Minister Hero of Oxford as Yellow Fever Fells City
Rev. Dr. Hudmeston of Oxford Mississippi, praised as a hero for leading relief during a yellow fever outbreak. With the mayor fleeing the exodus, Hudmeston established a hospital, cared for the living, and buried the dead while the city faced panic. The West Alabama Presbytery will decide on releasing him to Covington Kentucky's Madison-are. Presbyterian church to accept the call.
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Hudmeston
Presbyterian Church
Oxford
Miss
Madison-are
Covington
Huddleston
West Alabama
Hagenbeck Sells Snakes by the Foot and Elephants by the Pound
Carl Hagenbeck long ran a Hamburg zoological business supplying Europe and the United States. The elder Hagenbeck started as a fishmonger. the third Carl now manages a half million dollar annual profit, selling snakes by the foot and elephants by the pound. The firm grew from a country fair caravan to a major animal emporium with prized exports and famous early clients like Rothschild, and trained animals became a profitable, expanding department of the business.
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Carl Hagenbeck
Hagenbeck
Unger Carl
Europe
Carl Hazenbeck
Hamburg
Hagenbecka
Continent
England
United States
Lee Williams
Carl Hagenneck
Elbe
Conalgues
Hageneck
Europa
Aailora
London
Paris
Berlin
Logical Society
Hagenbecks
Baron Rothschild
Bir
Hent
Africa
Rothschild
Baby heir to Rockefeller fortune dwarfs state wealth
The New York American reports on the birth of Mr and Mrs E Parmares Prentice’s son and cites grandfather John D Rockefeller as worth about 1 billion dollars. By maturity at age 21 the heir could receive one third, roughly 2.6 billion, far exceeding Chicago real estate value and statewide wages. The piece ponders the child’s immense responsibility.
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Milcoll
E. Parmares Prentice
Stu Pendeus
John D. Rockefeller
Chicago
Winois
Prentice
Winos
Ilinois
New York American
Husband Won't Bathe Warms Baltimore City Health Warning
A Baltimore resident sought city health aid to force her husband to bathe after six months without a wash and two months without changing clothes. The husband refused, saying water is not for him, and the case was referred to city law officers for possible action. Also noted is Saint Patrick's school entertainment for children.
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Baltimore
Ieb
Health Department
Chariea
Bosley
Happy Charley and Twins Born at Home
Charley Duncan feels like two men as twins arrive at his house a boy weighing ten pounds and a girl eight. Both mother and children are reported doing well. Bedford Democrat. A man named Bile Johnson from Mill Creek knocks down grocer Bill Thompson in a scuffle likely ending fatally, but the town marshal intervenes. The incident stems from Thompson pouring coal oil into Johnson's vinegar. A lesson for boys: Prof Millia records student grades in rooms with cigarette use, posting results on the blackboard without names. early signs show smokers improving.
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Happy Charley
Charley Duncan
Son
Bedford Democrat
Sile
Bill
Bile Johnson
Mill Creek
Bill Thompson
Thompson
Johnson
Millia
Crawfordaville Journal
Elinor Cheriton Traps Suitors In Stage Door Test
In a Boston theater scene, Elinor Cheriton fends off Dick Thornton Charley Akers and Jim Faxon as they pursue her after a performance. John Saunders intervenes directing her home and reveals his protective suitor stance, proving his claim of a real man.
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Cheriton
Dick Thornton
Elinor Cheriton
Charley Akers
Miss Cheriton
Mr. Saunders
John Saunders
Elinor
Little Kitty van Allen
Alles Cheriton
Jim Faxon
Thornton
Saunders
Faxon
Miss Neville
Opers
Akers
Gen- Cement
Touraine
Boston
Himelf
Elinor Cherlston
Spickett the Cat Buried at Sea Aboard Albany
New York Feb 9 Spickett a tomcat aboard the armored cruiser Albany died en route from Boston to New York and was buried with full naval honors at sea. The funeral featured a hardtack box casket draped in flags and bearers Topgallant O'Brien and Tarpaulin Shaughnessy. Stock Strews read the burial service as Capt. Rodgers’ favored feline friend was praised for courage and companionship aboard the ship.
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New York
Spickett
Maccot
Alvany
Boston
New York Navy Yard
Jackle
Stock Strews
Admiral Mello
Boston Bay
Capt
Rodgers
Albany
Scotty
Beatty
Capt. Rodgers
Flrat
Hong Kong
Sockett
Sseviso
Mother of 2 Children Dies in City at 96
Mrs Catherine Chambers widow of Joseph Chambers died at her son's home in the city. She was nearly 97 years old and mother of 2 children, 11 sons and ten daughters. Seventeen of her children are living, all married with families. She leaves over 180 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Man In Detroit Refuses To Tell Wife Of Injury
Detroit in Fed 3 report details Joh McGrathies who lies in a Red Cross hospital after a 20 foot fall at the Davis chemical works. He asks nurses to withhold word from his Philadelphia wife, writes cheerful letters home, and notes his $5 daily pay continues during illness while Bigs ty & Marshall arrange his transport home once fit.
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Detroit
Fed
Joh
Baltimore
Hoe
Davis Works
Philadelphia
McGrath
Atc- Grath
Hame
Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil Opens Week Ailments Cared
A historic ad notes the Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil offering treatment for throat and lung issues as a new product this week. The copy markets the remedy for polmonery troubles and general pains, highlighting a monarch themed marketing line and a supposed cure-all claim.
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Monarch
Thomas
Hoosierisms A Splendid Paper and Local News
A column from The Rochester Republican in Indiana celebrates its seventeenth birthday with two colored pages and lively local items. It recounts editor Major Bilters' printing origins, a schoolboy prank, a pepper bottle mishap, and social hints about Tom Biller’s suit order and suspected engagement to Lora Pucken alongside assorted town happenings and comic anecdotes.
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Rochester Republican
Indiana
Maj. Bilters
Elmer Bunham
Rochester
Tom Biller
Indanapolis
Lora Pucken
Lora
Bean
Stage Beaty to Marry Milionaire
New York reports stage actress Hilda Ethryn Clark will wed Frederick Flower nephew of the late Rosewell P. Flower and member of Flower Co. The engagement follows a long courtship amid family objections. Clark, famed in comic opera, previously suffered a knee injury but remains a leading soprano figure.
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New York
Men of Mulhions
Hilda Ethryn Clark
Maid Marian
Frederick Stanton Flower
Rosewell P. Flower
Flower & Co. Bir
Flower
Femis
Riverside Drive
Mrs Flower
Fifth-ave
Little Clark
Keela
Anson R. Flower
Miss Clark
Gov. Flower
Frederick & Wiewer
Mr. Flower
Camille D'Arville
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