Happenings Of The Week From Home And Abroad
Apacked digest crosses global events with notes on notable deaths including former governor David B Hill in Elmira New York and Seattle contractor Michael P Heney in San Francisco. Also covered are Taft recognitions, rail and aviation feats, a Paris strike, cholera in England, fires in Minnesota, and Portugal tensions amid a broad, rapid-news roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Hill
Wosterra Roost
Elmira
N. Y
United States
Michael P. Heney
Seattle
San Francisco
Coset
Alaska
Arthur Murray
Coast Artillery
Taft
F. M. Filson
Southwestern Postal Association
Kansas City
Lewis Johnson
Terra Haute
India
Bill" Barlow
Sage Brush Philosophy
Laramie
Bill” Nye
Douglas
Wyo
Aunt Delia Torrey and Taft Family Home in Millbury
The Taft story centers on Aunt Delia Torrey the president’s much loved New England relative. Her Millbury home near Worcester is famed for apple pies and old world cookery admired by William Howard Taft. The piece notes her eighties lifespan, sharp mind, daily papers, and frequent visits by the president and family to her house and yacht cruises.
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Della
Judge Taft
Aunt Delis
William H Taft
Aunt Della Ia
Worcester
New, England
Killarney
Rosa
White House
Washington
Delia
Delia Torrey
United States
America
Taft
Times
New England
Hia
Aunt Delia
Bia Familly
Massachusetts Bay
Sylph
President Taft
Miss Torrey
Millbury
Mass
Lttle
Massachusetts
William H. Taft
Hogany
Mise Torrey
Shirts and War
A Kansas City Journal reminiscence recalls Capt. Joe Waters and a war departure. Soldiers barter gifts and mishaps with homecrafted shirts and keepsakes, including a famed long “housewife” kit, while joking about the absurdity of war parcel diplomacy and Chimbley Dan’s rhyming shirt note.
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Chimbley Dan
Kansas City Journal
Largest rattlesnake on display at North Carolina museum
The state museum houses the world's largest mounted rattlesnake. Taxidermist Tom Addicks fitted a plaster cast to the skin, yielding a 6 ft 11 in long specimen with 12 rattles. It was killed near Ragelogh by J J Ballard to secure a record.
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State Museum
North Carolina
United States
Tom Addicks
Ragelogh
Lake
Arthur
Raleigh Correspondence Forest
Straam
Woman judged by society she cannot enter
A fragmentary rumination notes a woman judged by social barriers, then shifts to quirky lines about Lewis, Gini, Toon, and a man’s wants. A brief aside suggests Diogenes might have remained unknown without a lantern and a tub, invoking literary allusion.
Inutant Ralles for All Eyes and Eye Salve Ad
Fragmentary advertisement text lists Pettits Eye Salve and a salve product for irritated eyes. Mentions Buffalo area and Howard Bros. It references unhappiness and a quotation about love, character, and courage by Margaret De land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Margaret Deland
Dr Martel’s Female Pill Drug Ad Claims Quick Results
An old advertisement touts Dr Martel’s Female Pill with claims of relief for women’s ailments. It promises quick, permanent results and lists drugstores as sellers. A separate humorous line mentions an old bridge near Plunkville collapsing, attributed to the Louisville Courier-Journal quip about a painted bridge.
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Plunkville Hias
Louisville Courier-Journal
Distemper Cure Claims Wide Horse and Dog Relief
Spohn's Distemper Cure is advertised as effective for all ages of horses and dogs with many cured cases. The ad boasts over 600,000 bottles sold last year and offers bottles at 50 cents and 1 dollar. Gents wanted and druggists urged to contact Spohn Medical Co in Goshen Indiana.
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Ezra P. Prentice
Republican State Committee
State Committee
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Yu Hag
Bia
France
Brand
Baron Hengelmueller von Hengervar
United States
House of Magnates
Budapest
Palmer
Mass
Walla
Jonathan P. Dolliver
New York Society For ‘the Prevention
Central Park
Chicago
Knights of Columbus
National Association of Master Horn Shoers
Grand Rapids
Mich
National Board of Arbitration
Dike
Criminal Court
Kings County
New York
Harold L. Decker
Theodora A. Decker
Sing Sing
Old Baudette
International Falls
Daniel Santon
Robert Robertson
Jones Avenue
Pittsburg
Collins Wells
Coraopolis
Ohio Valley
National Council
The
Congregational Church
Boston
Joan
David Shaw
Cleveland
Lexington
Minera
Starkville
Col
Lacy
Katherine Kerr
Santa Ana
Cal
John F. Dietz
Cameron Dam
Leslie Dietz
John F. Diets
Winter
Wis
Dap‘uty
Oscar Harp
Diets
Lisbon
George Johnson
Percy Ward
Akron
Portugal
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
Not Responsible Nurse Question by Master Frant
A dialogue fragment shows a nurse instructing Frank after a boy claims Harold kicked him. The nurse orders washing the dirty mark on the leg while the boy denies involvement, and a punch is implied in the exchange.
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Frant
Frank
Harold
She Changes Opinion on Visitor and Aunt Hetty
Dialogue reveals a niece discussing her aunt Hetty visiting with three trunks. The aunt allegedly smuggled items from Europe and has reportedly changed her stance, earning new respect from the wife though the stay duration is unclear.
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Hetty
Longest Chapter Question At Sunday School
An elderly caller invited by the superintendent asked how many could name the longest chapter in the Bible. Several hands rose as he invited a boy to answer, with Tommy Tucker shouting “Psalm double one nina.”
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Nina
Tommy Tucker
Dame Nature Hints When the Food is Not Salted
An Arizona reader recounts stomach distress from pecan tea and starchy foods until switching from coffee and toast to Postum and Grape Nuts. He reports improved digestion, weight gain, and relief from headaches, praising the products as delicious, nutritious, and easily digested.
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Arizona
Wellville
Teal
Also Mentioned on This Page
General News
Draper
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Oberhart
Minnesota
Spooner
Baudette
England
Rowton Houses
London
Wilson R. Evans
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Los Angeles
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Bradford
Grand Trunk Pacifico Railway
British Columbia
Theodore Roosevelt
Peoria
George W. McCaskrin
Rock Island, Ill
Mabel Matiuma
Oreia
Joe Waters
Company A
Kentucky
Bill Whiting
Loula
Rattlers
Peils al
Cintdogo
Tisalee
Giron
Condrey
Rashington
Lewis
Diogenes
DR. Martel
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