Quiet Old Fellow Will Drink Toast To Dead Comrades
Stitwater Minnesota June 18 A quiet old man Captain Charles Lockwood 89 will perform the Last Man’s club toast on July 21 with water from the famed Burgundy bottle used since the Civil War era The ceremony honors 32 comrades and marks Lockwood as the club’s sole survivor He will visit Stillwater and later Washington D C to recount memories and observe the annual ritual that preserves a longthrough history of the group.
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Stitwater
Minn
Pridateus Victor
Greece
Charles Lockwood
Tulay
Bull
Lockwood
Therapeutel
Manver
Tiny Hottie
Minnesota Infantry
Lincoln
Jang Ag
Loekwaad
Mom Arie
Lineal
Campaians
New
Mhambertaly
Fort Snelling
Lew
Hon Ai Matese
Vaguehistoric vote table shows party leaders and totals
The mixed OCR shows a historical election vote table listing years from 1900 to 1928 with candidates McKinley Roosevelt Bryan Wilson Hughes and others, party affiliations and vote totals. It resembles a summarized roll of presidential election results across multiple years with various figures and misreads.
Democratic conventions of the past reviewed
A decade by decade look recalls major Democratic conventions from 1916 to 1924, noting Wilson and Cox nominations, deadlocks, and landmark ballots. It also mocks Riverton Wyoming post office funding, Tiverton pork, and a Warrington tax move as era commentary on political waste and public spending.
Holidays on Canadian Pacific Coast National Park Route
The Pacific section of Canada offers mountain areas indented coastlines and diverse scenery from Lake Louise to Takakkaw Falls. National Park sites along the Rocky Mountain crest attract visitors yearly via rail, road, or steamer. The National Development Bureau Ottawa provides free road maps and booklets on U S and Canadian highways for vacation planning and sports interests.
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Pacific
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Rocky
Tauntan
Lake Louise
Takakkaw Falls
Mallgn Canyon
Mount Robson
Columbia
Actesa
United States
National Development Bureau Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Roosevelt Era Fight Illuminates Democratic Chair Pick
Washington June 18 two absent party leaders clash for the permanent chair at Chicago. Governor Roosevelt backs Senator Thomas J Wash of Montana against Joett Shouse of the national committee as anti Roosev elt forces rally. Shouse, a veteran organizer and former congressman from Kansas, has built a powerful party operation since 1929. Lengthy battle tested the Roosevelt strength early in the race.
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Rodney Dutcher Washington
Democratic Party
Chicago
Ronsavelt
Thomas J. Wash
Montana
Jouett Showso
Democratic Netlonel
Senate
Raskel, Shouse and Michelson
Shoure
Shouse
Rasket
Palets
Ye Han
Shonse
Kansas City
Kansas
Treasury
Wilson
Charlie Michelson
Naw Shouse
Hal
Roosevelt
Kent
Shouse Eeys Roosevelt
Mms
Rigady
Senator Darkley
Kentucky
Raskob
al Smith
Cabevention
Tom
Bull Dog
Tom Walli
Tom” Walsh
Sazy Fall
Sinclair
Doheny
Federal Trade Commission
Aluminum Trust
Walsh
Smith
McAdoo
Aix
Bnnkley
Tax Day Costs the Exchange Average Man 2.68
A 1923 look at one day of taxation shows the $5,000 a year average man facing a 2.68 daily tax bill. From breakfast to midnight, every purchase and service adds fees, stamps, and excise, with items like electricity, gas, phone calls, and stock transfers padding the total. Strong figures and named figures pepper the narrative, highlighting the cumulative reach of tax on daily life.
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John Smith
United States of South America A Possible Future Union
Montevideo June 15 It may not come today or tomorrow but some day there will be a grouping of several South American states toward a United States of South America. Proposals foresee an economic union of Argentina Bolivia Chile Paraguay and Uruguay with vast resources and growing transport links. The idea emphasizes shared language race and potential political influence and notes even the United States might respond to such a bloc.
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Tommy
Montevideo
United States
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Paraguay
Urupaey
Marina
Offilon
Inscriptions Planned for New Building
The article discusses placing inscriptions in the new building for a Cole of the United States project. It notes close reading of Haskins answers as a method for liberal education, suggesting educators emphasize thoughtful inscription choices for the civic structure.
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Haskins
Cole
United States
Old World Quiz Book Sparks 1938 Washington Bureau Q&A
The Helena Independent Information Bureau offers a wide array of trivia questions with answers on topics from geography to history. It covers figures like Sandow and Arnold, notes the Louvre electric wiring history, and explains terms like Conowingo, totem poles, and the origins of roller skating.
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Washington Information Bureau
Helena
Boundless and the 1893 World’s Fair Derby Legend
John Cushing, a Minnesota horseman now 79, recalls Boundless winning the 1893 World’s Fair Derby with a $50,000 purse after a delayed start. The horse’s steady nerve, jockey Snapper Garrison’s tactic, and Cushing’s bold timing of a partner’s buyout changed his life, though Boundless died young after a train injury. Cushing later retired from racing, built a Kentucky farm, and still cherishes Boundless in his Minnetonka cabin life.
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Minneaports
Tanda
Animala
Ndda
Boundless
John Cushing
iHrea
Minneanglis
Moore
Hores
Lookout
Cushing
Snapper“ Garrison
Garrison
Boundess
Kentucky
Arkansas
Rome
Boller
Gromnd
Rayott
Fame Track
Minnetonka
Barts. Cushing
South
Tts
Boundleas
Portland milk daytime delivery ordinance debate
Louis Sondheim and Aaron Seltz backed a daylight milk delivery ordinance after disturbance from early morning milk trucks. Commissioner A L Barbar defended the measure saying people have little leisure and need only four to five hours sleep, opposing late rising.
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Portland
Ore
Louis Sondheim
Aaron Seltz
A. L. Barbar
Orchids Gathered At Airport Area For Market Value
At Jose C R airport area more than 300 orchids were transplanted along the driveway border. The plants, valued at about 1600 dollars in New York market, were relocated by airport workers while golfers began early rounds.
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Gan Jose
C. R
Nore
Wee Cho
All and Mountain District
New York
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