Moissant the Man Bird and Feats of a Spanish Descent Pilot
Chicago aviator John Moissant famed for his Dover Channel flight is profiled as a restless fortune seeker. The piece recounts his Spanish heritage, Paris beginnings, design of two aircraft, and daring salvaging of a wrecked ship in Honduras while aligned with revolutionary currents and perilous adventures abroad.
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John Moissant
Dover Channel
Paris
London
Moissant
Parente
Etampes
Issy
Eiffel Tower
Noissant
George
Alfred
John
Salvador
Alfred Moissant
Figueroa
John Molesant
Nicaragua
Inter
Honduras
Molasant
Bar
George M Hanson Named Supreme Chancellor of Knights of Pythias
George M Hanson of Maine has been installed as supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. A lawyer and former mayor of Calais, he has long led Maine's bar and served in public office. He joined the order in 1883 and has held top posts in the Maine grand lodge and supreme lodge judiciary committee.
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George M. Hanson
Knights of Pythias
Maine
Hanson
Calais
Cleveland
Cobb
Order of Knights of Pything
Grand Lodge of
Supreme Lodge
Hansen
William G. Jordan named secretary of House of Governors
William George Jordan has been chosen secretary of the House of Governors. The selection honors his role as founder of the institution, praised by President Roosevelt and governors for promoting national resource conservation and state legislative uniformity. Jordan, a noted editor and publicist, is the only non governor member.
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William George Jordan
House of Governors
Jordan
Roosevelt
Conference of Governors
Washington
Third House
House
New York Acting Mayor John Purroy Mitchell Emerges
The acting mayor of New York, John Purroy Mitchell, aged 30, ascends after Mayor Gaynor’s assassination attempt. Mitchell, formerly vice president of the board of aldermen, is praised as the youngest chief executive of a major American city and depicted as a rising political figure with a legal background and early career in public service.
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New York
John Purroy Mitchell
Metropolis
Gaynor
Board of Aldermen
Mitchell
Northwest Notes Highlights From the West and Northwest
A digest of regional items reports Mrs. F. P. Snapp’s death in Nevada, local option sentiments in Spokane, a serious cattle whippings case in McGill, a fatal Burlington wreck in Coram, and Oregon and Washington fair plans. Gold receipts in Seattle and Nome totals are listed, plus oats yields in Scoggins valley. Reports cover Polish illness, police cases, labor violence in Portland, Bible-reading school proposal, a Kalispell murder, U.S. troops’ return from forest fires, a Hel ena demurrage hearing, Buffalo Vernon at Pendleton, Meadow Valley river engineering, Havre natural gas discovery, and coyote bounty issues in Silver Bow.
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Mary Caples
McGill
Nev
Ely
Caples
Burlington
Coram
Mont
Salem
Seattle
Nome
the United
Scoggins Valley
Forest Grove
Oregon
TY. W. Sain
Butte
Radersburg
Helena
Katsugara Asaba
Kanneosuke Nakano
United States
W. D. Totten
Portland
State of Washington
Columbia River
William Shannon
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Buffalo
Vernon
Pendleton
Ore
Nevada
Meadow Valley
Havre
Higham
Silver Bow Counnry
Montana
Mines and mining report highlights Idaho Utah and Nevada activity
The article surveys mining in Pearl Idaho near Emmett with optimism for Profile and Big Creek camps in Idaho County. It notes Peacock Copper Consolidated in Beaver County Utah, Strehlke lease on Ely Calumet, and new strikes near Hope British Columbia, plus progress on Seven Troughs Monarch and Utah Metal Mining ventures.
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Pearl
Idaho
Emmett
Big Creek
Idaho County
Son Spofford
Peacock Copper Consolidated Company
Beaver County
Utah
Strehlke
Ely Calumet
Ely
Nev
Greenwalt and
Stevens
Jarbidge
Hope
B. C
Salt Lake City
Monarch Company
New York
Wee Weath
London and San Juan Oil Company
Bluff
Democrat Group of Four
Gilmore
Columbus Extension Mining Company
Salt Lake Herald
F. Curtis
University of Utah
Carson City
McGill Concentrator
Curtis
Utah Metal Mining Company
Tooele
Toole County
South Columbus Consolidated Mining Company
Alta & Hecla Mining Company
Midway Old
California
Lakeview
Department of Mining
Nevada-Douglas Company
Nevada Copper Belt
Yerington
Nevada
Nevada-Douglas
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aids Knoxville Woman
A Knoxville Iowa woman reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for year long pains and weakness. The ad claims the remedy treats displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites readers to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Pinkham
Chana Francs
R.F. D
No. 8
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lyla E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Proprieter Says He’s In But Out Of Doors
A cheeky exchange notes the proprietor is in yet out of doors as a shop inquiry about screen doors is lodged. The light humor frames a small business moment without further details.
Enmity Buried as Senator Clapp Recalls City Jokes
During a dinner in Minneapolis Senator Clapp recalled a past exchange about careless building. An address speaker noted a St Paul resident was killed in the streets every 48 hours. A heckler retorted that it was not enough.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Clapp
The Chanticleer Cocktail Teases A New Name
A Purist jokes about the Chanticleer cocktail naming trend calling it a Chan ticleertall. The quip mocks redundancy and wordplay in drink titles.
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Northwest
F. P. Snapp
Humboldt County
Rebel Creek
Columbia River Methodist Episcopal Church
Spokane
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