Personal statistics of Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley
The report lists Roosevelt and McKinley details such as height weight chest and clothing sizes. It notes Roosevelt 42 inch chest eight glove size seven and one half hat sizes seven and a half while McKinley stands five feet seven and a half inches with a 42 inch chest and wears size 16 collar and seven and a half gloves. It adds health notes including sleep eight hours for Roosevelt and seven for McKinley and remarks on diet smoke and exercise patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lome
William ‘McKinley
White House
Duke Farron leads Chicago holiness revival to crowded meetings
Duke M. Far ron, a young banker evangelist, draws immense crowds in Chicago as the first national holiness convention fills the First Methodist Church twice daily. Four revivalists and 50 preachers exhort, sing, and prophesy, while Far ron balances business with preaching, signing checks and directing singing amid the religious fever.
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Chicago
Duke M. Farron
Peter Cartwright
First Methodist
Desplaines
United States
Kinghold
Farson
Business House
Dream Worth Having Hidden $16,000 Found in Chimney
Miss M Patterson of Altoona arrived in Meensburg claiming a dream led to a $16,000 discovery in the chimney corner of the late Sab Beer house. The money allegedly passed to Ephra Kelly, a non relative, and Miss Patterson plans to pursue her claim to fund Chestnut Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Meensburg
Missy M. Patterson
Altoona
Patterays
Model town to be built by Russell-Sybdicate in Florida
Jatser at Head of Syndicate in Florida Florida March 13 Rus Alger head of the Russell-Syb dicate plans a model town near Pensacola west of Flomaton near the Georgia line. An immense saw mill the largest in the south will be built by the syndicate. Hundreds already employed clearing and grading. The town will include churches opera house and modern pavements lights and residence lots under clear conditions.
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Ksonville
Fla
Rus- Alger
Russell-Sybdicate
Jensacola
Pullman
Flomaton
Directory proposal to publish full United States citizen directory
Washington report outlines plans for a national directory listing every person name address and occupation from census data. The plan assumes secrecy but could be published by government or private firms at a cost under 100000 and would include supplementary business firm data and post office access for public use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Census Office
Congress
Wines
Valuable Relics at Philadelphia DAR Meeting
At the Philadelphia chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution the regent Mrs. Robert Ogden led proceedings. A portrait case of Deborah Long and a four shilling note linked to her father were shown. A $100 yearly five year gift was pledged toward a Washington hall fund, and a brass tablet missing from the state house was the subject of inquiry.
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Philadelphia
Daughters of the American Revolution
Robert Ogden
Dixon
Deborah Long
Getchel
Richard Henry Lee
State House
Virginia
Dr Bulls Cough Syrup Promoted as Permanent Cure
An ad claims Dr Bulls Cough Syrup will permanently cure all coughs and chest or lung colds when other remedies fail. It asserts physician endorsement and promotes bargaining offers from THE SIG STORE with promotional wording.
Favorite Booze: Drinks of Cities
A New York Herald survey notes how U S cities favor different beverages from absinthe in New Orleans to cider in New England and whisky in Chicago. It highlights regional tastes, preparations like absinthe frappes in Nantes, and the popularity of hot nogs in the South during winter.
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England
New York
Mamie Taylors
Carrie Nations
New York City
United States
Washington
New England
Boston
New Orleans
Charleston
Jacksonville
Mobile
Chicago
San Francisco
West
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
New York Herald
Nerve Vitalizer Medicine Promises Cures for Nervous Ailments
An advertisement claims Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer cures epileptic fits apoplexy and nervous diseases. It quotes Mrs J Budd of West Newton Pa praising its effects after other medicines failed and notes availability from The J W Brant Co Albion Michigan at $1 per bottle or $5 for six.
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Wheeler
Express
J. W. Brant Co., Ltd
Albion, Mich
Whipped Preacher of Sanctified Church Stirring Cherokee County
In Cherokee county North Carolina near Ducktown a religious clash erupts over the Sanctified church. A mob torched the church months ago and more clashes loom as a preacher P Berrong was tied to a tree and whipped with a blacksnake whip after resisting eviction. Both sides mobilize arming and secret meetings raise fears of further violence.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cherokee County
North Carolina
Ducktown
P. Berrong
Mr. Berrong
Man Dies at Baldwin Locomotive Works From Swallowed Palate
Robert J. White, 40, a pipe foundry employee at Baldwin's locomotive works in Philadelphia, died at 3 a.m. after choking during a night shift. He lived at 1418 Brown Street with his wife and son. The coroner and doctors cited swallowing large palate tissue or throat enlargement as the likely cause, with no clear explanation from relatives.
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Philadelphia
Robert J. Waite
Baldwin
Locomotive Works
White Hood
Brown St
Navy
Baldwin’s
Sure Way To Find Out A Woman's Age
An old arithmetic ruse explains a method to deduce a woman's birth month and age from a sequence of multiplications and additions. The 230 result splits into 2 and 30, allegedly revealing February birth and age. The piece also promotes Burdock Blood Bitters and a store ad.
Inventor Hutchison Aids Deaf Mutes With New Device
Miller Reese Hutchison, age 24, perfects an electrical sound amplifier enabling over 4,000 deaf mute users to hear and speak. The apparatus uses a headpiece and mouthpiece to intensify sound waves via a diaphragm and conductors, teaching speech by imitation. The potential impact is vast with about 6,000,000 deaf mutes said to exist.
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Miller Reese Hutchison
Chicago Tribune
Denver Society Shocked by Mabel Hite Marriage
Ellis Hamlin son of a Chicago junior partner marries Mabel Hite star of The Telephone Girl company after pursuing Denver socialites Miss Myers and Miss Martin. Hamlin, recently from Chicago, traveled to Leadville and East Lake to wed the 18 year old Kansas City druggist daughter, now Mrs Hite.
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Colorado Springs Society
Hamlin
Chicago
Denver
C.W. Dearing
Mabel Myers
Brown Hotel
Miss Martin
Miss Myers
Leadville
Mabel Hite
Kansas City
Hamli
East Lake City
Rightful Beirs Regain Fortune From Old Will
In Alton Illinois 47 years after a will left Martha Kuntz $25000 and land the money and deeds are found by Renfro who stole them and hid them. Carrie Kuntz adopted by a Moro couple later learned her identity. Carrie and Martha Lawrence now learn they are sisters and heirs to $1 000 000 in East St Louis packing district holdings. The sisters reunite as Jerseyville relatives are notified.
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Russell Newman
Moro
Renfro Renfro
W. H. Snyder
Belleville
Carrie
Martha Lawrence
Miller
Berthalto
Alton
Jerseyville
Ill
East St. Louis
Theories About Food And Digestive Aids
A discussion favors a mixed diet of grains fruits and meats arguing meat provides concentrated nutriment. It cites Dr Julius Reminson endorsing meat for nervous or low vitality and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a digestion aid endorsed by the medical profession.
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Julius Reminson
Stuart
Roosevelt youngest vice president presiding in Senate
President elect Theodore Roosevelt enters the Senate chamber to take the oath as vice president, a moment of triumph. The scene shows a mix of elders and a few peers with Pettus, Morgan, and Hoar among veterans, while Breckenridge Tompkins Calhoun once held similar roles at older ages. Gerry was much older when presiding.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Senator Pettus
Morgan
Hoar
Theodore Rosevelt
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Daniel D. Tompkins
Roosevelt
John C. Calhoun
First wedding at Blue Rapids linked to 1859 ceremony
Report describes the first wedding at Blue Rapids with Mary Scott and John Fulton on Christmas 1859. Guests dined on buffalo steaks antelope roasts and stuffed wild turkey, noting the decline of wild buffalo and turkey by 1978 and the continued presence of some antelope in remote areas.
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Kansas City
Blue Rapids
Mary Scott
John Fulton
Buffalo
Kansas
Water Scarcity Strains Wilkes-Barre Homes
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a severe water shortage grips the city the greatest in thirty years. Reservoirs run nearly dry and officials warn of shutoffs within two weeks without rain. Families stack tubs boilers and pails on sidewalks as water carts deliver limited supplies watched by children to prevent theft.
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Wilkesbarre
Water Company
Water shortage closes schools as wagon supply falls short
The ten wagons cannot supply enough water to give each person two quarts per day. Due to the water shortage, a number of schools have been closed.
How to Quit Tobacco Trial Package Free
A odorless and tasteless remedy, mixed with coffee or food, allegedly prevents any tobacco use and can cure cigarette addiction. Free trial mail order offered by Rogers' Drug and Chemical Co. at 107 Fifth and Race streets, Cincinnati, Ohio, claiming to help families rid homes of tobacco and spittoons.
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Rogers’ Drug and Chemical Co
Fifth
Race Sts
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Directory OF the
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SIG
Otteriuign
York
John Budd
West Newton
Sanctified Church
Rev. Berrang
Rocker
People's Outfitting CO
W. Washington St
Kentucky Ave
Denver Society
Telephone Girl” Company
Father
Jills
Windy City
Denver, Col
Ellis Hamlin
Mashal, Field & Co
Chi
Cago
Telephone Girl’ Company
Rightful Beirs
The
Antelope
Turkey
Saatchi
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