Radium Therapy Fails to Cure Tongue Cancer
City Solicitor Samuel Patterson of Asbury Park New Jersey believed radium cured his tongue cancer after multiple treatments in Baltimore and New York Yet months later his tongue color and condition worsened proving the treatment ineffective and ending his public hope for a permanent cure He had resigned from his court duties but fell ill again and died of cancer not long after the failed therapy
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Asbury Park, N. J
Tongue
Samuel A. Patterson
Asbury Park
N. J
Patterson
Afteen
Court of Common Pleas
Freehold
WN. J
New York
Congressmiin Bremner
Howard A. Welly
Baltimore
Kelly
Hita
Kelly Hun
Sud
Embroidery and Skirt Sale Highlighted in Ad Broadsheet
An old advertisement features Ming Mashy offering embroidery covers and a sale on ladies skirts. Prices show 18 cents for fine satin skirts with seven deep ruffles and neat embroidery details, indicating a focus on affordable women’s apparel.
Patterson Dies at 53 After Cancer Restorative Attempts
For weeks Mr. Patterson kept to court work and avoided company. A deeper cancer went undetected for some time and resisted radium treatment, ultimately proving fatal. Patterson, 53, graduated from Columbia Law School and served as city solicitor for Asbury Park for two terms.
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Masterson
Patterson
Columbia Law School
Asbury Park
Rockefeller Plans elaborate telephone net around estate
John D Rockefeller owns an extensive internal phone system with thirty three sets in the house near Tarrytown and forty more around the estate including at every gate and along the course. The system follows him as he roams, with interlocking devices cutting others off to ensure swift contact for urgent matters. In addition guards and surrounding telephones ensure rapid reach across the property.
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John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Stenographer Wanted In Trenches Notice
A Fremdenblatt notice from a soldier in a German trench seeks a stenographer aged 15 to 38 to write many thank you letters for gifts. Terms include friendly home with good board and security from shrapnel, address Villa Bee-Home in the trenches.
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Fremdenblatt
Villa Bee
von Einem
Landwehr Infantry
Russia Rejects Peace Rumors in Official Denial
The Russian embassy in Rome via Harre rejects rumors of imminent peace and states Russia will keep fighting until the enemy accepts peace terms set by the Allies, continuing the war stance.
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Russia
Rome
Harre
Fortifications to Guard Los Angeles Harbor Start
United States government began placements for coast defense batteries at Fort MacArthur on Point Firmin Los Angeles harbor. About $200,000 will be spent on batteries and the entire fort is expected to cost around $3,000,000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fort MeaArthur
Point Firmin
Los Angeles Harbor
United States
Four killed in Luray mountain home tragedy
Four persons were found slain in a mountain home near Luray. Mrs. Charles Burner, 27, and her three children Jane, 5, Walter, 4, and a 1-year-old baby were dead with crushed skulls. The father’s whereabouts are unknown.
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Luray
Parsons
Here
Charles Burner
Janes
Walter
Woman Named Senator in Oregon Appointment
Kathryn Clarke of Glendale was announced as appointed to a general position in Oregon. The report notes the selection and naming by an unnamed official.
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Wort Ore
Kathryn Clarke
Glendale
Flney
Attorney General Rules Governor Lacks Territorial Appointment Authority
A tragic Midland Pennsylvania incident recalls five year old Brazios Manoni, daughter of Joseph Manoni, who died after her nightdress ignited from an open grate. The case follows a tone of constitutional dispute as authorities note the governor’s limited powers.
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Midland
Brazios Manoni
Joseph Manoni
Panama Canal Defenses Backed by Goethals Before House Subcommittee
Colonel George Goethals testified behind closed doors that the canal’s coastal guns are equal in range and power to those on foreign warships. He, with General officers, outlined fortification plans including sixteen inch, twelve inch, and six inch guns, minefields, torpedo defenses, and expanded yards for submarines as part of wartime defense preparations.
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George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
House Committee
Canal
Flo
Panama
H.igh
Army
Goethals
J. B. Aleshire
Wiliam Croater
Erasmus M. Weaver
Coast Artillery
Fitzgerald
Fikegerald
Gopthala
Fuureeet
Fuureeet-Net
Anal
Pannom
Colon
Goethala
Grover
Guga
Hobart Pasha One of Ottoman Navy’s Legendary Marshals
Hobart Pasha, a bold naval figure born in the Victorian era, retired from the Bugusu navy in 1403 and served as a block ade runner during the American war. He later entered Turkish service, suppressed the Cretan rebellion by intercepting Greek supplies, organized the Turkish feet, and was appointed marshal of the empire. Twice struck off the British navy for breach of the foreign enlistment act and twice reinstated, he died in 1886 with the rank of British vice admiral.
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Hobart Pasha
Hobart Mush
Greece
London Globe
Prudence and Shaving Across Kings and Nobles
A London Standard excerpt reflects on royal vanity and shaving habits from Dionysius the Elder to Napoleon. It notes Dionysius shaved by burning his beard with walnut shells while Napoleon’s crown required others. Talleyrand quips that kings require someone to share the burden, framing hereditary rule as imprudent.
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Dionysius the Elder
Syracuse
Napoleon
Rogers
Jalleyrand
Taileyrand
Tallerrand
London Standard
Noyon Cathedral Echoes of Stevenson's Miserere in France
Fragmentary notes describe Robert Louis Stevenson at Noyon Cathedral in France, where the Miserere was sung. The text mentions a sighing breeze, quiet church shadows, and the organ beginning as evening light fades, with references to local places and unclear phrases.
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Noyon
France
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mer
Steel Ga
Wren
Church of Rome
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