New Plan For Recruiting For Fort Riley War Post
The war department will launch a nationwide canvass for desirable recruits. Past applicants mostly failed physical standards and many units are under strength. Posts across the United States will dispatch small recruiting parties to rural areas where service is poorly understood. Philippine units are among the few maintaining full strength. The aim is to uphold a high standard of physical excellence.
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Fort Riley
Kan
War Department
United States
Philippines
To Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Claim
Advertising copy promises a single day cure for a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tableta. The box carries a signature and a money back guarantee if the product fails to cure, as stated by the seller.
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E. W. We
Missouri Hall of Fame to Honor Great Jurists
Columbia Missouri November 28 The corridors of the law building at the University of Missouri will become a hall of fame housing life size portraits of leading English and American jurists. Only eminent figures will be admitted. Included are Lord Thurlow, Lord Coke, Lord Camden, Story Marshall Kent Shaw and Cooley.
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Columbia, Mo
Law Building
University of Missouri
Lord Thurlow
Ord Coke
Lord Candon
Story
Mershall
Kent
Shaw and Cooley
Thanksgiving Approaches and Time Records the End of Autumn
Thanksgiving approaches as autumn winds down and people prepare for holiday gatherings. A checkbook often reflects finances, shopping, and meal costs tying to seasonal traditions.
Hidden children found aboard Rock Island train
Davenport, November 28. Conductor Harry Fox on a Rock Island run between Davenport and Omaha discovered a 6-year-old boy packed in a grip who cried out Me wants out. A nearby 10-year-old girl lay hidden under traveling gear, both hidden by parents to avoid fares, with three other underage children present.
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Davenport
Harry Fox
Rock Island
Omaha
Compositor Hale kills wife then dies at home
Washington event reports Robert J. Hale a government printing office compositor shot his wife and then killed himself in their home. He had been linked to a young woman's death following an operation at a sanitarium nearby after reading a morning paper note about a physician's arrest.
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Washington
Robert J. Hale
Government Printing Office
Hale
Tasutius TVemetal Nine Temas Remedy
A terse item notes a remedy that cures o Geéd in ome Gap. Readable fragment mentions Tasutius and nine temas as part of the improvised medical claim. No dates or organizations clearly identified.
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Tasutius
Ome Gap
Father of the Banjo Frank Converse Dies in New York City
Frank B. Converse known as the father of the banjo died in New York City. Born 1837 in Westfield Massachusetts he shaped the instrument from minstrel stages to teaching. He mentored notable players and his widow Harriet Maxwell Converse is a noted author and Indian lore expert.
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New York City
Frank B. Converse
The
New York Sun
Mr. Converse
Westfeld
Mass
Charles Converse
Elmira
London
Pony Moore
Christy Company
Mayers
Converse
Harriet Maxwell Converse
Women Good Workers in U.S. Postal Service
The largest share of women in any occupation is in the United States postal service. Many are high earners and past middle age, with rural routes and dead letter duties dominated by women. The rural offices often assign lighter work suited to women, and their performance is highly praised.
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United States Postal Service
The
Chicago Tribune
Greatest cheese market in Alkmaar world noted
What to Eat proclaims Alkmaar as the greatest cheese market of Holland and the world. Peasants bring red and yellow cheese balls into the town on market day, while the weight house and bustling square reflect long trade hours. Southern ports show export declines since 1901, with notable gains at Washington Savannah Galveston and Mexican-border shipments. Atlantic ports dominate US imports in 1903, handling 80 percent of total arrivals.
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Alkmaar
Holland
North Atlantic
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Washington, D. C
Savannah
Galveston
Mexican
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Atlantic
Evolution of the Ax and English Life Expectancy Rise
Evolution of the ax from a rough pounding instrument to a edged tool with a handle is traced. It remains a pounding and cutting implement until the double bitted steel arose. We live longer now with English life expectancy rising about four years between 1854 and 1890.
Clearing Sale of Pianos at Lyon & Healy Chicago
Chicago's Lyon & Healy advertises a clearing sale due to remodeling with hundreds of pianos including Steinway Knabe and other makes. Uprights square and baby grands priced from $25 to $250 plus. full lists on request. try risk-free with returns at purchaser's expense.
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Chicago
Lyon & Healy
Steinway and Knabe
Miller, Mason & Hamlin
Hasleton
McPhail
Sterling
Huntington
Voce
Fischer, Webster, Chickering
Adams St
Arthur Pryor Shows Five Octave Trombone Range
Arthur Pryor, former Sousa trombonist, can cover five full octaves on the slide trombone, nearly twice the usual range. A friend overheard listeners remarking on his talent at Manichint tan beach, noting the amusement and potential neighborly complaints during practice.
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Arthur Pryor
Sousa
Manichinttan Beach
Pryor
Catarrh Cure Claims Cure for All Stages of Catarrh
Readers are promised a guaranteed cure for constitutional catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad asserts the remedy cures in all stages by acting internally on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 for any case not cured and invites tests and testimonials from F. J. Cuenay & Co. Toledo, Ohio, with a 75 cent price for sale by druggists.
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Ihs
Hall
Medica Fraternity
F. J. Cuenay & Co
Viedo, O, Pa
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