13 Jun 1907
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
1
A modest young businessman rises quickly after being promoted beyond his former role. The New York Weekly notes his unseen groundwork from his early days as an errand boy, observing, learning, and doing every task well. His promptness, politeness, concise writing, and tidy filing built a solid foundation for his career.
The National Geographic report on 1906 immigration shows 1,100,736 arrivals that year, with 6,000,000 admitted since 1900 and about 5.5 million settling. Most newcomers are under 45, 28 percent illiterate, two thirds male, 14 to 44 age group predominates, and only 50,507 reach 45 or older.
The Chinese minister to the United States Sir Chentung Liancheng is an Andover and Yale graduate who enjoys baseball, tennis, horseback riding, and bicycle riding. He often participates in games with his two young sons and their friends, sometimes in a unique picture with his skirts tucked up. Tennis and cycling are highlights alongside his fondness for baseball.
Sables grow scarcer with rising demand and prices. A coat once $20,000 now fetches at least $30,000. The Russian empress owns a superb sable coat valued between $250,000 and $400,000, while Queen Maud of Norway also possesses magnificent sables.
The text compares Gen Kuroki's short stature of four feet six to the mismatch between expectations of heroic power and actual appearance. It notes a similar pattern with Alexander the Great entering Babylon, where people laughed at a man of smaller build, despite his empire plans.
Harry Orchard confesses to instigating and carrying out violent acts linked to outlaw conspiracies. The formal admission details alleged connections to the chain of crimes and the ongoing pursuit of justice.
Victims marked for death include Fred Bradley retired San Francisco mine official maimed by a bomb under a doorstep, and Sherman Bell adjutant general Denver who escaped. Justice Gabbert, Gov. Peabody, bank president David Moffatt, Judge Goddard, Frank Steinenberg, and others also targeted as Orchard and associates carry out a campaign to avenge strike actions and redefine state policy.
Alfred Horsley alias Harry Orchard testifies against William Haywood detailing a long chain of crimes tied to the Western Federation of Miners. He recounts acts from the Bunker Hill explosion to the Vindicator mine plot and the murder of Frank Steunenberg, with ongoing accusations of funding and direction by union leaders.
The confession details an assassination and bombing scheme involving Haywood Moyer Pettibone and others aimed at Governor Peabody of Colorado. A mine explosion yielded payments of 200 to 300 dollars while plans to target the Independence depot led to a deadly wreck with multiple deaths.
A New Castle Pa woman, Mrs John Mansell, describes years of kidney trouble with painful urinary passages swelling limbs and heart palpitations. After a week of Dean's Kidney Pills, she recovered and felt strong again, buying 681 am boxes. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A Civil War era fragment recounts Jefferson Davis entertaining a letter asking for Jeems C of Co. onth to marry before returning to battle, with Davis approving loosely and marking the note Youth’s Companion. The piece then shifts to an ad pitch extolling Defiance Starch for stronger, thinner application on fine fabrics.
A friend praises a poet as ambitious and devoted to the muses, while a critic warns he errs by treating Bacchus as a muse. Defiance Starch is advertised as economical and efficient, available from any tracer, as a modern improvement. The line hints at old quips about sowing wild oats and reaping a grass widow.
A guide among visitors recounts landmarks with claims of origins from William the Conqueror. The Times-Democrat reports the tour group's dialogue on historic towers and the guide's insistence on accuracy.
Allen's Foot-Ease offers relief for hot sweaty and swollen feet with aching discomfort. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Do not accept substitutes. Free pattern booklet included by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A client asks why a lawyer chose law over the army and the lawyer replies that the high charges would leave little of the enemy, implying a pun on cost versus combat. The quip reflects a courtroom humor style.
An old newspaper ad fragment promotes Krause's Cold Cure for head and throat relief with a 25c price for driggists and a Lewis' 5¢ cigar tagline. Also mentions Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with a 25c bottle and a quip on common sense.
The advertisement proclaims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the most successful remedy for female complaints. It notes over 30 years of use curing conditions including inflammation ulceration and displacement, with associated spinal weakness and backache, suggesting broad applicability to women's ailments.
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