Kellogg Offers National Corn Exposition Trophy
W K Kellogg of Battle Creek announces a $1000 Kellogg National Corn Exposition trophy to be awarded at the third annual national corn exposition in Omaha December 6 to 18. He hopes to stimulate corn quality and yield with prize money and public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Kellogg
Battle Creek, Mich
Battle Creek
Mich
W.K. Kellogg
Omaha
Neb
Mr. Kellogg
Kellogg
Nebraska
W K. Kellogg
Tuberculosis Conference in Stockholm Highlights Children and School Health
The International Tuberculosis conference met in Stockholm July 8 10 under the Swedish National League Against Tuberculosis with American speakers Dr Hermann M Biggs and Dr John C Wise. Key topics included care of tuberculous families and tuberculosis and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedish National League Against Tuberculosis
Stockholm
Hermann M Biggs
New York
John C. Wise
United States Navy
Doctor Credits Grape-Nuts For Rapid Recovery
A Kansas physician reports two cases of improvement using Grape-Nuts. A four year old recovering from pneumonia gained eight pounds in a month while mother fed the cereal daily. An elderly patient with severe stomach trouble recovered after a two to three week course with milk and sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Casen
Wellville
Young Lawyer Nominated for County Attorney Faces Si
A rural tale recalls Lonny, a young lawyer, winning the county attorney race. He seeks Si’s view at the woodpile. Si replies with a rustic quip about using a corn cob as a stopper, reflecting local wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonny
Religious Revolt In Jall Decatur Jail
In Macon county jail inmates sign a petition asking Sheriff McGorray to let Mrs Mary Jourdan alone minister to their spiritual needs. Forty one of forty two prisoners favor her and vow to withhold visits from other preachers otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jall
Decatur
Macon County
Mary Jourdan
Y M. C A
Salvation Army
Jourdan
Danville car crash wounds two near Crawfordsville
Richard Cannon nephew of Speaker Joseph Cannon drives at high speed and overturns near Crawfordsville Indiana. His companion John Noone a brewer is trapped under the car and severely injured likely to die. In Medora Christian Schmidt 77 is found dead in bed after praying. Heart disease listed as cause. River body near Kansas City identified as J C Gray of Clinton Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Greedan
Albert Reece
Danvers
Fort Leavenworth
Reece
War Department
William Reece
Speaker
Danville
Richard Cannon
Speaker Joseph Cannon
Crawfordsville
Ind
Cannon
John Noone
Medora
Christian Schmidt
Brighton
Schmidt
Kansas City
Sto
Missouri River
Here
J.C. Gray
Clinton, Ill
Howells Rebukes American Boasters in Maine Oration
A Chicago editor and William Dean Howells are cited as early critics of American boastfulness. Howells, noted for supporting woman suffrage, delivered a July Fourth speech in Maine countering a previous speaker's bravado. The anecdote recalls a child rebuking a hen with a sharp retort about making an egg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dean Howells
Chicago
Howells
Maine
Skin Eruption Cured By Cuticura Remedies
A mother from Winchester Tennessee reports her daughter aged two and a half suffered a painful itchy eruption on hips and legs. Despite two doctors the condition worsened until Cuticura Remedies were used for two weeks healing the skin by February. Now fourteen, she has had no recurrence. This testimonial appeared with Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. as sole promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RR. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Propa
Boston
Privilege of English Husband Stirs London Court
A Marylebone police court case saw a wife complain of abusive language from her husband. Judge Mr Plowden ruled the abuse was a husband’s privilege and urged acceptance. He warned redress was unavailable and suggested “Better an abusive husband than no husband at all.” A separate Quaker exchange mocks flattery of power in a playful line about Thomas and the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylebone
London
How an Angry Woman Looked
A Nebraska Journal brief notes a street car confrontation where an angry woman glared at the conductor, her expression deemed more terrible than any stated grievance. The scene captures a sharp moment of public anger in an urban setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Journal
Fragments and Fables From Harper and Navy Anecdotes
A collage of humorous snippets and moral quips from Harper’s Weekly and Illustrated Sunday Magazine. It includes a Rhode Island farmer’s bizarre turkey tale, a joke about a poet’s last verse, a naval recruit’s breakfast complaint, and a note on divers’ air-filled suits for ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Silas
Hiram Hageers
Harper’s Weekly
Maxwell
Navy
Bar of Justice
Sin
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
A Natural Selection Aa
A playful exchange imagines an aecronaut choosing an afr plant for a garden as a humorous nod to evolution and gardening in space.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leith
Yorkshire
Sandy
Abou Ben Adhem
News OF Illinois
Peoria
Peoria County
Linois
Robert Scholes
Champaign
tIn
Emmett
Richard Alexander
Terling
H. Bethea
United States
Alstrict Fudges
Maweery LE
Cutiura
Thomas
Luancheon
Lek Mogg
Itate
Farmer
Neler Orlin Mahenor
Dertenr Sn
Worms
Comvalaiens Pevrisk Ness el
Pac Suule Siguaree
New ‘York
Castoria
What Is
Cleveland
Nowan Cin
Aaeo
Od Neon Cn
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!