Carrie Nation at Yale sparks anti liquor protest on campus
Mrs Nation toured Yale with anti drink theatrics to a thousand students. She shouted against smoking and liquor as the Yale Glee club sang. The crowd mocked her and lit cigarettes in defiance while she chased down cigarettes and urged an end to alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia
Studley
Chapel Street
New Lingen
Carrie Nation
Yale
New York World
Nation
Osborn Ball
Kansas
Mrs. Nation
Carrie
Whisky Trust
Yale Glee Club
Burnside Winstow
Yale Nine
Horse Chestnuts as Fuel Defy Coal Famine in Stamford
In Stamford Connecticut thrifty housewives discover an alternative fuel from horse chestnuts as a drying seasond product. The nuts, laid to dry in attics, shrink and harden like anthracite while emitting heat and cooking well. In countryside areas chestnut wood and nuts could sustain winter needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Stamford
Conn
New York Times
New Mark In Beef Dressing Record Set At Contest
The Amalgamated Meat and Cattle Butcher Workmen of North America held a dressing contest near St. Joseph Missouri. Lafe Parlier of Chicago won with a time of 3m 65s surpassing the previous world record of 4m 33s held by A Nelson of Kansas City. There were six entries in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Meat and Cattle Butcher Workmen
North America
Oa Plense
Take Contrary
St. Joseph
Lafe Portier
Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
Parlier
A. Nelson
Kansas City
Sage Urges Coal Operators to Meet Strikers
Sage, a director in twenty seven corporations, urged coal mine operators to confer with strikers to resolve the strike. He warned that refusals to arbitrate wound both sides and suggested dealers could press employers to yield, citing his own yielding on a mortgage as example. He cited a fable about limbs feeding the stomach and warned the situation could worsen without talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sage
Menenius Agrippa
Novelty in Newspapers and Beggars' Trust in Paris
The piece notes Paris newspapers introducing new formats and ads, including a pricey “Litest” selling useful info to star readers. It mocks ads seeking a blind flute player and a lame beachgoer with a missing arm, observing rich person notices excluded and calling it a beggars industry like New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Begrara
Europe
Paris
New York Times
New York
Electric Shock Survivor Defies 2500 Volts in Brush With Live Wire
George W. Travis, a Conestoga Traction lineman, withstood a 2500 volt electric shock for nearly ten minutes while on a pole near Lancaster power stations. Ralph Hull freed him with rubber gloves, lowering him to safety as he regained consciousness. A prior 2300 volt shock a year earlier left only burns, illustrating his unusual resilience to high voltage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Travis
Conestoga Traction Company
Lancaster
Lancaster County Railway and Light Company
Ralph Hull
Travis
Teeth Held as Security for Fine in Geneva Court
G C Bishop of Lodi New York was living on porridge and bottled milk after his teeth, his sole assets, were held as security by the Geneva police court for a $6 fine for intoxication. The teeth were accepted by the police justice as payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Bishop
Lodi
Rochester
N. Y
Geneva
New York Times
Peary on the Pole Quest and Arctic Life Endurance
Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, back in New York with Mrs. Peary and young Marie, declares the Arctic livable if you know what to wear and how to live. He believes a well-equipped, persistent explorer could reach the pole, notes better health among Arctic travelers, and says his own expedition lacked funds. He plans Navy duty and will not report Arctic results to the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert BE. Peary
New York
the Times
Mrs. Peary
Marie
Arctic
Peary
North Pole
St. Denis
Sydney
Cape Breton
Pole
O’eary
Guy Eskimos
Teary
Bronx Park
Bridgeman
Thar
Greenkind
Tie
Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Many Dig For Miser's Hoard Near Petroleum Indiana
William J Loud a local miser living with his sister near Petroleum Indiana is dead after burying 25000 in bonds and currency on an eighty acre woods tract near his home. A will among siblings would pass the money to survivors but one sister died leaving Loud convinced a surviving sister and a hired man planned theft. The community digs the land seeking the hidden fortune while Loud on his deathbed joked the money would not benefit anyone.
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Miser
William J Loud
Petroleum
Ind
Lagrange
Chicago Record Herald
Loud
A Colonial Cottage for Modern Living
A detailed catalog description of a colonial style cottage built in brick and wood. The design emphasizes symmetry and American colonial detailing. The plan includes a cellar, three rooms on the first floor, four bedrooms on the second, space for three more attic rooms, wooden trim, penciled cypress finishes, and elaborate mantels. Cost to build is listed at $2,000.
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Dennis & Gastmeyer
Broadway
New York
Eliminating the Parlor Trend in Modern Homes
Keith's Magazine notes a sharp shift in interior design away from the parlor toward a great hall. The move replaces cramped rooms with open layouts, reducing the number of small, uncomfortable apartments as homes modernize.
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Keith
Minnie Dupree Shines in Rose de la Noye at Plymouth Town
Minnie Dupree debuts as Rose de la Noye in a Plymouth settlement tale under Captain Miles Standish. She receives warm praise from New York and Broadway audiences, while the cast shines overall though some criticisms arise of Guy Bates Post as Garrett Foster. Also noted are the play Mrs Jack and a concert tour by David Baxter, the eminent Scotch basso.
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Plymouth
Miles Standish
Rose de Ila Noye
Minnie Dupree
Miss Dupree
New York
Rose de la Noye
Beulah Marie Dix
Evelyn Greenledf Sutherland
Miriam
Philippe
Guy Bates Post
Garrett Foster
Bennet Sturgis
John Margeson
Mr. Post
Rose
Sol Smith
Augustus Cook
Resolute Story
Broadway
Jack
Jack Banastar
Bunastar Mansion
New
Minkie Dupre
York
David Baxter
Mr. Baxter
America
Europe
Dundee
London
Baxter
Handel
Mozart
Glick
Franz
Verdi
Schubert
Schumann
Tschaikowsky
Mary A. Bartow
Do You Get Up With A Lame Back
An ad for Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root proclaims it as a premier kidney and bladder remedy. It claims cure for lame back kidney and urinary issues and Bright's Disease, with a free sample offer by mail and a book to assess kidney trouble. Includes address in Binghamton New York and notes 50 cent and dollar sizes sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Kilmer
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Swamp Root
Pacific Coast Travel Promotions From Chicago
An advertisement offers $3300 to the Pacific Coast from Chicago via the Chicago and North-Western Bay daily in September and October. It promotes one way second class tickets to multiple western states at low rates and special round trip Homeseekers tickets on the first and third Tuesdays in August September and October. Details available from ticket agents or N M Breeze at 435 Vine Street Cincinnati.
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Rebecca Smith
Court of Common Pleas
Stark County
Ohio
Peter Frederick
Martin Halter
Frank McKinney
D. W. Shetler
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western Bay
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Nevada
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
California
West
N. M. Breeze
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Round Trip to Omaha via Chicago and North Western
Rail offer from Chicago to Omaha with passes on October 15 16 and 18. Four fast trains daily on the only double track route between Chicago and the Missouri River. For tickets and details contact ticket agents or A F Cleveland 284 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
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Omaha
Chicago & North-Western Ray
Chicago
Christian Church
Missouri River
A. F. Cleveland
Superior Street
Cleveland
Ohio
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Drugglars
Chichester Ademical Co
Madison Square, Phila. PA
Itea
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Ealers
BEN Travata Chemical CO
Listersville
WF. Va
Sheriff’s Sale
State of Ohio
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Forder OF
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David Rowlands
William Findley
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