White House Gardeners Relieved Over Summer Plans
In Washington the propagating gardens near the old engraving and printing building ease their sighs as President Wilson likely stays at the White House for much of the heated term. Mrs Roosevelt had trimmed flower displays, prompting gardeners to plan for next year while awaiting decisions on summer stay and cut flower needs.
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White House
Monument Grounds
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
National Museum Showcases United States Stamp Collection
The National Museum displays a $200,000 government stamp collection in mahogany cases arranged by country and colony, with pages of U S postal history. Notable items include 1845 city issues and the rare 30 cent stamp worth $1,500, while many stamps from the United States and abroad are on exhibit in alphabetical order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joseph B. Leavy
Division of History
National Museum
United States Post Office
Great Britain
Flea Expert Dr Carroll Fox Names New Flea Rooseveltiella
Dr Carroll Fox of the Public Health Service, famed for studying fleas, explains the naming of a newly discovered flea genus Rooseveltiella found in Africa. He notes Theodore Roosevelt’s work in the same region inspired the tribute. Fox emphasizes fleas’ complex, sometimes wicked behavior and the need for daily public health vigilance.
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D*. Carroll
FOX
United States
Doctor Fox
Health Service
Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Public Health Service
Prac
Moving Picture Machines Bought for the Army
The War Department via the Quartermaster General lets a 66 unit contract for moving picture machines to aid soldiers with amusement and instruction. Machines will go to post chaplains and field troops, including at Texas City and Galveston, aiming to reduce desertions and keep soldiers in camp at night. Medical officers seek films for health and sanitary instruction, though efforts at Fort Patten to show typhoid immunization’s value were only partially successful.
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War Department
Aleshire
Uncle Sam
Canon
Ike Texas City
Galveston
Mexico
Fort Patten
U S Warns Mexico To Unite Or U S Will Act
President Wilson on June 4 warns Mexican faction leaders to act together and promptly for their country’s relief or the United States will decide what means to employ to aid Mexico. He emphasizes U S moral support only for a government that upholds the constitution and rights of the people.
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Washington
Witson
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Ita
Excellent farming conditions in Canada
The article extols Western Canada as a prime site for mixed farming in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It cites Alberta success stories from Sedgewick Har disty Gleichen and a Gleichen settler, noting high yields, dairy income, and substantial hog sales. It concludes with U.S. capital flowing into Canada to back agricultural growth.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Sedgewick
U. S
Dryp & Sons, Packers
Seattle
Pacific
Thomas McKay
Hardisty
Osage City
Kansas
SPEYER LANDS IN NEW YORK
Sir Edgar Spayer, the English baronet who resigned his privy councilorship and other honors to seek revocation of his baronetcy, arrived in New York aboard the American Philadelphia with his wife and family. The May 26 sailing from Liverpool carried 715 passengers and the Lusitania victims’ bodies, with notable passengers including Philip Klein, Louis G. Dreyfus, and Raymond T. Baker. The Philadelphia left Liverpool by an atypical route.
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New York
Sir Edgar Spayer
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Edgar
Liverpool
Philip Klein
Charles Klein
Lusitania
Louis G. Dreyfus
Berlin
Raymond T. Baker
Petrograd
Ten Thousand Canadians Landed in England
More than ten thousand Canadian soldiers landed safely in England during the last week with no submarine sightings. There are now nearly sixty five thousand Canadians with the allies.
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Ottawa
England
Earthquake reported in Munich Bavaria and Amsterdam
Earthquake shock reported from Munich and Bavaria on June 4 with tremors starting at 8:86 o'clock. Tremors were severe, damaging instruments at the observatory and shaking buildings across the area.
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Bavaria
Amsterdam
Munich
Battle of Whales Report At Sea By Fishermen Near Long Beach
See Battle of Whales, Capt. J. P. Taylor, Doctor Bjork man and H. W. Cousing are authority for the truthfulness of a whale story the like of which has never before been listened to in Long Branch. While fishing a mile from phere their attention was attracted to a titanic commotion i the water a mile seaward. With marine glasses the fish ermen say they witnessed for more than hour a battle to the death be tween two California gray whales and 4 thrasher whale. The thrasher was victorious, they say.
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J. P. Taylor
Bjorkman
H. W. Cousing
Long Branch
Phere
Long Beach Dispatch
Los Angeles Times
Ladies Look Young Color Restores Youthful Hair
A vintage ad touts Hay's Waly Health as a harmless hair treatment that reverses aging by restoring natural color and luster. It promises dandruff removal, scalp cleansing, and revitalization, with bottles sold at drug stores or direct mail offers from Pho Ha motive Co Newark.
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Kuggista
Hay
Wit Deater
Pho Ha Motive Co
Newark
Toile
Ady
Picture and artist face off in hurried debate
A humorous dialogue questions whether a painting is truly a work of art while noting people stare at it for hours. The exchange pokes fun at the artist's own long stare during creation and adds light commentary on art perception. An unrelated ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a long standing remedy for foot discomfort with a testimonial from an Exposition visitor.
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Mel
DOWD
California
Allen
Allan
Adv
Well and Campaign Promises Stir Curious Dignitaries
Developments Due features a skeptical fierson questioning a candidate’s lack of public promises while a practical politician cites dictagraph records. An odd blend of advertising copy and dialogue about medicines and social norms follows, with references to Murine and a Chicago firm.
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Fierson
Drink Denison's Coffee Ad Witnesses Pure Taste
An advertisement plucks attention with the slogan Denison's Coffee praised as pure and delicious. The copy asserts satisfaction in choosing the brand over playing a questionable game and dismisses “dub” performance as inferior.
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Denison
Also Mentioned on This Page
National
Gee
Dr. Carroll Fox
Tts
Calgary
Gleichen
Gleishen
Western Canada
Speyer
Baronet
America
the Centaur Company
Astoria
Zhe Vila
Sayer
Murine Hye Remedy Co
Chicagoan
Kinney
Illinois
John K. Gerth
DM State
Borg
DaRance
Donan
Doan
Bor Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N, Y
Lydia B
Pinkham Medicing Co
Druggista. Soc
Samy
Paxton Toilet Co
W. Bonfory Loan & Investment CO
State National Bank
Oldahona City
Oble
Columbuer
Barkaltes Gils
Caleapis
Daisy Fly Killer
W, N. U. Chicago
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