News in Brief for Week Ending February 8 1908
Denials by Wagland and Germany on peace efforts between Russia and Japan. Oklahoma City Oil plant fire causes major damage. ICC to probe rate law violations by terminal lines. Archaeologist John T. Michau dies in St Joseph aged 54. Bishop elect James Henry Darlington chosen for Harrisburg. Crystal Falls fire destroys five businesses, losses around 50000 with 10000 insured. Mme Rejane dances at Sherry's dinner in New York. Cuban sanitation drive in 15 major cities with 226000 allocated. Welch Bros bankrupt with liabilities 25000 assets 4000. Torrey and Alexander start revival in London. Oregon Senate backs Mitchell with one dissent. Attorney general on flour export drawback from imported wheat. Gasconade county courthouse burns at Herman. records saved. Thomas Adams dies in Brooklyn at age a pneumonia and old age. Three children burn to death in Wisconsin house fire. Cherokee leaders Thomas Daugherty and S S Clever die from lemon extract poisoning. Two infant brothers suffocate in Wyandotte. Detroit streetcar accident kills one child, wounds others. Rev Martin McFarland found dead by hanging in St Louis. Dr Augusta Smith, famed physician, dies after streetcar injury. Union Seminary to receive 1.1 million gift. donor unnamed. Oklahoma Indian Territory statehood joy erupts in public demonstrations. Mount Vernon fires burn mother and infant. Battle Creek coast ride tragedy leaves George Lundy dead and Leo Sharkey maimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagland
Germany
Russia
Japan
Southwestern Cotton Oil Company
Oklahoma City
Interstate Commerce Commission
John T. Michau
St. Joseph
James Henry Darlington
Christchurch
Brooklyn
Harrisburg
Crystal Falls
Mich
Mme. Rejane
J. H. Hyde
Sherry’s
New York
Cuba
Welch Bros
Waterloo
Evangelists
Torrey and
Alexander
Chicago
London
Oregon State Senate
United States
John H. Mitchell
Gasconade County
Herman
Thomas Adams
Harry Eaton
Poysophi
Wis
Thomas Daugherty
Vinita
Leo Ososkie
James
Smpire
Wyandotte
Detroit
Martin McFarland
North St. Louis
Augusta Smith
St. Ma
Smith
Fragmentary 19th Century Dialogue in Newspaper Snippet
A garbled exchange references a makeup department and a talkative couple. Bee mentions housekeeping with his wife and their first dinner night. The piece quotes lines from the Baltimore American and Philadelphia Public Ledger about nuts raisins and a social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee
Bacheller
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Clear Complexion Remedies Promote Skin Health
An advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for pimples blackheads and oily skin. It claims cleansing treatment daily twice daily with washing removes crusts promotes hair growth and improves hands. The text also mentions a pile cure and random literary references.
Atlantic City Visit Sparks Ocean Name Question
A visitor asks if a distant ocean is the Atlantic named by locals in Atlantic City. The native replies the ocean is indeed the Atlantic, a name proudly linked to the city. The piece weaves in miscellany about railway promos, quotes, and humor from periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
Atlantic City
Atlantic Ocean
City
Iladelphiphia Press
Excursions on the Kansas City Southern Railway Promised
An item lists travel plans to Port Arthur Beaumont Tex Lake Charles Galveston Houston and more via the Kansas City Southern Railway with 21 days limit on tickets and inquiries to Gass & Co. plus notes on the land of fulfillment along the line. It mentions the twentieth century and remarks on the inventor class as well as advertisements for Allen's Foot Ease Piso cures and lost child jokes from era newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Tex
Lake Charles
Galveston
Houston
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Union Theological Seminary
Charles Cuthbert Hall
Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Territories
Walter McCasland
Mount Vernon
Ind
Battle Creek
Michigan Central
George Lundy
Leo Sharkey
Fioreece Liv
Penn
I' Co Wits
N. Y
Ouwa
Vanna
Ashinnad
PUTNAM _FACELESS DYES
Sota
Trim
Atlanta
Consu
Florida
Old Battlefields
Dixie Flyer
Jacksonville
Vista Limited
St. Augustine
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
Chata Soma
Battlefields
Ee F. Hill
Northern Pass
St. L. Ry
Marquette Ridg
Puck
Mexico
Wabash Line
Iron Mountain Railway
Laredo
City of Mexico
E. W. Grove
Kansas City Southern Railway
Allen
le Fe Roy
N. Y. Sun
Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Salzer’s
Rene Ie
Charles F. White
Rochester
Gray
Atall Drugg's
New York City
A. G. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Kitcher
É Portage Enterprise Mpg
CO. Phila, Pa
Ms. Vo
Sears, Roebuck & CP
Ottawa
Canada
Orto
J. Broughton
Quincy Bidg
Indianapolis
Lod
O. Connte
B. Callahan
Waukee
Crawrown
9Th St
Kansas Cay
Bee V. Mciones
Ave. Theater UK
Pgregory
S Petbess Rt
PTE EI
W. H. Sartain
Chloe
Cas
Lippincott’s
Sean
America
Brewster
Sarven
Dugcy
Getti
Atvidenes
Montgomery Ward & Co
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