Conlin
Carbondale
Mr. P Co & Greenget
Kelly's
Senator Butler Endorses Peruna For Dyspepsia And Catarrh
U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina recommends Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble in a Washington letter to The Peruna Medicine Co. He states Peruna treats catarrh and aids natural digestion, claiming it cures catarrh wherever located and has helped numerous dyspepsia cases without artificial digestion.
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South Carolina
Peruna Medicine Co
Washington, D. C
Peruana
Peruna
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