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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
3
Historic milestones and notable births from early U S history
A compilation of dates and figures: Sir Humphry Davy born and died 1829, 1792 Quebec provincial parliament, 1799 Thomas McKean Pennsylvania governor, 1867 Whittier born, 1814 Crowninshield Navy Secretary, 1828 William Jackson federal convention secretary, 1841 Toronto diocese, 1880 South African Republic founded, 1891 Drexel Institute opened, 1890s Cleveland Venezuela message, plus contemporaries Frank Plumley Ennis Oakes aged today. Also advice ad for Dr King’s New Discovery promoting relief for croup and coughs with testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McKean
Pennsylvania
John Greenleaf Whittier
East Haverhill
Mass
Hampton Falls
N. H
Benjamin W. Crowninshield
Massachusetts
Navy
W William Jackson
Philadelphia
England
Toronto
Paul Kruger
Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry
Cleveland
Congress
Venezuela
His Sixtieth Birthday Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree born in London December 17 1858. He changed his name from Henry Birnbaum to Beerbohm Tree to pursue the stage and began acting in 1878. He rose to fame as young curate in The Private Secretary and became Haymarket manager in 1887 later proprietor of Her Majesty's Theater. He toured the United States and Canada in later years. Congratulations to Prince Joachim on his 22nd birthday. Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright retired at 64. Dr Charles R Henderson noted as professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
London
Henry Birnbaum
Beerbohm Tree
Germany
Haymarket
Her Majesty's Theater
Sir Herbert
United States
Canada
Prince Joachim
Richard Wainwright
Charles R. Henderson
Notable Americans Born in 1814 Listed for Centennial Observance
New York reports a compilation of notable Americans born in 1814. The roster includes governors, generals, scholars, clergymen, and politicians such as Isaac T. Goodnow, Samuel J. Tilden, Gen. Rufus King, and Henry Kirke Brown, with many others spanning January to December. The piece notes centennial observances and lists a Louisiana push to form a State Chamber of Commerce, with a Baton Rouge meeting planned January 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francis Harrison Pierpont
West Virginia
Gen. Rufus King
William Henry Appleton
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana
J. B. Babb
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Ruston
Monroe
A Friend To The Working Man Kilmer Swamp Root Testimony
A PrescottArk patient credits Kilmer Swamp Root with curing longstanding kidney and bladder troubles that kept him from work. He praises the medicine after five to six bottles and notes he has worked steadily since. The letter includes notarized testimony, store purchase proof, and an offer to send a sample bottle with a booklet. Regular sizes available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghampton
N. Y
Monroe Daily News-Star
Sonny Boy and Wild Animals Book Adored by Readers
A social department note highlights a children's book about Sonny Boy and jungle friends with short verses and numerous illustrations. It features photos by Sonny Boy’s papa, claims high educational value, and praises the author Mrs. Arthur daughter of L. E. Bentley now in New Orleans. Up-to-date dressmaking by Mrs. Gore advertised at 512 Breard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny Boy
Mrs. Arthur
L. E. Bentley
State
New Orleans
Polly of the Circus at Sugar's Theatre Tonight
Mise Elsie St Leon leads a large company in Polly of the Circus with acrobats and a realistic three ring ring master show. A trained thoroughbred horse named Ingo, once with Barnum and Bailey, is featured among the acts. The page also advertises The Lee Pays drama at Lyceum Theatre and local shop sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Mise Elsie St. Leon
St. Leon
Sugar's Theatre
Ingo
Barnum and Bailey's Circus
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uw Ray
Sir Humphry Davy
Dower
Quebec
University of Chicago
Frank H. Plumley
Vermont
Ennis T
Oakes
St. Louis
Dr. King
Lewis Chamberlain
Manchester
Ohio
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Willig A. Gorman
Minnesota
Jones M. Withers
Mobile
Isaac T. Goodnow
Kansas State Agricultural College
Henry Norman Hudson
Edward Sorin
University of Notre Dame
George P. Putnam
Samuel J. Tilden
Henry Porter Baldwin
Michigan
Henry Kirke Brown
America
John H. Raymond
Vassar College
John Evans
Colorado
Evanston, Ill
John C. Ten Eyck
New Jer
Sey
Erastus B. Bigelow
John B. §. Todd
Dakota Territory
Samuel Ware Fisher
Hamilton College
William D
Rians
Sir Adams George Archibald
W. H. Steeves
Phillip Kearny
Chantilly
William H. H. Ross
Delaware
Thomas Green
Blair’s Landing
James Henry Lane
Kansas
Benjamin P. Shillaber
Partington
Joseph Sadoec Alemany
R. C
San Francisco
Samuel Colt
Robert Ward Johnson
U. S
Arkansas
Amos Adams Lawrence
Lawrence University
James Dixon
Connecticut
William L. Yancey
Georgia
John C. Pemberton
James Roosevelt Bayley
Baltimore
George E. Cartier
Peter T. Washburn
William Gilpin
Lincoln
John Baptist Lamy
B. C
Santa Fe
Elbridge Gerry Lapham
William H. A. Bissell
Joseph
Fighting Joe") Hooker
Edward Wa. Davenport
Thomas Langdon Grace
St. Paul
Thomas Mayo Brewer
Andrew Jackson Faulk
Samuel J. LeCompte
Jeremiah Clemens
U.S
Alabama
Co. W
Morris
Prescott
Ark
O. B. Gordon
C. W. Morris
Adam Guthrie, JR
Dr. Kilmer & Company
Binghampton, N. Y
Grove
Howard, Waltham, Hamilton Elgin
Youngblood-Foster Jewelry Co., Ltd
Hunt
A.B Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Texas
Social Department
Polly of
The
Circus
Haya
George Kleine
Pompeii
Lyceum Theatre
Bay
Naples
Hanine
Lone
Nydia
Jane
Arbacey
Glaucus
Bayly
Ates
Nadia
Horse Cash
Phoenx Drug Store
Wer
Othe
Allen’s
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