Casper Monuments to Song Writers Honor Foster
Pittsburgh moves to erect a monument for Stephen C. Foster the son of the city and famed songwriter. The effort highlights Foster’s enduring impact through songs like Old Folks at Home and My Old Kentucky Home praised by the Troy Times for moving hearts across generations.
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Pittsburgho
Stephen C.foster
Stephen C. Foster
Black Joe
Kentucky
Troy
N. Y
Falla
Nelly
Willie
Ike
Minstrelay
Ned
Susannah
Foster
Ilttsburg
Calls for New Cabinet Departments Tied to Arts Health Labor and Roads
A Vienna congress urged a secretary of fine arts in each ministry. An American delegate described a plan for a national art commission and building regulations to curb monstrosities. Other talks favored a department of public health and a labor department. A railroads department was urged to run interstate commerce functions.
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International Congress of Architects
Vienna
American Medical Association
Ths
Chicago
Department of Public Health
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Department of Labor
Grain Dealers' National Association
Cincinnati
Department Oy Riilroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Indies population judged as indolent by observers
The passage notes the Caribbean islands and nearby territories totaling about 7 million people, many deemed lazy, with commerce near 90 percent of Japan’s per capita output. It argues West Indies resources could sustain many times the current population and contrasts with Japan’s manufacturing focus.
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Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Porto Rico
Jamaica
Japan
West Indies
Fumbling ordinance defeated in Reno Nevada on Saturday
Readers note local elections: a special vote in Reno Nevada rejected the proposed ordinance by 1 776 to 1 210. The piece also covers varied reports from freight rules to court actions and weather events, with multiple named places and figures.
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Nevada
Western
Attorney B
San Francisco
W. I. Tucker
Washington
Chicago
Col
W. F. Tucker
John A. Logan
United States
At &T. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
Kansas City
St. Louis
John Wooth
Los Pinos Sheep Growers’ Association
Bae
Rio Arriba
Preeitiano G
Silva
Lecardio Trevino
el Paso
Benjamin Silva
Jose Maria Ramirez
Tacoma
Wash
Harry Benson
Presidio
Yellowstone National Park
Samuel M. W. Young
Denson
California
Yosemite Valley
Baker City
Oregon
Transcontinental Freight Bureau
Asiatic
Pacific
Coart
Oriental
Congress
Cholera abates in Manila and global health news
Manila reports near elimination of cholera while a new edition of Queen Victoria letters is planned by the London Times. Bubonic plague surges in Terceira in the Azores and rains lift Pennsylvania drought. Beoul Bunday opens a grand hospital funded by Japan with a medical school. Glasgow rector election returns Lord Curzon with 947 votes. Paris Aero Club to honor Wilbur Wright November 6 with its 1008 medal.
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Manila
London Times
Terceira
Azores Islands
Pennsylvania
Beoul Bunday
Far East
University of Glasgow
Lord Curzon
Aero Club
Paris
Wilbur Wright
Supreme Court Denies Motion in Oklahoma Bank Case
The Supreme Court refused to advance the hearing of Noble State Bank of Oklahoma v. Governor Haskell over the Oklahoma bank deposit guarantee law. It denied a rehearing in H. Clay Pierce of Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas anti trust prosecutions and advanced Home Telephone Co. v. City of Los Angeles to ensure a prompt hearing on a related Louisiana case about city council power to fix telephone rates.
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United States Supreme Court
Noble State Bank of Oklahoma
Haskell
Supreme Court of the United States
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
Pierce
Texas
Vaulted States Supreme Court
Home Telephone Company
Los Angeles
Louisiana
Laa Angelea
Platform of Prohibition and Purity Emphasis
A brief statement outlines a platform centered on prohibition and purity themes. It frames a political stance advocating strict regulation and moral standards. The summary notes focus on social reform and legislative goals.
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Platform
Denver report outlines NWCTU platform lines for women’s vote abstinence prohibition franchise purity legislation flag and Bible in schools. It includes calls for total abstinence enforcement of prohibition a federal amendment and federal action against vice. It opposes the Personal Liberty League and urges Bible reading in schools.
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Denver
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Littlefield
District of Columbia
United States
National Temperance Society
Personal Liberty League
Call for Mining Congress Session in Pittsburg
President J H Richards of the American Mining Congress calls the eleventh annual session to be held in Pittsburg December 2 4 and 6 with Colorado represented by eleven delegates and Denver by two. Many questions will be at the meeting.
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Call For Mining Congress
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J. H. Richards
American Mining Congress
Pittsburg
Ard
Colorado
R. C. Adams
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Dallas
Lander
Adams
Sen. C. D. Clark
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Ellen Werlaufer
Helen Whipple
Lilla Vaughan
Lillian Heaton
Douglas
Ledia Rouse
Lusk
Manners & Borgren
Laramie Plaingine
Centennial
Anderson
Miller
Charles I
Manners
Pueblo
Alford Bro. & Lamb
Greybull
Wyoming 8Thar Company
Wyoming News Roundup Reflects Mining Fire and Travel Plans
A thief stole a horse saddle and bridle from Sheriff Smalley in Cheyenne. Wyoming items cover mine reclamation near Almy and Cheyenne water system review, a Big Horn River voyage planned by Berg and Cover, and a cattleman’s death near Saratoga.
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Cheyenne
Joseph T. Brown
Montana
Louis
Sheridan District
Rocky Mountain Coal Company
Almy
State Supreme Court
Eugene Patrick
District Court
Natrona County
Patrick
Supreme Court
Paul Berg
George Cover
Big Horn
Custer
Berg
Cover
Hag
Casper
Lander
Hudson
W. H. Sanders
T. H. Humphreys
War Department
Fort Russell
North American Asbestos Company
E. B. Craven
Lowell
Vermont
Tregoning
Dale Creek
Granite Springs Lake
Laramie
Cody
Alte
Reclamation Service
Corbett Tunnel
Saratoga Dispatch
Warren Blydenburgh
Blydenburgh
Essentials and remedies advertise in old catalog style
An advertisement notes the value of reliable health products and well informed praise, citing Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co. It also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with testimonials and a money back offer.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J Cheney & CO
Busy Telephone Booth Commandes the Wire
A heated exchange unfolds as one man insists on talking over the wire despite another's protests. He declares he has paid ten cents and will continue speaking. The scene highlights the clash over access to the busy telephone line.
Deaf Tourist Wakes To Eight Thirty Note
A deaf tourist in an English village stayed at a cottage when the inn was full. He asked to be woken at a set hour, but woke late to find the hostess had left a note saying it was half past eight. The tale appears in Harpers Weekly.
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England
Harper's Weekly
Amusing schoolroom dialogue from Chicago pupil
A Chicago pupil recounts a morning exchange in a public school where a primary teacher emphasizes quiet, jokingly claiming she wears shoes. A seven year old named Kenneth quips that others may be larger, then notes a pair shown to him, reflecting a humorous classroom moment from Waverly Magazine.
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Chicago
Kennety
Kenneth
Waverly Magazine
Astonished the Doctor Old Lady Got Well with Food Change
A New York reader recalls using Grape-Nuts to revive her 71 year old grandmother once labeled invalid by stomach and bowel consumption. After starting with a teaspoonful the meal gradually increased to four, digestion improved, health returned, and the doctor was astonished at the recovery aided by the cereal.
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N. Y. Indy
Bisa
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