Broadfield and McClure Columns Spark Broad Notes
Glenwood opinion pages feature jumbled remarks from famed figures and regions. Admiral Dewey and Russian czar referenced amid chatter about warships and diplomacy. A bill in Iowa targets deserted wives as defenders of destitute husbands. Count Boni de Castellane and Liza Lehman are linked in heirage notes with commentary on divorce costs.
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Boni de Castellane
Boni
Iowa
Count Boni
France
Penny lunches plan for poor schoolchildren embraced by three cities
Boston Buffalo and Milwaukee back penny lunches for destitute students. Utica Press notes opposition, arguing it may foster pauperism, yet proponents say it is worth the risk to aid diseased children despite potential costs.
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Boston
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Utica Press
Simple plan to rescue shipwreck survivors proposed
A plan for rescuing passengers and crews from wrecked vessels suggests maintaining strong sea going vessels at life saving stations and taking survivors offshore where land reach is impossible. The idea includes five percent tips for waiters to encourage good service and reduce tipping reluctance. The Hudson Bay route’s potential for northwest development and safer navigation near some harbors is noted, with the challenge of entering Hudson Strait. Zangwill recently dictated a two column history of famous trials from memory for a newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Canadian Northwest
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Hudson Bay Company
Zangwill
Oklahoma teacher killed by students after beating pupil
A teacher who struck a boy in an Oklahoma school was killed by other pupils. The incident raises questions about classroom discipline and whether manslaughter courses should be introduced in educational institutions to address rising tensions and prevent future violence.
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Oklahoma
Rich Oil Field on Sea Discovered by Naval Officer
Lieut. John C. Soley of the United States Navy reports a floating oil field 400 miles in area and four feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico, about 150 miles from New Orleans. The discovery has stirred Mobile and New Orleans harbor communities and numerous prospective buyers seek charts and plans to exploit the find amid a gold fever like the Klondike.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
John C. Soley
United States Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Klondike
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Dubuque Peddler Quits After Nearly Million Cigarettes
Isaac Manhoff of Dubuque a 40 year old peddler smoking about 60 cigarettes daily for years says he has quit. He recalls smoking from morning to night including in bed and even brief bouts in Russia. He credits the turn to a sore throat during a cold and notes he used Russian rice paper. He tallies his smoking cost at 3191 dollars.
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Dubuque
Isaac Manhoff
Russia
Manhoff
America
Historic Santa Fe palace could become city hall
A New Mexico bill would turn the old governor's palace in Santa Fe into a city hall. The palace has housed a post office, housed antiquities, and served as a headquarters for patriotic and political groups. Its long history spans Indian, Spanish, and American eras with many notable events and figures linked to its walls.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Roman Liberato Baca
Southwest
United States
Mansion Wife of Salvation Army Ensign Revealed Wealth
Mrs. Howard James Clifford, wife of Salvation Army Ensign in Indianapolis, is daughter of a London contractor. The revelation came after years in Elkhart where the couple worked in slums. Ensign Clifford, from Charbury near Oxford, served five years in the United States and faced prison during earlier English Army persecution. His family has a strong Methodist lineage with siblings and Major John Clifford in service.
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Elkhart
Ind
Howard James Clifford
Salvation Army
Indianapolis
London
England
Clifford
Ensign
Ensign Clifford
Charbury
Oxford
United States
Hustling dress reformer unveils fast wear suit
Edgar Jephson of Wenbley Middlesex has created a hust ling suit for men that combines jacket and trousers with concealed buttons at the back. He demonstrated the outfit in public on the Strand, drawing sharp commentary but praising its speed and style for walking or working use and signaling plans to adapt it to evening dress.
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London
Edgar Jephson
Wenbley
Middlesex
Jephson
Strand
Production of Illinois Oil In Marshall Illinois Field
Figures completed show 3222 producing wells on March 1 across Casey pool Crawford county outside Casey, Lawrence, and a dozen small wells in Coles Eagar and Jasper. Over 400 rigs active statewide with daily Illinois field production about 60 000 barrels.
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Marshall
Illinois
Casey Pool
Clark County
Cumberland
Licking
Crawford County
Casey
Lawrence County
Coles
Eagar
Jasper
Woman Sings Self to Death in McPherson County
Mrs Amanda Fill wife of Morris Hill a ranchman in the county suffered a nervous disease for years and did not respond to treatment. Four days before death she began to talk and sing constantly despite commands to be silent. Her hysterical conduct exhausted her and her heart stopped beating.
To day burden and the present moment says MacDonald
The quote urges readers to focus on the present, not the future, warning against stacking tomorrows burden onto today. It frames burden as a personal choice and notes God asks us to entrust the future to Him while tending the now.
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George MacDonald
CURED OF GRAVEL BY DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
J D Daughtrey a music publisher of Suffolk Virginia reports dramatic relief after two to three years of kidney trouble with gravel and sandy sediment in urine He says he has not passed a stone in three years and credits Doans Kidney Pills as a fine kidney tonic including a note that he kept 14 gravel stones as evidence for sale at 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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J.D. Daughtrey
Suffolk
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Old Cannons Rescue at Mare Island Yard
A San Francisco contractor bought obsolete smooth bore cannons sold from Mare Island Navy Yard. People tried dynamite, blasting powder, and even an electric drill to break them, but all methods failed. The cannons were moved to the hills near Point Richmond, where another attempt with dynamite was planned. The cannons had belonged to warships that sailed in 1812.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Point Richmond
Furious humor on child cured by Cuticura remedies
A Bakersfield California reader recounts a seven year old granddaughter suffering a severe itchy eruptive illness after measles. After two weeks the child worsened with watery bleeding sores under the arms. Five days of Cuticura remedies brought complete recovery and long term health. The note is dated June 25 and July 20, 1906.
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F. Ruefenacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Autographs Fetch High Prices for English Celebrities
Autographs of English literary figures draw top demand and big sums, with Keats and Shelley selling for thousands. Prolific sales occur abroad in London Berlin and Paris during the season as collectors seek signatures for their burgeoning collections.
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Keats
Shelley
London
Berlin
Paris
Plan for Good Health With Garfield Tea
An advertisement extols Garfield Tea as a liver regulator and aid for constipation purifying the blood and eradicating disease. It claims the herb product is wholly herbal and promotes health advantages through overcoming faults rather than exemption.
Motherhood and recovery with Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mrs M J Wight of Auburn Maine recounts postpartum weakness and pale health after birth in 1901. She credits Pink Pills with rapid strength gain and baby’s good health, and later relieved rheumatic pain after resuming the course. Pills sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY. 50 cents a box, six for $2.50. send for cures book.
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M. J. Wight
Seventh Street
Auburn
Maine
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Admiral Dewey
Brazil
Omaha Bee
Central America
Reichstag
Washington
Specky
Jimmy
Mme
Liza Lehman
Robert Chambers
Edinburgh
Chambers
Randolph Lehman
Callincius
Constantinople
Mecca
Stereograph
Underwood & Underwood
N. Y
Yellowstone Park
Spain
New World
John Wesley
John Clifford
Kingston
Jamaica
Cuthura
Charles Manners
Victor Hugo
Swift
Manly Laney
the Alabastine Co
Grandville Ave
Grand Rapids
Water Street
New York City
Western
Canada
Ottasua
W. W. Bennett
New York Life
Omaha
Nebraska
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
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