Retired Pioneer Meeker Recaptures Oregon Trail Journey
Meeker, aged and frail, retraces the Oregon Trail from Seattle to Indianapolis with his wife and two companions. The party follows the emigrant path by wagon across plains, mountains, and deserts, marking the route with stone monuments to honor past travelers.
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Setter Will Show How Dogs Aid Wounded on Battlefield
A Black and white setter named Fritz, working in Red Cross service for the Kaiser, arrives in the United States to demonstrate how trained dogs locate and aid wounded soldiers. Col. Hardie promotes using ambulances dogs to carry first aid and signal physicians, citing trials in Germany and Europe that saved lives on battlefields.
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Bailey proposes rate control amendment in railroad dispute
Special to The Sun reports Senator Bailey Texas proposes amending to authorize staying rate rises while court hearings occur. The Democratic leader questions if courts block rate cuts, why not empower swift action to halt increases pending full review.
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Terrible Eczema Relief For Child After Cure
A mother recalls her six month old son suffering widespread eczema. After failed treatments a third doctor, then using one regimen, the child’s face and body worsened until a trial of Cuticura products brought rapid improvement. Within two weeks the sores faded and the skin cleared completely. Bethlehem, Pa. 1906.
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Wisconsin woman kept menagerie in home violates health rules
Mrs Mary Johnson of Milwaukee housed goats, fowls, geese, ducks and other animals in her residence, prompting a Health Department inspection. Inspector Hedrick found pig pens and numerous pets attracting neighbors complaints. The woman owed $40 in fines. her daughter and animals were cited for health code violations by Justice Sheldon.
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Died At Sea After Harsh Voyage During Storm
The Sachsen voyage around the Horn ends tragically as Herman Nes, 20, from a German seafaring village, dies after a wave breaching the ship’s hull. Crew members and four seamen from the same village were aboard. Nes’s coffin was fashioned by a carpenter. The incident occurred during a brutal gale near Cape Good Hope as the ship battled the sea.
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Youth Is Self Hypnotized In Insanity Case In Virginia City
Arthur Mercer, 18, son of ranchman Fred Mercer, faces a insanity charge in Virginia City. Doctors say he suffers a chronic form of insanity linked to self hypnotism and hypnotic influences from others. He wandered 30 miles to Whitehall in a exhausted state before being brought home. The case notes a local ranch near Twin Bridges where hypnotism is practiced and says Mercer had studied the subject, with experts predicting restoration after a period at a clinic.
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Crow and Rat Chums Story From Lynn Man
Ed Pools of Lynn Massachusetts tells of two unlikely companions a crow and a rat that share a yard dwelling and meals. One crow has a small house in the back yard and its rat companion lives in the crow's house. The two creatures spend their days dodging cats and dogs and largely avoid trouble.
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Englishman Trails Roosevelt On Seven Mile Washington Walk
President Roosevelt invited guests Captain Radelytte of Muglund and Paul Niedieck of Germany to a seven mile walk northwest of Washington. The Englishman and German followed the president over rough terrain as they climbed a rocky brushy hill, with Roosevelt leading and the others striding to keep pace despite weariness. The walk tested endurance in the April weather.
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Paradise of bears in Duluth? Bears roam streets and shootbacks
Representative J. Adam Bede tells of Duluth bears loitering in city streets. He cites tales of a woman shooting a full grown bear from a window and a herd of five bears causing a trolley car crash. The account portrays bears threatening civil life and transport in Duluth.
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Frightened Bears Prompt Police Bear Reduction Talk
A fragmentary account shows a president promising support for a local agency while a citizen compares bear troubles to gunfire and police action. The speaker asserts bears are real threats and should be hunted or shot rather than mottoes or empty warnings.
Will Honoe Writer Andresen House Idea In Washington
The viry of Odense birthplace Hans Chris Van Andersen April 2160, bought his homed to transform into an Andersen house. It aims to preserve objects related to Denmark's famed writer Alice Bow for Opera. The bows are triple at three lengths with wing-like shoulder pins and a jeweled pin.
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Washington
Canada Will Send Back American Silver Money
Special to The Sea. The United States treasury is called upon to redeem a million dollars worth of silver money mostly half dollars quarters and dimes circulating in Canada. Canadians will send this money home and stop using American coins as they build a Canadian mint at Ottawa nearing completion.
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Automobiles Cause Fatalities In New York Area
A string of automobile accidents yesterday left one boy dead on West Sixty Ninth Street New York and a woman killed with another woman seriously injured in New Rochelle. The boy was William Cwilman’s son, an assistant treasurer at the Metropolitan Opera House. The two injured sisters were Mrs Alvina Brein of St Louis and Mrs George J Kenter of New Rochelle. Mrs Stein died at the hospital after traveling east for her father’s seventy third birthday celebration.
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Pacific Fire Insurance Company Statement of Condition
Indiana auditor certifies the statement of the Pacific Fire Insurance Company as of December 1, 1906. The record lists capital, assets including cash, real estate, stocks and bonds, and loans. liabilities cover losses adjusted and unadjusted, further proof, and other claims. totals show assets of 358,052.05 and liabilities of 2,620.00 with the overall balance.
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City Council Meet Plans Rail Franchise and Annexation
The city council holds an unusually important meeting Monday night to discuss the Chicago Indianapolis Evanville railway franchise and the proposal to annex Broad Ripple. An additional measure authorizes bonds worth 10000 for funds to improve the city hospital.
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