Chase for Titles in France Draws American Interest
Glenwood opinion notes many Americans claim French aristocratic titles since titles were abolished. The piece cites a rise in fake titles and a thriving market for marriages with titled foreigners. It mentions Almanach de Gotha authenticities, a marriage broker, and a Corsican Prince known as the Knight of the Sorrowful Visage among candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Duc de Montmorency
Count de Chateaubriand
Prince de Lecca
Colonnas
Think Your Way to Business Success
A columnist emphasizes constant thinking as the key to success. It argues that spending time daily on thought strengthens the mind like exercise for muscles, expands possibilities, and yields rewards beyond physical effort. The brain should be nourished and cultivated to avoid mental drift and stagnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Weekly
Catfish Men and Editorial Mockery in the Post
An editorial writer in the Washington Post defends women against the claim that all women are cats. The piece notes some men recognize flaws in their own sex, describing scotsishness as envy malice and uncharitableness and arguing the so called stronger sex is not immune to attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
How Bank of England Notes Are Used Up
The Bank of England cancels worn or returned notes by tearing off the chief cashier’s signature. The notes are pricked from the register, sorted by date of issue, and placed in vault boxes for five years. After that period they are burned in a furnace in a courtyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Paris rumor paints Germany buying the Philippines
A Paris rumor mill churns on Germany purchasing the Philippines, producing a weak batch of speculation. The comments note the raw material seems adequate, but the finished claim provokes smiles even among the serious observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Philippines
Laughing to Death in Brooklyn Mockery of Fate
A Brooklyn man reportedly laughed at a joke until he died, illustrating the grim idea that laughter can kill. The piece notes repeated records of people dying from laughter, while questioning whether ill tempered people might be spared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Hetty Green and Her Hidden Millions in New York
Reporters ponder where Mrs Hetty Green kept her vast funds amid New Yorks financial crisis as she loaned capital to wary investors. Her plans and methods remain shrouded in mystery while markets tremble and analysts seek clues to her lending power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Green
New York City
Illinois Public Eye: Lieutenant Governor Sherman Weds Mary Spitter
Lawrence Yates Sherman, lieutenant governor of Illinois, quietly wed Mary Estelle Spitter. The couple kept the union secret until after the ceremony, with Sherman reportedly avoiding formal gatherings and disease of public life. He earlier faced interstate pushbacks and federal appointment reversals, then pursued law after life on a Ohio farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Yates Sherman
Illinois
Mary Estelle Spitter
Mr. Sherman
Effingham
Sherman
Cullom
Hopkins
Deneen
Hamlin
Yates
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Spanish Claims Commission
Washington
Ohio
Willcocks Triumphs in Punitive Afghan Frontier Campaign
General Sir James Willcocks, veteran of Afghan, African, and Indian expeditions, led a 9000-strong force to destroy Zakka Khel forts and villages, repelling raids in rugged frontier terrain. His string of honors includes dispatch mentions, a sword of honor, and Freedom of London. The campaign ends with minimal losses amid hostile highland country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Willcocks
India
Leinster Regiment
Willcocks
West African Frontier Force
Borgu
Ashanti
Coomassie
South Africa
Glens
London
Brownlow Renominated for Sixty-First Congress Unopposed
Representative Walter P. Brownlow is unanimously renominated by the First Tennessee district Republican committee for the Sixty-first Congress with no opposition. Brownlow, a long-serving figure and linked to Andrew Johnson’s era, would reach 16 consecutive years in the House if the renomination holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter P. Brownlow
Brownlow
Congressional Committee of
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Roosevelt
Walter P
Jonesboro
House of Representatives
Congress
Republican National Committee
Nationsal Soldiers
United States
Fielding Emerges as Likely Laurier Successor in Canada
Prominent Canadian William S. Fielding, former Halifax newspaperman turned finance minister, is seen as the natural successor to Sir Wilfrid Laurier. At nearly 60, Fielding helped reshape tariffs, drafted preferential terms with Britain, and influenced inter-imperial free trade ideas that shaped party fortunes. He aims to introduce government annuities next year and has held provincial premier and federal cabinet roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Fielding
Wilfrid Laurier
Fielding
Canada
Halifax
N. S
Halifax City
Sir Wilfrid
Ottawa
Mr. Fielding
Britain
Germany
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Western Canada Crops Cannot Be Checked, Letter Says
A 1907 letter from A Kaltenbrunner, Commissioner of Immigration, argues Western Canada crops cannot be checked despite adverse conditions. He describes high yields of wheat and oats on homesteads near Moose Jaw creek, Rouledu, and Drinkwater, noting strong seed and seed sales potential. The letter claims steady profits and calls for confidence in western farming prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Government
Regina
Sask
Winnipeg
Rouledu
Drinkwater
Moose Jaw
Western Canada
A. Kaltenbrunner
Social and Local Events Chronicle in Iowa Notes
The bulletin records fire losses in Eldora and Thornton with totals of 30000 and 25000 dollars, announces the Iowa Independent Telephone Company's next convention in Des Moines, and notes the death of Miss Susan Darling in Farley. It also covers land prices in Marshall county, spring term dates for the State Normal School at Cedar Rapids, the recovery of Joe Christiansen’s body near Ida Grove, and other regional items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Thornton
Iowa Independent Telephone Company
Des Moines
Susan Darling
Farley
Marshall County
State Normal School
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick's Day
Iowa City
Marshall Town
Georgie Follmer
Charles C. Loss
John Barbour
Tabor
Pfucahontas
Spirit Lake
Emmetsburg
Fort Dodge
John Baldwin
Shenandoah
McPherson
Marion Hedgepeth
William P. Jackson
Council Bluffs
Fort Madison
W. F. Walker
Lagan
Mr. Walker
William Duncker
Herman Hansen
Arcadia
Ranchester
Wyo
State
Savings
Iowa
Carroll
University of Iowa
Huff
Grinnell College
Catlin
O'Brien
Dakotas
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mary Bertha Ferguson
Sioux City
Humphrey
Untitled reflection on maternity blessing and health
A fragment discusses lonely American women longing for a blessing and the ability to utter certain words. It notes that organic derangement denies happiness and urges all women to learn that preparation for healthy maternity is achieved by use of a remedy or practice.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertisements
Mrs Maggie Gilmer of West Union South Carolina and Mrs Josephine Hall of Bardstown Kentucky praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and enabling motherhood after female ailments The ad touts the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration and invites women to write for advice from Lynn Mass
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veounese
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
S. C
Pinkham
Lydia H. Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Glenwood Opinion
Broadfield & McClure
Western
Cuthura
W. H. Dean
Newark
Del
Victoria
Theman
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Lavater
BR. W
Abs
Winslow
William R. Sterling
James Hook
Elmer Johnson
Highland Park
Fort Leavenworth
Spokane
Wash
Dents
Iowa University Club
Satelita Eleate
Montana
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lombard
Butte
Moore
Lewistown
Judith Basin
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Miles City
F. A. Miller
the Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Paxtine
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