Indian athlete elopes and marries Philadelphia bride
Black Hawk, a full blood Winnebago now Albert E Nash, rose from Nebraska prairies to Drexel and Penn athletic fame. He secretly married Edna Kenton of Philadelphia after eight months of courtship and poverty, then pursued life among white society while planning to unite with his father the chief Black Hawk in Thurston County.
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Black Hawk
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Drexel
Sioux City Tribune
Pender
Neb
Albert IE. Nash
Edna Theresa Kenton
Plains
Pennsylvania
Uncle Sam
Nebraska Prairies
Carlisle
Albert B. Nash
Albert E. Nash
Drexel Institute
Miss Kenton
Andover
University of Pennsylvania
Church of the Annunciation
Prairie flirtation cross cultural spark in youth tale
A pale faced girl and a handsome red man form an early bond rooted in ethnology rather than romance. The girl meets Jack Hawk through friends, Drexel Institute aids his path to Phillips Academy Andover, making a clear divide between their worlds.
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Aborgine
Herriends
Miss Kenton
Jack Hawk
Drexel Institute
Great Hillips Academy
Andover
Maus
Red An
Thrift of the Dutch in global finance and trade
Consul General Guenther reports on Dutch thrift and cosmopolitan investment behavior. Dutch capital totals billions in American, Russian, Austrian, Portuguese, and Mexican bonds and shares, with major activity in colonies and abroad. The Netherlands lacks coal and iron but maintains a large merchant marine and strong farming and horticulture sectors.
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Netherlands
Guenther
Frankfort
United States
Austria-Hungary
Portugal
Switzerland
Evaporated Cream Debate Hits Illinois Connections
The St Paul Dispatch calls for Gov Deneen to scrutinize the Illinois dairy official who pushed evaporated cream into Illinois markets. Commissioner Slater found the product lacking butter fat and illegal, while Illinois dairy chief Jones pressed a deal to lift the ban for a plant in the state.
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St. Paul
Deneen
Dairy and Food Department
Slater
Illinois
Jones
Dairy and
Highland
Ill
Money can be lost in more ways than won
A Philadelphia Record item notes readers face losses beyond gains, warning that thrift and strategy matter in finances and bets. It underscores risk in speculation and the need for prudent decision making in daily money matters.
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Philadelphia
Former train hand now a millionaire tours eastern states
John A. Bunting, once a brakeman and switchman, rose to wealth after oil land profits in Kern County. He travels in a private car named El Frenta, worth about 30 000 dollars, and hosts railroad friends from a Adirondack camp at Loon Lake.
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Washington Star
Grand Central Station
Fire State Express
Freda
Ohn Bunting
Adirondacks
Albany
Loon Lake
John A
Kern County
Cal
Bunting
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
el Frecha
San Francisco
Loon Lake J
Heis
New York Central
Mr. Bunting
Adirondack
S. P
Great American Desert
Utica
Draining the Everglades Promise a Fertile Florida Frontier
The author outlines Florida Everglades drainage as feasible, with a 160 by 60 mile land area to be opened for cultivation. Water removal via rock ledges and dredging could create outlets to the Atlantic, aided by Henry M. Flagler, turning swamps into productive rivered land and elevating Florida among leading agricultural states.
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Florida Everglades
Everglades
Florida
Henry B. Plant
Atlantic
Henry M. Flagler
Literary Ball Games in Chicago Crowd
Homer shouts from the grand stand as a player pauses at third base while a young lady new to ball games marvels that the event feels literary. The scene blends sport with witty audience commentary in a Chicago setting.
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Chicago News
Homer
Say! Bulldog Spars With Porcupine in Comic Duel
A Philadelphia Press item features a bulldog scoffing at science in fighting while a porcupine retorts it can offer a few points in a humorous exchange. The scene plays out as a playful animal dialogue with wit and resourceful bragging.
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Philadelphia Press
Humiliation and Gun Psyche Drive Russian Husband to Delaying Revenge
In a shop, Feodor Sigajeff weighs murder and divorce as options after discovering his wife's infidelity. A talkative salesman touts American and German pistols, but Sigajeff abandons violence for a trap and a plan to file for divorce, reflecting comic fatalism and social satire.
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W. R. Hearst
Feodor Feodorevitch Sigajeff
Schmuck & Co
Gospodin Sigajeff
Siga
Sigajeff
Monsieur
Monaieur
Tulu
Siberia
Russia
Saghalien
Paul Jones Commission Confirmed by John Hancock
Charles Henry Hart cites a 1776 document certifying John Paul Jones was commissioned to command the Providence in service to the thirteen United States. The note mentions ownership by Edward D. Ingraham and a later sale by M. Thomas & Son in 1855, with Hart asking where the item is now in 1905 Philadelphia.
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John Paul Jones
Providence
United States of North America
John Hancock
Edward D. Ingraham
M. Thomas & Son
Charles Henry Hart
Philadelphia
Parish Subscriptions Read At Vestry Meeting
A Birmingham church warden listed donations to parochial funds at a Vestry meeting. The roll included items such as the vicar's guinea, a contr нот anonymous donor, Mrs. half a guinea, and the warden’s own contribution of twenty five shillings.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Birmingham
Not Remarkable but Queer in a Public Ledger Exchange
A gray haired traveler notes he still holds his first dollar. The response calls it remarkable, but the traveler insists the first dollar was imperfect and hard to pass.
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Public Ledger
Fortune in It. Chicago News. Timkins-So that min ing enterprise of yours proved a failure, eh
Simkins admits his mining venture failed while Timkins presses about the promised fortune. Simkins concedes the loss but says his personal stake remains in the effort.
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Chicago News
Timkins
Simkins
Roosevelt for Another Term Might Be Needed
In the Denver Republican we note that continuing presidential business accumulation could push the nation toward electing Roosevelt for another term to finish the work.
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Denver
Roosevelt
Naggit and wife apply for divorce
In Philadelphia the couple Naggit and his wife end their quarrels and decide to divorce, revealing plans for a formal separation. The exchange notes their decision to part.
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Philadelphia
Naggit
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