California quake rattles Bakersfield. transit rates held
A slight January 28 quake was felt in Bakersfield California. The Transcontinental Passenger Association will charge next summer the same colonist rates from Chicago to Pacific coast points as last year.
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Franklin P. Fay
United States
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Spry
Utah
Washington
Jeffries-Johnson
Annie Barber
Colorado Springs
Turkey
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London
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William Barber
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Nevada
California
United States Supreme Court
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Sen Quentin
Bible Price Rise Reported In Chicago
In Chicago the wholesale price of Bibles is set to increase. The Kentucky House of Representatives approved an amendment process for constitutional reform with a 69 to 7 vote. Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, retired Methodist Episcopal Church leader, died in Philadelphia at age 76. Seven thousand policyholders of the American Guaranty Company near $1,260,000 are due for payment after a Chicago circuit court decision. Packing interests brace to fight meat boycott by curtailing shipments.
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Tom Longboat
Percy Smallwood
Pittsburg
Longboat
John" Ramsey
Ohio
Elyria
Ramney
Oberlin
Mice Skovlac
Skovine
Frederick A. Cook
New York
Erlin
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Belgium
Greenland
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Conn
Utah
Nehemiah Mayo Dwyer
Melrose
Mass
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Baron Komura
Japan
Press Publishing Company
New York World
Josep Purlitzer
Theodore Roosevelt
United States District Court
Hough
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Cortland
Aero Club of America
Denver
Chicago
Butler Amen
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Boston
Cyrus D. Foss
Methodist Episcopal
Churcth
Philadelphia
Kentucky House of Representatives Baa
American Guaranty Company
Peaweed
United States Circuit Court
Washington notes push on lands and parks legislation
Representative Taylor introduces a Collbran Colorado park land bill. The Mondell measure would open about 30,000,000 acres of surface coal lands in eight western states. A proposed international park along the Canada US border draws Senate interest. Fisheries panels favor fuel for hatcheries in Colorado Wyoming New Mexico. Sen Carter urges preservation of mountain sheep habitat in the northern Montana Canada park area. Senate members criticize land lottery method for reservations RosebudSouth Dakota. Gore proposes mail registration. War secretary requests 65 000 for a Fort Bayard pipeline. Clovis land district proposed in New Mexico with site at Clovis and land office.
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House Committee On Public Lands
Mondell
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Colorado
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Idaho
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Oklahoma
Burkett
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Rosebud Indian Reservation
South Dakota
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Scratched So She Could Not Sleep and Was Cured
A Brooklyn reader reports eczema of long duration on her niece after the mother’s death. Using Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent, the child’s skin improved and cleared after initial severe lesions. The letter notes a then eleven year old, with a photo from age 18 months, dated Sept 27, 1909, from Mrs H Kiernan at 663 Quincy St.
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H. Kiernan
Quincy St
Brooklyn
Fog-Eye’s Plight Sparks Northwest Wyoming Protest
Fog-Eye Smith of northwest Wyoming confronts a pallid stranger over a watered liquor dispute. He threatens a market basket delivery and later gropes under a poker table for his glass eye muttering about hating a man with no sense of humor.
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Fog-Eye
Fog-Eye Smith
Wyoming
That Tall Claim Sparks Senator Tillman Jest
Senator Tillman counters an opponent with a tall tale about Ben Johnson's height. He laughs that the exaggeration compares to the rumor of the sheriff candidate when no stump speech is given. A joke pivots on stature and political theatrics.
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Tillman
Ben Johnson
Ben
Hard to Drop But Many Drop It Coffee Replacement Testimony
A California wife recalls switching from coffee to Postum after nerves and insomnia worsened. She notes her husband slept better after avoiding coffee and that she gained weight while her nerves calmed. She credits Postum with ending coffee related woes and mentions reading a reform pamphlet.
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Calif
Gret
Postum
Wollville
King Ellsworth the Greatest American Steer
King Ellsworth, a pure bred Angus raised by Kansas State Agricultural College, won the grand championship at the International Live Stock Show in Chicago. The two year old steer weighed 1,760 pounds and sold for eighteen cents a pound. he was fed with a strict regimen of corn, alfalfa hay, and wheat bran, and slept in a stable to ensure ideal conditioning.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kans
Department of
Animal Husbandry
King Ellsworth
Ilo
Chicago
R. J. Kinzer
America
Miles Warry
King Ellaworth
Blameala
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Eaworth
Wright
Queen's Prince
Angus
Kansas Prairies
Kinzer
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T. R. Wright
Alexander Edgar
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Epicurus
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Orm
A Model Man in Collier's Weekly Review
A reflective profile notes a man’s life milestones from age 20 to 60. It praises temper control at 36, family at 25, and community regard at 60, framing achievement as steady character development.
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Collier's Weekly
Primitive Justice in Tenement Row The Police Court Brief
A dispute in a tenement house ends in a summons for a neighbor to appear in police court. The principal, with witnesses who spoke no English, fled the courtroom. The magistrate asks how many witnesses exist and translates a garbled exchange revealing the tension and confusion.
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Viddigh
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