Woman Salvage Pioneer Wins Sunken Fortunes
Cleveland reporter notes Mrs. Margaret Campbell Goodman the noted salvager who recovered copper pig iron and ship relics from the Pewabic wreck in Lake Huron after 56 years. Her work spans 1916 to 1917 and includes plans to salvage a 1864 Lake Erie schooner cargo of black walnut and white oak logs. She began as a newspaperwoman and now leads a stock company in deep sea salvage.
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Cleveland
Margaret Campbell Cgoodman
Tus
Lake Swuron
Goodman
Bea
Goalman
Mount Vieusant
Mich
Toledo
Avaee
Sauilers
Father of Victory Bust Honors Clemenceau by Faillez
A French artist Faillez has sculpted a bust titled Father of Victory honoring Georges Clemenceau. The work elevates Clemenceau as a symbol of wartime leadership and national resilience for posterity.
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Clemenceau
Father of
Faillez
New York Losses Export Trade Shift to East
New York traffic disruption from harbor and railroad strikes has pushed about forty percent of the citys export trade to Philadelphia Baltimore and other eastern ports. Shippers estimate thousands of carloads have been diverted to ease congestion as they seek alternative routes. Dr Russell H Conwell famed lecturer preacher and Temple University founder in Philadelphia has begun ground breaking for an extension to the university with his earnings from lecturing and preaching totaling about four million dollars donated to support education for young men and women.
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New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Russell H. Conwell
Temple University
Philadelphia freight rerouted amid railroad embargoes
Shipping authorities warn permanent use of other ports unless the tieup ends soon. A total of 87 cargo steamers normally sail from this port cleared Philadelphia last week, reflecting the impact of the embargoes on local trade.
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Philadelphia
Deserter Surrenders After Long Cave Hideout
Carl Amerine, Civil War deserter from Camp Sherman, hid in a hill cave for about two years fearing a firing squad. A Adelphi attorney and his wife helped arrange surrender after Amerine learned there was no firing squad. He walked into Camp Sherman to surrender with his uniform pressed for the occasion.
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Chillicathe
Carl Amerine
Idles
Camp Sherman
Amerine
Babe
Baly
Clarence Stone
Adelphi
Stone
Aimerine
Camp Shermen
See America First Tourists Face European Hardships This Year
Washington reports on Europe’s travel obstacles as rising prices and scarce transport hamper Americans abroad. Zyphoid and spotted fevers cross into Poland from Soviet Russia, while Germany England and France deny Americans fair treatment. Tourists will find high prices and limited access this summer. A new cord operated device replaces springs for opening transoms windows or shutters.
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Washington
America
United States
Europe
France
England
Poland
Germany
Soviet Russia
Well, He or the Hen Deserves a Medal
Edward Schaffer of Broadway Venice owns eight hens and notes one Plymouth Rock two years old has laid fourteen eggs in two weeks. Each egg weighs at least six ounces and measures eight and three quarters inches around, with a distinctive double-ring trademark on one end indicating the same hen laid all.
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Los Angeles
Edward Schaffer
Broadway
Venice
Schaffer
Taft Offered as Running Mate to Gaston in Chicago
The press agent for Lucy Gaston claims William Howard Taft offered to join her ticket as running mate at a Chicago banquet. Taft reportedly said he could qualify on hereditary and personal grounds due to tobacco abstinence in his family. an official said Taft said nothing about the vice presidency.
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Lucy Sage Gaston
American Anti- Cigarette League
Taft
Williaam Howard Taft
Lucy Page Gaston
United States
Committee of Fifteen
Chicago
Mr. Taft
Taft _ P
Boers Refuse Rail Ways Over Bible Objection
For a long time the Boers blocked railway construction in the Transvaal arguing that such contrivances are not mentioned in the Bible. The stance reflects the faith influence on infrastructure decisions in the region.
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Transvaal
Women discrimination and achievement across nations
A compiled notice highlights women’s progress and roles worldwide with items on marriage refusals in May, women as ice cream makers, a Chicago theater smoking room for women, women as enumerators, engineers and dancers, and cultural shifts in dress and education, including Oxford to Aberdeen admitting women engineers.
Descendant Pilgrim to Attend Kansas City Honor
Representative Edward C. Little of Kansas recalls a local high school student named John Alden Taylor as a direct twelfth descendant of John Alden and Priscilla from the Mayflower. The boy’s mother is of Russian descent, linking Plymouth Rock to central Kansas through family history and patriotism.
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Edward C. Little
Kansas
Funston
Philippines
Twentieth
Kansas Volunteers
John Alden
Johnathan Taylor
Louisburg
Bunker Hill
Col
Moses Little
Little
John
Priscilla
Kansas City
Kans
America
Plymouth Rock
Letter From Mrs Eva E Shay Praises Pinkham Compound
Mrs Eva E Shay of Garnett Kansas writes that after a nervous breakdown following childbirth she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports rapid relief after the second dose and full recovery after five bottles, with subsequent healthy pregnancies.
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Eva E, Shay
Garnett, Kansas
Positively Removed by Dr Berry Kles
Fragmented ad copy repeats for Freckle Ointment and Dr C Co with Michigan Avenue address. Quoted street banter features Silk Shirt Slick and Nimble the Nick discussing a man’s wealth and honesty in a casual city voice.
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Berry Kles
Mall
Dr. C. Co
Michigan Avenue
Chicaco
Wit and whimsy stir city chatter in late edition
A humorous column shares quips about social custom and etiquette. Bounding wit skits feature playful lines about marriage, secrecy, and daily foibles. The piece closes with a tiny joke about a supper mishap and lettuce served undressed.
New Head of U S Bureau of Mines Nominee Cottrell Named
President Wilson sent the nomination of Frederick G. Cottrell to the Senate to head the Bureau of Mines. Born January 10, 1877 in Oakland California, Cottrell made the Cottrell process for fume and dust removal and turned over patent rights to the Research Corporation for scientific research. He has held posts as chief physical chemist and chief metallurgist in the bureau.
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Frederick G. Cottrell
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Senate
Wilson
van J. Minning
Jor. Cottrell
Oakland
Cal
University of California
Cottrell
Research Corporation
Come Back Mrs. Cato Sells Joins Indian Commission Visit
Mrs. Cato Sells wife of the United States Indian commissioner travels with her husband on inspection trips to tribes such as the Jicarilla Apaches in Colorado and New Mexico. The couple recounts a revival of a doomed people via purpose sheep raising and tribal funds.
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Cato Sells
United States Indian Commissioner
Colorado
New Mexico
Sells
Tragedies and risky tests cited by Weekly Underwriter
The Weekly Underwriter recounts dangerous, reckless checks by a man testing for survival and equipment readiness. He touches live wires, checks gas tanks, loads a gun, speeds toward a crossing, pets an unfriendly bulldog, and refuses to bond his clerk, revealing a pattern of unsafe judgments.
Heads Marines in Mexican Waters
Col. P. M. Bannon commands U S Marines in Mexican waters with a unit of “Devil Dogs” ready to land to protect American subjects. He served in the Spanish American War and Philippine insurrection and trained at Quantico. Marines overseas still report to Washington with the line The marines have landed and have the situation well in hand. One Marine famously swam to rejoin a ship after missing departure.
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Col
P. M. Bannon
Colonel Bannon
Quantico
Washington
New York
Splintered Wisdoms on Life and City Manners
A collection of aphorisms on happiness money and social behavior. The speaker comments on preferring not to take life too seriously on either side and notes civic wickedness linked to immigration while joking about French phrases and human study. It portrays urban observations and ironic observations about wit wealth and relationships.
Freezone promise to ease and remove corns fast
An old advertisement touts Freezone as painless for corns and calluses. A tiny bottle costs a few cents and can remove hard and soft corns between the toes with finger removal after application. The copy credits a Cincinnati genius as the origin of the product.
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Cincinnati
Ady
Quickest Way to Lower Cost of Living Quoted Plan
A reader asks how to suspend high living costs and a respondent suggests punishing profiteers. The remark frames a harsh method as a swift solution amid economic tension.
Sure Relief Sure Relief Going the Limit
A humorous tale recalls a party where a guest proposes after Miss Biggle’s brief replies. The hostess notes the local joke that she was a poor conversationalist, to which the guest retorts she was “absolutely the limit.”
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