Roosevelt Returns to Cheers With White Cars in Parade
After a fifteen month absence Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrives by Kaiserin Auguste Victoria on June 18 and receives an ovation not equaled. He declines interviews but engages with reporters through questions and is chauffeured in White Steamers to New York and Oyster Bay, preferring automobiles over horses for the reception.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Roosevelt
Elba
New York
Douglas Robinson
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Colonel Roosevelt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Collector Loeb
Travers Island
New York Athletic Club
Maine's Step Ahead in State Road Construction Plan
The Lewiston Journal notes Maine's move to a definite statewide road plan, contrasting it with prior town projects built without a concerted purpose. It highlights the shift from confusion and waste to systematized investment in improved roads despite campaign literature framing the cost.
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Maine
Buncombe
Lewiston Journal
Durable Cigar Question Sparks Flirtatious Quote
A Louisville Courier Journal item quotes a dealer asking the customer about cigar strength and a damsel choosing strong cigars. The banter implies playful flirtation and a cheeky line about not breaking a young man's pocket.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Bjornson Triumph Recalled In Europe After Death News
A London Daily News quotation recalls Bjornson’s remark on his greatest pleasure from fame as a poet. He noted a 19th century incident in Christiania when a Right delegation smashed his windows, then sang "Yes We Love This Land of Ours" as they departed, forced to praise the man they attacked.
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Bjornson
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Europe
Christiania
London Daily News
Love and life noted in Kansas City Star excerpt
The passage reflects on a life filled with joys and sorrows. It contrasts treasured pleasures with weariness and pain, elevating love and sleep as the deepest experiences. This Kansas City Star excerpt centers on emotional highs and lows across a lifetime.
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L. A
Kansas City Star
Burning Eruption and Skin Remedies Promoted in Ad Snippet
A 1909 testimonial extols Cuticura for severe eczema, claiming complete cure after three weeks of use, with personal detail from Mrs. Edward Nenning of Watertown New York. The clipping also includes brief notes on Marine Eye Salve and a humor gag from Tit-Bits about cooking aboard a ship full of boards.
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Edward Nenning
Salina St
Watertown
N. Y
Capudine Relieves Colds Heat and Nervous Troubles
Capudine offers quick relief from colds heat stomach upset and nervous troubles. The liquid formula is pleasant to take and acts quickly, claimed to soothe symptoms and restore comfort. Fits a 19th or early 20th century patent remedy style.
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Capudine
Actsa
Drus
How to Kill Flies and Other Notable Facts
A collection of short items mentions using formaldehyde to kill flies with light to attract them, a wealthy man aiding a gardener’s son who later becomes a butler, and health ads for Doan’s Kidney Pills praising a four year cure. Also notes on London versus Paris value, Dr. Pierce’s Pellets for constipation, and Allen’s Foot Tabs with mail offer.
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A. P. Pannill
Norfolk
Mr. Pannill
Dean
Frank H. Reynolds
Pine St
Providence
R. L
New York
Doan
New Mexican Rifle Mondragon Highlights
Mexico adopts General Mondragon automatic self loading rifle for troops. The weapon fires ten shot charges and rivals the Springfield in size and durability. Tests show rapid sustained fire without jamming and heat tolerance, with a claimed sixty shots per minute.
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Mexico
New York
Golden Medical Discovery Offers Stomach and Liver Tonic
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a guaranteed stomach restorer, liver invigorator, and blood cleanser with a stated known composition and full ingredient list on the bottle wrapper. It also touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as regulators for stomach liver and bowels.
Dropsy Spectaliors advertised by Gnexn's Sons of Atlanta
The text proclaims H. Gnexn's Sons of Atlanta as the only successful Dropsy Spectaliors in the world and references a liberal advertisement elsewhere in the paper. It notes Europe’s population density and promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children with claims of soothing gums and easing wind colic for 25 cents a bottle.
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H. Gnexn’s Sons
Atlanta
Europe
Mra. Winslow
Not In His Line Deflects Hetch Hetchy Question
A brief exchange quoted from the Louisville Courier Journal features a quip about the Hetch Hetchy question. The remark humorously notes the topic has little relevance to a dance or social matter.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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White Company
Florida
New York Times
Post
Groters
Postum Cereal Co.,ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
National Surgical Institute
S. Pryor St
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
New York Mail
Milwaukee Sentinel
London
Paris
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Ells
Peedt
Munyon
Munyon's Homoeopathic Home
Rhmedy CO
53D
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
A.B
A.R.R
W. H. Leahy
Chicago News
Wintersmith
Arthur Pater & CO
Standard Oil Company
Earest Agency
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Japan
H. H. Green
Box
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Chickamauga National Park
Chickamauga Park
Lookout Mountain
Nine Mile Road
Missionary Ridge
America
Chattanooga
Patten
Bath
Rick
Violet Cross League
WOOL
Hidelandeur
Louisville
M.sabel & Sons
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
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