Tribute to Samuel Spencer Illuminates Railroad Era
Washington remembers Samuel Spencer former Southern Railway president with a national turnout. Funeral at St John’s Church drew leaders, judges, lawmakers and rail executives as trains paused in tribute across the system.
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Southern Railway
Washington
Samuel Spencer
The
Oak Hill
St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Spencer
Messrs
Foraker
Loyall
Ritchie
Coapman
Mobile & Ohio
Georgia Southern & Florida
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
New Orleans & Northeastern
Central of Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Norfolk & Western
Fairbanks
White
Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio
Bacon
Georgia
Swanson
Martin
Virginia
Kean
New Jersey
Interior
Hitchcock
Wetmore
Rhode Island
Henry G. Davis
West Virginia
Chopin
H. H. Freeman
St. John’s
Henry Y. Saterlee
Roland Cotton Smith
Railroads of
America
United States
E. H. Harriman
Handel
Saul
Eight Drown In Big Flood at Clifton
A Morenci Arizona dispatch reports eight lives lost in a great flood when the Detroit concentrator dam broke on Chase creek Monday night. Wires are down between Morenci and Clifton and no definite news is available until messengers return. The Clifton Central telephone station has been abandoned as unsafe.
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el Paso
Tex
Morenci
Ariz
Clifton
Detroit
Chase Creek
China Ends Japanese Rule Over New Chwang
Tokio reports that the transfer of administration of New Chwang from Japan to China was completed on Saturday, marking a shift in control in the region.
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China
Tokio
The Farmer in Western Canada
Western Canada shows rising farming prosperity with large farm populations in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. The 1904-05 to 1905-06 period saw tens of thousands of American settlers join Canadian farms, attracted by cheap land and strong wheat yields.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. J. Hill
West
Canada
Superintendent of Immigration
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
Quincy
Chicago, Ill
W. H. Rogers
Third Floot
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
T. O. Currie
Callahan Block
Milwaukee
Wis
Photography and Fine Art in the Modern Camera
The piece argues photography is a fine art when skillfully used. It notes photographer individuality rivals painters, but lighting and composition determine quality. It warns scientific accuracy alone isn’t artistic truth and suggests softening sharpness can enhance effect.
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Home Magazine
Cincinnati considers joint signature mortgage rule to curb wife desertion
City council acts to curb desertion by targeting private mortgages. An ordinance requires both spouses to sign mortgage documents to prevent husbands from mortgaging furniture without their wives knowledge. Mortgage shark influence noted as a factor in many cases.
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Cincinnati
Putnam Faceless Dyes Promise Better Color With Less Work
A brief advertisement asserts Putnam Faceless Dyes color more goods with less effort than rivals. It notes Lewis' Single Binder cigars cost more than other 5c brands and claims smokers understand why. The ad ends with a proverb about waiting and reward.
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Putnam
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Adverts Deafness Cure
An advertisement claims deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Depew Writes Reminiscences at Ardsley
Senator Chauncey M. Depew enjoys a long rest at Ardsley on-the-Hudson while doing substantial work on his reminiscences. He doubts publication, hoping they may interest his son, yet his fifty years of public life promise engaging recollections of many prominent figures.
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Depew
Chauncey M. Depew
Ardsley on-the-Hudson
Boy's Head Healed By Cuticura Remedies
Avard Oklahoma store owner A C Barnett praises Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment in a grateful letter. His son suffered a severe scalp eczema with hair loss. after two bottles of Resolvent and daily use of Soap and Ointment, the eczema disappeared, hair regrew, and no recurrence followed. Barnett endorses the products for eczema.
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A. C. Barnett
Avard
Oklahoma
Cuticura
Italian and Spanish Ambassadors Named for St James Court
The two great Catholic nations Italy and Spain appoint new ambassadors to the court of St James. Marquis di San Giuliano represents Italy. he is from an old Sicilian Norman family, cultured and an avid Dante student, president of the Italian Geographical Society. Senor Villa Arattia will be Spain’s envoy, famed for his tact and courtesy during King Alfonso's London visit for the engagement to Princess Ena.
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Italy
Spain
Europe
St. James
Marquis di San Giuliano
Dante
Italian Geographical Society
Senor Villa Arattia
Alfonso
London
Ena
Sounded Praises of Soap in Early Etiquette Guide
A late Victorian guide extols daily soap and bath use, noting that soap does not irritate the complexion and that regular washing became standard. It contrasts modern practice with a dig at a great grandmother whose ablutions were minimal and limited to rose water. The author cautions healthful condition as a prerequisite.
New Year Calls and a Postum Muster for Health
A 25 year old opinion contrasts old New Year visits with modern restraint on alcohol. It praises starting the year with Postum instead of coffee or spirits, citing a Staten Island doctor and his daughter who promote Postum to visitors and plan demonstrations during Christmas and New Year’s calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
Lydia E Pinkham and the Vegetable Compound
A biographical sketch of Lydia E Pinkham born 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts. It details her early life as a teacher and wife, her herbal remedies for female ailments, the 1873 financial crash, and the launch of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It notes the family effort to commercialize the remedy and the enduring work of Mrs Pinkham and her daughter in advising women.
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Estes
Lynn
Mass
Isaac Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Pinkhams
Lydia BE
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
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Chesbbrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York City
Enaimeline
Eberling Medicine and Extract CO
E. Douglas Street
Bloomington
Long Island
Miller-Kendig Real Estate CO
Flat Iron Building
Central Press Syndicate
Chicago
Defiance
A.N. K
W._L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
W.L. Douglas
Buffalo
A. L
Buffalo A. L. O
Buffalo Oil Paint @ Varnish Co
Free Farms
BR. Paxton CO
Milo B. Stevens & CO
1Ath Street
Washington, D. C
Cleveland
U. S
H. H. Harsha
Masonic Temple
AN. Kellogg Newspaper CO
W. Adais St
Chieage
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