Wireless Fleet Uses Floating Pantry to Stay Connected at Sea
The article describes Rear Admiral Sperry’s voyage from Honolulu to Auckland aided by Glacier as a floating supply hub. A Pacific wireless chain links Panther Yankton and Glacier to feed sixteen battleships, keeping daily news in touch with Washington. Pago Pago emerges as a key Samoan naval station with the Annapolis and Connecticut exchanging salutes.
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Sperry
San Francisco
New Zealand
Australia
Pacific
Honolulu
Yokohama
Jack
Glacier
Suva
Fiji Islands
Vancouver
B. C
Samoan Islands
Panther
Yankton
Naval
Vermont
Navy Department
Washington
Pacific Ocean
Auckland
mid-Pacific
Uncle Sam
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Tutuila
Pagopago
Annapolis
Connecticut
Pangopango
University of Missouri to Open School of Journalism
Walter Williams to lead new department opening in September on the same footing as other professional schools. The school will publish a daily newspaper for hands on editing reporting and advertising as part of training. Williams, longtime newspaper man and former Missouri regents president, becomes dean and founder.
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University of Missouri
School of Journalism
Walter Wiliams
Prac
Tical
Williams
Board of Regents
University
Columbia
Boonville
St. Louis
Willams
International Press Congress
New School of Journalism
Metropolitan Press
Congress
Rear Admiral Arnold to Command New Atlantic Fleet Division
Rear Admiral Conway H. Arnold selected to command a new Atlantic fleet division formed from battleships Idaho New Hampshire and Mississippi. They will proceed to Provincetown for target practice and maneuvers, with Dolphin as flagship. Arnold born 1848 New York and Naval Academy graduate 1867.
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Conway H. Arnold
Atlantic
Naval War College
Navy Department
Idaho
New Hampshire
Mississippi
Provincetown
Admiral Arnold
Dolphin
Pacific
New York
United States Naval Academy
William W. Wood
Navy
Lincoln Centennial plans unfold in Springfield observance
The Lincoln Centennial association forms to back Springfield Illinois observances on Lincoln's birth centennial. Notables including Adlai Stevenson Fuller Hopkins Deneen Yates Humphrey Stone Caldwell Dunn White and others contribute as incorporators. Springfield hosts tomb ceremonies with national figures and a banquet, with ambassadors Bryce and Jusserand Taft and Bryan named. A reunion of Lincoln’s acquaintances and veterans is planned to mark the day.
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Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Lincoln Centennial Association
Adlai E. Stevenson
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Cullom and Hopkins
Cannon
Lincoln
United States
George Washington
Ilinois
Lincoln Tomb
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Army
Navy
James Bryce
M. Jusserand
Taft
Bryan
Abe
Henry Farman Demonstrates Heavier Than Air Machine at Brighton Beach
Henry Farman, a leading exponent of heavier than air flight, demonstrates a large aeroplane at Brighton Beach New York. The craft resembles a box kite with a 50 horsepower eight cylinder engine and a two blade propeller. Farman has soared about twelve feet but first trial covered 400 yards.
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Henry ‘Farman
Brighton Beach
Nefir
New’ York
Farman
Furman
Sir Joseph Chamberlain’s Illness and Marriage to an American
The British statesman Sir Joseph Chamberlain faced declining health, raising fears beyond Britain because his wife was American Mary Endicott of Massachusetts. They met in Washington at a girls’ party, married six weeks later, and his career peaked as colonial secretary from 1895 to 1903, shaping policy on South Africa and postwar reconciliation.
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Sir Joseph Chamberlain
Atlantic
Sir Joseph
Mary Endicott
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Washington
Mr. Chamberlain
Miss Endicott
Joseph Chamberlain
South Africa
Mra.Chamberlain
William B. Allison, Noted Iowa Leader, Dies at Eighty
The Chicago Tribune mourns the death of William B. Allison, longtime Iowa senator and trusted Republican figure. His prudent, steady approach shaped much of late 19th and early 20th century legislation, earning wide respect. He died near his eightieth birthday, with his mind at peace despite political losses.
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Iowa
House of Congress
Senate
United States
Republican Party
Allison
Congress
Libby Prison Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed by Express Co
Edward E. Henry of the United States Express Co. Chicago reports that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured Libby Prison diarrhoea aboard trains. He, a former soldier who served with Hayes and McKinley in the 28th Ohio, says the remedy stops Libby Prison diarrhoea at once. Availability through Williamson Drug Co.
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Libby
Edward E. Henry
United States Express Co
Chicago
Quick
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
Ohio
Williamson Drug Co
For Sale Good House and Lot in Chariton Iowa
Two story house on Main street two blocks north of the public square near the railway station. Three rooms and kitchen on the first floor and four sleeping rooms on the second floor, all in good condition. Call or address the Patriot Office Chariton Iowa. 8-6-8.
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Main Street
Public Square
Chariton
Patriot Office
Iowa
Money to loan at 56 five percent and one percent
Money to loan at fifty six percent five percent and one percent with optional payments as stated by B Cookin Co.
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B. Cookin & Co
Great Advertisers in Old Mexico
A traveling man calls the Sells- Floto Shows a top tier traveling aggregation. He recalls a Mexican City advertising coup in Guaymas that used cigarette wrappers for ticket grades, a feat he says outpaced American ads and drew thousands. The act arrives in Chariton August 19.
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Old Mexico
Guaymas
California Bay
Mexico City
Aggregation
Notice of Bids for Chariton Street Paving 1908
Notice to bidders for three blocks of vitrified brick paving in Chariton Iowa. Sealed proposals due August 81st at City Hall, completion by November 30, 1908. Plans available August 17, 1908. Bid bond and performance bond required. city clerk J D Threlkeld signs.
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Chariton Lown
Chariton
Feree
Pita
J.D. Threlkeld
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Chicago Tribune
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