King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and Heirs
A lengthy portrait of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, his ancestry from Napoleon's marshal Bernadotte, his son Gustave V and Queen Victoria, and the line of succession. It notes Oscar II as a learned, eloquent monarch who pursued peace, allowed Norway to separate without war, and highlights Gustave V as a cautious ruler with popular support aided by Queen Victoria's charitable acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertus Love
Ean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
Napoleon
Oscar II
Stockholm
Bernadotte
Sweden
Norway
Charles Kiv
Oscar I
Oscar
Prince Oscar
University of
Upsala
Sparre
King Oscar Ir
France
Gustave
Victoria
Baden
Gustave IV
Gustave V
Charles
Sophia of
Nassau
Charles XV
Jules Bernadotte
Baron George Eye
Hunter
William
Germany
Sea Serpent Hunt Plan by Oslo Seafarer
Carl Olssen of Christiania proposes a bottom dragging hunt for sea serpents using a harpoon with a bomb bait. The plan includes three steel claws to hold the creature and a bomb triggered as the serpent swallows, with backing sought in London for a $2,500 expedition.
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Carl Olssen
Christiania
Norway
Kansas City Times
London
Olssen
Hogs to Pay Church Debt in Indiana Plan
Thomas Winnedge of Hope Baptist Church plans to wipe out church debt by collecting a hog from donors nationwide. Thirty replies arrived in the first mail and Mayor Johnson of Cleveland already promised a hog. Half the sale proceeds go to the debt and half to hog donors, with an expected thousand hogs.
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Thomas Winnedge
Baptist Church of Hope
Columbus
Ind
United States
Columbus Ind
Washington Post
Mayor Johnson
Cleveland
German Army Bans White Horses for Concealment
Report notes a wartime restriction that white horses be excluded from German army units as smoke free powder renders them too conspicuous on battlefields.
Oklahoma Adopts a New Statehood Cheer
An excerpt from Harper’s Weekly extols Oklahoma as a worthy new state. It lauds its wealth, health, and neighbors, celebrating its entry into the United States with festive, patriotic verse attributed to John Kendrick Bangs.
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Oklahoma
Sammy
U. S
John Kendrick
Harper's Weekly
Peril in the country at Y M C A dinner
At a New York University club dinner the New York state Y M C A committee warned the country is facing a malevolent trend. Myer T. Scudder from New Paltz State normal school urged stronger forces in rural life to keep boys from drifting to mischief. F W Pearsall echoed concerns about city vice matching country vice and called the Y M C A a remedy.
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New York State
Young Men’s Christian Association
University Club
New York
New York American
Myer T. Scudder
New Paltz State Normal School
F. W. Pearsall
Y. M. C. A. State Committee
Soul houses from Egypt reveal ancient dwelling design in tombs
Two early soul houses from Egypt, over 6,000 years old, were placed in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. They illustrate pre Dynastic houses with courtyards stairways and balconies, reflecting beliefs in immortality and ka. The artifacts, made of rough pottery, show how dwellings evolved from huts to layered homes.
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Boston Globe
Museum of Fine Arts
Colorado's New Industry Shapes Livestock Growth
A. E B. De Ricqules of a Denver livestock firm tells Washington Post that Colorado is diversifying beyond mining. This winter the state will care for about 1,000,000 sheep moved from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Texas, backed by beet sugar byproducts and fodder. Young lambs are penned, fattened, and shipped east for hotels and markets.
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Colorado
A. E B. de Ricqules
Denver
Washington Post
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Texas
Grab Bag at Pottstown Church Fair Draws Laughs
At a church fair in Pottstown Pennsylvania a man paid a dime and reached into a large grab bag of food items. He pulled out a card with humorous words describing the unlikely contents of his grab bag prize.
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Pottstown
Philadelphia Bulletin
Gravedigger subscribes to own grave digging pact
The aged church gravedigger subscribes to a grim joke by taking a grave digging vow he will dig James Dust's grave if he dies first. The miller displays a framed card echoing the pledge and the macabre wager.
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James
Six Men Arrested in Boston Charged With Fraud
Boston December 20 Harry Barrish Roxbury NC Alkon Sing Alkon and M I Alkon of Cambridge TC Scottron of Somerville and Nyman Goldsmith and Samuel Seolenfreund of Chelsea were arraigned before United States Commissioner Hayes on fraud complaints. They pleaded not guilty and are held for a further hearing. The firms named include concerns in Chicago Kalamazoo Port Huron Pittsburgh Philadelphia New Castle and Honesdale.
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Boston
Harry Barrish
Roxbury
N. C. Alkon
Sing Alkon
M. I. Alkon
Cambridge
T. C. Scottron
Somerville
Nyman Goldsmith
Samuel Seolenfreund
Chelsea
United States
Hayes
Chicaco
Kalamazoo
Port Huron
Mich
Cincinnati
Canton
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New Castle
Honesdale
Illinois Central stockholders meeting postponed to March
The Illinois Central railroad annual stockholders meeting is postponed by Judge Pall to March 2. Transfers of 281,291 shares are restricted as the court prepares to rule in the injunction suit.
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Illinois Central
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Pall
Ball
Fleet Bulletin From U S S Minnesota Detailing Noon Assembly
On board the U S S Minnesota a fleet formation remains in double line with noon muster. Weather conditions are clear and wind calm off Juniter Inlet Florida. Crew in white uniforms reports indicate no changes in battle readiness and gunnery drills continue.
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U. S. S. Minesota
Juniter Inlet
Fla
New York County Republican Committee Refuses Hughes Endorsement
The New York county Republican committee, in a brief session, voted to defer endorsing Governor Charles E. Hughes for the party presidential nomination. A later motion to print and set the resolution for January was carried, while a delay for one month was approved 377 to 94 percent.
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New York
Herbert Parsons
Hughes
Parsons
Roosevelt
Disease in dogs of fashionable people named motor heart
A new canine disease called motor heart is described as distinct from the strain of jolting in motor cars. Colorado miners report nearly 3,000 out of work as mining conditions worsen, with low grade properties producing baser metals in an unsatisfactory state.
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Colorado
Denver
The Great Kidney Remedy Swamp Root Ad
A newspaper advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney bladder and related ailments claiming it treats kidney trouble and helps hold urine ease pain urination and nighttime trips to the bathroom It promises a free sample bottle and an accompanying book by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and urges readers to mention the paper in their reply
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer
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