Uncle Sam Seeks Oriental Trade for Americans
Washington launches a campaign to secure American shares in China’s vast resources and foreign trade. Key figures Paul Reinsch Julian Arnold and Dr W E Pratt push for a well capitalized American banking and investment presence to counter other nations and capitalize on wartime opportunities including mining dyes and rug manufacturing.
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Washington
China
Departments of State and Commerce
United States
Paul S. Reinsch
Julian
H. Arnold
Peking
W. E. Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Reinsch
Mr. Arnold
Pratt
Lansing
Arnold
State Department
Japan
Bureau
Hunan
Kalgan
Tientsin
Hankow
Europe
America
Palmer Wields Leadership At Grand Army Parade
The 1865 grand review of Union armies is recalled as Lt. Col. David J. Palmer of the Twenty fifth Iowa leads the march past the White House reviewing stand. Fifty years later Palmer plans a semicentennial parade marching on the same route before a presidential platform.
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Sherman
Logan
Fifteenth
Seventeenth Army Corps
Fifteenth Corps
Iowa
Washington
David J. Palmer
Iowa Infantry
Shiloh
Union Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Palmer
Colonel Palmer
Tom Palmer
Jack
War Reunites German Deportee With His Children
Albert Bockmann, once forced to leave England as a German, reunites with daughter Mrs. Edrad Aner in Bordentown New Jersey after years apart. He also visits his son Harry and plans to settle in the city with his wife to be.
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Bordentown
N. J
Edrad Aner
North Arlington
Albert Bockmann
Harry Bockmann
Bockmann
England
France
America
Police and Post Office Department
Invent Shoe Lace Clasp Promises Easy Tying
In Philadelphia a Pennsylvania inventor introduces a shoe lace clasp that eliminates tying and keeps laces secure. A metal catch fastens at the shoe top, holding the string tight. lacing is altered with one end looped through the first eyelet and a slip catch on the clasp secures the loose end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sixteen to One Divorce Service in Chicago
A Chicago woman celebrated her silver wedding by serving divorce papers on her husband, naming sixteen co-respondents in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Swiftest Quadrupeds Ranked By Noted Speeds From Hares To Greyhounds
A compilation of animal speeds compares wolves and Arctic foxes to Eskimo and Siberian dogs. It cites a fox sighting 480 miles from Asia, Eskimo dogs covering 45 miles in five hours, a dog team’s 6.5 miles in 28 minutes, and greyhounds racing at 18–23 yards per second.
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Nansen
Sannikow
Springfield Republican
Rigor Mortis and its role in distinguishing deaths
The article explains how rigor mortis helps distinguish natural versus violent deaths. It cites cases where the stiffening occurs immediately after violent death, aiding investigators and noting examples like Captain Nolan at Balaclava and evidence found clutched in victims’ hands or in water where death occurred.
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Nolan
Six Hundred
London
Man Who Takes His Own Medicine is an Optimist
An optimistic tone argues that Dr. King's New Discovery cures colds by addressing the cause. It asserts believers gain relief and urges readers to buy a bottle today to combat throat irritation and germs through nature’s action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Some Forms of Rheumatism Curable
A historic note describes rheumatism forms such as acute and chronic rheumatism rheumatic headaches sciatic rheumatism and lumbago. It promotes Sloan's liniment as a penetrating remedy giving instant relief for rheumatic pain and urges obtaining a 25 cent bottle for emergencies.
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Sloan
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Sam
B. E. Pratt
Commerce Bureau
GAR
Johnson
Army
Wilson
War
Tower
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Echo Office
Willamette
Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company
Willamette Tent & Awning Co
Portland
Oregon
The
Echo
Leavenworth
Peach Blossom Flour
Wenatchee Milling Co
Wenatchee, Wash
Harrington
Missouri
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
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