Putnik Greeted Army Of Servia In Sixth Balkan Campaign
Paris reports Field Marshal Putnik chief of Serbia’s general staff leads his army through a sixth campaign at age sixty eight. Educated in Petrograd and St Cyr, he rose from student to reformer, fighting Turks and Bulgars since 1876, and directing Balkan wars with Greeks as allies. He speaks five languages and implements French artillery methods and Mauser rifles.
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Petrograd
St. Cyr
Paris
Putnik
Banat
Hungary
Belgrade
Nicholas
France
Polytechnic
Napoleon
Kumanovo
Western
Europe
Alexander
Bozovitch
Milan
Servia
Peter
Draga
Turkey
Russia
Germany
Seasickness From Movies Triggers Hospital Visit
John Stevenson, a Hutchinson Kansas dairy farm hand, was hospitalized after watching navy films showing ships rocking in high seas. The realistic screens recalled his Atlantic crossing and left doctors puzzled during diagnosis.
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Hutchinson, Kan
John Stevenson
Navy
Stevenson
Atlantic
Beggar in Webb City Learns He Inherits Millions
Rev Z R Cotton a blind 63 year old beggar in Webb City Missouri is told he inherits more than 2000000 dollars including 650000 in cash from his brother Powell Cotton in Richmond Arkansas He plans to buy a home restart banking in Webb City and seeks eye restoration via a Tulsa doctor after a sickness left him blind twenty two years ago
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Webb City
Z. R. Cotton
Powell Cotton
Richmond
Ark
Tulsa
Okla
Cotton
Whale battles ship near Sitka Sound during whaling voyage
The Star III captained by L P Halls with gunner G Harling fought a massive sperm whale ten miles south of Mount Edgecumbe near Sitka sound. The whale, described as “like an ocean liner,” charged the vessel, injuring the gunwale and bulwarks and nearly swamping the steamer, yet the crew completed a successful season at Ha Igle Harbor.
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Seattle
Wash
Mount Edgecumbe
Kruzof Island
Sitka Sound
Star III
L. P. Halls
G. Harling
Hagle Harbor
Columbia urged to establish engineers research center
New York. Dean Frederick A. Goetze of the Graduate Engineering school outlines a proposal to create a university linked research center modeled after the German Reichsanstalt. He cites past wireless work by Rittman and Pupin and Armstrong and argues for a site near tide water with rail access. Initial funding suggested at 500000 dollars, with eventual needs from two to five million.
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New York
Germany
Columbia University
Frederick A. Goetze
Walter Rittman
Armstrong and
Pupin
Goetze
Reichsanstalt
Technische Hochschule
Charlottenburg
Berlin
Columbia
Tidewater
Wellesley appoints sparrow chaser for dissections
John H. Oakes becomes official sparrow chaser at Wellesley College receiving 40 dollars monthly for catching birds for dissection. Previous cat-based dissections ended after a janitor was charged with stealing a prize cat and President Ellen Fitz Pendleton faced a police summons. Oakes uses field traps around campus.
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Boston
Wellesley College
Beauty and Culture
John H. Oakes
Wellesley
Ellen Fitz Pendleton
Hiram Brown
Oakes
Evanston cactus blooms after six year wait
A night blooming cactus in M. G. Petersons yard at 1419 Hemerson Street Evanston opened to full bloom within hours then closed for six more years. The flower reaches about ten inches in diameter and the family nearly missed the spectacle while at an amusement park.
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Chicago
M. G. Peterson
Hmerson Street
Evanston
Christmas at Peary's North Pole Expedition
The New York Tribune recounts Admiral Peary's Christmas near Cape York Greenland aboard the Roosevelt. Eskimo races lit by ship lanterns, auroras overhead, a formal dinner with musk ox, plum pudding, and a prize selection shaped by Eskimo choices.
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Admiral Peary
Arctic
North Pole
Cape York
Greenland
Roosevelt
Etah
Cape Sheridan
Grant Land
Arctic Ocean
Pole
United States
Peary
Civilization
MacMillan
Percy
Tookoomah
New York Tribune
Decatur Woman Named Longtime Postmistress of Decatur
Savannah reports Mrs. Kate W. Kirkpatrick, postmistress at Decatur, Ga, has served over twenty one years making the Decatur post office highly efficient. Reappointed across administrations from McKinley to Wilson, she preserved steady mail service and earned a reputation for improving local staffing and equipment.
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Savannah
Kate W. Kirkpatrick
Decatur
William Schley Howard
Postoffice
Kirkpatrick
Grover Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Dog fetches newspaper to fit pantry shelves
A. M. Paulson of 1016 Marshall avenue praises his dog for completing a pantry shelving task. While Mrs. Paulson cut newspapers to size, the dog dashed out and returned after about five minutes with a newspaper in its mouth ready to use.
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St. Paul
A. M. Paulson
Marshall Avenue
Forms of Rheumatism and Sloan's Liniment
A reader notes rheumatism types include acute chronic rheumatic headaches sciatica and lumbago. Sloan's liniment offers instant relief by penetrating to the pain site and soothing the afflicted part. A 25 cent bottle is advertised for emergency use. A hunter reports a lead deposit found on Grass Mountain in the Metaline district during a deer chase.
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Sloan
Grass Mountain
Metaline District
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Cleveland
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J. A. Adams
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Columbia Valley Bank Ride
Wenatchee, Wash
Fred Kemp
E. L. Baker
N. A. Pearson
Elliot Elk
Leavenworth
P. A. Snyder
Elliott Bldg
Deb. G. W. Roxley
Leavenworth, Wash
G. H. Hannan
Wenatchee
Washington
B. J. Williams
An,corbin
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Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
Fox Lawyer
Hight St
Weeler
Rop
John E. Porter
Attorney At Law Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated
R. W. Vermilya
Mgr
Chelan County
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A. J.tower CO
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
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Dr. & Mis
Cham & CO
Shamle
Valencia St
San Francisco
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Ena
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Jack Ruth
W.M
A. G. McKeown
Lecy
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
Chelan County Abstract Co
J. A. Gellatly President
W. W. Gray
Knights of
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Firemen’s Hall
Valentine Franklin
D. C
A. R. Brown
Echo Office
Diogenes
S.H. Knowlton
Elman Hotel
W. E. Tomlinson
Prop
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