Washington Gossip on nominations and Senate moves
The column surveys political maneuvering as Frank W. is named for assistant secretary of state to succeed Charles H. Allen amid court cases, treaty talks, and steely Senate wrangling. It notes Dewey campaign letters, Puerto Rico governance, and other federal issues shaping the policy scene.
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Frank W
Charles H. Allen
Puerto Rico
Kentucky Hip
States Supreme Court
Taylor
Beckham
Colorado Notes Show Cripple Creek Snowbound and Fireside Affairs
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek and Las Animas county coal mines closed after rain and heavy snow. A snowslide near Leadville nearly killed blacksmith Sam Kibler who was buried eighteen hours before rescue. Colorado City orders shut of houses of ill repute as Good Government party takes control. Ada Joy’s self defense hearing supports self defense claim. Colorado College receives a $60,000 laboratory funded by Dr. Pearsons endowment after gift conditions met. Humane Society agents named for several towns. Railroad discipline system records reprimands to guide potential discharges. An accident at Pueblo steel works kills one man Curtis and injures others. scaffold issues noted. Paris expo funding aided by Winfield Stratton amid financial distress of the commission.
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Las Animas
Cripple Creek
Sam Kibler
Ready Cash
Leadville
George
Colorado City
Good Government Party
Ada Joy
Joy
William Slocum
Colorado College
Chicago
D. K. Pearsons
Pearsons
Pearson
The
Humane Society
Jennie McDowell
Edgar Burton
Rathbone
John 8. Haskey
Edward Huter
Dillon
G. F. Zimmerman
Antonito
Sherman M. Hobson
Pueblo
J. L. Chatfield
Gypsum
Jno. Doyle
St. Elmo
Fred R. Girardot
Orchard
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Edward Verdeckberg
First Infantry
N. G
F. D. Curtis
J. W. Stanton
Carterette Street
No. 45
Bessemer
Winfield Scott Stratton
Paris Commission
Colorado
Stratton
Paris
Missionary Brady recalls baptism of cattle owner's daughter
In an April Ladies' Home Journal piece, Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady recounts the baptism of a cattle owner's young daughter in Indian Territory. The child explains her new Christian status by saying Jesus has marked her as his.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Great West
Ladies’ Home Journal
Indian Territory
Child of God
Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus
Alabastine wall coating touted as pure durable finish
Alabastine Co. promotes its wall coating as pure durable and superior to cheap adulterants like kalsomines. Dealers who tout substitutes risk lawsuits and consumers face damage from imitations. It can be mixed with cold water and used on plastered wood brick or canvas.
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ADIES
Ewardp
Pnsibld
Alabastine Co
Magnet to Draw a Bit From Deep Bore Hole
The hardened drill end broke off 300 metres deep near Ostroppa in Upper Silesia. After failed extractions, Engineer Degenhardt used a 1.5 metre soft steel bar wrapped in india rubber and magnetized by a dynamo to retrieve the piece. The method, applied by lowering the bar then switching current, drew the steel to the surface and allowed boring to resume.
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Ostroppa
Upper
Selisia
Zoellner & Co
London
Cattail Trade Emerges Along State Lakes
A new profitable industry grows around ponds and salt lakes as cattails become a valuable commodity selling for a cent per pound. Gatherers, including local boys, are paid for the weed, with over ten tons collected since March 1 at Syracuse or Turkey Lake. Demand outstrips supply in Hammond area.
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Syracuse
Turkey Lake
Hammond
Great Ships for the Pacific
President Hill of the Great Northern Railroad says his transpacific steamship line will use vessels with 20 000 tons capacity or over 28 000 tons measurement. He expects eighteen months hence ships capable of carrying as much as the Campania and Lucania combined, with deck room exceeding five acres per vessel.
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Pacific
President Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Transpacific Steamship Line
Campania
Lucania
Museum politics provokes witty stage dialogue
A bearded lady suggests peace by letting Kentucky have two governors while a living skeleton counters. The two headed girl remark adds a comic clash about governance and harmony in a museum skit.
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Kentucky
Free Gifts to Agents for Lekko Soaps Nationwide
An advertisement seeks 100,000 agents nationwide to sell Lekko Scouring Soap and Lekkoene with a prize on each cake. It lists C. H. Marshall & Co. Dep't 10 Chicago and a factory address, inviting inquiries via any Chicago bank. A quoted prompt about childhood recollections closes the ad.
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United States
C. H. Marshall & Co
Chicago
May St
Union Pacific Announces Double Daily Denver Portland Service
Union Pacific starts double daily trains from Denver to Portland beginning Sunday April 22. Departures are 4 30 a m and 6 p m daily with Portland arrivals at 7 30 a m and 4 p m next day. Contact Geo Ady 411 1st Street Denver Colorado for details. You move every spring yes when I impoverished myself buying coal all winter I cant stand to stay and see that house get red hot in summer for nothing.
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Portland
Cape Nome
Union Pacific
Denver
Geo. Ady
Lth Street
Colorado
Learn a Profession by Prof Zach Shed in Denver
An ad offers a five course program to teach magnetic practices including personal magnetism physical culture and cures. Courses priced at five dollars are advertised under PROF ZACH SHED with address 8 and 30 Arapahoe building Denver Colo.
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Zach Shed
Arapahoe Building
Denver
Colo
Pathfinder up to Date and Overland Limited service
The Union Pacific Overland Limited departs Denver at 5 p m daily and is seven and a half hours faster than competing routes to San Francisco and the Northwest. It offers superb equipment. Ticket office listed at 41 17th street. A civic club joke reports passing a resolution requiring married men to carry a wife’s written permit after a certain hour.
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Denver
San Francisco
Northwest
17Th Street
Civic Club
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