Words of Peace From OBrien Tribute to Japanese Warships
In Tokio and Yokohama the American fleet receives a warm welcome. Ambassador OBrien lauds unity of American and Japanese naval officers and warns that world war preparations tempt peace. Admiral Sperry thanks Japan for the grand reception and notes the careful planning of events at the imperial palace.
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Sperry
Imperial Hotel
O'Brien
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Imperial Palace
Hoosevelt
Yokohama
Tokyo
Evers
Aiutiel
Eas
Iom Comuistic
Opoche Agperican
Athartie Fort
Ds Papesi
Prague
Tornado and Flood Ravage Clarion Area Killing and Wrecking Homes
Four people were killed near Clarion as a tornado and cloudburst tore through the area. Twenty others were injured. Buildings including the new Union county courthouse were wrecked, utilities failed, and the town suffered extensive damage. In Folsom the Cimarron river rose near flood stage, drowning fears reported earlier. Manila experienced two sharp earthquakes with damage but no late reports. Sharon Springs endured two tornadoes in one day, collapsing three homes and injuring about a dozen. In Johnstown a man named Sanford, aged 50, was shot in a street incident.
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Clarton N. MA
Bom Steaders
Clarion
W. O. Palget
Pox
Armiong
W. H Bowen
Thomas Downs
John Byrne
Union Cauns Cour
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Sharon Springs
Kan
Sharon Springs Mordey
Philosophical child spurs talk of spanking in bedtime dispute
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls a father and his small daughter who asks to be spanked rather than sent to bed. The child argues lying in bed won’t improve her and a spanking would end the matter. The exchange highlights a pragmatic view on punishment and sleep.
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Wallace Knight
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cure at City Mission Aided by Cuticura Treatment
A city mission report describes a young woman with a mass of sores from scabies and illness caused by exposure. After seven weeks with limited progress, treatment including Cuticura soap Resolvent and ointment led to rapid improvement, enabling her to seek work and recover. The testimonial is dated March 11 1907 from Laura Jane Hates of New York.
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Aoission
Laura Jane
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
A Suburban Picnic Benefactor Delivers A Canny Tale
A wealthy man who funded a Sunday school picnic visits a town to speak to 150 children. The superintendent asks him to address the crowd. He hesitates then urges that it pays to be good and warns that a cheater who deals from the bottom of the pack ends up buried at public expense.
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies, Halts Catarrh Cure
Local applications cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. Deafness is caused by an inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube, and only a constitutional remedy can cure it. Nine cases out of ten are due to catarrh. Hal's Catarrh Cure offers a $100 reward for any cure it cannot achieve.
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Hal
F.J. Chenly & CO
Toledo
Tate Haile Family
Freddy Questions Who Places Milk On Porch Nightly
A child's curious line asks who leaves a milk bottle on the front porch while the family sleeps. The mother dodges but the boy suspects it is God and seeks certainty in a gentle, humorous exchange. Also advertised are Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup and Allen's Foot-care powder with brief product claims.
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Freddy
Sick Man Wants Change In Bed Rest Joke
A Syracuse business man with pneumonia resists bed rest, insisting on going to work, joking with the doctor as the nurse and physician try to enforce quiet. Also notes on measles law in Wayne Pennsylvania and a comic exchange about names and friendship ethics.
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Syracuse
Seaside Silhouette and Aged Advice On Work and Death
A lighthearted tale of a Philadelphia couple and a Yonkers romance ends with a joke about love and luck. A proverb on living hard and dying tonight contrasts with life insured and ready for the grim reaper, highlighting prudent financial planning.
Edwin and his mother on Sabbath rule and cherries
A narrator recalls Edwin and his mother walking on a Sunday afternoon. On a cherry tree the mother lowers a limb to let Edwin pick fruit but he asks to climb higher and jokes about cracking the Sabbath. The snippet then shifts to news that Brazil has received its first batch of Japanese immigrants for coffee plantatio ns.
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Edwin
Brazil
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