Roosevelt Initiated Into Ak Sar Ben During Omaha Visit
Col Roosevelt, during a day and night in Omaha, was initiated into the Ak-Sar-Ben order, a Midwestern booster society. The ceremonies featured lively stunts and the ex-president appeared to enjoy the event, following Taft’s earlier initiation last year. The group consists mainly of businessmen allied with a cooperative movement to develop Missouri’s country.
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Omaha
Col
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Taft
Scrap heap tells tale of Panama canal era machinery
In Harrisburg the Harrisburg Iron and Steel company scrapped 1800 tons of old French equipment once used for Ferdinand de Lesseps Panama project. The gear, locomotives, cranes, and steel parts are cleaned of rust and mud, shipped north, and melted for reuse as junk metal due to demand for quality iron and steel.
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Harrisburg
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Harrisburg Irand Steel Company
France
Panama
de Leseps
Suez Canal
Pacific
Fuster
de Lesseps
Uncle Sam
Tropics
New York
Harrisburg Iron and Steel Company
Surnives
Gator in Hen's Nest Investigated in Bloomfield
A pet alligator named Ted, owned by the Taylor family of 24% Proud Street Bloomfield New Jersey, appeared in a chicken coop nest. Miss Jeannette Taylor found the head of the gator beneath a hen, and Ted was moved to an aquarium after large growth and several eggshells nearby.
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New York
Jesse Irving Taylor
Proud Street
Bloomfield
N. J
Jeannette Taylor
Ted
Hypnotism Offer Rejected by New York Judge
A self styled professor of hypnotism offered services to the New York Court of Domestic Relations to resolve marital disputes. Magistrate Cornell declined immediate acceptance but kept the option to call on him if needed. The piece notes the strange scene and mentions a $50 finding reward of 25 cents.
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New York
Cornell
Name Analysis by Number Stirs City Belief in Fate
New York reports Zoe J. Boyle who calls herself a name analyst. She argues that spelling names with letters that add to favorable numbers can shape fortune and even influence marriage outcomes. She demonstrates a letter-to-number table and claims Christian names alter the impact of a surname.
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New York
Zoe J. Boyle
Edythe
Mary Culd
Serenea
Waa
Mias Boyle
Saving Money at Home and Harmless Fireworks Caution
In a local notice style column the piece argues against soap waste and promotes Easy Task Soap for efficiency and cost savings. It also recounts a three year old child’s humorous prayer about fireworks, noting safety and reassurance about Fourth of July noise.
Dr Martel’s Female Pills Promote Women’s Health
An old advertisement touts Dr Martel’s Female Pills as a seventeen year standard for women’s ailments. It claims quick permanent results and urges purchase at drug stores and general grocers with a call to keep clothes white using Red Cross Ball Blue.
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Panama Canal
London
Portmadoc
Zoe Boyle
Fred
George
Maud
DR. Martel
W. L. Douglas
Gewed
America
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
Brockton
Mase
Felix Gouraud
Mauie
Connie E
L. A. Pyre
Tli
Fancy-Gooda Dealera
Canada
Butiye Ford
T. Hopkins
Jonas St
Matt Freck
Milleraburg
Dauphin Co
Chas. RB
Jou
Lewiston
Mifflin Co
National Live Stock Com
Kansas City
St Soment Mo. S
Neb
S. YU. Tarney
Auburn
Indiana
Watron Ek
Coleman
Washington, D.C
Hest
the Centaur Companys
Bears
Cnnea la
Spohn Medical CO
Stemieisgiste Goshen
Ind
U.S
Standard Oil Co
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