A Son of Captain Clark Opens Portland Exhibit
Major William Bancock Clark, eldest son of Captain William Clark, will play a key role in opening the exposition at Portland in Igog. A resident of Washington, he has studied the Lewis and Clark exploration and the overland trip to the Pacific coast, sharing family-guarded information with historians.
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Captain Clark
William Bancock Clark
William Clark
Portland
Igog
Washington
Major Clark
Lewis and Clark
Pacific Coast
Cannibal Chief's Wife Presses Missionary Topic at Dinner
Mrs Cannibal Chief exclaims that she cannot discuss anything but the missionary guest while her husband admits he is obsessed with the subject. The exchange reveals the couple's tension over the dinner conversation and the lingering focus on the visitor.
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Dinoe
Ever Burning Lamp at Towneley Hall Extinguished
The Towneley chapel lamp at Towneley Hall England has been extinguished, likely the last of England’s perpetual lamps. Once burning since King Alfred’s era it survived through monasteries and the Norman Conquest, remnants of pagan everlasting fire kept alive by fans punished by death if the flame failed.
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Towneley Chapel
Towneley Hall
England
Towneley
Alfred
Old Dominion Ships Named After Statesmen
The Old Dominion steamship line, dating to 1867 and once a New York firm, now christens vessels after famous statesmen. Ships Jefferson and Hamilton loom at 3100 tons each, with Monroe nearing completion at about 4000 tons, serving routes between New York and southern ports via the Chesapeake region.
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Ofgt
Trans
Wessine
Baltiere
Rappamaceks
Pocomac
Patuxent Wwers
Old Dominion
New York
Erywhere
New Yyork Corporation
Ineas
Pres- Gustawicn
Delaire
Ion
Jefferson Hamilton
Monroe
Newport News
Hat Etiquette in Sarawak Safeguards European Customs
A ceremonial decree orders natives to remove hats when entering government offices or addressing European officers. The rule targets headgear of European style as part of enforcing strict colonial etiquette across all classes.
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Heah
Sariwak
Generie
Motorman Imrich Peterson Joins Local Trolley Line
Immersed linguist and former Baptist seminary student Imrich Peterson, recently in Hamburg Germany, begins work as a motorman on a Pennsylvania trolley line after a brief misstep pursuing theological studies. He speaks five languages fluently and aims to adapt quickly to his new role.
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Imrich Peterson
Baptist Theological Sem
Hamberg
Germany
Actis
Hester
Peterson
Spring Comfort and Style in Cash Fashion Sale
The store reports sales more than double the prior year by honest dealing and cash discounts. It highlights a spring dress goods line with latest patterns and asserts cash purchasing allows big savings, inviting customers to return for even better values.
Dress Goods Delights At Cameron Department Store
New lawns batistes dimities Swisses and orcandys on display in Cameron. Figured lawns at de satin stripe lawn at 6 1 4e etamine for skirts 44 inches in blue gray and tan. Prices include 100 per yard black 1.25 and musser holmespan wash skirts per yard 25e.
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Batiste
Dimities
Cameron
Hneadine Hatiste
Musser Holmespan
Bargain Shoes and Fabrics Sale From Kneeland & Co
Multiple lots of men's and dress shoes priced from 1.25 to 4.50, including glazed calf and patent leather examples, plus summer calico and domestic fabrics on sale. Hosiery and full line of men's wear offered. values range from 35 to 50 cents for select items.
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Congress
William Kneeland & Co
White Goods Sale At Ace Supply
Advertises lawn fabrics and textiles with low prices. Highlights embroidered lace lawn Swisses from 20 to 25 cents and solid colored silk tissues at 25 cents. Includes embroidered silk mull at 35 cents and embroidered schiffor priced at 1.25 dollars. Encourages customers to visit to save money.
Ladies Spring Footwear Sale Highlights Options and Prices
The advertisement lists various women’s shoes including patent trip Oxfords at 98 cents, Queen tour strap sandals at 1.25, patent leather Oxfords at 1.48, and 15 styles of Oxford ties and sandals in the Heer line priced from 1.25 to 3.50. It notes a Cameron origin and offers plain 10 cents, extras, fringed styles, and a 1.50 option.
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Oxford
Heer
Cameron
New Line of Ties and Menswear Bargains
A new line of ties priced 25¢ and 50¢, boys linen collars, rubber collars 25¢, and men’s 4 ply linen shirts two for 2¢. White Madras shirts at 1.00 and 1.50, handsomely patterned Madras shirts, men’s underwear 50¢ a suit.
Ex-Governors Turn Senators Count Rises to Five
Ex governors now occupy ten United States Senate seats with three more slated for March 4. Notables include Stone of Missouri and Jerry of Arkansas, both former governors, along with McCreary, Clark, Berry, Perkins, Money, Foster, Cultom, Alger, Nelson, MacLaurin, Dietrich, Foraker, Wetmore, Tillman, Culberson, Proctor, and Dillingham.
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Stone
Missouri
Jerry
Arkansas
United States Senate
McCreary
Kentucky
Clark
Louisiana
Dillingham
Proctor
Vermont
Senate
Berry
Perkins
California
Money and Foster
Cultom
Illinois
Alger
Michigan
Nelson
Minnesota
MacLaurin
Mississippi
Dietrich
Nebraska
Foraker
Ohio
Wetmore
Rhodle Island
Tillman
South Carolina
Culberson
Texas
Proctor and Dillingham
Adams Delivers Brief Lesson On House Bill Price
A report describes Representative Birdie Adams of Fenway asking Speaker Reed about a bill she wished passed. Adams fumbles five quarters from his pocket and jokes that even in hard times a bill cannot pass for a dollar and a quarter.
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Altogeth
Lester Frihery
Birdie” Adams
Fenway Want
Reed
Adams
Hirdie
Overcoat Theft Sparks Reward Verdict
D Mills of New York owns a $1 060 overcoat stolen from his relative's house. The garment vanished while he attended a dimmer and police speculate an expert hall thief carried it off. Mills offers a $100 reward for its recovery.
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Local Merchants Handling EUPION OIL Listed
A roster of area merchants including John Dobdbdits Gaston Sprinkel Mercantile Co C N Green Bro Hefley Hefley D Kemp Lesoveky Krizan J D Morton A L Purifoy Tom Rhodes B Vogel J P Woolley McCulloch Butts Denson Gee A Thomas Marak and Anton Wokaty are noted as distributing EUPION OIL in the region.
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John Dobdbdits
Gaston-Sprinkel Mercantile Co
C. N. Green & Bro Hefley & Hefley
D. Kemp
Lesoveky & Krizan
J.D. Morton
A. L. Purifoy
Tom Rhodes
B. Vogel
J.P. Woolley
Give Him the Sack Origin Story in Maximilian II Court
A humorous tale recalls how Emperor Maximilian II settled a marriage dispute between two noblemen by ordering a large sack. The German finally defeated the Spaniard inside the sack after a one hour contest, prompting the phrase Give him the sack to enter common usage in courtly literature.
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Maximilian II
Maximilian
Helena
Beidler Quips About His Fox Terrier
In a humorous remark Rep Beidler of Ohio praises his intelligent fox terrier. He recounts three days of the pup spilling milk, the representative cuffing the puppy’s ears, and throwing him from a window, until the dog quirks by cuffing its own ears and leaping out.
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Beidler
Ohio
Emperor Menelik Imports Swiss Clocks for Court
An Ethiopian court report notes Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia takes interest in clocks. Swiss advisers have imported chronometers differing by at most six seconds in two months. Ras Makonnen orders mechanical clocks from Swiss firms for the negus and the empress, including a large chiming clock inspired by Westminster Abbey.
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Menelik
Abyssinia
Switzerland
Ras Makonnen
Negus
St. Margaret's
Westminster Abbey
Bowens Lost Wardrobe Amid Venezuelan Blockade
Minister Bowen, negotiating peace with the allies, faced a linen suit shortage as the Venezuelan blockade hindered delivery of tropical wardrobe replacements. He ordered London-tailored clothes to fit Washington duties, but the blockade delayed arrival, leaving him awaiting ships to lift the bottleneck.
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Bowen
Castro
Washington
Mr. Bowen
Tropics
London
United States
Bavarian Prince Doctors at Munich Women’s Hospital
A Duke physician and Carl-Theodor of Bavaria long pursued medicine while Prince Ludwig Ferdinand, King One’s cousin, also earned his medical degree and works in Munich’s Women's Hospital, turning a personal hobby into a lifelong career.
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Carl-Theodor
Bavaria
Ludwig Ferdinand of
King One
Munich
No Other Place Reveals Curious Town Scene
Fragmentary dialogue shows a boy asking about a tin can tied to a dog's neck while an onlooker dismisses the leash as not fitting the hobbled mutt. The quirky exchange captures a small townsfolk moment.
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Staples
Garner
Lonsdale
Lowell
White Goods
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Eupion Oil
Maysfield
Marak
Wokaty
Anton Wokaty
Collier
Ro. Johnson
Jones Prairie
Flinn & Reid
Jos. Matula
Yarrelton
R. B. Ferguson, D. K. McCall
Bowens
Gwan
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