Bank letter urges wives to check books amid errors
A husband, noting his wife’s frequent checks and bank errors, mails a card to all women depositors reminding them of checks written on the bank. A bank official later congratulates him on the idea.
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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
4
Primitive Australian snake dish described in early account
An early report notes that Australian savages eat snake flesh, except for the liver, finding it dry for civilized palates. Meat is baked in a ground oven formed by a shallow hole with a hot stone fire, green leaves, and earth sealed for cooking.
Astor Brig Tonquin Reaches Columbia and First Pacific Settlement
March 24, 1811 marks John Jacob Astor's Tonquin entering the Columbia River vicinity near present Astoria, establishing the first American settlement seen on the Pacific. Other items note Mrs. Peabody Marke reading in Boston for a hospital benefit, a ban on child actors, and notes on snake eyes and mimosa plants feigning death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacob Astor
Columbia River
Astoria
Pacific
Josephine Preston Peabody Marke
Chickerdng Hall
Boston
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Brazil Monkeys and Parrots Trade Nuts in Mutual Aid
In Brazil monkeys and parrots cooperate while roosting in trees. Parrots gnaw nuts loose, drop them for cracking, while monkeys tear husks, gather nuts, and share with the parrots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Vast 1909 transport and finance items dominate report
Government records show 268 ICC reporters with 159,667 miles of rail and 7 companies posting no passenger or train fatalities that year. France France France death duties topped 62.99 million. estates averaged 2,900 dollars. Vassar alumnae raised 300,000. Rockefeller matched 160,000. Also notes on ships, statues, and rare fish value, plus harvest gear and industry data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
France
New Senator Works From California A Civil War Vet Rising
John D. Works of California becomes the sole civil war veteran among the new California Senate members. Born in Indiana, he enlisted at sixteen, moved to Los Angeles as a lawyer and judge, and won the Lincoln League nomination to challenge the Southern Pacific machine. Works secured 92 votes in the state legislature to Spalding's 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Works
California
Senate
Works
Indiana
Los Angeles
Senator Works
Senator Flint
Flint
Southern Pacific
Lincoln League
Martine Wins Political Victor In New Jersey Circuit
James E. Martine, once a famed orator, replaces Senator Kean after Woodrow Wilson shored up a pledged legislature. Martine’s 48000 votes came despite rival James Smith Jr. wielding influence to favor return of Smith to power. Martine’s life blends campaigning, health travel, and a plainspoken, sociable manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martine
James E. Martine
New Jersey
Kean
Woodrow Wilson
James Smith
Smith
Senate
Gorman
Cleveland
Wilson
Sion
New York
Plainfield
Congress
United States
Jim
Myers of Montana Becomes Senator In Clark Bribery Fight
The Montana story centers on Henry L. Myers a Democrat who defeated the conservative Republican care in a dramatic political clash tied to Senator W A Clark copper king. Myers testified to offers of retainers and a mine connection while facing pressure and persecution and went on to win a senate seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Myers
Clarks
Marcus A. Daly
Montana
Boonville
Tennessee’s Luke Lee Named Youngest U S Senator
Luke Lee of Tennessee, at 32, poised to be the youngest senator for years, built a reform image by battling professional politicians and steering a radical fusion to help elect Ben Hooper as governor. He helped found the Nashville Tennesseean and led anti-pardon moves amid political turmoil. James A. OGorman’s rise through Tammany linked to Croker is noted with praise for his judicial career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Tennessee
Luke Lee
Sewanee
Columbia
Nashville Tennesseean
Patterson
Duncap B. Cooper
Carmack
Ben W. Hooper
Bob" Taylor
Ae O'Gorman
James A. O'Gorman
New York City
College
City of
New York
Labor Party
Tammany
Join Kelly
O'German
Tammany Hall
Richard Croker
Judge O'Gorman
Croker
O'Gorman
Supreme Bench
Secretaries of War and Navy
Major Eckert
Booth
Dr. Mudd
Herald
Herold
Monitor
Invalid Corps
Cella
Burton N. Harrison
Ce Pe
Rath
John F. Hartranft
Harold
Payne
Powell
Pickett
Gettysburg
Hartranft
Mrs. Surratt
Waa
Atwerodt
Mra. Barratt
Surratt
Atzerodt
Bureon Otis
Burgeon Woodward
Prisoner Mottoes Echo In Silent Dungeon Tale
A fragmented note describes a dungeon scene with a warder and a prisoner. The text hints at a failed game and a sense of emptiness amid odd mottoes. No clear names or places emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom Puck
Hidden Booth Body and Lincoln Assassination Secrets
Dr Porter recalls the Booth body’s hiding after the Lincoln era. He recounts removal from the Montauk to the Arsenal, burial in a storehouse, and final transfer to Baltimore's Booth Lot, with details of the secretive handling and key players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Porter
Thomas T. Eckert
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Eckert
United Staes Military Telegraph Corps
Stanton
Arsenal
Booth
Washington, D. C
War Department
Johnson
Edwin Booth
Baltimore
Greenmount Cemetery
Herold
Richard Henry Garrett
Port Royal
Carolina County
Boston Corbett
Sixteenth
New York Cavalry
C. J. Conger
Washington
L. C. Baker
Secret Service
Garrett
Corbett
Baker
Alexandria
John
Ide
Wilson
Herald
Colonel Baker
Washington Navy Yard
Edward P. Doherty
O'Laughlin
Atzerodt
Spangler
Montauk
J. B. Montgomery
Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Gideon Welles
David E. Herold
Wilkes Booth
Navy Department
Secretaries of War and Navy
Commodore Montgomery
Sumes
Holt
John A Bingham
William C. Moore
Conger
Charles Dawson
J. L. Smith
Mr. Gardies
Fecal Department of the Army
Ford
Department
United States Arsenal
War and Navy Departmenta
Stebbina
Act of Kindness Burlesque in Crowded Street
A country couple visits the crown and carries a large lunch basket. In a crowded street the husband takes the basket from the teary wife with a quip about being kind while fearing she might be led astray. The scene unfolds with rustic humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah
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