Oldest Elk in the World, 97, Lives in California
Denver dispatch notes Charles Carrol Clusker of San Bernardino Lodge No 836 is 97 years and 4 months old and still active. Born in Kentucky in 1810, he mined in California after 1849, served in the Morgan command, was captured at Vicksburg, and never married, crediting longevity to eggs milk corn mush.
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Charles Clusker
Denver
the Elks
Charles Carrol Clusker
United States
San Bernardino
Cal
Clusker
Watermountain Desert
Mr. Cluster
Madison County
Kentucky
Lexington College
Hfe
Mr. Clusker
Chisker
California
John H. Morgan
Vicksburg
St. Louis
Camp Morgan
Monroe Doctrine Held Core of U S Foreign Policy
Prof John K Latane at University of Wisconsin discusses the Monroe Doctrine's status and interpretations from Monroe to Roosevelt. He notes its evolving application, its revival under Cleveland, and its role as a bulwark against expansion while avoiding European interference in the Americas.
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Madison, Wis
Roosevelt
John K. Latane
Washington and Lee University
University of Wisconsin
Grant
Cleveland
McKinley
Argentina
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Blaine
Isthmian Canal
Latane
Olney
Cleve
Land
Philippine Islands
America
the Hague
United States of America
Roosevelt and Monroe Doctrine in Debt Claims Dispute
The piece notes European powers may use coercion to collect debts from American states without permanent occupation. It discusses Germany’s 1901 stance on Venezuela, Roosevelt’s tolerance for nonterritorial coercion, and U.S. opposition to pacific blockades and seizure of customs. It argues arbitration before recognizing pecuniary claims and urges turning the U.S. Navy into a debt–collecting agency for Europe.
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Lord Salisbury
Germany
Venezuela
South American
Roosevelt
Senate
Santo Domingo
United States
Ito
Europe
Evangelist in Marion Incites Fight After Liar Remark
In Marion Indiana on July 24 Rev Joseph Best leading a holiness meeting leaped onto a chair and denounced an elderly speaker as a liar. The remark sparked a physical scuffle ending in a panic with bruises and fainting attendees. Police action likely. Best has a history of eccentric conduct including contempt of court threats over testimony in a disturbance case.
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Marion
Ind
Joseph Best
Best
Arested
Mr. Best
Foley's Kidney Cure Promoted by O T Erhart
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a health safeguard and urges readers to buy it from O T Erhart to keep kidneys healthy.
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Foley
O. T. Erhart
Lawyers 10 Get Nearly a Million for Services
Washington July 24. The Cherokee claim against the government yielded one of the largest U S legal fees to date with six lawyers awarded 740 555 42 dollars. Belva Lockwood James K Jones Matthew G Butler and Robert L Owen are named among recipients with Owen taking the lion’s share. The fee follows decades of litigation stemming from 1835 and troves of court actions, injunctions, and congressional appropriations to satisfy tribal claims.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Muskogee
I. T
Indian Territory
Secretary of the Interior
Southwest
Belva Lockwood
Gift of the People
Equal Right Party
Matthew G. Butler
South Carolina
Butler
Robert L. Owen
Owen
Dudley & Mitchener
John Valle
Robert V. Bet
Scarritt & Cox
St. Louis
William J. Robinson
Finkelberg, Nagle & Kirby
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
Frank J. Boudinet
Boudinot
Uncle Sam
Carolinas
Georgia
Government of
Atlantic
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Sam
Robert L. Qwen
Italians Fight Chicago Officers in Saloon Clash
Detectives surprised a saloon at 3 Milton Avenue and a mob of over thirty Italians armed with revolvers stilettos and razors battled police. Most assailants fled. several were captured and jailed at the Chicago Avenue station.
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Chicago
Schuettler
Salvatore Mornty
Milton Avenue
Chicago Avenue
Berwick
MecMahon
McKenna
Stark
Mylls
Kelly
Foley’s Honey and Tar Advertisement Claim Cited
The passage condemns Foley's Honey and Tar as a false cure for consumption. It notes the merchants claim relief in early stages and comfort in severe cases, branding the remedy a major threat and urging beware substitutes sold by O. T. Erhart.
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Foley’s
O. T., Erhart
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