Keep Something Going All Time for the City
Denver leaders tout the “Denver method” of constant civic effort to prevent factionalism and promote city progress. A Chamber of Commerce-driven push keeps venues, plans, and conventions moving, while multiple committees pursue new ideas, real estate improvements, and beautification to showcase Denver’s forward momentum.
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United States
Chamber of Commerce
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Intermountain
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Civic End
The Popes Jest Provokes Laughter in Rome Audience
In Rome a Jewish visitor, a friend of the Vatican, heard the pope joke about blessings and goods, saying apostolic blessing “your holiness” and noting “the goods are all right, though the ending may be bad.” The jest centers on a Jewish observer and the pope’s lighthearted remark.
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Rome
Vatican
Venice
Visconti Wedding Dinner Notable For 18 Course Menu
In Visconti the wedding of nel, son of Edward III of England, in Milan featured an 18 course dinner. The menu included suckling pig, hares, veal, quail, partridge, fowl, ducks, cheese, and a cherie of fish and game.
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Milan
He Was Doing His Best By Swkennett Harris
A narrator describes a night scene where a young man flatters a naive girl while a coarser companion taunts her with romantic lines. The dialogue reveals tensions over sincerity, beauty, and the girl’s perception of affection as manipulation, ending with a troubling, audible scream.
Four New Jobs for Our Worthy City Postmaster
Henry W. Bennett, Indianapolis postmaster and corporate president, was named trustee for four gas concerns by federal court. He also leads State Life Insurance and Indianapolis Stove Co. and oversees his post office duties, completing a trio of responsibilities.
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Henry W. Bennett
Indianapolis
State Life Insurance Company
Indianapolis Stove Company
Federal
A. B. Anderson
Bennett
Ohio and Indiana Gas Company
Cafarette Gas Company
Logansport and
Earl and Lady Grey Guests of Roosevelt
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a luncheon for Earl Grey and Lady Grey in Washington. Other guests included the secretary of state and the ambassador and Mrs. Bryce. The British visitors plan to stay through Friday or Saturday, then travel to Baltimore to visit Mr. and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt before returning to Canada.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canada
Earl Grey
Lady Grey
Bryce
Biltmore
George W. Vanderbilt
Wife's Tears Secure Liberty for Husband in Court
Mrs Joseph Sanders wept before Juvenile Court Judge George W Stubbs on Wednesday and secured the release of her husband from the workhouse after he had been sentenced to six months for neglecting his duties.
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Joseph Sanders
George W. Stubbs
Fox Hunts End in Lingering Chase Across Cape Cod
A four year old hound led three dogs on a five day pursuit of a silver gray fox over nearly sixty miles through Wellfleet woods beaches and dunes. The first two dogs forced the fox toward hunters but shots missed and the third dog vanished then reappeared miles away near East Wareham limping and pursued by a resident who rushed for his gun.
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Cape Cod
Wellfleet
Provincetown
East Wareham
Ellisville
Cape Cod Bay
White Island
Wareham
Fox chase by exhausted hound on Cape Cod ends in collapse
In Little Rock Arkansas a defeated politician paid a $25 fine after a street duel. A dog chased a fox from Wellfleet to Wareham on Cape Cod bay, covering nearly sixty miles and collapsing near Last Wareham. The skeleton of the hound and the prolonged pursuit were noted by witnesses.
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Little Rock
Ark
Public Works Plans Massive Morris Street Sewer Project
Indianapolis Board of Public Works announces a major public sewer upgrade along Morris Street River Avenue and adjacent streets between Harding Street and White River. The plan covers brick concrete and pipe mains with branches, assessing costs to abutting property owners and the city if benefited, with a May 1 1908 remonstrance hearing.
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Indianapolis
Ind
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Indiana
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Morris Street
River Avenue
Harding Street
White River
Division Street
Ray Street
Marion Avenue
Holly Avenue
Oliver Avenue
Gillett Street
Towit
Warren Avenue
Henry Street
Drover Street
Birch Avenue
Standard Avenue
Coffey Street
Arbor Avenue
Chase Street
McCarty Street
Coffer Street
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Marion County
State of Indiana
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Belt Railroad
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Osgood
Vandalia Railroad
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Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad
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Marvin
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Board of Publi Works
Anid City
Joseph T. Elliott
Preston C. Trusler
Fred J. Mack
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