Sacajawea Memorial Plans Stir Portland History Lookback
The Portland Oregonian recounts plans to honor Sacajawea with a memorial grave marker costing at least 500 dollars. It notes the Shoshone burial site near Washakie and Sacajawea’s Christian burial by her husband, plus her crucial role as interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Portland Oregonian
Washakie
Sacajawea
Sacajaca
Sequaw
Plains
Wyoming
United States
Oregon
Alice Cooper
Denver
Portland
the and Clark Journal
Wea
Lewis and Clark
Chaboneau
Sacajaweau
Chaboeau
Jawea
Navy tests show wireless voice links reach twelve miles
Admiral Evans fleet reports wireless telephone installation on battleships proving highly successful up to twelve miles. Lieutenant Commander Cleland Davis says the system could be used in action, with Virginia at five miles and Tennessee at twelve miles under continuous contact. A steamship off Cape Charles heard music clearly a twenty mile distance, via a De Forest transmitter and standard telegraph receiver.
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Admiral Evans
Cleland Davis
Navy
Washington
New York Times
Navy Yard
Virginia
Tennessee
Old Dominion
Cape Charles
de Forest
Briquette Coal Trials For Battleships And Torpedo Boats
The Navy prepares elaborate briquette coal trials aboard the battleship Connecticut and torpedo boats at Norfolk Navy Yard. Geological surveys report about a 20 percent gain in steaming efficiency with reduced smoke and coal use. Trials compare briquettes with ordinary coal under different boilers.
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Navy Department
Connecticut
Admiral Evans
Norfolk Navy Yard
Geological Survey
Monument for canine at Hartsdale cemetery gains vault
Mrs Stanley Allan-Shepard plans a vault in the Hartsdale dog cemetery for her Maltese poodle Beauty. The memorial follows previous simple headstones and reflects the dog’s high value and close bond with its owner after a cross country trip and death in New York City.
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Hartsdale
N. Y
Stanley Allan-Shepard
New York City
Allan Shepard
New York
St. Louis Republic
Sunfish to kill typhoid germs in Pittsburg plan
City imported 70000 sunfish to curb typhoid fever in Pittsburg streams and reservoirs. Dr Edwards of the health bureau notes fish will be released in Allegheny river near Brilliant pumping station and other sites. He says sunfish thrive on typhoid germs and are said to kill malaria germs as well.
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Pittsburg
Edwards
Bureau of Health
New York Tribune
Allegheny River
Brilliant
Freak Deer With One Horn Found By Utica Hunter
Hugh Williams of Utica New York, famed hunter, returned from the Adirondacks with a doe bearing a single erect horn about nine inches long on the right side. The horn is fully developed yet fuzzy, expected to shed to a smooth surface soon. Williams had previously seen a white deer near Loon Lake last year, a rare sight noted by woodsmen.
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Hugh Williams
Utica
N. Y
Adirondacks
Williams
Loon Lake
Night College Planned for City College of New York
Trustees favor adding a night college to aid students unable to attend regular day classes. The move aims to extend educational opportunities for young men and women seeking affordable higher learning at the College of the City of New York.
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The
College of the City of New York
Popular Monarch Francis Joseph and His Witty Reproofs
A lively portrait of Francis Joseph of Austria recounts acts of kindness and humor. A bakery boy’s hospital plea moved the emperor to intervene, and a widow’s pension request drew his surprise visit and generous gift. An unreliable horse, rustic attire, and a peasant’s wagon test the monarch’s patience and quick wit.
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Francis Joseph
Austria
Church of
St. Antonius
Mr. Emperor
Austria-Hungary
Francis Joseph of
Emperor of
Persia
Royal match sparks interest in Prince George union
The forthcoming marriage of Prince George of Greece to Princess Letitia Marie Bonaparte draws attention as a rare royal alliance. The match would restore Bonaparte status, bring a fortune near 15 million, and faced opposition from England Italy and Greece.
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Prince George of
Greece
Bonaparte
Letitia Marie Bonaparte
Europe
England
Italy
George
Alexandra
Edward
Napoleon I
Marie
Lucien
Marie Blanc
Prince Roland
United States
Pierre Bonaparte
Prince Lucien Bonaparte
Napoleon
America
M. Blanc
Monte Carlo
Prince George
Miss Annie Best to Wed E Yale Smith in Grace Church
Society girl Miss Annie Livingston Best, renowned for her fashion, will marry E Yale Smith in November at Grace Church New York. She is the daughter of Clermont Livingston Best of New York Washington and Neweie and was educated largely in France.
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Annie Livingston Best
E. Yale Smith
Miss Best
Clermont Livingston Best
New York
Washington
Neweie
France
Grace Church
Lusitania's Record Voyage Aflame With Charity And Cheer
The Lusitania's record breaking run drew constant activity from passengers. Charity concerts raised funds for orphans in New York and Liverpool, a second night yielded similar gains, and a collection for firemen brought £23. The ship burned Welsh coal rapidly as it pushed a high speed, with a 617 knot top claim and large bets on fan performance.
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New York
Liverpool
Bransby Williams
Lusitania
Jolly Jo" Lancaster
Rockefeller Jokes Spark Dinner Debate at Fifth Avenue
The Bible class once led by John D. Rockefeller Jr. held its first monthly dinner at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church New York. Members paid 3 cents with Rockefeller contributing. The World notes the 50 cent dinner as the original idea and the group then debated Rev C F Aked's proposal to form a literary and debating society.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Mr. Rockefeller
New York World
Trimmr
C. F. Aked
Oriental Chop Suey Trust Planned for Eastern Cities
Henry Lee of the Peking Restaurant in Philadelphia promotes the Oriental Chop Suey Company to regulate manufacture and sale without raising prices. The plan aims to control a monopoly of chop suey output in New York Philadelphia Pittsburg and other eastern cities by acquiring restaurants through New Jersey incorporation.
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Chop Suey Trust
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
New Jersey
Henry Lee
Peking Restaurant Company
The
Oriental Chop Suey Company
Largest Flag In World To Hang In Washington
Plans call for a sixty foot long flag to hang in the great court of the post office department in Washington. It is believed to be the largest flag in the world and will feature fifty stars and thirteen stripes.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Ghent Police Chief Proposes Brigade of Women
The Ghent police chief plans a brigade formed only of women aged forty to fifty. He believes this age group has years of discretion and sufficient life experience and judgment for police work.
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Ghent
Ancestry Portraits and a Painted Neck Tale
A fragmentary Ally Sloper style exchange asks if ancestors were painted, noting a grandmother and a remark about a neck being painted for the momps, suggesting a humorous or satirical line about portraiture. No clear event or persons beyond the cartoonish dialogue.
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Ally Sloper
Lover’s Delay Causes Heartbreak Echo in Verse
A brief poem records a lover’s reluctance to act, noting that when he stalls she is already gone. The lines appear in Catholic Standard and Times as a compact ballad on timely romance and loss.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Foote Lighte and the Elevation Company
A fragment from Yonkers Statesman uses dialogue to hint at a staged fire and a suspect list. The exchange mentions Foote Lighte and Miss Sue Brette among imagined figures. It reflects a puzzle tone with a line about waiting for a hired girl to start a fire.
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Foote Lighte
Sue Brette
Yonkers Statesman
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John D., Jr
Castoria
Pimepe
Samuel Pitch
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Rams
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Jeffersonian
Ohio Farmer
Pittsburg Stockman
World
Weekly
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