Secrets of Uncle Sam's powder trust exposed
Peoria Ill Dec 31 President Robert Waddell of Buckeye Powder charges Dupont Powder secretly offers US and German officials powder making secrets. He cites alleged monopolistic patents and bids, calls for congressional action, and cites a letter from Henry C Watts offering German tests with US powder.
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Peoria
Ill
Dupont Powder Company
United States Army
Robert §. Waddel
Buckeye Powder Company
Roosevelt
Powder Trust
Congress
Dupont Trust
Waddell
Brazil
Dupont Company
United States
Dupont International Powder Company
United States Navy
Lafflin & Rand
California
Dupont
Trust
Henry C. Watts
Simon
Spandau
Germany
International Smokeless Powder & Dynamite Company
Europe
Fuerst Bismarck
Henry C. Waits
Robert S. Waddell
Metropolis to rise 700-foot tower in Gotham skyline
New York December 31 news reports the Metropolitan Life Insurance company awards the contract for the steel frame of a 700 foot tower, part of a block between Madison Fourth avenues and 23rd 24th streets. Post McCord lands largest single steel order. over 8500 tons of steel and 740 feet of bridgework will be used. The project surpasses the Eiffel tower in scale and will feature heavy wind bracing and massive sub basement columns.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Madison
Fourth Avenues
Twentyfourth
Twenty-third
Eiffel Tower
Metropolitan Tower
Parkhurst Church
Post & McCord
Wall Street
Broadway
New Discovery Promises Quick Cough and Cold Relief
Mrs. Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Mass says the New Discovery gives immediate relief and quickly cures coughs and colds. The remedy, claimed as King of Treat and Lung Remedies, is promoted as a failure-proof cure for weak lungs and sore throats. Dreier & Bro. druggists guarantee it with 50 cents and one dollar prices and a free trial bottle offered.
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America
Dr. King
Julia Ryder Paine
Truro
Mass
Dreier & Bro
Avilla High School Alumni Banquet I 69 Attendees
Avilla Indiana December 29 sixty nine guests attended the first annual alumni banquet at Music hall with L W Yeiser as toastmaster and multiple alumni delivering humorous and nostalgic responses. A permanent organization formed with F H Hersh president and Bertha Stanley secretary treasurer. The next banquet is set for December 27 next year.
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Avilla
Ind
Avilla High School
Music Hall
L. W. Yeiser
The
Avilla News
W. E. Harsh
M. D. Renkenberger
Bertha Stanley
W. D. Carver
Ednah Randall
Guy C. Hart
Maude Humphrey
Arthur DeCamp
Hamlet
W. F. Shirley
F. H. Hersh
A Wonderful Happen ing Port Byron heals sore
A wonder tale from Port Byron New York reports Amos F King cured a leg sore by Bucklen arnica salve. The remarkable healing is described as among the most notable cures on record.
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Port Byron
N. Y
ySi “Bucklen
Murder Confession Tied to Baby's Cries Motive
Philadelphia December 31 price, 34, a former Norristown asylum inmate, confesses to killing Mrs Mollie Ness Lewis on September 10 at 2103 North Eleventh street. He says a surgeon lance was thrust into her neck during a struggle prompted by the baby's cries and implicates a silent partner in the crime.
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Philadelphia
John G. Price
Norristown Asylum For
Mollie Ness Lewis
Charlotte Kelly
North Eleventh Street
Price
Diamond Street
Mrs. Lewis
Pal
Mrs.Kellys House
Kelly
Baby
Mrs
Lewis
Chinatown
Columbia Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Highteenth Street
Buoque Arne
Germantown
Juniata Street
Lance
Tie
Norristown
Robbers Hold Up Train Near Richmond
Passengers aboard Seaboard Air Line train No. 81 near La Crosse, Virginia, were robbed of about 800 dollars and jewelry in a 2:30 a.m. hold up. Two robbers boarded in Richmond. one stayed in a day coach while the other searched the sleeper. The Pullman conductor C A Eberhart was shot in the arm but not fatally. The bandits escaped to the woods after triggering the emergency brake. Authorities know the two suspects and expect capture soon.
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Richmond
Lacrosse
Seaboard
Acca
Petersburg
C. A. Eberhart
Jersey City
N. J
The Charm of Health with Electric Bitters
The piece extols that charm lies in neatness, clear eyes, and sprightliness rather than mere beauty. It claims Electric Bitters restore weak women, tighten nerves, brighten eyes, and improve complexion, offered by Dreler & Bro. at 50c with a guarantee.
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Dreler & Bro
Edith Goshert’s Family Seeks Rat Poison Incident Near Warsaw
Edith Goshert daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Goshert resided near Warsaw acted after taking a quantity of foreign rats by Friday.
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Mias
Edith Goshert
Harvey Goshert
Warsaw
Queen of Philanthropists Burdett Coutts Dies at 92
London dispatch notes Baroness Burdett-Coutts, famed philanthropist and heir to the Coutts banking fortune, died after a long illness. A friend of Queen Victoria, she funded model tenements, charity for children, animal welfare, and numerous housing and religious projects across Britain. She rose to peerage in 1871 and remained active in public life until late years, marrying at 65 to M. Ashmead Bartlett.
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Baroness Burdett-Coutts
London
Baroness Burdett
Coutts
Baroness Burdell- Coutts
Britain
Victoria
Prince of Wales
Thomas Coutts
Dickens
East End
Charles Dickens
Shoeblack Brigade
Flower Girls’ Brigade
National Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Holly Lodge
Queen Victoria
British Empire
England
Francis Burdett
Thomas Courtis
Coutts & Co
Miss Coutts
Edward VII
Westminster Abbey
Charity
Metropolis
Great City
Great Britain
Columbia Square
Columbia Market
Legion
St. Stephen’s Church
Westminster
Adelaide
Cape Town
British Columbia
Carlisle
Turkey
Jerusalem
Duke of Wellington
Charles
Gordon
India
Khartoum
Edinburgh
Count d'Orsay
M. Ashmead Bartlett
William IV
Can't Muss It Dr Miles Nervine Adds Nervous Energy
A testimonial from Anna R PeeLmer of Lewistown Pa endorses Dr Miles Nervine for nervous ailments. The ad claims improved heart action digestion and energy after two bottles, notes a prior lack of relief from a physician, and mentions Dr Miles Heart Cure as additional help. The Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind guarantees first bottle benefits or refund.
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Miles
Dr. Miles
Nerv- Inc
Howard drinks excess alcohol and forgets
Charles Howard age 62 admitted on the witness stand he topped off a beer with extra alcohol from a friend and cannot remember after the last ingredient. He works near Roanoke for his board and was released with indefinite continuance as he had no prior arrests. Other small cases include fines for drunkenness and street curfew violations and a note that Miss Etta Daly is a candidate for superintendent of schools in Lagrange County.
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Charles Howard
Roanoke
George Layman
Fred Poiser
Acton
Louis Snyder
James Smith
James Thompson
Smith
Frank Emerson
Charles Roberts
Pennsylvania Depot
Chicago
Calhoun Street
Kitty Kelly
Louise Burton
Etta Daly
Lagrang ¢ “County
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Turer
Gotham
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Long
the King
Lane
Pullman
Bold Bandits
Philantropists
Ireland
Miles Medical.Co
Elkhart, Ind
Howard
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