Show of Cars at Jamestown Exposition
Norfolk dispatch describes Jamestown Ter Centennial Exposition to be held April 26 to November 24, 1907 near Norfolk Virginia. It highlights an extensive transportation exhibit with locomotives ships balloons airships and aerial navigation models featuring Baldwin Locomotive Works American Locomotive Works Pennsylvania Railroad Grand Trunk Baltimore & Ohio and Hamburg American line among others.
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A. S. Kelton
Norfolk
Jamestown
Hampton Roads
America
Palace of Machinery and Transportation
Baldwin Locomotive Works
American Locomotive Works
Baldwin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hudson River
New York Terminal
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Grand Trunk
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Southern
Hamburg- American Line
Jamestown Aeronautic Congress
Lattos Dumont
Aeronautic Building
Balloon No 10 Ready For Fort Omaha Aerial Station
New York reports balloon No 10 built for the U S Army at the Military Academy grounds with officers supervising. The craft weighs 1700 pounds carries a ton lift, will hold 78000 cubic feet of hydrogen, and features secret designs guarded by secret service. It will not be cigar shaped nor steered by propellers and may drop bombs. Leo Stevens of New York is the inventor. Fort Omaha Nebraska designated as aerial station.
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Fort Omaha
Nebraska
United States Army
Leo Stevens
New York City
Sam
United States
Military Academy
Secret Service
Uncle Sam
War Department
No. 10
West Point
Becket
Rollo Sees Characters At A City Beanery
In a playful exchange between a boy and his father they observe diners as caricatures. The boy questions human behavior while the father defines the table d hote fiend health cult man and other patrons noted for their quirks, ending with a sly quip about restaurant rules.
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Rollo
Mazie
New Telephone Megaphones Signal All Aboard
In Chicago station depots a six way megaphone system spreads train announcements. A bell and voice now travels through six megaphones via telephone, ensuring every traveler hears All Aboard.
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Chicago
Citizens Clean Frisco Streets Clean-up Crowds Sweep San Francisco
A city wide clean-up on Sunday March 3 organized by the Street Repair association led by W. Y. Scott Jr. mobilized bankers clerks judges and even debutantes to scrub sweep and rake the public highways. The effort saved about 100000 and left streets clean amid tight finances after last year’s rehabilitation push.
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Debutante
Madame Society
Oldo Frisco
Board of Public Works
Maud
Wa. WY. Scott, Jr
Starts Fund to Help Young Women Over Pitfalls
Cincinnati banker J. G. Schmidlapp established a 250 009 dollar fund to guide girls near womanhood. The fund will yield 15000 dollars in net annual growth and serve as a memorial to his daughter killed in France last summer. The plan echoes Rhodes scholarships with trustee discretion on distributions. Schmidlapp already funded a 30000 dollar girls dormitory at Cincinnati College of Music and plans a 150000 dollar addition to the Cincinnati Art Museum as a Schmidlapp memorial.
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Cincinnati
J. G. Schmidlapp
Schmidlapp
France
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Cincinnati College of Music
Cincinnnati Art Museum
Charlotte
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Ad Offers a Remedy
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine as the cure and urges buyers to call for the full name and seek the signature of E. W. Grove for verification, priced at 26c.
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E. W. Grove
Patronesses Honor Hoosier Artist Thaddeus Rich in March Event
In Caleb Mills hall on March 19 nearly 200 patrons have signed on to honor Hoosier artist Thaddeus Rich. Fifty clubs postponed meetings to hear him. Prominent Mrs. Ayres and many other ladies join as patronesses amid a lively bid for support from Indiana social circles.
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Hoosier
Thaddeus Rich
Caleb Mills Hall
Mr. Rich
Civil Service Notices for Vacancies in Indian and Federal Service
March 10 in Wahpeton North Dakota offers an engineer and carpenter job at $720 yearly. April 10 in San Francisco seeks a Hindu interpreter at $600. April 24 openings for one or two testing assistants in the Forest Service at $800 annually.
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Indian Service
Wahpeton
North Orakota
San Francisco
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Comiskey Plans Steamship Route For Mexico Visit
City of Mexico March 16 Baseball in Mexico is in its infancy but the Sox owner Comiskey aims to boost its popularity. He plans a spring 1908 visit traveling by steamer through Yucatan and Central American ports, reaching Mexico City via Vera Cruz with only about 200 miles of railroad travel.
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City OF Mexico
Mexico
Comiskey
Yucatan
Central America
Vera Cruz
Storm halts Cubs in New Orleans exhibition
A tropical storm hit New Orleans at 4 o clock, stopping the Cubs game with the Pelicans just as the teams were about to play. Chance and his squad, who had practiced earlier, hurried home as the gates were not opened. Friday remains an open date in the series.
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New Orleans
Cubs
Pelicans
Chance
Stomachs and Success Fueled by Stuart's Tablets
The ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for all stomach troubles and a path to happiness, energy, and success. It claims the tablets digest 3000 grains of food, relieve loss of appetite, heartburn, and indigestion, and promises a $0.50 package with a free sample by mail from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Grand Field of Trotters at Kentucky Futurity
Lexington Ky March 15 The $21 000 Kentucky Futurity closes today and the outlook is for a very large entry Secretary Horace Wilson reports over 690 entries including Lou Dillon Queen of the Turf Lady of the Manor Ferenc Ozanam and other famed trotting mares This is the richest trotting race in the world.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Horace Wilson
Lou Dillon
Lady of the Manor
Ferenc
Ozanam
Jordan Signs Contract With Brooklyn For Next Season
New York March 15 Tim Jordan first baseman for the Brooklyn National League club, who last year led both leagues in home runs, has finally signed to play in Brooklyn again next season. Jordan had been holding out for a larger salary.
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Jordan
Sun
New York
Tim Jondan
Brooklyn National League Baseball Club
Gnaliv
Brooklyn
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Horach Marvin
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Jennie C. Benedict & Company of
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Indianapolis
Monument Place
Frederick Ayres
Alexander Ayres
Myra Allison
Chester Bradford
Arthur V. Brown
William Burford
J. W. Bess
Hilton A. Brown
C. H. Badger
C. C. Brown
Charles Boorwalter
Demarcus Brow
Frank S. Bowers
Hervey Bates, Jr
William Clevenger
Walter
Lucius B. Swift
Everett Mech. Thompson
Evans Woollen
Seguin Wallace
Charles 8. Williams
Felix McWhirter
M. Yerkes
Edward Raub
Charles A. Pfafflin
Max Wleckner
James Eaglesfield
S. Ki. Kuick
William F. Rubin
Robert Cadles
J. R. Hussey
W. E. Hayward
Benjamin Hitz
Albert Hurlestone
Louis Hollweg
Benjamin Tarrison
Hugh Hanna, Jr
Bfenry Co
Emilie Kipp
Fletcher Hodges
Edward Hodges
Ovid B. Jameson
Henry Jameson
J. W Lilly
George Longnecker
Carl Lieber
Leon T. Leach
A. L. Leatherman
Louis E. Lathrop
Willam C. Lynn
Ford L. Maver
W. C. Mar
A. M. Robertson
P. B. Paymon's
Leo Riggs
Martin R.rehfuss
S. H. Smith
C. A. Schnull
Warren
J. M. Waterbury
Waterbury
Mrs. Waterbury
Civil Service
Storm Hampers Cubs
the Rose Optical Co
N, Illinois St
King Piano
H. C. Jackson
Traction Terminal
Yartory
Bridget M. Hoxan
Alarion County
Indiana
C. Aneshaensel & CO
Ohio
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