Special Campaign Offer From The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution offers new subscribers a dollar for both daily and Sunday editions from order receipt until November 10. The pitch promises full presidential election coverage and current events including China, South Africa, Cuba, and the Philippines, stressing the paper's comprehensive reporting. A humorous aside recounts a Philadelphia surgeon demonstrating imagination in treatment.
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China
South Africa
Cuba
Philippines
West's Harvard Overseer and Changing Social Winds
Samuel Hill, a noted Western figure, becomes Harvard overseer and leads the Minnesota Harvard Club. His ties span The University Club and New York Harvard Club among others. he married Mary Hill in 1888, daughter of James J. Hill of St Paul. A New York magistrate rules women may wager on horse races, advancing women's rights. a nephew of ex President Steyn draws curiosity at the Middle Temple after a period abroad. He supposedly aided Uncle Steyn in conflict while maintaining a quiet, gentle demeanor.
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Samuel Hill
Harvard University
Minnesota Harvard Club
University Club
Harvard Club
New York
Cosmos Club
Washington, D. C
Minnesota Club
St. Paul
Minneapolis Club
Minneapolis
Silver Bow Club
Butte
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Steyn
Middle Temple
The
London News
Minnie Tracy to Join Metropolitan Opera Cast Next Season
Minnie Tracy, an American soprano with extensive European experience, will sing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York next season. She has attracted attention abroad for her beauty and talent and enjoys popularity among the American colony in Paris.
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Minnie Tracy
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Miss Tracy
Paris
Spite fence folly sparks diphtheria outbreak in New Jersey
In Elizabeth town New Jersey a virulent diphtheria outbreak in the Eadie family is blamed by the doctor on dampness from a nearly sixty foot long and thirty six foot high fence built by a next door neighbor. An 11 year old boy and a baby died. the father lies critically ill. Automobiles run on liquid air demonstration by Senator John P Jones of Nevada features three tanks and a 125 pound setup. The test shows quiet motion and potential two cent per mile cost with future on route liquid air production.
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Elizabethtown
N. J
E. M. Eadie
Eadie
John P. Jones
Nevada
New York
A Good Word for Hobson
The Rev Dr Barton praises Hobson as a hero sacrificed to national hysteria. He argues Hobson suffered for others sins and that public treatment at home endangers future return of a conqueror. He urges forgetting folly and remembering courage in the hero’s homecoming.
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Hobson
Bowdoin Board Trustee James Bradbury Resigns After 40 Years
Augusta Maine resident James W Bradbury longtime Bowdoin College trustee resigns after four decades of service missing only a few meetings. He is nearing his hundredth birthday and steps down from the board.
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James W. Bradbury
Augusta
Bowdoin College
Mr. Bradbury
Official Directory District and County Officers List
District officers include District Judge M Kennon District Attorney Sam L Green and District Clerk Hugh Lay. County officers include County Judge D A Paulos County Attorney Wm Blakeslee County Clerk John Buchanan Sheriff BG Bennett Treasurer AB Devall and others. The commissioners court meets on the second Monday in February May August and November. county court on the third Monday in March June September and December. Precinct officers are listed with names and court schedules for each precinct.
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Sam L Green
Hugh Lay
Paulos
Wm Blakeslee
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Bennett
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Devall Asgeweor
Oi Fistas Cn
Pesek
DA Meyer
E Gieptner
Commissioners Court
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A F Koehler
Moravia
G J Seydler
O Muecke
Sweet Home
J N Lambert
J J Upchurch
Hope
Geo Mixon
Joe Cannon
Miller’s
T F Jackson
Wm Lucke
Moulton
G W McElven
Tom McGrew
Yoakum
Miller
Kin Houchins
Sublime
German husband and young man clash on tram over seat
A crowded Liverpool tram angers a young man when a corpulent German man and his wife take a seat the man had risen to offer to a woman. The dispute ends before violence as others disembark. Berlin papers report discovery of 200 Humboldt letters from 1830 to 1840.
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Liverpool
Berlin
Humboldt
Potsdam
New Orleans Free Drug Fund Bequest Seeks Free Dispensary
The Sickles fund started in 1864 with 16844 dollars to supply drugs and medical advice to the poor. Disbursements paused as receipts lagged. now the fund stands at 83053.61 dollars and will fund a free dispensary once it reaches 100000. The Deutschland ship features details of size cost and capacity.
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New Orleans
Simon W. Sickles
Roosevelt Ancestry Traces Dutch Immigrant in 1649
Theodore Roosevelt's early forebear Klaas Martensen Van Roosevelt arrived in 1649 with wife Janette S. Samuels-Thomas from the Netherlands. The couple settled in New Amsterdam and the family became prosperous burghers.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Klaas Martensen van Roosevelt
Janette S. Samuels-Thomas
Netherlands
New Amsterdam
Sunday Visit Sparks Garden Bragging Exchange
Dialogue shows Jibbs inviting a visitor to see a garden and joking about hoeing the speaker's peas. The exchange emphasizes the boastful anticipation of unveiling a prized garden and playful consent to help with work.
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Jibbs
London pawnshop displays celestial aerolite pledge
A London pawnshop shows in its window an unredeemed pledge an aerolite believed to have fallen from the Arctic regions. A ticket says it was brought by a sailor to help a poor man buy beer.
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London
Arctic
Planger's Big Winning Reported Amid Ten Candles Talk
The eastern sports chatter suggests Pittsburg Phil missed victory in a $50,000 Ten Candles event. A pneumatic bit is rumored to have aided the winning animal, shaping recent discussions.
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Pittsburg Phil
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