History Made During the Year of Grace 1908
A sweeping year in review details dramatic global shifts from Portugal and China to Bulgaria, with notable deaths in arts and politics. It notes assassinations, inaugurations, wars, fires, floods, and social turmoil, alongside major advances and fleet movements marking 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Portugal
Lisbon
Manuel
China
Fais
Anyu
Bulgaria
Turkey
Grover Cleveland
Thoenry Campbell-B Bannerman
England
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Henry C. Potter
Morgan Dix
New York
Ira D. Sankey
Pablo de Sarasate
August Wilhelm
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Onida
Joel Chandler Harris
Murat Halstead
Bronson Howard
Victorien Sardon
Louise Chandler Moulton
Twarrick Stosmer
Chas
Emory Smith
Wm. B. Allison
Boyertown
Cleveland
Michiigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Admiral Evans
Pacific
Belle Gunnzess
LaPorte
Ind
Tennessee
Kentucky
Springfield
Fossil Find From Fayoum Egypt Reveals Arsinoitherium Skull
An expedition led by Pig H F Osborn from the American Museum of Natural History returns from Fayoum desert with new prehistoric skeletons. The Arsinoitherium skull shows a pair of long upward horns and a body resembling a mix of elephant and rhinoceros. The monster stood six feet high and ten feet long with feet adapted to sandy ground. Readers Want Facts First notes Prof W D Scott says readers want concise news and unvarnished truth, favoring local news and essential facts over editor views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pig
H. F. Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Fayoum
Egypt
Arsinoe
W. D. Scott
Northwestern University
Radiant Robert and the Smiling Confrontation
In a comic exchange from Chicago Daily News, a country sales manager and a scornful stenographer clash over smiles and vanity. He boasts of sunny charm and poker gaffes while she mocks his self image and jokes about social superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
State Street
Arto
Chicago ‘Daily News
Policy on a man’s life ends in widow’s claim
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a policy on a man who rarely received the premium without wife’s complaint. The speaker notes the last time he called, the wife refused to pay. Mrs. Smith, with her old “man,” is mentioned as a society figure whose husband has died and who now holds the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wweets
Aid
Unclear market notes amid butter price pressure
Fragmentary OCR reads about publishers or manufacturers facing high prices and supply pressures. Mentions Liverpool Bristol and other places with high pressure to fill orders and a likely sale to balance costs amid rising butter prices. No clear event or names confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpoo
Bristol
Promazine
Ying
Kidney Pills Bring Sudden Recovery Says Man Triumphs
William White of manera R R man at 201 Constantine Street Thrée Rivers recounts severe kidney illness lasting two years. After hospital stays and futile care he began using Dean's Kidney Pills. Four boxes produced marked improvement, enabling work and prompting friends to marvel at his recovery. Sold by all druggists 50¢ a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William White
R. R
Cistantine St
Wrine
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Oriental Dream Beautifier Promises Clear Complexion
An advertising block touts Dr A Felin Gouraud’s Oriental Dream as a potent beauty product sold by Merv Hopkins in New York with global reach. Another note promotes Mother Gray’s Amtra Leaf for women’s health, offering sample packs and mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Felin Gouraud
Merv., Hopkins
Great Jones Street
New York
United States
Canadas
Europe
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Watsons
Caleb Powers
Gov. Goebel
Geo. A. Pettibone
Steunenburg
Idaho
Union Station Annex
Kansas City
Ely
Philadelphia
Portland
August Wilhelmj
Chicago
Burr Robbins
Carlos
Luiz, Weliope
Larry Thawac
Stanford White
Toole
Montana
Manuel II
Col
Thos. G. Lawlor
Rockford
Ill
Luiz Felippe
Witktabarre
Rich Hill
Senator Latimer
South Carolina
Harriet Hosmer
San Juan de Sabinas
Mexico
Shah of
Persia
W.O. Bradley
Tampa
Prc
Geo. M. Shippy
North
Collinwood
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
King Haakon
Norway
Middle West
Byanas
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
William Pinckney
Armark
St. Louis
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
A. L. Brick
Indiana
Chelsea
Mass
B. M. Cutcheon
Michigan
Itauser Lake
Wetena
Mont
Linevitch
Duc de Chaulnes
Paris
North Dakota
Georgia
St. Paul
Gladiator
Notre Dame de Salette
Morgan
Matsushima
Aveline
Fort Wayne
Prince Wilhelm
Sweden
Marie Paulovna
Russia
Dneiper
Belle Gunness
la Porte
San Francisco
Atlanta
Nebraska
White House
Washington
Antwerp
Belgium
Peter P. Dailey
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Oregon
Sir Rodgers Buller
Varis
Alfred Dreyfus
Cunleb Powers
James Howard
Blind Tom
William H. Taft
Ohio
James S. Sherman
Duluth
S—Port Aw Prince
Hayti
Peary
Far North
Denver
Wm. J. Bryan
United States Court of Appeals
Tandis
Standard Oil Company
Independence Party
Hisgen and Graves
British Columbia
Town
Illinois
A. Rt. Spofford
Liicrarian
Congress
Til
Ira D.~ Sankey
Constantinople
Haileyville
Oklo
Wm. By. Vilas
Madison
Wis
New Orleans
Lord
Lionel Sackville West
Frank P. Sargent
Rawhide Ney
Orest
Canada
Maine
Richford
Alpena
Mich
Rosebud
South Dakota
Prince August William
Germany
Alexandra Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Sir
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal Party
Julien A. Carney
Galesburg
W. H. Taft
Cuba Libre
Chas. W.rl
Harvard University
Victorian Sardon
Ray Lawphere
U. S
Edward W. Carmack
Nashville
Tenn
Edward M. Morgan
Quincy
Westphalia
Emperor of China
Navy
Metcalf
Empress of
Jose Miguel Gomez
South Bend
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Garat
Ray Lamphere
Im Porte
Japan
Marianna
Guthrie
Okla
Nord Alexis
Pu Yi
Pine Bluff
Ark
Abraham Ruef
Dateherniser Gelderland
Alix
Denath
Donald G. Mitchell
Antoine Simon
Tnyti
Virtsburg
Herald Square Theater
Jos
Chicago Tribune
Texia
Mother Gray
Amstra
Mall
Cis
Mather Gray Co
LeRay
N. Y
Orlando
Dora
E. W. Grove
James Warren
Edworth
Red Cross Ball
Senator la Follette
Tia
Dodd
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