Nation Greets Theodore Roosevelt on His Return
New York recalls Theodore Roosevelt after his African expedition on June 18 with a national welcome free from partisanship. A long flotilla greeted the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria as Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Kerrmit arrived, followed by a city parade led by mounted police and a Rough Riders escort.
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Nation
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
New York Harbor
Republican Club of
Hamilton Club
Chicago
Coast Line
Colonel Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Kermit
Gaynor
Taft
Mounted Police of
Robert Hunter
Oklahoma City
Roosevelt Homeward Bound Reception Parade In New York
From stereograph underwood and underwood Roosevelt returns aboard a revenue cutter after quarantine. A water parade up the harbor with bands and cheering crowds ends at Battery where Mayor Gaynor greets him among 200 distinguished guests and a long procession of supporters.
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New York
Gaynor
Twenty-third Street
Battery
Manhattan Island
Roosevelt
Battery Park
Mr. Roosevelt
Naval officer’s apes serve as golf caddie sensations
An American navy officer recently brought home two young apes captured near S’ormosa in the Chinese sea. His San Francisco sister, an expert golfer, trained the animals to carry a golf bag and accompany her on the links as caddies. The three and a half foot apes wear white duck liveries and Turkish fezs, drawing crowds at the Bath Beach club where the golfer’s entourage becomes the hour’s local sensation.
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United States Navy
S‘ormosa
San Francisco
Bath Beach
One Word Woes From The Idler Or How Not To Speak
The Idler cautions against overuse of the pronoun one when referring to oneself warning that excessive use can confuse readers. The note suggests avoiding the word one as a personal substitute and warns it can resemble a linguistic plague.
Women Sailors Steady at Sea Amid Storms and Wrecks
The article highlights women accompanying captains on ships like the Claverley and Shenandoah. Mrs Krugh arranges daily school hours for her daughters aboard, while Mrs Murphy sails alongside her husband Captain Murphy. Queenie La Roche, Port Arthur’s captain’s daughter, cheers crew on fast runs as a doll loving nursemaid.
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Captain Krugh
Claverley
Murphy
Shenandoah
Queenie
Waterproof Watch Debate Sparks Humorous Claim
A light exchange features a boast about a watch being waterproof and a joke about soaking it to test the claim, illustrating a playful discussion on durability and watch quality.
A Case of Terrible Kidney Trouble
Henry Palmer of Cole and Walnut Streets in Barnesville Ohio describes severe back pains swelling in feet and hands and blood in urine due to army hardships. After using Deans Kidney Pills his health improved quickly. Dean's Kidney Pills sold for 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Henry Palmer
Cole and Walnut Srs
Barnesville
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
The Ruling Spirit
A dramatic moment from Modern Society shows a husband ushering his wife from a burning house as she hesitates to tidy the rooms for a decent appearance before the firemen arrive.
Coca-Cola Promotes Hydration and Baseball Record Book
An ad encourages Coca-Cola as a cooling fatigue reliever and thirst quencher. It promotes Coca-Cola at soda fountains and bottled in bottles, and offers a 2 cent stamp for a booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola and the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910, including Casey At The Bat and league schedules.
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Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Baseball
Casey
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
A Tart Tongue at Nashville Banquet
Col Robert C Carter regales banquet guests with tale of private Dash the wartime rogue. Dash, notorious for sharp tongue, forages on a rich estate and asks the owner's wife for food. She refuses twice before declaring she will give nothing, prompting Dash to retort about the others.
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Robert C. Carter
Nashville
Dash
Company A
Cash
Twain and a Hartford Woman on High Living Costs
Mark Twain cites a Hartford woman joking about the rising cost of living. She quips that July and August in the country are too pricey, while her husband Johnny can always find money for his wife’s desires.
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Mark Twain
Hartford
Jim
Determined Salisbury Woman Finds Cure In Grape Nuts
A Salisbury Missouri woman recounts how Grape-Nuts cured her cramping nausea vomiting and sick stomach. She notes lasting relief after starting the food and credit to her husband who ordered it and built a trade selling cases to physicians. The letter endorses the product and cites the book The Road to Wellville.
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Salisbury
Chicago
Wellville
Pligs
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Marries Miss Alexander in New York Ceremony
The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church staged a national attention wedding on June 20 with Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Eleanor Butler Alexander as the couple. Col Roosevelt attended with other family members. the bride is the daughter of Henry Addison Alexander. The couple plan time at Sagamore Hill and then study prep at Groton and Harvard while Roosevelt pursues a business career in carpet manufacturing.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Butler Alexander
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Ding
Snowden Fahnestock
Elizabeth Bertron
Ethel Roosevelt
Jessie Millington-Drake
Janetta Alexander
Jean Delano
Harriet Alexander
Henry M. Sanders
Gordon Russell
Cranford
N. J
Charles B. Alexander
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Groton
Harvard
Lfe
Kermit
Alexander
Teddy, Jr
Washington
Theodore, Jr
Connecticut
San Francisco
Henry Addison Alexander
Inlaw
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Forest Conservation Sparks Community Debate
Housewife asks if residents will assist in gathering firewood amid a forest conservation discussion. Pinchot supporters in the community advocate balanced use of wood resources while addressing local needs and duties.
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Boston Transcript
The British Museum: A Storied Global Collection
The British Museum, established by act of parliament in 1755, opened to the public in 1759 and grew from Montagu House to a grand 19th century complex. Its library now holds over 1.8 million volumes with annual additions near 50 000. Notable treasures include the Elgin marbles and major Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities.
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Hans Sloane
Montague House
England
Son of Shackleton Seeks Tales of Danger
A government boy, son of Lieutenant Shackleton, rejects stories of his father's polar exploits and asks for a dangerous tale instead. He asks his mother to tell of the drowned baby mentioned by Youth's Companion, reflecting a child’s blunt fixation on tragedy over adventure.
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South Pole
Shackleton
Papa
Long Patent Salt Settled
After six years of dispute, Peter Cooper Hewitt receives patents for his mercury vapor electric lamp. The patents, first applied for in 1901, had been challenged since then.
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Peter Cooper Hewitt
Obnoxious Offer Among Autoists Sparks Gage Remark
In Cleveland a bystander recounts an exchange where optician Charles A. Gager offered help to two exhausted women trying to crank a stalled car. One woman rebuked him, telling him to mind his own business, highlighting tensions over unsolicited assistance.
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Charles A. Gager
Optician
Superior Avenue
Colonial Theater
Cleveland
Skin Beauty Promotion By Cuticura Remedies
Promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for skin scalp hair and general toilet use. Claims universal trust from millions of women and offers free 32 page Cuticura Book on skin and hair from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston Mass.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
THE
Paxton Toilet Co
North Pole collar button named for Cook and Peary
A haberdashery clerk presents the "north pole" collar button named in honor of Cook and Peary. A witty customer jokes that they could not find a better name since it is so hard to locate.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward
A 19th century testimonial style notice offers a $100 reward for an untreatable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy. Forsythian endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin Wholesale Druggists Toledo attest to F J Cheney & Co reliability. The cure is described as acting on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle.
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FJ. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Hall
Delicate Fawn Skirt Sparks Friendly Bargain
In a playful scene from Success Magazine, Miss A. resists a rival’s bid to inherit her delicate fawn skirt. Another friend argues it matches her waist, while Miss A. notes the garment is nearing its end.
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Miss A
Success Magazine
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Backache Relief
Bloomdale Ohio reader reports chronic backache headaches and fatigue improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement claims backache signals female weakness, urges root-cause treatment, and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Bloomdale
Ohio
Pinkham
E. M. Frederick
Lydia E. Pinkham
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